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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{infoBoxStateUnit − | image = [[File:XXXIX Corps.jpg|141px]] + | image = [[File:XXXIX Corps.jpg|141px]] − | Designation = + | nickname = − | formed = unknown+ | parent formation = [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth Army]] − | Disbanded = + | formed = Unknown − | Previous Designation = + | year = 2784 − | Nickname = n/a+ | unitname = XXXIX Corps − | Affiliation = SLDF − | Parent Command = [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth Army]] − | Sub-Command = }} }} − ==Unit Description== ==Unit Description== '''XXXIX Corps''' (or the Thirty-Ninth Corps) was one of the seventy-two Corps that made up the [[Star League Defense Force]]. XXXIX Corps was one of the larger Corps; prior to the collapse of the [[Star League]] it consisted of 6 [[division|divisions]] and 2 independent [[regiment|regiments]]. <ref name="SLp143">''The Star League'', p. 143</ref> '''XXXIX Corps''' (or the Thirty-Ninth Corps) was one of the seventy-two Corps that made up the [[Star League Defense Force]]. XXXIX Corps was one of the larger Corps; prior to the collapse of the [[Star League]] it consisted of 6 [[division|divisions]] and 2 independent [[regiment|regiments]]. <ref name="SLp143">''The Star League'', p. 143</ref> ==History== ==History== − In [[2764]] XXXIX Corps was part of the [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth Army]], assigned to District 3 of the [[Free Worlds League Military Region]].<ref name="SLp143"/> Assigned to the frontier regions of the Free Worlds League, the operational area patrolled by XXXIX Corps in the 2760s presented a number of challenges for the Corps, ranging from Regulan politics to pirate activity to the metal-eating slugs of [[Mankova]]. The largest of the corps within the Tenth Army at the time, XXXIX Corps was responsible for garrisoning a swath of worlds stretching from the rimward half of the [[Principality of Regulus]] through to the spinward corner of the [[Rim Commonality]], as well as being responsible for providing support to [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] on the border between the Free Worlds League and the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] when required.<ref name="FM:SLDFp132">''Field Manual: SLDF'', pp. 132–133: "XXXIX Corps"</ref> + In [[2764]] XXXIX Corps was part of the [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth Army]], assigned to District 3 of the [[Free Worlds League Military Region]].<ref name="SLp143"/> Assigned to the frontier regions of the Free Worlds League, the operational area patrolled by XXXIX Corps in the 2760s presented a number of challenges for the Corps, ranging from Regulan politics to pirate activity to the metal-eating slugs of [[Mankova]]. The largest of the corps within the Tenth Army at the time, XXXIX Corps was responsible for garrisoning a swath of worlds stretching from the rimward half of the [[Principality of Regulus]] through to the spinward corner of the [[Rim Commonality]], as well as being responsible for providing support to [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] on the border between the Free Worlds League and the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] when required.<ref name="FM:SLDFp132">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 132-133, "XXXIX Corps"</ref> + + XXXIX Corps had been commanded by [[Major General]] [[Baruti Saayman]] since [[2742]], and Saayman was responsible for the harsh stance taken by the Corps regarding piracy, well in advance of [[First Lord]] [[Simon Cameron]] issuing similar orders to the entire SLDF. Saayman had been born and raised in the [[Outworlds Alliance]] as a pacifist until his entire family had been killed by pirates, at which point he had joined the SLDF, eventually graduating from the [[War Academy of Mars]], and he had responded to the dramatic increase in piracy following the beginning of the [[Phony War]] in [[2741]] by enforcing a kill-on-sight policy against pirates and bandits. Saayman was also intolerant of acts such as looting conducted by SLDF personnel; anyone from XXIX Corps caught looting during Saayman's tenure was subject to an immediate court-martial rather than the non-judicial punishments imposed by other corps.<ref name="FM:SLDFp132"/> − The long supply chain out to XXXIX Corps was a particular problem for General Saayman; with every province and many of the independent worlds within the League insistent on imposing border inspections and controls on SLDF shipping moving through their space, delays were common and there was a noticeably increased chance of supplies for XXXIX Corps being subject to predation by the same pirates that XXXIX Corps was hunting - with several notable instances of XXXIX Corps units having to fight pirates equipped with matériel intended for XXXIX Corps and stolen en route. As a result of the first instance of this bandit predation Saayman had started assigning naval flotillas from the [[7th Fleet (Star League)|Seventh Fleet]] to escorting supply shipments.<ref name="FM:SLDFp132"/> + The long supply chain out to XXXIX Corps was a particular problem for General Saayman; with every province and many of the independent worlds within the League insistent on imposing border inspections and controls on SLDF shipping moving through their space, delays were common and there was a noticeably increased chance of supplies for XXXIX Corps being subject to predation by the same pirates that XXXIX Corps was hunting - with several notable instances of XXXIX Corps units having to fight pirates equipped with materiel intended for XXXIX Corps and stolen en route. As a result of the first instance of this bandit predation Saayman had started assigning naval flotillas from the [[7th Fleet (SLDF)|Seventh Fleet]] to escorting supply shipments.<ref name="FM:SLDFp132"/> When the simmering violence and rebellion building in the [[Periphery]] erupted with the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] and subsequent Periphery-wide uprising in [[2765]] XXXIX Corps was deployed into the [[Periphery Military Region]] along with the rest of the 10th Army.<ref name="SLp143"/> When the simmering violence and rebellion building in the [[Periphery]] erupted with the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] and subsequent Periphery-wide uprising in [[2765]] XXXIX Corps was deployed into the [[Periphery Military Region]] along with the rest of the 10th Army.<ref name="SLp143"/> Line 35:
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==Unit Description== | ==Unit Description== | ||
'''XXXIX Corps''' (or the Thirty-Ninth Corps) was one of the seventy-two Corps that made up the [[Star League Defense Force]]. XXXIX Corps was one of the larger Corps; prior to the collapse of the [[Star League]] it consisted of 6 [[division|divisions]] and 2 independent [[regiment|regiments]]. <ref name="SLp143">''The Star League'', p. 143</ref> | '''XXXIX Corps''' (or the Thirty-Ninth Corps) was one of the seventy-two Corps that made up the [[Star League Defense Force]]. XXXIX Corps was one of the larger Corps; prior to the collapse of the [[Star League]] it consisted of 6 [[division|divisions]] and 2 independent [[regiment|regiments]]. <ref name="SLp143">''The Star League'', p. 143</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | In [[2764]] XXXIX Corps was part of the [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth Army]], assigned to District 3 of the [[Free Worlds League Military Region]].<ref name="SLp143"/> Assigned to the frontier regions of the Free Worlds League, the operational area patrolled by XXXIX Corps in the 2760s presented a number of challenges for the Corps, ranging from Regulan politics to pirate activity to the metal-eating slugs of [[Mankova]]. The largest of the corps within the Tenth Army at the time, XXXIX Corps was responsible for garrisoning a swath of worlds stretching from the rimward half of the [[Principality of Regulus]] through to the spinward corner of the [[Rim Commonality]], as well as being responsible for providing support to [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] on the border between the Free Worlds League and the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] when required.<ref name="FM:SLDFp132">''Field Manual: SLDF'', | + | In [[2764]] XXXIX Corps was part of the [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth Army]], assigned to District 3 of the [[Free Worlds League Military Region]].<ref name="SLp143"/> Assigned to the frontier regions of the Free Worlds League, the operational area patrolled by XXXIX Corps in the 2760s presented a number of challenges for the Corps, ranging from Regulan politics to pirate activity to the metal-eating slugs of [[Mankova]]. The largest of the corps within the Tenth Army at the time, XXXIX Corps was responsible for garrisoning a swath of worlds stretching from the rimward half of the [[Principality of Regulus]] through to the spinward corner of the [[Rim Commonality]], as well as being responsible for providing support to [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] on the border between the Free Worlds League and the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] when required.<ref name="FM:SLDFp132">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 132-133, "XXXIX Corps"</ref> |
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| + | XXXIX Corps had been commanded by [[Major General]] [[Baruti Saayman]] since [[2742]], and Saayman was responsible for the harsh stance taken by the Corps regarding piracy, well in advance of [[First Lord]] [[Simon Cameron]] issuing similar orders to the entire SLDF. Saayman had been born and raised in the [[Outworlds Alliance]] as a pacifist until his entire family had been killed by pirates, at which point he had joined the SLDF, eventually graduating from the [[War Academy of Mars]], and he had responded to the dramatic increase in piracy following the beginning of the [[Phony War]] in [[2741]] by enforcing a kill-on-sight policy against pirates and bandits. Saayman was also intolerant of acts such as looting conducted by SLDF personnel; anyone from XXIX Corps caught looting during Saayman's tenure was subject to an immediate court-martial rather than the non-judicial punishments imposed by other corps.<ref name="FM:SLDFp132"/> | ||
| − | The long supply chain out to XXXIX Corps was a particular problem for General Saayman; with every province and many of the independent worlds within the League insistent on imposing border inspections and controls on SLDF shipping moving through their space, delays were common and there was a noticeably increased chance of supplies for XXXIX Corps being subject to predation by the same pirates that XXXIX Corps was hunting - with several notable instances of XXXIX Corps units having to fight pirates equipped with | + | The long supply chain out to XXXIX Corps was a particular problem for General Saayman; with every province and many of the independent worlds within the League insistent on imposing border inspections and controls on SLDF shipping moving through their space, delays were common and there was a noticeably increased chance of supplies for XXXIX Corps being subject to predation by the same pirates that XXXIX Corps was hunting - with several notable instances of XXXIX Corps units having to fight pirates equipped with materiel intended for XXXIX Corps and stolen en route. As a result of the first instance of this bandit predation Saayman had started assigning naval flotillas from the [[7th Fleet (SLDF)|Seventh Fleet]] to escorting supply shipments.<ref name="FM:SLDFp132"/> |
When the simmering violence and rebellion building in the [[Periphery]] erupted with the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] and subsequent Periphery-wide uprising in [[2765]] XXXIX Corps was deployed into the [[Periphery Military Region]] along with the rest of the 10th Army.<ref name="SLp143"/> | When the simmering violence and rebellion building in the [[Periphery]] erupted with the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] and subsequent Periphery-wide uprising in [[2765]] XXXIX Corps was deployed into the [[Periphery Military Region]] along with the rest of the 10th Army.<ref name="SLp143"/> | ||
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