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| Designation    = 124th Royal Heavy Assault Regiment
 
| Designation    = 124th Royal Heavy Assault Regiment
 
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| Nickname      = Dai Maxbuster<ref name=FMSLDFp194>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 194 "INDEPENDENT REGIMENTS"</ref>
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| Nickname      = Dai Maxbuster<ref name=FMSLDFp194>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 194: "Independent Regiments"</ref>
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==History==
 
==History==
In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XLIV Corps (Star League)|XLIV Corps]], [[16th Army (Star League)|Sixteenth Army]], to District 3 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]].<ref name=SL149/>
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In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as part of [[XLIV Corps (Star League)|XLIV Corps]], [[Sixteenth Army (Star League)|Sixteenth Army]], to District 3 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]].<ref name=SL149/>
  
The unit attracted the bulk of Hegemony SLDF personnel obsessed with Combine popular culture: Draconis TV dramas, pop idols, and animation. This ended being the unit's distinguishing characteristic. Numerous complaints were filed regarding the images of cartoon characters and singers that festooned the regiment's BattleMechs, and though a number of the unit's machines appeared on the covers of specialty magazines, the majority of the [[Draconis Combine]] populace regarded the 124th with a thinly veiled disgust.<ref name=FMSLDFp194/>
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The unit attracted the bulk of Hegemony SLDF personnel obsessed with Combine popular culture: Draconis TV dramas, pop idols, and animation. This became the unit's distinguishing characteristic. Numerous complaints were filed regarding the images of cartoon characters and singers that festooned the regiment's BattleMechs, and though a number of the unit's machines appeared on the covers of specialty magazines, the majority of the [[Draconis Combine]] populace regarded the 124th with thinly veiled disgust.<ref name=FMSLDFp194/>
  
The unit was later moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]].<ref name=SL149>''The Star League'', p. 149, "Sixteenth"</ref> The 124th was destroyed during the [[Periphery Uprising]] in [[2765]].<ref name=SL149/>
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The unit was later moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]].<ref name=SL149>''The Star League'', p. 149: "Sixteenth"</ref> The 124th was destroyed during the [[Periphery Uprising]] in [[2765]].<ref name=SL149/>
  
 
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===Notes===
 
===Notes===
* [[Captain]] [[Wilbur Frews]] was the Regiment's Champion between [[2711]] and [[2718]].<ref name=SL59>''The Star League'', p. 59, "Famous Star League Gunslingers"</ref>
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* [[Captain]] [[Wilbur Frews]] was the Regiment's Champion from [[2711]] to [[2718]].<ref name=SL59>''The Star League'', p. 59: "Famous Star League Gunslingers"</ref>
  
 
==Tactics==
 
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
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As an SLDF heavy assault [[regiment]], the 124th would have been composed primarily of heavy to assault [[BattleMech|'Mechs]] with a company of attached [[artillery]].<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
 
 
==Composition History==
 
As an [[SLDF]] Heavy Assault [[regiment]] the 124th would have been composed primarily of heavy to assault [[BattleMech|'Mechs]] with an company of attached [[artillery]].<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
 
  
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Royal Commands|Heavy Assault Regiment, 0124th Royal]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Royal Commands|Heavy Assault Regiment, 0124th Royal]]

Latest revision as of 21:16, 25 January 2024

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124th Royal Heavy Assault Regiment
Disbanded 2765
Nickname Dai Maxbuster[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XLIV Corps

The 124th Royal Heavy Assault Regiment was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army. It was one of the SLDF's Royal units, which consisted of troops from the Terran Hegemony.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as part of XLIV Corps, Sixteenth Army, to District 3 of the Draconis Combine Military Region.[2]

The unit attracted the bulk of Hegemony SLDF personnel obsessed with Combine popular culture: Draconis TV dramas, pop idols, and animation. This became the unit's distinguishing characteristic. Numerous complaints were filed regarding the images of cartoon characters and singers that festooned the regiment's BattleMechs, and though a number of the unit's machines appeared on the covers of specialty magazines, the majority of the Draconis Combine populace regarded the 124th with thinly veiled disgust.[1]

The unit was later moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery.[2] The 124th was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 124th Royal Heavy Assault Regiment
Colonel Sean Bennet 2764[1]

Notes[edit]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF heavy assault regiment, the 124th would have been composed primarily of heavy to assault 'Mechs with a company of attached artillery.[4]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 194: "Independent Regiments"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Star League, p. 149: "Sixteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 59: "Famous Star League Gunslingers"
  4. The Star League, p. 133

Bibliography[edit]