26th Royal BattleMech Division

Twenty-sixth Royal BattleMech Division
Nickname The Graham Division
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XVII Corps

The Twenty-sixth Royal BattleMech Division 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 2725, the division successfully took part in Operation SMOTHER to put an end to the ongoing fighting between House Davion and House Kurita forces, as part of the Second Hidden War.[1]

In 2764, the unit was stationed on Pitkin,[2] assigned as a part of the XVII Corps, Third Army to District 2 of the Federated Suns Military Region but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery to take part in the Periphery Uprising by 2765.[3]

The Twenty-sixth survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[3]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 26th Royal BattleMech Division
Major General Serafino Glaisyer 2764[4]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division, the Twenty-sixth would have been composed of two brigades of 'Mech regiments and one brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[5]

2764[edit]

  • 261st Royal BattleMech Brigade [4]
  • 262nd Royal Infantry Brigade
  • 263rd Royal BattleMech Brigade

References[edit]

  1. The Star League, p. 63: "Second Hidden War"
  2. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 252: "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Star League, p. 151: "Third"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 59: "26th Royal BattleMech Division"
  5. The Star League, p. 133

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