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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{infoBoxStateUnit − | image = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]] + | image = [[Image:Star League Logo.png]] − | Designation = 287th BattleMech Division + | nickname = The Tobruk Division − | formed = + | parent formation = [[XLV Corps (Star League)|XLV Corps]] − | Disbanded = 2784<ref name="FSWp34"/> + | formed = unknown − | Previous Designation = + | disbanded = 2784<ref name="FSWp34"/> − | Nickname = The Tobruk Division<ref name=FM:SLDFp213>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 213</ref> + | year = 2764 − | Affiliation = Star League+ | unitname = 287th BattleMech Division − | Parent Command = [[XLV Corps (Star League)|XLV Corps]] − | Sub-Command = }} }} − The '''287th BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. + ==Overview== + The '''Two Hundred Eighty-seventh BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. ==History== ==History== − In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XLV Corps (Star League)|XLV Corps]], [[Eighteenth Army (Star League)|Eighteenth Army]], to the [[Periphery Military Region]], but was moved to an undisclosed are of the [[Periphery]] by [[2765]], to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL156>''The Star League'', p. 156: "Eighteenth"</ref> The 287th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], but despite the fate of the 287th being regarded as unknown for several centuries after the fall of the [[Star League]],<ref name=SL156/> subsequent publications released in the thirty-first and thirty-second centuries revealed that the 287th almost certainly survived the Hegemony campaign and remained in the [[Inner Sphere]], joining [[Major General]] [[Lauren Hayes]] and the other SLDF units who chose to join [[ComStar]] in support of [[Jerome Blake]]. The 287th is believed to have formed the basis of the "mercenaries" used to create the [[Seventh ComStar Expeditionary Division]] in [[2784]].<ref name="FSWp34">''First Succession War'', p. 34: "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref> Following [[Operation SILVER SHIELD]] in June [[2788]], in which ComStar's Expeditionary Divisions seized control of [[Terra]], the vast majority of the Expeditionary Divisions were demobilized and their equipment cached for the future, forming the basis of the later [[Com Guards]].<ref name="H:LOTV2p117">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 117: "ComStar and the Com Guard"</ref> + In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XLV Corps (Star League)|XLV Corps]], [[18th Army (Star League)|Eighteenth Army]], to the [[Periphery Military Region]], but was moved to an undisclosed are of the [[Periphery]] by [[2765]], to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL156>''The Star League'', p. 156, "Eighteenth"</ref> The 287th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], but despite the fate of the 287th being regarded as unknown for several centuries after the fall of the [[Star League]],<ref name=SL156/> subsequent publications released in the thirty-first and thirty-second centuries revealed that the 287th almost certainly survived the Hegemony campaign and remained in the [[Inner Sphere]], joining [[Major General]] [[Lauren Hayes]] and the other SLDF units who chose to join [[ComStar]] in support of [[Jerome Blake]]. The 287th is believed to have formed the basis of the "mercenaries" used to create the [[7th ComStar Expeditionary Division|Seventh ComStar Expeditionary Division]] in [[2784]].<ref name="FSWp34">''First Succession War'', p. 34, "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref> Following [[Operation SILVER SHIELD]] in June [[2788]], in which ComStar's Expeditionary Divisions seized control of [[Terra]], the vast majority of the Expeditionary Divisions were demobilized and their equipment cached for the future, forming the basis of the later [[Com Guard]].<ref name="H:LOTV2p117">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 117, "ComStar and the Com Guard"</ref> − − ==Officers== − {| class="wikitable" − |- − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command − |- − | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 287th BattleMech Division''' − |- − | [[Major General]]||[[Bernhard Isaacson]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp213/> − |} − − ==Tactics== − Unknown. ==Composition== ==Composition== − As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 287th would have been formed from two [[Brigade]]s of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s and a brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref> + As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 287th would have been formed from two [[Brigade|Brigades]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and a brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref> − ===2764=== ===2764=== − * 2871st Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref> + * 2871st Brigade <ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref> * 2872nd Brigade * 2872nd Brigade * 2873rd Brigade * 2873rd Brigade + <gallery> + File:SLDFBattleMech_DivisionTO&E.jpg|Table of Organisation + </gallery> ==References== ==References== Line 44:
Line 30: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' − * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' + * ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]'' * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' * ''[[The Star League]]'' * ''[[The Star League]]'' + [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|BattleMech Division, 0287th]] [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0287th]] [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0287th]]
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| − | | | + | | nickname = The Tobruk Division |
| − | | formed | + | | parent formation = [[XLV Corps (Star League)|XLV Corps]] |
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| − | The ''' | + | ==Overview== |
| + | The '''Two Hundred Eighty-seventh BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XLV Corps (Star League)|XLV Corps]], [[ | + | In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XLV Corps (Star League)|XLV Corps]], [[18th Army (Star League)|Eighteenth Army]], to the [[Periphery Military Region]], but was moved to an undisclosed are of the [[Periphery]] by [[2765]], to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL156>''The Star League'', p. 156, "Eighteenth"</ref> The 287th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], but despite the fate of the 287th being regarded as unknown for several centuries after the fall of the [[Star League]],<ref name=SL156/> subsequent publications released in the thirty-first and thirty-second centuries revealed that the 287th almost certainly survived the Hegemony campaign and remained in the [[Inner Sphere]], joining [[Major General]] [[Lauren Hayes]] and the other SLDF units who chose to join [[ComStar]] in support of [[Jerome Blake]]. The 287th is believed to have formed the basis of the "mercenaries" used to create the [[7th ComStar Expeditionary Division|Seventh ComStar Expeditionary Division]] in [[2784]].<ref name="FSWp34">''First Succession War'', p. 34, "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref> Following [[Operation SILVER SHIELD]] in June [[2788]], in which ComStar's Expeditionary Divisions seized control of [[Terra]], the vast majority of the Expeditionary Divisions were demobilized and their equipment cached for the future, forming the basis of the later [[Com Guard]].<ref name="H:LOTV2p117">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 117, "ComStar and the Com Guard"</ref> |
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==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
| − | As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 287th would have been formed from two [[Brigade]] | + | As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 287th would have been formed from two [[Brigade|Brigades]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and a brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref> |
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===2764=== | ===2764=== | ||
| − | * 2871st Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref> | + | * 2871st Brigade <ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref> |
* 2872nd Brigade | * 2872nd Brigade | ||
* 2873rd Brigade | * 2873rd Brigade | ||
| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | File:SLDFBattleMech_DivisionTO&E.jpg|Table of Organisation | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[First Succession War ( | + | * ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]'' |
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Star League]]'' | * ''[[The Star League]]'' | ||
| + | [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|BattleMech Division, 0287th]] | ||
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0287th]] | [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0287th]] | ||