295th BattleMech Division
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Overview
The Two Hundred Ninety-fifth BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.
History
In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XLIX Corps, Eleventh, to District 1 of the Lyran Commonwealth Military Region and then transferred to District 2 by 2765.[1]. The 295th survived the Periphery Uprising and the Hegemony Campaign, but it was one of a number of divisions that "vanished" in the period just before the First Succession War began.[1]
The 295th’s fate remained a mystery until the mid-31st century. In 3043, an Explorer Corps vessel operating out beyond the Circinus Federation surveyed an uncharted planet and discovered the remains of the 295th.
After the liberation of Terra, the 295th returned to its duty station in the Rim Worlds Republic. When Aleksandr Kerensky issued the order for Exodus, the division tried to comply, but its departure was delayed by problems with its space transports. By the time the 295th could travel, Kerensky and the bulk of the SLDF had already left the rendezvous point at New Samarkand.
Without knowing the Exodus fleet’s course or destination, the 295th still tried to follow. The division left the Rim Worlds and vanished into the Periphery. Struggling with ongoing technical issues, the 295th made landfall on a distant, uninhabited world. Unable to repair their ships, the SLDF soldiers established a number of settlements. These communities survived almost 80 years, supporting themselves with fishing and farming. Their birth-rate never allowed for long-term survival, and by the late 2800s the last descendants of the 295th had perished. The Explorer Corps report states that the 295th had left behind “only a few scattered ruins”. It makes no mention of the military equipment the BattleMech division had taken into exile. [2]
Composition
As an SLDF BattleMech division the 295th would have been formed from two Brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[3]