34th Royal BattleMech Division

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Overview

The Thirty-fourth 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

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XI Corps, Sixteenth Army, to District 3 of the Draconis Combine Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed area in the Periphery in 2765, to take part in the Periphery Uprising.[1] Supported by the 568th Armed Transport Flotilla the Thirty-fourth went AWOL after learning of the Amaris Coup.[2] The Thirty-fourth was destroyed during the Amaris Civil War in 2766[1] by Epsilon Indi's SDS system as they attempted to land on the planet. The majority of the Division perished in space with only a handful actually reaching the planet's surface.[3]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 34th Royal BattleMech Division

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition

As an SLDF BattleMech Division the Division would have been composed with two Brigades of 'Mech regiments and one brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[4]

2764

34th Royal BattleMech Division [5]

  • 341st Royal BattleMech Brigade
  • 342nd Royal BattleMech Brigade
  • 343rd Royal Mechanized Infantry Brigade

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Star League, p. 149, "Sixteenth"
  2. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 30
  3. The Star League, p. 86 "ADMIRAL BRASO'S LAST TRANSMISSION"
  4. The Star League, p. 133
  5. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

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