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==Overview==
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The '''Fifth Regimental Combat Team''' was a [[Star League Defense Force]] formation that was part of the [[LXXI Corps (Star League)|LXXI Corps]].<ref name="SLp154">''The Star League '', p. 154</ref>
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
In 2771 General DeChavilier ordered the 5th RCT along with all other surviving Regimental Combat Teams to start reconnaissance probes and raids into Amaris held world in the Hegemony as part of Operation Intruder. These raids continued for a year and saw a very heavy casualty rate. General Kerensky wished to rest the troops of Operation Intruder, but the will to fight was so strong that he assigned them as pathfinder units for the main invasion.<ref name=HLT1p1158>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', pp. 115-118</ref>
 
In 2771 General DeChavilier ordered the 5th RCT along with all other surviving Regimental Combat Teams to start reconnaissance probes and raids into Amaris held world in the Hegemony as part of Operation Intruder. These raids continued for a year and saw a very heavy casualty rate. General Kerensky wished to rest the troops of Operation Intruder, but the will to fight was so strong that he assigned them as pathfinder units for the main invasion.<ref name=HLT1p1158>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', pp. 115-118</ref>
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
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* ''[[The Star League]]''
  
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|Regimental Combat Team, 05th]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|Regimental Combat Team, 05th]]

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Overview

The Fifth Regimental Combat Team was a Star League Defense Force formation that was part of the LXXI Corps.[1]

History

In 2771 General DeChavilier ordered the 5th RCT along with all other surviving Regimental Combat Teams to start reconnaissance probes and raids into Amaris held world in the Hegemony as part of Operation Intruder. These raids continued for a year and saw a very heavy casualty rate. General Kerensky wished to rest the troops of Operation Intruder, but the will to fight was so strong that he assigned them as pathfinder units for the main invasion.[2]

Officers

Tactics

Composition History

2764

2772

  • 2 Regiments

Rules

References

  1. The Star League , p. 154
  2. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, pp. 115-118

Bibliography