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−	The 62nd Royal continued to operate alongside the 61st Royal for the many of the remaining years of the war; in [[2583]], both brigades joined the 57th Brigade in a short campaign to capture the lightly industrialized world of [[Nobel]] as the SLDF consolidated its hold on worlds near the Magistracy capital of [[Canopus IV]]. The MAF had no major units on the world to contest the invasion by a complete division of VII Corps troops, leaving only the home guard regiments to briefly resist. The 61st and 62nd Royal Brigades would remain on Nobel for more than a year, ensuring there could be no effective campaign to recapture the world.<ref name="H:RWp149"/><ref name="H:RWp151">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 151, "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583-2588)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp102">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 102, "Afarsin, Adhelwin, Megarez and Nobel (March-April 2583)"</ref>	+	The 62nd Royal continued to operate alongside the 61st Royal for the many of the remaining years of the war; in [[2583]], both brigades joined the 57th Brigade in a short campaign to capture the lightly industrialized world of [[Nobel]] as the SLDF consolidated it's hold on worlds near the Magistracy capital of [[Canopus IV]]. The MAF had no major units on the world to contest the invasion by a complete division of VII Corps troops, leaving only the home guard regiments to briefly resist. The 61st and 62nd Royal Brigades would remain on Nobel for more than a year, ensuring there could be no effective campaign to recapture the world.<ref name="H:RWp149"/><ref name="H:RWp151">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 151, "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583-2588)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp102">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 102, "Afarsin, Adhelwin, Megarez and Nobel (March-April 2583)"</ref>
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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = | Designation = 62nd Royal Brigade | formed = 2571-2575 | Disbanded = | Previous Designation = | Nickname = | Affiliation = [[Star League]] | Parent Command = [[21st Royal Division]] | Sub-Command = }} ==History== The '''Sixty-Second Royal Brigade''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. It was originally formed during the creation of the SLDF in [[2571]] from units drawn from the [[Hegemony Armed Forces]], which earned it the [[Star League Defense Force Royal Divisions|Royal]] designation. The 62nd Royal Brigade was a part of the [[21st Royal Division]] during the [[Reunification War]], where it served in the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] campaign from [[2577]] to [[2588]].<ref name="H:RWp148">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 148, "Magistracy of Canopus Front (Jump-Off-2582)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp149">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 149, "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583-2588)"</ref> As a part of the Magistracy of Canopus task force, the 62nd Royal was stationed on [[Watermael]] alongside the rest of the 21st Royal Division when military action against the Magistracy began. The Commanding Officer of VII Corps, [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Marion Marik]], would often assign a division or more of troops to the conquest of various worlds by drawing together brigades from across VII Corps. The 61st Royal often operated in conjunction with other brigades from [[VII Corps (Star League)|VII Corps]] as well as fighting alongside units from the [[Free Worlds League Military]] assigned to the task force as auxiliary forces. During the early years of the invasion the 62nd Royal was redeployed to the world of [[Restitution]] after the [[57th Brigade]] had conquered this border world in [[2577]] and after the defenders from Restitution had ambushed the [[58th Brigade]] on [[Cranston]].<ref name="H:RWp148"/><ref name="H:RWp149"/> ===Ruschegg=== The 62nd Royal Brigade deployment to capture [[Ruschegg]] in [[2578]] was relatively easy; one of three former [[Free Worlds League]] which had defected to the Magistracy in the 2550s, all three were conquered through a display of overwhelming force and agile diplomacy by Captain-General Marik. The defenders of Ruschegg effectively offered no resistance to the SLDF landings, although it would have been difficult for any local militia to contest an invasion which saw the 62nd Royal Brigade deploy alongside the 58th Brigade and no less than four regiments of FWLM regulars, including two regiments from the [[Marik Militia]] and two brigades from the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]]. Within a very short period of time the planetary leader of Ruschegg had not only surrendered but was actively petitioning for Ruschegg to be admitted into the Free Worlds League.<ref name="H:RWp148"/><ref name="H:RWp100">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 100, "Ruschegg, Payvand and Scheuerheck (August-October 2577)"</ref> ===Royal Foxx=== The SLDF launched their attack on [[Royal Foxx]] in March [[2582]]; the 62nd Royal would face the elite [[Chasseurs á Cheval]] brigade of the MAF, as defending Royal Foxx were the [[1st Canopian Light Horse|1st]] and [[4th Canopian Light Horse]] regiments. The SLDF was attacking in strength, deploying an ad hoc [[division]] of troops formed from the [[61st Royal Brigade|61st]] and 62nd Royal Brigades along with the [[59th Brigade]] in an overwhelming show of force. Despite being heavily outnumbered the two MAF regiments contested the invasion of Royal Foxx, but were forced to withdraw by the end of March. In securing Royal Foxx, the SLDF locked down trade routes across a large region of the Magistracy and opened up easy access to the more lightly defended outback worlds of the Magistracy.<ref name="H:RWp148"/><ref name="H:RWp150">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 150, "Magistracy of Canopus Front (Jump-Off-2582)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp101+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 101, "Reversals (2582-2583)"</ref> ===Nobel=== The 62nd Royal continued to operate alongside the 61st Royal for the many of the remaining years of the war; in [[2583]], both brigades joined the 57th Brigade in a short campaign to capture the lightly industrialized world of [[Nobel]] as the SLDF consolidated it's hold on worlds near the Magistracy capital of [[Canopus IV]]. The MAF had no major units on the world to contest the invasion by a complete division of VII Corps troops, leaving only the home guard regiments to briefly resist. The 61st and 62nd Royal Brigades would remain on Nobel for more than a year, ensuring there could be no effective campaign to recapture the world.<ref name="H:RWp149"/><ref name="H:RWp151">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 151, "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583-2588)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp102">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 102, "Afarsin, Adhelwin, Megarez and Nobel (March-April 2583)"</ref> ===Candiear=== Deploying for a third time as part of a division-strength force, the 61st and 62nd Royal Brigades joined the [[56th Brigade]] against forces from the Chasseurs á Cheval on the world of [[Candiear]] in [[2585]]. Defending Candiear were the [[2nd Canopian Light Horse|2nd]] and 4th Canopian Light Horse, who tried to contest the invasion but in a repeat of the battle for Nobel were unable to resist for long against the SLDF numbers and had to retreat, the 2nd Light Horse linking up with [[Buquoy's Bandits]] on [[Harminous]] and the 4th Light Horse joining the 1st Canopian Light Horse on [[Palladix]].<ref name="H:RWp149"/><ref name="H:RWp151"/><ref name="H:RWp105">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 105, "Mopping Up (2584-2588)"</ref> ===Kossandra's Memory=== Settled shortly before the outbreak of the war by the MAF for use as a redoubt and base of operations should Canopus IV fall, the outback world of [[Kossandra's Memory]] was the site of the final battle between the SLDF task force and the Magistracy Armed Forces. The MAF had managed to keep the existence of Kossandra's Memory secret for much of the war although it hadn't been able to evacuate the [[Magestrix]] to Kossandra's Memory when Canopus fell in [[2584]]; when [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Marion Marik]] finally invaded Kossandra's Memory in [[2588]] the 2nd Canopian Light Horse and the Bandits were the only surviving major MAF units and were both on the world. Numbering just a few mismatched battalions, the MAF units still contested the landing, under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Adam Buquoy]] himself; Marik landed the 62nd Royal Brigade on Kossandra's Memory, along with the 1st Marik Militia and the 3rd Regulan Hussars, and led them personally into battle.<ref name="H:RWp105"/><ref name="H:RWp149"/> Marik used three regiments drawn from those who had landed in her assault against Buquoy's positions, and while Buquoy tried to trick Marik into making rash attacks that he could capitalize on, the Captain-General kept her cool and used her superior numbers to grind the Canopian forces down. With the last of the Magistracy forces finally defeated after eleven years of campaigning, the war between the Magistracy and the Star League finally ended when Marik accepted Buquoy's surrender with a firm handshake.<ref name="H:RWp105"/> ==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 62nd Brigade (SLDF)''' |- |} ==Tactics== Unknown. ==Composition History== Despite the doctrine and organization originally defined during the creation of the SLDF, the 62nd Royal Brigade would most likely have been a mélange of combined arms units.<ref name="H:RWp27">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 27, "Divisions and Brigades"</ref> The breakdown for the SLDF element of the Canopian task force indicates that just under a half of the SLDF regiments were [[BattleMech]] regiments, one-third were infantry regiments and the remaining forces were a mix of armor and aerospace regiments.<ref name="H:RWp95">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 95, "SLDF Task Force Canopus"</ref> ==Rules== <div class="gamerules"> ===Reunification War=== * VII Corps units may utilize Overrun Combat.<ref name="H:RWp181">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 181, "The Star League"</ref> * VII Corps units gain a +1 bonus to repair rolls.<ref name="H:RWp181"/> * The VII Corps commander may select half of the maps used in any battle, irrespective of scenario rules.<ref name="H:RWp181"/> * VII Corps units adhere to the Ares Conventions.<ref name="H:RWp181"/> * VII Corps units suffer a -2 penalty to Initiative if forced to fight on city maps.<ref name="H:RWp181"/> </div> ==References== <references/> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Brigade|Brigade, 0062nd Royal]] [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Royal Commands|Brigade, 0062nd Royal]]

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