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| − | In [[2764]] the Seventieth was stationed alongside with the [[29th BattleMech Division]] on [[New Earth]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 251, "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"</ref>, as part of [[X Corps (Star League)|X Corps]] within the [[1st Army (Star League)|First Army]] and was assigned to the [[Terran Military Region]]. The Seventieth was then transferred to District 2 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]] in [[2765]] as part of the SLDF response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]].<ref name=SL140>''The Star League'', p. 140, "First"</ref> The Seventieth took heavy losses during the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and was disbanded in [[2780]].<ref name=SL140/> | + | In [[2764]] the Seventieth was stationed alongside with the [[29th BattleMech Division]] on [[New Earth]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 251, "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"</ref>, as part of [[X Corps (Star League)|X Corps]] within the [[1st Army (Star League)|First Army]] and was assigned to the [[Terran Military Region]]. The Seventieth was then transferred to District 2 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]] in [[2765]] as part of the SLDF response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]].<ref name=SL140>''The Star League'', p. 140, "First"</ref> |
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| + | The [[114th Hussar Regiment]] supported the Seventieth Infantry Division during the fighting in Virginia in [[2779]], successfully pushing back the Amaris Dragoons that had been defending the area.<ref name=LTO100>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 100 </ref> | ||
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| + | The Seventieth took heavy losses during the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and was disbanded in [[2780]].<ref name=SL140/> | ||
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Star League]]'' | * ''[[The Star League]]'' | ||
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]'' | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]'' | ||
Revision as of 07:45, 21 May 2017
Overview
The Seventieth Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.
History
In 2764 the Seventieth was stationed alongside with the 29th BattleMech Division on New Earth[1], as part of X Corps within the First Army and was assigned to the Terran Military Region. The Seventieth was then transferred to District 2 of the Draconis Combine Military Region in 2765 as part of the SLDF response to the New Vandenberg Uprising.[2]
The 114th Hussar Regiment supported the Seventieth Infantry Division during the fighting in Virginia in 2779, successfully pushing back the Amaris Dragoons that had been defending the area.[3]
The Seventieth took heavy losses during the Hegemony Campaign, and was disbanded in 2780.[2]
Officers
The commanding officer in 2764 was Major General Rosalie Benjamin.[4]
Composition
As an SLDF Infantry division the Seventieth would have been formed from two brigades of grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[5]
2764
- 701st Brigade [4]
- Striker Regiment
- Striker Regiment
- Striker Regiment
Notes
In 2742 a private from the Seventieth, a gunner on a Turhan combat vehicle named Sandra Ustus, was inexplicably struck deaf, blind and dumb for five days. When Ustus recovered from whatever had caused her condition, she declared that the ghost of Jocasta Cameron had appeared to her and brought her a prophetic prediction: that First Lord Simon Cameron would be killed by an "assassin's digging machine". While this prediction would be largely forgotten, in 2751 Simon Cameron was killed by a Miner 'Mech which had apparently malfunctioned. As a result, Ustus' vision was one of a number of incidents that would fuel the rise of the Cult of the Saints Cameron during the closing years of the Star League.[6]
References
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 251, "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 140, "First"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 100
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 41, "70th Infantry Division"
- ↑ The Star League, p. 133
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 172, "Turhan"