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| − | When the SLDF was divided into [[Star League Defense Force#Military Regions|six separate regions]], General [[Shandra Noruff-Cameron]], wife of [[First Lord]] [[Ian Cameron]], decided that the core of each region's forces would be divisions from the [[Hegemony Armed Forces]]. Every member of the Royal units had to be a native to a world of the Hegemony. In addition to the Royal Divisions, Royal Regiments and Battalions would be dispersed throughout the rest of the regular army.<ref name=SL41/> This also included Royal units among those elements of the SDLF Marines permanently or otherwise attached to the regular army, | + | When the SLDF was divided into [[Star League Defense Force#Military Regions|six separate regions]], General [[Shandra Noruff-Cameron]], wife of [[First Lord]] [[Ian Cameron]], decided that the core of each region's forces would be divisions from the [[Hegemony Armed Forces]]. Every member of the Royal units had to be a native to a world of the Hegemony. In addition to the Royal Divisions, Royal Regiments and Battalions would be dispersed throughout the rest of the regular army.<ref name=SL41/> This also included Royal units among those elements of the SDLF Marines permanently or otherwise attached to the regular army, one example being the [[8th Royal CAAN Marine Regiment]], another the marine elements of the [[Royal Black Watch Regiment]]. There were also Royal units among those marine forces under the direct operational as well as administrative control of the [[Star League Defense Force#Naval|SLDF Marine Corps]], including a number of independently operating (as were the bulk of the 'standard' [[CAAN Regiment|CAAN Regiments]]) Royal CAAN Regiments. |
Officers of the Royal Guards wore ceremonial swords.<ref name=SL110>''The Star League'', p. 110</ref> | Officers of the Royal Guards wore ceremonial swords.<ref name=SL110>''The Star League'', p. 110</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:12, 9 May 2022
The Star League Defense Force Royal Divisions were the elite of the original Star League Defense Force. When the SLDF was founded, it was decided that while the soldiers would come from throughout all the six member states of the Star League, troops from the Terran Hegemony would form the central core of the new defense force. [1]
Troop Composition
When the SLDF was divided into six separate regions, General Shandra Noruff-Cameron, wife of First Lord Ian Cameron, decided that the core of each region's forces would be divisions from the Hegemony Armed Forces. Every member of the Royal units had to be a native to a world of the Hegemony. In addition to the Royal Divisions, Royal Regiments and Battalions would be dispersed throughout the rest of the regular army.[1] This also included Royal units among those elements of the SDLF Marines permanently or otherwise attached to the regular army, one example being the 8th Royal CAAN Marine Regiment, another the marine elements of the Royal Black Watch Regiment. There were also Royal units among those marine forces under the direct operational as well as administrative control of the SLDF Marine Corps, including a number of independently operating (as were the bulk of the 'standard' CAAN Regiments) Royal CAAN Regiments.
Officers of the Royal Guards wore ceremonial swords.[2]
Equipment
Generally the Royal Divisions were given the newest weapon technologies first, the rest of the SLDF second, and only then to the armies of the member states. During the military buildup under First Lord Jonathan Cameron this policy was reemphasized.[3]
The Royal Divisions included exclusive variations of many BattleMech designs as well as tanks and AeroSpace Fighters.[4] These variants used the latest Star League technology, giving the Royal Divisions an undeniable edge in combat. Most notable among these variants was the exclusive Atlas II,[5] released just prior to the Periphery Uprising, which led to the Amaris Civil War. The Royal Divisions were also intended to receive the Nighthawk Mk. XXII PA(L), but this was frustrated by the civil war and the eventual fall of the Star League.
- Also see: Category:SLDF Royal BattleMechs, Category:SLDF Royal Combat Vehicles, and Category:SLDF Royal Aerospace Fighter classes
The Amaris Civil War
The Royal troops of the SLDF were emotionally the hardest hit by Stefan Amaris' coup, knowing their families were now living under the aegis of a tyrannical despot and murderer.[6] The Amaris Civil War would devastate the worlds of the Terran Hegemony during ten long years of fighting, with General Aleksandr Kerensky's forces emerging triumphant despite suffering heavy casualties.[7]
The overwhelming majority of the surviving Royal Divisions left with General Kerensky along with the bulk of the Regular Army on the Exodus in 2784.[7]
References
Bibliography
- The Star League (sourcebook)
- Technical Readout: 3075