Editing XIII Corps (Star League)

{{infoBoxStateUnit
| image    = [[File:XIII Corps.jpg|141px]]
| nickname =
| parent formation = [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth Army]]
| formed   = Unknown
| year     = 2772
| disbanded = 2772
| unitname = XIII Corps
}}
==Unit Description==
'''XIII Corps''' (or the Thirteenth Corps) was one of the seventy-two Corps that made up the [[Star League Defense Force]].  XIII Corps was one of the smaller Corps; prior to the collapse of the [[Star League]] it consisted of 4 [[division|divisions]] and 2 independent [[regiment|regiments]]. <ref name="SLp143">''The Star League'', p. 143</ref>

==History==
In [[2764]] XIII Corps was part of the [[10th Army (Star League)|10th Army]], assigned to District 3 of the [[Free Worlds League Military Region]]. Their specific operations area covered the Free Worlds League's border with the Capellan Confederation and the [[Duchy of Andurien]]. The Thirteenth was headquartered on [[Cirebon]] in the Duchy, and they were frequently required to participate in peacekeeping operations between the Confederation and the Duchy. Despite this, they were able to do the job and frequently coordinated exercises with [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV]] and [[LII Corps (Star League)|LII Corps]], two units that would work alongside the Thirteenth in case of a major conflict between the League and the Confederation.<ref name=fmsldfp128>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 128</ref>

When the simmering violence and rebellion building in the [[Periphery]] erupted with the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] and subsequent Periphery-wide uprising in [[2765]] XIII Corps was deployed into the [[Periphery Military Region]] along with the rest of the 10th Army.<ref name="SLp143"/>

The resulting combat and terrorist actions within the Periphery Military Region effectively destroyed XIII Corps; all four divisions were destroyed, and one of the two independent regiments, the [[237th Hussar Regiment]], defected and joined the rebels. By [[2766]] only one independent regiment remained as a coherent fighting unit within XIII Corps, the [[11th Dragoon Regiment]].<ref name="SLp143"/>

In [[2772]] prior to the start of [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]] the XIII Corps was disbanded and the survivors merged into the [[XXXIX Corps (Star League)| XXXIX Corps]].<ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 120 "Operation Chieftain SLDF Order of Battle"</ref> 

==Composition History==
{| border="1" 
! Unit 
! 2764
! 2765
! 2766
! 2767 - 79 
! 2784 
! Note
|-
|colspan="7"|'''Divisions'''
|-
| Unit |[[254th BattleMech Division]]<ref name=fmsldfp129>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 129</ref>
| 2764 |active <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2765 |destroyed <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2766 |
| 2767 - 79 |
| 2784 |
| Note |
|-
| Unit |[[39th Infantry Division]]<ref name=fmsldfp129/>
| 2764 |active <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2765 |destroyed <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2766 |
| 2767 - 79 |
| 2784 |
| Note |
|-
| Unit |[[63rd Royal Infantry Division]]<ref name=fmsldfp129/>
| 2764 |active <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2765 |destroyed <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2766 |
| 2767 - 79 |
| 2784 |
| Note |
|-
| Unit |[[160th Jump Infantry Division]]<ref name=fmsldfp129/>
| 2764 |active <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2765 |destroyed <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2766 |
| 2767 - 79 |
| 2784 |
| Note |
|-
|colspan="7"|'''Independent Regiments'''
|-
| Unit |[[237th Hussar Regiment]]<ref name=fmsldfp128/>
| 2764 |active <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2765 |active <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2766 |
| 2767 - 79 |
| 2784 |
| Note |joined resistance fighters 
|-
| Unit |[[11th Dragoon Regiment]]<ref name=fmsldfp128/>
| 2764 |active <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2765 |active <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2766 |active <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2767 - 79 |destroyed <ref name="SLp143"/>
| 2784 |
| Note |
|}

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
*''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
*''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
*''[[The Star League]]''


[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|Corps, 013th]]
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Corps|Corps, 0013th]]