9th BattleMech Division

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Ninth BattleMech Division
Disbanded 2779
Nickname The Oliver Division
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command IX Corps

The Ninth BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was stationed on Mallory's World,[1] assigned as a part of the IX Corps, Second Army, to District 1 of the Federated Suns Military Region. It was then transferred to District 2 in 2765 in response to the New Vandenberg Uprising.[2] With the start of the Amaris Civil War, the Ninth would take part in the Hegemony Campaign to win back Terra, in which the division was destroyed.[2]

Officers[edit]

Officers of the 9th Division
Rank Name Command
Major General Jeannette Marko[3] 2764

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division, the Ninth would have been composed with two brigades of 'Mech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[4]

2764[edit]

  • 91st Brigade [5]
  • 92nd Brigade
  • 93rd Brigade

References[edit]

  1. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 252: "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 150: "Second"
  3. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 49: "9th BattleMech Division"
  4. The Star League, p. 133
  5. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

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