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| image         = [[File:13th Royal Infantry Division.jpg]]
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| image   = [[File:13th Royal Infantry Division.jpg]]
| Designation    = Thirteenth Royal Infantry Division
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| nickname = The Superstition Division
| formed        = unknown
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| parent formation = [[XXXV Corps (Star League)|XXXV Corps]]
| Disbanded      = 2784<ref name="FSWp34"/>
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| formed  = unknown
| Previous Designation =
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| year    = 2764
| Nickname      = The Superstition Division<ref name=FM:SLDFp185>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 185</ref>
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| unitname = 13th Royal Infantry Division
| Affiliation    = SLDF
 
| Parent Command = [[XXXV Corps (Star League)|XXXV Corps]]
 
| Sub-Command    =  
 
 
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==History==
 
==History==
The Thirteenth Royal Infantry Division twice won the SLDF's [[Martial Olympiad]], once in [[2664]] and again in [[2684]]. The Thirteenth was one of the most rigorously trained units in the SLDF, and often received experimental equipment for testing and evaluation. Their evaluation was critical, and despite having their Divisional headquarters on [[Midway]], no equipment was ever leaked to the [[DCMS]]. (The [[ISF]] is known to have dispatched at least one boarding party to take a supply [[JumpShip]] but marines attached to the Thirteenth prevented the takeover.) Widespread rumors suggested that the Thirteenth was one of the units used to evaluate [[Nighthawk]] power armor, but these remain unconfirmed. The Thirteenth is known to have conducted secret weapons tests in the [[Draconis Rift]] however.<ref name=er2750p56>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 56</ref>
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The Thirteenth Royal Infantry Division twice won the SLDF's [[Martial Olympiad]], once in [[2664]] and again in [[2684]]. The Thirteenth was one of the most rigorously trained units in the SLDF, and often received experimental equipment for testing and evaluation. Their evaluation was critical, and despite having their Divisional headquarters on [[Midway]], no equipment was ever leaked to the [[DCMS]]. (The [[ISF]] is known to have dispatched at least one boarding party to take a supply [[JumpShip]] but marines attached to the Thirteenth prevented the takeover.) Widespread rumors suggested that the Thirteenth was one of the units used to evaluate [[Nighthawk]] power armor, but these remain unconfirmed. The Thirteenth is known to have conducted secret weapons tests in the Draconis Rift however.<ref name=er2750p56>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 56</ref>
  
In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XXXV Corps (Star League)|XXXV Corps]], [[15th Army (Star League)|Fifteenth Army]], to District 2 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]], but was moved to an undisclosed are of the [[Periphery]] in [[2765]], to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL148>''The Star League'', p. 148: "Fifteenth"</ref> The 13th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]].
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In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XXXV Corps (Star League)|XXXV Corps]], [[15th Army (Star League)|Fifteenth Army]], to District 2 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]], but was moved to an undisclosed are of the [[Periphery]] in [[2765]], to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL148>''The Star League'', p. 148, "Fifteenth"</ref>. The 13th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]].
  
 
====Post-Exodus====
 
====Post-Exodus====
For many years the Inner Sphere assumed that the Thirteenth had joined the Exodus, and communications logs indicate that the Thirteenth told General Kerensky that they would be joining after making a stop in the Draconis Rift. Examining Clan records showed that the Thirteenth never joined the Exodus.<ref name=er2750p56/> Instead the unit remained in the Inner Sphere rather than join [[Operation Exodus]], secretly working for the fledgling [[ComStar]].<ref name=SL148/><ref name=CSs013>''ComStar'', p. 13</ref> Subsequent publications released in the thirty-first and thirty-second centuries revealed that the Thirteenth almost certainly formed the basis of the "mercenaries" used to create the [[5th ComStar Expeditionary Division|Fifth ComStar Expeditionary Division]] in [[2784]].<ref name="FSWp34">''First Succession War'', p. 34: "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref>
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For many years the Inner Sphere assumed that the Thirteenth had joined the Exodus, and communications logs indicate that the Thirteenth told General Kerensky that they would be joining after making a stop in the Draconis Rift. Examining Clan records showed that the Thirteenth never joined the Exodus.<ref name=er2750p56/> Instead the unit remained in the Inner Sphere rather than join [[Operation Exodus]], secretly working for the fledgeling [[ComStar]].<ref name=SL148/><ref name=CSs013>''ComStar (sourcebook)'', p. 13</ref>  
  
In [[2788]] the Thirteenth took part in [[Operation SILVER SHIELD]] when along with the [[Third Striker Regiment]] they assaulted two former SLDF 'Mechanized Infantry Divisions in the Amazon rainforest on [[Terra]].<ref name=CSs013/>  Following SILVER SHIELD the vast majority of the Expeditionary Divisions were demobilized and their equipment cached for the future, forming the basis of the later [[Com Guards]].<ref name="H:LOTV2p117">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 117: "ComStar and the Com Guard"</ref>
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==Officers==
  
==Officers==
 
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 13th Royal Infantry Division'''
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Jeffry Bragg]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp185/>
 
|}
 
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
Unknown.
 
  
==Composition History==
 
Unknown.
 
  
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==Composition==
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==Notes==
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==Rules==
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]''
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*''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
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*''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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*''[[The Star League]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
  
  
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Infantry Division|Infantry Division, 0013th Royal]]
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|Infantry Division, 0013th Royal]]
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Royal Commands|Infantry Division, 0013th Royal]]
 

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