299th Royal BattleMech Division

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Overview

The Two Hundred Ninety-ninth Royal BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army. It was one of the SLDF's Royal units, which consisted of troops from the Terran Hegemony.

History

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XLIV Corps, Sixteenth Army, to District 3 of the Draconis Combine Military Region but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery to take part in the Periphery Uprising by 2765.[1] The 299th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[1]

Composition

As an SLDF BattleMech division the 299th would have been formed from two Brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Star League, p. 149, "Sixteenth"
  2. The Star League, p. 133

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