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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
The '''Periphery Military Region''' was created to organize all [[SLDF]] forces that were located in the [[Periphery]]. It corresponded to the borders of the [[Taurian Concordat]], [[Magistracy of Canopus]], [[Rim Worlds Republic]], and [[Outworlds Alliance]].<ref name=SLp155-158>''The Star League'', pp. 155–158</ref> It was further subdivided into a '''Taurian Military Region''', '''Magistracy Military Region''', '''Rim Worlds Military Region''', and '''Outworlds Military Region''', whose borders matched those of the appropriate nation.<ref name=FM:SLDFp201etal>''Field Manual: SLDF'', pp. 201, 211, 221, 231</ref> This meant that unlike the other SLDF Military Regions, there was no division into smaller Districts. Each nation was instead assigned an Army whose general reported to the SLDF High Command.
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The '''Periphery Military Region''' was created to organize all [[SLDF]] forces that were located in the [[Periphery]].<ref>''The Star League'', p. 41</ref> It corresponded to the borders of the [[Taurian Concordat]], [[Magistracy of Canopus]], [[Rim Worlds Republic]], and [[Outworlds Alliance]]. It was further subdivided into a '''Taurian Military Region''', '''Magistracy Military Region''', '''Rim Worlds Military Region''', and '''Outworlds Military Region''', whose borders matched those of the appropriate nation.<ref>''The Star League'', p. 141</ref> This meant that unlike the other SLDF Military Regions, there was no division into smaller Districts. Each nation was instead assigned an Army whose general reported to the SLDF High Command.
  
All SLDF naval assets in the Periphery Military Regions were overseen by a [[Vice Admiral]].<ref name=SLp112>''The Star League'', p. 112</ref>
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All SLDF naval assets in the Periphery Military Regions were overseen by a [[Vice Admiral]].<ref>''The Star League'', p. 112</ref>
  
Prior to the outbreak of the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]], the following armies were assigned to their corresponding regions in the Periphery: the [[19th Army (Star League)|Nineteenth Army]] (Taurian), [[17th Army (Star League)|Seventeenth Army]] (Magistracy), [[18th Army (Star League)|Eighteenth Army]] (Outworlds), and the [[20th Army (Star League)|Twentieth Army]] (Rim Worlds), combining into a force equivalent to 98 [[division]]s.<ref name=SLp155-158/> However, thanks to [[Stefan Amaris]]' influence on the young [[First Lord]] [[Richard Cameron]], the Twentieth would be withdrawn from the Rim Worlds Republic as part of the First Lord's second birthday proclamation. Though every effort was made by [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] to strip their abandoned facilities of any useful information, enough would fall into the Republic's hands to prove damaging during the [[Amaris Civil War]].<ref name=SLp73>''The Star League'', p. 73</ref>  
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Prior to the outbreak of the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]], the following armies were assigned to their corresponding regions in the Periphery: the [[19th Army (Star League)|Nineteenth Army]] (Taurian), [[17th Army (Star League)|Seventeenth Army]] (Magistracy), [[18th Army (Star League)|Eighteenth Army]] (Outworlds), and the [[20th Army (Star League)|Twentieth Army]] (Rim Worlds), combining into a force equivalent to 98 [[division]]s.<ref>''The Star League'', p. 158</ref> However, thanks to [[Stefan Amaris]]' influence on the young [[First Lord]] [[Richard Cameron]], the Twentieth would be withdrawn from the Rim Worlds Republic as part of the First Lord's second birthday proclamation. Though every effort was made by [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] to strip their abandoned facilities of any useful information, enough would fall into the Republic's hands to prove damaging during the [[Amaris Civil War]].<ref>''The Star League'', p. 73</ref>  
  
 
All four armies would suffer greatly during the Uprising, with more than half of their starting forces destroyed or forced to disband from heavy losses, and during the campaign to win back the [[Terran Hegemony]] from Amaris.
 
All four armies would suffer greatly during the Uprising, with more than half of their starting forces destroyed or forced to disband from heavy losses, and during the campaign to win back the [[Terran Hegemony]] from Amaris.
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
  
 
[[Category: Star League Military Regions]]
 
[[Category: Star League Military Regions]]
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