XI Corps (Star League)
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Unit Description
XI Corps (or the Eleventh Corps) was one of the seventy-two Corps that made up the Star League Defense Force. Prior to the collapse of the Star League XI Corps was a large corps consisting of 9 divisions and 4 independent regiments.[1]
History
In 2764 XI Corps was part of the 16th Army assigned to District 3 of the Draconis Combine Military Region. When the simmering violence and rebellion building in the Periphery erupted with the New Vandenberg Uprising and subsequent Periphery-wide uprising in 2765 XI Corps was deployed into into the Periphery Military Region along with the rest of the 16th Army.[1]
XI Corps lost fewer units in the Periphery Uprising than the other corps within the 16th Army; the New Delhi Grenadiers were destroyed in 2765, while the 66th Mechanized Infantry Division took heavy casualties and was disbanded, although some elements joined the Draconis Combine. In 2766 the Epsilon Indi Division was destroyed and XI Corps were embroiled soon after in the Hegemony Campaign. Three full divisions were destroyed during the 12-year long conflict;[1] XI Corps also lost the 19th Striker Regiment, destroyed in an ambush on Amity.[2]
When General Aleksandr Kerensky ordered the Exodus in 2784 the three intact divisions within XI Corps all elected to follow him; however, the three surviving independent regiments elected to remain in the Inner Sphere,[1] forming the noted Eridani Light Horse mercenary unit.[2]
Composition History
2764
- 34th Royal BattleMech Division (The Epsilon Indi Division)
- 168th BattleMech Division (The Czar Peter Division)
- 49th Infantry Division
- 38th Mechanized Infantry Division (The New Delhi Grenadiers)
- 47th Royal Mechanized Infantry Division
- 57th Mechanized Infantry Division
- 66th Mechanized Infantry Division
- 67th Mechanized Infantry Division (The Indiana Division)
- 68th Jump Infantry Division
- 71st Light Horse Regiment (member of 3rd RCT)
- 151st Light Horse Regiment (member of 3rd RCT)
- 19th Striker Regiment (member of 3rd RCT)
- 21st Striker Regiment (member of 3rd RCT)
2766
- 168th BattleMech Division (The Czar Peter Division)
- 49th Infantry Division
- 47th Royal Mechanized Infantry Division
- 57th Mechanized Infantry Division
- 67th Mechanized Infantry Division (The Indiana Division)
- 68th Jump Infantry Division
- 71st Light Horse Regiment (member of 3rd RCT)
- 151st Light Horse Regiment (member of 3rd RCT)
- 19th Striker Regiment (member of 3rd RCT)
- 21st Striker Regiment (member of 3rd RCT)
2784
- 168th BattleMech Division (The Czar Peter Division)
- 49th Infantry Division
- 67th Mechanized Infantry Division (The Indiana Division)
- 71st Light Horse Regiment (member of 3rd RCT)
- 151st Light Horse Regiment (member of 3rd RCT)
- 21st Striker Regiment (member of 3rd RCT)