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History of
the Star League in Exile
Master Time line
2571
Birth of the Star League.
2573
Formation of the 295th
BattleMech Division and XLIX Corps.
2576
Formation of the 331st Royal
BattleMech Division and V Corps.
2577
Formation of the 326th
BattleMech Division and XXXV Corps.
2578
Three thirty first is assigned
to LCMR after the Lyran Commonwealth threatens withdrawal from the
Star League. Star League declares war on the Rim Worlds Republic,
Outworlds Alliance, and the Magistry of Canopus and the 331st is
sent there to put it down.
2581
Operation
Mailed Fist gets under against the Rim Worlds Republic and the 331st
is sent in. The unit is torn up quite bad as they were unprepared
for the enemy infantry to cover the ground they had just taken. The
formations of the Infantry Div. weren't part of the TOE for the
Fifth Corps. The 331st was plagued by desertions of techs and common
soldiers as the unit as a whole was unprepared for it, as was the
entirety of the Star League Forces.
2582-2751
In the intervening years
the 295th BMD and the 331st RBMD participated in several exercises
with House Steiner for training. This allowed the two units to help
train the members' state's military. Both units sent teachers to the
military academies.
13th Infantry Division was formed in
2582.
The 326th BMD's Sergeant Galloway became the top
gunslinger in the unit during the Hidden Wars. He amassed a total of
76 confirmed kills.
2752
Periphery tax law passed and
caused the Periphery to revolt. Almost all of the 100
battalion-sized Special Armed Services, the Black Hearts, have been
deployed.
2755
Birthday
Proclamation. Richard Cameron orders General Aleksandr Kerensky to
leave the Rim Worlds Republic and to turn over all Star League
facilities over to Stefan Ameris. Stripping uncomplete and the Rim
Worlds Republic military obtains Star League intelligence and
equipment.
2757
Exercise of more than fifty
divisions demonstrates the ability of the Terran Military Region to
defend itself.
2762
Richard Cameron turns 18. He
orders all Houses and private armies to disarm. The House Lords
force him to rescind the order.
2764
During 2764, the 331st was
posted to Lyran Commonwealth Military Region District One, with its
headquarters on the planet Zollikofen, under the command of the
Eleventh Army. In April of 2764 the 331st was dispatched to New
Vandenberg to put down the rebellion on 17 worlds in the
Periphery.
The 295th was posted to Lyran Commonwealth
Military Region District One under the command of the Eleventh Army.
The 326th was posted to Draconis Combine Military Region
District Two, with its headquarters on Hassi R'mei, under the
command of the Fifteenth Army.
2765
New Vandenburg and seventeen
other worlds secede from the Star League. Entire Periphery, except
for Rim Worlds Republic, rises up in rebellion. More than 60 percent
of the units near Terra are moved to the Periphery. Richard Cameron
allows the Rim Worlds Republic military to garrison the Terran
Hegemony.
In 2765 with the Periphery Uprising under way the
331st was shifted from Zollikofen to Zaprudy in District 3, under
the command of the Thirteenth Army.
The 295th was transferred
from Zollikofen to Deia in District Two under the command of the
Twelfth Army.
The 326th jumped out to the Periphery heading
out towards the Coreward area on a mission to secure worlds from a
rebelling Periphery State. The 326th and the 13th Infantry Division
suffered a mis-jump and end up in the Salvation
System.
2766
On December
26, 2766, Stefan Amaris kills the entire Cameron line and takes
control of all103 Terran Hegemony Worlds. Stefan Amaris deploys a
tactical nuke on the Royal Black Watch Regiment.
In 2766 the
331st and 295th are told to hold it's position to await the return
of General Kerensky and then move in toward Terra to retake the
planet from the Usurper's forces.
2767
New Vandenburg is retaken and
General Kerensky receives the news of the coup. The 34th Royal
BattleMech Division rushes to Epsilon Indi and is destroyed by a
System Defense Station. Rim Worlds Campaign begins and the Star
League Defense Forces conquers the Rim Worlds Republic. The Star
League Defense Forces uses the RWR for supplies and as an attack
base. SLDF forces are divided: One group strips bases and sends to
the Republic. The other group tests defenses.
2772
General Kerensky plans a
three-axis assault. General Aaron De Chavilier leads Task Force:
Sun, Admiral John Brandt leads Task Force: Commonwealth, and General
Kerensky leads Task Force: Confederation. Moving up through the
Federated Suns, Lyran Commonwealth, and Capellan Confederation the
task forces link up and form a ring around the Terran Hegemony in
2774.
During the Terran Campaign the 331st served with
distinction, honor, and with exceptional gallantry during the long
struggle to retake the crown jewel of the Star League and the
birthplace of humanity, under the command of Admiral Brandt's Task
Force: Commonwealth. During this time the V Corps lost two
independent Mech regiments: the 257th BattleMech and the 541st
BattleMech.
2775-2778
Attack against System
Defense Station controlled worlds and a new ECM helps the Star
League Defense Forces to take these worlds.
2777
Operation Liberation begins to
retake Terra. Forty warships destroy one hundred SDS drones and nine
hundred thirty two ships jump. Twenty fail to reach their
destination. General Kerensky joins the 146th Royal BattleMech
Division in the fight to retake Moscow. 322nd BattleMech Division
and the 9th Mechanized Infantry Division land in Alaska. The 135th
Royal BattleMech Division lands on the Gulf
Coast.
2779
September 3,
2779, the 9th Mechanized Infantry Division reaches the Court of the
Star League at Puget Sound. Stefan Amaris retreats to the Canadian
Palace. General De Chavilier leads the 9th Infantry Division and the
26th Royal BattleMech Division. General Kerensky leads the 238th
Royal BattleMech Division.
Stefan Amaris is captured and
summarily executed for crimes against humanity.
2780
October 10, 2780, General
Kerensky is stripped of the title Protector of the Star League and
the House Lords order the SLDF to peacetime
deployments.
2781
August 12, 2781, the Star
League is formally dissolved with each of the House Lords claiming
the title of First Lord.
2784
In 2784 after General Kerensky
was disgraced by the Great Houses he put out a call to all SLDF
units still left intact after the years of fighting and the 331st
answered his call. They left with other SLDF units out on the Exodus
into the unknown regions of space.
On October 2-12, 2784,
1349 transports and 402 Warships arrive at New Samarkand, DCMS.
Operation Exodus leaves New Samarkand on November 5 and last seen at
Gutara V, Rim Worlds Republic.
2786
The Fifth Corps and the 331st
Royal BattleMech Division reach the Cloak of Kerensky, along with
the rest of the Exodus Fleet.
During the intervening years
between 2786-2801 the 331st and supporting units colonized the world
of Circe.
2801-2821
Civil War erupts between the different factions and lasts
for twenty years when Nicholas Kerensky returns from Strana Mechty.
General Aleksandr Kerensky dies.
2821
Nicholas Kerensky returns and
institutes Clan Society as a new way of life to prevent further
outbreaks of Civil War amongst the SLDF units. Peace is restored and
the 331st is placed with Clan Wolverine.
Clan Wolverine, Nova
Cat, Mongoose, and Snow Raven joined forces to retake the world of
Circe from the rogue SLDF units.
2823
Nicholas forces the Grand
Council into voting to a Trial of Annihilation of Clan Wolverine,
over the excuse of a disputed Brian Cache housing most of the former
331st Royal Battlemech Division's equipment. Seventy-five percent of
all Clan Wolverine escapes into the Periphery to return to the Inner
Sphere.
2825
331st
Royal BattleMech Division sighted in the Inner Sphere and thus began
their return.
2979
The
Tripitz Affair in Taurian Concordant space.
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