Editing 13th Brigade (SLDF)

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| Designation = 13th Brigade
| Formed = [[2571]]
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| Affiliation = [[Star League]]
| Parent Command = [[5th Division]]
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==History==
===Reunification War===
The '''Thirteenth Brigade''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. Formed as a part of the [[5th Division]] during the creation of the [[SLDF]], the 13th Brigade was a part of [[II Corps (Star League)|II Corps]] during [[Operation UNION HOLD]], the five-year campaign to conquer the [[Outworlds Alliance]]. The 13th Brigade served as a part of the Outworlds Alliance Task Force from the start of the operation in [[2581]] until the entire 5th Division was transferred to the [[Taurian Concordat]] front in [[2584]].<ref name="H:RWp140">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 140, "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref>

====Medron====
In October [[2581]] the 13th Brigade was under the command of [[Lieutenant General]] [[Remy Mallet]] and was ordered to capture the world of [[Medron]]. The 13th Brigade was a heavy assault brigade, and Medron was only defended by the planetary militia. Unlike most of the militias on the various border worlds, the Medron militia was well-trained and effective; under the command of a former [[DCMS]] tank commander and veteran named [[Kerron Raty]], the militia had grown to a force consisting of four battalions of fast armor supported by two regiments of mechanized infantry. The 13th Brigade found that the militia were determined to resist for as long as possible and had to deal with hit and run attacks that constantly used the high mobility of the fast militia armor to pick off isolated units from the 13th. In mid-November militia forces captured an SLDF supply cache and used the seized supplies to raise and arm volunteers from the population to fortify the cities of Axel and New Tallahassee. The 13th assaulted Axel, but couldn't secure the city center without levelling the city, a course of action Mallet was unwilling to order at this point in time. Instead, Mallet asked the commander of the Outworlds Alliance Task Force, [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]], for advice on dealing with the determined militia forces.<ref name="H:RWp116">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 116, "Medron"</ref>

A week later, orders arrived from Forlough directing Mallet to punish the population of Medron for resisting the will of the [[Star League]] by decimating the population - to execute literally one in ten of the inhabitants of Medron. In contrast to her stance over levelling the city of Axel, Mallet ordered these executions, and within a week the 13th Brigade had crushed the resistance on Medron and executed more than 10,000 civilians.<ref name="H:RWp117">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 117, "Rage Unleashed"</ref> The consequence of these actions went beyond the pacification of Medron; the order to decimate civilian populations became a standard order for the entire task force, and thousands of civilians were executed on planets across the Outworlds Alliance, paving the way for later orders to deliberately attack civilian population centers to weaken the will of the Alliance to resist. In addition to the resulting brutalities, the 13th Brigade's actions also sparked a groundswell of outrage amongst the population of the Outworlds Alliance, causing the battles for other worlds to be longer and more vicious than those of the first year of the war, and bringing a flood of volunteers joining the [[Outworlds Alliance Militia]], determined to resist Forlough and his "Baby Killers."<ref name="H:RWp117"/><ref name="H:RWp124">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 124, "Baby Killers Unleashed"</ref>

====Cerberus====
In [[2583]] the entirety of the [[4th Royal Infantry Division|4th]] and 5th Divisions were assigned to conquer the industrial world of [[Cerberus (system)|Cerberus]]; the invasion began with drops directly on top of the militia positions, which quickly overwhelmed and scattered the militia. The militia forces attempted to regroup, but Forlough had already ordered the six brigades of SLDF troops to destroy the will of the population to resist by laying waste to every factory, village, town and city on the planet.<ref name="H:RWp123">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 123, "Cerberus And The Baby Killers"</ref> The Alliance would continually reinforce the defenders on Cerberus, which became the scene of constant grinding warfare until the end of the campaign against the Outworlds Alliance. The 13th would remain embroiled in the conflict on Cerberus until the entire strength of the 5th Division was deployed to the war against the [[Taurian Concordat]] in [[2585]].<ref name="H:RWp125">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 125, "Year Four: Slow Grind"</ref><ref name="H:RWp126">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 126, "Negotiation"</ref>

==Officers==
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! 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 Brigade'''
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| [[Lieutenant General]]||[[Remy Mallet]]||[[2581]]<ref name="H:RWp116"/>
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==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
Unknown.

==Rules==
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===Reunification War===
* When randomly generating force experience all 13th Brigade forces apply a +2 bonus to the Random Experience Level roll.<ref name="H:RWp181">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 181, "The Star League"</ref>
* All 13th Brigade units add a +1 bonus to Initiative rolls.<ref name="H:RWp181"/>
* All 13th Brigade units may Force the Initiative.<ref name="H:RWp181"/>
* All 13th Brigade units may utilize Overrun Combat.<ref name="H:RWp181"/>
* All 13th Brigade units receive a +1 bonus on Availability Rolls for Advanced Components.<ref name="H:RWp181"/>
* All 13th Brigade units receive a +1 bonus to repair rolls.<ref name="H:RWp181"/>
* All 13th Brigade units receive a +1 bonus to determine the availability of supplies or replacement equipment.<ref name="H:RWp181"/>
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''

[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Brigade|Brigade, 0013th]]