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{{infoBoxStateUnit
| image         = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]]
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| image   = [[Image:Star League Logo.png]]
| Designation    = Forty-second Brigade Brigade
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| nickname =  
| formed        = [[2571]]
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| parent formation = [[14th Division (Star League)|14th Division]]
| Disbanded      =
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| formed  = [[2571]]
| Previous Designation =
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| year    = 2581
| Nickname      =
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| unitname = 42nd Brigade}}
| Affiliation    = [[Star League]]
 
| Parent Command = [[14th Division (Star League)|Fourteenth Division]]
 
| Sub-Command    =  
 
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The '''Forty-second Brigade''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Formed as a part of the [[14th Division (Star League)|Fourteenth Division]] during the creation of the SLDF, the Forty-second Brigade was a part of [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]] during [[Operation UNION HOLD]], the five-year campaign to conquer the [[Outworlds Alliance]]. The Forty-second Brigade served as a part of the Outworlds Alliance Task Force from the start of the operation in [[2581]] until peace was declared with the [[Treaty of Cerberus]] in [[2585]].<ref name="H:RWp140">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 141: "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref>
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The '''Forty-Second Brigade''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. Formed as a part of the [[14th Division (Star League)|14th Division]] during the creation of the [[SLDF]], the 42nd Brigade was a part of [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]] during [[Operation UNION HOLD]], the five-year campaign to conquer the [[Outworlds Alliance]]. The 42nd Brigade served as a part of the Outworlds Alliance Task Force from the start of the operation in [[2581]] until peace was declared with the [[Treaty of Cerberus]] in [[2585]].<ref name="H:RWp140">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 141, "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref>
  
The Forty-second was stationed on [[Goubellat]] when the invasion of the Alliance began and was deployed forward to pacify the population of [[Bad News]] in 2581,<ref name="H:RWp110">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 110–111, "Fait Accompli(shed)"</ref> before deploying to [[Valentina]] in [[2582]] and then [[Ki Zoban]] in [[2583]].<ref name="H:RWp140"/> The Forty-second saw active combat twice in 2583 after being mustered on Ki Zoban along with the majority of V Corps; the Forty-second was one half of a two-brigade raiding party that that attacked [[Dindatari]] and then [[Quiberas]] in 2583 on seek-and-destroy raids as a part of [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]]'s plan to defeat the will and ability of the Alliance to resist by attacking civilian populations and industries.<ref name="H:RWp124">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 124: "Baby Killers Unleashed"</ref>
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The 42nd was stationed on [[Goubellat]] when the invasion of the Alliance began and was deployed forward to pacify the population of [[Bad News]] in 2581,<ref name="H:RWp110">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 110-111, "Fait Accompli(shed)"</ref> before deploying to [[Valentina]] in [[2582]] and then [[Ki Zoban]] in [[2583]].<ref name="H:RWp140"/> The 42nd saw active combat twice in 2583 after being mustered on Ki Zoban along with the majority of V Corps; the 42nd was one half of a two-brigade raiding party that that attacked [[Dindatari]] and then [[Quiberas]] in 2583 on seek and destroy raids as a part of [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]]'s plan to defeat the will and ability of the Alliance to resist by attacking civilian populations and industries.<ref name="H:RWp124">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 124, "Baby Killers Unleashed"</ref>
  
The Forty-second spent the remainder of the war locked in the grinding battle for [[Lushann]];<ref name="H:RWp140"/> after the war, the Forty-second Brigade and the bulk of V Corps formed the major part of the [[Outworlds Alliance Army of Occupation]], establishing bases alongside the new [[Star League]] administration offices on each of the Outworlds Alliance worlds.<ref name="H:RWp160">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 157–160: "The Terms of Outworlds Freedom"</ref>
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The 42nd spent the remainder of the war locked in the grinding battle for [[Lushann]];<ref name="H:RWp140"/> after the war, the 42nd Brigade and the bulk of V Corps formed the major part of the [[Outworlds Alliance Army of Occupation]], establishing bases alongside the new Star League administration offices on each of the Outworlds Alliance worlds.<ref name="H:RWp160">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 157-160, "The Terms of Outworlds Freedom"</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 42nd Brigade'''
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 42nd Brigade (SLDF)'''
 
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
Unknown.
 
Unknown.
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==Rules==
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===Reunification War===
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* In battles that occur prior to [[2583]], when randomly generating force experience 42nd Brigade forces apply a -1 penalty to the Random Experience Level roll.<ref name="H:RWp181">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 181, "The Star League"</ref>
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**This penalty doesn't apply from [[2583]] onwards.
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* In battles that occur prior to [[2583]] all 42nd Brigade forces receive a -1 penalty to Initiative unless they are the defender in the scenario.<ref name="H:RWp181"/>
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**This penalty doesn't apply from [[2583]] onwards.
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* In battles from [[2583]] onwards 42nd Brigade units may Bank Initiative.<ref name="H:RWp181"/>
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* In battles from [[2583]] onwards the 42nd Brigade may select its own home edge in any battle in which it is the attacker.<ref name="H:RWp181"/>
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==References==
 
==References==

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