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| Designation = 131st BattleMech Division<br />
| formed = unknown<br />
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| Nickname = "Hercules Division"<ref name=FM:SLDFp111>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 111</ref><br />
| Affiliation = [[Star League Defense Force]]<br />
| Parent Command = [[XIX Corps (Star League)|XIX Corps]]<br />
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==Overview==<br />
The '''131st BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.<br />
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== History ==<br />
In [[2762]], elements of the [[Second Fusiliers of Oriente|Second Brigade]] of the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] were training with the [[First Orloff Grenadiers]] on [[New Delos]] when they discovered a pirate raid.<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp14"/> The Second Fusiliers attempted to engage the pirate force, which [[Grand Duke]] [[Cedro Allison]] of the [[Duchy of Oriente]] believed to be under [[Maskirovka]] direction, when elements of the 131st BattleMech Division intervened and engaged the pirates directly.<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp5"/> The troops from the 131st - which were from the [[1333rd Brigade]] - ended up having to surround the Second Fusiliers and order them to stand down after frustrated elements within the Fusiliers fired warning shots on the lead [[BattleMech]] [[company]] from the 1333rd.<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp14"/><br />
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The news that battlefield control had been removed from [[Major]] Mykonos of the Fusiliers by the 131st on the grounds that the pirate raid was [[Star League]] business, rather than internal [[Free Worlds League]] business, infuriated the Grand Duke, in part because of the SLDF refusing to intervene in the earlier [[Marik Civil War (28th c.)|Marik Civil War]] on the grounds that the Civil War was internal FWL business.<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp5">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 5: "Internal Matters"</ref><ref name="FR:2765FWLMp14">''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 14: "Fusiliers of Oriente"</ref><br />
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In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XIX Corps (Star League)|XIX Corps]], [[Eighth Army (Star League)|Eighth Army]], to District 1 of the [[Free Worlds League Military Region]] and then transferred to District 3 by [[2765]].<ref name=SL141>''The Star League'', p. 141: "Eighth"</ref> The 131st survived the [[Periphery Uprising]], the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and followed General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name=SL141/><br />
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The 131st remained on the rolls of the [[Star League in Exile]], but was greatly reduced in size. [[Ellie Kinnison]], first khan of [[Clan Steel Viper]], served as a [[Lieutenant]] in the Star League in Exile's 131st.<ref>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 113</ref><br />
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==Officers==<br />
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank<br />
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name<br />
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command<br />
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 131st BattleMech Division'''<br />
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| [[Major General]]||[[Reyna Lauder]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp111/><br />
|}<br />
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==Tactics==<br />
Unknown.<br />
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==Composition==<br />
As an SLDF [[BattleMech]] [[Division]], the 131st would have been composed with two [[Brigade]]s of 'Mech [[regiment]]s and one brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref><br />
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===2762===<br />
''Partial''<br />
* [[1333rd Brigade]]<ref name="FR:2765FWLMp5"/><ref name="FR:2765FWLMp14"/><br />
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===2764===<br />
* 1311th Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref><br />
* 1312th Brigade<br />
* 1313th Brigade<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''<br />
* ''[[Field Report 2765: FWLM]]''<br />
* ''[[Historical: Operation Klondike]]''<br />
* ''[[The Star League]]''<br />
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