The Twenty-eight Seventeenth is part of the planetary defence forces for
Persephone.
They are famous for their invovlement in
The Battle of Edyn. They continued to fight throughout the
The Persephone War including being transferred off world when the frontlines moved out of the
Hades System.
During the Persephone War, they also worked closely with the
Ravens of Persephone who were often attached to the unit in most ground deployments.
Naming
The numbers 2817 are a code that follows the standard Aegis naming system for their ground armies. The 2 indicates which sector on Aegis' map of the galaxy the home planet is located in. The 8 indicates which star system within that sector the home planet is in. The 17 is the division number, this is an arbitrary number whose only requirement is not already being in use.
Under the Aegis system each star system has their own military command. Star system commands are responsibile for almost all mustering of stellar and planetary forces. Aegis Capital will supply a small force when a system is first being settled, if possible. Only the numbers are required to fit a standard and the rest of the name can be assigned or changed as needed. Hades Command generally sticks to simple, descriptive names. Some system commands will give units more interesting ones like the
3465th Hurricane Fleet. This naming system is only for division or fleet level units. Sub-units are named as desired by system command. The Aegis military only forms larger units during a war, which are named as needed and tend to change throughout a war.
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