The history of the Iron Brigade
is closely tied with the Amaris
coup and the subsequent collapse
of the Star League. Our compiled
data on the whereabouts of units
from this period provided little
assistance. It is easy to forget
that units listed as destroyed were
not completely wiped out. Unlike
the holodramas they did not perish
to the last man. They simply had
lost too many personnel to maintain
an effective fighting force; often
hundreds, even thousands of troops
remained. It was assumed that the
Iron Brigade had formed from a single
unknown Star League Defense Force
unit, or from a wide scattering
of survivors from hundreds of units.
Instead the Brigade appears to be
directly descended from a significant
core of SLDF units marooned on the
God forsaken planet of Okefenokee.
