Avalon Borderers

Avalon Borderers
Formed 2786
Disbanded 2864
Affiliation Federated Suns
Parent Command AFFS


The Avalon Borderers were a Federated Suns BattleMech brigade mostly consisting of former SLDF Regiments which joined the House Davion after the Exodus of the SLDF from the Inner Sphere.[1]


History[edit]

Founding[edit]

The unit had initially began with the First Avalon Borderers, however it was expanded with the addition of three former SLDF regiments once belonging to the SLDF 5th and 8th Armies. The four regiments in the brigade consisted of SLDF defectors which were the Fifth Hussars, Ninety-first Heavy Assault, 2004th Battle, and the 149th Dragoon Regiments.[1] These newcomers were veterans of the Amaris Civil War and participated in the liberation of Terra.[2]

First Succession War[edit]

The First Succession War first pitted the brigade's units against the Suns' enemies. The Second, Third and Fourth Regiments were deployed against the Draconis Combine in the FedSuns counteroffensive. By the end of the war the Third Avalon Borderers had been destroyed and the remaining units reduced to half-strength or worse.[1]

Second Succession War[edit]

The Second Succession War took an even greater toll upon the Avalon Borderers: by war's end, both the First and Second had been destroyed and the Fourth reduced to barely a tenth of its authorized strength.[3]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Avalon Borderers

Tactics[edit]

Different per Unit.

Units of the Avalon Borderers[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • The 1st Borderers was destroyed in Second Succession War[3]
  • The 2nd Borderers was destroyed in Second Succession War[3]
  • The 3rd Borderers was destroyed in First Succession War.[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 First Succession Wars, p. 33: Former SLDF regiments joined to FedSuns forming the Avalon Borderers during the First Succession Wars and their actions during the conflict
  2. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2: 8th and 5th Armies were listed as assaulting Terra and liberating it and the Hegemony[citation needed]
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Second Succession War, p. 94: "Deployment Table - Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"

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