1st Davion Guards
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History
The homeworld of the 1st Davion Guards is New Avalon. After the events of the Davion Civil War, the entire Brigade of Guards was shattered by fighting Dmitri Rostov. The First Davion Guards were the first unit rebuilt by Prince Alexander Davion. Since that time the First Guards RCT was often seen escorting those Princes who took the field, including Ian Davion.[1]
Fourth Succession War
The First Davion Guards landed on Shensi, quickly overwhelming the militia forces there.[2] They then went on to take Tsitsang in the second wave.[3] After sitting out the third wave of attacks, they went to Kawich to defend the AFFS supply depots on that world. On that world they destroyed a Capellan task force based around the 3rd Confederation Reserve Cavalry. After fighting for several hours, the Capellan unit was destroyed.[4]
Operation Bulldog
In 3059, as part of Operation Bird Dog, the 1st Davion Guards RCT of the Federated Commonwealth was largely responsible for capturing the Clan Smoke Jaguar planet of Port Arthur.
In 3060, as the defeated Smoke Jaguars fled towards their homeworlds after Operation Bulldog, the 1st Battalion of the 1st Davion Guards was assigned to stop a renegade Smoke Jaguar commander, Star Colonel Marcus Kotare, from obtaining and deploying weapons of mass destruction stored on the desolate Deep Periphery planet of Cermak.
During these campaigns 1st Battalion was commanded by Colonel Kristen Reese.
One of the 1st Davion Guard MechCommanders was an AFFC officer named Harrison.
FedCom Civil War
The 1st Davion Guards RCT was assigned to New Avalon during the early part of the FedCom Civil War.
In late April of 3063, Marshal Bishop Sortek, commander of the Davion Brigade of Guards and titular commander of the 1st Davion Guards, ordered the First to engage the Loyalist forces threatening them, as the First refused to swear absolute loyalty to Archon Katherine Steiner-Davion. Field Marshal and Prince's Champion Simon Gallagher ordered the Loyalist forces - the 3rd Robinson Rangers, the 10th Deneb Light Cavalry, the New Avalon CMM and several secondary units stationed on New Avalon - to forcibly disarm and disband the First, resulting in the First Battle of New Avalon.[5]
The First Davion Guards were destroyed almost to the last man on December 20, 3063 by the 10th DLC and Third Robinson Rangers, or so the Loyalists thought.[6] It turned out that Sortek ordered an entire regiment of the Guards to hide in the mountains near Avalon City so that they could later assist in liberating New Avalon from Loyalist control.[7] The Special Forces troops of the 1st Davion Guards also survived by hiding amongst the civilian population, in order to carry out sabotage against Loyalist facilities and causing civil unrest.[8]
Jihad
In January of 3068, the last surviving regiment of the 1st Davion Guards merged with the remnants of the 10th Lyran Guards, 5th Donegal Guards and 2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre to become the new 1st Davion Guards RCT.[9] The reformed 1st Davion Guards defended New Avalon from the Word of Blake occupation forces during the Jihad. After the Word withdrew from New Avalon, the First Guards were one of the first units to be rebuilt along the new "defensive pattern" units.[10]
Dark Age
From 3132 to 3136, the 1st Davion Guards (simply called the Davion Guards during that time period) were part of the Swordsworn.
Officers
As of 3063 the commanding officer was Marshal Bishop Sortek, cousin of Field Marshal Ardan Sortek. Bishop Sortek was killed on New Avalon in October 3063 while buying time for his unit to escape their pursuers. After the FedCom Civil War Marshal Robert Davion-Zibler was assigned to command the First Davion Guards.[11]
By 3134, Prince's Champion Julian Davion was the unit's honorary Commanding Officer.
From 3132-3136, the official Commanding Officer was Justin Sortek, grandson of the legendary Ardan Sortek.[12]
Tactics
The First Guards train constantly, which allows them to coordinate their units with a level of experience rarely seen outside the most elite units. Though they are very skilled they refuse to fight in cities because it inflicts too much collateral damage. They will instead move the battlefield to a site of their choosing.[13]
Composition
3062
'Mech Regiment
- 1st Davion Guards (Reinforced to four Battalions)
1st Davion Guards AeroSpace Brigade
1st Davion Guards Armor Brigade
- 1st Davion Guards Armor Regiment
- 237th Defiance Heavy Armor
- 370th Point Barrow Grenadiers
- 18th Shubuta Recon Regiment
- 1300th Federation Artillery Battalion
1st Davion Guards Infantry Brigade
- 1st Davion Royal Guards (Reinforced to seven Battalions)
- 1st Davion Guards Heavy Infantry
- 5th Federated Commonwealth Battle Armor Battalion
- 352nd Crucis Mechanized Infantry
- 256th Avalon Mechanized Infantry
- 20th Minette Jump Regiment
3077
The First Guards are rebuilt using the new "defensive pattern" philosophy.[14]
References
- ↑ Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 79
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 22
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 32
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, pp. 92-93
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 60
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 78
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 156
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, pp. 61, 77-78, 156
- ↑ Dawn of the Jihad, p. 55
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, pp. 45-46
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 139, "New Avalon Combat Region"
- ↑ Davion Guards as part of the Swordsworn[1]
- ↑ Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 79
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, pp. 45-46