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===Fourth Succession War===
 
===Fourth Succession War===
The 3rd Davion Guards attacked [[Algol]] with the [[71st Light Horse Regiment]]. There they destroyed the first battalion of the [[1st Ariana Fusiliers]], who were commanded by [[Tormano Liao]]. Though they tried to capture him, Tormano eluded the Davion Guards. The third battalion of the Ariana Fusiliers escaped offworld.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 18</ref>  
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The Third Davion Guards attacked [[Algol]] with the [[Seventy-first Light Horse Regiment]]. There they destroyed the first battalion of the [[First Ariana Fusiliers]], who were commanded by [[Tormano Liao]]. Though they tried to capture him, Tormano eluded the Davion Guards. The third battalion of the Ariana Fusiliers escaped offworld.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 18</ref>  
  
In the second wave of attacks, the 3rd Davion Guards hit [[Ningpo]], splitting a battalion of [[McCrimmon's Light Cavalry]] away from [[Marion's Highlanders]]. The Light Cavalry unit was pushed into a series of foothills and destroyed. After two months of harassing attacks from the Highlanders, the 3rd Guard had isolated the Highlanders on a peninsula. Rather than destroy the Highlanders, the 3rd's commander offered them a truce. The Highlanders accepted. The next day, the commander received a message from the AFFS High Command ordering the Guards to spare the Highlanders; The Highlanders would be leaving the service of the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 32</ref> The Guards departed from Ningpo. (At the time the [[Strategios]] and [[Maskirovka]] assumed that the Third Guards simply destroyed the Highlanders completely.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', p. 269</ref>
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In the second wave of attacks, the Third Davion Guards hit [[Ningpo]], splitting a battalion of [[McCrimmon's Light Cavalry]] away from [[Marion's Highlanders]]. The Light Cavalry unit was pushed into a series of foothills and destroyed. After two months of harassing attacks from the Highlanders, the Third Guards had isolated the Highlanders on a peninsula. Rather than destroy the Highlanders, the Third's commander offered them a truce. The Highlanders accepted. The next day, the commander received a message from the AFFS High Command ordering the Guards to spare the Highlanders; The Highlanders would be leaving the service of the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 32</ref> The Guards departed from Ningpo. (At the time the [[Strategios]] and [[Maskirovka]] assumed that the Third Guards simply destroyed the Highlanders completely.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', p. 269</ref>
  
Dropping onto [[Slocum]] a battalion of 3rd Guards heavy 'Mechs supported by a regiment of tanks destroyed the second battalion of [[McCrimmon's Light Cavalry]]. The Guards took no significant losses.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 33</ref>
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Dropping onto [[Slocum]] a battalion of Third Guards heavy 'Mechs supported by a regiment of tanks destroyed the second battalion of [[McCrimmon's Light Cavalry]]. The Guards took no significant losses.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 33</ref>
  
The fourth wave of the invasion found the 3rd Guards on [[Azha]], where they defeated the Capellan militia units assigned to defend the world.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 86</ref>
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The fourth wave of the invasion found the Third Guards on [[Azha]], where they defeated the Capellan militia units assigned to defend the world.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 86</ref>
  
 
===War of 3039===
 
===War of 3039===
During the [[War of 3039]] the Third Davion Guards and the [[3rd Lyran Guards]] invaded [[Vega]] alongside several mercenary units. The Guards regiments successfully drove the [[14th Legion of Vega]] off-world in the first wave.<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', pp. 32-33</ref> In the second wave, however, the Fourteenth returned to Vega and was supported by the [[2nd Legion of Vega]] and the [[2nd Dieron Regulars]]. The Third Lyran Guards were unable to stop the DCMS units, and the Third Davion Guards performed a series of smaller spoiling attacks on the Combine forces to slow them down.<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 77</ref> The Third Davion Guards were then targeted by all the DCMS units, and after three days of constant attacks, the Guards were ordered to leave Vega.<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 78</ref>
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During the [[War of 3039]] the Third Davion Guards and the [[Third Lyran Guards]] invaded [[Vega]] alongside several mercenary units. The Guards regiments successfully drove the [[Fourteenth Legion of Vega]] off-world in the first wave.<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', pp. 32-33</ref> In the second wave, however, the Fourteenth returned to Vega and was supported by the [[Second Legion of Vega]] and the [[Second Dieron Regulars]]. The Third Lyran Guards were unable to stop the DCMS units, and the Third Davion Guards performed a series of smaller spoiling attacks on the Combine forces to slow them down.<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 77</ref> The Third Davion Guards were then targeted by all the DCMS units, and after three days of constant attacks, the Guards were ordered to leave Vega.<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 78</ref>
  
 
===Clan Invasion===
 
===Clan Invasion===
At the start of [[3050]], the Guards were stationed on [[Hesperus II]].<ref>''20 Year Update'' pp. 27</ref><ref name=objr19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19</ref> Influenced by the [[Free Skye]] Movement, the 3rd Guards tried to take control of Hesperus II when the [[Lyran Alliance]] formed. This attempt was unsuccessful, and the 3rd Davion Guards were almost destroyed by the [[Gray Death Legion]] in the Fourteenth Battle of [[Hesperus II]].<ref>Operation Excalibur</ref>
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At the start of [[3050]], the Guards were stationed on [[Hesperus II]].<ref>''20 Year Update'' pp. 27</ref><ref name=objr19>''Objective Raids'', p. 19</ref> In [[3057]], suborned by [[Field Marshal]] [[Brandal Gareth]] and other senior officers involved with the [[Free Skye]] movement and looking to form their own state during the formation of the [[Lyran Alliance]], the Third Guards were used to try and take control of Hesperus II and took heavy damage from the defending [[Gray Death Legion]] in what became known as the Fourteenth Battle of [[Hesperus II]].<ref>Operation Excalibur</ref><ref name=FMFS81>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 81, "Third Davion Guards Unit Profile"</ref>/
  
Afterwards, they returned to the [[Federated Suns]] and were miraculously rebuilt in no-time.<ref name=FMFS81>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 81, "3rd Davion Guards Unit Profile"</ref>
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The Third Guards were nearly disbanded as a result of their actions on Hesperus II, but instead the AFFC High Command decided to give them an opportunity to redeem themselves, which the Guards embraced with a fanatical - and almost suicidal - zeal.<ref name=FMFS81/>
  
===Operation Bulldog===
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=== Operation BIRD DOG ===
Prior to Operation BULLDOG, a company of the Third Guards was smuggled onto Luzerne. They were assigned to cause trouble, destroy supplies, and otherwise disrupt Smoke Jaguar operations on the world. They quickly ran afoul of Kappa Galaxy's Galaxy Command Trinary, and spent several months on the run until reinforcements could arrive.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Luzerne'', p. 6</ref> This company, Allen's Animals, was equipped with captured Clan OmniMechs and weapons. The rest of the Third saw their participation in Bulldog as a way to make amends for their behavior with Free Skye.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Luzerne'', p. 9</ref>
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Prior to Operation BULLDOG, a company of the Third Guards was smuggled onto Luzerne. They were assigned to cause trouble, destroy supplies, and otherwise disrupt Smoke Jaguar operations on the world. They quickly ran afoul of Kappa Galaxy's Galaxy Command Trinary, and spent several months on the run until reinforcements could arrive.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Luzerne'', p. 6</ref> This company, Allen's Animals, was equipped with captured Clan OmniMechs and weapons. The rest of the Third saw their participation in BULLDOG as a way to make amends for their behavior with Free Skye.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Luzerne'', p. 9</ref>
  
Assigned to take the relatively unimportant world of [[Luzerne]] during [[Operation Bulldog]]'s second wave, the 3rd Guards and [[ComStar]]'s elite [[208th Division (ComStar)|208th Division]]<ref name=TDR-10>"The Dragon Roars, pp. 10-11, "Unit Summaries - Operation Bulldog"</ref> were sent to overcome the Jaguar's [[4th Garrison (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Fourth Provisional Garrison Cluster]]<ref name=TDR-12>''The Dragon Roars'', pp. 12-13 "Unit Summaries - Clan Smoke Jaguar Defense"</ref>. The [[SLDF]] task-force used a variant of the insertion used for the highly successful [[DCMS]]/[[Explorer Corps]] raid against the world in [[3055]], traveling on the ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz]]''-class CSV ''Harmonious Thought'' and ''[[Lola III]]''-class CSV ''Leander'' and utilising a [[Pirate Jump Point]] formed by a little known planetoid on the fringes of the Luzerne system on June 29th, proceeding to the planet under Emission Control conditions using an inertial transfer maneuver to bypass the Jaguar picket ships virtually undetected.<ref name=TDR-24>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 24 "Wave Two: Driving Forward"</ref> <ref name=TDR-26>''The Dragon Roars'', pp. 26-28 "Scenario 4: Fool Me Twice"</ref>
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=== Operation BULLDOG ===
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Assigned to take the relatively unimportant world of [[Luzerne]] during [[Operation BULLDOG]]'s second wave, the Third Guards and [[ComStar]]'s elite [[208th Division (ComStar)|208th Division]]<ref name=TDR-10>"The Dragon Roars, pp. 10-11, "Unit Summaries - Operation Bulldog"</ref> were sent to overcome the Jaguar's [[4th Garrison (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Fourth Provisional Garrison Cluster]]<ref name=TDR-12>''The Dragon Roars'', pp. 12-13 "Unit Summaries - Clan Smoke Jaguar Defense"</ref>. The [[SLDF]] task-force used a variant of the insertion used for the highly successful [[DCMS]]/[[Explorer Corps]] raid against the world in [[3055]], traveling on the ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz]]''-class heavy cruiser [[Harmonious Thought|CSV ''Harmonious Thought'']] and the ''[[Lola III]]''-class destroyer [[Leander|CSV ''Leander'']] and utilising a [[Pirate Jump Point]] formed by a little known planetoid on the fringes of the Luzerne system on June 29th, proceeding to the planet under Emission Control conditions using an inertial transfer maneuver to bypass the Jaguar picket ships virtually undetected.<ref name=TDR-24>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 24 "Wave Two: Driving Forward"</ref> <ref name=TDR-26>''The Dragon Roars'', pp. 26-28 "Scenario 4: Fool Me Twice"</ref>
  
 
The plan quickly unraveled when it was discovered the newly formed and consequently unknown front-line [[6th Striker (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Sixth Striker Cluster]] was on-world with heavy naval support in preparation for a raid against [[Clan Ghost Bear]] when Bulldog was launched. With the Smoke Jaguar forces placed on high alert after the first wave and pulling their patrol ships back to near orbit to prevent a repeat of the humiliating 3055 raid, after the Jaguars refused the SLDF's desperate request for ''[[SafCon]]'', both Com Guard [[WarShip]]s were lost as they attempted to protect the [[DropShip]]s of the 3rd and 208th Division. Ultimately only half of the heavily mauled DropShips made it through the Jaguar blockade, making scattered drops rather than the planed concentrated landing. <ref name=TDR-24/> <ref name=TDR-26/>
 
The plan quickly unraveled when it was discovered the newly formed and consequently unknown front-line [[6th Striker (Clan Smoke Jaguar)|Sixth Striker Cluster]] was on-world with heavy naval support in preparation for a raid against [[Clan Ghost Bear]] when Bulldog was launched. With the Smoke Jaguar forces placed on high alert after the first wave and pulling their patrol ships back to near orbit to prevent a repeat of the humiliating 3055 raid, after the Jaguars refused the SLDF's desperate request for ''[[SafCon]]'', both Com Guard [[WarShip]]s were lost as they attempted to protect the [[DropShip]]s of the 3rd and 208th Division. Ultimately only half of the heavily mauled DropShips made it through the Jaguar blockade, making scattered drops rather than the planed concentrated landing. <ref name=TDR-24/> <ref name=TDR-26/>
  
Now heavily outnumbered and completely disorganized, the remains of the 3rd Guards and 208th began to form up and congregate in three bastions, the largest formation an ad-hoc combined arms force of two [[Battalion]]s worth of the troops<ref name=TDR-24/> from the 208th and 3rd located at the town of Thun. While the elite front-line Sixth Striker Cluster easily defeated any SLDF stragglers, their unfamiliarity with the world and fact they were still only partially complete greatly hampered their planned assault against the SLDF strongholds. Finally moving against now dug-in SLDF troops at Thun under cover of darkness on July 9th, the bloody battle ultimately devolved into stalemate and the Jaguars finally withdrew. With both sides now settling into a siege mentality, broken only by he occasional raid, the SLDF forces waited for reinforcements. <ref name=TDR-32>"The Dragon Roars, pp. 32-34, "Scenario 6: The Darkest Hour"</ref>
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Now heavily outnumbered and completely disorganized, the remains of the Third Guards and 208th began to form up and congregate in three bastions, the largest formation an ad-hoc combined arms force of two [[Battalion]]s worth of the troops<ref name=TDR-24/> from the 208th and 3rd located at the town of Thun. While the elite front-line Sixth Striker Cluster easily defeated any SLDF stragglers, their unfamiliarity with the world and fact they were still only partially complete greatly hampered their planned assault against the SLDF strongholds. Finally moving against now dug-in SLDF troops at Thun under cover of darkness on July 9th, the bloody battle ultimately devolved into stalemate and the Jaguars finally withdrew. With both sides now settling into a siege mentality, broken only by he occasional raid, the SLDF forces waited for reinforcements. <ref name=TDR-32>"The Dragon Roars, pp. 32-34, "Scenario 6: The Darkest Hour"</ref>
  
Landing on August 1st, while the Combine's elite ''[[Ryuken-roku]]'' encountered stiff resistance, their presence ensured the battle quickly shifted in favor of the SLDF forces.<ref name=TDR-32/> The defending Sixth Striker and 4th Garrison refused to withdraw and fought to the last man, with the remains of the 3rd Guards and other SLDF units finally capturing Luzerne on August 8th, only a few short days before the Jaguar high command ordered a general withdrawal from the Inner Sphere. <ref name=TDR-44>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 44, "Wave Three: Bringing Down the Jaguar"</ref>
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Landing on August 1st, while the Combine's elite ''[[Ryuken-roku]]'' encountered stiff resistance, their presence ensured the battle quickly shifted in favor of the SLDF forces.<ref name=TDR-32/> The defending Sixth Striker and Fourth Garrison refused to withdraw and fought to the last man, with the remains of the 3rd Guards and other SLDF units finally capturing Luzerne on August 8th, only a few short days before the Jaguar high command ordered a general withdrawal from the Inner Sphere. <ref name=TDR-44>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 44, "Wave Three: Bringing Down the Jaguar"</ref> One of the casualties of Operation BULLDOG was Marshal [[Jim Seymour]], the Third's commanding officer, and command of the Guards passed to Leftenant General Marguerite McCaffee, an officer who had joined the Guards after Hesperus and who had made a rapid rise in rank from Major to Leftenant General and who proved the only officer capable of pulling the command together during the action on Lucerne.<ref name=FMFS81/>
  
 
===Post Bulldog to FedCom Civil War===
 
===Post Bulldog to FedCom Civil War===
After the conclusion of Bulldog serious consideration was given to merging the shattered 3rd and 208th Division into a brand new [[Star League Defense Force]] unit, but disagreements over command structure and responsibilities led to the abandonment of the idea. <ref name=FMCS-39>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 39, "10th Army V-nu: The Red Legion"</ref>  
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After the conclusion of Bulldog serious consideration was given to merging the shattered Third and 208th Division into a brand new [[Star League Defense Force]] unit, but disagreements over command structure and responsibilities led to the abandonment of the idea. <ref name=FMCS-39>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 39, "10th Army V-nu: The Red Legion"</ref>  
  
Despite the large distance between them, the 3rd remained in constant contact with the 208th Division and even requested officer exchanges. While the requests were formally denied by the [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] influenced AFFS High Command in the wake of the [[Second Whitting Conference]], <ref name=FMCS-39/> a number of officers from each unit accepted lowly observer and liaison roles in the other unit to circumvent the restriction, with the 208th's [[Demi-Precentor]] III Chris Ludyan on paper a mere communications liaison but in fact fully assisting in the rebuilding and training of the 3rd's Armor Brigade and Demi-Precentor IV Tallulah Cloudwaker effectively in full command of the 3rd's hodgepodge Auxiliary [[infantry]] [[Battalion]].<ref name=FMFS81/>
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Despite the large distance between them, the Third remained in constant contact with the 208th Division and even requested officer exchanges. While the requests were formally denied by the [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]-influenced AFFC High Command in the wake of the [[Second Whitting Conference]], <ref name=FMCS-39/> a number of officers from each unit accepted lowly observer and liaison roles in the other unit to circumvent the restriction, with the 208th's [[Demi-Precentor]] III Chris Ludyan on paper a mere communications liaison but in fact fully assisting in the rebuilding and training of the Third's Armor Brigade and Demi-Precentor IV Tallulah Cloudwaker effectively in full command of the Third's hodgepodge Auxiliary [[infantry]] [[Battalion]].<ref name=FMFS81/>
  
 
===FedCom Civil War===
 
===FedCom Civil War===
The Third was under-strength prior to war start and remained that way through first three years of constant fighting. The unit was stationed at the [[Draconis March]] during this period. It joined the [[1st Ceti Hussars]] in assaults on [[Bryceland]] and later participated to defend [[Cassias]] against a [[Draconis Combine]] reprisal raid.  The unit remained understrength, but operational due to absorbing the survivors of the [[4th Davion Guards|4th]] and [[5th Davion Guards]].<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 129</ref>
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The Third was under-strength prior to the start of the [[FedCom Civil War]] and remained that way through first three years of constant fighting. The unit was stationed in the [[Draconis March]] during this period. The Guards joined the [[first Ceti Hussars]] in assaults on [[Bryceland]] and later participated to defend [[Cassias]] against a [[Draconis Combine]] reprisal raid.  The Third remained understrength but operational through absorbing the survivors of the [[4th Davion Guards|Fourth]] and [[Fifth Davion Guards]].<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 129</ref>
  
 
===Jihad===
 
===Jihad===
Arriving on [[New Avalon]] in [[3068]] the 3rd Guards harassed the [[Word of Blake]], distracting the Blakists from their attack on Avalon City. Though these independent operations kept the 3rd from being under heavy fire, the soldiers of the 3rd often felt they weren't contributing anything to the planet's defense. This wasn't true: The 3rd Guards were instrumental in repulsing the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|36th Division]] in the Cris Mountains. <ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 8</ref> Their luck changed in the Third Battle of New Avalon, where they took heavy casualties. Once New Avalon was freed, the 3rd Davion Guards were disbanded and the survivors were used to reconstitute other Federated Suns units.<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 7</ref>
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Arriving on [[New Avalon]] in [[3068]] the Third Guards harassed the [[Word of Blake]], distracting the Blakists from their attack on Avalon City. Though these independent operations kept the Third from being under heavy fire, the soldiers of the Third often felt they weren't contributing anything to the planet's defense. This wasn't true: The Third Guards were instrumental in repulsing the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-sixth Division]] in the Cris Mountains. <ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 8</ref> Their luck changed in the Third Battle of New Avalon, where they took heavy casualties. Once New Avalon was freed, the Third Davion Guards were disbanded and the survivors were used to reconstitute other Federated Suns units.<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 7</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
In [[3011]], the unit CO was Prince [[Hanse Davion]]. Starting as Lance Commander, the Prince steadily rose through the unit thanks to his unorthodox but highly successful tactics. The Prince however was only to hold command for less than a year upon being appointed Military Governor of [[New Aragon]]. <ref name=HD2>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 179</ref>
 
In [[3011]], the unit CO was Prince [[Hanse Davion]]. Starting as Lance Commander, the Prince steadily rose through the unit thanks to his unorthodox but highly successful tactics. The Prince however was only to hold command for less than a year upon being appointed Military Governor of [[New Aragon]]. <ref name=HD2>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 179</ref>
  
As of [[3050]], the commanding officer was [[Marshal]] Jim Seymour. <ref>''20 Year Update'' pp. 27</ref>
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As of [[3050]], the commanding officer was [[Marshal]] Jim Seymour. <ref>''20 Year Update'' pp. 27</ref> Seymour died in action on Lucerne in  3057 or 3058, and command of the Third passed to Leftenant General Margeurite McCaffee.<ref name=FMFS81/>
  
As of [[3062]], the commanding officer was [[Leftenant General]] Margeurite McCaffe<ref name=FMFS81/>. By 3068, McCaffe had been promoted to [[General]].<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 7</ref>
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As of [[3062]], the commanding officer was Leftenant General Margeurite McCaffee<ref name=FMFS81/>. By 3068, McCaffe had been promoted to [[General]].<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 7</ref>
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
Subtlety is not the 3rd's strong suit.  They favor frontal charges, followed by standing and delivering.  Alpha strikes are used far more often than is usually prudent.<ref>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', pp. 81, 144</ref>
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Subtlety is not the Third's strong suit.  They favor frontal charges, followed by standing and delivering.  Alpha strikes are used far more often than is usually prudent.<ref>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', pp. 81, 144</ref>
  
 
==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
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=== 2786 ===
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'''Third Davion Guards''' (Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FSWp134">''First Succession War'', p. 134, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref>
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:- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment stationed on [[Tancredi IV]] and were operating at full strength.<ref name="FSWp134"/>
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=== 2821 ===
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'''Third Davion Guards''' (Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FSWp134"/>
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:- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment stationed on Tancredi IV and had been reduced to just over half- strength.<ref name="FSWp134"/>
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=== 2830 ===
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'''Third Davion Guards''' (Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="SSWp94">'''Second succession War'', p. 94, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref>
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:- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment and had rebuilt to almost ninety percent of full strength. The Guards were stationed on Tancredi IV.<ref name="SSWp94"/>
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=== 2864 ===
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'''Third Davion Guards''' (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name="SSWp94"/>
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:- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment stationed on [[Niles]], and had been reduced to less than a fifth of full strength.<ref name="SSWp94"/>
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===3025===
 
===3025===
 
1 Regiment <ref name=HD139>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'' p.139 - Is not listed in Deployment Table </ref>
 
1 Regiment <ref name=HD139>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'' p.139 - Is not listed in Deployment Table </ref>
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===3040===
 
===3040===
''' 3rd Davion Guards RCT''' (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=HWO3039>''Historical: War of 3039'' , p. 136</ref>
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'''Third Davion Guards RCT''' (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=HWO3039>''Historical: War of 3039'' , p. 136</ref>
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===3054===
 
===3054===
3rd Davion Guards RCT (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=MWobraidp19 > ''Objective Raids'', p. 19</ref>
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Third Davion Guards RCT (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=MWobraidp19 > ''Objective Raids'', p. 19</ref>
 
: CO: Marshal Jim Seymour<ref name=MWobraidp19/>  
 
: CO: Marshal Jim Seymour<ref name=MWobraidp19/>  
  
 
===3062===
 
===3062===
'''3rd Davion Guards''' (2 [[Battalion]]s/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FMFS81/>
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'''Third Davion Guards''' (2 [[Battalion]]s/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FMFS81/>
 
: CO: [[Leftenant General]] Margeutite McCaffee
 
: CO: [[Leftenant General]] Margeutite McCaffee
 
:: Aide: [[Major]] Jena Davion-Bath
 
:: Aide: [[Major]] Jena Davion-Bath
 
:: A understrength battalion
 
:: A understrength battalion
  
'''3rd Davion Guards Aerospace [[Brigade]]''' (2 [[Squadron]]s)<ref name=FMFS81/>
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'''Third Davion Guards Aerospace [[Brigade]]''' (2 [[Squadron]]s)<ref name=FMFS81/>
 
: CO: [[Commodore]] Kuch Jukita
 
: CO: [[Commodore]] Kuch Jukita
 
:* 134th [[Tsamma]] Air Squadron  
 
:* 134th [[Tsamma]] Air Squadron  
 
:* 51st Crucis Interceptor Squadron  
 
:* 51st Crucis Interceptor Squadron  
  
'''3rd Davion Guards Armor Brigade''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMFS81/>
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'''Third Davion Guards Armor Brigade''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMFS81/>
 
: CO: [[Colonel]] Vladimir Rostov
 
: CO: [[Colonel]] Vladimir Rostov
 
:: Aide: [[Demi-Precentor]] III Chris Ludyan
 
:: Aide: [[Demi-Precentor]] III Chris Ludyan
:* 22nd [[St. Robert]] Armor Regiment: [[Colonel]] Vladimir Rostov
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:* Twenty-second [[St. Robert]] Armor Regiment: [[Colonel]] Vladimir Rostov
  
'''3rd Davion Guards Infantry Brigade''' (2 Regiments/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMFS81/>
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'''Third Davion Guards Infantry Brigade''' (2 Regiments/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMFS81/>
 
:CO: Colonel Chien-Fen Ktorides
 
:CO: Colonel Chien-Fen Ktorides
:* 45th Cerulean Mountain Regiment: Colonel Giovanni Gervasi
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:* Forty-fifth Cerulean Mountain Regiment: Colonel Giovanni Gervasi
:* 35th Federated Suns Mechanized Rifles: Colonel Alexander Horvat
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:* Thirty-fifth Federated Suns Mechanized Rifles: Colonel Alexander Horvat
:* 3rd Davion Guards Combat Auxiliary: [[Demi-Precentor]] IV Tallulah Cloudwalker
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:* Third Davion Guards Combat Auxiliary: [[Demi-Precentor]] IV Tallulah Cloudwalker
:- The 3rd  use Engineers and Artillery
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:- The Third use Engineers and Artillery
  
 
===3067===
 
===3067===
'''3rd Davion Guards''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Elite/Fanatical)  <ref name=FMUp137/>
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'''Third Davion Guards''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Elite/Fanatical)  <ref name=FMUp137/>
 
: CO: [[General]] Margeutite McCaffee)  <ref name=FMUp137/>
 
: CO: [[General]] Margeutite McCaffee)  <ref name=FMUp137/>
 
: Note: Clantechnology: 15 percent '''|''' Advanced IS technology: 85 percent '''|''' Omnis: 20 percent <ref name=FMUp137>''Field Manual: Updates'' p.137 </ref>
 
: Note: Clantechnology: 15 percent '''|''' Advanced IS technology: 85 percent '''|''' Omnis: 20 percent <ref name=FMUp137>''Field Manual: Updates'' p.137 </ref>
'''3rd Davion Guards Aerospace [[Brigade]]''' (Elite/Fanatical) <ref name=FMUp137/>
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'''Third Davion Guards Aerospace [[Brigade]]''' (Elite/Fanatical) <ref name=FMUp137/>
 
: CO: Colonel Anders Todorovski
 
: CO: Colonel Anders Todorovski
 
:Note: Advanced IS technology: 70 percent '''|''' Omnis: 5 percent  
 
:Note: Advanced IS technology: 70 percent '''|''' Omnis: 5 percent  
  
'''3rd Davion Guards Armor Brigade''' (Elite/Reliable))  <ref name=FMUp137/>
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'''Third Davion Guards Armor Brigade''' (Elite/Reliable))  <ref name=FMUp137/>
 
: CO: [[Colonel]] Vladimir Rostov
 
: CO: [[Colonel]] Vladimir Rostov
 
:Note: Advanced IS technology: 70 percent '''|''' Omnis: 20 percent  
 
:Note: Advanced IS technology: 70 percent '''|''' Omnis: 20 percent  
  
'''3rd Davion Guards Infantry Brigade''' (Veteran/Reliable))  <ref name=FMUp137/>
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'''Third Davion Guards Infantry Brigade''' (Veteran/Reliable))  <ref name=FMUp137/>
 
: CO: Major General Rolf von Gath
 
: CO: Major General Rolf von Gath
  
 
===3074===
 
===3074===
The unit was disbanded and the survivors used to rebuild other units damaged on New Avalon.<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 7</ref>
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The Third was disbanded and the survivors used to rebuild other units damaged on New Avalon.<ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 7</ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[20 Year Update]]''
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
*''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
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* ''[[The Dragon Roars]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Federated Suns]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Federated Suns]]''
*''[[Historical Turning Points: Luzerne]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
*''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
*''[[Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon]]''
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* ''[[Historical Turning Points: Luzerne]]''
*''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
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* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
*''[[The Dragon Roars]]''
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* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
*''[[Warrior: Riposte]]''
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* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon]]''
*''[[Objective Raids]]''
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History

The homeworld of the Third Davion Guards was Kesai IV.

Fourth Succession War

The Third Davion Guards attacked Algol with the Seventy-first Light Horse Regiment. There they destroyed the first battalion of the First Ariana Fusiliers, who were commanded by Tormano Liao. Though they tried to capture him, Tormano eluded the Davion Guards. The third battalion of the Ariana Fusiliers escaped offworld.[1]

In the second wave of attacks, the Third Davion Guards hit Ningpo, splitting a battalion of McCrimmon's Light Cavalry away from Marion's Highlanders. The Light Cavalry unit was pushed into a series of foothills and destroyed. After two months of harassing attacks from the Highlanders, the Third Guards had isolated the Highlanders on a peninsula. Rather than destroy the Highlanders, the Third's commander offered them a truce. The Highlanders accepted. The next day, the commander received a message from the AFFS High Command ordering the Guards to spare the Highlanders; The Highlanders would be leaving the service of the Capellan Confederation.[2] The Guards departed from Ningpo. (At the time the Strategios and Maskirovka assumed that the Third Guards simply destroyed the Highlanders completely.[3]

Dropping onto Slocum a battalion of Third Guards heavy 'Mechs supported by a regiment of tanks destroyed the second battalion of McCrimmon's Light Cavalry. The Guards took no significant losses.[4]

The fourth wave of the invasion found the Third Guards on Azha, where they defeated the Capellan militia units assigned to defend the world.[5]

War of 3039

During the War of 3039 the Third Davion Guards and the Third Lyran Guards invaded Vega alongside several mercenary units. The Guards regiments successfully drove the Fourteenth Legion of Vega off-world in the first wave.[6] In the second wave, however, the Fourteenth returned to Vega and was supported by the Second Legion of Vega and the Second Dieron Regulars. The Third Lyran Guards were unable to stop the DCMS units, and the Third Davion Guards performed a series of smaller spoiling attacks on the Combine forces to slow them down.[7] The Third Davion Guards were then targeted by all the DCMS units, and after three days of constant attacks, the Guards were ordered to leave Vega.[8]

Clan Invasion

At the start of 3050, the Guards were stationed on Hesperus II.[9][10] In 3057, suborned by Field Marshal Brandal Gareth and other senior officers involved with the Free Skye movement and looking to form their own state during the formation of the Lyran Alliance, the Third Guards were used to try and take control of Hesperus II and took heavy damage from the defending Gray Death Legion in what became known as the Fourteenth Battle of Hesperus II.[11][12]/

The Third Guards were nearly disbanded as a result of their actions on Hesperus II, but instead the AFFC High Command decided to give them an opportunity to redeem themselves, which the Guards embraced with a fanatical - and almost suicidal - zeal.[12]

Operation BIRD DOG

Prior to Operation BULLDOG, a company of the Third Guards was smuggled onto Luzerne. They were assigned to cause trouble, destroy supplies, and otherwise disrupt Smoke Jaguar operations on the world. They quickly ran afoul of Kappa Galaxy's Galaxy Command Trinary, and spent several months on the run until reinforcements could arrive.[13] This company, Allen's Animals, was equipped with captured Clan OmniMechs and weapons. The rest of the Third saw their participation in BULLDOG as a way to make amends for their behavior with Free Skye.[14]

Operation BULLDOG

Assigned to take the relatively unimportant world of Luzerne during Operation BULLDOG's second wave, the Third Guards and ComStar's elite 208th Division[15] were sent to overcome the Jaguar's Fourth Provisional Garrison Cluster[16]. The SLDF task-force used a variant of the insertion used for the highly successful DCMS/Explorer Corps raid against the world in 3055, traveling on the Sovetskii Soyuz-class heavy cruiser CSV Harmonious Thought and the Lola III-class destroyer CSV Leander and utilising a Pirate Jump Point formed by a little known planetoid on the fringes of the Luzerne system on June 29th, proceeding to the planet under Emission Control conditions using an inertial transfer maneuver to bypass the Jaguar picket ships virtually undetected.[17] [18]

The plan quickly unraveled when it was discovered the newly formed and consequently unknown front-line Sixth Striker Cluster was on-world with heavy naval support in preparation for a raid against Clan Ghost Bear when Bulldog was launched. With the Smoke Jaguar forces placed on high alert after the first wave and pulling their patrol ships back to near orbit to prevent a repeat of the humiliating 3055 raid, after the Jaguars refused the SLDF's desperate request for SafCon, both Com Guard WarShips were lost as they attempted to protect the DropShips of the 3rd and 208th Division. Ultimately only half of the heavily mauled DropShips made it through the Jaguar blockade, making scattered drops rather than the planed concentrated landing. [17] [18]

Now heavily outnumbered and completely disorganized, the remains of the Third Guards and 208th began to form up and congregate in three bastions, the largest formation an ad-hoc combined arms force of two Battalions worth of the troops[17] from the 208th and 3rd located at the town of Thun. While the elite front-line Sixth Striker Cluster easily defeated any SLDF stragglers, their unfamiliarity with the world and fact they were still only partially complete greatly hampered their planned assault against the SLDF strongholds. Finally moving against now dug-in SLDF troops at Thun under cover of darkness on July 9th, the bloody battle ultimately devolved into stalemate and the Jaguars finally withdrew. With both sides now settling into a siege mentality, broken only by he occasional raid, the SLDF forces waited for reinforcements. [19]

Landing on August 1st, while the Combine's elite Ryuken-roku encountered stiff resistance, their presence ensured the battle quickly shifted in favor of the SLDF forces.[19] The defending Sixth Striker and Fourth Garrison refused to withdraw and fought to the last man, with the remains of the 3rd Guards and other SLDF units finally capturing Luzerne on August 8th, only a few short days before the Jaguar high command ordered a general withdrawal from the Inner Sphere. [20] One of the casualties of Operation BULLDOG was Marshal Jim Seymour, the Third's commanding officer, and command of the Guards passed to Leftenant General Marguerite McCaffee, an officer who had joined the Guards after Hesperus and who had made a rapid rise in rank from Major to Leftenant General and who proved the only officer capable of pulling the command together during the action on Lucerne.[12]

Post Bulldog to FedCom Civil War

After the conclusion of Bulldog serious consideration was given to merging the shattered Third and 208th Division into a brand new Star League Defense Force unit, but disagreements over command structure and responsibilities led to the abandonment of the idea. [21]

Despite the large distance between them, the Third remained in constant contact with the 208th Division and even requested officer exchanges. While the requests were formally denied by the Katherine Steiner-Davion-influenced AFFC High Command in the wake of the Second Whitting Conference, [21] a number of officers from each unit accepted lowly observer and liaison roles in the other unit to circumvent the restriction, with the 208th's Demi-Precentor III Chris Ludyan on paper a mere communications liaison but in fact fully assisting in the rebuilding and training of the Third's Armor Brigade and Demi-Precentor IV Tallulah Cloudwaker effectively in full command of the Third's hodgepodge Auxiliary infantry Battalion.[12]

FedCom Civil War

The Third was under-strength prior to the start of the FedCom Civil War and remained that way through first three years of constant fighting. The unit was stationed in the Draconis March during this period. The Guards joined the first Ceti Hussars in assaults on Bryceland and later participated to defend Cassias against a Draconis Combine reprisal raid. The Third remained understrength but operational through absorbing the survivors of the Fourth and Fifth Davion Guards.[22]

Jihad

Arriving on New Avalon in 3068 the Third Guards harassed the Word of Blake, distracting the Blakists from their attack on Avalon City. Though these independent operations kept the Third from being under heavy fire, the soldiers of the Third often felt they weren't contributing anything to the planet's defense. This wasn't true: The Third Guards were instrumental in repulsing the Thirty-sixth Division in the Cris Mountains. [23] Their luck changed in the Third Battle of New Avalon, where they took heavy casualties. Once New Avalon was freed, the Third Davion Guards were disbanded and the survivors were used to reconstitute other Federated Suns units.[24]

Officers

In 3011, the unit CO was Prince Hanse Davion. Starting as Lance Commander, the Prince steadily rose through the unit thanks to his unorthodox but highly successful tactics. The Prince however was only to hold command for less than a year upon being appointed Military Governor of New Aragon. [25]

As of 3050, the commanding officer was Marshal Jim Seymour. [26] Seymour died in action on Lucerne in 3057 or 3058, and command of the Third passed to Leftenant General Margeurite McCaffee.[12]

As of 3062, the commanding officer was Leftenant General Margeurite McCaffee[12]. By 3068, McCaffe had been promoted to General.[27]

Tactics

Subtlety is not the Third's strong suit. They favor frontal charges, followed by standing and delivering. Alpha strikes are used far more often than is usually prudent.[28]

Composition History

2786

Third Davion Guards (Regular/Fanatical)[29]

- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment stationed on Tancredi IV and were operating at full strength.[29]

2821

Third Davion Guards (Regular/Fanatical)[29]

- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment stationed on Tancredi IV and had been reduced to just over half- strength.[29]

2830

Third Davion Guards (Regular/Fanatical)[30]

- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment and had rebuilt to almost ninety percent of full strength. The Guards were stationed on Tancredi IV.[30]

2864

Third Davion Guards (Veteran/Fanatical)[30]

- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment stationed on Niles, and had been reduced to less than a fifth of full strength.[30]

3025

1 Regiment [31]

3040

Third Davion Guards RCT (Veteran/Fanatical)[32]

3054

Third Davion Guards RCT (Veteran/Fanatical)[33]

CO: Marshal Jim Seymour[33]

3062

Third Davion Guards (2 Battalions/Elite/Fanatical)[12]

CO: Leftenant General Margeutite McCaffee
Aide: Major Jena Davion-Bath
A understrength battalion

Third Davion Guards Aerospace Brigade (2 Squadrons)[12]

CO: Commodore Kuch Jukita
  • 134th Tsamma Air Squadron
  • 51st Crucis Interceptor Squadron

Third Davion Guards Armor Brigade (1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[12]

CO: Colonel Vladimir Rostov
Aide: Demi-Precentor III Chris Ludyan

Third Davion Guards Infantry Brigade (2 Regiments/Veteran/Reliable)[12]

CO: Colonel Chien-Fen Ktorides
  • Forty-fifth Cerulean Mountain Regiment: Colonel Giovanni Gervasi
  • Thirty-fifth Federated Suns Mechanized Rifles: Colonel Alexander Horvat
  • Third Davion Guards Combat Auxiliary: Demi-Precentor IV Tallulah Cloudwalker
- The Third use Engineers and Artillery

3067

Third Davion Guards (1 Regiment/Elite/Fanatical) [34]

CO: General Margeutite McCaffee) [34]
Note: Clantechnology: 15 percent | Advanced IS technology: 85 percent | Omnis: 20 percent [34]

Third Davion Guards Aerospace Brigade (Elite/Fanatical) [34]

CO: Colonel Anders Todorovski
Note: Advanced IS technology: 70 percent | Omnis: 5 percent

Third Davion Guards Armor Brigade (Elite/Reliable)) [34]

CO: Colonel Vladimir Rostov
Note: Advanced IS technology: 70 percent | Omnis: 20 percent

Third Davion Guards Infantry Brigade (Veteran/Reliable)) [34]

CO: Major General Rolf von Gath

3074

The Third was disbanded and the survivors used to rebuild other units damaged on New Avalon.[35]

Notes

Like all Davion Royal Brigade units, the Third's parade color scheme is the Davion family blue, white and red striping, adopting more standard camo paint in the field. The RCT patch for the Third Guards is a coiled rattlesnake. [36]

Reference

  1. NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 18
  2. NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 32
  3. Warrior: Riposte, p. 269
  4. NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 33
  5. NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 86
  6. Historical: War of 3039, pp. 32-33
  7. Historical: War of 3039, p. 77
  8. Historical: War of 3039, p. 78
  9. 20 Year Update pp. 27
  10. Objective Raids, p. 19
  11. Operation Excalibur
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 81, "Third Davion Guards Unit Profile"
  13. Historical Turning Points: Luzerne, p. 6
  14. Historical Turning Points: Luzerne, p. 9
  15. "The Dragon Roars, pp. 10-11, "Unit Summaries - Operation Bulldog"
  16. The Dragon Roars, pp. 12-13 "Unit Summaries - Clan Smoke Jaguar Defense"
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 The Dragon Roars, p. 24 "Wave Two: Driving Forward"
  18. 18.0 18.1 The Dragon Roars, pp. 26-28 "Scenario 4: Fool Me Twice"
  19. 19.0 19.1 "The Dragon Roars, pp. 32-34, "Scenario 6: The Darkest Hour"
  20. The Dragon Roars, p. 44, "Wave Three: Bringing Down the Jaguar"
  21. 21.0 21.1 Field Manual: ComStar, p. 39, "10th Army V-nu: The Red Legion"
  22. Field Manual: Updates, p. 129
  23. Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon, p. 8
  24. Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon, p. 7
  25. House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 179
  26. 20 Year Update pp. 27
  27. Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon, p. 7
  28. Field Manual: Federated Suns, pp. 81, 144
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 First Succession War, p. 134, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"
  30. 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 'Second succession War, p. 94, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"
  31. House Davion (The Federated Suns) p.139 - Is not listed in Deployment Table
  32. Historical: War of 3039 , p. 136
  33. 33.0 33.1 Objective Raids, p. 19
  34. 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4 34.5 Field Manual: Updates p.137
  35. Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon, p. 7
  36. House Davion (Federated Suns), p. 139

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