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Primarily stationed on the Draconis Combine's border, the '''Fourth Davion Guards''' are configured to be a fast-moving unit.  The unit primarily consists of [[BattleMech#Light|light BattleMech]]s, with four [[regiment]]s of [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] units of fast [[tank]]s and [[hovercraft]].<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. ??: "Unit descriptions" - Davion Brigade of Guards (Royal Brigade).{{cn}}</ref> Both [[First Prince]] [[Carl Davion]]<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 79</ref> and First Prince [[Ian Davion]]<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Mallory's World'', p. 14</ref> were killed fighting alongside the Fourth Guards.
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Primarily stationed on the Draconis Combine's border, the '''Fourth Davion Guards''' are configured to be a fast-moving unit.  The unit primarily consists of [[BattleMech#Light|light BattleMech]]s, with four [[regiment]]s of [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] units of fast [[tank]]s and [[hovercraft]].<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. ??: "Unit descriptions" - Davion Brigade of Guards (Royal Brigade).{{cn}}</ref> Both [[First Prince]] [[Carl Davion]]<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 79</ref> and First Prince [[Ian Davion]]<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Mallory's World'', p. 14</ref> were killed fighting alongside the 4th Guards.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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===Star League Era===
 
===Star League Era===
The Fourth Davion Guards were almost destroyed during the [[War of Davion Succession]]. In [[2726]] the Fourth Davion Guards were stationed on [[Breed]]. There they fought against the [[4th Sword of Light|Fourth Sword of Light]], but heavy losses resulted in their near destruction. Breed's civilian leaders surrendered to the [[Draconis Combine]].<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 29</ref>
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The Fourth Davion Guards were almost destroyed during the [[War of Davion Succession]]. In [[2726]] the Fourth Davion Guards were stationed on [[Breed]]. There they fought against the [[4th Sword of Light]], but heavy losses resulted in their near destruction. Breed's civilian leaders surrendered to the [[Draconis Combine]].<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 29</ref>
  
 
After [[Operation SMOTHER]] separated the combatants, the Fourth Guards were subjected to nearly constant border skirmishes that reduced their combat effectiveness and morale. In [[2740]], [[Colonel]] [[Mitchel Stopec]] took command of the Fourth Guards, and he made rebuilding the regiment's morale and replacing its aging equipment his top priorities. By the time First Prince [[John Davion]] inspected the Fourth in [[2748]], the regiment was one of the most skilled and finely honed in the AFFS. Its [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] were so well-disciplined that during the '48 inspection, one of the regiment's MechWarriors performed a hand-stand with his ''Phoenix Hawk'' to demonstrate that the Fourth contained not only some of the best MechWarriors in the Federated Suns, but could also be on the same level as the most elite SLDF units.
 
After [[Operation SMOTHER]] separated the combatants, the Fourth Guards were subjected to nearly constant border skirmishes that reduced their combat effectiveness and morale. In [[2740]], [[Colonel]] [[Mitchel Stopec]] took command of the Fourth Guards, and he made rebuilding the regiment's morale and replacing its aging equipment his top priorities. By the time First Prince [[John Davion]] inspected the Fourth in [[2748]], the regiment was one of the most skilled and finely honed in the AFFS. Its [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] were so well-disciplined that during the '48 inspection, one of the regiment's MechWarriors performed a hand-stand with his ''Phoenix Hawk'' to demonstrate that the Fourth contained not only some of the best MechWarriors in the Federated Suns, but could also be on the same level as the most elite SLDF units.
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=== Third Succession War ===
 
=== Third Succession War ===
The Fourth Davion Guards, led by [[First Prince]] [[Ian Davion]], arrived on [[Mallory's World]] in [[3013]] to relieve the defending [[Seventeenth Avalon Hussars]]. They immediately attacked the [[Second Sword of Light]] regiment and broke their siege. The [[DCMS]] regiments withdrew in good order, but the Fourth pursued them. A bungled drop by the Seventeenth Avalon Hussars left the Guard's flank exposed, however, and the Guards were forced to take up a defensive position.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Mallory's World'', p. 5</ref> After fighting off the Second Sword of Light on the Bastard Flats, the Guards moved to the relative safety of Desolate Pass.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Mallory's World'', p. 12</ref> The First Prince defended the retreating Guards, destroying four assault 'Mechs, but was killed by [[Yorinaga Kurita]]. The Guards recovered the Prince's body.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Mallory's World'', p. 14</ref> To avenge the Prince's death, the Fourth Guard and [[Kell Hounds]] pinned the [[Second Legion of Vega]] in place while the Seventeenth dropped on the Combine unit's positions. The Legion of Vega was wiped out.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Mallory's World'', p. 15</ref>
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The Fourth Davion Guards, led by [[First Prince]] [[Ian Davion]], arrived on [[Mallory's World]] in [[3013]] to relieve the defending [[Seventeenth Avalon Hussars]]. They immediately attacked the [[Second Sword of Light]] regiment and broke their siege. The [[DCMS]] regiments withdrew in good order, but the Fourth pursued them. A bungled drop by the 17th Avalon Hussars left the Guard's flank exposed, however, and the Guards were forced to take up a defensive position.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Mallory's World'', p. 5</ref> After fighting off the Second Sword of Light on the Bastard Flats, the Guards moved to the relative safety of Desolate Pass.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Mallory's World'', p. 12</ref> The First Prince defended the retreating Guards, destroying four assault 'Mechs, but was killed by [[Yorinaga Kurita]]. The Guards recovered the Prince's body.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Mallory's World'', p. 14</ref> To avenge the Prince's death, the Fourth Guard and [[Kell Hounds]] pinned the [[Second Legion of Vega]] in place while the Seventeenth dropped on the Combine unit's positions. The Legion of Vega was wiped out.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Mallory's World'', p. 15</ref>
  
 
In [[3016]] the rebuilt Second Legion of Vega attacked Mallory's World once again. The Fourth Davion Guards, though surrounded and having fewer 'Mechs available, was able to rout the DCMS unit.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Mallory's World'', p. 18</ref>
 
In [[3016]] the rebuilt Second Legion of Vega attacked Mallory's World once again. The Fourth Davion Guards, though surrounded and having fewer 'Mechs available, was able to rout the DCMS unit.<ref>''Historical Turning Points: Mallory's World'', p. 18</ref>
  
During the sixth campaign for [[Bergman's Planet]], the [[Black Widow Company]] and Rajhan's Company, Fourth Davion Guards fought.<ref name=TBWCp32-33>''Tales of the Black Widow Company'', pp. 32–33</ref>
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During the sixth campaign for [[Bergman's Planet]], the [[Black Widow Company]] and Rajhan's Company, 4th Davion Guards fought.<ref name=TBWCp32-33>''Tales of the Black Widow Company'', pp. 32–33</ref>
  
 
The unit was stationed on world of [[Deshler]] as of [[3025]] in the Raman PDZ.  The unit's commanding officer was lead commander of all forces in the PDZ. Deshler was attacked by [[Wolf's Dragoons]] [[Beta Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Beta]] and [[Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Gamma Regiment]]s to prevent the Fourth Davion Guards from reinforcing [[Galtor III]]. The Fourth heavily damaged two of the Dragoons [[DropShip]]s and forced Beta to break off their main attack.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 33</ref> The Fourth then led a series of ambushes against Beta Regiment, inflicting heavy casualties. These ambushes provided enough time for the employees of a nearby 'Mech plant to strip everything of use from their factory. The Fourth Davion Guards then joined the militia unit facing Gamma Regiment.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 34</ref>
 
The unit was stationed on world of [[Deshler]] as of [[3025]] in the Raman PDZ.  The unit's commanding officer was lead commander of all forces in the PDZ. Deshler was attacked by [[Wolf's Dragoons]] [[Beta Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Beta]] and [[Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Gamma Regiment]]s to prevent the Fourth Davion Guards from reinforcing [[Galtor III]]. The Fourth heavily damaged two of the Dragoons [[DropShip]]s and forced Beta to break off their main attack.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 33</ref> The Fourth then led a series of ambushes against Beta Regiment, inflicting heavy casualties. These ambushes provided enough time for the employees of a nearby 'Mech plant to strip everything of use from their factory. The Fourth Davion Guards then joined the militia unit facing Gamma Regiment.<ref>''Wolf's Dragoons'', p. 34</ref>
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===Fourth Succession War===
 
===Fourth Succession War===
 
====Aldebaran====
 
====Aldebaran====
The unit fought in the first wave against the elite [[Warrior House Ijori]] on [[Aldebaran]]. Nearly all the RCT (the Fourth Davion Guards, the First Bellevue Armored Regiment and two battalions of Seventeenth Kestrel Mechanized Infantry) drove the First Battalion off-world.<ref name=NAISv1-015>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 15</ref> The supporting [[Fourth Deneb Light Cavalry]] and the [[Redfield Renegades]] together made short work with the Second Battalion of the elite [[CCAF]] unit.<ref name=NAISv1-016/>
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The unit fought in the first wave against the elite [[Warrior House Ijori]] on [[Aldebaran]]. Nearly all the RCT (the 4th Davion Guards, the 1st Bellevue Armored Regiment and two battalions of 17th Kestrel Mechanized Infantry) drove the First Battalion off-world.<ref name=NAISv1-015>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 15</ref> The supporting [[Fourth Deneb Light Cavalry]] and the [[Redfield Renegades]] together made short work with the Second Battalion of the elite [[CCAF]] unit.<ref name=NAISv1-016/>
  
Elements of the [[Aldebaran Planetary Militia]],<ref name="4SWMAV1p15">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 15: "Aldebaran"</ref> engaged elements of the [[17th Kestrel Mechanized Infantry|Seventeenth Kestrel Mechanized Infantry]] in September [[3029]] while the [[Federated Suns]] infantry attacked the city of Chouchu on Aldebaran.<ref>''BattleTroops'' rulebook, p. 36: "Side Show"</ref>
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Elements of the [[Aldebaran Planetary Militia]],<ref name="4SWMAV1p15">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 15: "Aldebaran"</ref> engaged elements of the [[17th Kestrel Mechanized Infantry]] in September [[3029]] while the [[Federated Suns]] infantry attacked the city of Chouchu in Aldebaran.<ref>''BattleTroops'' rulebook, p. 36: "Side Show"</ref>
  
 
The Fourth Guard would remain on Aldebaran until December, when they redeployed to [[Basalt]].<ref name=NAISv1-016>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 16</ref>
 
The Fourth Guard would remain on Aldebaran until December, when they redeployed to [[Basalt]].<ref name=NAISv1-016>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 16</ref>
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He then ordered the Fourth Davion Guards to move to an arctic base 1,500 km from their current location near the city of Yulio on the 2nd of December. By the 7th, the Fourth Guards had not moved, and Ito was demanding that their Marshal Orsina resign.  Refusing to stand down, the Marshal ordered her units to conduct a preemptive attack against the Alliance Guards and its planetary militia reinforcements.
 
He then ordered the Fourth Davion Guards to move to an arctic base 1,500 km from their current location near the city of Yulio on the 2nd of December. By the 7th, the Fourth Guards had not moved, and Ito was demanding that their Marshal Orsina resign.  Refusing to stand down, the Marshal ordered her units to conduct a preemptive attack against the Alliance Guards and its planetary militia reinforcements.
  
The Fourth Guards hit Alliance's command and communication systems, to surprise Lt. General Ito.  The elite Davion Guards were fortified by a brigade of mechanized [[battle armor]] units led by [[Major General]] [[Robert Davion-Zibler]]. After the initial assault, Alliance Guards held their own against the Fourths forces.  For two weeks, the unit clashed, but made no headway. By this time Marshal Orsina detached General Zibler-Davion's battle armor forces to act independently.  While the Marshal had her forces patrol their bases at Yulio and Carentan, the battle armor conducted raids against Fifth Alliance Guard bases, including Fort Loudan Prime, planetary capital and site of the Fifth's main base.
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The Fourth Guards hit Alliance's command and communication systems, to surprise Lt. General Ito.  The elite Davion Guards were fortified by a brigade of mechanized [[battle armor]] units led by [[Major General]] [[Robert Davion-Zibler]]. After the initial assault, Alliance Guards held their own against the Fourths forces.  For two weeks, the unit clashed, but made no headway. By this time Marshal Orsina detached General Zibler-Davion's battle armor forces to act independently.  While the Marshal had her forces patrol their bases at Yulio and Carentan, the battle armor conducted raids against Fifth Alliance Guard bases, including Fort Loudan Prime, planetary capital and site of 5th's main base.
  
On the 12th, General Ito ordered his mercenary forces into action, forming a two-flanked front that was directed to attack the Fourth Davion's small base at the city of Carentan.  He then had dispatched militia forces hold the Carentan forces from withdrawing to their base in Yulio. General Zibler-Davion's battle armor disrupted command and communications for militia forces, trying to allow for some Guard forces to slip in to aid besieged forces.
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On the 12th, General Ito ordered his mercenary forces into action, forming a two-flanked front that was directed to attack the 4th Davion's small base at the city of Carentan.  He then had dispatched militia forces hold the Carentan forces from withdrawing to their base in Yulio. General Zibler-Davion's battle armor disrupted command & communications for militia forces, trying to allow for some Guard forces to slip in to aid besieged forces.
  
 
By 2nd of January [[3063]], the situation shifted. Lt. General Ito ordered his aerospace fighter squadrons to push back the Fourth Davion's heavy aerospace cover and hit the base at Carentan. A single squadron penetrated aerospace cover and successfully bombed the Fourth's Carentan base.  With the successful bombing, Ito dispatched two battalions of Alliance/Knight of St. Cameron 'Mech forces into the base in a daring assault.  This action successfully captured and neutralized the base and its two regiments of Fourth Davion troops.  After two further weeks of fighting, Marshal decided that despite many civilians braving arrest to protest the Archon, she did not have enough support to take the planet.  By February, she quietly had her forces regroup at Yulio in the guise of reinforcing their positions. The Fourth Davion Guards then departed the planet, only leaving behind special forces to keep occupation forces occupied.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 33–34: "Clash of 5th Alliance Guards & 4th Davion Guards"</ref>
 
By 2nd of January [[3063]], the situation shifted. Lt. General Ito ordered his aerospace fighter squadrons to push back the Fourth Davion's heavy aerospace cover and hit the base at Carentan. A single squadron penetrated aerospace cover and successfully bombed the Fourth's Carentan base.  With the successful bombing, Ito dispatched two battalions of Alliance/Knight of St. Cameron 'Mech forces into the base in a daring assault.  This action successfully captured and neutralized the base and its two regiments of Fourth Davion troops.  After two further weeks of fighting, Marshal decided that despite many civilians braving arrest to protest the Archon, she did not have enough support to take the planet.  By February, she quietly had her forces regroup at Yulio in the guise of reinforcing their positions. The Fourth Davion Guards then departed the planet, only leaving behind special forces to keep occupation forces occupied.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 33–34: "Clash of 5th Alliance Guards & 4th Davion Guards"</ref>
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On January 1st, [[3064]], the [[Fifth Lyran Regulars]] based out of [[Freedom]] assaulted the Fourth Davion Guards while they were on Yed Posterior.  The Regular's commander, Colonel Jeanine Castro, believed the Guards were threat, her unit would be able hand a ragtag unit.  The assault on New Year's Day was disaster of failure of Lyran intelligence.  The Fourth Davion was near pre–Civil War strength and turn on Regulars as soon hit ground.  The Fourth Davion's Doppelganger Company of Clan OmniMechs drove into Regular position causing major damage to the unit.
 
On January 1st, [[3064]], the [[Fifth Lyran Regulars]] based out of [[Freedom]] assaulted the Fourth Davion Guards while they were on Yed Posterior.  The Regular's commander, Colonel Jeanine Castro, believed the Guards were threat, her unit would be able hand a ragtag unit.  The assault on New Year's Day was disaster of failure of Lyran intelligence.  The Fourth Davion was near pre–Civil War strength and turn on Regulars as soon hit ground.  The Fourth Davion's Doppelganger Company of Clan OmniMechs drove into Regular position causing major damage to the unit.
  
The Fifth Lyran had barely had battalion of ground forces left as withdrew from the planet. The Regular's Fourteenth Freedom Reserve Fighter Wing wiped out by the Davion Guard's two combat-hardened aerospace wings.  Marshal allowed shattered remains of the Fifth to withdraw, upset that they broke their neutrality to attack them.  From Yed Posterior, Marshal Orsina sent message to [[Prince]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] that they were offering to join his the allied force.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 88–89: "4th Davion Guards attacked by 5th Lyran Regulars while on Yed Posterior"</ref>
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The 5th Lyran had barely had battalion of ground forces left as withdrew from the planet. The Regular's 14th Freedom Reserve Fighter Wing wiped out by the Davion Guard's two combat-hardened aerospace wings.  Marshal allowed shattered remains of the 5th to withdraw, upset that they broke their neutrality to attack them.  From Yed Posterior, Marshal Orsina sent message to [[Prince]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] that they were offering to join his the allied force.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 88–89: "4th Davion Guards attacked by 5th Lyran Regulars while on Yed Posterior"</ref>
  
 
====Dalkeith====
 
====Dalkeith====
 
On May 5th, the Fourth Davion Guards arrived to assist the [[Fourth Deneb Light Cavalry]] on [[Dalkeith]].  The Cavalry, heavy with aerospace assets, but light on other forces were steadily losing a campaign against the [[Thirteenth Donegal Guards]] and the newly arrived [[3rd Royal Guards|Third Royal Guards RCT]].  The Fourth conducted an assault on the Thirteenth's position in a repair depot that was lost to the Cavalry in early fighting.
 
On May 5th, the Fourth Davion Guards arrived to assist the [[Fourth Deneb Light Cavalry]] on [[Dalkeith]].  The Cavalry, heavy with aerospace assets, but light on other forces were steadily losing a campaign against the [[Thirteenth Donegal Guards]] and the newly arrived [[3rd Royal Guards|Third Royal Guards RCT]].  The Fourth conducted an assault on the Thirteenth's position in a repair depot that was lost to the Cavalry in early fighting.
  
On the 2nd of December, [[3064]], the stalemate changed as the Fourth's old enemies, the Fifth Alliance Guards hard arrived after hearing of their presence on the planet.  Tipping the odds towards Loyalists, Guards and its allies of the Cavalry had begun trying to resist loyalist drive into their control area.  The Guards and Cavalry were forced back through mountain ranges suffering heavy bombardment and attacks by loyalist forces.  On the 6th March, Lt. General Ito led his Loyalist forces into Allied front, causing heavy damage forcing them into the badlands.
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On the 2nd of December, [[3064]], the stalemate changed as the Fourth's old enemies, the Fifth Alliance Guards hard arrived after hearing of their presence on the planet.  Tipping the odds towards Loyalists, Guards and its allies of the Cavalry had begun trying to resist loyalist drive into their control area.  The Guards and Cavalry were forced back through mountain ranges suffering heavy bombardment and attacks by loyalist forces.  In the 6th March, Lt. General Ito led his Loyalist forces into Allied front, causing heavy damage forcing them into the badlands.
  
However, probes forces of two battalions' worth of troops were destroyed by the highly mobile forces of the Guards and Cavalry.  By April, ''pro tem'' Allied commander Marshal Orsina was force to order her forces withdraw from continent and utilized numerous commercial seagoing vessels to retreat to the landmass named Rockmeir.  General Ito, now convinced that allies had traverse the straits to Rockmeir, dug in and begun to waiting DropShips to arrive so they could pursue the treating allies.
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However, probes forces of two battalions' worth of troops were destroyed by the highly mobile forces of the Guards & Cavalry.  By April, ''pro tem'' Allied commander Marshal Orsina was force to order her forces withdraw from continent and utilized numerous commercial seagoing vessels to retreat to the landmass named Rockmeir.  General Ito, now convinced that allies had traverse the straits to Rockmeir, dug in and begun to waiting DropShips to arrive so they could pursue the treating allies.
  
In early August [[3065]], the Guards and Cavalry had fortified and reinforced the shattered ruins of the capital of Newhaven. When the pursuing loyalist forces made crossing to Rockmeir, they found themselves being led into a series of traps. The Guards and Cavalry used companies of various units to bait loyalist into positions. Then utilized [[FASCAM]] Artillery, devastating the Third Royal Guards to third of their strength before they escaped.
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In early August [[3065]], the Guards and Cavalry had fortified & reinforced the shattered ruins of the capital of Newhaven. When the pursuing loyalist forces made crossing to Rockmeir, they found themselves being led into series of traps. The Guards and Cavalry used companies of various units to bait loyalist into positions. Then utilized [[FASCAM]] Artillery, devastating the 3rd Royal Guards to third of their strength before they escaped.
  
In April [[3066]], fighting had been come to a stalemate between the Fourth Davion Guards forces and Fifth Alliance.  This unfortunately changed for the Allies, as Twenty-sixth Lyran Guards arrived from [[Port Moseby]] on the 17th.  Where they dropped on top of Davion Guard's allied unit position and devastated them.  The Cavalry like wised caused heavy damage to the Twenty-sixth Guards, they themselves were reduced to a combined arms battalion. The survivors slipped back to the Guards' position, leaving the Fourth Davion in worsening situation.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 162–163: "26th Lyran Guards arrive and orbital drop on the 4th Deneb Light Cavalry, shattering them"</ref>  Loyalist forces begun surround the Newhaven, in form of three battle fronts.
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In April [[3066]], fighting had been come to a stalemate between the 4th Davion Guards forces and 5th Alliance.  This unfortunately changed for the Allies, as 26th Lyran Guards arrived from [[Port Moseby]] 17th.  Where they dropped on top of Davion Guard's allied unit position and devastated them.  The Cavalry like wised caused heavy damage to 26th Guards, they themselves were reduced to a combined arms battalion. The survivors slip back Guards position, leaving 4th Davion in worsening situation.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 162–163: "26th Lyran Guards arrive and orbital drop on the 4th Deneb Light Cavalry, shattering them"</ref>  Loyalist forces begun surround the Newhaven, in form of three battle fronts.
  
Final assault begun in September 27th, where seeing no avenue survive unless they escape.  The Fourth Davion Guards burst through weaken Third Royal Guard's front and devastated loyalist unit.  The Fourth moved as quickly through path they had made, but failed fully escape.  The Fifth Alliance and Twenty-sixth Lyran Guards jump on the beleaguer unit and destroyed them.  With survivors that were only able to do token hit and run attacks in later months.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 175: "4th Davion Guards break out from Newhaven and destruction"</ref>
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Final assault begun in September 27th, where seeing no avenue survive unless they escape.  The 4th Davion Guards burst through weaken Third Royal Guard's front and devastated loyalist unit.  The Fourth moved as quickly through path they had made, but failed fully escape.  The 5th Alliance and 26th Lyran Guards jump on the beleaguer unit and destroyed them.  With survivors that were only able to do token hit and run attacks in later months.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 175: "4th Davion Guards break out from Newhaven and destruction"</ref>
  
 
The unit was destroyed on [[Dalkeith]]<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 181: "Civil War Deployment Tables"</ref> during the [[FedCom Civil War]] and remained inactive as of 3067. Survivors were absorbed into the [[Third Davion Guards]].<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 129</ref>
 
The unit was destroyed on [[Dalkeith]]<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 181: "Civil War Deployment Tables"</ref> during the [[FedCom Civil War]] and remained inactive as of 3067. Survivors were absorbed into the [[Third Davion Guards]].<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 129</ref>
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Fourth Davion Guards'''
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 4th Davion Guards'''
 
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Mitchel Stopec]]||[[2740]] - [[2748]]<ref name=ER:2750pp75>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 75</ref><ref name=tpt10/>
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Mitchel Stopec]]||[[2740]] -<ref name=ER:2750pp75>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 75</ref>
 
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| Colonel||[[Elijah Mitrovich|Elijah Wallace Mitrovich]]||[[2748]] - [[2788]]<ref name=tpt10/>
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| Colonel||[[Elijah Wallace Mitrovich]]||[[2788]]<ref name=tpt10/>
 
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| [[First Prince]]||[[Carl Davion]]||[[2873]] - [[2876]]
 
| [[First Prince]]||[[Carl Davion]]||[[2873]] - [[2876]]
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| [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]]||[[Eugene Drivers]]||3013 - [[3025]]<ref name=HTP:MWp9/><ref name=HD136>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 136 (PDF version): "Raman PDZ"</ref>
 
| [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]]||[[Eugene Drivers]]||3013 - [[3025]]<ref name=HTP:MWp9/><ref name=HD136>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 136 (PDF version): "Raman PDZ"</ref>
 
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| Marshal||[[Alberta Orsina]]||[[3050]]<ref name=FMFS82>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 82: "4th Davion Guards Unit Profile"</ref><ref name=20YUp19>''20 Year Update'', p. 19: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref> - [[3062]]<ref name=ORp22/><ref name=FMFS82/>
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| Marshal||[[Alberta Orsina]]||[[3050]]<ref name=FMFS82>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 82: "4th Davion Guards Unit Profile"</ref><ref name=20YUp19>''20 Year Update'', p. 19: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref>
 
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| [[General]]||[[Baxter Taft]]||[[3140]] - [[3150]]<ref name="FM:3145p91">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 91: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"</ref><ref name=DDp93>''Dominions Divided'', p. 93</ref><ref name=RR14>''Redemption Rift'', ch. 14</ref>
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| Major General||[[Winston Waters]]||[[3145]]<ref name="FM:3145p91">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 91: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"</ref>
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| Major General||[[Siobhan Sortek]]||[[3150]]<ref name=DDp93>''Dominions Divided'', p. 93</ref>
 
 
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==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
The unit uses fast and lightning quick maneuvers to take down enemy forces.<ref name=FMFS82/> In the [[First Succession War]] the Fourth would outmaneuver their opponents and push them into the guns of their comrades.<ref name=tpt10/>
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The unit uses fast and lighting quick maneuvers to take down enemy forces.<ref name=FMFS82/> In the [[First Succession War]] the Fourth would outmaneuver their opponents and push them into the guns of their comrades.<ref name=tpt10/>
  
 
==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
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'''Fourth Davion Guards RCT''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=HD136/>
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards RCT''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=HD136/>
 
: CO: Marshal Eugene Drivers<ref name=HD136/>
 
: CO: Marshal Eugene Drivers<ref name=HD136/>
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Deshler]].<ref name=HD136/> The 'Mech regiment contains light and fast designs.<ref name=HD137>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 137</ref>
+
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Deshler]].<ref name=HD136/> The Mech regiment contains light and fast designs. <ref name=HD137>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 137 </ref>
  
 
===3028===
 
===3028===
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'''Fourth Davion Guards Armor Brigade'''
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Armor Brigade'''
:* First Bellevue Armored Regiment<ref name=NAISv1-015/>
+
:* 1st Bellevue Armored Regiment<ref name=NAISv1-015/>
  
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Infantry Brigade'''
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Infantry Brigade'''
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===3050===
 
===3050===
'''Fourth Davion Guards RCT ''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=20yup19/>
+
'''4th Davion Guards RCT ''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=20yup19/>
:* CO: Marshal [[Alberta Orsina]]<ref name=20yup19/>
+
:* CO: Marshal Alberta Orsina<ref name=20yup19/>
 
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[David]].<ref name=20yup19>''20 Year Update'', p. 19</ref>
 
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[David]].<ref name=20yup19>''20 Year Update'', p. 19</ref>
  
 
===3054===
 
===3054===
'''Fourth Davion Guards RCT''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=ORp22/>
+
'''4th Davion Guards RCT''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=ORp22/>
 
:* CO: Marshal Alberta Orsina<ref name=ORp22/>
 
:* CO: Marshal Alberta Orsina<ref name=ORp22/>
 
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Pandora]].<ref name=ORp22>''Objective Raids'', p. 22</ref>
 
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Pandora]].<ref name=ORp22>''Objective Raids'', p. 22</ref>
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'''Fourth Davion Guards RCT''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FMFS82/>
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards RCT''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FMFS82/>
 
: CO: Marshal Alberta Orsina
 
: CO: Marshal Alberta Orsina
:: Aide: [[Leftenant Colonel]] [[Korath Adams]]
+
:: Aide: [[Leftenant Colonel]] Korath Adams
 
: Note: Equipped with Nineteen [[OmniMech]]s, structured like a Clan Trinary
 
: Note: Equipped with Nineteen [[OmniMech]]s, structured like a Clan Trinary
  
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Aerospace [[Brigade]]''' (2 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]s)<ref name=FMFS82/>
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Aerospace [[Brigade]]''' (2 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]s)<ref name=FMFS82/>
: CO [[Rear Admiral]] [[Pallas Czaban]]
+
: CO [[Rear Admiral]] Pallas Czaban
 
:* Eighty-third F-C Fighter Wing
 
:* Eighty-third F-C Fighter Wing
 
:* Eighty-fourth F-C Fighter Wing
 
:* Eighty-fourth F-C Fighter Wing
  
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Armor Brigade''' (4 Regiments/Elite/Reliable)<ref name=FMFS82/>
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Armor Brigade''' (4 Regiments/Elite/Reliable)<ref name=FMFS82/>
: CO: [[Leftenant General]] [[Hohiro Ma]]
+
: CO: [[Leftenant General]] Hohiro Ma
:: Aide: [[Hauptmann-Kommandant]] [[Billy Lutz]]
+
:: Aide: [[Hauptmann-Kommandant]] Billy Lutz
:* Seventh Zebebelgenubi Light Armor Regiment: Leftenant Colonel [[Francis Daebel]]
+
:* Seventh Zebebelgenubi Light Armor Regiment: Leftenant Colonel Francis Daebel
:* Nineteenth Bolan Armored Regiment: [[Colonel]] [[Hetty Rutt-Steiner]]
+
:* Nineteenth Bolan Armored Regiment: [[Colonel]] Hetty Rutt-Steiner
:* Fifteenth [[Chesterton]] Armored Regiment: Colonel [[Z. Alan Maloney]]
+
:* Fifteenth [[Chesterton]] Armored Regiment: Colonel Z. Alan Maloney
:* Thirtieth Federation Light Armor: Colonel [[Dewey Simms]]
+
:* Thirtieth Federation Light Armor: Colonel Dewey Simms
:* Fourth Guards Artillery Battalion: [[Major]] [[Jeb Richelieu]]
+
:* Fourth Guards Artillery Battalion: [[Major]] Jeb Richelieu
 
: Note: The Fifteenth and Thirtieth field hovercraft units
 
: Note: The Fifteenth and Thirtieth field hovercraft units
  
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMFS82/>
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Infantry Brigade''' (5 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMFS82/>
: CO: Leftenant General [[Estes Malevannyy]]
+
: CO: Leftenant General Estes Malevannyy
:: Aide: Colonel [[Hak-Joong Kim]]
+
:: Aide: Colonel Hak-Joong Kim
:* 478th New Avalon Rifles: Colonel [[Kyle Elms]]
+
:* 478th New Avalon Rifles: Colonel Kyle Elms
:* Eighteenth Manassas Mechanized Infantry: Colonel [[Pam Kunin]]
+
:* Eighteenth Manassas Mechanized Infantry: Colonel Pam Kunin
:* 177th F-C Mechanized Infantry: Colonel [[Alexander Beyer V|Alexander J. Beyer V]]
+
:* 177th F-C Mechanized Infantry: Colonel Alexander J. Beyer V
:* 178th F-C Mechanized Infantry: [[Leutnant-Colonel]] [[Eugenia Bello]]
+
:* 178th F-C Mechanized Infantry: [[Leutnant-Colonel]] Eugenia Bello
:* Third Saginaw Jump Infantry - Leftenant-Colonel [[Zachary Rybacki]]
+
:* Third Saginaw Jump Infantry - Leftenant-Colonel: Zachary Rybacki
: Note: the 177th and 178th each include a [[battalion]] of [[Cavalier]] battle armor.
+
: Note: the 177th & 178th includes a [[battalion]] of [[Cavalier]] battle armor.
  
 
===3145===
 
===3145===
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'''Fourth Davion Guards Aerospace Brigade''' (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:3145p91"/>
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Aerospace Brigade''' (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:3145p91"/>
: CO: [[Vice Admiral]] [[William Tate]]
+
: CO: [[Vice Admiral]] William Tate
  
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Armor Brigade''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p91"/>
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Armor Brigade''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p91"/>
: CO: Major General [[Candace Warren]]
+
: CO: Major General Candace Warren
  
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Infantry Brigade''' (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:3145p91"/>
 
'''Fourth Davion Guards Infantry Brigade''' (Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name="FM:3145p91"/>
: CO: Major General [[Marguerite Walton]]
+
: CO: Major General Marguerite Walton
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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