4th Davion Guards

Unit Description

Primary stationed on the Draconis Combine's border, the 4th Guards is configured to be fast and swift unit. It consists of Light & fast BattleMechs, with 4 regiments of armor units of fast tanks and hovercraft.

History

The Homeworld of the 4th Davion Guards is Fort Loudon

3025

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.

Clan Invasion Era

In 3050, the unit was station on the world of David in the Raman PDZ. It soldiers of unit were considered elite and highly fanatical.

The unit was stationed on Fort Loudon as of 3057, when Katherine Steiner-Davion assumed the throne of newly formed Lyran Alliance. The unit commander Marshal Orsina denounced usurping the throne from Victor, but unit loyal to Lyran people remained in place to protect the Lyran people from the Clans. It’s neighboring unit, 5th Alliance Guards, were fanatical about ascension of the new Archon. LAAF began re-directing supplies away from the Davion unit, in order weaken it. However, 4th Guard's Marshal Orsina begun raids against Clan held worlds for supplies or taking unit different worlds to get supplies through friendlier units. In early 3060s, the world's people loyalties begun to divide, with unit commander mutually agreeing to keep each other based separately from one another including its mercenary support unit, Knights of St. Cameron.

FedCom Civil War

Fort Loudon

In December 3062, after the assassination of Arthur Steiner-Davion, Marshal Orsina called public for the resignation of Archon-Princess. However, call for resignation of Archon was sign that forced the 5th Alliance Guards’ Lt. General James Ito into action. First integrating the Knights into his unit, then He then activated the Ft Loudan's planetary militia forces and calling marshal law of the planet.

He then orders 4th Davion Guards to move arctic base 1,500 km from their current located near the city of Yulio on the 2nd of December. By the 7th, 4th Guard had not moved, Ito was demanding that their Marshal Orsina to resign. Refusing to stand down, Marshal order her units to conduct preemptive attack against the Alliance Guards and its planetary militia reinforcements.

The 4th Guard's hit Alliance's command & communication systems, to surprise Lt. General Ito, the elite Davion Guards were fortified by brigade of mechanized Battle Armor units lead by Major General Robert Davion-Zibler. After the initial assault, Alliance Guards held their own against the 4th Davion's forces. For two weeks, the unit clashed, but not making head way. By this time Marshal Orsina detached General Zibler-Davion's Battle Armor forces act independently. While Marshal had her forces patrol their bases at Yulio and Carentan, the Battle Armor forces conducted raids against 5th 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 actions, forming two flanking front that was direct to attack 4th Davion's small base at city of Carentan. He then had dispatch militia forces hold the Carentan forces from withdrawing to their base Yulio. General Zibler-Davion's Battle Armor forces disrupted command & communications for militia forces, trying allowing for some Guard forces slip in to aide besieged forces.

By 2nd of January 3063, situation then shifted. Lt. General Ito orders his aerospace fighter squadrons to push back 4th Davion's heavy aerospace cover and hit base Carentan. With single squadron penetrating Aerospace cover successfully bombed 4th Davion's Carentan base. With successful bombing, he dispatched two battalion of Alliance/Knight of St. Cameron 'Mech forces into base in daring assault. This action successfully captured and neutralized the base & its two regiments of 4th Davion troops. After two further weeks of fighting, Marshal decided despite many civilians braving arrest to protest the Archon, she did not have enough support to take the planet. By February, the she quietly had her forces regroup at Yulio in guise of reinforcing their positions. The 4th Davion Guards then departed the planet, only leaving behind Special Forces keep occupation forces occupied.

After couple months of attempting to disrupt force, they form resistance cells which they start to disrupted Alliance's supply bases. Their largest operations and failure was attempt to capture General Ito. However, this end in disaster, as half of Special Forces were captured and where about of many of surviving troops locations were revealed. The remaining Special Forces that survived head-hunting scaled back their operations.

Rasalgethi

In late February, the 4th Davion Guards RCT had arrived at Rasalgethi and rendered assistance to 17th Donegal Guards with 6th Lyran Guards held up in underground complex at Ronne Air Base. With two RCT poised to come down on them, many of officers of the 6th begun to suggest surrender. Sixth's Commander Quitman Brown would not hear of it as his unit endured air strikes & artillery fire in their positions. Had his friends, whom were former DMI operatives murder those whom rebelled on 22nd of March.

The two days later, Brown and his senior staff were arrested by command after entire command revolted. The Sixth new commanding officer, Colonel Theodore Hess, signaled the 4th Davion Guards and its allies with the 17th they were surrendering to them.

Yed Posterior

The 4th Guards had been proceeding through Skye Providence on their way to Federated Suns, where they stopped on Yed Posterior.

On January 1st, 3064, the 5th Lyran Regulars based out of Freedom assaulted 4th 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 rag-tag 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 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 harden 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.

Dalkeith

On May 5th, the 4th Davion Guards arrived to assist the 4th Deneb Light Cavalry on Dalkeith. The Cavalry, heavy with Aerospace assets, but light on other forces were in steadying losing campaign against the 13th Donegal Guards & newly arrived 3rd Lyran Royal Guards RCT. The Fourth conducted assault on Thirteenth’s position in a repair depot that was lost to the Cavalry in early fighting.

On the 2nd of December, 3064, stalemate of the fighting for the 4th Guards changed as their old enemies, 5th 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 & Cavalry. By April, pro-temp Allied commander Marshal Orsina was force to order her forces withdraw from continent and utilized numerous commercial sea going vessels to retreat to the landmass named Rockmeir. General Ito, now convinced that allies had transverse 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 & reinforced the shattered ruins of the capital of Newhaven. When the pursuing loyalist forces made crossing to Rockmeir, they found themselves being lead 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 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 damaged to 26th Guards, they themselves were reduced to a combined arms battalion. The survivors slip back Guards position, leaving 4th Davion in deeping troubling situation. 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 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.

The Unit was destroyed on Dalkeith during the FedCom Civil War and remained inactive as of 3067.

Officers

• As of 3025 the Commanding Officer was Marshal Eugene Drivers.

• As of 3050 the Commanding Officer was Marshal Alberta Orsina.

Tactics

The unit uses fast and lighting quick manuvourers to take down enemy forces.

Composition

3025

• 1 (BattleMech Regiment)
• 4 (Armored Regiments)

3062

'Mech Regiment

• 4th Davion Guards
  • CO: Marshal Alberta Orsina

4th Davion Guards Aerospace Brigade

• Rear Admiral Pallas Czaban

• 83rd F-C Fighter Wing
• 84th F-C Fighter Wing

4th Davion Guards Armor Brigade

• Leftenant General Hohiro Ma

• 7th Zebebelgeubi Light Armor Regiment
  • Lft. Colonel Francis Daebel

• 19th Bolan Armored Regiment
  • Colonel Hetty Rutt-Steiner

• 15th Chesterton Armored Regiment
  • Colonel Z. Alan Maloney

• 30th Federation Light Armor
  • Colonel Dewey Simms

• 4th Guards Artillery Battalion
  • Major Jeb Richelieu

4th Davion Guards Infantry Brigade

• CO: Lft. General Estes Malevannyy

• 478th Avalon Rifles
  • Colonel Kyle Elms

• 18th Manassas Mechanized Infantry
  • Colonel Pam Kunin

• 177th F-C Mechanized Infantry (includes a Battalion of Cavalier Battle Armor)
  • Colonel Alexander J. Beyer V

• 178th F-C Mechanized Infantry (includes a Battalion of Cavalier Battle Armor)
  • Lut. Colonel Eugenia Bello

• 3rd Saginaw Jump Infantry (includes a Battalion of Cavalier Battle Armor)
  • Lft. Colonel Zachary Rybacki

References

• Field Manual: Federated Suns
• FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)
• Field Manual: Update