Thomas Davion
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Thomas Davion | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Affiliation | House Davion |
| Profile | |
| Profession | Major General[1] |
Thomas Davion was a nobleman from the Federated Suns and distant cousin to the ruling Davions.
History[edit]
War of 3039[edit]
The Fifth Davion Guards saw action during the War of 3039, where they were teamed up with the newly formed Third FedCom RCT to take the world of Sadalbari. Overall command of the Task Force was given to Marshal Vernon Cunningham. The regiment was positioned on the world of David for initial operations into the Draconis Combine.
During the operations in April of 3039, Cunningham launched a daring plan where the Task Force's aerospace fighters would strike the planet's communication centers to disrupt the world's defenders in coordinating their efforts stop his Task Force as they struck two military reservations where Kurita were garrisoned. In a night raid, the Task Force's jump troops backed up by a battalion of recon BattleMechs would take the garrisons by surprise preventing them from deploying into action. The Davions were successful in their surprise attack at the Xantal Reservation. Just outside the planet's capital of Solus City, the bulk of the Task Force's troops would in the plains next to the Origian Reservation. Unlike the highly successful capture of the Xantal garrison, the Origian Garrison of Kuritans would be given time to form up due Task Force's commander of the Originan insistence to wait till his troops were formed up. Elements of the Second Shin Legion would lead several combined arms forces in a counterattack against the Task Force's units. Marshal Vernon Cunningham's efforts to attack were repulsed due to running headlong into the Kurita forces. Due to the incompetence of Major General Thomas Davion, the momentum of destroying the Kuritans was lost, when Davion ordered his forces to hold the city versus pursuing the DCMS units.
Realizing the slowness of the Davion forces, the Shin Legion's commanding officer Tai-sa Coale sent his forces out and overran the HQ of the Task Force, capturing Major General Davion and Marshal Cunningham. Elements of the Third FedCom's First ’Mech battalion commanded by Major Jack Roberts arrived too late to prevent the capture of the Task force's leading generals.
References[edit]
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 49