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Second Davion Guards RCT | |
Disbanded | 3144 (destroyed)[1] |
Nickname | Wrath of the Free |
Affiliation | Federated Suns |
Parent Command | Davion Brigade of Guards |
Contents
History[edit]
Succession Wars[edit]
The Second Davion Guards RCT was scheduled to assist a Deneb Light Cavalry unit during their assault of Tikonov in 2834. Unfortunately DCMS forces raided Sanilac, the Second's homeworld. Loaded in their DropShips the Second was hard pressed to force the Kuritan units off their world. By the time they did so, the Second was in no condition to assist the Deneb Light Cavalry.[2]
As of 3025, the Second Davion Guards was based on Fomalhaut. It was commanded by Marshall Jessica Davion.[3]
During the Fourth Succession War the Second Davion Guards protected Fomalhaut.[4]
By 3054, they were moved to Blue Hole in the Tamar March to help meet the threat of the Clan Invasion.
FedCom Civil War[edit]
In 3062, the Second Davion Guards were stationed on Bromhead along with the Twenty-second Avalon Hussars and Hansen's Roughriders. To prevent a pointless conflict from tearing the units apart, the Twenty-second Avalon Hussars and Second Davion Guards stayed far apart. When the FedCom Civil War broke out, the two units relocated off of Bromhead. The Second Davion Guards went to Mendham with three regiments of militia troops.[5] On Mendham the Second Davion Guards were joined by the Twenty-first Illician Rangers and both units were joined by the Fourth Illician Rangers on Glentworth.[6] The Davion Guards and Illician Rangers then attacked Sirdar, a world that was filled with Department of the Quartermaster warehouses. There they inflicted serious losses on the Sirdar CMM, destroying a brigade of CMM troops in two weeks. The Fourth Donegal Guards and Second Chisholm's Raiders reinforced the Loyalist CMM. Though the Second Davion Guards had established complete air superiority, they couldn't dislodge the Loyalist reinforcements. Instead they held their position until the Ninth Illician Rangers and First Federated Suns Armored Cavalry reinforced them.[7] Eventually the Loyalist units were driven offworld.
After securing Sirdar, Jackson Davion ordered the Second Guards to move to Hadnall.[8] The Guards then went to Novaya Zemlya for a brief time[9] before attacking the Nineteenth Arcturan Guards on Salem. Though the fighting was fierce, both units made a special effort to avoid damaging the General Motors plant on the world.[10] After seizing the world, the Second Davion Guards went to Galax to meet up with the Davion Heavy Guards. Both Guards units attacked New Avalon.[11]
After the FedCom Civil War ended, the Second Davion Guards were stationed on Angol in the Draconis March.[12]
Jihad[edit]
In 3069 during the Jihad, elements of the Second Davion Guards defended the germanium asteroid mines in the Caselton system from the Word of Blake.[13] In 3077 the Second Guards served as part of the Coalition forces in the Draconis Combine Task Force, along with the First Sword of Light, Second Genyosha, Second Dieron Regulars, and Clan Wolf's Iota Galaxy.[14] As part of Task Force MALLET, the Second Guards assaulted Singapore on Terra. There they fought alongside the Com Guard First Army, Kentares DMM, and Fifth Free Worlds Guards regiments under the command of General Thomas Hogarth.[15] They faced elements of the Nineteenth Division.[16] A captured Precentor would later accuse the forces commanded by Hogarth of assaulting civilian structures in Singapore.[17]
Leaving their wounded in Singapore, the Second Davion Guards redeployed to Terra's Washington Sector. While disembarking from their DropShips, nuclear warheads fired from Hilton Head landed, destroying nearly every member of the Second Davion Guards. The few survivors, numbering less than a battalion, were attached to the First Davion Guards until they could rebuild.[18]
By 3085 the Second Davion Guards were a separate unit once again, though dramatically understrength. They were equipped with a single 'Mech battalion, a regiment of hovertanks, and equipped with battle armor infantry.[19] The unit was stationed on New Avalon in 3085.[20]
Palmyra[edit]
The Second Davion Guards were one of thirteen Federated Suns military commands destroyed by the Draconis Combine during the 3144 Palmyra Disaster.[1]
Officers[edit]
Rank | Name | Command | |
---|---|---|---|
Commanding Officers of the Second Davion Guards | |||
Marshal | Jessica Davion | 3025[3] | |
Marshal | Rudy Pinada | 3039[21] | |
Hauptmann General | William Kossacks | 3050 - 3062[22] | |
General | Gerald Mitchell | 3067[23][24][12] | |
Major General | Tyrell Rand-Davion | 3085[20] |
Other Officers[edit]
- Captain Rita Davion, company commander during the late Succession Wars and Clan Invasion.[25]
Tactics[edit]
The Second Davion Guards fields a force that is lighter than most of their opponents. To balance this weight discrepancy, they use air support and artillery strikes to wear down their opponents. The Guards then use their mobility advantage to strike their opponent quickly and fade away before they can respond.[22]
In 3025 the Second Davion Guards was one of the few AFFS units to field a full regiment of artillery.[26]
Composition History[edit]
2765[edit]
Second Davion Guards (Regiment/Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)[27]
2786–2821[edit]
Second Davion Guards (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)[28]
- - At this point in time the Guards were a heavy-weight regiment stationed on Royalston and were operating at full strength.[28] In 2821 the unit was reduced to just a quarter of full strength.[28]
2830[edit]
Second Davion Guards (Regiment/Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[29]
- - At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment and had rebuilt to almost two battalions. The Guards were stationed on Sonnia.[29]
2864[edit]
Second Davion Guards (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[29]
- - At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment stationed on Sanilac, and had been reduced to just over a battalion in strength.[29]
3025[edit]
Second Davion Guards RCT (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[3]
- CO: Marshal Jessica Davion[3]
- Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Fomalhaut.[3] The 'Mech regiment contains mostly light to medium designs.[30]
3040[edit]
Second Davion Guards RCT (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[31]
3050[edit]
Second Davion Guards RCT (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[32]
- CO: Hauptmann General William Kossacks[32]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Caph.[32]
3054[edit]
Second Davion Guards RCT (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[24]
- CO: Hauptmann General William Kossacks[24]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Blue Hole.[24]
3062[edit]
Second Davion Guards (1 Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[22]
- CO: Leftenant General Gerald Mitchell
- - Equipped with two companies of assault 'Mechs
Second Davion Guards Aerospace Brigade (6 Wings)[22]
- CO: Fleet Admiral William Kossacks
- Forty-seventh Federation Heavy Attack Wing
- Twenty-ninth Crucis Interceptor Wing
- Ninetieth Remagen Heavy Attack Wing
- 307th F-C Aero Wing
- Eighteenth F-C Recon Wing
- Seventh F-C Airlift Wing
Second Davion Guards Armor Brigade (3 Regiments/Elite/Fanatical)[22]
- CO: Major General Bryce Staten
- Aide: Colonel Belinda O'Rourke
- Second Davion Guards Armor Regiment: Colonel Bridget Griffith
- Fiftieth Antietam Heavy Armor Regiment: Leftenant General Angelina Kartaly
- Twenty-fifth Killarney Armored Grenadiers: Colonel Quyen Nzuyen
- 740th Avalon Heavy Artillery: Colonel Paragon Cannady
- - The 740th is reinforced to four Battalions
Second Davion Guards Infantry Brigade (6 Regiments/Veteran/Fanatical)[22]
- CO: Major General Phoebe Dreyfus
- Aide: Major L. L. Ludlow
- Second Davion Guards Mechanized Infantry: Colonel James Beying Chen
- Twenty-fifth Guards Mechanized Infantry Regiment: Colonel Sax O'Bannon
- Twenty-ninth Chirikof Mechanized Infantry: Colonel Dana Wigg
- Forty-third Antietam Mechanized Infantry Regiment: Leftenant Colonel James Stock
- 140th Federation Mechanized Infantry: Colonel St. John Pleu
- Fifty-seventh Trent Jump Infantry: Colonel Lee Murph
- - Many Companies assign only trucks
3067[edit]
Second Davion Guards RCT (Elite/Reliable)[12]
- CO: General Gerald Mitchell
Second Davion Guards Aerospace Brigade (Elite/Fanatical)[12]
- CO: Major General Darwyn Al-Ateeq
Second Davion Guards Armor Brigade (Elite/Reliable)[12]
- CO: Major General Paragon Cannady
Second Davion Guards Infantry Brigade (Veteran/Reliable)[12]
- CO: Major General James Beying Chen
3085[edit]
Second Davion Guards RCT (Veteran/Fanatical)[20]
- CO: Major General Tyrell Rand-Davion
Second Davion Guards Aerospace Brigade (Green/Fanatical)[20]
Second Davion Guards Armor Brigade (Regular/Fanatical)[20]
- CO: Major General Kshitij Nagi
Second Davion Guards Infantry Brigade (Regular/Fanatical)[20]
- CO: Major General Suibhne Knutsen
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. 71: "Debacle at Palmyra"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 71
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 136: "Federated Suns Deployment Table"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 11
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 30
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 61
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 62
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 83
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 100
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 128
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, pp. 161–162
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Field Manual: Updates, p. 140: "AFFS Deployment Table - 3067"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3070, p. 77; Blake Ascending, p. 237
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 30
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 96
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 127
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 31
- ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 10
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 60
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 Field Manual: 3085, p. 71: "AFFS Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 88: "Wave Two and Counterattack - Altair"
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 80: "2nd Davion Guards Unit Profile"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 19: "AFFC Deployment Table - 3050"
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Objective Raids, p. 22: "AFFC Deployment Table - 3054"
- ↑ Force Manual: Davion, p. 27: "Second Davion Guards"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 139
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Field Report 2765: AFFS, p. 14: "Regimental Status"
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 First Succession War, p. 134: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 Second Succession War, p. 94: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 137
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 136
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 20 Year Update, p. 19
Bibliography[edit]
- 20 Year Update
- FedCom Civil War
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: Federated Suns
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Report: AFFS
- First Succession War
- Force Manual: Davion
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Davion (The Federated Suns)
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3070
- Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1
- Objective Raids
- Second Succession War