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Line 13: === First Succession War === === First Succession War === − In May [[2787]] the Draconis Combine launched a massive invasion of the Federated Suns. The invasion was so swift and targeted communications and [[JumpShip]]s so effectively that many border systems didn't have a chance to transmit warnings or alerts, leading to widespread confusion on the part of the AFFS. Three days after the initial attacks another large wave of attacks was launched by the DCMS, based around two salients; one, under the overall command of [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]], struck into the [[Clovis Combat Region]], beginning with invasions of [[Cartago]], [[Clovis]] and [[Olancha]].<ref name="FSWp38">''First Succession War'', p. 38-39, "The Battle For Clovis"</ref> + In May [[2787]] the Draconis Combine launched a massive invasion of the Federated Suns. The invasion was so swift and targeted communications and [[JumpShip]]s so effectively that many border systems didn't have a chance to transmit warnings or alerts, leading to widespread confusion on the part of the AFFS. Three days after the initial attacks another large wave of attacks was launched by the DCMS, based around two salients; one, under the overall command of [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita]], struck into the [[Clovis Combat Region]], beginning with invasions of [[Cartago]], [[Clovis]] and [[Olancha]].<ref name="FSWp38">''First Succession War'', p. 38-39, "The Battle For Clovis"</ref> − Clovis was the location of the headquarters of the Clovis Combat Region, and the Commanding Officer of the Region, [[Field Marshal]] [[Grover Simons]], was on Clovis alongside the First Clovis Guards when the Combine invasion forces arrived in-system. The [[DCMS]] forces arrived with a formidable [[WarShip]] fleet drawn from the [[DCA]] [[3rd Fleet (Draconis Combine)|Third Fleet]], consisting of a pair of ''[[Samarkand Block II (WarShip class)|Samarkand]]''-class carriers, an ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser and four ''[[Narukami (WarShip class)|Narukami]]''-class destroyers. Despite being heavily outnumbered, the AFFS naval picket in the Clovis system managed to tie up the Combine forces for six hours, crippling the ''Narukami''-class [[Firewind|DCS ''Firewind'']] and inflicting heavy damage on the carrier [[Hagiwawa (Individual Samarkand-class WarShip)|DCS ''Hagiwawa'']], but the loss of the ''[[New Syrtis (WarShip class)|New Syrtis]]''-class carrier [[Midale (Individual New Syrtis-class WarShip)|FSS ''Midale'']] and the ''[[Davion (WarShip)|Davion]]''-class destroyer [[Reynard Davion (Individual Davion-class WarShip)|FSS ''Reynard Davion'']] effectively ended AFFS resistance in orbit.<ref name="FSWp38"/> + Clovis was the location of the headquarters of the Clovis Combat Region, and the Commanding Officer of the Region, [[Field Marshal]] [[Grover Simons]], was on Clovis alongside the First Clovis Guards when the Combine invasion forces arrived in-system. The [[DCMS]] forces arrived with a formidable [[WarShip]] fleet drawn from the [[DCA]] [[3rd Fleet (DCA)|Third Fleet]], consisting of a pair of ''[[Samarkand (Block II)|Samarkand]]''-class carriers, an ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser and four ''[[Narukami (WarShip class)|Narukami]]''-class destroyers. Despite being heavily outnumbered, the AFFS naval picket in the Clovis system managed to tie up the Combine forces for six hours, crippling the ''Narukami''-class [[Firewind|DCS ''Firewind'']] and inflicting heavy damage on the carrier [[Hagiwawa (Individual Samarkand-class WarShip)|DCS ''Hagiwawa'']], but the loss of the ''[[New Syrtis (WarShip class)|New Syrtis]]''-class carrier [[Midale (Individual New Syrtis-class WarShip)|FSS ''Midale'']] and the ''[[Davion (WarShip)|Davion]]''-class destroyer [[Reynard Davion (Individual Davion-class WarShip)|FSS ''Reynard Davion'']] effectively ended AFFS resistance in orbit.<ref name="FSWp38"/> On the ground, Simons used the time bought by the naval picket to muster his defenses as best he could, having the First Clovis Guards and the three conventional regiments present dig in around Gorst City as best they could, while sending out urgent messages for reinforcements. The [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] believed that at least two more [['Mech]] regiments were present on Clovis, and had brought three 'Mech regiments - the [[Third Sword of Light]], [[Third Pesht Regulars]] and [[Ninth Dieron Regulars]] - eighteen assorted regiments of armor and infantry and enough aerospace support to ensure air superiority from the outset, but the fierce defense put up by Simons' forces ensured that by the end of the first week, the attackers had seized only a small foothold in Gorst City Valley. The DCMS refrained from using orbital bombardment to destroy the defenders, but Simons' calls for reinforcements went largely unanswered because of the chaos engulfing the local region; those AFFS units not already destroyed were all either in retreat or desperately fighting for survival. The only forces able to respond arrived aboard the ''[[Robinson (WarShip class)|Robinson]]''-class carrier [[New Ivaarsen (Individual Robinson-class WarShip)|FSS ''New Ivaarsen'']], and the four [[DropShip]]s of reinforcements the ''New Ivaarsen'' brought from [[Xhosa VII]] were nowhere near enough to turn the tide. The arrival of the ''New Ivaarsen'' five days into the second week of the invasion did offer the prospect of salvaging some of the troops on Clovis however, and Simons ordered a retreat from the planet.<ref name="FSWp38"/> On the ground, Simons used the time bought by the naval picket to muster his defenses as best he could, having the First Clovis Guards and the three conventional regiments present dig in around Gorst City as best they could, while sending out urgent messages for reinforcements. The [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] believed that at least two more [['Mech]] regiments were present on Clovis, and had brought three 'Mech regiments - the [[Third Sword of Light]], [[Third Pesht Regulars]] and [[Ninth Dieron Regulars]] - eighteen assorted regiments of armor and infantry and enough aerospace support to ensure air superiority from the outset, but the fierce defense put up by Simons' forces ensured that by the end of the first week, the attackers had seized only a small foothold in Gorst City Valley. The DCMS refrained from using orbital bombardment to destroy the defenders, but Simons' calls for reinforcements went largely unanswered because of the chaos engulfing the local region; those AFFS units not already destroyed were all either in retreat or desperately fighting for survival. The only forces able to respond arrived aboard the ''[[Robinson (WarShip class)|Robinson]]''-class carrier [[New Ivaarsen (Individual Robinson-class WarShip)|FSS ''New Ivaarsen'']], and the four [[DropShip]]s of reinforcements the ''New Ivaarsen'' brought from [[Xhosa VII]] were nowhere near enough to turn the tide. The arrival of the ''New Ivaarsen'' five days into the second week of the invasion did offer the prospect of salvaging some of the troops on Clovis however, and Simons ordered a retreat from the planet.<ref name="FSWp38"/> Line 27:
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Line 39: | [[Field Marshal]]||[[Grover Simons]]||[[2787]]<ref name=HDFSp61>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 61</ref> | [[Field Marshal]]||[[Grover Simons]]||[[2787]]<ref name=HDFSp61>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 61</ref> |} |} − − == Tactics == − Unknown. == Composition History== == Composition History== === 2786 === === 2786 === − '''First Clovis Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FSWp134">''First Succession War'', p. 134, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref> + '''First Clovis Guards''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FSWp134">''First Succession War'', p. 134, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref> − :- At this point in time the Hussars were a light-weight regiment stationed on [[Clovis]] and were operating at full strength.<ref name="FSWp134"/> + :- At this point in time the Hussars were a light-weight regiment stationed on Clovis and were operating at full strength.<ref name="FSWp134"/> === 2830 === === 2830 === − '''First Clovis Guards''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name="SSWp94">''Second Succession War'', p. 94, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref> + '''First Clovis Guards''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name="SSWp94">'''Second succession War'', p. 94, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref> − :- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment and had rebuilt to just under two battalions in size. The Guards were stationed on Clovis.<ref name="SSWp94"/> The unit was destroyed during the war. <ref name="SSWp94"/> + :- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment and had rebuilt to just under two battalions in size. The Guards were stationed on Clovis.<ref name="SSWp94"/> ==References== ==References== Line 56:
Line 53: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' + * ''[[First Succession War (Sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' + * ''[[Second Succession War (Sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]'' * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' − * ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]'' − [[Category: Federated Suns Commands|Clovis Guards, 01st]] [[Category: Federated Suns Commands|Clovis Guards, 01st]]
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=== First Succession War === | === First Succession War === | ||
| − | In May [[2787]] the Draconis Combine launched a massive invasion of the Federated Suns. The invasion was so swift and targeted communications and [[JumpShip]]s so effectively that many border systems didn't have a chance to transmit warnings or alerts, leading to widespread confusion on the part of the AFFS. Three days after the initial attacks another large wave of attacks was launched by the DCMS, based around two salients; one, under the overall command of [[Coordinator]] [[ | + | In May [[2787]] the Draconis Combine launched a massive invasion of the Federated Suns. The invasion was so swift and targeted communications and [[JumpShip]]s so effectively that many border systems didn't have a chance to transmit warnings or alerts, leading to widespread confusion on the part of the AFFS. Three days after the initial attacks another large wave of attacks was launched by the DCMS, based around two salients; one, under the overall command of [[Coordinator]] [[Minoru Kurita]], struck into the [[Clovis Combat Region]], beginning with invasions of [[Cartago]], [[Clovis]] and [[Olancha]].<ref name="FSWp38">''First Succession War'', p. 38-39, "The Battle For Clovis"</ref> |
| − | Clovis was the location of the headquarters of the Clovis Combat Region, and the Commanding Officer of the Region, [[Field Marshal]] [[Grover Simons]], was on Clovis alongside the First Clovis Guards when the Combine invasion forces arrived in-system. The [[DCMS]] forces arrived with a formidable [[WarShip]] fleet drawn from the [[DCA]] [[3rd Fleet ( | + | Clovis was the location of the headquarters of the Clovis Combat Region, and the Commanding Officer of the Region, [[Field Marshal]] [[Grover Simons]], was on Clovis alongside the First Clovis Guards when the Combine invasion forces arrived in-system. The [[DCMS]] forces arrived with a formidable [[WarShip]] fleet drawn from the [[DCA]] [[3rd Fleet (DCA)|Third Fleet]], consisting of a pair of ''[[Samarkand (Block II)|Samarkand]]''-class carriers, an ''[[Aegis]]''-class heavy cruiser and four ''[[Narukami (WarShip class)|Narukami]]''-class destroyers. Despite being heavily outnumbered, the AFFS naval picket in the Clovis system managed to tie up the Combine forces for six hours, crippling the ''Narukami''-class [[Firewind|DCS ''Firewind'']] and inflicting heavy damage on the carrier [[Hagiwawa (Individual Samarkand-class WarShip)|DCS ''Hagiwawa'']], but the loss of the ''[[New Syrtis (WarShip class)|New Syrtis]]''-class carrier [[Midale (Individual New Syrtis-class WarShip)|FSS ''Midale'']] and the ''[[Davion (WarShip)|Davion]]''-class destroyer [[Reynard Davion (Individual Davion-class WarShip)|FSS ''Reynard Davion'']] effectively ended AFFS resistance in orbit.<ref name="FSWp38"/> |
On the ground, Simons used the time bought by the naval picket to muster his defenses as best he could, having the First Clovis Guards and the three conventional regiments present dig in around Gorst City as best they could, while sending out urgent messages for reinforcements. The [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] believed that at least two more [['Mech]] regiments were present on Clovis, and had brought three 'Mech regiments - the [[Third Sword of Light]], [[Third Pesht Regulars]] and [[Ninth Dieron Regulars]] - eighteen assorted regiments of armor and infantry and enough aerospace support to ensure air superiority from the outset, but the fierce defense put up by Simons' forces ensured that by the end of the first week, the attackers had seized only a small foothold in Gorst City Valley. The DCMS refrained from using orbital bombardment to destroy the defenders, but Simons' calls for reinforcements went largely unanswered because of the chaos engulfing the local region; those AFFS units not already destroyed were all either in retreat or desperately fighting for survival. The only forces able to respond arrived aboard the ''[[Robinson (WarShip class)|Robinson]]''-class carrier [[New Ivaarsen (Individual Robinson-class WarShip)|FSS ''New Ivaarsen'']], and the four [[DropShip]]s of reinforcements the ''New Ivaarsen'' brought from [[Xhosa VII]] were nowhere near enough to turn the tide. The arrival of the ''New Ivaarsen'' five days into the second week of the invasion did offer the prospect of salvaging some of the troops on Clovis however, and Simons ordered a retreat from the planet.<ref name="FSWp38"/> | On the ground, Simons used the time bought by the naval picket to muster his defenses as best he could, having the First Clovis Guards and the three conventional regiments present dig in around Gorst City as best they could, while sending out urgent messages for reinforcements. The [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] believed that at least two more [['Mech]] regiments were present on Clovis, and had brought three 'Mech regiments - the [[Third Sword of Light]], [[Third Pesht Regulars]] and [[Ninth Dieron Regulars]] - eighteen assorted regiments of armor and infantry and enough aerospace support to ensure air superiority from the outset, but the fierce defense put up by Simons' forces ensured that by the end of the first week, the attackers had seized only a small foothold in Gorst City Valley. The DCMS refrained from using orbital bombardment to destroy the defenders, but Simons' calls for reinforcements went largely unanswered because of the chaos engulfing the local region; those AFFS units not already destroyed were all either in retreat or desperately fighting for survival. The only forces able to respond arrived aboard the ''[[Robinson (WarShip class)|Robinson]]''-class carrier [[New Ivaarsen (Individual Robinson-class WarShip)|FSS ''New Ivaarsen'']], and the four [[DropShip]]s of reinforcements the ''New Ivaarsen'' brought from [[Xhosa VII]] were nowhere near enough to turn the tide. The arrival of the ''New Ivaarsen'' five days into the second week of the invasion did offer the prospect of salvaging some of the troops on Clovis however, and Simons ordered a retreat from the planet.<ref name="FSWp38"/> | ||
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By the end of the Second Succession War the Guards were once again recorded as a destroyed command by the AFFs.<ref name="SSWp94"/> | By the end of the Second Succession War the Guards were once again recorded as a destroyed command by the AFFs.<ref name="SSWp94"/> | ||
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==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
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| [[Field Marshal]]||[[Grover Simons]]||[[2787]]<ref name=HDFSp61>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 61</ref> | | [[Field Marshal]]||[[Grover Simons]]||[[2787]]<ref name=HDFSp61>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 61</ref> | ||
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== Composition History== | == Composition History== | ||
=== 2786 === | === 2786 === | ||
| − | '''First Clovis Guards''' ( | + | '''First Clovis Guards''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FSWp134">''First Succession War'', p. 134, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref> |
| − | :- At this point in time the Hussars were a light-weight regiment stationed on | + | :- At this point in time the Hussars were a light-weight regiment stationed on Clovis and were operating at full strength.<ref name="FSWp134"/> |
=== 2830 === | === 2830 === | ||
| − | '''First Clovis Guards''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name="SSWp94">''Second | + | '''First Clovis Guards''' (Regular/Questionable)<ref name="SSWp94">'''Second succession War'', p. 94, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref> |
| − | :- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment and had rebuilt to just under two battalions in size. The Guards were stationed on Clovis | + | :- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment and had rebuilt to just under two battalions in size. The Guards were stationed on Clovis.<ref name="SSWp94"/> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[First Succession War ( | + | * ''[[First Succession War (Sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' |
| + | * ''[[Second Succession War (Sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]'' | ||
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' | * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' | ||
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[[Category: Federated Suns Commands|Clovis Guards, 01st]] | [[Category: Federated Suns Commands|Clovis Guards, 01st]] | ||