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The first major threat to the Federated Suns to materialize during Simon's rule was from the Capellan Confederation; Simon was spending much of his time travelling within the Federated Suns, echoing the efforts Lucien Davion had made to build support and reassure the people after the disruptive rule of his predecessors, and [[Chancellor]] [[Ardan Baxter]] viewed the Federated Suns as being weak and divided. Even as Simon was reorganising the structure of the Federated Suns and establishing the five Marches that would constitute the Federated Suns for the next century Baxter began making demands in [[2418]], attempting to secure territorial gains<ref name="HB:HDp28"> - specifically, the Lee, Redfield and [[Safe Port]] systems<ref name="HL(TCC)p33">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 33, "One Step Back"</ref> - in exchange for any official recognition of Simon as ruler of the Federated Suns. Simon ignored Baxter's demands, leading Baxter to attempt to secure through military actions what he had failed to achieve through threats and intimidation.<ref name="HB:HDp28">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 28, "New Government, New Challenges"</ref>
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The first major threat to the Federated Suns to materialize during Simon's rule was from the Capellan Confederation; Simon was spending much of his time travelling within the Federated Suns, echoing the efforts Lucien Davion had made to build support and reassure the people after the disruptive rule of his predecessors, and [[Chancellor]] [[Ardan Baxter]] viewed the Federated Suns as being weak and divided. Even as Simon was reorganising the structure of the Federated Suns and establishing the five Marches that would constitute the Federated Suns for the next century Baxter began making demands in [[2418]], attempting to secure territorial gains<ref name="HB:HDp28"/> - specifically, the Lee, Redfield and [[Safe Port]] systems<ref name="HL(TCC)p33">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 33, "One Step Back"</ref> - in exchange for any official recognition of Simon as ruler of the Federated Suns. Simon ignored Baxter's demands, leading Baxter to attempt to secure through military actions what he had failed to achieve through threats and intimidation.<ref name="HB:HDp28">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 28, "New Government, New Challenges"</ref>
  
 
Baxter had taken a similarly hard line with the Free Worlds League, and the rulers of the Confederation had been lashing out at all of their neighbours, including the Taurian Concordat, since the beginning of the Age of War. Baxter swiftly discovered that he had overestimated both his own importance and the Confederation's political influence; the FPF and the armed forces of the Free Worlds League soon stymied his attempts at expansion, leaving the Confederation pinned between two enemies both stronger than it was.<ref name="HB:HDp28"/>
 
Baxter had taken a similarly hard line with the Free Worlds League, and the rulers of the Confederation had been lashing out at all of their neighbours, including the Taurian Concordat, since the beginning of the Age of War. Baxter swiftly discovered that he had overestimated both his own importance and the Confederation's political influence; the FPF and the armed forces of the Free Worlds League soon stymied his attempts at expansion, leaving the Confederation pinned between two enemies both stronger than it was.<ref name="HB:HDp28"/>

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Overview

The Federated Peacekeeping Forces were the first organized state military of the Federated Suns.

History

Origin

The beginnings of the Federated Peacekeeping Forces or FPF lay in the twenty-third century conflicts between the newly-formed Federated Suns and the minor states of the Capellan Zone. The Federated Suns inherited one conflict with the Tikonov Grand Union when the Marlette Association joined the Federated Suns,[1] and a second conflict with the Chesterton Trade Federation when the Muskegon Empire joined.[1] In these conflicts as with other conflicts over other worlds the Federated Suns formed a new expeditionary force for each campaign, with the field commander of the force elected by the Council and the strategic aims of the force chosen by the President.[2] The Federated Suns fared poorly in both conflicts, and soon became a target for predation by other states on the border, including the Capellan Hegemony and the St. Ives Mercantile Association.[3] Worlds such as Alcyone, Daniels and Redfield were conquered outright;[2] other, independent worlds simply aligned themselves with one of the Capellan Zone states rather than the weak Federated Suns.[3]

Formation

The first President of the Federated Suns was Lucien Davion, who stepped down in 2332; his brother Charles Davion was elected as his successor to the posts of Prime Minister of New Avalon and President of the Federated Suns. Charles was an ambitious, arrogant and quick-tempered man possessed of great energy; determined to build the Federated Suns into a true interstellar power and to secure the place of the Davion family within the Suns, Charles initiated a number of reforms. One of those was formation of the Federated Peacekeeping Forces.[4]

The defeats in the Rim March were enough to convince the various worlds of the Federated Suns to each give Charles Davion a handful of elite mercenary units.[4] Having amended the Crucis Pact to allow for the formation and support of a standing military,[5] Charles marshaled these units into a new standing army, with its own ranks, organization and support structure. Christened the Federated Peacekeeping Forces, the new army was able to use its support structure to obtain and manage supplies and transport independently of the various member states, giving it a considerable degree of independence. Charles initiated a regimen of extensive troop training and indoctrination to build morale within the new armed forces and to encourage the troops to identify themselves with the FPF rather than the various member worlds that had initially raised the regiments. Charles also ensured that as with the newly-forming state bureaucracy, many of the senior members of the FPF were from New Avalon,[4] many of whom owed a debt of gratitude to Charles or the Davion family.[5]

Early Campaigns

Versus the Tikonov Grand Union

Whilst the FPF focused on securing the Federated Suns, Charles death in 2340 ushered in a new President - Reynard Davion, nephew of Charles, son of Lucien, Deputy Prime Minister of New Avalon and a former Colonel in the FPF. Reynard was a Davion through and through, and just the ruler the Federated Suns needed at the time; charisma, drive, and ruthlessness. When Reynard came to power the Draconis Combine border had not yet reached the Federated Suns, and the Terran Hegemony was embroiled in problems with the Lyran Commonwealth whilst dealing with the loss of its Director-General just months before. With the Taurian Concordat both distant and unknown, the only clear threats to the Federated Suns were the nations of the Capellan Zone, and it was on these that Reynard focused his attention.[6]

Having assembled a reserve force in the Achernar system, Reynard assigned two Task Forces to draw the attention of the forces on Mirach before leading the reserve force personally on a strike against the world of Almach in 2344.[7] The FPF quickly seized Almach, Cutting off the Tikonov Grand Union supply route into the worlds of Mira, Mesartim. In one stroke, Reynard had recaptured the worlds contested between the Marlette Association and the Tikonov Grand Union for decades.[6]

Although no-one was more surprised at the success of the FPF campaign against the Tikonov Grand Union than the FPF itself, Reynard was able to use their victory to secure treaties with the Capellan Hegemony and Tikonov Grand Union, securing two borders.[7]

Versus the Sarna Supremacy

Although the next few years were largely peaceful, the FPF was far from inactive; the FPF captured Bell from the Sarna Supremacy in 2357,[7] the Supremacy having absorbed the Chesterton Trade Federation some years before.[8] Reynard moved additional FPF forces to the border and demanded that the Supremacy also concede the worlds of Chesterton and Highspire to the Federated Suns. The Supremacy had little choice but to comply, and the resulting political repercussions within the Capellan Zone toppled the Prime Minister of the Capellan Hegemony from power.[7][8] Capellan reports from the time indicate that Reynard threatened the use of atomic weapons to force the Supremacy to comply; the same reports indicate that when a combined relief force drawn from Sarn, Capellan and Tikonovian forces landed on Bell in 2358 they found no sign of the FPF on the planet, as well as no trace of the Sarn garrison or the civilian population of the planet, estimated as being some 15,000 people.[9]

The Capellan records on the mystery of the disappearance of the population of Bell remained a source of dispute between the two nations; official sources within the Federated Suns were continuing to assert as late as the thirty-first century that the FPF commanding officer on Bell had orders to conduct a simple spoiling attack in advance of further attacks along the Heligoland-Tsingtao corridor, attacks that never occured because of the redeployment of FPF troops in response to events that erupted near Mallory's World.[9]

Versus the Capellan Hegemony

The new Prime Minister of the Capellan Hegemony, Selek Tucas, spent years building a coalition with the Tikonov Grand Union against the Federated Suns, and in 2363 he arranged for the Grand Union to renounce both treaties signed after the war of 2340. Tucas openly supported the Grand Union's declaration and went a step further, demanding the return of the Chesterton worlds ceded by the Sarna Supremacy and the world of Lee as well.[7][8]

When the Capellan Hegemony ambassador to New Avalon - who was also Selek Tucas' brother - vanished mysteriously en route back to Capellan space,[7][8] Selek called on the various member states of the Federated Suns to depose Reynard and join the Capellan states; not one state took Selek up on his offer, and Reynard's subsequent proclamation of a state of war between the two nations received a unanimous vote of confidence. This began several years of border conflicts, with every Capellan attack on Lee rebuffed by the FPF.[7] Selek Tucas had gambled by mobilizing the best of his forces and those of his allies to strike at Lee, only to have those forces crushed,[8] with the list of units effectively destroyed including such noted commands as the First and Third Tikonov Lancers, the Capellan Reserve Cavalry, Moorcock's Rangers, the Seluk's Principia and Seneca's Fusiliers.[10]

The repercussions of the disaster on Lee - a disaster prompted by Reynard having received advance warning of the attack, most probably from Premiere Alexi Nimzovich of the Sarna Supremacy, and transporting eight crack FPF regiments to the world in secret in advance of the attack[10] - led to considerable internal turmoil within the Capellan Zone, toppling Selek from power along with his government while the FPF made steady advances against the Capellan forces.[7]

Both the Tikonov Grand Union and the St. Ives Mercantile Association were drawn into the war, and both were equally unsuccessful, with each nation losing worlds to the FPF. While Reynard didn't take to the field, he directed the strategy behind the FPF campaign from New Avalon, and over the course of several years of conflict the FPF managed to push far enough into the Capellan Zone to recapture Redfield and the majority other worlds lost during the first border wars.[7][8]

By 2367 the FPF had Tikonov itself under siege, and landed a "peacekeeping force" on Capella, declaring that the forces would remain in place until a suitable government could be elected and order restored. Such was the FPF's success that it actually led to the various Capellan states unifying into a new nation, the Capellan Confederation, under Franco Liao - and one of Franco's first orders was for the transport fleet that brought the FPF to Capella to be destroyed, before then ordering that the capital city be destroyed, wiping out both the city and the[8] three hand-picked FPF regiments occupying the city, the Third Aragon Lancers, the Findas Motorized Infantry and the Illisen Commandos, regiments that were subsequently never reformed.[11]

Franco's actions shocked Reynard - and the rest of the Inner Sphere - to the point that Reynard failed to follow up on the invasion of Capella.[8] While Reynard refused to acknowledge the Confederation as a state or negotiate a truce, prompting the war to largely grind to a halt that year, although battles would continue along the border for several years.[7][8]

Engaging the Taurian Concordat

Fleeing separatists from the Tikonov nobility traveled into the Taurian Concordat in 2369, attempting to escape Franco Liao's ruthless purging of any elements disloyal to him and with a Capellan task force in hot pursuit. The Tikonovian group encountered the Taurians and captured several Taurian WarShips before fleeing again when the Capellans caught up with them; this time, they fled into Federated Suns space, and although they were challenged by FPF WarShips the Tikonovians managed to flee again when the pursuing Capellan force engaged in battle with the FPF.[12]

The appearance of the Capellans beyond the rimward reaches of the Federated Suns was of considerable concern to Reynard, who believed that the Capellans may have created a secret staging point in the area. He responded by authorizing a number of naval investigations into the region to hunt for that staging point, only for the FPF to run directly into Taurian forces. The Taurians defeated the first FPF mission they encountered, and a series of expeditions were launched in both directions. After two years of sparring Reynard came to the conclusion that the Concordat was a relatively minor threat, but the Concordat had been aware of the Federated Suns for many years and the encounters fostered a growing paranoia towards the Federated Suns in the mind of the Taurian Protector, Richard Calderon.[12]

Etien the Mad

Reynard Davion's death in 2371 brought his son, Etien Davion, to power.[7] Etien was a military hero, wounded in action during the battle for Lee, and swiftly managed to broker a ceasefire on the Capellan Front as well as managing other diplomatic successes such as adding three new worlds to the Federated Suns and creating official diplomatic channels with the Draconis Combine. Unfortunately for the Federated Suns, his injuries had lingering after-effects, making Etien moody, weak-minded and quick to anger. As Etien's rule progressed he became more and more interested in hedonistic pursuits, leaving the realm to be directed by the bureaucracy and quickly causing both the economy and the FPF's border expansions to stagnate.[13]

Capellan Border War

After Etien's suicide in 2378 his brother Paul was elected to succeed him. Paul was eccentric and prone to indications of intermittent paranoia and hypochondria, but possessed of great energy, goodwill and determination. The High Council discovered that he was far from being the puppet some had predicted, and amongst his early successes was a short but successful war[14] consisting of several limited campaigns[15] waged by the FPF on the Capellan frontier to rein in any ambitions the Confederation had towards the Federated Suns.[14][16][15]

Paul's reign ended with his death in 2394, with the only significant FPF actions having been the Capellan Border War and a brief confrontation with the Terran Hegemony in 2383.[16]

The Age of War

The Age of War began in 2398 with battles between the Capellan Confederation and the Free Worlds League, but the Federated Suns was soon embroiled in conflicts of its own, precipitated by a Capellan attack on Novaya Zemlya that saw three-quarters of the planetary population killed via orbital bombardment, the first time such a tactic had been used. This resulted in a crash WarShip construction program within the Federated Suns as well as a series of conventional FPF assaults along the Capellan border in an effort to prevent any further such deep raids and to tie up Capellan units,[17][18] although the energy expended on the war effort by Paul's successor, Marie Davion, caused to a series of strokes that led to her death in 2402.[18]

The Ares Conventions

Although the Federated Suns signed the Ares Conventions, binding the FPF to the terms of the Conventions, between 2402 and 2417 the FPF was subject to both benign neglect and internal purges at the hands of the rulers of the Federated Suns. Although Edmund Davion was the official successor to Paul, his mother Marion Michaels-Davion was the true power behind the throne; Marion focused on securing further power for her family, effectively allowing the generals within the FPF to deal with the growing conflicts without direct oversight from herself.[19]

This changed swiftly after Marion's death in 2410; Edmund swiftly came under the influence of his brother Edward, just as he had been under his mother's influence, plunging the Federated Suns further into decline. Edmund's mysterious death in 2413 placed Edward officially in power, only to see him sack many of the senior officers within the FPF after becoming convinced that they were planning to supplant him; in their place he promoted sycophants of dubious ability.[19]

Simon Davion

The end to Edward's rule came at the hands of Simon Davion, son of Paul. A serving FPF officer on the Capellan border, Simon wasn't immune from Edward's depradations; Edward went so far as to order the death of Paul's heir, issuing an order to that effect to Simon's commanding officer, but that officer disobeyed the order and passed details of the instruction on to Simon. Even as Edward was attempting to arrange for Simon's death, members of the High Council were actively plotting to remove Edward from power; Simon arranged to return to New Avalon, ostensibly to bring news of the capture of the world of Jaipur, but his return coincided with the High Council using elements of the FPF loyal to the Council to seize key installations in orbit above New Avalon.

Simon appeared before the High Council to issue an address that had been publicised well in advance, but when Edward appeared in the Council chamber Simon snatched a weapon from one of the presidential bodyguard - suspected later of being a sympathiser within the FPF - and shot Edward repeatedly, killing him. Following Simon's surrender to the High Council - members of which promptly surrounded him, preventing his execution out of hand by the presidential bodyguard - and a public trial, Simon was acquitted of murder and shortly after declared President of the Federated Suns, with the support of the public, the FPF and the bulk of the High Council.

Simon's appointment as the ninth President marked a reverse in the decline of the FPF, which was becoming increasingly heavily tasked as the Federated Suns became more deeply entangled in the Age of War. The Draconis Combine and the Federated Suns now shared a border, and that border was becoming increasingly active as the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery and FPF launched raids and strikes against each other, despite both realms being more concerned about other, older enemies.

Capellan Confederaton Attacks

The first major threat to the Federated Suns to materialize during Simon's rule was from the Capellan Confederation; Simon was spending much of his time travelling within the Federated Suns, echoing the efforts Lucien Davion had made to build support and reassure the people after the disruptive rule of his predecessors, and Chancellor Ardan Baxter viewed the Federated Suns as being weak and divided. Even as Simon was reorganising the structure of the Federated Suns and establishing the five Marches that would constitute the Federated Suns for the next century Baxter began making demands in 2418, attempting to secure territorial gains[20] - specifically, the Lee, Redfield and Safe Port systems[21] - in exchange for any official recognition of Simon as ruler of the Federated Suns. Simon ignored Baxter's demands, leading Baxter to attempt to secure through military actions what he had failed to achieve through threats and intimidation.[20]

Baxter had taken a similarly hard line with the Free Worlds League, and the rulers of the Confederation had been lashing out at all of their neighbours, including the Taurian Concordat, since the beginning of the Age of War. Baxter swiftly discovered that he had overestimated both his own importance and the Confederation's political influence; the FPF and the armed forces of the Free Worlds League soon stymied his attempts at expansion, leaving the Confederation pinned between two enemies both stronger than it was.[20]

With the restructuring of the Federated Suns into five Marches - Capellan, Crucis, Draconis, Terran and Outer - the FPF was also restructed, split into five independent commands based within the five Marches.[22]

Terran Hegemony War

The world of Cartago had been the subject of an escalating conflict between the Terran Hegemony and the Federated Suns since 2411, the legacy of a dispute that began with Federated Suns colonists and Terran Hegemony terraforming technicians. The Hegemony annexed Cartargo completely, resulting in two decades of tit-for-tat attacks between the two nations that led to Director-General Richard Cameron attempting to end the conflict by giving a stark warning to the Federated Suns. That warning came in the form of the 2431 invasion of Kentares by the Hegemony Armed Forces, an invasion the FPF contested but ultimately couldn't resist, losing control of the planet after a six month struggle.[20]

The capture of Kentares by the Terran Hegemony highlighted a flaw in the structure of the Federated Suns - Kentares was a world within the Terran March, and the Prince of the Terran March refused to seek assistance from New Avalon, convinced that the forces within the Terran March could oppose the Hegemony alone. Despite the FPF's efforts, Kentares would remain a Hegemony world for centuries because of those decisions.[20]

Introduction of the BattleMech

One of the most significant changes in the history of the FPF began in 2455; the Lyran Commonwealth had managed to obtain details on how to manufacture a new engine of war that had previously been unique to the Terran Hegemony - the BattleMech. The Commonwealth and the Federated Suns had enjoyed civil diplomatic relations in the past, and Simon Davion acted on what he saw an opportunity to obtain BattleMech technology for the FPF.[23]

Dispatching Duke Denton Felsner on what was dubbed Operation VENTURE,[24] Simon opened up negotiations with the Commonwealth with a view to obtaining the ability to manufacture BattleMechs. The Federated Suns had little to offer other than money and diplomatic persuasion, but by highlighting the common enemies both nations shared in the form of the Terran Hegemony and the Draconis Combine, along with the application of large quantities of money[23] and a certain amount of espionage Felsner was successful.[24] It took a year of negotiations, but the Federated Suns was soon producing BattleMechs for the FPF as fast as it could.[23]

Prelude to Civil War

With the death of First Prince William Davion at the hands of assassins in 2512[25] the Federated Suns began a move towards what would prove to be a devastating Civil War. William's successor was the five-year-old Alexander, and the High Council appointed a Council of Regents to rule until Alexander was ready to assume power. The Council of Regents was dominated by internal politics revolving initially around the David and Cassandra Varnay, rulers of the Capellan March, and Laura Davion, who became ruler of the Draconis March after the death of Prince Vladimir Kerensky.[26] In 2515[25] the Hegemony launched a series of new incursions into the Federated Suns, killing Prince Charles Leighton of the Terran March and his immediate family on Robinson, leading to the appointment of Nikolai Rostov, a famed and respected General within the FPF, as Prince of the Terran March.[26]

It took Rostov five years to stop the Terran incursions, but in 2520 he finally secured the Terran March; just three years later in 2523 another border conflict erupted, this time on the border with the Draconis Combine.[26] The Varneys took advantage of the disruption to kidnap Alexander - claiming to be doing so for his own protection - and relocating him to the Capellan March while Laura Davion and the FPF units under her command battled the Combine.[25]

Civil War

The Davion Civil War finally erupted in 2525. Alexander had been married to Cynthia Varnay as part of a plot to secure control of the Federated Suns by the Varnay family, only for Alexander to escape while on Nahoni using the celebrations around the birth of his son as a distraction. The Varnays had Alexander declared dead even as Laura Davion's forces finally secured the Combine border; both factions attempted to secure New Avalon and open combat between FPF units from different Marches began.[25]

The Davion Civil War inflicted devastating damage on the Federated Suns; what began with troops from the Capellan and Draconis Marches fighting each other escalated rapidly, with Alexander Davion raising loyalist forces within the Capellan and Crucis Marches. Alexander's forces forced the Draconis March forces out of the Crucis March in 2528 while forces loyal to Alexander under the command of General John Gordon concentrated their efforts on the Capellan March. Each side courted the Terran March as allies, with Rostov's forces finally committing their support to Alexander long enough for the Capellan March forces to be defeated.[25]

Alexander began to initiate reforms of the structure of the Federated Suns Marches and the FPF, only to find Nikolai Rostov's son, Dmitri Rostov, leading the Terran March forces in insurrection against him. Rostov was killed on Robinson in November 2540, finally ending the fifteen year war.[25]

Reorganization

Having secured his realm after fifteen years of civil war, Alexander enacted widespread structural changes to the Federated Suns and the FPF. Two of the Marches, the Terran March and the Outer March, were disbanded, with elements of each incorporated into the remaining three Marches.[22]

Alexander reformed the government, removing hundreds of senior nobles, bureaucrats and generals in the process, promoting new leaders and administrators as needed; he comprehensively removed the devolved command structure of the FPF, replacing it with a single, central command and support organization, removing its identity in the process. The FPF was renamed to the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns, and whilst it would take decades for all of Alexander's changes to be implemented, the AFFS would become the most professional and skilled military in the Inner Sphere.[22]

Following the reorganization of the FPF into the AFFS a significant number of units antagonistic to Alexander remained; particularly divisive elements included the regiments of the Terran Brigade, which had been responsible for guarding the Terran March, and a number of regiments within the Syrtis Fusiliers brigade; those units would remain a part of the AFFS until the formation of the Star League Defense Force in 2571, at which point Alexander solved the problems associated with those units by transferring them wholesale into the SLDF as a part of the Federated Suns contribution to the forming Star League.[27]

Notes

Although several conflicts between the Federated Suns and the Capellan Hegemony were noted, it was only in material produced in the Federated Suns that the Capellan state was referred to as the Capellan Hegemony;[7] the Capellan Hegemony was actually disbanded in 2310, several years prior to the formation of the Federated Suns, as a result of the outcome of the Capellan Hegemony/Sarna Supremacy War of 2305 to 2310.[28] The Capellan Hegemony had in fact been replaced by the Capellan Commonality by the time of the various conflics with the Federated Suns.[29]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 20, "Marlette and Tikonov" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:HDp19" defined multiple times with different content
  2. 2.0 2.1 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 24, "Muskegon"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 20, "Capellan Zone Border Wars"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 25, "Charles the Reformer"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 21, "Charles the Reformer"
  6. 6.0 6.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 21, "Reynard the Warrior" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:HDp21A" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 26-27, "The War Leader"
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Handbook: House Davion, p. 22-23, "Pushing Towards Confederation"
  9. 9.0 9.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 24, "Friends and Other Enemies"
  10. 10.0 10.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confedeartion), p. 25, "The Aris Crisis"
  11. House Liao (The Capellan Confedeartion), p. 28, "Hell on Capella Prime"
  12. 12.0 12.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 23, "The Bull and the Sword"
  13. Handbook: House Davion, p. 23, "Etien the Mad"
  14. 14.0 14.1 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 29, "The Scholar"
  15. 15.0 15.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 25, "Paul the Scholar"
  16. 16.0 16.1 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 29-30, "A Noble Effort"
  17. House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 30, "Maiden Aunt"
  18. 18.0 18.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 25-26, "Marie Davion"
  19. 19.0 19.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 26-27, "The Twin Tyrants"
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 Handbook: House Davion, p. 28, "New Government, New Challenges"
  21. House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 33, "One Step Back"
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 Handbook: House Davion, p. 38, "Dividends of Peace"
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 Handbook: House Davion, p. 28, "The Four Horsemen"
  24. 24.0 24.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 29, "Recollections and Ruminations"
  25. 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 Handbook: House Davion, p. 37, "Timeline: Revolution and Civil War"
  26. 26.0 26.1 26.2 Handbook: House Davion, p. 31, "Council of Regents"
  27. Historical: Reunification War, p. 32, "Integration with the SLDF"
  28. House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 16-17, "Arboris Secedes"
  29. House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 17, "Loosening Up"

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