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As of [[3067]], after the [[FedCom Civil War]] ''Marshal'' [[Robert Davion-Zibler]] was assigned to command the First Davion Guards.<ref name=FMUp139>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 139, "AFFS Deployment Table - 3067"</ref>
 
As of [[3067]], after the [[FedCom Civil War]] ''Marshal'' [[Robert Davion-Zibler]] was assigned to command the First Davion Guards.<ref name=FMUp139>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 139, "AFFS Deployment Table - 3067"</ref>
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When the 1st Davion Guards went into battle on Fletcher in late [[3077]] it was reported that Connor Sortek was the commanding officer at the time.<ref name="JHS:Tp39+"/>
  
 
As of [[3085]] the commanding officer was [[General]] Alana Zibler.<ref name=FM3085p71>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 71, "AFFS Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
 
As of [[3085]] the commanding officer was [[General]] Alana Zibler.<ref name=FM3085p71>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 71, "AFFS Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>

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A 1st Davion Guards JagerMech during a weapon test

History

The homeworld of the 1st Davion Guards is New Avalon. After the events of the Davion Civil War, the entire Brigade of Guards was shattered by fighting Dmitri Rostov. The First Davion Guards were the first unit rebuilt by Prince Alexander Davion. Since that time the First Guards RCT was often seen escorting those Princes who took the field, including Ian Davion.[1]

Fourth Succession War

The First Davion Guards landed on Shensi, quickly overwhelming the militia forces there.[2] They then went on to take Tsitsang in the second wave.[3] After sitting out the third wave of attacks, they went to Kawich to defend the AFFS supply depots on that world. On that world they destroyed a Capellan task force based around the 3rd Confederation Reserve Cavalry. After fighting for several hours, the Capellan unit was destroyed.[4]

War of 3039

The First Davion Guards and the 17th Avalon Hussars fought the Ryuken-roku on An Ting. Despite the facts, that the First Guards are considered an elite, fanatical command and the AFFS-units outnumbered their opponent 2-to-1, they severly suffered from low moral. When the Ryuken-yon reinforced the Ryuken-roku, the First Davion Guards ultimately retreated off-world. [5]

Operation Bulldog

In 3059, as part of Operation Bird Dog, the 1st Davion Guards RCT of the Federated Commonwealth was largely responsible for capturing the Clan Smoke Jaguar planet of Port Arthur.[citation needed]

FedCom Civil War

The 1st Davion Guards RCT was assigned to New Avalon during the early part of the FedCom Civil War.

In late April of 3063, Marshal Bishop Sortek, commander of the Davion Brigade of Guards and titular commander of the 1st Davion Guards, ordered the First to engage the Loyalist forces threatening them, as the First refused to swear absolute loyalty to Archon Katherine Steiner-Davion. Field Marshal and Prince's Champion Simon Gallagher ordered the Loyalist forces - the 3rd Robinson Rangers, the 10th Deneb Light Cavalry, the New Avalon CMM and several secondary units stationed on New Avalon - to forcibly disarm and disband the First, resulting in the First Battle of New Avalon.[6]

The First Davion Guards stumbled into two Loyalist Mech regiments and were destroyed almost to the last man on December 20, 3063 by the 10th DLC and Third Robinson Rangers, or so the Loyalists thought.[7] It turned out that Sortek ordered an entire regiment of the Guards to hide in the mountains near Avalon City so that they could later assist in liberating New Avalon from Loyalist control.[8] The Special Forces troops of the 1st Davion Guards also survived by hiding amongst the civilian population, in order to carry out sabotage against Loyalist facilities and causing civil unrest.[9]

Jihad

In January of 3068, the last surviving regiment of the 1st Davion Guards merged with the remnants of the 10th Lyran Guards, 5th Donegal Guards and 2nd NAIS Cadet Cadre to become the new 1st Davion Guards RCT.[10] The reformed 1st Davion Guards defended New Avalon from the Word of Blake occupation forces during the Jihad. After the Word withdrew from New Avalon, the First Guards were one of the first units to be rebuilt along the new "defensive pattern" units.[11]

The first combat action the 1st Guards would see as a part of Operation SCOUR in early 3077 turned out to not be against the Word of Blake, but rather the CCAF. Operating on the Federated Suns front of Operation SCOUR as a part of Group II, the 1st Davion AeroSpace Wing found itself defending the Group from CCAF forces that attacked them at the jump point in the Addicks system that the Group had emerged from, intending to liberate Addicks from the Word of Blake. By the time Group II was ordered to leave the Addicks system and allow the Capellans to tackle the Blakists, the 1st had already acquitted itself well against the Capellan forces.[12]

Still operating as a part of Group II, the 1st Davion Guards went on to fight on Fletcher alongside ComStar's 2nd Army under the command of Galen Cox. Led by Connor Sortek, the 1st Guards apparently worked well with the 2nd Army, the allied coalition forces crushing the Blakist resistance while inflicting far more damage than they sustained.[13]

Officers

In 3025 the unit is commanded by Marshal Stephen Davion.[14]

As of 3032 to 3036, Jackson Davion commanded the 1st Davion Guards.[15]

As of 3050 to October 3063, the commanding officer was Marshal Bishop Sortek.[16][17] Bishop Sortek was killed on New Avalon in October 3063 while buying time for his unit to escape their pursuers.[18]

As of October 3063 to December 3063, Upon Sortek's death, Major General Wendy Adams assumed command of the unit until it was "destroyed" on December 20, 3063.[19]

As of 3067, after the FedCom Civil War Marshal Robert Davion-Zibler was assigned to command the First Davion Guards.[20]

When the 1st Davion Guards went into battle on Fletcher in late 3077 it was reported that Connor Sortek was the commanding officer at the time.[13]

As of 3085 the commanding officer was General Alana Zibler.[21]

As of 3134, Prince's Champion Julian Davion is the unit's commanding officer.[citation needed]

Tactics

The First Guards train constantly, which allows them to coordinate their units with a level of experience rarely seen outside the most elite units. Though they are very skilled they refuse to fight in cities because it inflicts too much collateral damage. They will instead move the battlefield to a site of their choosing.[1]

Composition History

3025

1st Davion Guards RCT (Elite/Fanatical)[14]

  • CO: Marshal Stephen Davion

3040

1st Davion Guards RCT (Elite/Fanatical)[22]

3050-3054

1st Davion Guards RCT' (Elite/Fanatical)[16][17]

  • CO: Marshal Bishop Sortek

3062

1st Davion Guards (Reinforced Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)[1]

- The 1st fields four battalions.

1st Davion Guards AeroSpace Brigade (3 Wings)[1]

1st Davion Guards Armor Brigade (4 Regiments/Elite/Reliable)[1]

  • CO: Major General Terrell Chevalier

1st Davion Guards Infantry Brigade (6 Regiments/Elite/Fanatical)[1]

  • CO: Major General Stacy Garver
  • Aide: Leftenant Colonel Travis Nemoure

3067

1st Davion Guards RCT (Regular/Fanatical)[20]

  • CO: Marshal Robert Davion-Zibler

1st Davion Guards Aerospace Brigade (Regular/Fanatical)[20]

  • CO: Major General Linwood Hounchell

1st Davion Guards Armor Brigade (Regular/Fanatical)[20]

  • CO: General Bryce Staten

1st Davion Guards Infantry Brigade (Regular/Fanatical)[20]

  • CO: Major General Andrea Dockery

3077

The First Guards are rebuilt using the new "defensive pattern" philosophy.[23]

3085

1st Davion Guards RCT (Veteran/Fanatical)[21]

  • CO: General Alana Zibler

1st Davion Guards Aerospace Brigade (Regular/Fanatical)[21]

  • CO: Rear Admiral Yavin Ostberg

1st Davion Guards Armor Brigade (Veteran/Fanatical)[21]

  • CO: Major General Agapios McManus

1st Davion Guards Infantry Brigade (Elite/Fanatical)[21]

  • CO: Major General Ambrus Lane

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 79, "1st Davion Guards Unit Profile"
  2. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 22
  3. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 32
  4. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, pp. 92-93
  5. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 102-103
  6. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 60
  7. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 78
  8. ↑ FedCom Civil War, p. 156
  9. ↑ FedCom Civil War, pp. 61, 77-78, 156
  10. ↑ Dawn of the Jihad, p. 55
  11. ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, pp. 45-46
  12. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 36, "First Wave Complete"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 39-40, "Ingress, Fletcher Fall"
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 138 (pdf version), "New Avalon Combat Region"
  15. ↑ Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 33 "AFFC Profiles"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 20 Year Update, p. 22, "AFFC Deployment Table - 3050"
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Objective Raids, p. 15, "AFFC Deployment Table - 3054"
  18. ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), pp. 77-78
  19. ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), pp. 77-78
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 Field Manual: Updates, p. 139, "AFFS Deployment Table - 3067"
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 Field Manual: 3085, p. 71, "AFFS Deployment Table - 3085"
  22. ↑ Historical: War of 3039 , p. 136
  23. ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, pp. 45-46

Bibliography

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