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	The Fifth Davion Guards were on [[Bessarabia]] when the [[Clan Invasion]] began. They were forced off that world by [[Clan Wolf]] but learned how to counter the massive firepower of the Clan forces. They employed this information against [[Clan Jade Falcon]] on [[La Grave]] in [[3051]], but the Falcons had also learned. A star of [[Elemental]]s assigned to headhunter duty found the Fifth's commanders and killed them. The Falcons then used concentrated fire on several command and support units.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 43</ref> This information came at a serious price, however, as the Fifth lost most of their conventional infantry and vehicle support.<ref>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 83</ref> They were reassigned to [[Mkuranga]] to rebuild.<ref name=MWobraidp23/>		The Fifth Davion Guards were on [[Bessarabia]] when the [[Clan Invasion]] began. They were forced off that world by [[Clan Wolf]] but learned how to counter the massive firepower of the Clan forces. They employed this information against [[Clan Jade Falcon]] on [[La Grave]] in [[3051]], but the Falcons had also learned. A star of [[Elemental]]s assigned to headhunter duty found the Fifth's commanders and killed them. The Falcons then used concentrated fire on several command and support units.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 43</ref> This information came at a serious price, however, as the Fifth lost most of their conventional infantry and vehicle support.<ref>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 83</ref> They were reassigned to [[Mkuranga]] to rebuild.<ref name=MWobraidp23/>
−	In May [[3052]], the Fifth Davion Guards assaulted [[Goat Path]], seeking to disrupt Jade Falcon supply lines.  Expecting only the [[6th Provisional Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)]], they found that a front-line Cluster was also on-planet for refit and resupply. The Guards lost five DropShips before they could deploy 'Mechs.  Second Battalion (Chamber's) was scattered, losing the Commanding Officer and Executive Officer almost immediately.  The Battalion held until the rest of the surviving Guards evacuated and then scattered.  Over the next few weeks, the survivors fell one by one until only [[Leftenant]] [[Nicole Devereaux]], commander of Strike Lance, Bravo Company was left in a battered ''[[Lancelot]]''.  She challenged her pursuer to a Trial of Possession: if she lost, she would willingly serve as a [[Bondswoman|bondswoman]], but if she won the Jade Falcons had to give her access to the planetary [[HPG]] to request evacuation from the planet and repair and upgrade her 'Mech with Clan equipment.  Overruling [[Star Commander]] [[Russell (Clan Jade Falcon)]] who had been pursuing her, [[Star Colonel]] [[Phyllis Irons]] honored her ''[[batchall]]'' and promised to honor the conditions.  Leftenant Devereaux defeated the Star Commander, though she was seriously injured.  While recovering in a hospital on [[Pasig]], [[Hauptmann-General]] [[William Galloway]] promoted her to [[Hauptmann]] and gave her command of Bravo Company, which she would be rebuilding.<ref name=Wicked>''No Rest for the Wicked''</ref>	+	In May [[3052]], the Fifth Davion Guards assaulted [[Goat Path]], seeking to disrupt Jade Falcon supply lines.  Expecting only the [[6th Provisional Garrison Cluster (Clan Jade Falcon)]], they found that a front-line Cluster was also on-planet for refit and resupply. The Guards lost five DropShips before they could deploy 'Mechs.  Second Battalion (Chamber's) was scattered, losing the Commanding Officer and Executive Officer almost immediately.  The Battalion held until the rest of the surviving Guards evacuated and then scattered.  Over the next few weeks, the survivors fell one by one until only [[Leftenant]] [[Nicole Devereaux]], commander of Strike Lance, Bravo Company was left in a battered ''[[Lancelot]]''.  She challenged her pursuer to a Trial of Possession: if she lost, she would willingly serve as a [[Bondswoman|bondswoman]], but if she won the Jade Falcons had to give her access to the planetary [[HPG]] to request evacuation from the planet and repair and upgrade her 'Mech with Clan equipment.  Overruling [[Star Commander]] [[Russell (Clan Jade Falcon)]] who had been pursuing her, [[Star Colonel]] [[Phyllis Irons]] honored her ''[[batchall]]'' and promised to honor the conditions.  Leftenant Devereaux defeated the Star Commander, though she was seriously injured.  While recovering in a hospital on [[Pasig]], [[Hauptmann-General]] [[William Galloway]] promoted her to [[Hauptmann]] and gave her command of Bravo Company, which she would be rebuilding.<ref name=Wicked>''No Rest for the Wicked''</ref>
	After guarding the Clan border for two years after the [[Truce of Tukayyid]], the Fifth relocated back to the [[Capellan March]].<ref name=FMFS83/>		After guarding the Clan border for two years after the [[Truce of Tukayyid]], the Fifth relocated back to the [[Capellan March]].<ref name=FMFS83/>

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{{Update Needed|[[I Was Lost]]}} {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = [[File:Davion Guards 5th logo.png|Insignia of the 5th Davion Guards]] | Designation = Fifth Davion Guards RCT | formed = | Disbanded = | Previous Designation = | Nickname = The Bent Sword Brigade | Affiliation = [[Federated Suns]] | Parent Command = [[Davion Brigade of Guards]] | Sub-Command = }} ==Unit Description== The '''Fifth Davion Guards''' (sometimes known as the Fifth Guards RCT) were originally a BattleMech Regiment and later [[Regimental Combat Team]] of multiple regiments which served the Federated Suns and Federated Commonwealth as one of its elite combat forces. ==History== The traditional homeworld of the Fifth Davion Guards was [[Alcyone]].<ref name=FMFS83>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 83: "5th Davion Guards Unit Profile"</ref> ===The Early Succession Wars=== During the [[First Succession War]], the Fifth was a medium weight BattleMech regiment stationed on [[Smolensk]] in [[2786]]. The onslaught of the fighting reduced the unit's fighting strength to 57 percent and it would end up stationed on [[New Avalon]] by the war's end in [[2821]].<ref>''First Succession War'', p. 134: First Succession War Deployment Tables - Guard's Status in 2785 and 2821.</ref> The [[Second Succession War]]'s fighting would be far more damaging than the first, where by the war's end the regiment would be reduced to 21 percent of its strength by [[2864]].<ref>''Second Succession War'', p. 94: Second Succession War Deployment Tables - Guard's Status Between 2830 and 2864.</ref> ===Third Succession War=== By the [[Third Succession War|Third War]], the Fifth Guards had become a multipurpose Regional Combat Team, with integrated Tank and Infantry regiments supporting the Guard's BattleMech regiments.<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 139 (PDF version): Brief info on the RCT by Third Succession War.</ref> The Fifth was stationed on [[Spica]] in [[3017]] when the unit was attacked by [[Capellan Confederation]] forces secretly led by [[Candace Liao]]. The invading forces cut the command battalion off from the rest of the regiment in the city of Valencia. Major William Dobson and Lieutenant [[Justin Allard]] broke the siege with a risky plan and ultimately caused the invasion force to withdraw from the planet.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', p. 117</ref> ===The War of 3039=== The 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 [[2nd Shin Legion|Second Shin Legion]] would lead several combined arms forces in a counterattack against the Task Force's units. Marshal 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. The command of the Task Force fell to Major General Anya Tam and Major Roberts who devised a plan try turn the tables on ''Tai-sa'' Coale's forces. Taking advantage of the Task Force's superior numbers, Major Roberts utilized the Guards and FedCom 'Mech forces heavier 'Mech and vehicles elements against the Kuritans. While he pushed fastest units to strike from the flanks of the enemy and hit vital DCMS staging grounds and would ultimately encircle Kurita's headquarters causing DCMS troops to panic. Though efforts of Major Robert and his troops, the Battle of the Amber Plain turn out to be success, and the Guards were able rescue the Marshall. For the remainder of the month Davion forces was in pursuit of Coale and his troops and was hampered by fowl weather and rough terrain. While after the month the Fifth and rest task force had firmly secure control of the planet, the Kuritan forces retreated to the Salas County. Coale had his forces dig in behind the Kotiate Mountain Range where he would held up in old base and remains of a [[Castle Brian]].<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', pp. 45–47, 136: Wave One - Sadalbari - First Wave actions of the Fifth Davion Guards.</ref> By July, the Fifth was called up to reinforce Third FedCom as they were trying fight off the [[Seventh Ghost|Seventh]] and [[Eighth Ghost]] assault. In course of the fighting, the FedCom RCT was force to withdraw from their positions in Origian Reservation. Colonel Roberts Demi-Brigade would be called help relieve assault on Third FedCom. However the combined Ghost Regiments led by ''[[Tai-sa]]'' Hishu Stonara would destroy Robert's brigade and later disintegrate the Third FedCom. Fifth Guards would enter the field to buy time for Colonel Roberts and [[Leftenant General]] Dane Cooper to regroup the Third FedCom as ''Tai-sa'' Coale's force emerged from their mountain strongholds and aided in hunting down the elements of the Third. However, efforts to regroup were too late, much of the RCT strength was lost in course of the fighting the Ghosts and 2nd Shin Legion. Much of it to do, with Ghost Regiments using [[lostech]] equipped battlemechs, which would go on to exhaust Fifth Guards. Marshall Cunningham decided to fall back to the Xantal Military Reservation and fortify their positions and await for aid arrive. By October, the Fifth and rest of the Task forces would retreat from the planet and return to the world of David.<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 96, 136: Wave Two and Counterattack - Sadalbari - First Wave actions of the Fifth Davion Guards and the aftermath.</ref> ===Clan Invasion=== The Fifth Davion Guards were on [[Bessarabia]] when the [[Clan Invasion]] began. They were forced off that world by [[Clan Wolf]] but learned how to counter the massive firepower of the Clan forces. They employed this information against [[Clan Jade Falcon]] on [[La Grave]] in [[3051]], but the Falcons had also learned. A star of [[Elemental]]s assigned to headhunter duty found the Fifth's commanders and killed them. The Falcons then used concentrated fire on several command and support units.<ref>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 43</ref> This information came at a serious price, however, as the Fifth lost most of their conventional infantry and vehicle support.<ref>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 83</ref> They were reassigned to [[Mkuranga]] to rebuild.<ref name=MWobraidp23/> In May [[3052]], the Fifth Davion Guards assaulted [[Goat Path]], seeking to disrupt Jade Falcon supply lines. Expecting only the [[6th Provisional Garrison Cluster (Clan Jade Falcon)]], they found that a front-line Cluster was also on-planet for refit and resupply. The Guards lost five DropShips before they could deploy 'Mechs. Second Battalion (Chamber's) was scattered, losing the Commanding Officer and Executive Officer almost immediately. The Battalion held until the rest of the surviving Guards evacuated and then scattered. Over the next few weeks, the survivors fell one by one until only [[Leftenant]] [[Nicole Devereaux]], commander of Strike Lance, Bravo Company was left in a battered ''[[Lancelot]]''. She challenged her pursuer to a Trial of Possession: if she lost, she would willingly serve as a [[Bondswoman|bondswoman]], but if she won the Jade Falcons had to give her access to the planetary [[HPG]] to request evacuation from the planet and repair and upgrade her 'Mech with Clan equipment. Overruling [[Star Commander]] [[Russell (Clan Jade Falcon)]] who had been pursuing her, [[Star Colonel]] [[Phyllis Irons]] honored her ''[[batchall]]'' and promised to honor the conditions. Leftenant Devereaux defeated the Star Commander, though she was seriously injured. While recovering in a hospital on [[Pasig]], [[Hauptmann-General]] [[William Galloway]] promoted her to [[Hauptmann]] and gave her command of Bravo Company, which she would be rebuilding.<ref name=Wicked>''No Rest for the Wicked''</ref> After guarding the Clan border for two years after the [[Truce of Tukayyid]], the Fifth relocated back to the [[Capellan March]].<ref name=FMFS83/> ===FedCom Civil War=== Stationed on [[Alcyone]] with the [[20th Avalon Hussars]] and the [[Alcyone Capellan March Militia]], the Fifth tried to remain aloof from the conflict. When orders from [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] ordered the Fifth offworld, they refused to obey them. The Fifth and 20th Avalon Hussars blockaded the Alcyone CMM in their base and proceeded to starve them out. The CMM eventually surrendered after losing 90% of their combat forces.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 53–54</ref> The Fifth Davion Guards were then deployed to counter pro–Katrina Steiner forces on [[Kathil]]<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 57</ref> and after fighting for nearly two years on Kathil the Fifth Davion Guards were destroyed.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 181</ref> Survivors were absorbed into the [[3rd Davion Guards]].<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 129</ref> Although the Fifth was officially deactivated after the battles with the [[Eighth FedCom RCT]] and the [[Eighth Donegal Guards]] on [[New Syrtis]], [[Leftenant General]] [[Seth Varnay]] assembled an ad hoc armored unit formed from survivors of the Fifth and took them to fight on New Avalon.<ref name="TRO:3067p26">''Technical Readout: 3067'', p. 26: "Ajax Assault Tank"</ref> ==Officers== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Fifth Davion Guards''' |- | [[General]]||[[Sheridan Courtney]]||[[3017]]<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', p. 106</ref> |- | [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]]||[[Kinsley Crossburns]]||[[3025]]<ref name=HD137>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 137 (PDF version): "Alcyone PDZ"</ref> |- | [[Hauptmann General]]||[[William Galloway]]||[[3050]]-[[3054]]<ref name=MWobraidp23>''Objective Raids'', p. 23</ref> |- | [[Colonel]]||[[James Allison]]||3054<ref name=JFS43>''Jade Falcon Sourcebook'', p. 43</ref> |- | Marshal||[[Linda Archer]]||[[3062]]<ref name=FMFS83/><ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 124</ref> |- |} ==Tactics== The Fifth Davion Guards were skilled in close quarters combat, particularly in heavily wooded areas.<ref>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 144: "5th Davion Guards Rules"</ref> ==Composition History== ===2765=== '''Fifth Davion Guards''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name="FR:FS2765p14">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 14: "Regimental Status"</ref> :- The Fifth Guards were stationed on [[Smolensk]] at this point in time.<ref name="FR:FS2765p14"/> === 2786–2821 === '''Fifth Davion Guards''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name="FSWp134">''First Succession War'', p. 134: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref> :- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment stationed on [[Smolensk]] and were operating at full strength.<ref name="FSWp134"/> In 2821 the unit was regiment stationed on [[New Avalon]] and had been reduced to just over half-strength.<ref name="FSWp134"/> === 2830 === '''Fifth Davion Guards''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<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 almost full strength. The Guards were stationed on New Avalon.<ref name="SSWp94"/> === 2864 === '''Fifth Davion Guards''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="SSWp94"/> :- At this point in time the Guards were a medium-weight regiment stationed on New Avalon, and had been reduced to a fifth of full strength.<ref name="SSWp94"/> ===3025=== '''Fifth Davion Guards RCT''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=HD137/> :* CO: Marshal Kinsley Crossburns<ref name=HD137/> :Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Lee]].<ref name=HD137/> ===3040=== '''Fifth Davion Guards RCT''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=HWo3039p136/> :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Lee]].<ref name=HWo3039p136>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 136</ref> ===3050=== '''Fifth Davion Guards RCT ''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=20yup26/> :* CO: Hauptmann General William Galloway<ref name=20yup26/> :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Bessarabia]].<ref name=20yup26>''20 Year Update'', p. 26</ref> ===3054=== '''Fifth Davion Guards''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=ORp23/> :* CO: Hauptmann General William Galloway<ref name=ORp23/> :Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Mkuranga]].<ref name=ORp23>''Objective Raids'', p. 23</ref> ===3062=== '''Fifth Davion Guards''' (1 [[Regiment]]/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name=FMFS83/> : CO: Marshal [[Linda Archer]] :: Aide: [[Colonel]] [[Tasset Rinnaldi]] :- Two [[Company|Companies]] standard OmniMechs and a full lance of heavy and assault OmniMechs '''Fifth Davion Guards Aerospace [[Brigade]]''' (2 [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]s)<ref name=FMFS83/> : CO: [[Rear Admiral]] [[Nech MacAllister]] :* Fortieth Avalon Ravens Wing :* 294th Attack Wing '''Fifth Davion Guards Armor Brigade''' (3 Regiments/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMFS83/> : CO: [[Major General]] [[Connor K'Tenga]] :: Aide: [[Leftenant Colonel]] [[Fred Korleon]] :* 197th [[New Avalon]] Panzer Regiment: [[Leftenant General]] [[Dana Han-Pehn]] :* Forty-third Albion Grenadiers: Colonel [[Seth Varnay| Seth Roman Varnay]] :* 225th Recon Regiment: Colonel [[T.J. Bathe]] :* 2748th Federation Artillery Battalion: Leftenant Colonel [[Pan Ti DeGalley]] ::- Equipped with new vehicle designs, and one platoon with Kuritan ''[[Tokugawa]]s'' '''Fifth Davion Guards Infantry Brigade''' (4 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=FMFS83/> : CO: Major General [[Claude Raines]] :: Aide: Colonel [[Marcus Tovovich]] :* Twenty-third F-C Battle Armor Battalion: Leftenant General [[Rolf von Gath]] :* 449th [[McHenry]] Rifles: Leftenant General [[Glenn Hutchissen]] :* Ninety-eighth [[Galax]] Jump Regiment: Colonel [[Sabin Fang]] :* 199th Mechanized Rifles: Colonel [[Yvonne Courrinas]] ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Federated Suns]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]'' * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' * ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]'' * ''[[No Rest For The Wicked]]'' (short story) * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' * ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)]]'' * ''[[Technical Readout: 3067]]'' * ''[[Warrior: Riposte]]'' (novel) * ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]'' [[Category:Federated Suns Commands|Davion Brigade of Guards, Davion Guards, 5th]] [[Category:Federated Commonwealth Commands|Davion Brigade of Guards, Davion Guards, 5th]]

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