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	The First Avalon Hussars were stationed on [[New Avalon]] in [[3145]].<ref name="FM:3145p91"/> They assumed this position when Harrison Davion rewarded the [[1st Davion Guards]] with a posting to [[Markesan]] in [[3110]]. Despite acting as the Prince's guard on New Avalon, they didn't travel with him to other systems. Their thirty-five year post as a bodyguard unit required them to undergo a series of training programs to regain their edge in combat when the [[Draconis Combine]] breached the [[Draconis March]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 74</ref>		The First Avalon Hussars were stationed on [[New Avalon]] in [[3145]].<ref name="FM:3145p91"/> They assumed this position when Harrison Davion rewarded the [[1st Davion Guards]] with a posting to [[Markesan]] in [[3110]]. Despite acting as the Prince's guard on New Avalon, they didn't travel with him to other systems. Their thirty-five year post as a bodyguard unit required them to undergo a series of training programs to regain their edge in combat when the [[Draconis Combine]] breached the [[Draconis March]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 74</ref>
−	When the Combine launched its assault upon New Avalon on 8 July [[3146]], the First Avalon Hussars were among the AFFS defenders who fought ferociously to repel the invaders.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 28</ref> While New Avalon ultimately fell to the Dragon, the Hussars escaped to [[Remagen]] with the other survivors, and by late March [[3147]] were ready to participate in [[Operation PERCEVAL]]. During PERCEVAL's first raid on [[Franklin]] the Hussars resupplied that planet's resistance cells before departing.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 32</ref> A [[Battle of Clovis (3147)|subsequent attack]] on [[Clovis]] proved more costly when Combine fighters destroyed one of the Hussars' DropShips during the landings and the [[45th Benjamin Regulars|Forty-fifth Benjamin Regulars]] hit the remaining Hussars hard before withdrawing. When the [[2nd Legion of Vega|Second Legion of Vega]] arrived in-system soon after, the Hussars Second Battalion volunteered to remain behind and fight with Clovis' reinvigorated resistance movement.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 33</ref>	+	When the Combine launched its assault upon New Avalon on 8 July [[3146]], the First Avalon Hussars were among the AFFS defenders who fought ferociously to repel the invaders.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 28</ref> While New Avalon ultimately fell to the Dragon, the Hussars escaped to [[Remagen]] with the other survivors, and by late March [[3147]] were ready to participate in [[Operation PERCEVAL]]. During PERCEVAL's first raid on [[Franklin]] the Hussars resupplied that planet's resistance cells before departing.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 32</ref> A subsequent attack on [[Clovis]] proved more costly when Combine fighters destroyed one of the Hussars' DropShips during the landings and the [[45th Benjamin Regulars|Forty-fifth Benjamin Regulars]] hit the remaining Hussars hard before withdrawing. When the [[2nd Legion of Vega|Second Legion of Vega]] arrived in-system soon after, the Hussars Second Battalion volunteered to remain behind and fight with Clovis' reinvigorated resistance movement.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 33</ref>
	A year later, the First Avalon Hussars were among the AFFS caught refitting on Remagen in mid-July [[3148]] when Task Force Tsujigiri arrived in a bid to end PERCEVAL. While the [[1st Kestrel Grenadiers|First Kestrel Grenadiers]] threw themselves at the DCMS raiders, the Hussars used the time gained to better prepare themselves. As the [[Hikage]] approached PERCEVAL's central base, the Hussars emerged and forced them back.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 60</ref>		A year later, the First Avalon Hussars were among the AFFS caught refitting on Remagen in mid-July [[3148]] when Task Force Tsujigiri arrived in a bid to end PERCEVAL. While the [[1st Kestrel Grenadiers|First Kestrel Grenadiers]] threw themselves at the DCMS raiders, the Hussars used the time gained to better prepare themselves. As the [[Hikage]] approached PERCEVAL's central base, the Hussars emerged and forced them back.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 60</ref>

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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = [[Image:Avalon Hussars -Brigade logo 3062.png|150px|Brigade Insignia of the Avalon Hussars]] | Designation = First Avalon Hussars | formed = [[2317]]<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 46</ref> | Disbanded = [[Third Succession War]] | Previous Designation = | Nickname = The Sword of the Prince<ref name=FR:2765AFFSp8>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 8, "Avalon Hussars"</ref> | Affiliation = [[Federated Suns]] | Parent Command = [[Avalon Hussars]] | Sub-Command = }} ==History== === Early History === The '''First Avalon Hussars''' were formed in [[2317]] alongside the [[Federated Suns]]. By [[2750]] the First Avalon Hussars had the honor of being the longest continually serving unit in the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]]. They spent most of their deployment in the Draconis March fighting the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery. In the [[War of Davion Succession]] the First fought on [[Marduk]], commanded by First Prince Joseph Davion. They were unable to prevent the Prince's death, but their skills and tenacity allowed them to cover all friendly units as the AFFS withdrew from the world. They then fought for four years, slowly being ground down by the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]]. In [[2729]] the First Avalon Hussars faced the [[4th Sword of Light]] on Fallon II.<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 129</ref> After withdrawing from the conflict and rebuilding, they were the first unit to land on Marduk to avenge their Prince's death. After the [[Star League Defense Force]] intervened and forced the DCMS back to its borders, the First was assigned to garrison Marduk.<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 46</ref> The First's failure to protect Prince Joseph stayed with the regiment, looming over them like a shadow, despite the First continuing to be considered as prestigious a unit as the [[1st Davion Guards|First Davion Guards]]. As the Avalon Hussars underwent a rapid expansion following the Star League Council repealing the [[Council Edict of 2650]] the First continued to receive only the best soldiers and equipment; more importantly, by [[2765]] the First had spent forty years undergoing an exacting training program that caused a high personnel turnover, but which also ensured that the regiment was far more capable than the one that had been unable to protect the First Prince.<ref name=FR:2765AFFSp8/> === Second Succession War === On the 19th of February [[2830]] [[Coordinator]] [[Jinjiro Kurita]] launched simultaneous offensives against the Federated Suns and [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. [[Operation AKAI KAZE]] - RED WIND - was the offensive launched against the Federated Suns; while the main targets of AKAI KAZE were the [[Franklin]], [[Lucerne]] and [[Sakhara V]] systems, ten assorted systems were also hit by heavy raids, intended to distract and disorient the AFFS. One of those worlds was Breed, on which the First Avalon Hussars were located. The [[Eighteenth Benjamin Regulars]] landed on Breed, only to find their attack being swiftly repulsed by the Hussars, with the Hussars storming into the Regulars' landing zones and crushing them, forcing the DCMS troops to retreat rapidly to their Dropships.<ref name="SSWp31">''Second Succession War'', p. 31-33, "The Dragon Strikes: Black Wind, Red Wind"</ref> === Third Succession War === Although the First Avalon Hussars survived the Second Succession War,<ref name="SSWp94"/> only eight regiments of the Hussars were still active in 3025, all as [[Regimental Combat Team]]s, and the First was not among them,<ref name="HD(TFS)p140">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 140 (PDF edition), "Avalon Hussars"</ref> indicating that the First was destroyed or disbanded at some point during the [[Third Succession War]]. === The Jihad === The First Avalon Hussars were reactivated during the [[Jihad]] as an [[LCT|Light Combat Team]] drawing elements of the [[17th Avalon Hussars]]. In [[3079]] they were stationed on [[Lee]] as that world's garrison. The Avalon Hussars commander, Marshal Roger William Waters, pushed the unit through its training process and quickly brought the unit back to the level of experience it once boasted.<ref>''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 9</ref> Between [[3081]] and [[3085]] the First Avalon Hussars LCT participated in more than a dozen combat operations. This verified both their combat readiness and the Light Combat Team concept.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 57</ref> === Dark Age=== The First Avalon Hussars were stationed on [[New Avalon]] in [[3145]].<ref name="FM:3145p91"/> They assumed this position when Harrison Davion rewarded the [[1st Davion Guards]] with a posting to [[Markesan]] in [[3110]]. Despite acting as the Prince's guard on New Avalon, they didn't travel with him to other systems. Their thirty-five year post as a bodyguard unit required them to undergo a series of training programs to regain their edge in combat when the [[Draconis Combine]] breached the [[Draconis March]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 74</ref> When the Combine launched its assault upon New Avalon on 8 July [[3146]], the First Avalon Hussars were among the AFFS defenders who fought ferociously to repel the invaders.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 28</ref> While New Avalon ultimately fell to the Dragon, the Hussars escaped to [[Remagen]] with the other survivors, and by late March [[3147]] were ready to participate in [[Operation PERCEVAL]]. During PERCEVAL's first raid on [[Franklin]] the Hussars resupplied that planet's resistance cells before departing.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 32</ref> A subsequent attack on [[Clovis]] proved more costly when Combine fighters destroyed one of the Hussars' DropShips during the landings and the [[45th Benjamin Regulars|Forty-fifth Benjamin Regulars]] hit the remaining Hussars hard before withdrawing. When the [[2nd Legion of Vega|Second Legion of Vega]] arrived in-system soon after, the Hussars Second Battalion volunteered to remain behind and fight with Clovis' reinvigorated resistance movement.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 33</ref> A year later, the First Avalon Hussars were among the AFFS caught refitting on Remagen in mid-July [[3148]] when Task Force Tsujigiri arrived in a bid to end PERCEVAL. While the [[1st Kestrel Grenadiers|First Kestrel Grenadiers]] threw themselves at the DCMS raiders, the Hussars used the time gained to better prepare themselves. As the [[Hikage]] approached PERCEVAL's central base, the Hussars emerged and forced them back.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 60</ref> On 12 April [[3149]] the First Avalon Hussars assaulted [[Coloma]] alongside the [[1st Davion Guards|First Davion Guards]] in an effort to drive the [[5th Sword of Light|Fifth Sword of Light]] off the planet. The Hussars were mauled upon landing by the Fifth's aerospace and armor elements, and when the Combine troops quit the planet the wounded Hussars remained behind as a garrison force while the Davion Guards moved on to [[Saginaw]].<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 69</ref> They were still there on 11 November when the [[22nd New Samarkand Regulars|Twenty-second New Samarkand Regulars]] and [[Wolf's Dragoons|Wolf Dragoons']] [[Alpha Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Alpha Regiment]] arrived. Not yet recovered from their battle in April, the Hussars proved unable to make any headway againse the invasion force, and by the second week the Dragoons had captured the First's command post. The Dragoons commander accepted their surrender and allowed the Hussars to retreat.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 73</ref> After three years of waging a guerrilla war upon the [[45th Benjamin Regulars|Forty-fifth Benjamin Regulars]], the Hussars' Second Battalion found relief in February [[3150]] when the [[5th Davion Irregulars|Fifth Davion Irregulars]] arrived on Clovis. Together the two Davion units drove the Combine garrion off the planet.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 81</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 1st Avalon Hussars''' |- | [[Leftenant General]]||[[Angel Waters]]||[[3085]]<ref name="FM:3085p69">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 69, "Kittery Prefecture (Kittery Command)"</ref> |- | [[Major General]]||[[Jack Tallman]]||[[3145]]-[[3151]]<ref name="FM:3145p91">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 91, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"</ref><ref name=DDp36>''Dominions Divided'', p. 36</ref> |- |} ==Tactics== Unknown. ==Composition History== ===2765=== '''First Avalon Hussars''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FR:2765AFFSp10>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 10, "Avalon Hussars - Regimental Status"</ref> :Note: At this point in time the First were stationed on Marduk.<ref name=FR:2765AFFSp10/> === 2786 - 2821 === '''First Avalon Hussars''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name="FSWp134">''First Succession War'', p. 134, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref> :Note: At this point in time the Hussars were an assault-weight regiment stationed on [[Marduk]] and were operating at four-battalion strength.<ref name="FSWp134"/>In 2821 the unit was stationed on [[Breed]] and were operating at roughly four-fifths the strength of a standard regiment.<ref name="FSWp134"/> === 2830 === '''First Avalon Hussars''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name="SSWp94">''Second Succession War'', p. 94, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref> :Note: At this point in time the Hussars were an assault-weight regiment and had rebuilt to between three and four-battalion strength. The Hussars were stationed on Breed.<ref name="SSWp94"/> === 2864 === '''First Avalon Hussars''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name="SSWp94"/> :Note: At this point in time the Hussars were a heavy-weight regiment stationed on [[Frazer]], and had been reduced to approximately the strength of a standard regiment.<ref name="SSWp94"/> ===3079=== '''First Avalon Hussars LCT ''' (Battalion/Regular/Reliable) <ref name =“fraffs9“>'' Field Report: AFFS'' , p. 9</ref> : Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Lee]].<ref name=“fraffs9“/> ===3085=== '''First Avalon Hussars LCT''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3085p69"/> :* CO: Leftenant General [[Angel Waters]] '''First Avalon Hussars Aerospace Brigade''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3085p69"/> :* CO: [[Colonel]] [[Abraham Hellier]] '''First Avalon Hussars Armor Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3085p69"/> :* CO: Leftenant General [[Jo Murray]] '''First Avalon Hussars Infantry Brigade''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3085p69"/> :* CO: Leftenant General [[Vladimir Babici]] ===3145=== '''First Avalon Hussars LCT''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p91"/> :* CO: Major General Jack Tallman '''First Avalon Hussars Aerospace Brigade''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p91"/> :* CO: [[Commodore]] [[Linda Carson]] '''First Avalon Hussars Armor Brigade''' (Regular/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p91"/> :* CO: Leftenant General [[Walther Murphy]] '''First Avalon Hussars Infantry Brigade''' (Green/Reliable)<ref name="FM:3145p91"/> :* CO: Leftenant General [[Keith Parker]] <div class="gamerules"> == Rules == === Reunification War === * During Reunification War scenarios, the Avalon Hussars may employ the following tactics. When attacking, they can either reduce the number of enemy hidden units by 50% or may deploy 50% of their forces in the first half of the map representing the Hussars starting (home) edge. When the defender, they can either put 25% of their units as hidden units anywhere on their half of the board, or they may deploy twice the normal number of conventional minefields AND if using artillery they can predesignate twice as many hexes as normal. The controlling player must choose which ability will be used BEFORE choosing any combat units.<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 182</ref> === First Succession War === * Between [[2786]] and [[2807]], the composition of randomly-generated lances from the First Avalon Hussars are determined using a single roll on the Random Unit Assignment Tables per lance, with all of the lance 'Mechs being the resulting type. Between [[2808]] and [[2819]], the lance composition is determined using two rolls on the Random Unit Assignment Tables per lance, and from [[2820]] lance composition is determined using one roll per 'Mech per lance.<ref name="FSWp147">''First Succession War'', p. 147, "Force Compositions"</ref> * When generating First Avalon Hussars forces using Random Unit Assignment Tables during the First Succession War, First Avalon Hussars receive a +4 modifier to each roll on the appropriate table.<ref name="FSWp147B">''First Succession War'', p. 147, "RAT Die Roll Modifiers by Combat Command Table"</ref> </div> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' * ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]'' * ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]'' * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' * ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]'' * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' [[Category:Federated Suns Commands|Avalon Hussars, 01st]]

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