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As of 3063 the Commanding Officer was [[Marshal]] [[Bishop Sortek]], cousin of Field Marshal [[Ardan Sortek]]. Bishop Sortek was killed on New Avalon in October 3063 while buying time for his unit to escape their pursuers. | As of 3063 the Commanding Officer was [[Marshal]] [[Bishop Sortek]], cousin of Field Marshal [[Ardan Sortek]]. Bishop Sortek was killed on New Avalon in October 3063 while buying time for his unit to escape their pursuers. | ||
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==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
Revision as of 04:29, 2 June 2010
Contents
History
The Homeworld of the 1st Davion Guards is New Avalon.
Operation Bull Dog
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.
In 3060, as the defeated Smoke Jaguars fled towards their homeworlds after Operation Bulldog, the 1st Battalion of the 1st Davion Guards was assigned to stop a renegade Smoke Jaguar commander, Star Colonel Marcus Kotare, from obtaining and deploying weapons of mass destruction stored on the desolate Deep Periphery planet of Cermak.
During these campaigns, 1st Battalion was commanded by Colonel Kristen Reese.
One of the 1st Davion Guard MechCommanders was an AFFC officer named Harrison.
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.
The First Davion Guards were destroyed almost to the last man on December 20, 3063 by the 10th DLC and 3rd Robinson Rangers, or so the Loyalists thought. It turned out that roughly a mixed regiment of the Guards had survived the War by having its various combat commands scattered across New Avalon.
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. The reformed 1st Davion Guards defended New Avalon from the Word of Blake occupation forces during the Jihad.
Officers
As of 3063 the Commanding Officer was Marshal Bishop Sortek, cousin of Field Marshal Ardan Sortek. Bishop Sortek was killed on New Avalon in October 3063 while buying time for his unit to escape their pursuers.
By 3134, the Commanding Officer was Prince's Champion Julian Davion.
Tactics
Composition
3062
'Mech Regiment
- 1st Davion Guards (Reinforced to four Battalions)
1st Davion Guards AeroSpace Brigade
1st Davion Guards Armor Brigade
- 1st Davion Guards Armor Regiment
- 237th Defiance Heavy Armor
- 370th Point Barrow Grenadiers
- 18th Shubuta Recon Regiment
- 1300th Federation Artillery Battalion
1st Davion Guards Infantry Brigade
- 1st Davion Royal Guards (Reinforced to seven Battalions)
- 1st Davion Guards Heavy Infantry
- 5th Federated Commonwealth Battle Armor Battalion
- 352nd Crucis Mechanized Infantry
- 256th Avalon Mechanized Infantry
- 20th Minette Jump Regiment
Notes
References