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−	Davion would soon take over command of the Federated Suns' [[Stone's Coalition|Allied Coalition]] Task Force, Group II from Marshal [[Katheryn Sandoval-Ito]] after her death.  Jon would personally take direct command of the Federated Suns Group II to [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani (3078)|liberate]] [[Epsilon Eridani]] in February of [[3078]].<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 71: Epsilon Eridani Liberation - Jon's action as coalition commander of FedSuns group</ref><ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>	+	Davion would soon take over command of the Federated Suns' [[Stone's Coalition|Allied Coalition]] Task Force, Group II from Marshal [[Katheryn Sandoval-Ito]] after her death.  Jon would personally take direct command of the Federated Suns Group II to [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani (3078)|liberate]] [[Epsilon Eridani]] in February of [[3078]]. His Coalition Group would be credited for easily taking command of the Sandoval-Ito's task force.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 71: Epsilon Eridani Liberation - Jon's action as coalition commander of FedSuns group</ref><ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref>
−	In July, he and the rest of the Coalition forces assembled to invade [[Terra]] as part of [[Operation SCOUR]]. Jon was assigned to Task Force SICKLE to take the city of Rio de Janeiro, where it was believed an [[SDS]] Command Center was located. His Task Force was assigned the [[5th Crucis Lancers]], the [[Iron Guard]] and the [[20th Marik Militia]] to take their objective.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 91–93, 96: Gathering Might, Operation SCYTHE - Vid Conference with Devlin Stone and rest of Inner Sphere leaders and Jon's mission assignment for the Terran assault</ref>	+	In July, he and the rest of the Coalition forces assembled to invade [[Terra]] as part of [[Operation SCORCH]]. Jon was assigned to Task Force SICKLE to take the city of Rio de Janeiro, where it was believed an [[SDS]] Command Center was located. His Task Force was assigned the [[5th Crucis Lancers]], the [[Iron Guard]] and the [[20th Marik Militia]] to take their objective.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 91–93, 96: Gathering Might, Operation SCYTHE - Vid Conference with Devlin Stone and rest of Inner Sphere leaders and Jon's mission assignment for the Terran assault</ref>
	Jon's command made its landings in mid-August, where they would easily take the city with its manufacturing plant and the local TerraSec Supply Depot. However, forces garrisoned at the SDS Command Fortress on Governador Island stopped his operation in its tracks. For the next three weeks Jon lay siege to the complex using artillery fire and aerospace strikes. During this bombardment, Jon employed a local mining company's large tunnel boring machines to cut through the ground and breach the Complex's underground spaces. A [[battle armor]] force consisting of elite warriors used the tunnels to penetrate the underground facilities' spaces and managed to destroy the complex's massive fuel farm. The shutdown of the Rio SDS Command Center freed Coalition forces from the threat of SDS attack.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 105, 107–108: "Rio Goes Dark": "Rio Captured; Dallas Burns"</ref>		Jon's command made its landings in mid-August, where they would easily take the city with its manufacturing plant and the local TerraSec Supply Depot. However, forces garrisoned at the SDS Command Fortress on Governador Island stopped his operation in its tracks. For the next three weeks Jon lay siege to the complex using artillery fire and aerospace strikes. During this bombardment, Jon employed a local mining company's large tunnel boring machines to cut through the ground and breach the Complex's underground spaces. A [[battle armor]] force consisting of elite warriors used the tunnels to penetrate the underground facilities' spaces and managed to destroy the complex's massive fuel farm. The shutdown of the Rio SDS Command Center freed Coalition forces from the threat of SDS attack.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 105, 107–108: "Rio Goes Dark": "Rio Captured; Dallas Burns"</ref>

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{{InfoBoxCharacter | image = Jon Davion.jpg | caption = | name = Jonathan Davion | birthdate = [[3024]]<ref name=M&Mp36>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 36: Jon Davion's profile</ref> | died = | othernames = Jon Davion | affiliation = [[House Davion]] | rank = [[Marshal of the Armies]]<ref name=WoREp42>''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', p. 42</ref> | title = | position = | profession = [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] | parents = | siblings = | spouse = | children = }} '''Jonathan Davion''' was a [[House Davion]] nobleman, military officer, and [[Marshal of the Armies]] of the [[AFFS]] during the [[Jihad]] and early [[Dark Age]]. ==History== ===Early Life and Career=== Jon Davion was the younger cousin of [[Jackson Davion]], and served as a military history instructor at the [[Sakhara Academy]] until the early 3050s. During or shortly after the [[Operation REVIVAL|Clan Invasion]] Jackson influenced him to return to front line service and leave his teaching career behind. After rejoining the AFFC Jon took command of the [[Davion Heavy Guards]]' [[Combat Vehicle|armored]] forces and eventually the whole Heavy Guard [[Regimental Combat Team|RCT]]. As their CO Jon reorganized the Guards' Armored units to become a more effective fighting force.<ref name=FMFSp77>''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', p. 77</ref><ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', pp. 36, 253</ref> ====FedCom Civil War==== In [[3063]], Jon's Heavy Guards were stranded on [[Galax]] by then-[[Archon-Princess]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] at the beginning of the [[FedCom Civil War]]. It wasn't until the final phase of the conflict that Jon Davion's forces were able to obtain transportation resources to get off-world. Now actively fighting alongside [[Victor Steiner-Davion|Victor Steiner-Davion's]] [[Allies (FCCW)|Allies]], Jon Davion and his [[RCT]] used a dozen ''[[Conquistador (DropShip class)|Conquistador]]'' class [[DropShip]]s liberated from Galax's shipyards to join the invasion of [[New Avalon]] in June [[3066]]. Teamed with Duke [[Tancred Sandoval]] and his [[Second Robinson Rangers]], they landed in the Rostock continent where they disabled the planet's air and space traffic control system. They also helped local Allied rebels on the ground to take over [[Loyalist (FCCW)|Loyalist]]-controlled areas. On the Brunswick continent Jon led the Guards against a Loyalist armor brigade in what became a short and tough battle for control over the region. In April [[3067]], Jon and his RCT participated in the invasion of [[Avalon City]]. Suffering crippling losses from the concentrated firepower of the Loyalist RCTs, the Heavy Guards virtually ceased to exist.<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 168–169, 181</ref><ref name=FMU129>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 129: "Davion Heavy Guards"</ref> ===Jihad and the Liberation of New Avalon=== With the Davion Heavy Guards nearly destroyed by the civil war, Jon set about the task of rebuilding the RCT with salvage taken from the battle for Avalon City. The unit was assigned to garrison the world of [[Salem]], where it concentrated on rebuilding itself.<ref name=FMU129/><ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 137</ref> Following the outbreak of the [[Jihad]] and the [[Word of Blake|Word of Blake's]] [[New Avalon#Jihad|invasion of New Avalon]], Jon moved his rebuilt command to assist the defense of his nation's capital. Jon's force arrived in January [[3068]] and, after an uncontested landfall, managed to fight through the Blakist lines to reach Avalon City and take up the defense there. Jon led the Heavy Guards along with remains of other allied forces to hit the [[44th Shadow Division]], pushing the Blakist force from Mount Davion. His force slowly succeeded, but not without heavy losses, with his cousin Jackson being killed in action and Avalon City firebombed by the departing [[Shadow Division]] in [[3074]].<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 36: "Jon Davion"</ref><ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', pp. 6 & 10: "Davion Heavy Guards": "Davion Falling"</ref> After his cousin's death, Jon was left in command of all AFFS units on New Avalon and continued to engage Blakist forces remaining on the planet.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Document'', pp. 34–35: "New Avalon: Torture, Lament and Freedom"</ref> ===As a Marshal of the Armies of the AFFS=== After New Avalon had finally been secured, Princess-Regent [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]] elevated Jon to replace his late cousin as [[Marshal of the Armies]] by [[3075]]. His priorities were to reorganize the AFFS and enable it to handle current and potential threats, including the Word of Blake, rebels in the FedSuns' Outback region, aggression from the [[Taurian Concordat]], and [[Clan Snow Raven]] in the [[Outworlds Alliance]].<ref name=M&Mp36/> ====Commander of the Federated Suns Coalition Force==== Davion would soon take over command of the Federated Suns' [[Stone's Coalition|Allied Coalition]] Task Force, Group II from Marshal [[Katheryn Sandoval-Ito]] after her death. Jon would personally take direct command of the Federated Suns Group II to [[Battle of Epsilon Eridani (3078)|liberate]] [[Epsilon Eridani]] in February of [[3078]]. His Coalition Group would be credited for easily taking command of the Sandoval-Ito's task force.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 71: Epsilon Eridani Liberation - Jon's action as coalition commander of FedSuns group</ref><ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> In July, he and the rest of the Coalition forces assembled to invade [[Terra]] as part of [[Operation SCORCH]]. Jon was assigned to Task Force SICKLE to take the city of Rio de Janeiro, where it was believed an [[SDS]] Command Center was located. His Task Force was assigned the [[5th Crucis Lancers]], the [[Iron Guard]] and the [[20th Marik Militia]] to take their objective.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 91–93, 96: Gathering Might, Operation SCYTHE - Vid Conference with Devlin Stone and rest of Inner Sphere leaders and Jon's mission assignment for the Terran assault</ref> Jon's command made its landings in mid-August, where they would easily take the city with its manufacturing plant and the local TerraSec Supply Depot. However, forces garrisoned at the SDS Command Fortress on Governador Island stopped his operation in its tracks. For the next three weeks Jon lay siege to the complex using artillery fire and aerospace strikes. During this bombardment, Jon employed a local mining company's large tunnel boring machines to cut through the ground and breach the Complex's underground spaces. A [[battle armor]] force consisting of elite warriors used the tunnels to penetrate the underground facilities' spaces and managed to destroy the complex's massive fuel farm. The shutdown of the Rio SDS Command Center freed Coalition forces from the threat of SDS attack.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 105, 107–108: "Rio Goes Dark": "Rio Captured; Dallas Burns"</ref> ===Republic Era and Retirement=== Following Terra's liberation, Jon Davion returned to New Avalon and set about reforming the AFFS to better deal with the challenges of the era. Dubbed the [[Reallocation, Organization and Rearmament Program|Reallocation, Organization and Rearmament program]], Jon's reforms centered on two main areas. One was rebuilding units based upon their proximity to hostile borders and current unit strength, the other was reorganizing the AFFS around the new [[Inner Sphere Military Structure#Light Combat Team|Light Combat Team]] formation. Despite his policies having detractors, the ROaR program continued to move forward with Princess-Regent [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion|Yvonne Steiner-Davion's]] support following the [[Camelot Summit]] of October [[3079]].<ref>''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 3: "Project ROaR"</ref><ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 52: "Camelot Summit"</ref> By [[3085]], Davion had overseen a sizeable growth of the number of AFFS front-line commands, although the effective strength was still quite low compared to its pre-Jihad levels.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. 53, 55</ref> In addition, Marshal Davion devised the plan behind the swift and successful [[Operation MATADOR]] which reclaimed several Taurian-occupied worlds in [[3080]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 54</ref> Jon retired from active service in [[3103]].<ref name=WoREp42/> ==BattleMech== In the New Avalon campaign, Jonathan Davion would pilot a ''[[Marauder II]]''.<ref name=IotBc1>''Isle of the Blessed'', ch. 1</ref> ==Notes== * The character's original full name was listed as Jonathan Davion in ''Field Manual: Federated Suns'', ''Field Manual: Updates'' and ''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon''.<ref>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 137: "AFFS Deployment Table as of [[3067]]"</ref> His full name is not used in later publications. ==References== <references/> ==Bibliography== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Federated Suns]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]'' * ''[[Historical: Wars of the Republic Era]]'' * ''[[Isle of the Blessed]]'' (novel) * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' * ''[[Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon]]'' * ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' {{div col end}} [[Category:Federated Suns Characters|Davion, Jonathan]]

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