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| Designation    = Alshain Avengers
| formed         = [[3034]]
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| Affiliation    = [[Draconis Combine]]
| Parent Command = [[DCMS]]
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Created from the surviving remnants of the [[Alshain Regulars]], the [[Alshain Avengers]] were formed after the conquest of their military district capital [[Alshain]] by [[Clan Ghost Bear]]. Their sole objective was to retake their homeworld and drive the invaders from Combine space; the Avengers eventually staging an unauthorized invasion of Alshain which triggered the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]] and their destruction.
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==History==
===Formation===
Just as the [[Alshain Military District]] was formed from the remaining worlds of the [[Rasalhague Military District]] not ceded to the [[Free Rasalhague Republic]], the [[Alshain Regulars]] consisted of former [[Rasalhague Regulars|Rasalhague Regular]] troops. 

The Alshain Regulars suffered heavy losses during their failed defense of their district during the [[Clan Invasion]]. The surviving remnants of the Regulars were re-formed after the conquest of their military district capital [[Alshain]] by [[Clan Ghost Bear]] forces as the '''Alshain Avengers'''. Their sole objective to retake their homeworld and drive the invaders from Combine space, [[Toshimichi Uchida]] was chosen by the Coordinator as the new Warlord of the nearly lost Alshain District. The election had also the goal to remind the other Warlords about the possible fate of their districts. The new Warlord trained with his XO, ''[[Tai-sho (rank)|Tai-sho]]'' [[Paul Okinatori]] and the Avengers to be prepared to recapture their lost homeworlds in the future.<ref name=FMDCp35>''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 35 </ref>

===Destruction and the Combine-Ghost Bear War===
In [[3062]] as the conflict between the [[Lyran Alliance]] and the [[House Davion|Davion]] half of [[Federated Commonwealth]] slid towards open warfare, the ''[[Kokuryu-kai]]'' convinced the four regiments of the [[Alshain Avengers]] to stage an unauthorized invasion of the former [[Alshain Military District]] capital, [[Alshain]].  The recapture of Alshain was meant to force the [[DCMS]] as a whole to finally recapture all Combine worlds lost to the Ghost Bears.<ref name=FMUp13>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 13</ref><ref name=FMUp60>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 60</ref> 

What they did not know was that Alshain had become the heavily defended capital of the Ghost Bear Dominion, with the Ghost Bear Clan having relocated almost all of its assets from the [[Clan Homeworlds]] to its Inner Sphere Occupation Zone. Impelled by a vision, [[Clan Nova Cat]] destroyed one of the Avenger regiments before it could travel to Alshain, but unbowed by this attack the three surviving Alshain Avengers launched their suicidal assault.  Half a regiment was lost fighting their way down from orbit due to defending Ghost Bear [[WarShip]]s, where the rest of the force was effectively obliterated on the surface. As the Avenger survivors fled into the wilderness to launch a desperate guerrilla war, the [[Clan Ghost Bear Touman|Ghost Bear ''touman'']] launched a retaliatory invasion of the Combine, striking across the entire border between the two powers, triggering what would become known as the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]].<ref name=FMUp13/><ref name=FMUp60/>

===Legacy===
By [[3085]] the story of the Avengers was used as a cautionary tale warning to dissuade commanders from starting fights on the Combine's borders with the [[Raven Alliance]] and [[Ghost Bear Dominion]].<ref name=FM3085p36>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 36</ref><ref name=FM3085p47>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 47</ref>

==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Alshain Avengers'''
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==Tactics==
Different per Unit.

==Units of the Alshain Avengers==
*[[8th Alshain Avengers]], Destroyed by [[Clan Ghost Bear]]
*[[11th Alshain Avengers]], Destroyed by Clan Nova Cat 
*[[14th Alshain Avengers]], Destroyed by Clan Ghost Bear
*[[15th Alshain Avengers]], Destroyed by Clan Ghost Bear

==Color Scheme and Insignia==

<gallery>
8thalshain.jpg|[[8th Alshain Avengers]]
Alshainavengers11.png| [[11th Alshain Avengers]] 
Alshainavengers14.png|[[14th Alshain Avengers]]
15thalshain.jpg| [[15th Alshain Avengers]]
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''

[[Category:Draconis Combine Commands|Alshain Avengers]]