diff --git a/MultiversalDiplomacy/Model/OrderParser.cs b/MultiversalDiplomacy/Model/OrderParser.cs
index a1e96f6..7ffda4e 100644
--- a/MultiversalDiplomacy/Model/OrderParser.cs
+++ b/MultiversalDiplomacy/Model/OrderParser.cs
@@ -223,73 +223,77 @@ public class OrderParser(World world)
         } else if (re.Move.Match(command) is Match moveMatch && moveMatch.Success) {
             return TryParseMoveOrder(world, power, moveMatch, out order);
         } else if (re.SupportHold.Match(command) is Match sholdMatch && sholdMatch.Success) {
-            // DATC 4.B.4: coast specification in support orders
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
+            return TryParseSupportHoldOrder(world, power, sholdMatch, out order);
         } else if (re.SupportMove.Match(command) is Match smoveMatch && smoveMatch.Success) {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
+            return TryParseSupportMoveOrder(world, power, smoveMatch, out order);
         } else {
             throw new NotImplementedException();
         }
     }
 
-    public static bool TryParseHoldOrder(World world, string power, Match match, [NotNullWhen(true)] out Order? order)
+    public static bool TryParseOrderSubject(
+        World world,
+        string parsedTimeline,
+        string parsedTurn,
+        string parsedProvince,
+        [NotNullWhen(true)] out Unit? subject)
     {
-        order = null;
-        var hold = ParseHold(match);
-        
-        string timeline = hold.timeline.Length > 0
-            ? hold.timeline
+        subject = null;
+
+        string timeline = parsedTimeline.Length > 0
+            ? parsedTimeline
             // If timeline is unspecified, use the root timeline
             : Season.First.Timeline;
         var seasonsInTimeline = world.Timelines.Seasons.Where(season => season.Timeline == timeline);
         if (!seasonsInTimeline.Any()) return false;
 
-        int turn = hold.turn.Length > 0
-            ? int.Parse(hold.turn)
+        int turn = parsedTurn.Length > 0
+            ? int.Parse(parsedTurn)
             // If turn is unspecified, use the latest turn in the timeline
             : seasonsInTimeline.Max(season => season.Turn);
 
-        Province province = world.Map.Provinces.Single(province => province.Is(hold.province));
+        Province province = world.Map.Provinces.Single(province => province.Is(parsedProvince));
 
-        Unit? subject = world.Units.FirstOrDefault(unit
+        // Because only one unit can be in a province at a time, the province is sufficient to identify the subject
+        // and the location is ignored. This also satisfies DATC 4.B.5, which requires that a wrong coast for the
+        // subject be ignored.
+        subject = world.Units.FirstOrDefault(unit
             => world.Map.GetLocation(unit!.Location).ProvinceName == province.Name
             && unit!.Season.Timeline == timeline
             && unit!.Season.Turn == turn,
             null);
-        if (subject is null) return false;
+        return subject is not null;
+    }
+
+    public static bool TryParseHoldOrder(
+        World world,
+        string power,
+        Match match,
+        [NotNullWhen(true)] out Order? order)
+    {
+        order = null;
+        var hold = ParseHold(match);
+
+        if (!TryParseOrderSubject(world, hold.timeline, hold.turn, hold.province, out Unit? subject)) {
+            return false;
+        }
 
         order = new HoldOrder(power, subject);
         return true;
     }
 
-    public static bool TryParseMoveOrder(World world, string power, Match match, [NotNullWhen(true)] out Order? order)
+    public static bool TryParseMoveOrder(
+        World world,
+        string power,
+        Match match,
+        [NotNullWhen(true)] out Order? order)
     {
         order = null;
         var move = ParseMove(match);
         
-        string timeline = move.timeline.Length > 0
-            ? move.timeline
-            // If timeline is unspecified, use the root timeline
-            : Season.First.Timeline;
-        var seasonsInTimeline = world.Timelines.Seasons.Where(season => season.Timeline == timeline);
-        if (!seasonsInTimeline.Any()) return false;
-
-        int turn = move.turn.Length > 0
-            ? int.Parse(move.turn)
-            // If turn is unspecified, use the latest turn in the timeline
-            : seasonsInTimeline.Max(season => season.Turn);
-
-        Province province = world.Map.Provinces.Single(province => province.Is(move.province));
-
-        // Because only one unit can be in a province at a time, the province is sufficient to identify the subject
-        // and the location is ignored. This also satisfies DATC 4.B.5, which requires that a wrong coast for the
-        // subject be ignored.
-        Unit? subject = world.Units.FirstOrDefault(unit
-            => world.Map.GetLocation(unit!.Location).ProvinceName == province.Name
-            && unit!.Season.Timeline == timeline
-            && unit!.Season.Turn == turn,
-            null);
-        if (subject is null) return false;
+        if (!TryParseOrderSubject(world, move.timeline, move.turn, move.province, out Unit? subject)) {
+            return false;
+        }
 
         string destTimeline = move.destTimeline.Length > 0
             ? move.destTimeline
@@ -333,4 +337,29 @@ public class OrderParser(World world)
         order = new MoveOrder(power, subject, new(destTimeline, destTurn), destLocationKey);
         return true;
     }
+
+    public static bool TryParseSupportHoldOrder(
+        World world,
+        string power,
+        Match match,
+        [NotNullWhen(true)] out Order? order)
+    {
+        order = null;
+        var support = ParseSupportHold(match);
+        throw new NotImplementedException();
+    }
+
+    public static bool TryParseSupportMoveOrder(
+        World world,
+        string power,
+        Match match,
+        [NotNullWhen(true)] out Order? order)
+    {
+        order = null;
+        var support = ParseSupportMove(match);
+        throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+        // It is possible to support a move to an inaccessible coast if another coast is accessible to the subject.
+        // DATC 4.B.4 prefers that automatic adjudicators strictly require matching coasts in supports.
+    }
 }