Ryuken

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Trained by and created in the mold of the legendary Wolf's Dragoons mercenary unit, the Ryuken represent some of the most devoted adherents to methods of warfare practiced in the modern Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery, stained by their failure to defeat their former friends.

In 3023 Takashi Kurita hired Wolf's Dragoons to train a regiment in their tactics and tactical doctrines. The Ryuken regiment trained with and fought alongside Wolf's Dragoons, learning how to fight like the Wolf's Dragoon's. The Ryuken succeeded beyond expectations, causing Takashi Kurita to order the regiment broken into companies and to train and expand into their own regiments. In 3027 the Dragoons contract with the DCMS expired and Jaime Wolf decided to leave Combine space. Warlord Grieg Samsonov did not want to allow the elite mercenary unit to leave his service and ordered several Ryuken regiments to stop them. The newly-formed Ryuken regiments met the Dragoons but proved not to be their match. Though almost crippled in the conflict, the Dragoons decimated four of the Ryuken regiments before leaving Combine space.

History

In 3023 Coordinator Takashi Kurita hired the famed Wolf's Dragoons, quickly becoming a vital part of the Draconis Combine's efforts against the Federated Suns. Unfortunately the poor treatment and machinations of Galedon Military District Warlord Grieg Samsonov's attempts to bring the Dragoons under his personal control led the mercenaries to resolve to leave Combine space when their contract expired. Unwilling to lose the Dragoons increasingly important expertise, on 16 December 3025 Takashi decreed that the Dragoons would assist in the creation of a regiment trained and organized in the Dragoon style rather than the traditional DCMS doctrine.

The Dragoons willingly offered their experience and tactical doctrine to the newly formed Ryuken due to the close relationship between Jaime Wolf and the Dragoons former DCMS liaison officer and current Ryuken commanding officer Minobu Tetsuhara. Training alongside each other, the Ryuken learned to think like the Dragoons both on and off the battlefield, with the experiment proved an unqualified success Ryuken regiment divided into nine companies which were ordered to expand into regiments and pass on their new training. Unfortunately the Dragoons relationship with the DCMS as a whole deteriorated further as Tetsuhara's replacement as liaison Jerry Akuma and Warlord Samsomov stepped up their efforts to force the mercenaries into permanent service of the Combine.

After being accused of breach of contract, the Dragoons ordered their scattered forces to regroup on the ice planet of Misery and issued a direct challenge to the Combine. Warlord Samsonov responded to the insult by sending Minobu Tetsuhara and the Ryuken to block the Dragoons departure. While inflicting heavy losses, the Ryuken proved no match for the mercenaries during the Battle of Misery, which saw four of the Ryuken regiments decimated as the Dragoons escaped Combine space.

The knowledge of Samsonov's manipulations and hatred of both the Dragoons and Tetsuhara is all-but unknown among the greater DCMS and the Ryuken's honor suffers for their failure to stop the mercenaries. While quickly gaining an important place in the Theodore Kurita led Combine military, the Ryuken relationship with DCMS is always somewhat strained due to bitterness on both sides.

The Ryuken suffered heavy casualties during the Jihad, with the brigade reduced to three commands from five, and as late as 3081 the three surviving commands couldn't muster a single regiment of forces between them.

Officers

As since the days of the Ryuken's expansion into regiments, the Ryuken-ni serves as the nominal command regiment for the brigade.

Tactics

• Due to their unique nature, each regiment has special permission to reject any new members whom they judge as unable or unwilling to embrace the Ryuken doctrine.
• Recognizing the Dragoons high level of respect for their supporting elements, the Ryuken generally boast the best support units among whole DCMS. The Ryuken regiments have always maintained permanently attached supporting forces and is frequently requested assignment for best technicians in the Combine military.

Units of the Ryuken

• Ryuken-ichi - (Destroyed at the Battle of Misery)
• Ryuken-ni
• Ryuken-san
• Ryuken-yon
• Ryuken-go
• Ryuken-roku

Color Scheme and Insignia

• The standard Ryuken paint scheme is charcoal gray, with each regiment having its own accenting color. All units apply the Kurita dragon crest to the left thigh of BattleMechs and near the exhaust ports of AeroSpace Fighters.
• The Ryuken insignia is a dragon curling around a katana sword, drawn with rich detail.

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  Panther of the Ryuken-ni

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• Ryukenni.png

  Ryuken-ni

• Ryukensan.png

  Ryuken-san

• Ryukenyon.png

  Ryuken-yon

• Ryukengo.png

  Ryuken-go

• Ryukenroku.png

  Ryuken-roku

Bibliography

• Field Manual: Draconis Combine
• Field Manual: Update
• Historical Turning Points: Misery
• Jihad: Final Reckoning
• Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)
• Wolves on the Border (Novel)