Editing 1st Genyosha

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| Designation    = 1st Genyosha
| formed         = 3027
| Disbanded      = 
| Previous Designation = 
| Nickname       = "Legacy of Yorinaga"
| Affiliation    = Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery
| Parent Command = [[Genyosha]]
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The '''First Genyosha''' is an elite heavy [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]] in the service of the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]].<ref name=JTPL-6>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', p. 6, "1st Genyosha"</ref>


==History==
===Formation===
====The Battle for the ''Silver Eagle''====
The unit was formed in [[3027]] by the personal order of Coordinator [[Takashi Kurita]]. The unit was led by [[Yorinaga Kurita]]. He was instructed to handpick and train 50 of the best warriors from any unit in the Combine. He would be their teacher and commander. From there, his men would train 50 more warriors.  The Coordinator told Yorinaga these men would form the core of his new command, the ''Genyosha'' or the Black Ocean.<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', p. 104</ref> Picked from the best [[House Kurita]] soldiers.<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', p. 104: message to Yorinaga from Takashi</ref> Its original mission was the destruction of the mercenary [[Kell Hounds]], whom Yorinaga felt had robbed him of his honor.  The unit was based on the world of [[Nashira]], where it started to train members according to Yorinaga Kurita's standards.  The Genyosha was up to battalion strength by the time it was considered operational to conduct missions for the Dragon.<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', p. 246: Clovis Holstein observes another JumpShip with a single ''Overlord'' class DropShip, which are limited to carrying up to a battalion of 'Mechs</ref>

The unit first saw action on an asteroid in the [[Styx]] star system. They were  to retrieve the [[Archon-Designate]] [[Melissa Steiner]], who had been [[Silver Eagle Incident|kidnapped]] by the [[Heimdall (organization)|Heimdall]] terrorist group. The Genyosha was to back up an elite ISF commando team sent from [[Dieron]] to assist in the capture.<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', p. 238: Coordinator Takashi Kurita orders ISF director Subhash Indrahar to send his ISF agents in and call in the Genyosha to assist in the capture</ref> However, once they arrived in the Styx system, they discovered that the ISF raid had failed. Worse, Yorinaga's rivals, the Kell Hounds, were attempting to rescue the hostages.  The two forces clashed with the climax of the battle being the fight between Yorinaga and the Kell Hound leader Lt. Colonel [[Patrick Kell]]. Their heated engagement resulted in Kell being shot down. However, Yorinaga's victory was short-lived. Kell Hound Lieutenant [[Dan Allard]], crashed his ''[[Valkyrie]]'' into Yorinaga's ''[[Warhammer]]'' and rendered it disabled. This turn of events resulted in the escape of the Archon-Designate, the hostages and the Hounds from Kurita space.<ref>''Warrior: En Garde'', pp. 312-318</ref> After Lord Kurita was shot down, the Genyosha withdrew to their DropShips and left the system in defeat.

===4th Succession War===
Lord Yorinaga now dedicated Genyosha to confronting Colonel Morgan Kell.  In the months after the Silver Eagle Incident, he added and trained more troops to raise the Genyosha to full regimental strength. Mixing various Combine ethics groups like [[Rasalhague Military District|Rasalhagians]], [[Azami]], and other warriors to do so.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', p. 59</ref>

When the [[4th Succession War]] broke out in late August [[3028]], the Genyosha deployed from its base on Nashira to hunt the Hounds.  They had received word of the Kell Hounds being on the [[House Davion|Davion]] held world of [[Northwind]].  They discovered the world had already been invaded by ''[[Tai-sho (rank)|Tai-sho]]'' [[Palmer Conti]] and his 5th Sword of Light in January of [[3029]]. The Sworders and its supporting unit, the [[36th Dieron Regulars]] had destroyed a main line unit there, but were being overrun by Davion mercenaries forces.  The Genyosha landed on planet and pushed the invaders back from the 5th's Headquarters and seriously mauled the mercenaries, including [[Team Banzai]].<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', p. 238</ref> The Genyosha do not find Morgan Kell though, but the newly installed Kell Hound third 'Mech battalion, Bradley's Bravos, who are considered fakes.

Days later, the [[Northwind Highlanders]] arrived to reinforce the beleaguered defenders and push the Combine forces off world.  They arrived back on Nashira in April, to investigate the reported destruction of their base by the Kell Hounds.  Here Yorinaga Kurita is able make out that the ruins are actually a map indicating where the two units should fight next.<ref>''Warrior: Coupé'', pp. 58-60</ref> He determines they must reach the Lyran world of [[Ryde]] by June.  They arrive only to discover that the Hounds had not arrived, a raid on the world of [[Lyons]] had delayed them. Yorinaga Kurita has his son ''[[Chu-sa]]'' [[Akira Brahe]] send a [[holovid]] to the Hounds on where to meet next: [[Nusakan]].

The Genyosha goes to [[Moore]], where its leaders meet with ''Prince'' [[Theodore Kurita]] who pushes for a new offensive into the vulnerable Lyran region of [[Isle of Skye|Skye]]. The Genyosha was to lure the region's only remaining potential defenders, the Kell Hounds, away to their duel on Nusakan, far from the Isle of Skye. The Genyosha assisted ''Prince'' Theodore's efforts to secure an advance base on [[Dromini VI]].  Afterwards, they left the planet, passing a inbound Lyran raiding force on 15th of September.<ref>''Warrior: Coupé'', p. 271: Theodore Kurita tells the captured Frederick Steiner that he wished that the Genyosha had gotten a chance to fight Steiner's unit in battle, but he had just missed them leaving the system</ref>

On the 24th October, the unit finally catches up with the Hounds. They came to find they had been engaged in a battle with the 5th Sword of Light for the last twenty hours, whose commander came to steal Yorinaga Kurita's victory.<ref>''Warrior: Coupé'', p. 291</ref>  The Genyosha arrived at a desert battlefield where they found 'Mechs of the 5th Sword and some of the Kell Hound's strung along the ground. A make-shift area had been made in part of the battlefield where the 5th's commander Conti fought 3rd Battalion commander Scott Bradley who tried to avenge his loss to Conti on Northwind.

After Conti's defeat, Yorinaga Kurita and Morgan Kell finally dueled in the make-shift arena, fighting in the form of a ''Bushido'' samurai duel. The two fought unlike anyone had ever seen, resulting in Yorinaga's defeat with Morgan Kell bowing his ''[[Archer]]'' to Yorinaga.  

The Genyosha staff witnessed their beloved leader's ''[[seppuku]]'' ceremony with the Hounds and the 5th Sword survivors also in attendance. After the ceremonial suicide the Rasalhagian Genyosha members left the Genyosha following the lead of Yorinaga's son Akira to join the Kell Hounds.  ''[[Chu-sa]]'' [[Narimasa Asano]] took command of the Genyosha and departed the planet.

===Ronin Wars===
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===War of 3039===
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===Clan Invasion===
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===Operation Bulldog===
Deployed in [[3059]] during [[Operation Bulldog]], the unit was part of the newly formed [[SLDF]] Task Force that destroyed [[Clan Smoke Jaguar|Clan Smoke Jaguar's]] units on [[Kiamba]] alongside the [[Com Guard]]'s [[11th Division (ComStar)|11th Division]], the Davion [[AFFC]]'s [[1st Kestrel Grenadiers]] and the [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]'s [[3rd Drakøns]]. Caught off-guard due to the efforts of [[Operation Bird Dog]], the commander of the 362nd reacted too late to deploy his [[AeroSpace Fighter]]s and the SLDF task force landed without incident. Facing overwhelming odds, the 362nd was easily destroyed, with the coalition forces suffering only minimal losses. <ref name=TDR-15>''The Dragon Roars'', pp. 10, 15</ref><ref name=FMUp110>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 110, "1st Genyosha"</ref>

Traveling to the recaptured world of [[Yamarovka]] during the second wave, the 1st Genyosha formed part of [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s "Dream Team" to capture the important target of [[Schuyler]] during the third wave.<ref name=TDR-50>''The Dragon Roars'', p. 50</ref> The 1st Genyosha journeyed with Victor Steiner-Davion's task force to [[Huntress]] and ultimately the Clan homeworld of [[Strana Mechty]] in [[3060]].  There, ''Tai-sa'' [[Hohiro Kurita (31st c.)|Hohiro Kurita]] led the command company as part of the [[Great Refusal]] trial against the [[Clan Invasion]].  The Genyosha fought [[Clan Blood Spirit]]'s [[Blood Guard Keshik (Clan Blood Spirit)|Blood Guard Keshik]], defeating them and their [[khan]].{{cn}}

===Dominion War===
In [[3062]], units of the [[Alshain Avengers]] were the trigger of the [[Combine-Ghost Bear War]]. During the first offensive, the 1st Genyosha relieved the [[4th Pesht Regulars]] on Kiamba.  The unit fought and inflicted severe damage to Ghost Bear's forces later in that year.{{cn}}

===Federated Suns Incursion===
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===Jihad===
====Battle of Luthien (3067-3074)====
:''See also: [[Battle of Luthien (Jihad)]]
In February [[3068]], the 1st Genyosha was augmented by an understrength battalion of surviving members of the [[14th Sun Zhang Academy Cadre|Fourteenth Sun Zhang Cadre]] on [[Luthien]]. Commanded by their executive officer, ''Tai-sa'' [[Shih Chou]], as their commanding officer, Hohiro Kurita, was stranded on [[Tharkad]], the unit survived the Luthien campaign with the strength of only two reinforced companies. The shattered remnants of the [[Otomo]] and [[Izanagi Warriors]] operated under the direction of the First, and [[Sorenson's Sabres]], a mercenary unit contracted under the 1st Genyosha's command, was used as a flanking and reserve force in some of the larger engagements; they left the planet in [[3071]].<ref name=JTPL-6/>

On 18 July [[3069]], the [[2nd Sword of Light]], along with the [[6th Benjamin Regulars]] and [[40th Dieron Regulars]], moved to disrupt the effectiveness of the Loyalist forces operating in the vicinity of the [[LAW City]] ruins on [[Guthry Island]]. Prematurely alerted to their presence by an engagement with an encountered Word of Blake salvage team, the 1st Genyosha levied heavy casualties on the 6th, scoring a [[Battle of the LAW City Ruins|victory]] for the Loyalists.<ref name=JTPL8>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', pp. 8-9, "Bullet In the Blue Sky"</ref>

On March 14th [[3074]], the Word of Blake [[ROM]] had leaked information regarding the presence of [[Buda Weapons]] Chief Researcher [[Hideoshi Yamika]] and his prototype [[Large X-Pulse Laser]] to the ''[[Kokuryu-kai]]'' as a means of wearing down Loyalist defenders in [[Skytower City]]. The resulting [[Battle of Skytower City|battle]] ended with Yamika and his prototypes being hustled aboard a Blakist [[DropShip]].<ref name=JTPL-10/11>''Jihad Turning Points: Luthien'', pp. 10-11, "Light Machine"</ref>

===Republic Era===
After the liberation of [[Terra]] and the end of the [[Jihad]] the First Genyosha kept the six remaining recruits from the Fourteenth Sun Zhang. Those officers have developed a training program to evaluate the replacements submitted to the regiment. The First Genyosha remained on Luthien as the former capital world's garrison.<ref>''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 12</ref>

For the next six years, the First Genyosha rebuilt. Though they had only four lances after [[Terra]] and had lost some personnel to transfers, by [[3085]] they had quadrupled their numbers. In order to bring their new recruits some field experience, the First Battalion requested a transfer off of Luthien. Since the Second Battalion was nearly at full strength, this request was granted. The First Battalion took up station on [[Marlowe's Rift]], and the battalion found itself initiating raids into the Federated Suns as well as responding to [[AFFS]] raids.<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 43</ref>

===Dark Age===
When the Draconis Combine invaded the Republic of the Sphere and recaptured most of the [[Dieron Military District]] worlds it had given up years before, the First Genyosha led the way. They took [[Al Na'ir]], [[Chichibu]], and [[Ashio]] quickly. In [[3141]] they were recalled to the Combine in order to smash the rebellious [[Clan Nova Cat|Nova Cats]]. They struck [[Algedi]] and [[Benjamin]] before going silent and landing on [[Irece]] and destroying the Cats.<ref name=er3145p48/>

Though hoping to join the invasion of the [[Federated Suns]], the First had been assigned to the [[Rasalhague Dominion]] border. Once the invasion has reached an end of sorts, the First expects to lead the liberation of the former [[Vega Prefecture]] worlds annexed by the Dominion. <ref name=FM3145p57>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 56, "First Genyosha"</ref>

During [[Operation TIAMAT]] in [[3149]], the First Genyosha successfully conquered [[Deneb Kaitos]] in conjunction with the [[16th Sun Zhang Cadre|Sixteenth Sun Zhang Cadre]].<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 72</ref>

==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 1st Genyosha'''
|-
| Lord||[[Yorinaga Kurita]]||[[3027]] - [[3029]]<ref name=NAIS2-108>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p 108</ref><ref name=WC??>''Warrior: Coupé'', p. ??</ref>
|-
| ''[[Tai-sa]]''||[[Narimasa Asano]]||3029 - [[3052]]<ref name=20YU40>''20 Year Update'', p. 40</ref><ref name=Lsp16>''Luthien (scenario pack)'', p. 16</ref>
|-
| ''Tai-sa''||[[Hohiro Kurita (30th c.)|Hohiro Kurita]]||[[3056]] - [[3059]]<ref name=FMDC76>''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 76, "Unit Profile"</ref>
|-
| ''Tai-sa''||[[Shih Chou]]||[[3067]] - [[3068]]<ref name=JTPL-6/><ref name=EotB-12>''Eye of the Beholder'', p. 12</ref>
|-
| ''Tai-sa''||[[Hachirou Ito]]||[[3085]]<ref name=FM3085p50>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 50, "DCMS Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
|-
| ''Tai-sa''||[[Diablo Reed]]||[[3141]]<ref name=er3145p48>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 48</ref>
|-
| ''Tai-sa''||[[Willard Graves]]||[[3145]]<ref name=FM3145p64>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 64, "DCMS Deployment Table - 3145"</ref>
|-
|}

==Tactics==
The 1st Genyosha is trained in similar tactics to those of the Kell Hounds, including mobile warfare.<ref name=FMDC76/> 

==Composition History==
===3028 to 3029===
'''Genyosha''' (BattleMech [[Regiment]]/Elite) <ref name=NAIS2-108/>
* CO/1st Battalion: ''[[Tai-sho (rank)|Tai-sho]]'' Yorinaga Kurita

===3040===
''' 1st Genyosha''' (Regiment/Elite/Questionable)<ref name = HWo3039p139/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Shitara]].  <ref name = HWo3039p139>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 139 >''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 139 </ref>

===3050===
'''1st Genyosha''' ([[Regiment]]/Elite/Questionable)<ref name=20yup40>''20 Year Update'', p. 40</ref> 
:*CO: ''Tai-sa'' Narimasa Asano <ref name=20yup40/>

: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Shitara]]. <ref name=20yup40/>

===3052===
'''1st Genyosha''' ([[Regiment]]/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=Lsp16/>

===3054===
'''1st Genyosha''' ([[Regiment]]/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=ORp28>''Objective Raids'', p.28</ref>
:*CO: ''Tai-sa'' Narimasa Asano

===3059 to 3067===
'''1st Genyosha''' (BattleMech Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FMDC76/><ref name=FMUp119>''Field Manual: Update'', p. 119, "DCMS Deployment Table - 3067"</ref> 
:* CO/1st Battalion: ''Tai-sa'' Hohiro Kurita II
:** XO: ''[[Chu-sa]]'' Shiro Cavanaugh
:* 2nd Battalion: ''Chu-sa'' Takasuima Nerii
:* 3rd Battalion: ''Chu-sa'' [[Jaqueline Tokawa]]

'''1st Genyosha Aerospace''' (Expanded [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wing]]/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FMDC76/><ref name=FMUp119/> 
:* Wing Commander (3059): ''[[Sho-sa]]'' Daniel Evans 
:* Wing Commander (3067): ''Sho-sa'' Wayne DeMarcos

'''1st Genyosha Armor''' (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FMDC76/><ref name=FMUp119/> 
:* Armor Commander: ''Tai-sa'' Shih Chou

'''1st Genyosha Infantry''' (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FMDC76/><ref name=FMUp119/>  
:* Troop Commander: ''Tai-sa'' Brent Patterson

===3074===
'''1st Genyosha''' (2 Reinforced BattleMech [[Company|Companies]])<ref name=JTPL-6/>

===3079===
'''First Genyosha ''' (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical) <ref name =“frdcms12“>'' Field Report: DCMS'' , p. 12</ref>
: Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Luthien]].<ref name=“frdcms12“/>

===3085===
'''1st Genyosha''' (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3085p50/>
:* CO: ''Tai-sa'' Hachirou Ito

'''1st Genyosha Aerospace''' ([[Wing]]/Veteran/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3085p50/> 
:* CO: ''[[Cho-sa]]'' Ryoichi Ito

'''1st Genyosha Armor''' (Elite/Reliable)<ref name=FM3085p50/> 
:* CO: ''Tai-sa'' Emi Akiyama

'''1st Genyosha Infantry''' (Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3085p50/> 
:* CO: ''Tai-sa'' Nobuyuki Fujimoto

===3145===
'''1st Genyosha''' (Elite/Reliable)<ref name=FM3145p64/>
:* CO: ''Tai-sa'' Willard Graves

'''1st Genyosha Aerospace''' (Wing/Elite/Fanatical)<ref name=FM3145p64/> 
:* CO: ''[[Sho-sa]]'' Ines Goff

'''1st Genyosha Armor''' (Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=FM3145p64/> 
:* CO: ''Tai-sa'' Fritz Mullins

'''1st Genyosha Infantry''' (Elite/Reliable)<ref name=FM3145p64/> 
:* CO: ''Tai-sa'' Odessa Sato

==Rules==
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===Game Rules===
'''Luthien Campaign (Jihad)''': The 1st Genyosha received a bonus initiative for each enemy element destroyed in the previous turn, with a negative initiative for each unit element destroyed.<ref name=JTPL-6/>

'''Dark Age''': In [[3145]], the First Genyosha can use the [[Banking the Initiative]] and [[Forcing the Initiative]] special abilities.<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 164</ref>

'''Alpha Strike''': In [[3052]] the First Genyosha can use the [[Forcing the Initiative]] and [[Sharp Shooters]] Special Piloting Ability.<ref>''Combat Manual: Kurita'', p. 48</ref> 
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
*''[[20 Year Update]]''
*''[[Combat Manual: Kurita]]''
*''[[The Dragon Roars]]''
*''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
*''[[Eye of the Beholder]] (BattleCorps fiction)
*''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
*''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''
*''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
*''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''
*''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' 
*''[[Jihad Turning Points: Luthien]]''
*''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
*''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
*''[[Objective Raids]]''
*''[[Warrior: Coupé]]'' (novel)
*''[[Warrior: En Garde]]'' (novel)
*''[[Warrior: Riposte]]'' (novel)



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