Editing Takutaro Inada

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''Tai-shu'' '''Takutaro Inada''' was a senior officer in the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] during the [[thirty-second century]].<ref name=FM3145>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 65</ref>

==History==
===Military District Aide===
As of December [[3145]], the then ''[[Tai-sho (rank)|Tai-sho]]'' Inada was the military aide to the commander of the [[Draconis Combine]]'s [[New Samarkand Military District]], ''[[Tai-shu]]'' [[Angmar Kyuzu]].<ref name=FM3145></ref>

===Warlord===
By [[3149]] Inada was promoted to be the [[Warlord of the New Samarkand Military District]], and was responsible for reorganizing DCMS units to respond to the [[Federated Suns]] counter-attack against the Combine known as [[Operation PERCEVAL]].<ref name=SFp73>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 73</ref>

Later in [[3150]], Inada sided with his fellow Warlords [[Mineo Tadashige]] and [[Shichiroji Hayashida]] against ''[[Gunji-no-Kanrei]]'' [[Matsuhari Toranaga]], in arguing the Combine should seek to recapture [[Robinson]] following its liberation by the [[Republic of the Sphere]]'s [[Operation ERUPTIO]]. With much effort, ''Kanrei'' Toranaga thought he had managed to convince Inada and the other Warlords that Robinson was a larger problem, which could only be solved in the longer term.<ref name=SFp80>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 80</ref>

===Robinson===
Inada however decided to act on his own initiative, ordering the [[Sixteenth Galedon Regulars]] to Robinson, on ostensibly to conduct an intelligence gathering raid. The size of the force committed however indicated he intended to claim the world, which the Sixteenth's CO ''[[Tai-sa]]'' [[Nanami Kamata]] in fact attempted, when he found the [[Republic Armed Forces]] had left the March capital. This attempt however failed with heavy causalities, due to the efforts of the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] which had been in hiding until after the Sixteenth completed their initial landings. 

The tattered remains of the Sixteenth which returned to Inada were also unable to provide much intelligence regarding the state of Robinson's defenses, as their rushed retreat resulted in the survivors giving various accounts, from their being only one green Davion [[Battalion]] to several veteran [[Regiments]]. Upset with Inada's insubordination and failure, ''Kanrei'' Toranaga sought Inada's dismissal from his post, but was overridden by [[Coordinator of Worlds|Coordinator]] [[Yori Kurita]].<ref name=SFp82>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 81-82</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Dominions Divided]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''

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