Takiro Kurita

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Takiro Kurita
Takiro Kurita
Personal
Born2650[1]
Died2771[1]
AffiliationHouse Kurita
Career
ProfessionCoordinator of the Draconis Combine
Family
ParentsUrizen Kurita II (father)
SiblingsGozo Kurita[1]
Nariko Kurita[1]
Christopher Kurita[1]
Soto Kurita[1]
ChildrenMinoru Kurita

History

Takiro Kurita was the twentieth Coordinator.

Though Takiro was the eldest of Urizen's six children, there had been opposition to his appointment as Coordinator because of his previous deep commitment to a life of contemplation and reflection. Yet, he was a true example of what a samurai should be.[2]

While Takiro was still only heir to the throne, two district governors used the ISF to stage an assassination attempt against the young heir. The attempt failed, and Takiro had the captured ISF agents tortured into revealing who had put them up to it. With the blessing of his enraged father, Takiro hunted down the two men. Though Takiro executed only the two shugos and their male children, it ended once and for all the talk that Takiro was too "soft".[2]

He was the force behind the development of the Panther and Dragon 'Mechs.[3]

He was the Coordinator when Simon Cameron died in a mining accident in 2751.[4]

As part of the Star League ruling council, the first major action was to pass an amendment to Michael Cameron's Edict of 2650.[5]

When the Amaris Cup started and he discovered that his grand-nephew Drago Kurita (Ambassador to the Star League) and his family were still on Terra under the "protective custody" of Stefan Amaris his first reaction was anger.

Takiro suffered heart failure a few days later. He lingered for a day, discussing political questions with his son Minoru and quietly whispering to his gathered family that he would soon be visiting their honored ancestors. He made a death-bed request to his son to handle the situation through negotiation and not violence.[6]

Quotes

An odd man, Takiro. Plenty of Kurita fire, yet underneath it all, it almost seems that he'd be happier in a Buddhist monastery somewhere.
  — Simon Cameron, as quoted in Simon Cameron: The Official Biography, ComStar Source Library[7]
Death comes to all, and so one must not sit and brood about it. Seize the opportunity to wield your fate as though it were a sword and be glad that the world is suddenly different.
  — Takiro Kurita, from a speech to a gathering of business leaders, given immediately after the death of Simon Cameron[8]

Titles and Positions

Preceded by Coordinator of the Draconis Combine
2691-2766
Succeeded by

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), "The Draconis Combine's Line of Succession and Partial Kurita Family Tree"
  2. 2.0 2.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 48 "TAKIRO KURITA"
  3. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 45 "OLD WAYS AND NEW"
  4. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 48 "DEATH OF THE STAR LEAGUE"
  5. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 49 "GUTTING OF THE STAR LEAGUE"
  6. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 50 "STEFAN THE USURPER"
  7. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 48, "Takiro Kurita"
  8. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 48, "Death Of The Star League"

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