Yoguchi Kurita (28th c.)
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Yoguchi Kurita (b. 2??? - d. 2850) was the eldest son of Zabu Kurita and the Coordinator of the Draconis Combine from 2838 to 2850.
Tishomingo
Yoguchi wanted to find a way to fight back against the Davion forces that were so soundly defeating the DCMS during the Second Succession War. In response to a reported threat of a Davion invasion of Tishomingo he lead the 4th Sword of Light and three other regiments in defense of the planet. The forces were overwhelmed and he found himself trapped on the planet, leading a guerrilla resistance until Roweena Kurita sent a rescue force several months later. [1]
Death and Legacy
In 2850, on his first night back on Luthien after returning from the defense of Tishomingo, Yoguchi eagerly visited his favorite concubine Snow Fire. Secretly a LIC deep cover agent, Snow Fire slit the sleeping Yoguchi's throat with a plasticine knife, before placing a hand embroidered patch of the House Steiner 4th Royal Guards on his body. The culmination of Archon Claudius Steiner's Operation Praying Mantis, Snow Fire quietly took her own life with poison secreted in a hollow tooth. [2] [3] [4] [5]
The death of Yoguchi so soon after his miraculous return shook the Draconis Combine to its core. Publicly Combine propaganda put forth the idea that Yoguchi was killed while heroically fighting a whole team of assassins, the truth was known only to the House Kurita inner circle which felt great shame in the very concept that a lone Lyran spy could get so close undetected and assassinate the Coordinator. Yoguchi's successor, his brother Miyogi, felt honor-bound to avenge this insult which lead to the largest Kurita offensive against the Lyran's center of 'Mech production Hesperus II and the loss of the last active Successor State WarShips until the arrival of the Clans.[2] [3] [5] [4]
Family
Youguchi had a younger sister, Roweena Kurita. [6]
Positions
References
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 68, "Divine Sacrifice"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 61 - "Operation Praying Mantis"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 43 - "History of the Lyran Alliance - Second Succession War (2830-2864) - The Mantis Strikes"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 70 "History - Second Succession War - The Sting of Snow Fire - Divine Retribution"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 House Davion (The Federated Suns), pp. 73-74 "History - Second Succession War - Tishomingo - Did Snow Fire Have Help? - Miyogi's Marathon"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 66, "Roweena Kurita"