Draconis Combine 3058 Update

While the other successor stats fight one another, the Draconis Combine stands alone in its search for the Clan homeworlds. While the Capellan Confederation and Free Worlds League attacked the Federated Commonwealth, which was, in turn, falling apart, House Kurita was preparing for the Truce of Tukayyid's end, building up its military with the new Inner Sphere OmniMech technology and new weapons of war. While the rest of the Inner Sphere was worried with their internal troubles, Coordinator Theodore Kurita has been hiring mercenary units to defend bases of operation in the Periphery used to find the Clan homeworlds.

The Combine continues to hire mercenaries for secret missions. However, the formation of the Lyran Alliance has destabilized a portion of the Combine's border with the Federaed Commonwealth, forcing Coordinator Theodore Kurita to hire mercenary units to help protect this area of Combine space. Almost all of these assignments involve garrison and defensive duty. Recent rumors suggest that the Combine wishes to keep things stirred up in the Chaos March and has hired small units to make surgical strikes and keep the balance of power shifting, but these rumors remain unproven.

Chaos March Troubles

The split between the Federated Commonwealth and the Lyran Alliance presented Archon Prince Victor with a problem. As Archon of the Lyran Alliance, Katrina has claimed several worlds in the Lyons Thumb, a region of Lyran space extending into the Draconis Combine. In the face of Liao-Marik attacks, Katrina began to reinforce the Thumb worlds. In an apparent response to the Archon's actions, Coordinator Theodore Kurita of the Draconis Combine has persuaded ComStar to install Combine troops on planets in the Thumb as peacekeepers under ComStar's aegis. Both Katrina and Victor Steiner-Davion welcomed the peacekeeping forces as protectors of Lyran territorial integrity against possible attack by Liao or Marik forces, though the Archon has objected in principle to the presence of foreign troops in her nation.

Close to nine full regiments of Combine troops took up residence on the worlds in the Lyons Thumb. Lyran Alliance units stationed in the area have also stayed close to home, suggesting that the Archon may not entirely trust the Combine not to take advantage of its position in her realm. She has made no move or statement against them, apparently unwilling to risk plunging her people into war with House Kurita.

Of more practical relevance to mercenary units, ComStar monitors and inspects all ship traffic going into or out of the Lyons Thumb to prevent the Federated Commonwealth and the Lyran Alliance from bolstering their forces.

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Will Day < wd@firstcircuit.net >
John Dutka < jdutka@pcnet.com >
Sep 23, 1996