To H o n o r

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ome soldiers fight for money, some to
spread their version of liberty, still others
for a sense of adventure. For the men
and women of the Draconis Combine
Mustered Soldiery there is only one reason for
service: the honor of the Dragon.
From the moment Shiro Kurita raised the
Dragon’s banner, the soldiers of House Kurita have

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all others. For seven centuries they have spread
fear and respect in equal measure, expanding
and protecting the Dragon with loyalty and honor
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tempered by the ancient code of bushido and
forged in battles on a hundred worlds.
Force Manual: Kurita details the Draconis Combine Mustered
Soldiery, examining the combat commands of the Draconis
Combine and their histories, tactics, unit crests, paint schemes,
and notable personnel. This sourcebook includes special rules for
unique character abilities, faction-specific rules, force building
options, and a mini-Technical Readout— everything you need
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to field your favorite Draconis Combine unit on the tabletop or

create your own.

For use with BattleTech and Alpha Strike.

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 Table of Contents
TEST OF HONOR 5 COORDINATOR’S GUARD 53 RULES ADDENDUM 77
Otomo 53
REALM OF THE DRAGON 11
FORCE BUILDING 78
Izanagi Warriors 53
Force Building Terms 78
FOUNDING 12 SUN ZHANG TRAINING CADRE 54
SELECT
THE STAR LEAGUE 14 First Sun Zhang Training Cadre 54
Other Sun Zhang POINT VALUE TOTAL 78
THE SUCCESSION WARS 15
Cadre Sub-Commands CHOOSE AN ERA 78

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THE FREE RASALHAGUE REPUBLIC 16 55
Training Run 55 CHOOSE A FACTION 78
THE RONIN WAR 18
AN TING LEGION 56 CHOOSE A
THE WAR OF 3039 19
Second An Ting Legion 56 COMBAT COMMAND 78
UNEXPECTED INVASION 20
Other An Ting Unit Organizations 79
BROKEN RASALHAGUE 22
Legion Sub-Commands 57 BattleMech Organization 79

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OPERATION BULLDOG 22 Aerospace Organization 80
THE PILLAR OF STEEL 24 Island Invasion 57
AMPHIGEAN LIGHT ASSAULT GROUP 58 Armor Organization 80
Pillar of Okane 26 Infantry Organization 80
First Amphigean Light Assault Group 58
KURITA RANK STRUCTURE 27 Artillery Organization 80
Other Amphigean
RASALHAGUE RANK STRUCTURE 28 Aviation Organization 80
Light Assault Group Sub-Commands 58
BUILD A COMPANY 80
KURITA ARKAB LEGION 59
BUILD FORMATIONS 81
COMBAT COMMANDS 31 Second Arkab Legion 59
Step 1: Choose Formation Type 81
SWORD OF LIGHT 32 Other Arkab Legion Sub-Commands 59
NIGHT STALKERS Step 2: Choose Units
First Sword of Light 32 60
Second Sword of Light 32 Second Night Stalkers 60 for the Formation 81
Fifth Sword of Light Rarity 81
33 Other Night Stalker Sub-Commands 60
Sorenson’s Sabres
Seventh Sword of Light
Eighth Sword of Light
The Kessel Run
DIERON REGULARS
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SHIN LEGION
First Shin Legion
Other Shin Legion Sub-Commands
PROSERPINA HUSSARS
Third Proserpina Hussars
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Equipment Ratings (Optional)
Step 3: Select Skill and Modify PV
Step 4: Assign Special Pilot Abilities
ASSIGNING
SPECIAL COMMAND ABILITIES
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Eighth Dieron Regulars 36 Determine Number of
Other Proserpina
Eighteenth Dieron Regulars 37 Special Command Abilities 84
Twenty-Second Dieron Regulars 38 Hussars Sub-Commands 63
Clash On Cassandra 63 Assign Special Command Abilities 84
Regular Scouting 38
GHOST REGIMENTS 64 KURITA SPECIAL
Other Dieron
Regulars Sub-Commands 39 First Ghost 64 COMMAND ABILITIES 86
GALEDON REGULARS 40 Sadalbari Pursuit 65 Environmental Specializations 86
Eighth Galedon Regulars 40 Eighth Ghost 66 Optional Game Setup:
Nineteenth Galedon Regulars 40 Other Ghost Environment Conditions 86
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Other Galedon Regiment Sub-Commands 66 Enemy Specializations 86

Regulars Sub-Commands 41 LEGION OF VEGA 67 Kurita Special Command Abilities 86
BENJAMIN REGULARS 42 Fourteenth Legion of Vega 67 KURITA LANCES (FORMATIONS) 87
Third Benjamin Regulars 42 Other Legion of Vega Sub-Commands 67 New Lance (Formation) Types 87
Ninth Benjamin Regulars 43
RYUKEN 68 Horde 87
Other Benjamin Order Lance 87
Ryuken-ni 68
Regulars Sub-Commands 43 Berserker Lance (Close Combat Lance) 87
PESHT REGULARS 44
Ryuken-go 68
Anti-‘Mech Lance 87
Third Pesht Regulars 44 Other Ryuken Sub-Commands 69
MECHWARRIORS OF THE DCMS 88
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Other Pesht Regulars Sub-Commands 45 FRR-KUNGSARMÉ 70

DRAKØNS 71 KURITA AVAILABILITY LISTS 91
RASALHAGUE REGULARS 46
Eighth Rasalhague Regulars 46 First Drakøns 71 Assault Lance 92
Ninth Rasalhague Regulars 47 Other Drakøns Sub-Commands 71 Battle Lance 94
Seventeenth Rasalhague Regulars 47 HUSARS 72 Command Lance 96
Twentieth Rasalhague Regulars 48 Third Husars 72 Fire Lance 98
Other Rasalhague Other Husars Sub-Commands 72 Pursuit Lance 100
Regulars Sub-Commands 49 Brazen Raid 72 Recon Lance 102
Quarry Of Honor 49 FREEMEN 73 Striker Lance 104
ALSHAIN REGULARS 50 Second Freemen 73 Support Lance 106
Fourth Alshain Regulars 50
Other Freemen Commands 73 Horde Lance 108
Other Alshain
Regulars Sub-Commands 50
KAVALLERI 74 Order Lance 110
GENYOSHA 52 First Kavalleri 74 Aerospace 112
First Genyosha 52 Other Kavalleri Sub-Commands 74 Infantry 113
Other Genyosha Sub-Commands 52 GUNZBURG EAGLES 75 Artillery 114

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TECHNICAL READOUT 115

WSP-1A Wasp 116
PXH-1 Phoenix Hawk 118
WVR-6R Wolverine 120 CREDITS
BLR-1G BattleMaster 122
Development
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Ray Arrastia
KUNGSARMÉ 128
PAINTING TUTORIAL, Development Assistance
SWORD OF LIGHT 130 Joshua Franklin
RECORD SHEETS 132

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Writing
COMPANY RECORD SHEET 132 Geoff Swift
BATTLEMECH RECORD SHEETS 133
Rules and Additional Writing
Ray Arrastia
Joshua Franklin

Editing
Aaron Cahall
Mark Riggleman

BattleTech Line Developer

Special Thanks to our Review Team

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Assistant Line Developer
Aaron Cahall

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Perian, Luke Robertson, Andreas Rudolph, Eric Salzman, Rick Sardiñas, Jason Schmetzer, Colin Marco Mazzoni
Toenjes, Chris Wheeler, Matthew Wilsbacher, Peter Wort.
Illustrations
Miniatures Painting & Photography Ray Arrastia
Michal Bernkopf, Dave Fanjoy, Joel Hardwick, Agustín Sieiro, Scott Singer, Ray White. Jonathan González
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Barryland Spaceport

Draconis Combine
14 April 3039
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hu-sa Branek “Nek” Meiyo swiped a hand past the few wisps of
hair left on his scalp, then flicked away the sweat that had beaded
atop his head. He gulped down another of the foul-tasting pills
and grimaced away the abdominal pain. He focused his anger on
the incoming enemy.
His command lance from the Sixth Pesht Regulars’ Third Battalion stood
between the spaceport and the pirate DropShip grounded in the vast plain
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east of the city of Barryland. Third Battalion’s First and Second Companies
stumbled along in the wake of the pirates’ retreat to their DropShip. The
inexperienced MechWarriors would be laughable if their performance were
viewed in an entertainment holo.
However, these were Nek’s charges. He was supposed to forge them into
a legitimate fighting force. But every MechWarrior he trained to even the
barest level of competence was quickly transferred out of the Pesht Regulars
and replaced with another green warrior. Meiyo was missing the war with
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the invading Federated Commonwealth to shepherd these warriors-to-

be; only the occasional pirate raiders lit the fading fire of his warrior spirit.
These pirates would pay for all the indignities heaped upon Nek since his
“retirement” from the Second Sword of Light into the Sixth Pesht. Instead of
the graceful transition from combat to command to retirement among the
greatest warriors in the Combine, he was saddled with playing nursemaid
to a bunch of overeager tenderfeet. That was bad enough. Then came the
diagnosis of his illness.