In the fictional BattleTech universe, the Draconis Combine is the Successor State in the "North-East" quarter of the Inner Sphere. The Draconis Combine has been ruled by House Kurita since its founding in 2319 by Shiro Kurita, perhaps a descendant of Takeo Kurita. The Chief of State, called the Coordinator, is the head of the Kurita Household. The Coordinator is a hereditary dictator who rules over his domain armed with a well-equiped, fanatical military on the one hand and an ever-pervasive, all-seeing civilian bureaucracy on the other. Two rival intelligence agencies, the ISF (Internal Security Forces) and the O5P (Order of the Five Pillars) keep watch against any potential internal threat from lowly commoners, ambitious nobles, and members of the Coordinator's own family. (However, the physical protection of the Coordinator falls to his own personal cohort, the Otomo, who are recruited from the military, not the intelligence services.) 20 Year Anniversary of BattleTech logo BattleTech (MechWarrior) is a science-fiction board game (wargame) (designed by FASA in 1984) which simulates warfare in the distant future of the 31st century, where humans battle in gigantic walking machines powered by fusion reactors (known as BattleMechs), tanks, spaceships and other aircraft... In the fictional BattleTech universe, the Inner Sphere is a region of interstellar space, ruled by the five Great Houses (each of which dominates one of the Successor States.) After the fall of the Star League, the Inner Sphere fractured as each of these Houses attempted to secure rulership during... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... Categories: People stubs | 1889 births | 1977 deaths | Imperial Japanese Navy admirals | Japanese World War II people ...

The idée fixe of the Combine and the Coordinator is conquest. Since the days of Takashi Kurita, the Coordinator has been called the Unifier of Worlds. This is irony: under Takashi's rule, many worlds slipped from the Combine's hands, first to the cession of Rasalhague Prefecture (now the Free Rasalhague Republic), then to the predations of Clans Smoke Jaguar, Nova Cat and Ghost Bear. Under the leadership of his son, Theodore Kurita, the Combine has regained some of its worlds and its fearsome reputation. Nonetheless, dissatisfaction with the current regime has lead to the emergence of the Kokuryukai a.k.a. Black Dragon Society, a widespread conspiracy against the new Coordinator and his current policy of detente with House Kurita's traditional rival, House Davion. A leitmotif (also spelled leitmotiv) is a recurring musical theme, associated within a particular piece of music with a particular person, place or idea. ... In the fictional BattleTech universe, the Draconis Combine is the Successor State in the North-East quarter of the Inner Sphere. ... Kokuryu-kai (Amur River Society), also know as the Black Dragon Society, was a prominent underground ultra-nationalist group in Japan. ... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... Davion House History The Federated Suns was founded in 2317 by Lucien Davion, Prime Minister of New Avalon, when he negotiated a mutual defense and assistance agreement, known as the Crucis Pact, with 20 nearby star systems. ...

Recently, the Combine has embarrassed the so called Political Clan, Snow Raven, by destroying one of their precious WarShips. In a tantrum typical of that Clan, the Snow Ravens have taken every opportunity to backstab the Combine, when the rest of the Inner Sphere is devoted to fighting off the omnipresent Word of Blake.