Quote:On their way back from the Star League conference, the ship carrying Theodore and Hohiro Kurita vanished. At about the same time, the shooting started on Luthien. Who started what? Nobody knew at the time, but everybody had their theories. This led to a confused fight in the Irece Prefecture, Combine troops shooting at Novacats (claiming the Cats were planning on putting Minoru on the throne and taking over), Combine troops shooting at other combine troops (Ryuken-ni got caught in the middle), Nova Cats stomping anybody they didn't like... it was a mess that only ended when the Nova Cats had ejected all combine troops from the prefecture.
While that went on, three regiments of Pesht Regulars were dropping on Ningxia. According to them, they were moving to stop a conspiracy before it could begin by trying to kill off a Ryuken Regiment and seize whatever it was guarding. Shear numbers won out against Ryuken Panache; the Ryuken fled the planet, and the invaders moved in to discover that the regiment was defending... nothing at all. I've heard the Pesht troops found a Ningxia giant toadstool with the phrase "I'm sorry, but your Kurita is in another castle" carved into it, but I doubt it. The Combine doesn't have a sense of humor.
3068: A Year in Review
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