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drakensis (Login drakensis)
Posted Feb 4, 2004 3:33 AM
> Kentares IV ... Kentares IV ... Kentares IV ... whyfor do I seem to recognize this ...
... oh ... _that_ Kentares IV, as in the backwater little rock that plays a central part in MW4:V?
Strange, but oddly compelling. <
Reference the Kentares Massacre.
In the Battletech history, Kentares was the planet where Co-ordinator Minoru Kurita of the Draconis Combine was killed by a sniper at the height of the DCMS invasion that almost crushed the Federated Suns.
His son, Jinjiro, on being informed of this:
1) promoted the Sergeant who told him of his father's death to colonel
2) decaptitated the General who didn't dare tell him of his father's death
3) went to Kentares and gave the order "kill them all"
Five months later, less than 10% of Kentares population were still alive. 52 million civilians were dead. The discipline and morale of the DCMS were shattered, many of it's best officers committing suicide rather than participate in the slaughter. And the troops Federated Suns had a new battle cry.
Remember Kentares
drakensis
"I believe that forgiving the enemy is God's function. Ours is simply to arrange the meeting." - General H Norman Schwarzkopf
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