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'''Hishu Stonara''' was the commanding officer of the [[Seventh Ghost]] [[Regiment]] during the [[War of 3039]] before becoming a prominent officer in the [[Benjamin Military District]].<ref name=H3039p96a/><ref name=H3039p96b>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 96: "Wave Two and Counterattack - Sadalbari"</ref>

==History==
''[[Tai-sa]]'' Stonara spent his early life as a street urchin before being recruited into the [[Draconis Combine]]'s new [[Ghost Regiments]]. On 19 July [[3039]], Stonara lead the Seventh and [[Eighth Ghost]] Regiments in liberating the world of [[Sadalbari]] from the occupying forces of the [[Third FedCom RCT]] and [[Fifth Davion Guards]]. Stonara's Ghosts quickly pushed the Third FedCom out of their base in Solus City before the prepared defenses of the Origian Military Reservation caused the fighting to bog down. On 26 July, ''Tai-sa'' [[Victor Coale]] of the [[Second Shin Legion]]—bloodied but unbroken during Sadalbari's initial occupation—launched a sub-orbital strike against Origian that succeeded in removing the [[Federated Suns]] forces. Stonara continued to push hard against the retreating Third FedCom, first destroying the skilled quick reaction force of [[Colonel]] [[Jack Roberts]] and then eliminating the battered Third FedCom as a viable fighting force.<ref name=H3039p96b/>

When the Fifth Davion Guards took to the field to buy the Third FedCom time to reconstruct itself, Stonara's advanced [[BattleMechs]] and [[LosTech]] equipment took such a heavy toll that the Guards were forced to retreat to the Xantal Military Reservation on 30 August. While the FedSuns troops tried to hold out for reinforcements, they ultimately left the world on 14 October after receiving withdrawal orders.<ref name=H3039p96a/> Despite clashing repeatedly during the fight for the planet, and despite coming from opposing backgrounds, Stonara and Coale became close friends. While the two officers rarely agreed on specific details and regularly held contrasting views, they quickly developed the ability to create winning operational plans in the midst of their arguments. After the conclusion of the War of 3039, Coale and Stonara temporarily went their separate ways.<ref name=H3039p96a/>

In [[3042]], Coale was promoted to Deputy Commander of the [[Kajikazawa Prefecture]] and he recruited Stonara to serve as his Assistant Deputy for Plans and Operations. In [[3048]], Coale became the commanding officer of the Prefecture and once again recruited Stonara to serve as his deputy commander.<ref name=20YUp41>''20 Year Update'', p. 41: "DCMS Deployment Table - 3050"</ref><ref name=ORp27>''Objective Raids'', p. 27: "DCMS Deployment Table - 3054"</ref> When Coale became the Benjamin Military District Strategy and Operations Director—one of four strategy counselors for the ''[[Gunji-no-Kanrei]]'' and the [[Coordinator of the Draconis Combine]]—Stonara became commander of the Kajikazawa Prefecture, in addition to his continued role as Coale's closest friend and advisor.<ref name=H3039p96a/><ref name=FMDCp134>''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 134: "DCMS Deployment Table - 3059"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''

[[Category:Draconis Combine Characters|Stonara, Hishu]]