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'''Noritake Kansa''' was the commanding officer of the [[Ryuken-san]] during the [[War of 3039]].<ref name=H3039p61/>

==History==
During the first wave of the War of 3039, ''[[Tai-sa]]'' Kansa and the Ryuken-san were tasked with raiding [[Federated Suns]] and [[Lyran Commonwealth]] worlds in order to disrupt enemy troop deployments. The unit's first target was [[Procyon]], where the [[Draconis Combine]] troops would remain for two weeks. Kansa, apparently wanting more of a fight than the planet's militia could provide, kept his soldiers stationed on Procyon until the [[Fifth Lyran Regulars]] arrived on 18 May to evict them. Kansa's force was superior to the Fifth Regulars in every way and the Commonwealth unit lost an entire [[battalion]] of [[BattleMechs]] in a single fight outside the town of Kreigen. The Ryuken-san only departed from Procyon when ''Tai-sa'' [[Ysabeau Johnson]]'s [[Ryuken-ni]] arrived in-system to escort their sister unit to their next raid on [[Caph]].<ref name=H3039p63>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 63: "Wave One - Procyon"</ref>

Expecting to face off against the garrisoning [[Third Crucis Lancers]], neither Ryuken officer was aware that Caph's defenses had been augmented by the [[Davion Assault Guards]], [[Thirty-third Avalon Hussars]], and the entirety of [[Wolf's Dragoons]]. The initial battle against the Third Lancers for their Aswan Military Reservation headquarters went well for the Ryuken [[Regiment|regiments]], until the Assault Guards and Wolf's Dragoons surrounded the Combine troops and instigated a major battle that would last for multiple days. Kansa's decision to lead two battalions of Ryuken-ni and Ryuken-sa soldiers into the radioactive wastelands of the Brunnel continent proved to be the battle's breaking point. Targeting the Thirty-third Hussars' staging base, the damage done to the FedSuns' facilities during Kansa's raid gave the rest of the Ryuken forces the breathing room necessary to disengage from the fighting. Although both Kansa and Johnson's units were hurt in the course of the Caph raid, they managed to leave the world without suffering crippling losses.<ref name=H3039p61/>

After barely escaping Caph, the Ryuken task force arrived at [[Saffel]] expecting to fight another surprisingly strong defensive force. Instead, Saffel's two regiments of volunteer militiamen quickly folded without a notable struggle. When Kansa and Johnson reported their success to ''[[Tai-shu (rank)|Tai-shu]]'' [[Michi Noketsuna]], they were ordered to claim Saffel for the Combine, becoming the first victorious units in the imminent [[Operation OROCHI]].<ref name=H3039p63b>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 63: "Wave One - Saffel"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''

[[Category:Draconis Combine Characters|Kansa, Noritake]]