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'''Rupert Samsonov''' was the commanding officer of the [[Twentieth Rasalhague Regulars]] during the [[Ronin War]].<ref name=BWp104/>

==History==
When the [[Free Rasalhague Republic]] was formed in March [[3034]], ''[[Tai-sho (rank)|Tai-sho]]'' Samsonov and the Twentieth Rasalhague Regulars became [[Ronin (Faction)|Ronin]]. On [[Memmingen]], Samsonov and a small squad of infantrymen marched into the planetary parliament and declared the current governing session closed. When three senators protested, Samsonov had them killed where they stood and replaced them with his own ''[[Heishi]]''. Two of these soldiers, ''Heishi'' [[Rupert Strom]] and ''Heishi'' [[Brent Miyako]], nominated Samsonov as ''[[Valdherre of Memmingen|Valdherre]]'' of Memmingen and the rest of the cowed parliament unanimously agreed. Samsonov's first act as planetary ruler was to enact martial law until the planet could return "to the [[Draconis Combine|Dragon's]] breast". Subsequent efforts to claim the planet's [[HPG station]] were not as successful, as the [[Comstar]] [[DropShip]] ''[[Coherent Thought]]'' destroyed the [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] [[Company|company]] assigned to take the facility.<ref name=BWp104/>

Samsonov's military junta ended when the [[First Sword of Light]] arrived and challenged the Twentieth's command staff to a series of one-on-one BattleMech duels. Over the course of four hours, the Twentieth Regulars lost several key officers at the cost of only three members of the First Sword of Light, leaving the mostly leaderless unit to flee into the Boru Mountains' Isasaki Mining complex to hide. After establishing a new Republic ''Valdherre'', the First Sword of Light began hunting down the remnants of Samsonov's unit.<ref name=BWp114>''Historical: Brush Wars'', pp. 114–115: "The Dragon's Anger - Memmingen"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]''

[[Category:Draconis Combine Characters|Samsonov, Rupert]]