We are starting off with the pre-clan invasion period with our games but after reading "Wolves on the Border" (which I just finished and LOVE) I can honestly say that my chances of working for Takashi Kurita are about zero... Z.E.R.O...
Those fools can barely keep their own realm together with all the scheming and scamming and plotting that the individual "Generals" and "Warlords" do. I mean really?!?!? Then to have a good guy have to commit seppuku cause he "failed" in killing his friend and destroying the dragoons? What a waste of good personnel.
I think I'd work for anyone but Kurita. No amount of ComStar-bucks could get me to change my mind either.
It's a little more complicated than that. Bear in mind that the DC and WDs were largely good friends in terms of mercenary-employer relationships. The problem really was Samsanov and Takashi. The Coordinator already backed Samsanov when he embarrsed another Warold (the name escapes me) and from that point on, in order to not look like he made a mistake by backing Samsanov, Takashi stood behind many of the man's inhumane choices. It was really a case of trying to save face.
Also keep in mind that just prior to the 4th SW the DCMS was the most feared military in the Inner Sphere. With the Dragoons in their service and the building of the Ryuken the DC was poised to be a big deal. However, the atrocites commited by Samsanov and the sometimes irrational and vague nature of Bushido meant that even though the entire DCMS is not a monolithic organization that cheered on the murder of Dragoon dependants, the entire DCMS would have to obediantly shoulder the responsibility.
By Wolf Pack there is some more insight to how Takashi actually fealt toward the whole mess. He was repulsed by Samsanov's tactics, but was bound to hold a vendetta against Wolf for the insults suffered. Sad really. Even Teddy K, who really couldn't give a hoot about Takashi's code still told Wolf he would pursue it to the most terrible ends if Wolf didn't let go. It says alot not only of the Dragon, but also of human nature, stubborness and the variations of the definitions of honor.