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'''Miyamoto de Bergerac''' was [[Commissar]] [[Ciaphas Cain]]'s fencing tutor at the [[Schola Progenium]]<sup>1a<sup>.
Combat training was one of the few subjects in which Cain's schola results were above average<sup>2a</sup>, and [[Amberley Vail]] testified on numerous occasions that Cain was one of the finest swordsmen she ever encountered, which she attributed to a mix of Bergerac's training, diligent practice, and combat experience<sup>3a<sup>.
In moments of stress, Cain would sometimes wield his [[chainsword]] with a lack of finesse that would lead him to ruefully imagine Bergerac's reaction<sup>1a</sup>.
== Trivia ==
Like many of [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s character names, this one appears to be a deliberate joke:
*[[wikipedia:Miyamoto Musahashi|Miyamoto Musahashi]] authored ''The Book of Five Rings'' in [[M1]], regarded as one of the most important treatises on samurai swordsmanship;
*[[wikipedia:Cyrano de Bergerac|Cyrano de Bergerac]] is the hero of [[wikipedia:Edmond Rostand|Edmond Rostand]]'s play of the same name, an experienced soldier who is also a skilled poet, musician, and fencer.
== Sources ==
*<sup>1</sup>[[Duty Calls (Novel)]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]
**a: Chapter 20
*<sup>2</sup>[[The Traitor's Hand (Novel)]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]
**a: Chapter 1
*<sup>3</sup>[[Death or Glory (Novel)]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]
**a: Chapter 4
Combat training was one of the few subjects in which Cain's schola results were above average<sup>2a</sup>, and [[Amberley Vail]] testified on numerous occasions that Cain was one of the finest swordsmen she ever encountered, which she attributed to a mix of Bergerac's training, diligent practice, and combat experience<sup>3a<sup>.
In moments of stress, Cain would sometimes wield his [[chainsword]] with a lack of finesse that would lead him to ruefully imagine Bergerac's reaction<sup>1a</sup>.
== Trivia ==
Like many of [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s character names, this one appears to be a deliberate joke:
*[[wikipedia:Miyamoto Musahashi|Miyamoto Musahashi]] authored ''The Book of Five Rings'' in [[M1]], regarded as one of the most important treatises on samurai swordsmanship;
*[[wikipedia:Cyrano de Bergerac|Cyrano de Bergerac]] is the hero of [[wikipedia:Edmond Rostand|Edmond Rostand]]'s play of the same name, an experienced soldier who is also a skilled poet, musician, and fencer.
== Sources ==
*<sup>1</sup>[[Duty Calls (Novel)]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]
**a: Chapter 20
*<sup>2</sup>[[The Traitor's Hand (Novel)]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]
**a: Chapter 1
*<sup>3</sup>[[Death or Glory (Novel)]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]
**a: Chapter 4
