Masao's Word - History

[Charos]

Masao's Word

"Before honor is humility."

[color=#FFFFFF]- History

[color=#FFFFFF]- A) The meeting

[color=#66CCCC]It all begun when a small convoy of small traders were slaughtered in Tau-29, near the trade lane between Nago station and the Freeport. The convoy was moving H-Fuel from Kusari space to Bretonia when the lane was disrupted by a Hogosha group, their demand was one, to jettison the H-Fuel and leave, thing the convoy did and as soon as they did it the Hogosha group opened fire destroying two Heron-class transports and a Griffin-class light fighter which was their escort. No one made it out alive. A month later, another convoy of three Big Dragon-class transports moving H-Fuel to Bretonia was intercepted by a patrol of the Naval Forces near the jumpgate to Tau-31. The convoy leader knew what was going to happen. The patrol demanded to drop their cargo and return to Kusari where they would be punished for breaking the laws of Kusari and embargo and they knew the penalty was going to be heavy. The convoy was put under arrest and was being escorted to planet Kyushu where they would be stripped of their belongings and their ships confiscated. One lane away from planet Kyushu, the transfer was disrupted by a group of Blood Dragons, their leader was Shigehito Urasawa onboard the Hachiman "Meiyo" and soon they engaged the patrol. Within minutes, the patrol was defeated while the Dragons suffered minor damages and the transports were unscathed. Dragons seized the transports and took them to a remote location to interrogate them. Two hours later after finished the interrogation, they picked up a transmission that was being broadcasted via the Kusari neural network; the message was of high priority and it was about a convoy of dangerous criminals that were smuggling goods to Bretonia and they took out a Navy patrol with assistance from the Blood Dragons. They knew then, that the place that they used to call home was no longer theirs and they weren't welcome. After some thinking they decided to flee from Kusari to either Sigmas or Taus but they needed supplies for their journey so they offered the Dragons H-Fuel in exchange of the supplies they wanted. Shigehito accepted the offer and led the convoy to Shikoku. He had a storage depot there to resupply the Meiyo in space if ever needed, the convoy leader, Gabriel Harper, asked the captain's name, so he would thank him properly for the assistance he provided, his name was Shigehito of the Urasawa family. After exchanging the cargo, the convoy plotted a course to Honshu system where they hoped to find refuge on Akita station.

- B) Organization

[color=#66CCCC]Few months after the incident in Kyushu, they managed to get to Aomori station where they seeked refuge for some time. The Gas Miner's Guild had heard about them but given to their relationship with Kusari, they accepted their request to moor. They did not ask them many questions because they had heard about them in a transmission. Working with the Blood Dragons is something very serious and they couldn't risk to create a fuss about them. It wasn't long untill they set course for Sigma-13 where they wouldn't be touched by the law anymore and would finaly find a safe Haven for them to live without fear. Finaly, after a long journey they were free. At first they didn't know what to do, where should they go as they needed a place to stay and the Guild wouldn't be happy if they had to hospitalise them again so they went to Yanagi depot which was a home for many Junkers aswell as a haunt for criminals. The only way to make a living in that region was either to be a gas miner or a scrap metal worker but their ships couldn't do anything but haul goods so they had to be creative. Asking around on Yanagi, they found a Junker that could modify their ships for piracy but the cost was too high and they gave one of the three Big Dragons in exchange for reinforced armor plating and military-grade turrets. They found something to do other than wandering around. They heard a rumour of Samura transports hauling goods to Rheinland from time to time and they made a plan to rob them from their cargo without having to kill anyone. When the time finally came, they intercepted the Samura convoy that had three Bumblebee-class transports and two Stinger-class fighters as their escorts. They were asked to hand over the cargo to them and they wouldn't be harmed but the convoy, having superior numbers than the pirates, opened fire. Result was the destruction of two Samura transports and disabling of the two fighters whose pilots suffocated due to lack of oxygen. The last Samura transport was spared and the cargo from the other two was salvaged along with the two damaged fighters. Hauling them back to Yanagi was easy and Junkers were willing to repair them for exchange of valuable ship components that were looted during the raid. They had finally gotten some fighters but had no weapons to mount on them so they used them as scouts to locate further Kusari or Rheinland convoys. Some days passed untill they heard of another convoy, Samura again heading to Rheinland with a cargohold full of engine components which would be used as spare parts for the Big Dragons. They waited for the Samura convoy at the location where they intercepted the previous one, they had no idea what was escorting them. A Hogosha group of four fighters and Samura with two Ryuujin-class supertransports and three Stingers as their escorts spotted the two pirate ships. Attempts to escape were futile and fighting back would result to a bloodbath that couldn't be avoided, it was either them or Samura convoy. But things didn't go exactly as anyone had expected to go..

- C) Reunion

[color=#66CCCC]Gabriel Harper's Big Dragon was taking heavy fire from the Samura escorts and Hogosha while the other Big Dragon's captain was struggling to save his ship. Out of a sudden, scanners went dark and communications were cut. Hull was buckling from the many hits it was taking and hull was about to breach. The last thought was how did they get to that same spot like back in Kyushu, alone and helpless waiting for their death when suddenly they ceased shooting and explosions could be seen. Taking a closer look it was again that same ship that rescued them back then, the Dragon gunboat "Meiyo" reaping the Hogosha fighters while Samura convoy was rushing to escape. Gabriel Harper was moved onboard the Hachiman and his ship was hauled back for repairs. He was thankful to Shigehito once again for saving him for that dire situation. Shigehito knew where to find them, that's why he was able to save them. He was granted permission by the Shogunate to use his family's Hachiman, an ancient warmachine as a flagship for them to plan attacks on Samura convoys and hit Naval patrols. From that fight, they managed to salvage three more Stingers and repair them with the spare parts they had left from the last raid. Gabriel's Big Dragon was crippled and is parked at Yanagi depot untill they find resources to repair it. Since then, they've called themselves "Masao's Word", an honorable man's word that symbolises the pride of the Dragons with the willingness for survival of common Kusari people.