BARGE: The makingoff

[Tracy_Verburg]

There was a child born in the Republic of Kusari his name was AIKO YASHIDA. His father disappeared before he was born. He disappeared after a battle against a nomad invasion in the Hokkaido system. He never returned and 3 years later he was declared deceased.
When Aiko was 2 years old his mother died after a strike the bretonian intelligence service. So he became an orphan. The leaders of the republic fed the child on in their own family. The Kusari leaders knew his father very well en they saw Aiko was a very special child. The leaders taught him everything he needed to know and everything about the kusari republic and its economy. The naval forces taught him how to defend himself against any threat.
He was the only person left in the Yashida family. Aiko wanted to take things serious and he had his own vision of making Kusari a better place and he was only 18 years old! He started a small company which provided transport services. He did allot of trade and made millions of credits. When he was 23 he was already one of the most rich people of Kusari. He also met an old friend who was leader of a mining company named the Cooperative Mining Brotherhood (CoMB).
They decided to merge the two companies but 4 months after they merged his friend died. So now he was leader not only from his transport company but also from a mining company. So he made more profits because the mining was free now. But suddenly he saw an independent miner in the field and that novice was a young lady. You have to know that not much women mined in those times.
She was labor intensive and very fast in what she did as miner. She was a bit younger then Aiko but that fell with it. Aiko had a crush on her but he had to move on. Aiko became hungry after all his work and decided to go to the bar of Java Station for some food and a good whiskey. But when all of a sudden that young lady arrives he offers her a drink and they go talking for some time. (The bar was a bit full) The first minutes it was fairly quiet because they were both too shy to say something. All of a sudden Aiko asked for her name and she said shy that her name was: “Tracy, Tracy Verburg.” Aiko said: “My name is Aiko, Aiko Yashida. Nice to meet you.” And then the conversation started. They talked about what they did the last few weeks. Aiko said he has done allot of commercial trade and that he has earned billions of credits for the Holding (CoMB and transport) and for the republic of Kusari.
Tracy said who she had seen the last few days. It was a pleasant talk when all of a sudden Tracy falls back on the word holding. She asked what kind of holding it is and what company’s the holding contains. But when Aiko want to explain how his holding works the alarm of Java Station sounds. The speakers are screaming that groups of outcasts are incoming. Just when the speakers are ready with their announcement a torpedo hits java station. Everyone in the bar is shocked but not hurt.
So everyone sprints to the hangar that was still intact and uses their fighters and bombers. The outcasts are in huge numbers and they have got 2 dreadnoughts that are approaching Java Station, they are only a few miles away from Java Station. If those vessels would come in range java would be completely destroyed.
The outcast has got allot of gunboats and bombers and the IMG has got allot of fighters and gunboats and 3 people have a battle cruiser under their control including Aiko Yashida. Some IMG’s are already in a big battle with the outcast bombers and gunboats. Some torpedo’s have already hit the hangar of Java Station. When Aiko and Tracy are entering the hangar Aiko saw that Tracy was crying. Aiko gave her a hug and he said: “we are going to win this together.” He started the engines of this battle cruiser and she the engines of her bomber. Just after they left the hangar, the hangar had been destroyed by an incoming mortar. A few minutes later they were engaged in the battle against the outcasts.
The IMG’s saw the dreadnoughts closing the distance between them and the remaining’s of java station. Aiko took the responsibility and said: “focus on the dreadnoughts!!!!!” The battle cruisers came closer to the dreadnoughts and opened fire on those vessels and absorbed the fire that was meant for java. The other fighters and bombers where fighting the other outcast pilots. The battle cruisers saw that they were driven back and that their shields have dropped a few times.
Aiko asked the reinforcements of the Kusari Naval Forces and some pilots that are working for the protection of the Yashida holding. A few moments later the reinforcements arrived. The KNF took 2 battleships and some destroyers, the other Yashida members took bombers and gunships. It was the biggest battle that the tau space has ever seen since then. Because the reinforcements of the KNF and Yashida the outcast could be attacked from 2 sides. So it was possible to destroy the outcast fleet and to drive the others back to their stone. The IMG’s watched to java and saw how much damage it got. Some parts were destroyed and others were burning.
Now the Battle was won they evacuated everybody to Tsushima depot to see if there was someone missing. There were some people of the KNF and Yashida missing. Aiko did not know if Tracy had survived, he did not see her since they left the hangar of Java. He was crying because of the loss of Yashida brothers. He was sitting on his knees and crying in the hangar of Tsushima depot. All of a sudden he received a kiss. It was Tracy, she had survived the battle.
The young transporter has found his girl and they were happy together. A few month later java has been rebuild and they have even build some additional sections. Tracy became the leader of the mining department of the Yashida Holding. Together they have founded some additional company’s for the holding: a political part (to affect the political situation where the holding is involved), The Kusari Defense Initiative (KDI) & a research department do develop new technologies for the republic of kusari.
Now they could earn more money to invest in the holding and in the research for the public good of Kusari. A few months later their son was born, his name in Nobus. He grew up and became a young and proud commandant of the 1st Yashida Squadron of the KDI. But after some months Aiko saw that the money did not flew like he thought it would flew.
They needed to develop a way to bring in more money. They came up with the plan to make a larger transport that would be able to carry 8 times more than a kusari train. The new transport needed to be strong and reliable. But it needed to be based on a kusari or IMG transport. After a few discussions they decided to use the shishangpangma as example for their transport. They rented a few architects to design signs that satisfied the whims of the Yashida leaders. When the design was approved, a prototype has been developed. After a few test the colossus has been approved and after 2 weeks were the childhood diseases eliminated.
Now it was operational and they could start with making allot of money. Now the profits were so high that Aiko could realize his plan to make kusari better and more advanced. Now the transport needed a name, but how do you name a transport? They decided to name it “Barge” after the family’s dog (they look a bit the same). Now the holding can realize to make new: trade lanes, jump gates, mooring fixtures and docking rings.
The barge has been used to transport allot of ore and sell it for allot of money to finance the research. A contract has been made with the Government of Kusari for further corporation. Now that the “Barge” has been approved and in use was there has been a production line founded to make more barges for further distribution. However the production still needs to be paid back in pieces.

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