This is Asano Yoshinaka, I served as Saito-samas XO aboard the Hakudo Maru.
It is to my great displeasure that I report that the Hakudo Maru did indeed engage a GMG battleship in Sigma 13, lost the engagement, and fled. The shame of this engagement was too much for the captain, to put it bluntly, he committed seppuku to atone for his momentary cowardice.
He does not regret the engagement, the dishonor and shame would have been worse had he allowed the GMG to go unchallenged, who insulted Saito-samas honor, by refusing to answer his questions, belittling him with threats to report him to the Kusari, he would not bear to hear such things from a gaijin.
He wrote a jisei before the act, which I will take the liberty of sharing with you.
With the autumn breeze
The sakura falls, between
The clashing of swords.
It will be long before the
Dust from its great fall settles.
I served as the late Saito Takeshis XO, and served him one last time as his kaishaku. His last act was to put me in command of the Hakudo Maru and I will honor his memory by continuing to serve Kusari.
