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AUTHOR: Nodoka Hanamura ENTRY NO.: 01-002 ENTRY TITLE: Culmination ENTRY DATE: August 2nd, 834 AS | 0000 Sirian Universal Coordinated Time ENTRY LOCALE: OCS Utsunomiya, The Barrier ENTRY TYPE: Audio Transcript with Reference data: I had Mercury, Jae-un and Shinta generate a new, revised ORBAT for the battlegroup. Condensing down, reconsolidating and even dissolving all of the commands and directorates we had under the original Ouroboros was not easy, but it was better than leaving it as is, with the various holes in the chain of command and overly complex nature that we no longer can maintain. Bride was not wrong when she said we were at a culmination point, but with this new structure, we should be able to maintain ourselves better than before. Sanzu DEVGRU, now that Akira is gone, has been passed to one Brett Kensington - a former LSF operative who left shortly after the Harmony incident and ended up in our ranks. Top of his class at West Point, and lacking a drive in life, he came to us for purpose. Some may wonder why we allow Gaijin in our ranks. In the end, Kusari's ancestor, even if it was overwhelmingly Japanese, was still a melting pot of smaller cultures coexisting with greater Japanese society. Christians whose presence in Japan was born of the Jesuits, Americans who grew tired of their homeland's political and social strife in the 21st century, even those who flocked here because of an infatuation and respect for our culture and society - as flawed as it was, burdened by a toxic work culture, neglected youth, aggressive conformity and unhealthy dependency and overvaluation of elders and age old codes of 'honor' that aged like milk. Kusari, unfortunately, did not learn that the Bushido Code - like any treatise on societal ideologies, such as Neo-Confucianism, should not be treated as absolute, and definitely should not be rigidly adhered to as society, culture and the world around it evolves. We were - as a nation, well on our way even under the hardening control of the Alliance, starting to eventually find the balance betwixt holding onto our past - whilst accepting change for the better - moving towards a more efficient, tolerant and open society.. but we all know who to blame for that coming to an end. We should not shun those who see Kusari's beauty and potential like we do. Who yearn for a house to make a home - not to make it more like they came from, no - but to make it a home they can feel proud of. Kensington has quite the responsibility ahead of him. I have yet to formally meet with him, but analyses of our reports and intelligence about him, shows he is quite literally, the best man we have for the role of special warfare. Kotetsu and Hakugyokurou have been downsized to battalion and Company-size commands, respectively, with the limited resources we have in regards to hardware, meaning we need to condense what functioning ships and mechanized/armored infantry we have into smaller elements, including a 'composite' marines, merging various units of varying types into a single company. We're not expecting to wage war anytime soon, at least, not to the scale of major battles with say, Kusari, or Liberty, but being fit for recon, boarding actions and vessel defense, this is more than sufficient. Kotetsu at large is about 3,000 strong, which is more fitting of a brigade-sized unit, but I feel that it's not deserving of that moniker, given about 25% of it is directly attached to the command as smaller units for maintenance and internal logistics roles. Hakugyokurou however, has been split into two seperate commands, unlike before, when diplomacy and logistics were under the same roof. Setsuna has been given command of Mizurashi Section, which will handle PAO/MISO/Diplomacy operations - with MISO handled in tandem with SANZU. Alexei meanwhile, has been given control over Hakugyokurou, which oversees maintenance at scale and logistics operations. Bride and Mercury estimate that in this configuration we're more capable to fend off threats to the battlegroup more reliably. Which, given what I've come to understand, we'll be swimming in hostile waters soon enough. We're going to go ahead with Bride's suggestion to work with Auxesia. I will reach out to Leviathan.. and test the waters with him. If he seems amicable enough.. once we are physically together again, I will float the idea to him - see if he would be willing to take us on as an independent command under Auxesia, much like the Prometheans, or what was done under the Harpies before they eventually entered our ranks. Once we are fit to do so.. maybe some odd years down the line.. we can take the fight to Kusari. Though I don't know, given Auxesia's apparent mingling with the KOI, what little I know of it, how that will go over. I am.. suffice to say, nervous. The future is uncertain, and I don't do well with uncertainty. What I do know.. is we aren't too far now from Tau-23. About 0.1ly. By my estimations.. we should be there slightly earlier than expected, with a time of entry into the system's Kuiper Line by no later than September 25th. Once there.. we'll enter into an idle orbit at the nearest solar lagrange point and plan how we're to get back to Inverness.. if things don't go south. She sighs. It is time for me to dive back into the fireworks. Here's hoping we all come out of it not worse for wear.. like we have now. ATTACHMENTS: NONE

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