Kusari Liberation Army - Information - |KLA\

[Kusari Liberation Army]

I really like this writeup. I've been generally despondent seeing previous BD iterations that centred around trying to restore their own shogun/emperor. Like you mention in the FAQ, that's an easy pitfall to trip into due to the faction's obvious cultural aesthetics, even if those aesthetics do not inform their actual ideology.

That said, I am extremely confused by the placement of the Vagrants and Wendigos. That doesn't really strike me as an internally consistent placement, given the statements associated with the Wild and Nomads.

■ Presence of even one infectee in a network represents existential threat to entire structure. Exterminate with prejudice.

vs

■ Infectee component of Vagrant menace.
■ Little known beyond Atum incident reported by Order allies.
■ Research and intelligence work needed to ascertain nature and extent of infection.

Presumably the only information you'd reasonably have access to would be via the Order, and the Order certainly doesn't consider the Vagrants / Wendigos to be any less of a threat than any other variety of Nomad.

It just feels very artificial and forced, you know?

Also, it'd be useful to have an explicit statement on the LSF, given that story has them cultivating assets in / cooperation with the wider Blood Dragon movement to strike economic and military targets inside Kusari. Most recent example being attempts to prevent the development of Superconductor fabs at Nansei Research Complex.

You might also want to consider pulling back on the pi idents a fair bit, as it mashes up your diplomacy sections on regular sized screens.

Hi there. Thank you for the reply, and I appreciate the feedback greatly!

The placement of Vagrants and Wendigos where they are admittedly arises from a definitional preoccupation as to what the significant difference between "Hostile" and "At War" both mean. Here, it's interpreted as the difference between being declared an enemy in general, and actively conducting offensive operations against and seeking to destroy. Here, the only thing that really puts the Vagrants/Wendigos in the former category is their extreme distance and size compared to the overt, more immediate threat present in Tohoku and entrenched within Kusari's government and industry.

A more explicit statement on the LSF will be made depending on roleplay outcomes, though the KLA are extremely hesitant to jump on "enemy of my enemy" diplomacy due to the turbulent nature of House interests potentially putting them in Liberty's crosshairs some day in the future. At the end of the day, all Houses are seen as an existential threat to any successful socialist revolution, as determined by material analysis.

Will likely be widening the indents more, thank you for pointing that out.