[b]Why you should join Samura:[/b]Samura is the pride of Kusari. A mega-corporation that controls 70% of the entire shipping market as well as dominates 4 of the 5 Kusari house system.
Samura is the tank on the Kusari market, while moving slowly it has the mass to crush everything that is stupid enough to get in it's way. Behind the public face of honour and tradition, the Samura leadership is plotting intrigues against the competition and willing allies with criminal elements which can assist in achieving Samuras goals. Both the Hogosha and the Farmers Alliance are covered by Samuras influence and protected from the hand of law while harming the competition.
Even though the next emperor will be chosen by Kishiro, Samura has dominated the Kusari politics for centuries ever since the Sakura-coup. There is no corporation in Sirius that can be compared to Samura when it comes down to political power. And even without having their own emperor on the thrown, Samura will still be too much part of Kusari to just play a minor role.
The ingame opportunities of Samura are vast. While the ship types are limited to non-capital ships like every other trading faction, those ship types can be used in every way possible. The backbone of our activity are the traders that are flying our goods from Kusari to all corners of Sirius - [b]if need be with a small transport provided to you by the faction for free[/b] ([i]this doesn't mean access to larger transports is limited. You are Free to buy one if you can afford one.[/i]). The official Samura player faction has even achieved a cease-fire with the corsairs and struck a deal that allows us to land on planet Crete in order to supply them with much needed food in exchange for Artifacts, which - contrary to other houses - Samura is allowed to legally transport and sell within Kusari space.
Another way to earn money as a Samura is to mine in the contested mining areas in Bretonia with a multiplier high enough to go in, fill a cargo hold and disappear before the enemies can rally a larger force.
Samura combat craft also has plenty to do. As archenemies of the Blood Dragons, there is the constant possibility for the bloodthirsty to fight them or one of the other non-allied criminal elements that tend to visit Kusari. Furthermore, you can as well engage in unlawful acts against multiple other credits-oriented factions if you like to play a shadier role within the company. The list of our victims includes the GMG, Synth Foods as well as the Bretonian corporations.
[b]Preferred ships[/b]: Kusari and siriuswide civilian ships. Most traders fly either Ryuujins, Akegatas or Titanics. Our escorts have access to the legendary Hogosha Black Dragon if they desire. Our Miners may fly any ships that is suitable to get something of value out of those stubborn rocks
[b]Minimum PvP[/b]: None. If you do not want to, there is no need to fight as a Samura. Even our escorts are trained to act as scouts. Fly ahead and report the position of any threat back to the convoy without getting into combat yourself. Only the mining escorts need to know how they can keep an enemy busy long enough until the player who is holding the ore has made it out of range.
If you however are eager to fight, be aware that you may need to go in against some of the strongest ships in the mod, often flown by experienced players. The Kusari shiplines are balanced against each other, so you might end up as a huge target surrounded by what seems to be little flies but can deliver a deadly punch. Those circumstances make the Black Dragon the ship of choice for those of us who want to stand up against the enemy while the others are running to safety.
[b]Who we don't look for:[/b] As a economic faction, Samura is willing to accept and teach players that are new to the server as long as said player is willing to learn and listen. If a player however is unwilling to accept advise, he's more likely to harm the faction than we can help him.
' Wrote:Go play the game, within the given limitations. That is how role play games are played. Not by trying to work around those limitations or whining about them.
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