Aoi Iseijin General Information and Place to cry your eyes out

[Ayem]

I've been away for a while, so I find myself slightly confused by level of rage found on these pages from both sides.

Roleplay and PVP.

In roleplay, the Aoi Iseijin are infiltrators and subverters. They attack surgically, and then withdraw. This is a generalization, sometimes it doesn't appear to work this way due to individual character and/or situation.

Why do the Aoi Iseijin use KNF technology?
In the beginning, there was Tekagi. He was a governer in the Kusari State. A portion of the Kusari Naval Forces were assigned to assist and protect him and his work (whether or not what he was doing was known, this was the end result). The levels of infection of these Kusari Naval Forces personnel are not clear, however after the defeat of Tekagi the great majority of uninfected would likely have retreated to the hub of Kusari territory to await new orders.
Some of the infected would remain to rebuild, others would return with the uninfected for recruitment.

Historically therefore, the Aoi Iseijin have access to Kusari Naval Forces technology.

Why do the Aoi Iseijin use non-KNF technology?
As stated before, the Aoi Iseijin infiltrate and subvert. Potential targets are identified and seduced (the Siren) or coerced into a state where they are unable to resist infection. The target is now infected and will act in the interests of the Aoi Iseijin because, of course, they now are Aoi Iseijin. Many of our character's back stories reflect this process. We have drawn the line however, at the infiltration of Kyoto and other Blood Dragon bases with the tacit understanding that the Blood Dragons have, in RP, the same scanning technologies of the Order, in RP, which allow the detection of nomad infestation in a host body. Blood Dragons therefore have to be infected on neutral ground, or after battles.

Non-Blood Dragon Kusari nationals may be more easily infected due to an inability to obtain advanced warning. The Aoi Iseijin seem like regular humans while infiltrating, because they act as such.

Why do the Aoi Iseijin use Infernos?
I've always been a little foggy on this one and would appreciate Dennis Jameson's input on the specifics, however as I understand it- it is because we have a special relationship with them. Outcasts (in vanilla rumours at least) worship the Nomads as Spirits, which guard the sacred resting place of deceased Outcasts. As the "earthly" representation of the Spirits, the Aoi Iseijin (and Das Wilde, though they are far more removed from Outcast space) might call on the Outcasts to provide military or strategic support and/or weapons technologies. With regards to the Inferno itself, I would recommend that the Aoi Iseijin place official requests to the Outcast command, and perhaps visit Alpha to re-establish a rapport. (I am guilty of not placing a request.)

Under Akura we had a political cooling towards the Outcasts that had something to do with the use of Cardamine, which I never fully understood. As a former long-term Outcast player I never had any trouble imagining strong ties between Outcasts and the hosts of the Nomads. Dennis Jameson has frequently questioned this special relationship in the past, taking particular exception to the line in the Outcast ID that does not allow Outcasts to fire on Nomads until fired upon. I back his arguments about removing that line, since it stifles certain kinds of RP that I would like to see more of from the Outcasts. (This is not a jab at RP-output from the Outcasts, I would just like them to be able to do something more than harass bloody miners and crazed pirates. They have so much more scope than that.)

Why do the Aoi Iseijin prefer Kusari Naval Forces destroyers and gunboats over Dragon destroyers and gunboats, or Ahoudaris?
The Arch originally housed a fleet of indeterminate size during Tekagi's occupation. The docking/construction/repair structures on the Arch reflect this. The technologies of these structures would, probably, be more competent at servicing a Kusari Naval Forces fleet than non-standardized ships. Dragon destroyers and gunboats are also, by evidence of their infocards, rare and fiercely protected. The Mandate.of.Heaven's introduction to the Aoi Iseijin fold (currently on deep exploration in the void beyond the galaxy, if I understand it correctly) was a coup of epic proportions. The Aoi Iseijin have only two Battleships in service, the Mandate (a Togo) and the 113th|IKN-Seiryuu (a KNF BS), since one is hunter and the other is trapper only one can currently be fielded in any one battle.

The Kusari Destroyer and Gunboat are small and maneuverable, without particularly heavy armour. This follows the philosophy of the Aoi Iseijin. These ships have smaller powerplants than most other capital craft, so their destructive power is somewhat limited despite their advanced weapons. I personally could do as well with a mix of general weaponry (BRs, Pulses, Ku turrets, Solaris, Mortars, etc.) as I can with the Nomad turrets. What I would lose is the colour, and the scream, of Nomad weapons.

The use of Nomad weapons vs. other
If there is a single reason I use Nomad weapons on these ships, it is for the scream. They are a uniform that says "Nomad/Wild" and people react accordingly. Whether on fighter, gunboat or destroyer, they set us apart. They say "alien".

We do not use Codenames on our Wild ID ships. Most other people do. Instead we use Nomad weapons. Which is better, the Nomad weapon or the Codename? The Nomad weapon does less damage, but is faster at 700m/s compared to a Codename's 600-650m/s. Nomad weapons may be more effective than most faction weaponry, but it is rare that I fight anyone not using Codenames.

To clarify:
Codenames are the "special" (bread and butter) weapons of humans.
Nomad lasers are the "special" (bread and butter) weapons of Nomads/Wild.

To address Mjolnir's question of why we don't use Nomad blasters and cannons. To answer, some of us do. I prefer 700m/s over the blaster/cannon's lower energy consumption. The damage disparity between the weapons is not very large.

Where are the SRPs for Aoi Iseijin ships of non-typical configuration?
For much of the Aoi Iseijin's existence, the SRP forum and function was locked.

Thank you for your time reading this rather long post. I hope it answers many of your questions. Please feel free to ask any others that it does not.

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