Fate of Kusari

[Yaoquizque]

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How is the navy going to handle elements of its officers and sailors (cosmonauts?) that are still hostile to Gallia? I know that Captain Honda is going to be as vocal as her station permits that the GRN is still a threat that needs taking care of.

We already began to do some roleplay regarding the tensions existing within the KNF:
Admiralty

Some KNF reforms are about to happen, leading to the current Admiral of the fleet being replaced and a part of the Admiralty being fired / demoted, as a way to show Imperials attempts to fully control kusari naval forces again.
Some [KNF] members are also roleplaying as hardbass Republicans or Imperials; this difference in views and the grudges some people may have with the other side are pretty interesting.

I also invite you to check [KNF] faction status as well, containing some interesting stuffs :

Refoundation of Kusari Empire:

Following the end of the great civil war, Kusari Naval Forces found themselves facing an identity crisis, after the reintegration of this hardcore of war veterans that returned to House Kusari with the Emperor. Wounds caused by the war marked both sides and there is no doubt going beyond resentments towards the re-foundation of an indomitable military will be a challenging task.

Naval Forces' new political status and the preservation of its influence gained during the Republican era might as well cause difficulties within the higher spheres of power in Kusari. Only time will tell if Naval Forces will accept to return to a status of complete subordination to the Emperor and its backing Keiretsu, or will attempt to become an independent actor in House Kusari political game.

These difficulties will certainly be uneasy to resolve while Kusari has the necessity to repel internal enemies and to reform its military might, as the specter of war casts its shadow on the Sigmas.

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How is the navy going to handle elements of its officers and sailors (cosmonauts?) that are still hostile to Gallia? I know that Captain Honda is going to be as vocal as her station permits that the GRN is still a threat that needs taking care of.

And how does Gallia feel about openly hostile fleet elements being absorbed back into the KNF, presumably without any censure or consequences for attacking Gallic troops? Lots of lore has pointed to Kusari building up her forces in the last two decades, and after the upheavals following the war with Bretonia and then the war with Gallia, and the reform puppet-corporate-Gallic sympathizer government and the civil war, there must be some kind of outlet for that tension.

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So, I know this is pretty stream-of-consciousness and dispersed. Ultimately, my main question for you all to consider is what's going to happen with Kusari? What is Gallia going to do? [...]

I think neither Kusari nor Gallia have interest in starting a conflict. Kusari simply cannot afford it; There is domestic threats like the Blood Dragons uprising in Nagano to deal with, and the situation in Sigmas is escalating.
Gallia is busy in Bretonia and has to secure for good its advance there, while having to deal with the increased pressure enacted by Liberty. A war with Kusari would mean the creation of another front, forcing GRN to spread finer its assets. That could mean the end of spear heading operations against Bretonia and Liberty.

Then there is the economical factor... Both houses benefit greatly from the economical ties they formed with one another. A war with Kusari would also mean losing access to Rheinland market for Gallia.

I believe people advocating war would be suppressed by the new government and their military hierarchy. Kusari is simply not ready for that war. It may be preparing for it, but it would not happen any time soon, unless Gallia starts to bleed badly and Kusari views it as an opportunity to strike.

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[Durandal]

Speaking from a story dev perspective:

Conflict on any official state level is highly unlikely. That said, on the Kusari side I could definitely see rogue elements being a thing, probably mostly focused around Samura and the Kempeitai and likely operating out of Tottori.

On the Gallic side of things, I think we're probably going to see a paradigm shift from mutual respect and cooperation to a relationship based out of pure necessity. Gallia has no reason go trust the new Kusari regime, and they're unlikely to give them one either.

Both houses will have the their largest problems - and subsequently their attention - on opposite sides of Sirius, and that's going to mean a lot more breathing room for smaller factions that might want to throw a spanner in the gears.

[Enkidu]

Having Pro-Imperial, Pro-Democracy ships represented with alternative textureschemes nowadays is pretty fun as well. Makes the Kishiro/Samura split all the more meaningful/visible.

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I had deserted with all my KNF char when the exiles were founded. It is still a wierd thing to be a KNF member again, but I really dislike that new status. I have fougth with each char more against Gallia than against the KNF. In RP I try to play as a captain that has won the civil war (the IKN has won - Nagumo was shot and Tokyo was allmost taken) but now cannot figth against the Gallics that caused all that **** but stays loyal to the new Kusari. Me (also not my char) would prefer a Gallia-Kusari war. First of all there is the point of revenge. Second the emperor and the exiles/imperials were strongly supported by Bretonia, Colonial and the gallic Republic and were part of many important parts of the Bretonia - Gallia war. Exiles figthed at Leeds, Tau-31, Edinbrougth (or how ever the spelling is rigth) and even after Leeds was captured some Imperials (like me) often went back when on of the allies needed help like in London, Magellan or Tau 44. Now the civil war is over and Kusari is in peace with Gallia and have no support with all other enemies of Gallia?!
Also Kusari had always problems with activ players. I thougth the civil war would take more action and players to Kusari - but that work more less than well; but now there is no big reason to creat a new KNF - I mean there is no enemies left for Kusari. Rheinland lost many players after Liberty-Rheinland was over - I have not played my RM char for years very activ. The GMG-Rheinic war is not fair (GMG have gunboats and Rheinland all ship classes) and even the normal Freelancer background - that a small guild milita was able to crack a full house with the strongest or second strongest economey/military of Sirius is not realistic at all and is the weakest point in the Sirian History - sorry GMG players.
I have read about people saying the Kusari should go to war with Rheinland. Kusari and Rheinalnd are considerd to be friends and allies likly to Bretonia and Liberty. Kusari did not support GMG in 80 years war and I do not see a reason to do now. Also GMG has the potential to be a Kusarian enemy. They fight Samura (destroying of Osaka and capturing of Kurile), claim independence from Kusari and hold key systems that theoreticly could (should) belong more or less to Kusari like most Sigmas, larger aprts of Honshu and Okinawa. At least they are even working together with the Dragons.

There we come to the next point the BD. The BD are the commonwealth/hessians/mollies/council of Kusari but refered to them they are very weak. They have one of the worst Battleships in game that is rp-historical about 500 years old. The Dragons deserve a new a Battleship and a planet and a base in each system of Kusari but they have nothing. If you sum up most of BD population they have around 44k humans and that is very, very low - just Hessians (around 10k and that is also unrealistic compared with their miliatry ships and size and the point that they own a planet) and Mollies (7k) have less but the Mollies have lost a planet in history. The Commonwealth is not even 50 years old but has fine Battleships and a pop. of 130k! The is not fair and shows that the Dragons are very bad - especially for a organisation that is round about 500 years old. I would like to see the Dragons capture Nagano but that would be total unrealistic. Kusari may be damaged after the war, but they have a pop. about ~17.000.000.000. If Kusari would declare a compulsory military service for 0,1% they would have more troops than the Dragons have at all. Tell me how they should win? Imagine a war in the real world between PR-China and Portugale to get a picture - and the Dragons have even less than Portugale and Kusari even more than China. The Dragans chance were the civil war and they Nagano is still not fallen. Maybe the Dragons would be able to do something with massiv support from others like Malta - but the Dragons have no bigger fiends.

At least there are just two war senarios left.
First one: War with Bretonia, again. Well they have no border atm, so there is no need for.
Second War with Liberty (I guess that would be same to war with Bretonia and could include CR, Councile, and everyone else that is a enemy of royal Gallia). This could be imagine when the IKN had lost the civil war but they did not and I see no reason for the emperor and the diet to do that, especially for the ex-IKN after years of figthing with them against the GRN.

This were the reasons why there is no (big) war possible with anybody except the royal Gallia.
Now some reasons for this war that were not allready said here:
Kusari is weakend but not so much. After IKN and KNF are united they are respectable again. Gallia is still very strong but the lost of Tau 44 shows that they are not well protected in the Taus and the Gallic Border Worlds. Liberty and Bretonia hold larger parts of the royal Navy at Leeds and the Independent Worlds. Kusari would be perfect to close the caldron.
Gallia has no reason the keep friendly to Kusari now. The Republic was allways something like a friend to Gallia - some people would say the republic was a puppet regime. When Gallia is finished with Bretonia I would be logical for the King to change his view back to Kusari and conquere them now.

Of course their are also strong reasons to stay neutral at all for Kusari:
Kusari had two hard wars in the last 25 years and lost most parts of its forces and economy in them without getting any value from them.
Kusari needs time to become stabile again. The Second empire is young and - like the old republic - not very resisent agains another civil revolution yet.
Fear of losing everything when go to war with anybody - because everybody should be strong than the KNF now.
The economy is allready hit; a war is allways expensive and Kusari is probably in debt with a weakened economy. A war cannot fix that.
Annoying Dragons that cause some trouble. Not a strong reason but a reason.

I would prefer a Gallic-Kusari-war but I do not believe on it. I guess it does not happen and Kusari will go to RP-dead or there is a very stupid and extremely questionable war with someone else.