The Arch Storm

[Shagohad]

One mind, one goal, one purpose...
Arael Kazuko

The Kakushi travels with the family. The time has come to differentiate between lies and the truth.



We sit on a lane and begin mandatory scans on licenses.






The amount of failure is appalling.




The gifts we bring.

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"THE HULL HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THE SCIENCE IS LEAKING OUT!"

[Akura]

One mind, one goal, one purpose...

Amy Masako

She left the home, searching for supplies and intel. A transport was found, they checked and lied,

IKN-Soburin: Halt Civilian vessels
IKN-Soburin: Where are you taking those refugees?
Cyrus-The-Virus: okinawa
IKN-Soburin: And where are they from?
Cyrus-The-Virus: tau
Cyrus-The-Virus: tau 31
IKN-Soburin: I'm getting scans of at least 150 known criminals
IKN-Soburin: On board that ship
IKN-Soburin: I demand you drop them, I will take them for questioning
Cyrus-The-Virus: sir it is refugeas
IKN-Soburin: If you refuse, you'll be considered and enemy of the house of Kusari
Cyrus-The-Virus: not criminals
IKN-Soburin: I am not asking citizen
Cyrus-The-Virus: oh no , im not
IKN-Soburin: Drop those 150 criminals
IKN-Soburin: This is your last chance, I will not ask again
Cyrus-The-Virus: im just doing trade
IKN-Soburin: Then drop the criminals!
Cyrus-The-Virus: one sec
IKN-Soburin: Understood
Cyrus-The-Virus: the refugees
IKN-Soburin: I am telling you that 150 of those refugees are criminals, known to the Kusari government
IKN-Soburin: Ignorance is no excuse
IKN-Soburin: The laws of Kusari state that harbouring known Criminals is an act of treason against the emperor's name
Cyrus_the_Virus: OK?
IKN-Soburin: Much appreciated citizen
IKN-Soburin: Safe travels
Cyrus_the_Virus: OK

She took them, ready for returning home.

Then there were two pirate transports, one stood out.

SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Oh, bugger. Cops!
IKN-Soburin: I'll pretend I didn't hear that criminal, make yourself scarce
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Right!
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Cyrus!
Cyrus_the_Virus: YES
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Time for you to pay the piper!
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: A million credits!
IKN-Soburin: Ahem
Cyrus_the_Virus: I JUST PAY
IKN-Soburin: Not scarce enough
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Pay again, bucko.
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Oops.
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: I thought you'd left.
Cyrus_the_Virus: OH COM ON
SGI-Unrelenting.Chimera: Guten tag, herr Cyrus.
IKN-Soburin: Last chance, cruise or burn criminal
Cyrus_the_Virus: Y WILL MAKE NO FROFIT
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: I was.. Right!
SGI-Unrelenting.Chimera: Okay Cyrus, here is the deal.
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Cyrus has, uh..
Cyrus_the_Virus: OK
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Cardamine!
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Blow him up!
Cyrus_the_Virus: IT STARTS AUTOMATIC
Cyrus_the_Virus: NOW
Cyrus_the_Virus: HOW DO I PAY
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: You don't. You're off the hook.
Cyrus_the_Virus: HA?
SGI-Unrelenting.Chimera: For excessive shouting.

The Yakuza took out the larger one, and chased the smaller one till it was almost destroyed.

SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Oh.
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: AAAIGH!
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: I surrender!
IKN-Soburin: Too little, too late I think
[|]-Y-Dragon's.Tooth: Stop your vessel!
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Just don't kill me!
[|]-Y-Dragon's.Tooth: Let the KNF deal with him. Let's leave, now Hayate.
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: P.. Prison?
IKN-Soburin: Much appreciated
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: I can't go to jail!
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Not with all those men- and women- deciding my arse isn't wide enough!
IKN-Soburin: You knew the risks when you took on this life of crime
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Fer chrissakes!
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: It's not my fault!
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: I was left with no other options!
IKN-Soburin: Hm, if you say so
IKN-Soburin: Tell me, who are the SGI?
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: We- well, we're the Sirian Guild of Interdiction. Fancy name for us who were forced out of corporations.
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: We take just enough to survive.
[|]-Y-Dragon's.Tooth: They are pirate rats, who attack lonely civilian targets.
[|]-Y-Dragon's.Tooth: Their punishment should be death!
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Ask the Kishiran who I.. Borrowed from earlier!
[|]-Y-Dragon's.Tail: Hideki, ease your emotions.
IKN-Soburin: I saw you extorting simple civilians, taking much more than required to live
IKN-Soburin: Does greed get the better of you?
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: He'll confirm that I take very little from my.. Clients.
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Uh.. Kurage something.
IKN-Soburin: Hm
Kishiro|Kurage.Noumiso: Hmmm?
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Him!
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: That Kishiro guy!
Kishiro|Kurage.Noumiso: What about me?
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Tell them, I'm not an unfair pirate!
IKN-Soburin: Not that it matters
Kishiro|Kurage.Noumiso: Well... it's true you're much 'nicer' than other pirates I've encountered.
[|]-Y-Dragon's.Tooth: Still against the law. Hai.
Kishiro|Kurage.Noumiso: You only charged me 100,000 ... but a pirate is still a pirate.
IKN-Soburin: You have broken imperial law and dishonoured our great emperor
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Yeah, yeah, but not enough to kill me!
IKN-Soburin: Come with me pirate, I will decide your fate
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Heck, even those violating prison mates are better than that.. And, alright. I'l with you.
IKN-Soburin: Follow, or I'll have you executed

The pirate followed, as Seiji arrived to support, it was weak and disabled, and it obeyed.

SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: On your tail.
IKN-Soburin: Right, stop here...
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: ~Gulp~ Isn't prison the other way..
IKN-Soburin: Your ship will be boarded, stand by
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: Right.
IKN-Soburin: *Captain Michiba steps into the cargohold, setting eyes on the crew of the Basilisk*
IKN-Soburin: *With her is two armed KNF soldiers*
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: ~Jake steps forward, pale and bloody-nosed~
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: "I'm the captain of this ship. I've got five crew in total."
IKN-Soburin: "Hm, so I see..."
IKN-Soburin: "Who are your contacts here in Kusari?"
IKN-Soburin: *She casually observes her surroundings as she inspects crates of cargo*
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: "Nobody. We were passing through to Shikoku, where we could use the Hacker and Rogue bases in Kepler."
IKN-Soburin: "So you are supported by foreign entities?"
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: "Yeah, we dump our loot on more organized groups."
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: "In return, we get food and fuel."
IKN-Soburin: "So you would say you walk freely amongst them?"
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: "Not at all. They view us as competition. But they accept our loot and then kick us out."
IKN-Soburin: "Hmm, I need you to do something for me..."
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: "What is that?"
Seiji.Akimoto: "Who's this one?"
IKN-Soburin: "I want you to show me..."
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: "Show you? We can get maps.."
IKN-Soburin: *Amy steps forward, ignoring the statement*
IKN-Soburin: *She raises her hand and the room goes dark for the five men, their minds touched by her charm*
IKN-Soburin: "You will be my eyes... I want you to show me your business..."
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: "Yes.. We'll take you.. Wherever you want.."
IKN-Soburin: *Amy indicates to one of her soldiers*
IKN-Soburin: "This one will stay with you, you will report everything to him, your shortcuts, your smuggling routes"
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: "We'll take him.. Thank you.."
IKN-Soburin: "In return, we will leave you be..."
IKN-Soburin: "You will tell no one about our arrangement, now go, do your work, we will be watching"
IKN-Soburin: *Amy steps back into the gunship docking port, leaving one of the soldiers behind*
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: ~The men acknoledge the soldier, and return to work~
IKN-Soburin: Seiji, move out, we have work to do
Seiji.Akimoto: Hai!
SGI-Freerange.Basilisk: We won't forget this! We'll give a full status update in twelve hours.
Seiji.Akimoto: Twelve hours... How efficient

The eyes are in place, intel will flow in... The following gifts were collected.

[Kubotan]

One mind, one goal, one purpose...
[color=#9977FF]Kazuki Dazai

[font=Palatino Linotype][color=#9966DD]Left the family to drift through the skies.

Saw the eyes of a samurai.



[color=#9966DD]My shell served well.

On lonely tracks a stranger was found.



Specimen were taken.

[Kubotan]

One mind, one goal, one purpose...
[color=#9977FF]Kazuki Dazai

[font=Palatino Linotype][color=#9966DD]Intruder near the Heaven's Gate.

Saw us.

The shell's knowledge must be removed.



[color=#9966DD]Take back ours.

[Ryummel]

[color=#CC33CC]One mind, one goal, one purpose...

[color=#9999FF]Kenjiro Tsuboki

They think they can torment 'us'. We proved they were wrong.
A vessel of the Order trespassed our territory. We were aided by the [font=Century Gothic]Kakushi and the Soburin.

The intruder tried to escape but its fate was already written...

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[Akura]

One mind, one goal, one purpose...

Takara Izumi

Tau-23 required cleansing, too many miners and protecters going about unpunished, exploiting our home...

We spooked the rock eaters, and struck out at their guard.

The mighty Freeport fell, the Guardian attacked and tore it apart. We disappeared before reinforcements could arrive.

[darkxy]

One mind, one goal, one purpose ...

Aquene Kinky

Once agan we have left the family masked as Naval Forces, and spreaded the wings through the beauty of Kusari. We encountered a trader that has agreed to us.

[color=#FFCCFF]Aquene-Kinky: Konnichiwa.
Katsura.Masako: This is Katsura Masako of the 113th Recon, I'm ordering you to stop your vessel immediately
Katsura.Masako: Comply now or be engaged with extreme prejudice
Katsura.Masako: Good
Seiji.Akimoto: Konnichiwa... 'Trader'?
[color=#000000]CAnt: konnishuwa
Katsura.Masako: A smugger it seems
Seiji.Akimoto: Hai.
CAnt: You so...ah..
Aquene-Kinky: Smuggling Wild life through Kusari space ? hai
Katsura.Masako: Well, this is a problem for you
CAnt: so wild!
Seiji.Akimoto: Working for ... Daumann?
Katsura.Masako: You've been caught with illegal goods, red handed
Seiji.Akimoto: Wild? What are you talkng about?
Aquene-Kinky: You got some issues, Rheinlander.
Aquene-Kinky: I dont find such a word as ''wild'' in my vocabulary.
Katsura.Masako: We're quite tame, I assure you
Aquene-Kinky: Hai, agreed.
CAnt: ots pleasure, gentlemens
Aquene-Kinky: So, care to elaborate the hell you're doing with the poor animals ?
Katsura.Masako: Smuggling wildlife is a very serious offence
CAnt: Its pets for Kusurians Zoo and kids
Katsura.Masako: Sure, I bet it is
Aquene-Kinky: Don't make me laugh.
CAnt: No, its true!
Seiji.Akimoto: We should take you to a zoo.
Katsura.Masako: Yeah, lets make him talk some more, then we can let him go
Katsura.Masako: We should, there is a nice zoo on Planet Kyushu
Katsura.Masako: Perhaps that is where you were taking them?
CAnt: Please letme go?
Seiji.Akimoto: Relax...
Katsura.Masako: We'll not right away
Aquene-Kinky: uhm ......
Katsura.Masako: You're clearly breaking the Laws of Kusari
CAnt: you ask me?
Aquene-Kinky: No, we tell you.
CAnt: im not really understand...
Seiji.Akimoto: Ah, you don't understand...
Katsura.Masako: So instead, you will take those poor animals to Planet Kyushu, there you will drop them off at the... zoo
Katsura.Masako: Can you understand that?
CAnt: Misters Kusurian i rally lagging
Seiji.Akimoto: Maybe I should draw it so you can understand it on a picture.
CAnt: now i see message Relax
Katsura.Masako: I'm not sure what that means, but you will follow our orders
Seiji.Akimoto: Heh, actually I'm the only 'mister' here.
Aquene-Kinky: Hai, we're out of patience 'ere.Do you fully understand what you have been told ? You will follow our orders.
Seiji.Akimoto: What a liar, his ping is acceptable
Aquene-Kinky: Dock on Planet Kyushu and release these poor animals at it's zoo.
CAnt: Ok, lady and gentlemes you wana what im now landing at planet?
Katsura.Masako: No, proceed to Planet Kyushu
CAnt: As you wish! Thank you!
Katsura.Masako: Land there and offload them
Seiji.Akimoto: are you calling me lady? *Humpf!*
CAnt: sorry
CAnt: im scared
Seiji.Akimoto: Do you need medical assistance?
Aquene-Kinky: Go now

[font=Agency FB]Vision Share

R3P0R1-A.M.-01-A.K.

[font=Agency FB]Terminated

Following gifts were deliverd to 'our' home:

(29)Scientists

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[Akura]

One mind, one goal, one purpose...

Amy Masako

Large Outcast forces invaded Kusari today. Amy took the IKN-Kakushi, and joined the battles alongside the allied forces.

There was no problem, we took no losses, slaying all the hostiles with ease.

[Sly]

One mind, one goal, one purpose...

[color=#FF99FF][font=Microsoft Sans Serif]

Ameline Ryoku

One had left the home of light. Path laid through land of plague, named 'Omicron Minor'.

One hid her presence, like a fallen leaf from the Kyushu's fiyal-tree. She could feel aura of home... Sanctuary was near.

Being was reassembled. One, under lead of IKN-Soburin went into shade of endless space...

Questions. Many questions, and the work of mind... Mind, which drives universe into deep hole of inexistence.

Being was calm. There was no retaliation.

[Nosferath]

One mind, one goal, one purpose...

Masaru Oshiro

Masaru's Last Binnacle

What's left for a person...
When there is nothing to achieve...?
When there is everything to win and nothing to lose...?
When you see no light among your race...?

Yesterday... the worst day of my life...
Today I met them. When I couldn't hold it any longer I told them how I felt.
My deception to the human kind, to the Kusari empire, to the army I was enlisted against my will.
They said I could be useful for a greater cause.
I asked them how, and they took me to Tohoku.
They told me the truth, they were of the Aoi Iseijin.
I had heard about them before.
I knew what was next.
They offered me a new chance.
I acepted the offering.

I'm not scared of what's going to happen next.
If I will survive or not, if I will remember or not my old self, I don't care.
I only know that, whatever happens, this is my last hour as a human being...
...
...

The bond has been made...

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