Ryukyu Base

Ryukyu Base

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Owner

Blood Dragons

Location

B-4/3, Tohoku

CLASS: Yosai

GRAVITY: Partial

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Limited

CREW: 290

When the Order learned of the subversion taking place around the Heaven's Gate, they contacted the Blood Dragons to discuss an alliance to counter this threat to humanity. The Blood Dragons agreed to assist the Order, realising the threat to mankind and the danger to their own people if the Nomads would be successful in taking over the leaders of Kusari. With funding and supplies smuggled in by the Order, they constructed a small outpost in Tohoku, from which they could spy on Heaven's Gate. The base also played a brief role in the Nomad Wars, when it became a staging area for the Blood Dragons while they prepared for an infiltration of Heaven's Gate to retrieve an important artifact called the Proteus Tome.

Ryukyu still keeps watch over the goings-on at Heaven's Gate. The Order still has agents aboard the station who coordinate actions between the Blood Dragons and Order forces in the Omicrons. The base also repairs and resupplies supply ships moving between Chugoku and the research outpost in Okinawa if they have come under attack.

Bribes & Missions Offered

Bribes

Blood Dragons

Missions

Blood Dragons The Order

Commodities

Imports

Commodity Price Robotics 35$ Ablative Armor Plating 123$ Black Market Munitions 196$ Criminal Cells (Kusari) 5,966$ Energy Field Equipment 35$ Medical Equipment 78$ Detroit Light Arms 138$ Military Surplus 1,455$ Black Market Pharmaceuticals 176$ Abductees 1,004$ Hybrid Equipment 1,789$ Counterfeit Computerware 204$ Oxygen 15$ Food Rations 53$ Kyushu Rice 30$ Basic Alloy 34$ Mining Machinery 35$ Construction Machinery 54$ Pharmaceuticals 53$ Hull Panels 45$ Optronics 73$ Consumer Goods 47$ Engine Components 58$ Artifacts 228$ Consumer Goods 214$ Daumann Side Arms 127$ Gallic Enfer Blasters 158$ Black Market Blasters 198$ Black Market Light Arms 193$ Hangar Provisions 256$ Azurite Gas 135$ Xeno Relics 190$ Volgograd Ordinance 279$ APM Advanced Hardware 162$ Black Market Augments 125$ Synth Paste 57$ Industrial Materials 39$ Munitions 60$ Xenobiotic Filters 73$ Iron 49$ Alien Organisms 16$ Hessian Tears 266$ Molybdenum 247$ Gold 251$ Wildcat Gold 278$ Silver 233$ Niobium 194$ Copper 267$ Diamonds 242$ H-Fuel 92$ Iridium 261$ Platinum 192$ Aluminium 208$

Exports

Commodity Price Casualties 54,992$ Sake 44$ Water 17$ MOX 61$ Kemwer Technologies 195$

Ships sold

Ship	Class	Price
Tanto	Light Fighter	19,902$
Katana	Heavy Fighter	20,808$
Tachi	Very Heavy Fighter	23,329$
Nodachi	Bomber	66,376$
Yari	Freighter	21,266$

News

[835 AS] Kusari diet passes sweeping defense budget

NEW TOKYO -- 835 -- Kusari’s national diet has passed a sweeping defense budget, allocating significant additional funding to fleet readiness, modernization, and shipbuilding. This has included extensive military contracts for Kure, Yukawa, and Yokohama Shipyards, with Kishiro Technologies and Samura Industries both announcing record hiring programs in response. The new budget also ended the remaining reconstruction funding grants for Planet Kyushu, noting Governor Toho’s termination of the local state of emergency.

[835 AS] Fate of the Kappa crossroads uncertain

LIVADIA -- Travellers of the remote Omicrons have gathered anxiously aboard Corfu Station and Freeport 11 while awaiting news from Omicron Kappa. The Core infamously seized control over Planet Gammu in 832 AS, displacing the intelligent machines residing there. Now, these AI have reclaimed their territory, ejecting Core vessels from the system. Rumors whisper of an abnormal Core battleship leading an AI swarm of unprecedented size. Many fear what this development means for the strategically vital crossroads, through which goods from Omicron Delta must travel. The Zoners of Livadia have attempted to contact the enigmatic Gammusians to confirm their intentions, but have received no response.

[835 AS] Delta under siege as Zeta falls

ZETA -- Following recent clashes in Omicron Zeta, both the Core and Order were left bloodied and reeling. This appears to have been the opportunity the Nomads were waiting for, as a tide of alien vessels poured from the Pohnpei Nebula. Given the scale of the threat bearing down, both groups abandoned their outposts and retreated. Many were killed fighting to buy time for evacuation efforts, with the withdrawal largely succeeding thanks to the support of a rescue flotilla from Freeport 11. The Zoners came to the aid of both parties, arguing that the Nomad threat eclipsed any human dispute. Nomad ships have now begun to pour into Omicron Delta, intensifying raids on human stations.

[835 AS] Mu incursion repulsed

AKABAT -- 835 -- The Kusari invasion of Omicron Mu has been repulsed, after Order and Blood Dragon forces succeeded in destroying the Battleship Hakodate. The effort inflicted heavy casualties, with urgent rescue and recovery missions ongoing to identify survivors. Carthage has survived, suffering superficial damage from Chochinbi strikes. The situation in Omicron Zeta has proven to be untenable, however the Core offensive has stalled within the Yap Asteroid Field after large-scale infighting broke out across their fleet. Combat-ready survivors of the Mu theater are preparing to redeploy in an attempt to relieve Cairo Base.

[835 AS] Attack on two fronts

CARTHAGE -- 835 -- The Order has come under near-simultaneous attack on two fronts. The Core launched a large-scale assault in Omicron Zeta, while Kusari vessels attacked Omicron Mu from Tohoku. Akabat has ordered defenders to stop the Kusari fleet at all costs. Cairo Base in Omicron Zeta has been instructed to fight a delaying action, allowing much of its garrison to be redeployed to defeat the primary threat in detail. A call for aid has also been issued to the Blood Dragons of Ryukyu Base. The Battleship Hakodate is currently pushing towards the Carthage Capital Yards -- if Carthage falls, our mission will be critically jeopardized.

[835 AS] Galileo on the brink

GALILEO -- 835 -- Following an unspecified “security incident” in the Independent Worlds, military forces in Colorado and Shikoku have been ordered to high alert. Observers have raised alarms as the Liberty Navy and Kusari Naval Forces surge to their respective borders, warning of a heightened risk of “accidental escalation” in Galileo. Despite urgent calls for information from local system representatives, the governments of Kusari and Liberty remain tight lipped, other than confirming Manhattan and New Tokyo were in “active dialogue”. Both Houses have since put traffic controls in place, and are actively stopping and searching shipping entering their mutual borders.

[834 AS] Joint strike delays Tohoku threat

RYUKU -- 834 -- Blood Dragon scouts have given increasingly concerning reports about the activities at Ichigaya Drydock in Tohoku, where Kusari appears to be replicating Daam-K’vosh power relays. These are channeling energy from a large laser chamber mounted to the drydock structure, with intelligence suggesting the apparatus is the product of Xeno Relic reverse engineering. Unwilling to allow this technology to proliferate to unknown ends, the Order and Dragons have launched an assault into Tohoku and struck the Drydock facility. While this effort was not conclusive, the inflicted damage ensures Kusari’s timeline towards deployment has been significantly delayed.

[831 AS] Jump Hole Upheaval Causes Chaos

HEISENBERG -- 831 AS -- Jump holes across Sirius have become increasingly volatile and chaotic over the last year, with Professor Sophia Nagel from the Heisenberg Research Station linking the unusual phenomena to the Pulse. The Pulse was an unprecedented blast of hyperspace energy that was detected immediately prior to last year's Jump Gate Blackout. Professor Nagel and her team are certain the Pulse originated from outside Sirius, but are otherwise no closer to identifying its source or mitigating a future Blackout event. "Following the Blackout, we began to see immediate signs of jump hole destabilization in multiple different regions, with many ultimately falling out of phase alignment altogether", she commented. The dramatic upending of Sirius' jump hole network has already prompted many groups to abandon stations and withdraw from systems that appear to risk being cut off. While months-long trips between the stars are possible thanks to the Liberty Engine and many centuries of innovation, few ships are designed or provisioned to make such arduous journeys. Those who were displaced by Sirius' redrawn map hope that system connections will return, while adventurers and explorers rush to discover new routes.

[825 AS] Dragons excise rot in Tohoku

RYUKYU -- 825 -- The Dragons have struck a great victory in Tohoku by crippling the Battleship Sado and assassinating Teruhisa Yamazaki. It is possible Yamazaki was a Nomad Infiltrator, pulling the strings of the infamous Chochinbi division. Our informants notified us that Yamazaki was due to depart Heaven’s Gate for a private meeting with the KOI’s overall commander, Lord Tazuka. This could not be permitted. Our scouts had observed the Sado’s forces being sapped away to fight in the Sigmas, and it was below the Sado’s guns that we struck Yamazaki’s convoy. Despite losing many brave warriors, we are now one step closer to excising the rot that corrodes Kusari’s very soul.

[801 AS] Nomads not yet vanquished

KYOTO -- 801 -- Following the abrupt end of Rheinland’s attack on Planet New Tokyo, Blood Dragon strike squadrons have continued to harass retreating Military units. During these operations, the Gunboat Brüssow was found drifting in Honshu. A boarding team discovered that the crew had been massacred by the captain, who they successfully vanquished after incurring heavy casualties. An autopsy revealed the Rheinland officer had been the host of a Nomad parasite -- the creature had not been killed following The Order’s recent victory, as we had previously believed. It is possible other Nomad infiltrators may remain intact, with dire consequences if they are allowed to reestablish themselves.

Rumors

Blood Dragons

I usually patrol the borders of the nebula. Rules of engagement are very simple in this system - anything that isn't a confirmed friendly, is to be dispatched immediately. I've been lucky so far. The infested Kusari on Heaven's Gate tend to probe the nebula, and when we meet their scouts, tough fights usually ensue. Our ships are more maneuverable, but theirs have stronger firepower. All of us know what we are up against. If there is no chance of rescue after your craft is disabled, Blood Dragon pilots will make the final sacrifice to prevent the enemy from subverting us. Naval Forces pilots do not have this devotion, so they often end up adding to the threat. It may seem barbaric, but we will destroy their lifepods if we cannot take them with us, to prevent that from happening. We see Golden Chrysantemum smugglers moving from Okinawa to Hokkaido every now and then. We cover them when we can, but once they leave the nebula they are very vulnerable until they reach the Hokkaido hole. Sadly, not all of them make it. One of the simplest runs for me is the one between Okinawa and Chugoku. It passes straight by this base, which gives you a chance to make repairs if you got hit. Artifacts seized from the Hogosha are studied at Sendai, so we bring them there. We usually take H-Fuel back, which is easy enough to get in Okinawa. The arrival of Sado has been both a blessing and a curse. While the Naval Forces patrols only actively seek us out, they have diverted the attention of the Nomad infestation in Heaven's Gate. This gives us more freedom to seize the initiative, to strike when and where we choose. I've made a few runs as far as Honshu over Okinawa, to the new Hikone base in the south of the system. The route is safe enough until you leave the GMG controlled zone. After that, you can expect trouble. Farmers Alliance ships on the lookout for Synth Food ships, Kusari Police ships near the lane and gate, and Corsairs looking for easy targets. Luckily, that stretch of space isn't very long. The Order maintains a small presence on this base, to help coordinate their efforts to prevent the spread of the Nomads into Kusari. They've been forced to scale back operations after their main base on Toledo was annihilated, but still do what they can. In Kusari, we are usually the muscle behind their eyes. One of the riskier things to do as a freighter pilot is to join a raider flight tasked to seize specific cargo. Freighters are slower and less maneuverable, so they're usually the first ships being targeted by escorts. Still, sometimes we have little choice. The Blood Dragons do not have many ways to acquire specific supplies, so we must take as much as we can in a single, swift strike. Samura is a good, if unwilling, source. Welcome to Ryukyu. It's not much to look at, but this is a very important outpost for us. It defends one of the paths into Chugoku, maintains the supply lines to Sendai, and keeps watch on the infested Heaven's Gate. The Nomad weapons are very powerful, so watch out if you come under attack. Their energy signature is unmistakable. However, their infested pilots are not as skillful as ours. Some of our scientists suggest that operating human-built ships is difficult for them - perhaps even unnatural. It's one of the few advantages we have against them. Surveillance and strikes on Heaven's Gate are one of the most dangerous tasks a Blood Dragon can be assigned to. We all know the threat the Nomads pose. They set the houses on eachother once already. With Samura rotting out the soul of Kusari, and the Nomads trying to rot out the body, it sometimes feels as if we are all that is left to defend our home. The arrival of Battleship Sado complicates things for us. No doubt those Navy fools believe we're out to take Heaven's Gate for ourselves. While it would certainly be a grand victory for the Blood Dragons, we simply do not have the men to hold such a large facility, so attempting to seize it would be folly. Instead, these Navy fools come looking for us, and end up giving the Nomads more ships and men each day.

The Order

I heared whispers of the Outcasts and Nomads cooperating in the deep Omicrons, usually against the Corsairs. If that is true, the implications are dire. The Outcasts have contacts throughout the colonies, and access to a wide range of resources. They could end up providing the Nomads with the one thing they lack: The resources to grow. If allowed to grow unchecked, the Nomad threat could regain it's strength in less then a decade. The Blood Dragons descend from the imperial honor guard of the Hideyoshi dynasty. They take their heritage very seriously, and I must admit, I would be hard pressed to find a more honorable group in Kusari. I am proud to have them as allies. They were the only people in Kusari who recognized the threat the Nomads posed after the Kusari government outlawed us. The Nomad infestation in Heaven's Gate was never removed. With the Naval Forces fleet in ruins after the Nomad war, Kusari simply didn't have the means to sweep their outlying systems clean. It didn't help that Bretonia started to act agressively while Kusari was still rebuilding. I sometimes wonder if the Nomads still have agent in Bretonia that orchestrated the entire Tau conflict.