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Background
Planet Kuriles location in the remote border system of sigma-17 makes it a very isolated place for its kusarian inhabitants. During its first years of operation samura made sure we had regular military patrols in sigma-17 to keep it safe enough to transport our harvested organisms to Junyo. But those days are long gone now, nowadays there are hardly any KNF patrols flying in the sigmas, it seems that samura is slowly loosing its influence with the shogunate. It looks that Kishiro is taking over and this wouldn't be a good thing for the people of Kurile. They will become more isolated from kusarian core systems and if samura looses its influence they will see a drop in their finances. This would mean that they would need to be more independent in their defence against raids from Outcast and Corsairs and still keep their factories running. Therefore the Kusarian people of Kurile are standing together to shape their own future. They hope that by the means of the Kurile Armed Covenant (or KAC for short) they will be able to sustain their way of life in the beautiful sigma-17 system. The only trinary-star system in the Sirius Sector.

There are some rumours that the people of Kurile have become somewhat depended on the organisms for their health. There are stories of people that left Kurile for a while and became sick when they returned they started feeling better again. Their hasnt been much research on this subject because the people of Kurile tend to be somewhat xenophobic in nature and dont like attention from outsiders. Some researchers on Atka say that those organisms on Kurile could have some similar effects on the people of Kurile as cardamine has on the outcast.

KAC has their base on planet Kurile, but they will also help out Atka Research Station if they fall under attack from corsairs or outcast pirates. Kurile get its medical and other supplies from Cryer Pharmaceuticals. They usually trade them for organisms on Atka. Cryer is preforming research on those organisms to find a substitute for cardamine, this will cripple the hold outcast has over Kusari, and that is what KAC wants most.
While their core system is Sigma-17, and their base of operations is on Planet Kurile, KAC also provides escorts for Samura traders transporting supplies to and from Kurile.
They dont operate to far from Sigma-17, when escorting samura or friendly traders; they tend to stay within a 3 system jump distance. If they would fly further away their enemies could make use of this and start raiding sigma-17. They do travel to other Kusarian systems but they tend to stay close to the sigmas.

Regular patrols are to be maintained in the following systems outside sigma-17:
Sigma-13, southeast of the system near the JH to sigma-17
Sigma-19, the entire system
Omicron-beta, care should be taken when entering this system, stay close to sigma-19 JH.
Omicron-Theta, Keep North of the system near the JH to sigma-17 (you may use Freeport 9 for repairs)
Munich, keep at the Northeast part of the system.

KAC Ships are advised to engage any Outcast, GC, Corsairs or Unioners ships or transports they come across, they are our main concern and if you find them in our patrol areas mentioned above youre free to take them down. Dont attack Blood dragns!! Try to stay clear from them and apologize if you disturbed them in their operations in sigma-13. We dont interfere with political matters and we see them as our Kusarian brethren sharing the same origins and problems, we both are far from our Kusarian home systems and are surrounded by enemies.

Ships are also advised to not venture into the southern half of the omicron-Theta system, to many ships get lost out there.

Overview:
paramilitary organisation defending and sustaining the people(kusarians) of Kurile.
ID: Samura ID
IFF: Samura
Tag:[KAC]
Allowed tech: Civilian ships (Kusari Civilian/military weapons are to be used, no GMG tech)

Diplomacy:
Allied
Samura
Kusari naval Forces
Kusari police forces
Farmer Alliance

Friendly
Kishiro
Cryer Pharmaceuticals
Zoners
Order
Republican Shipping (essential supplies for planet Kurile)
Orbital Spa and Cruise
Hogosha


Neutral
Blood Dragons (the KAC has no interest in politics)
GMG
Corsairs
All others

Hostile
Golden Chrysanthemums (allies of outcasts, this is the only real reason KAC doesnt like them)
Kusarian Wild (we have heard rumors and seen some strange readings on our scanners)
Outcasts
All Bretonian factions (Until war between Kusari and Bretonian ends)

Primary Ships
Try to use the Eagle line of civilian ships they are sold on Freeport 9, close to our home base. Kusarian transports are allowed to transport organisms and supplies for our home. Civilian Bombers are also allowed no GBs or any other capital ships are to be used. We simply dont have the capability or resources to maintain them.

Ranks
The KAC dont have ranks in its organisation, its still a small organisation they see no need for it.
While they arent related by bloodlines they still see each other as brothers and sisters.

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I'm curious what you all think about this faction idea. Its to quiet in the sigma-17 system at the moment and it has plenty of RP opportunities.

correct me if im wrong, but if i remember right then samura has been "financing" the coup which has thrown out the old shogun...

now that was centuries ago, but the Blood Dragons are the porgeny of the personal guard of the old shogun.
and if i read right then you will be on VERY good terms with samura, even when you stay out of this Centuries-old Civil War, then you shouldnt be friendly with the BD.
more like "we dont like you, but we dont shoot you either", as the BD will see friends of their enemy in you.

otherwise it sounds interesting to me

just my 0,02$

One point i would like to make about your diplomacy;

The Corsairs are on neutral-friendly terms with Kusari, especially Samura, so for a start we do not 'raid' any Kusari outposts or planets in the Sigmas, and on the other hand, you should not be shooting at any Corsairs in the Sigmas. So if you are neutral to the Hogosha because they have deals with the Corsairs, you may as well be neutral to Samura, who have shipped large ammounts of supplies to Crete, and by extent, the Kusari Government, who are pretty much in the pockets of Samura.


As a side note, we are also on non-hostile terms with Cryer, as we hope that they may someday begin producing synthetic Cardi, and in doing so destroy the Outcast economy.

Kurile was discovered by GMG and given to Samura (our partners at the time). There wasn't KNF patrols to there before and still not to this day. Back then GMG was the patroler. Naturally this protection is slack nowadays and most is done through Freelancers and Bounty Hunters that find much work in the area. We, GMG, are not about to have any house military patrol through our space anytime soon (which is why KNF is funfing Kishiro to make a Gate that connect Honshu to Kurile bypassing GMG space) so a group like yours (if sanctioned by Samura) would be handy for those on Kurile. Also note; Kurile has no appreciable population at all. It's just a single tiny platform on that water planet that's harvesting the AO's for pickup. I'd also like to add that there is a general Sigma defence agreement (been so quiet it hasn't been necessary) that covers the highway through 19, 17 and into Theta that involves GMG, OS&C, Cryer, Samura and Zoners. A simple communications channel for emergencies even if some in there doesn't see eye to eye (GMG - Samura).

Samura ID's and IFF'd ships friendly with Blood Dragons? Err, no. Samura is the #1 enemy of the Blood Dragons. You may try being uninvolved, but You may get a nasty surprise as far as their response to that is concerned.

And put Corsairs on neutral.

' Wrote:Samura ID's and IFF'd ships friendly with Blood Dragons? Err, no. Samura is the #1 enemy of the Blood Dragons. You may try being uninvolved, but You may get a nasty surprise as far as their response to that is concerned.

And put Corsairs on neutral.

What he said.

I suggest you change that before Friday get's to this thread.

First of all Id like to thank you all for your thoughts and I appreciate any help you can give me, to make this great storyline of Kurile alive. Kurile and sigma-17 has a lot of potential.
But I'd like to dispute some of remarks you made about Kurile.

Quote:One point i would like to make about your diplomacy;

The Corsairs are on neutral-friendly terms with Kusari, especially Samura, so for a start we do not 'raid' any Kusari outposts or planets in the Sigmas, and on the other hand, you should not be shooting at any Corsairs in the Sigmas. So if you are neutral to the Hogosha because they have deals with the Corsairs, you may as well be neutral to Samura, who have shipped large ammounts of supplies to Crete, and by extent, the Kusari Government, who are pretty much in the pockets of Samura.


As a side note, we are also on non-hostile terms with Cryer, as we hope that they may someday begin producing synthetic Cardi, and in doing so destroy the Outcast economy.

This is what they tell you when you get in the bar on planet Kurile.


What I make out of the rumours is that Corsair do attack shipments from Samura now and then, but that the people of Kurile have more problems with the outcast then they do with Corsair pilots. But I can make the corsairs neutral for KAC. The only thing is that Kurile offers plenty of Missions from Samura against Corsairs.
Keep in mind that Im also aware of the changes that are taking place in Kusari in the next version of the mod. Samura will loose its influence in the Kusari government. This would mean that Kurile will become more isolated from the rest of samura and its politics. As the rumours say the workers on Kurile already don't think of themselves as a real part of the Samura corporation.

Some other interesting rumours you read in the bar:

Quote:Kurile was discovered by GMG and given to Samura (our partners at the time). There wasn't KNF patrols to there before and still not to this day. Back then GMG was the patroler. Naturally this protection is slack nowadays and most is done through Freelancers and Bounty Hunters that find much work in the area. We, GMG, are not about to have any house military patrol through our space anytime soon (which is why KNF is funfing Kishiro to make a Gate that connect Honshu to Kurile bypassing GMG space) so a group like yours (if sanctioned by Samura) would be handy for those on Kurile. Also note; Kurile has no appreciable population at all. It's just a single tiny platform on that water planet that's harvesting the AO's for pickup. I'd also like to add that there is a general Sigma defence agreement (been so quiet it hasn't been necessary) that covers the highway through 19, 17 and into Theta that involves GMG, OS&C, Cryer, Samura and Zoners. A simple communications channel for emergencies even if some in there doesn't see eye to eye (GMG - Samura).

On Discovery Wiki they tell this about Kurile

Quote:Initially discovered by the Gas Mining Guild (GMG) in 620 AS, the planet Kurile exists in the heart of an astronomical anomaly -- a gravitational tidal pool that creates a clear zone in the middle of an otherwise treacherous nebula. The planet itself is entirely covered in water with a saline content so high that it is toxic to almost all known aquatic life elsewhere in Sirius. Despite this, Kurile possesses a single native life form, a microorganism that manages to thrive in its otherwise poisonous oceans. Samura eventually managed to construct a research platform on Kurile as part of an effort to harvest the microorganisms for use as fish food on Junyo -- an incredibly successful initiative.

They don't mention anything about GMG giving Kurile to Samura. What I make out of it is that Kurile was discovered by GMG, but they had no interest in the planets resources so they left it alone.
But if you got proof of this Id like to see it.
You're probably right about the KNF NPC patrols but I was mentioning the KNF chars that where patrolling on occasion in sigma 17 now and then a time ago.
Also the KAC is a paramilitary organisation it isnt part of the official KNF military and it exist of civilians that want to keep sigma 17 and primarily Kurile safe. They are defence forces they wont attack any GMG interests in the Sigma systems. Also Kurile does have a small population. there are a number of families living on the factories on planet Kurile. Why do you need a large population to fight for your family. The people of Kurile don't want to loose their way of life. You must know that even a small group of people can make a difference.

Quote:Samura ID's and IFF'd ships friendly with Blood Dragons? Err, no. Samura is the #1 enemy of the Blood Dragons. You may try being uninvolved, but You may get a nasty surprise as far as their response to that is concerned.

And put Corsairs on neutral.

Well I can make them neutral, but they are free to travel in sigma-17. KAC won't attack them and we are willing to help them out if they need repairs or medical supplies.

ID has been changed back to samura ID. I understand that Mercs can only operate with official contract from third party.
Any ideas or suggestions are still very welcome.

Hello sir, I am Dragon Leader, I have also been heavily involved with the GMG as Guild Master.

I would first like to take some time to address some points raised here:

1) Yes, the population of Kurile is low. I would also argue that it has been slowly growing over the centuries. I would dispute the population statistics of Kurile - because I dispute the population statistics of bases and planets in Discovery generally. They have not had a decent review for some time in my opinion.

2) Yes, Samura does indeed have something of an affinity towards the Corsairs. This affinity may not, however, be extended to the local Kurile Natives. Indeed it could easily be RPed that such natives are considered to be of low status - and thus targeted by the less scrupulous local pirates - of either Hispanic Faction. Why for that matter would passing Hogosha care for the troubles of a bunch of local peasants?


Overall,this idea does have its merits. There are a number of directions you could take this line of RP in. Here are my thoughts and suggestions:

1) "Small Potatoes"
Samura IFF, Independant Trader IDs

Small independant traders moving goods too and from Kurile. The local families have made enough money to start moving their own goods - and garnered a small export license to move organisms. This should be the foundation of a Kurile micro-economy.

2) "We Stand Apart"

Yes, there is indeed evidence to show that the local families of Kurile consider themselves to be apart from Samura, and Kusari in general. It is a natural consequence from being isolated for so long. In fact, this is exactly what happened to the GMG, who all started out as Kusari citizens.

This would make for complex and interesting RP. I could see the Kurile natives gaining a tension between remaining loyalty to their Samura masters, and a growing natural affinity for the nearby GMG and Zoners.

I could see the GMG wanting to make ties to the natives - not least to cause trouble for Samura!

3) "Persecution"

As I said earlier - I could easily see the Kurile Natives being treated poorly, or even harshly, by Samura and their cronies. Such treatment could lead to a greater thirst for freedom and independance. To the point of Vigilantes starting to appear!

A Kurile Vigilante could target just about anyone that might be seen to oppress the Natives. Pirates, passing Hogosha thugs, even Samura ships! It sounds crazy, but people could well be driven to do such things - especially if they are getting funded by meddlers like the GMG.

This would be a dangerous game! The nearest legal base without SRP would be Freeport 9 or Corfu - and the Vigilante ID would forbid you from hunting in Omicron Theta.

If this is too much - then a Freelancer acting as an escort is quite sufficient. There are any number of opportunities for trouble in the Sigmas and Kusari!




I personally consider Planet Kurile to be one of the great understated and under-used resources of Discovery. There is immense potential here, but it requires a gentle start - as this is a clean slate diplomatically. PM me if you would like to talk more...

Thank you for your interest in the possible kurile faction.

Quote:1) "Small Potatoes"
Samura IFF, Independent Trader IDs

Small independent traders moving goods too and from Kurile. The local families have made enough money to start moving their own goods - and garnered a small export license to move organisms. This should be the foundation of a Kurile micro-economy.

I like this idea of yours; it could be the first step in the development of a more independent Kurile.
It would be a good start for the KAC to begin with and in the future it could possibly develop further.
They should be transporting the organisms in small/medium transport ships, with or without fighter escorts. They could transport them to the New Berlin system, its not far from sigma-17 (only 2 systems away) and there is a station that offers good money for them. On the way back they could bring in supplies (robotic comp) from the Frankfurt system.

Friendship with GMG could develop in time but will be neutral at first. Because at the start of KACs formation most natives still have a relative neutral to good relation with samura. This will probably change when samura will loose its political influence in the upcoming shifts in the shogunates leadership.

sayonara to all, and I hopefully see you all soon.