Zane Kato (born Williams) was born to a poor family on planet Los Angeles, they moved from place to place in Liberty, trying to find their luck. Finally, his my parents fled to Kusari at his age of 8 to avoid the lower-class cleansing and dodge being thrown to Texas prison hellholes. He still bears the Kusari surname his family so proudly adopted.

Upon his parents passing he saved up for a used Ahodori The-Ship, took his training he gained from Hogosha smugglers that took him under their wing, and decided to take his business to Liberty. At first he was helping people as a freelancer, getting citizens their much needed medicines such as Nox, Cardamine, and soon became known as a person who can "get"things, from pharmaceuticals even to Ageira White Boxes.

All was good except for one issue - The Navy and LPI Kept throwing wrenches into his humble business, and when he single handedly saved Manhattan from a Coalition Battlecruiser without so much of a "Thank you" he's had enough.

He was approached by a group called The Rogues after his infamous exploits became widely known and decided to agree to join their ranks. They were fruitful several months - many a pirate run was achieved, he got back at the corrupts that threw wrenches in his business and even helped in a turf war against the competing LR- gang in big way.

The same issue started to creep in once more though - The Rogues and Zane never really trusted each other. He was wary of them from day one - so much so he never trusted them enough to even give them his name. And when The Rogue who asked him to join didn't seem to be around anymore the inevitable came eventually and he was asked to pack his bags and leave.

He even asked the competing gang if they want him, but that was a foolish endeavour from the start. When he looked back at all the times he kept mocking them relentlessly during his stay in The Rogues, and even how he was a key chess piece in their defeat in Texas, it was no wonder they told him "no", stating the reputation he has built up with those that bare the LR- insignia preceeds him.

He decided it is time he stood on his own two feet, to get our there, and start making a name for himself. And who knows - maybe, when the time comes, even get some like minded people to join The Liberty Raiders he so passionately founded.

Allies. Hard to get them. Even harder to find reliable ones. Especially for someone not afraid to go after his own path passoinately. Zane searched long, with an open mind. From the Shikoku Nebulae to the Vespucci exoticness, he searched and searched. And it was near the dark rugedness of the Velacruz planetary ring he just might have found what he was looking for

They call themselves The Insurgency and Zane caught them just as they were preparing a large millitary operation. He had little understanding of their plan... It involved

• An Undercover Operation
  
  
• A beacon
  
  
• A fake cry for help of undercover officers
  
  
• A gathering of a fleet
  
  
• And finally =>A surprise jump attack to ambush The Navy, in full starlight, in The Colorado system itself.
  

Zane was both impressed and puzzled - to this day the most advanced tactic he could think of is telling his pack to cut a tradelane away from sight to catch traders without being spotted instantly. Who the hell are these people? How did they manage to organize all this without their crew getting high, breaking their cover or running off after some women?

He wanted to know more, he wanted to learn, and to his surprise The Strangers let him join their impressive scheme and their jump ambush!

But when they actually jumped...

"WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO" Zane cried, as he stared turning his ship, expecting the Insurgents to follow suit - there was no way they would face a fleet like this in the wide open, was there? He was wrong, Zane was stunned by the calmness of his newfound allies. They acted as if this was just another sunday, and calmly proceeded to assault the large fleet without flinching an eye

Zane was overhelmed, he was never part of such a powerful fleet, not on his side anyways - and the daring thought crossed his mind: "can we...actually win this"? The roaring engines of war started churning

And then sure enough, the strange calm of his new found friends was justified, as, one by one, those that usually bully and chase Zane to the darkest corners of LIberty started feeling the taste of their own medicine

It wasn't long before they started falling like flies. First 46th|LNS-Ulysses crew met their maker

And then another...and another...one by one The Navy were falling like flies.

46th|LNS-Tomahawk, 46th|LNS-Lady.of.Leeds, LN-AGS|CV-"Justice",5th|LNS-Akhetaten all couldn't stand the power of the ambush. Zane's emotion turned from panic, to fear, to puzzlement to...Encouragement! He slowly started turning towards the heat of the battle, and to his bewilderment he even managed to have the last word agains the ship he fears the most - the terrifying Liberty Assault Battlecruiser

He felt a natural intoxitation he's never felt before, not even from Cardamine! He faced a large Navy fleet, moved straight at their might and walked away victorious! He was feeling ecstatic, mystified and anticipative of what this might mean for his future he failed to notice one of his impressive allies' vessels of war, INS-Oblivion received critical damage by the hand of one 46th|James,Reyna at the cost of both Reyna's ship and the Dreadnought Spire.

No matter what will happen next, Zane Kato knew he will remember this day for the rest of his life, and he knew that he wants nothing more than to call these intriguing Insurgents his allies one day, far beyond one (impressive operation).

Zane is not ordinary criminal, dark at heart and simple as your average Texas prison potato like the others. Afterall, he did start his journey trained by Hogosha, as a self-appointed hero of the people, a person who can...get things... He just grew disilusioned and happened to fall into the lifestile of The Rogues and Liberty Raiders. From time to time, he just loves to bring amusement in his life and to those of others, doing things out of the ordinary. Except when he doesn't that is.

Well, Zane found himself in one of those jovial moods today when he took his gunboat on a stroll in Shikoku, where he jumps off to as a treat from time to time to take a break from the Stress of Liberty and the frustrating blues. And sure anough, sooner or later, amusement came.


Zane is taking a break from liberty, yet a damn fart hauler appears from Universal of all things? This is not what Zane had in mind, alas, he decided to have some fun. Eager to be amused, he gave the poor soul who revealed to be named Olaf some choices, fully expecting to get some new material.

Alas, today was not Zane's day, as he met a pilot as boring as they come.

[] LR|CV-Whydah: *sighs*
[] LR|CV-Whydah: for real?
[] LR|CV-Whydah: You damn traders, no funny bone in ya *sighs*
[] Super-Transport: Olaf: I am not a funny guy

Zane, frustrated about it all, considered just shooting the boring Olaf to pieces out of spite anyways, but then he remembered...