Ozu's Legacy

[Ryummel]

29th April, 819 A.S.

Six hours had already passed when the module built by the logistics divisions of both the Order and the Blood Dragons was successfully connected to one of the docking bays found in the irradiated tunnel carved inside the Heaven's Gate. A couple of 'Big Dragon' transports moored in the module to unload a last batch of supplies to keep the facility as stable as possible in case any hostile actions was taken against it.

The Hideyoshi's Memory -a 'Kagutsuchi' cruiser- was floating close to the module, patrolling the area and making sure the supply convoys reached their destination safely, assisted by two wings of five 'Katana' fighters each which were escorting transports heading from the Arch to the Nampo cloud where Ryuku base was located. From time to time a wing of 'Nephthys' fighters aided them after entering Tohoku from the Omicron-92 shortcut, followed by a Hathor gunboat patrolling the surroundings.

Kazuo Akechi was standing still in front a the blast door. Behind it there was the pressurized hallway which could lead a small team into the dormant rock. He was supposed to wait for an Order marine squadron that would conduct a brief reconnaissance operation, intending to evaluate what kind of defenses -be it automated or sentient- would that part of the base have.

However, Akechi already received clear instructions from the head of the Shogunate before reaching the Arch. His mission wasn't reconnaissance at all, but retrieval.

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