A Question from Zelot

[Yaoquizque]

Write up a civil war for Kusari with the return of the Exiles and Kogen backed by Samura, Hogs, AFA and like half the KNF flipping over leaving Kishiro with KSP and only half the KNF while GMG and BD try to slow things down from a different front. A Samura backed Kogen army would outproduce a Kishiro led Kusari in warships, it would be an epic civil war. (bandit)

All fine and dandy. However, by reading this, i have the feeling you picture current KNF lead as being closely tied with Kishiro, just like the Empire era KNF used to be Samura private army.

This is kinda discarding the work we have made since 4.87. For the record, here is a text i wrote about KNF history in February tl&dr : last paragraph :

Imperial Era

321 After Settlement. While New Tokyo inhabitants were enjoying the night during the Sakura festival, a tragedy was about to unfold.
Mercenaries and soldiers were silently surrounding the Imperial palace, waiting for an order that would change Kusari for the worst.

The occupants were taken by surprise.The Shogun himself soon committed Seppuku. Yet, the glorious Imperial Guard couldn’t allow such an infamy to go unpunished. Fiercely lead by Kozue Okamura, they fought back the traitors of their lords and skilfully escaped the Imperial blockade.

Soon, they headed to the Galactic north, sharing a common will for revenge.
The now Samura backed Emperor had to face unrest and hostility, thus forcing him to reform Kusari military. Kusari Naval Forces were born.

That navy was loyal to the new imperial family, and therefore became the sworn enemies of the recently consecrated Blood Dragons.
While the line of conduct of the warrior caste didn’t change much between the reign of the two dynasties, Kusari Naval Forces depended exclusively on the Samura Keiretsu, which lead them to be used as a tool to protect the giant’s interests, just like the Hogosha.

The Emperor’s words were the undisputed truth. The Kaigun didn’t contest the decision to invade the house of Bretonia, nor did they rise against the decision to begin a conflict with the Gas Miner Guild.


Fall of the Empire and creation of the Republic of Kusari

Among the admiralty, a few officers were beginning to have reservations about the decisions made during the last years. One of them especially, the Admiral Takahashi, wasn’t seeing how the line taken was a benefit to Kusari as a whole.

More and more resources were engaged in a seemingly unending conflict in Seto. Meanwhile, the Emperor took the decision to open another front-line in Sigmas. Kusari core space was slowly deprived of the military resources needed to ensure the house’s protection, making the situation perilous.

After having consulted a few trusted subordinates, she took the decision not to follow the order given to send the remaining forces Kusari had at its disposal to Seto system, concerned about the future of Kusari as more and more reports were mentioning the gathering of powerful armadas in the Taus.

As things were escalating between the Gauls and the Taus forces, members of the Naval Forces decided to betray the Emperor Jien Kogen, busy overseeing the invasion of the planet Leeds himself at that time.

Taking advantage of his absence, they participated in a coup that lead to the creation of a Republic in Kusari, which soon sued for peace with Gallia in order to avoid the invasion of the outmatched house.


Republic of Kusari era

The Kusari Naval Forces, following the creation of the Republic, were in an severely weakened state, that allowed pirates and criminals to operate broadly in Kusari. Groups such as the Farmers Alliance, backed up by Samura, were also branded as Criminals by the emerging Republic, leading to unrest in Kyushu system.

While the Empire era Naval Forces had a close relation with Samura Keiretsu, the Republic era Naval Forces attempted to keep a multilateral relationship with the chief bodies of the two Keiretsus , thus releasing themselves from the influence and the political manoeuvres they used to suffer.

The house of Kusari warrior caste is slowly rising again in strength, freed from the leash that was restraining them in the past, and ready to battle for Kusari people welfare.

Would that be possible for KNF lead to have a say regarding the lore written about Kusari, pretty please?

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