Clan Daimyo: Formally - Akemi "Homura" Ando, actually - no appointed Daimyo, power is focused in the hands of The Council.
While Asai Clan is considered a direct successor of all Augus assets and achievements - Clan Ando is Augus' successor by spirit, as it is being found by Homura, whom by the time happened to be Sakurai Augus closest ally - and her advisor on even the most sensitive matters, while also standing in command of Augus flagship, Kirishima, and reviewing the operations on Sendai.
The 'disappearance' of Daimyo Augus left Homura stranded, she simply vanished into shadows, once again reconsidering her plans - before taking her next step. Few months later, Akemi Ando gained her audience with The Shogun, where she encouraged the usage of NEMP payloads Sendai should've still had in possession to bolster the Dragon's efforts in Nagano, and moving her own assets there to ensure her initial plan succeeds, and no intrusion will mess up her plans, and she will soon walk into the gardens of Tomioka.
Meanwhile, Homura looked to systematize her efforts, give them a new course of action, and to act more directly.
Clan Ando have became an emphasis of those efforts, rallying the people under the banner of those who seek different view on their Home, and it's future as The Democratic Republic of Kusari.
As by now, the Clan is unrecognized by neither The Shogunate, neither other Clans, through it have already gained significant support from their neighbors in self-claimed Tau-44 system and are currently in process of negotiations with Natio Octavarium, Crayter Republic and Ouroboros about further collaboration and support.
Diplomatic affairs:
Allied
Cordial
Natio Octavarium
Ouroboros Revolutionary group
Neutral
The Hideyoshi Shogunate
The Watanabe Clan
The Minamoto Clan
The Kijima Clan
Crayter Republic
Auxesia Covenant
Kishiro
Battlegroup Scarabeus
The Order
Gas Miners Guild
Hostile
The Asai Clan
Gallic Corporations
Kusari Naval Forces
Kusari Police
At war
Samura
The Nomads
The Wild: Aoi Iseijin, Das Wilde, Hanta 313 Iseijin
Gallic Royal Navy
Short-term objectives:
Gain more supporters, both independent and within the ranks of the Blood Dragons.
Establish the Clan's permanent base of operations, establish the permanent supply contracts for the modular installation.
Establish the Clan's democratic model of society led by The Council.
Long-term objectives:
Establish The Democracy Republic as the new political system of Kusari.
Acquire the samples of new technologies and establish capapibilities of reproducing them within the Clan.
Liberate Sakurai Augus from her misery.
Clan Ando.
Overcoming the limits of imagination,
Shaping a better future beyond their sight.
(06-15-2018, 04:16 PM)Altzek Wrote: Why would some daimyo attempt to restore a liberal republic?
I thought the Blood Dragons wanted to keep Kusari feudalism and restore their own shogunate (that is: their military rule).
There are actually rumours in vanilla freelancer where the blood dragons are eyeing on progressive election candidates (suggesting that vanilla FL Kusari was not an absolute monarchy). This actually suggests that the Blood dragons are progressive themselves as well, especially since they are allied to the GMG who are allied to Kishiro Technologies, which is the more progressive of the two keiretsu corporations (Samura is known to be staunchly conservative).
The whole trope of feudalistic blood dragons came from Revengitair's Rising Sons of Kusari faction he started back in 2009-2010. They threw out progressivism in their ideology, becoming staunchly conservative themselves and wanting a return to the old shogunate system that the blood dragons descended from. This faction concept was very well received at the time and they ultimately became official and stayed official for a very long time as well. As a result, blood dragon RP had changed completely in DiscoveryFL. I remember the official blood dragon faction that existed before the Rising Sons, they represented vanilla blood dragons, who were the varying group of progressivists, dissidents and also staunchly conservative shogunists all meshed together. Rising son's was emphasizing the shogunist clique, it was well received, went on to become official and drastically changed blood dragon RP over time.
Furthermore, the Republic of Kusari existed between 818-825 A.S. I distinctly remember foreigners were not encouraged to enter Kusari (in keeping with vanilla Kusari's lore) before the Republic era. Since I returned last year, I have not heard a single person call me a "Gaijin" whenever I entered Kusari with a non-Kusari character.
Players have changed and evolved Kusari's RP. This player is merely attempting to do the same. The Republic has existed for 7 years. It is realistic to imagine that some Kusarians inRP may have preferred the Republic over the imperial absolutist government. I am not a blood dragon player myself, but the idea of a progressive blood dragon group is not entirely foreign to Kusari.
Source: Vanilla freelancer & Vanilla freelancer wiki (you can google it, it's not that hard to find an it has some of vanilla's rumours in it).
(06-15-2018, 04:16 PM)Altzek Wrote: Why would some daimyo attempt to restore a liberal republic?
I thought the Blood Dragons wanted to keep Kusari feudalism and restore their own shogunate (that is: their military rule).
There are actually rumours in vanilla freelancer where the blood dragons are eyeing on progressive election candidates (suggesting that vanilla FL Kusari was not an absolute monarchy). This actually suggests that the Blood dragons are progressive themselves as well, especially since they are allied to the GMG who are allied to Kishiro Technologies, which is the more progressive of the two keiretsu corporations (Samura is known to be staunchly conservative).
The whole trope of feudalistic blood dragons came from Revengitair's Rising Sons of Kusari faction he started back in 2009-2010. They threw out progressivism in their ideology, becoming staunchly conservative themselves and wanting a return to the old shogunate system that the blood dragons descended from. This faction concept was very well received at the time and they ultimately became official and stayed official for a very long time as well. As a result, blood dragon RP had changed completely in DiscoveryFL. I remember the official blood dragon faction that existed before the Rising Sons, they represented vanilla blood dragons, who were the varying group of progressivists, dissidents and also staunchly conservative shogunists all meshed together. Rising son's was emphasizing the shogunist clique, it was well received, went on to become official and drastically changed blood dragon RP over time.
Furthermore, the Republic of Kusari existed between 818-825 A.S. I distinctly remember foreigners were not encouraged to enter Kusari (in keeping with vanilla Kusari's lore) before the Republic era. Since I returned last year, I have not heard a single person call me a "Gaijin" whenever I entered Kusari with a non-Kusari character.
Players have changed and evolved Kusari's RP. This player is merely attempting to do the same. The Republic has existed for 7 years. It is realistic to imagine that some Kusarians inRP may have preferred the Republic over the imperial absolutist government. I am not a blood dragon player myself, but the idea of a progressive blood dragon group is not entirely foreign to Kusari.
Source: Vanilla freelancer & Vanilla freelancer wiki (you can google it, it's not that hard to find an it has some of vanilla's rumours in it).
Yes, there's a rumor in Kyoto in which one states that they expect their sympathetic candidates to sweep the polls at the next elections, but I don't think it means that the Dragons are progressive, merely that they're willing to use democratic means if it means having their own autocracy.
They wouldn't be the only ones in history, fascist parties have a history of electoral success.
Their alliances aren't really important, it's called pragmatism. Do you think that the Outcasts give a rat's arse about some thugs in Liberty? Of course they don't, but they buy their drug and sell it to the youth so they're allied.
Afaik the Dragons in vanilla are almost exclusively monarchists and traditionalists, the infocard of Kyoto mentions no progressive elements, only that they're attempting to restore the previous shogunate.
And, for the record, a shogun is a military dictator along the lines of Caesar.
(06-15-2018, 04:16 PM)Altzek Wrote: Why would some daimyo attempt to restore a liberal republic?
I thought the Blood Dragons wanted to keep Kusari feudalism and restore their own shogunate (that is: their military rule).
There are actually rumours in vanilla freelancer where the blood dragons are eyeing on progressive election candidates (suggesting that vanilla FL Kusari was not an absolute monarchy). This actually suggests that the Blood dragons are progressive themselves as well, especially since they are allied to the GMG who are allied to Kishiro Technologies, which is the more progressive of the two keiretsu corporations (Samura is known to be staunchly conservative).
The whole trope of feudalistic blood dragons came from Revengitair's Rising Sons of Kusari faction he started back in 2009-2010. They threw out progressivism in their ideology, becoming staunchly conservative themselves and wanting a return to the old shogunate system that the blood dragons descended from. This faction concept was very well received at the time and they ultimately became official and stayed official for a very long time as well. As a result, blood dragon RP had changed completely in DiscoveryFL. I remember the official blood dragon faction that existed before the Rising Sons, they represented vanilla blood dragons, who were the varying group of progressivists, dissidents and also staunchly conservative shogunists all meshed together. Rising son's was emphasizing the shogunist clique, it was well received, went on to become official and drastically changed blood dragon RP over time.
Furthermore, the Republic of Kusari existed between 818-825 A.S. I distinctly remember foreigners were not encouraged to enter Kusari (in keeping with vanilla Kusari's lore) before the Republic era. Since I returned last year, I have not heard a single person call me a "Gaijin" whenever I entered Kusari with a non-Kusari character.
Players have changed and evolved Kusari's RP. This player is merely attempting to do the same. The Republic has existed for 7 years. It is realistic to imagine that some Kusarians inRP may have preferred the Republic over the imperial absolutist government. I am not a blood dragon player myself, but the idea of a progressive blood dragon group is not entirely foreign to Kusari.
Source: Vanilla freelancer & Vanilla freelancer wiki (you can google it, it's not that hard to find an it has some of vanilla's rumours in it).
Yes, there's a rumor in Kyoto in which one states that they expect their sympathetic candidates to sweep the polls at the next elections, but I don't think it means that the Dragons are progressive, merely that they're willing to use democratic means if it means having their own autocracy.
They wouldn't be the only ones in history, fascist parties have a history of electoral success.
Their alliances aren't really important, it's called pragmatism. Do you think that the Outcasts give a rat's arse about some thugs in Liberty? Of course they don't, but they buy their drug and sell it to the youth so they're allied.
Afaik the Dragons in vanilla are almost exclusively monarchists and traditionalists, the infocard of Kyoto mentions no progressive elements, only that they're attempting to restore the previous shogunate.
And, for the record, a shogun is a military dictator along the lines of Caesar.
Such point of view is indeed justified - unless you admit that Dragons are not only composed of personalities that are born and raised on Kyoto, in the monarchic traditionalism of The Shogunate society. We should never turn down the opportunity of their ranks being composed of various defectors as well, who might have descended from Kusari society for different reasons.
As such fact is present - never turn down the possibility of people thinking different and being ambitious enough to go past words, to form some actual establishment based on their vision of the trouble and the way they supposedly might solve it.
Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
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May or may not be the case, but in that case I'd expect a liberal Dragon faction to be kind of composed of bad cadres from the momement. When the liberals are a clan, with a daimyo on top, it makes me think they're somehow from the old guard of the Dragons, from the one portion of the movement that's supposed to be the most ideologically rigid.
Not saying the faction's bad, I'd only argue the issue is with the "wording". A Dragon faction that calls itself a clan and has a formal daimyo while being committed to pluralism in its leadership (democratically-elected council being the actual power) and throughout Kusari isn't quite a clan. I'd call it an association, a society, an armed party even, and many other things, but not quite a clan in the traditional Japanese meaning of the word.
(06-15-2018, 06:29 PM)Altzek Wrote: May or may not be the case, but in that case I'd expect a liberal Dragon faction to be kind of composed of bad cadres from the momement. When the liberals are a clan, with a daimyo on top, it makes me think they're somehow from the old guard of the Dragons, from the one portion of the movement that's supposed to be the most ideologically rigid.
Not saying the faction's bad, I'd only argue the issue is with the "wording". A Dragon faction that calls itself a clan and has a formal daimyo while being committed to pluralism in its leadership (democratically-elected council being the actual power) isn't quite a clan. I'd call it an association, a society, an armed party even, and many other things, but not quite a clan in the traditional Japanese meaning of the word.
Surely liberals would be against that clan system and hence wouldn't actually form one?
(06-15-2018, 06:29 PM)Altzek Wrote: May or may not be the case, but in that case I'd expect a liberal Dragon faction to be kind of composed of bad cadres from the momement. When the liberals are a clan, with a daimyo on top, it makes me think they're somehow from the old guard of the Dragons, from the one portion of the movement that's supposed to be the most ideologically rigid.
Not saying the faction's bad, I'd only argue the issue is with the "wording". A Dragon faction that calls itself a clan and has a formal daimyo while being committed to pluralism in its leadership (democratically-elected council being the actual power) isn't quite a clan. I'd call it an association, a society, an armed party even, and many other things, but not quite a clan in the traditional Japanese meaning of the word.
Surely liberals would be against that clan system and hence wouldn't actually form one?
(06-15-2018, 06:29 PM)Altzek Wrote: May or may not be the case, but in that case I'd expect a liberal Dragon faction to be kind of composed of bad cadres from the momement. When the liberals are a clan, with a daimyo on top, it makes me think they're somehow from the old guard of the Dragons, from the one portion of the movement that's supposed to be the most ideologically rigid.
Not saying the faction's bad, I'd only argue the issue is with the "wording". A Dragon faction that calls itself a clan and has a formal daimyo while being committed to pluralism in its leadership (democratically-elected council being the actual power) isn't quite a clan. I'd call it an association, a society, an armed party even, and many other things, but not quite a clan in the traditional Japanese meaning of the word.
Surely liberals would be against that clan system and hence wouldn't actually form one?
I think that Clan Ando is a decent name. I understand it wouldn't really fit, but as a Quasi-Clan, it does. That and I don't have any ideas on what to give Zerotwo for a different one.
(06-15-2018, 06:29 PM)Altzek Wrote: May or may not be the case, but in that case I'd expect a liberal Dragon faction to be kind of composed of bad cadres from the momement. When the liberals are a clan, with a daimyo on top, it makes me think they're somehow from the old guard of the Dragons, from the one portion of the movement that's supposed to be the most ideologically rigid.
Not saying the faction's bad, I'd only argue the issue is with the "wording". A Dragon faction that calls itself a clan and has a formal daimyo while being committed to pluralism in its leadership (democratically-elected council being the actual power) isn't quite a clan. I'd call it an association, a society, an armed party even, and many other things, but not quite a clan in the traditional Japanese meaning of the word.
Surely liberals would be against that clan system and hence wouldn't actually form one?
I think that Clan Ando is a decent name. I understand it wouldn't really fit, but as a Quasi-Clan, it does. That and I don't have any ideas on what to give Zerotwo for a different one.
Not really about the name, I just think the liberal agenda would work better as a movement rather than a "clan" If you have other people interested in this approach you could get them to openly support the movement. I can't see liberal activists lining up to follow a clan a leader.
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