A story about Leonard Loopnar, currently captain of a Kusari Train 319, began 65 years ago, when he was born in Kepler system, on the station that is situated there. His parents were scientists, working mostly for Samura Industries, Zoners and Kishiro, the reason why mr. Loopnar feels more at home in Kusari space, although they were not Kusarians originally.
He entered the Kusari Flight Academy on New Tokyo when he was about 17 years old, against the wishes of his parents and grandparents, they wished him to become a scientist like themselves, because New Tokyo university, so they believe, was supposedly the best University in the whole Sirius sector.
He took several courses in physics and mechanics on the University, as those were the only subjects he was interested in, about science. There, he met a good friend and his lifelong coworker, Hasashi Haratai, an expert and doctor of chemistry and physics. After mr. Harati graduated and doctor Haratai graduated, they were both hired by Samura Industries. Loopnar was a freighter pilot, Harati was a young scientist working on artifacts that were brought from distant systems.
After several years and much good work that they've done, they've met a few new friends, which were also their co-workers. And as both Loopnar and Harati were promoted, they received a new ship - Kusari Liner, pride of Kusari Merchant Fleet. They were delivering merchandise between Liberty and Kusari for some time, and many times they were attacked by pirates, although sometimes barely escaping certain death.
Samura Industries pays them well, for the occasional research work that these two and the rest of their small crew does.