Kusari Naval Forces (player faction)

Kusari Naval Forces
Origin	Kusari
Affiliation	Kusari Naval Forces
Alignment	Lawful
Profile
Date of founding	unknown
Founder(s)	Akira (Sensou) - Harlequinn (DeLuna)
Current leader(s)	LoTeK_ (Hikaru Sulu)
Base of operations	Matsue Base, Hiroshima
Primary role
Defend Kusari space and the Emperor

This is a player faction. For the affiliated NPC faction, see Kusari Naval Forces

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The Kusari Naval Forces embody the spirit and passion of the Kusari emperor, their living god. They enable his will as poetry in the stars. Their traditions span the millenia and date back to old earth that was, when their ancestors lived as samurai.

History

(work in progress)

Ships and Identification

• Kusari Communications

Fighters, Bombers and Gunboats

J7P-3 Light Fighter J17P - 95 Very Heavy Fighter J50P-B3 Bomber Gunboat Kusari Gunboat

Support ships, and ships of Special Purpose

J90P-54HT Transport K7:P-19T Container Transport Prison ship Prison Liner T-833-GB Explorer

Heavy combat ships

Destroyer Kusari Destroyer Battleship Kusari Battleship

Identification

• Kusari Naval Forces ID
• Kusari Naval Forces IFF
• Kusari Naval Forces Tags:
  • [KNF] -- Applies to all military ships
  • [KNF-E] -- Applies to all Exploration Wing ships
  • [KNF-K] -- Applies to all Katana Bombers Wing ships
  • [KNF-IG] -- Applies to all Imperial Guard ships

Ranks

Ranks of Junior officers

海軍少尉 Kaigun Shōi (Ensign)

Recruit/Pilot, learn how the game is played in the KNF.

海軍中尉 Kaigun Chūi (Sub-Lieutenant)

Officer, have received commissioning scroll to act on behalf of the Emperor of Kusari, may join the KNF-K.

海軍大尉 Kaigun Daii (Lieutenant)

Officer.

Ranks of Senior officers

海軍少佐 Kaigun Shōsa (Lieutenant-Commander)

Officer, have received the captancy of a gunboat class ship.

海軍中佐 Kaigun Chūsa (Commander)

Officer, have received the captancy of a destroyer class ship, squadron leadership, can manage recruitment and training.

海軍大佐 Kaigun Daisa (Captain)

High Officer, can manage recruitment, training and may lead diplomatic meetings.

High Command Ranks

海軍少将 Kaigun Shōshō (Rear-Admiral)

High Officer, may have a seat in the Council of the Rising Suns, can manage recruitment, training, may lead diplomatic meetings and can grant special operations.

海軍中将 Kaigun Chūjō (Vice-Admiral)

High Officer, have a seat in the Council of the Rising Suns, can manage recruitment, training, may lead diplomatic meetings and can grant special operations.

海軍大将 Kaigun Taishō (Admiral)

High Officer, have a seat in the Council of the Rising Suns, can manage recruitment, training, may lead diplomatic meetings and can grant special operations, have the final word.

Diplomacy

External diplomacy can be found here.

Faction Relationship Kishiro Technologies Allied Samura Industries Allied Kusari State Police Allied Artisan Farmers Alliance Friendly The Black Dragon Society Friendly Gas Miner's Guild Friendly Temporary Autonomous Zoners Friendly Nature's Last Hope Neutral The Brotherhood Neutral The Benitez Family Neutral Independent Miners Guild Neutral The Angels Neutral Rheinland Military Neutral Liberty Navy Neutral Liberty Security Force Neutral Rheinland Corporations Neutral Liberty Corporations Neutral Bounty Hunters Guild Neutral Colonial Remnant Neutral Volksfront Neutral Landwirtrechtbewegung Neutral Alster Union Neutral

Faction Relationship The Order Unfriendly Red Hessian Army Unfriendly Junkers Unfriendly Black Sails Unfriendly Gallic Royal Navy Unfriendly Hellfire Legion Unfriendly Bretonia Corporations Hostile Liberty Rogues Hostile Outcast Guard Hostile Reapers of Sirius Hostile Molly Republic Hostile Lane Hackers Hostile Xeno Alliance Hostile The Phantom Empire Hostile Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army Hostile The Keepers Hostile Golden Chrysanthemums Hostile Blood Dragons Hostile Das Wilde Hostile Bretonia Police Authority Hostile Mandalorian Mercenaries At War Bretonia Armed Forces At War

Special wings

Kusari Naval Forces Exploration Wing

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The Kusari Naval Forces Exploration wing was created on the 8.3, 817 A.S by Chusa Yoshi Sabayai. The primary objective or role of the wing is to conduct expeditions and missions to improve and expand "Kusari's Horizons". The work of the KNF-E not only benefits the immediate KNF but also the Kusari people. Official documentation here.

Kusari Naval Forces Katana Bombers Wing

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The Kusari Naval Forces Katana Wing was introduced for the first time by Commodore Relden Mori as a defensive wing to help keep Kusari Space safe. With the retirement of Commodore Relden Mori and the recently developed Kusari bomber, the Katana Wing was absorbed by KNF and reviewed by Taishō Hikaru Sulu to became an elite well-trained, fast and deadly anti capital ship wing. Pilots in the KNF-K are strictly selected, subject to a very intense training and receive their medal directly from the Emperor himself. They are feared amongst our enemies and praised by our citizens as a living legend. Official documentation here.

Stellar Cartography

Home system: Hiroshima. While the Emperor resides in his castle on New Tokyo, his guardians watch over the Blue Lagoon from Hiroshima-having Honshu and New Tokyo both within arms' reach. Being a high security military restricted system Hiroshima is heavily defended by Naval Forces Guards and is considered inviolable space to all except Naval Forces, Samura Industries, State Police and Kishiro Technologies vessels. It is known the High Command rarely granted this privilege, providing a license, even to some civillian vessels under particular circumstances.

Zone of interest (ZOI)

• Hiroshima - Home System
• New Tokyo
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku
• Hokkaido
• Chugoku
• Tohoku
• Fukuoka
• Nagano
• Oita
• Galileo (within jump gate range)
• Kepler (within jump gate range)
• Sigma-13 (up to Gas Miner Naha)
• Sigma-19 (up to Gas Miner Ogashawa)
• Tau-23
• Tau-29
• Tau-31
• Dundee
• Leeds

KNF projects itself across Kusari; from Honshu to Tau-31 and from Hokkaido to Kepler, Galileo and Sigma-13.

In the western front the furthest KNF base is the Battleship Nagumo in Kyushu, however due to Imperial reaction to defend from the agressive Bretonian Armed Forces, the Kusari Naval Forces Battleship Nagasaki has been deployed near Holman Outpost in Tau-31. From this forward base the KNF ensure the Taus remain the fertile garden of Kusari that it always has been. Outcasts and Bretonians are dispatched with much zeal by our brave warriors in these sectors.

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Expeditionary Interests

Expeditionary interests War supply routes take Naval forces abroad through the Bretonian border worlds to Omega-49. The revolutionary scum residing in Chugoku can expect visits from the KNF as a matter of course. Tau-23 will also remain on the Emperor's agenda, where the KNF strike at the BMM base there. Anywhere there is Bretonian shipping interest, the KNF will disrupt it.

Discovery Frequencies

• Kusari Naval Forces High Command (Announcements and Fleet Communications)
• Kusari Naval Forces Action Reports (Reports of Incidents, Engagements, Smugglers, etc.)
• Kusari Naval Forces Dojo (Join KNF)
• Perfect Blossom Tea Room (Gathering place for KNF, Kusari Traders and Allies)
• Kusari Legal Codex (Kusari laws and criminals)
• Faction Feedback
• Faction Status Post (#16)

Faction Roleplay/Events

• Tau Convention Document
• KNFvsBAF Tau war engagements (Battle Slot #8)
• KNFvsBAF Tau war engagements (Battle Slot #15)
• Imperial Edict on Bounty Hunters
• Kusari Military Detains Traders!
• Kusari Naval Forces Katana Wing
• Kusari Naval Forces Exploration Wing
• Colonial Envoy to New Tokyo
• Celine Squadron
• The Lost Artifact #1
• The Lost Artifact #2
• To Liberty from the Kusari Consulate
• The Dogs of War - Nelson's Escape