This is a player faction. For the affiliated NPC faction, see Kishiro Technologies

Overview

Kishiro Technologies is one of the two great keiretsu of Kusari, a sprawling empire manufacturing goods from optical chips, engine components and gas miners, to high quality electronics for the day to day use of Kusari consumers. While not as politically well-connected as their primary competitor, Samura, Kishiro has instead focused its efforts on developing cutting-edge technology and is viewed as a progressive company, embracing change and innovation over the traditionalist views of the mostly conservative Samura controlled government.

Goals

Make sure the nation of Kusari has the latest and greatest technology available to them.

Prevent Samura from gaining a leading market.

History

Founded in 10AS by Katsuhiro Kishiro as a small research company, Kishiro won the approval of the Kusari Imperial Family through it's development of a genetically modified fish species optimized for life in New Tokyo's alien ocean waters and later, introducing a new strain of rice able to flourish in the harsh growing conditions found on New Tokyo. After renaming the company to Kishiro Technologies, Katsuhiro Kishiro embraced a progressive research environment for his company on the recently built Shinagawa Station that in 91AS, lead to breakthroughs in the mass production of quantum optronics using a common polymer base. This revolutionized the kusari economy, and Kishiro optical chips were included in almost every product on the market, from optronics to ships to jumpgates and tradelanes to common consumer electronics, including products made by it's rival Samura.

With it's lucrative production of optical chips, Kishiro left the food production market and expanded it's manufacturing capabilities establishing the Yukawa Shipyard within the nearby Honshu system for the manufacture of high quality engine components and construction of ships to be it's used in kishiro's own gas mining operations of the Crow Nebula due to the exclusive contract signed in 303AS between GMG and Samura over H-fuel exports. With the decline of Planet Hoshu's population due to massive food crisis Kishiro took advantage of the plummeting land prices, selecting the planet as the location for it's main optronics manufacturing facility, completing construction in 510AS and gaining further foothold in the Honshu system.

To combat the failing Honshu fisheries industry, Kishiro invited Liberty corporation Synth Foods to begin shipment of foods to Kusari, and allowed construction of a number of Synth Bio-domes upon Deshima Station. A controversial move that angered the Kusari Farmers Alliance, and further stressed diplomacy with Samura.

When the Sigma-19 system was discovered in 550AS, Kishiro was contacted by the GMG to jointly finance a jumpgate into the system, due to tensions arising with Samura pushing to renegotiate the current H-Fuel contract to a lower price. The jumpgate and the GMG gas miner Ogashawa would be constructed 100 years later, bring with it closer diplomatic ties between Kishiro and GMG and H-Fuel distribution rights for Kishiro, ending the Samura monopoly on the export of GMG H-Fuel. During the construction of the Sigma-19 jumpgate, Kishiro embarked on a number of projects of it's own. In 603AS construction of the Nago hydocarbon mining facility was completed, providing the raw matterials neccesary in the manufacture of Kishiro's quantum optronics.

As Kishiro Technologies continued to demonstrate innovative research, it was cited by the Kusari Naval Forces for the next Kusari reasearch facility. With the completion of Kansai Reserch Station, Kishiro started research into military hardware for the Emporer's fleets, putting Kishiro one step closer to gaining the lucrative Naval shipbuilding contracts held by it's rival Samura. As the 800th century's Nomad war ended, GMG and Samura relations worsened further, the Samura pushing fuel prices lower in order to fund their own gas mining operations. Kishiro was again contacted by the GMG regarding the construction of Kishiro's superior gas miners as well as H-fuel storage and distribution, this would end the contract between GMG and Samura and bring huge profits to both GMG and Kishiro due to the efficiency of Kishiro's new mining equipment. In 812 A.S. Yukiko Kishiro took over the position of C.E.O. of Kishiro Technologies from her father Makoto Kishiro. Although he was a brilliant man he had failed to exert the company to it's full potential. Thus began a period of restructuring that has endured for the last four years.

Following GMG's discovery of the Okinawa system in 812AS, a decision was made by GMG and Kishiro Technologies to begin full terraforming on the arctic planet Miura and funding the operation through a loan from Interspace Commerce. As the terraforming project started in 813AS, teams of GMG and Kishiro scientists uncovered abundant quantities of plutonium creating an immediate development of a plutonium mining operation. Despite the change in leadership of 812AS, Kishiro's once famed progress stagnated again, leading to the decision for a new board of directors to be put in change. Leading Kusari ecconomists are so far undecided whether this will bring about financial ruin to the once great company, or a new age of rapid expansion and progressive politics

Corporate Structure

Directors: Leaders of the Kishiro Technologies. All diplomacy decisions, punishment issues and routes are planned by these people

Senior Employees: Senior employees are players that have earned the trust of the Directors, either by their time spent in Kishiro, or by their ability to roleplay / lead convoys / contribute to Kishiro as whole. They enjoy bigger benefits of KT.

Employees: Regular employees, new recruits, people that enjoy standard benefits of KT Waiting for new recruits.

Used Ships

J20P - 21F "Drone" Kusari Freighter
K60P - 27T "Bumblebee" Kusari Transport
J90P - 54HT "Big Dragon" Kusari Transport
Kusari Container Transport
"Ryuujin" Class Kusari Train
SL-17 "Geisha" Kusari Luxury Transport (limited)
Kujira GT-1 "Whale" GMG Transport

Used Equipment

Civilian weapons
Code name prototype weapons
Kusari House weapons

Code of Conduct

All pilots shall obey the Discovery server rules.
Sanctions will not be tolerated, especially the notorious f1 rule. If it happens, make sure you explain it fast.
This is an RP server, use suitable role play, no out of character chat in system.
When in convoy, the leader is the key to survival. Make sure you obey him.
Employees will do nothing to harm Kishiro's reputation.
Weapons are for self-defense only, you should not fire a shot without being able to explain a valid reason behind it.

Bases

Shinagawa Station, New Tokyo

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Shinagawa Station

Shinagawa Station is the headquarters for Kishiro, one of the two largest keiretsu -- vast corporate networks -- in the Kusari Empire. While not as politically well-connected as their primary competitor, Samura, Kishiro has instead focused its efforts on developing cutting-edge technology. Its most notable breakthrough was in 91 AS when scientists working aboard Shinagawa perfected the mass production of Optical Chips using a common Polymer base. These Optical Chips have since become key components in everything from Optronics to ships to Jump Gates and Trade Lanes.creasing prosperity promises a brighter future for the entire California system.

Yukawa Shipyard, Honshu

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Yukawa Shipyard

Construction finished on Yukawa Shipyard in 118 A.S., and it is the primary shipbuilding facility for Kishiro Technologies. Large parts of the shipyard have been replaced, added to and upgraded over the years to keep up with technological developments, and many of the key manufacturing components such as hull panels come from Rheinland via an ALG contract set up with Kishiro.

While Yukawa mainly manufactures ships for the commercial and civilian markets, ever since the corporate agreements between Kishiro and the GMG were signed the vast majority of all GMG vessels are constructed at Yukawa and the shipyard works around the clock to meet the ever increasing demands.

Nago Station, Tau-29

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Nago Station

Constructed in 603 AS by Kishiro, Nago Station is one of Kishiro's primary sources for the Hydrocarbons needed to fabricate the Polymers used in Optical Chips. Optical Chip manufacturing is one of Kishiro's major business sectors, and Kishiro depends on a supply of Polymers to manufacture them. The station also houses a standing security force to repulse frequent attacks by pirates and protect its interests from interference by corporate rival Samura.

Isehara Terraforming Outpost, Okinawa

Isehara Terraforming Outpost

Isehara finished construction in 814 A.S., four months after the terraforming of Planet Miura was started, to handle the flow of goods to and from the planet, including the ore shipments that frequently make their way up from planet-side and the transports full of prisoners to work in the plutonium mines.

As the base of operations for the entire terraforming project on Planet Miura, quite a few Kishiro scientists, advisors, and even an unspecified number of former Planetform engineers hired for a huge sum are based onboard the station, with sophisticated tracking and weather satellite arrays to keep track of the planet's progress.

The station itself has a considerable security detachment from both Kishiro's personal forces and the Gas Miners Guild's own paramilitary squadrons, and the civilian transports that make their way to and from the base carrying supplies are generally considered relatively safe from hostile attacks.