Ryukyu Base

Ryukyu Base

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Owner

Blood Dragons

Location

B-4/3, Tohoku

CLASS: Yosai

GRAVITY: Partial

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Limited

CREW: 290

When the Order learned of the subversion taking place around the Heaven's Gate, they contacted the Blood Dragons to discuss an alliance to counter this threat to humanity. The Blood Dragons agreed to assist the Order, realising the threat to mankind and the danger to their own people if the Nomads would be successful in taking over the leaders of Kusari. With funding and supplies smuggled in by the Order, they constructed a small outpost in Tohoku, from which they could spy on Heaven's Gate. The base also played a brief role in the Nomad Wars, when it became a staging area for the Blood Dragons while they prepared for an infiltration of Heaven's Gate to retrieve an important artifact called the Proteus Tome.

Ryukyu still keeps watch over the goings-on at Heaven's Gate. The Order still has agents aboard the station who coordinate actions between the Blood Dragons and Order forces in the Omicrons. The base also repairs and resupplies supply ships moving between Chugoku and the research outpost in Okinawa if they have come under attack.

Bribes & Missions Offered

Bribes

Blood Dragons

Missions

Blood Dragons The Order

Commodities

Imports

Commodity Price Robotics 30$ Ablative Armor Plating 104$ Black Market Munitions 176$ Hessian Tears 211$ Criminal Cells (Kusari) 5,921$ Energy Field Equipment 32$ Medical Equipment 74$ Molybdenum 197$ Detroit Light Arms 126$ Military Surplus 1,259$ Black Market Pharmaceuticals 164$ Abductees 974$ Hybrid Equipment 1,852$ Counterfeit Computerware 190$ Gold 229$ Wildcat Gold 258$ Silver 188$ Niobium 156$ Copper 180$ Oxygen 14$ Diamonds 183$ Food Rations 23$ H-Fuel 66$ Basic Alloy 32$ Mining Machinery 32$ Construction Machinery 49$ Pharmaceuticals 50$ Hull Panels 42$ Optronics 56$ Consumer Goods 45$ Engine Components 49$ Daumann Side Arms 107$ Gallic Enfer Blasters 147$ Black Market Blasters 189$ Black Market Light Arms 177$ Azurite Gas 134$ Xeno Relics 180$ Volgograd Ordinance 252$ Black Market Augments 104$ Iridium 205$ Platinum 179$ Synth Paste 48$ Aluminium 148$ Industrial Materials 37$ Munitions 54$ Xenobiotic Filters 65$

Exports

Commodity Price Deployable Mining Container 50,000$ Casualties 51,653$ Sake 41$ Water 16$ MOX 57$ Kemwer Technologies 198$

Ships sold

Ship	Class	Price
Tanto	Light Fighter	13,902$
Katana	Heavy Fighter	14,808$
Tachi	Very Heavy Fighter	23,329$
Nodachi	Bomber	66,376$
Yari	Freighter	21,266$

News

[831 AS] Jump Hole Upheaval Causes Chaos

HEISENBERG -- 831 AS -- Jump holes across Sirius have become increasingly volatile and chaotic over the last year, with Professor Sophia Nagel from the Heisenberg Research Station linking the unusual phenomena to the Pulse. The Pulse was an unprecedented blast of hyperspace energy that was detected immediately prior to last year's jump gate Blackout. Professor Nagel and her team are certain the Pulse originated from outside Sirius, but are otherwise no closer to identifying its source or mitigating a future Blackout event. "Following the Blackout, we began to see immediate signs of jump hole destabilization in multiple different regions, with many ultimately falling out of phase alignment altogether", she commented. The dramatic upending of Sirius' jump hole network has already prompted many groups to abandon stations and withdraw from systems that appear to risk being cut off. While months-long trips between the stars are possible thanks to the Liberty Engine and many centuries of innovation, few ships are designed or provisioned to make such arduous journeys. Those who were displaced by Sirius' redrawn map hope that system connections will return, while adventurers and explorers rush to discover new routes.

[801 AS] Nomads not yet vanquished

KYOTO -- 801 -- Following the abrupt end of Rheinland’s attack on Planet New Tokyo, Blood Dragon strike squadrons have continued to harass retreating Military units. During these operations, the Gunboat Brüssow was found drifting in Honshu. A boarding team discovered that the crew had been massacred by the captain, who they successfully vanquished after incurring heavy casualties. An autopsy revealed the Rheinland officer had been the host of a Nomad parasite -- the creature had not been killed following The Order’s recent victory, as we had previously believed. It is possible other Nomad infiltrators may remain intact, with dire consequences if they are allowed to reestablish themselves.

Rumors

Blood Dragons

The Order maintains a small presence on this base, to help coordinate their efforts to prevent the spread of the Nomads into Kusari. They've been forced to scale back operations after their main base on Toledo was annihilated, but still do what they can. In Kusari, we are usually the muscle behind their eyes. I've made a few runs as far as Honshu over Okinawa, to the new Hikone base in the south of the system. The route is safe enough until you leave the GMG controlled zone. After that, you can expect trouble. Farmers Alliance ships on the lookout for Synth Food ships, Kusari Police ships near the lane and gate, and Corsairs looking for easy targets. Luckily, that stretch of space isn't very long. The Nomad weapons are very powerful, so watch out if you come under attack. Their energy signature is unmistakable. However, their infested pilots are not as skillful as ours. Some of our scientists suggest that operating human-built ships is difficult for them - perhaps even unnatural. It's one of the few advantages we have against them. One of the simplest runs for me is the one between Okinawa and Chugoku. It passes straight by this base, which gives you a chance to make repairs if you got hit. Artifacts seized from the Hogosha are studied at Sendai, so we bring them there. We usually take H-Fuel back, which is easy enough to get in Okinawa. One of the riskier things to do as a freighter pilot is to join a raider flight tasked to seize specific cargo. Freighters are slower and less maneuverable, so they're usually the first ships being targeted by escorts. Still, sometimes we have little choice. The Blood Dragons do not have many ways to acquire specific supplies, so we must take as much as we can in a single, swift strike. Samura is a good, if unwilling, source. All of us know what we are up against. If there is no chance of rescue after your craft is disabled, Blood Dragon pilots will make the final sacrifice to prevent the enemy from subverting us. Naval Forces pilots do not have this devotion, so they often end up adding to the threat. It may seem barbaric, but we will destroy their lifepods if we cannot take them with us, to prevent that from happening. We see Golden Chrysantemum smugglers moving from Okinawa to Hokkaido every now and then. We cover them when we can, but once they leave the nebula they are very vulnerable until they reach the Hokkaido hole. Sadly, not all of them make it. Welcome to Ryukyu. It's not much to look at, but this is a very important outpost for us. It defends one of the paths into Chugoku, maintains the supply lines to Sendai, and keeps watch on the infested Heaven's Gate. The arrival of Sado has been both a blessing and a curse. While the Naval Forces patrols only actively seek us out, they have diverted the attention of the Nomad infestation in Heaven's Gate. This gives us more freedom to seize the initiative, to strike when and where we choose. The arrival of Battleship Sado complicates things for us. No doubt those Navy fools believe we're out to take Heaven's Gate for ourselves. While it would certainly be a grand victory for the Blood Dragons, we simply do not have the men to hold such a large facility, so attempting to seize it would be folly. Instead, these Navy fools come looking for us, and end up giving the Nomads more ships and men each day. I usually patrol the borders of the nebula. Rules of engagement are very simple in this system - anything that isn't a confirmed friendly, is to be dispatched immediately. I've been lucky so far. The infested Kusari on Heaven's Gate tend to probe the nebula, and when we meet their scouts, tough fights usually ensue. Our ships are more maneuverable, but theirs have stronger firepower. Surveillance and strikes on Heaven's Gate are one of the most dangerous tasks a Blood Dragon can be assigned to. We all know the threat the Nomads pose. They set the houses on eachother once already. With Samura rotting out the soul of Kusari, and the Nomads trying to rot out the body, it sometimes feels as if we are all that is left to defend our home.

The Order

The Blood Dragons descend from the imperial honor guard of the Hideyoshi dynasty. They take their heritage very seriously, and I must admit, I would be hard pressed to find a more honorable group in Kusari. I am proud to have them as allies. They were the only people in Kusari who recognized the threat the Nomads posed after the Kusari government outlawed us. The Nomad infestation in Heaven's Gate was never removed. With the Naval Forces fleet in ruins after the Nomad war, Kusari simply didn't have the means to sweep their outlying systems clean. It didn't help that Bretonia started to act agressively while Kusari was still rebuilding. I sometimes wonder if the Nomads still have agent in Bretonia that orchestrated the entire Tau conflict. I heared whispers of the Outcasts and Nomads cooperating in the deep Omicrons, usually against the Corsairs. If that is true, the implications are dire. The Outcasts have contacts throughout the colonies, and access to a wide range of resources. They could end up providing the Nomads with the one thing they lack: The resources to grow. If allowed to grow unchecked, the Nomad threat could regain it's strength in less then a decade.

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