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Shinjuku Station
Shinjuku Station is the corporate headquarters for Samura, the oldest of the keiretsu -- vast corporate networks -- in the Kusari Empire. The history of Samura is deeply intertwined with that of the Empire, and Samura maintains close ties with the Kusari Shogunate, its ruling governmental body. Samura holds key contracts for the construction of the Kusari Navy and terraforming in the Tau Border Worlds, and previously held the exclusive rights for the distribution of valuable resources produced by the Gas Mining Guild (GMG). However, because the agreement with the GMG has recently expired, Samura faces intense competition for the GMG's business from archrival Kishiro. Samura is also engaged in a protracted dispute with Synth Foods over the lucrative race to feed the ever expanding Kusari population.
OWNER: Samura Industries
SHIPS SOLD: none.
CLASS: Nobunaga
GRAVITY: Complete
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 3K
Kabukicho Depot
Headquarters for the Hogosha crime syndicate of Kusari. The Hogosha are a quasi-legal organization that ostensibly exists to promote the "welfare and prosperity of the Kusari people."
LOCATION: New Tokyo system (C5)
OWNER: Hogosha
CLASS: Musashi
GRAVITY: Complete
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: Unknown
Roppongi Station
In the early years of the Kusari Empire, foreign immigration was strictly controlled and permanent foreign settlements on New Tokyo were strictly forbidden. While the Kusari Shogunate was unwilling to bend these rules, it still accommodated foreign business interests by constructing Roppongi Station in orbit. Since that time, Roppongi has largely become home to elite expatriates from New York and New London who have long-term business to conduct in the system. The station is also a popular destination for New Tokyo youths wishing to sample its entertainment concourses. Interspace Commerce (IC) maintains an office on board to oversee its interests in the system.
LOCATION: New Tokyo system
OWNER: Interspace Commerce
CLASS: Akebono
GRAVITY: Complete
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 4K
Planet New Tokyo
Settled in 5 AS, New Tokyo is the capitol of the Kusari Empire and, with nearly two hundred million people clinging to its scattered islands, its most populous planet. Despite -- or perhaps because of -- this crowding, New Tokyo is a vibrant world with centuries of history and some of the most advanced technology in the colonies. It is a culture in transition, as bureaucrats and corporations wrestle with the best ways to manage the rapidly increasing pace of change. To accomplish this difficult task, the Kusari ruling body, the Shogunate, works closely with corporate keiretsu -- such as Samura and Kishiro -- to advance the interests of the Empire while safeguarding the heritage of the Kusari people.
DIAMETER: 14,802 km.
MASS: 6.01 x 10e24 kg.
TERRAIN: Archipelago
TEMPERATURE: -35°C to 39°C
ESCAPE VELOCITY: 12.01 km/sec
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.
LOCATION: New Tokyo system
OWNER: Kishiro Technologies
CLASS: Mifune
GRAVITY: Partial
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 2K
Narita Outpost
After Jump Gates linked New Tokyo with the other colonies, the Kusari Shogunate decided that the resulting influx of foreign traffic needed careful management. As a result, Narita Outpost was constructed to serve as the final destination for all shipments to New Tokyo and as a base of operations for the major foreign shipping firms, primarily Republican Shipping, Bowex, and Gateway Shipping.
LOCATION: New Tokyo system
OWNER: Kusari Police
CLASS: Mifune
GRAVITY: Partial
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 5K
Yokohama Shipyard
Constructed in 50 AS by Samura, Yokohama Shipyards was the first orbital construction facility built in Kusari. While Samura has been forced to cede the construction of gas transports and miners to archrival Kishiro, Yokohama still does a bustling business building large orbital habitats to house the overflowing New Tokyo population and servicing the ships of the Kusari Navy.
LOCATION: New Tokyo system
OWNER: Samura Heavy Industries
CLASS: Okinawa
GRAVITY: Partial
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 2K
POPULATION: 9K
Rumours
Shinjuku Station
"Samura is proud of our tradition as the builder and provider of Kusari. Our Food production units in Kusari and Junyo employ the latest technologies to produce top quality Foods that are more tuned to the sensitive Kusari palate than rough foreign imitations like Synth Paste."
"The Hogosha serve us well. By relieving our suppliers and competitors of extra Commodities in storage, we can keep our costs down and remain clear of suspicion. The occasional Hogosha gets caught, but that is the risk that they take. We will deny any knowledge of the arrangement if they are caught."
"This base serves as our corporate headquarters and research center for all Samura operations in the Sirius Sector. H-Fuel and Food are also distributed to various Samura bases in the field from here."
Roppongi Station
"The Chugoku Jump Gate project has not been insured or sanctioned by IC. We view the Hokkaido affair as a deliberate deception plotted by the Kusari government against its own people. They need an enemy such as the Blood Dragons to justify their enormous public expenditures incurred when opening up the Hokkaido system for Samura's personal gain."
"We are currently investigating rumoured Farmers Alliance links with Samura. The attacks on Synths Foods transports within Kusari are blatant acts by Samura to discourage foreign competitors who threaten their business. We will press criminal charges against Samura and refuse their use of Trade Lanes within Libertonian space if they are found guilty."
"The most troubling development in this sector is the growing strength of the Outcasts and Corsairs in Honshu and Sigma-13. The military seems distracted by the Blood Dragons, and the GMG is not capable of controlling these Edge Worlds pirates, who are far more vicious and cunning than the Imperial Rheinland Navy ever was."
Planet New Tokyo
"The youth of New Tokyo are developing dangerous habits. They prefer the taste of inferior foreign foods like Synth Paste to superior Kyushu brands. What little extra money they have goes into buying Libertonian Luxury Goods and smuggled Cardamine."
"Universal handles part of the Luxury Goods trade between Manhattan and Tokyo. It is a very competitive route, but there's room for three. We usually pick up Niobium for the return trip. If only we didn't have those dark Independent Worlds to cross, where the bandits are always waiting."
"Samura won't let us land on Yokohama, so we must deliver our Shinagawa produced Optical Chips here instead. For the same reason, we ship Engine Components here rather than complete the journey to Kyushu, which is effectively a Samura base."
"I just sold a shipment of Manhattan Luxury Goods for the spoiled brats of our Shibuya district. The trip from Liberty is tiring, given the threat of Xeno and Lane Hacker attacks. Then you must contend with those crazy Golden Chrysanthemum pirates, who would rather steal their designer clothes than buy them like a proper Kusari woman."
Shinagawa Station
"Those Hogosha are nothing but common thieves. Did you know that some of them are technically employees of Samura by day? In their "off-duty" hours they go and steal from Kishiro and any other competitor of Samura. This kind of behavior is what feeds the terrorists' justification for their actions."
"We see the Hokkaido campaign as a thinly veiled attempt by Samura to force the taxpayers of Kusari to pay for their access to new H-Fuel fields in the Crow Nebula in the name of fighting the threat of the Blood Dragons. The government has no intention of ever completing the Chugoku Gate. They will abandon it within the next few years, declaring victory over the evil terrorists."
"We are trying to decipher the Trade Lane and Jump Gate technology that Liberty has so closely guarded for many years. Spies tell us that they may have learned how to apply it directly to ships, thus allowing them to instantaneously jump from place to place in the universe without any need for static field generators."
Narita Outpost
"The Kusari government established this base to give foreign shippers from Rheinland and Bretonia a suitable location to trade their goods within New Tokyo space. Liberty corporations prefer to use the more accessible Roppongi Station above the planet."
"Narita is the transfer point for most foreign shippers in Kusari space. We sell our Optronics and Engine Components from Honshu here. We buy our Beryllium for the engine manufacturing center from Gateway. It would be less costly and faster if the government allowed them to ship directly to Honshu."
"The only reason Samura doesn't buy all of their Boron and High-Temperature Alloys from Mainz is to save more of their ships from being lost. The Corsairs and Outcasts have become quite troublesome in that system, and their seems to be little that GMG can do to control the problem."
Yokohama Shipyard
"We've had problems with stolen goods at Roppongi recently. I'd swear that the cargo container of Superconductors outside is the same one that was lifted from our storage depots a few weeks ago by some Hogosha."