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Yukawa Shipyard
The Yukawa Shipyard is the primary ship construction facility for Kishiro. While Kishiro constructs ships for the commercial and civilian market, they have also become the chief supplier of ships and equipment to the Gas Mining Guild (GMG) and the Yukawa Shipyard operates around the clock to meet demand.
LOCATION: Honshu system
OWNER: Kishiro Technologies
CLASS: Chiba
GRAVITY: Partial
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 7K
Kansai Research Station
A technology incubator formed as a joint project between Kishiro and the Kusari Navy, Kansai Research Station is tasked with developing new shielding and scanning technology specifically designed to deal with the often treacherous conditions found inside the gas nebula scattered throughout Kusari space. The Kusari Navy maintains a close watch on Kansai and has deployed several automated weapons platforms nearby to guard against terrorist attack.
LOCATION: Honshu system
OWNER: Kishiro Technologies
CLASS: Mifune
GRAVITY: Complete
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 450
Planet Honshu
The first Kusari colony established after the settlement of New Tokyo, Honshu is mostly covered in water, with few sizable land masses. The first settlers struggled for several centuries before a catastrophic decline in ocean harvesting forced most of the inhabitants to turn their attentions to the nearby Crow Nebula and its bountiful gas resources. Over time the former Honshu settlers moved entirely into space and formed the Gas Mining Guild (GMG), all but abandoning their ancestral home. Honshu lay fallow until Kishiro selected the planet in 510 AS as the location for its main Optronics manufacturing facility.
LOCATION: Honshu system
OWNER: Kusari Police
DIAMETER: 15,201 km.
MASS: 6.12 x 10e24 kg.
TERRAIN: Archipelago
TEMPERATURE: -52°C to 40°C
ESCAPE VELOCITY: 12.02 km/sec
Aomori Station
Aomori Station is the major outpost of the Gas Mining Guild (GMG) in Kusari space. Initially built as an equipment depot for Honshu miners working the lucrative oceans of gas in the Crow Nebula, Aomori has been extensively expanded and renovated over the centuries. Once an exclusive agreement was signed with Samura in 330 AS for the distribution of Fuel, Aomori gained even greater importance as the main point of contact between the GMG and Samura. However, the GMG continues to assert its independence, and Aomori Station is considered sovereign GMG territory.
LOCATION: Honshu system
OWNER: Gas Miners Guild
CLASS: Akebono
GRAVITY: Complete
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 550
Akita Border Station
Akita Border Station is the primary enclave of the Kusari State Police in the Honshu system. It is tasked with interdicting pirates and smugglers entering Kusari space from the lawless Border Worlds through the Hiryo Cloud.
LOCATION: Honshu system
OWNER: Kusari Police
CLASS: Mifune
GRAVITY: Complete
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 100
Osaka Storage Facility
Constructed in 350 AS by Samura, the Osaka Storage Facility is the largest structure of its type in all of Sirius. Fuel shipments mined from the Crow Nebula by the Gas Mining Guild (GMG) are stored here until they can be transported to distribution points in the other colonies by foreign shipping companies.
LOCATION: Honshu system
OWNER: Samura Heavy Industries
CLASS: Akebono
GRAVITY: Partial
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Limited
POPULATION: 200
Rumours
Yukawa Shipyard
"Huge electrostatic fields must be created by a gas miner to attract the desired Deuterium and Helium-3 gas molecules into the collectors. Other gases such as Oxygen are often collected as byproducts. We use specially fabricated Superconductors built onsite to perform this task."
"The Fugaku was lost in a raid on the Kansai Research Center within the Hiyo Cloud. The fighter became entangled in the mine field during the attack, and the pilot was killed. It eventually drifted off into the cloud. No one has seen it since."
Kansai Research Station
"This is an ideal location for research away from prying eyes, unlike Nansei. The Kishiro scientists are also more creative and willing to take risks than their Samura counterparts."
Planet Honshu
"The Blood Dragons carry on their private war with Samura on the Trade Lane from Honshu to Yukawa. Samura is always issuing some distress call. They think we are their private security service. They forget that we must also guard Kishiro and the foreign shippers."
"Trade Lane patrols can get very tedious for a senior person like me, but they let me spend more time at home on Honshu with my family. They used to be safe, but that has recently changed. We were ambushed by Outcasts on a routine run to Akita yesterday. I lost my partner of 10 years in a flash."
Akita Border Station
"The GMG and Samura haul H-Fuel to Osaka past our lonely station. Kishiro, ALG and Republican are the other shippers using this area. Tokyo has said we must hold the line against the Edge World threat, yet reduces our strength on a regular basis."
"Sales of the Kusari Heavy Fighter are strictly regulated by the Kusari Naval Forces. They are exclusively sold at ship dealers on Kusari battleships."
"One day soon they will shut down Osaka, and many people like me will be forced to find work elsewhere. Hokkaido does not sound attractive to me. Maybe I'll join the rice farmers of Kyushu."
"I am under orders to not pursue Hogosha unless they have been caught stealing from storage depots. It is strange how rules are always changing with regards to the Hogosha. The GMG seems to dislike them very much, unlike former times."
Osaka Storage Facility
"The Blood Dragons have become bolder. They have attempted frontal assaults on Osaka in recent years. It would be a catastrophe if they were to start a chain-reaction explosion in the storage areas. We have strengthened the tank walls as a precaution."
"We have bought the GMG's gas at very reasonable prices for 400 years. Now they betray our trust and secretly negotiate with Kishiro. They will pay for this. Perhaps there will be fewer State Police available to patrol this system in the near future..."