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Sapporo Station
Constructed by Samura after the completion of the Jump Gate linking Hokkaido and New Tokyo, Sapporo Station was intended to act as a local base from which Samura could survey the surrounding systems for mineral resources. But with construction proceeding ahead on the Chugoku Gate and the resulting increase in terrorist activity, Samura has been persuaded by the Kusari Shogunate to also house officials from Deep Space Engineering and Universal Shipping while providing support for the Kusari State Police.
LOCATION: Hokkaido system
OWNER: Kusari Police
CLASS: Mifune
GRAVITY: Complete
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 200
Chugoku Gate Construction Site
The Chugoku Gate Construction Site is a DSE base in the Hokkaido system. It is found in sector 3D. The infocard does not provide details of the base, as it is temporary in nature and will be disassembled if/when the gate is completed.
LOCATION: Hokkaido system
OWNER: Deep Space Engineering
CHUGOKU GATE
Battleship Matsumoto
The Battleship Matsumoto is one of the newest, most advanced ships in the Kusari Navy. The ship has been deployed to the Hokkaido system to provide protection for crews involved in the construction of Jump Gates and to eliminate the presence of terrorist groups believed to be using the system for refuge.
LOCATION: Hokkaido system
OWNER: Kusari Naval Forces
CLASS: Genji
CREW: CLASSIFIED
ARMAMENT: CLASSIFIED
Rumours
Sapporo Station
"There are at least two Holes into this system: one comes from Kyushu, the other from Chugoku. Both are very well concealed in the clouds, where our sensors cannot pick them up. You know when you are close, though. The criminals become agitated and attack like a swarm of stinging insects."
"The Golden C. are the main problem in this part of the problem. Anyway, they like to attack the gas miners, or wait for supply ships to pass along the buoy route."
"One day Sapporo will be converted into a large complex, much like Osaka. Then we will be no longer needed, assuming that the Blood Dragon and GC is gone. I do not believe that day is coming soon."
"If this is the future of DSE Trade Lane projects, I want out. I'd rather see Liberty start letting other companies shoulder more of the physical risk. This is Kusari's little dirty war. We shouldn't be stuck in the middle of it."
Chugoku Gate Construction Site
"Those Samura people are always snooping around. We have to keep watchful and enforce LSF and company policy. No unauthorized personnel near the black boxes or anything marked PROPERTY OF AGEIRA. Those are the rules."
"I have no idea how they expect us to build the other side of this Gate in Chugoku. Then we'd be in the backyard of the Dragons. Can't imagine that they'd just give up. Bunch of craziness this project is. Lot of people killed and money spent for nothing."
Battleship Matsumoto
"None of us know why we are here. The government should withdraw behind the Gap and abandon the site. That would be much easier to defend than this hell hole. It is a matter of saving face for the bureaucrats in Tokyo that approved this project. They cannot admit their, or more likely, return the bribes they accepted from Samura."
"We must also patrol the navigation path to the construction area through the Unyo Cloud. The terrorists would destroy all the Deep Space convoys if we didn't. It is a tenuous balance in the northern end of Hokkaido."
"I'm not sure what they will do with Gate once it is abandoned. Billions of Kusari credits have already been expended. At the very least, it is a monument to the power that we have over the corrupt bureaucrats. They will support every whim and wish that we desire."