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Battleship Nagumo

Battleship Nagumo guards the Tau-29 Jump Gate

The Battleship Nagumo is a Kusari Navy battleship currently operating in the Kyushu system. It was constructed in 723 A.S. as part of the recent Kusari emphasis on military development. The Nagumo was initially stationed in the Kyushu system as a strategic deterrent against criminal intrusion from the neighboring border worlds; however, its mission has since been expanded to include protecting the Nansei Research Complex and preventing incursions by Blood Dragons.

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MILITARY INTERCEPTS DRUG SHIPMENT: BATTLESHIP NAGUMO -- A Kusari Naval Forces patrol based on the Battleship Nagumo intercepted three Golden Chrysanthemum ships heading west through the north edge of the Ohka Dust Field. The three smugglers came back positive on Cardamine scans and did not respond when ordered to stop. The military patrol then engaged and destroyed the enemy; a large amount of the illegal drug was collected from the wreckage. Only one military craft was destroyed in the engagement.

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Kusari Naval Forces

"The Seiran Dust Field is the point of the Blood Dragons that enter the system. Our patrols have spotted them moving between there and the Okha Dust Field. We cannot interrogate the ones we capture as we would like to, so many of their strategies remain secrets."

"This ship is commissioned with keeping the nearby Border Worlds as free from piracy as possible. It is a daunting task, but we manage to kill and capture many of the worst of them. Still more try to slip into the system, but we halt that traffic also."

"The Golden Chrysanthemums might be our number one priority in this system, but it is the Blood Dragons who are the greatest threat to our physical safety. The Golden C. pilots are young and reckless; the Dragons are skilled and fearless."

"Our patrols in Tau-29 come up against Outcasts on occasion. We know they are the source of Cardamine, but they are not the problem for us. It is the women who smuggle it onto our system. Before the Golden C. there was no Cardamine problem in Kusari."

"Though some of their actions do get a little violent, the Farmers Alliance is not a real threat to Kusari society. Much of our time and resources would be wasted hunting down a paper tiger. The occasional accidental attack on Kishiro occurs, but for the most part they attack only Gaijin shipping."

"One of the greatest threats to Kusari is the spread of Cardamine abuse. The Golden Chrysanthemums have been smuggling Cardamine into Kusari through this system, and it must end. I have ordered all Golden Chrysanthemums to be summarily executed and given flight commanders a red pass on patrols in the Border Worlds and this system."

"The Shoki, part of a Blood Dragon raiding party in the Kyushu system, was intercepted and destroyed by the Kusari Naval Forces. Two of the three ships have been located and salvaged. The patrol leader's ship, the Shoki, remains at large. It is believed to be somewhere in the western Ohka Dust Field, which is difficult for the Blood Dragons to operate in, given its close proximity to the Nagumo."

Samura Heavy Industries

"I enjoy this assignment aboard the Nagumo. I am afforded the pleasure of seeing the worlds beyond Kusari, but in the safety of a battleship patrol. Yes, sometimes the pilots will take me with them on circuit sorties -- very exciting."

"All the basic supplies needed to run this base are brought here from Kyushu. The shipments also bring in mail; since many soldiers aboard the Nagumo are from the finest families planetside."

"The Nansei Research Center is protected by this battleship. It is a great responsibility protecting the best and brightest minds in Kusari. Someone must take the forefront of scientific research in Kusari, and that great task falls upon Samura's shoulders."

"Side Arms are given to every soldier aboard the ship. They supplied from relay bases in New Tokyo."

"The fusion chambers in this ship produces Toxic Waste, which we take to Yokohama. There we pick up the Mox and bring it back here to fuel the engines of this ship."

"This ship plays an important role in keeping the foreign criminals out of our beautiful system. Let them infest Shikoku if they must; Kyushu is ours. Personally, I wish that Kusari was still strictly isolationist. We could always transfer goods at our borders, but the government has grown lax."

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