Chapter 8: The Land Of The Rising Sun

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♦ Topic: A New Thread
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Bagrat (Original Poster) (Veteran Member) (The Guy in the Know)
Posted On Jul 21st 2010:
To everyone who has been hiding under a rock for the past several days, the PRT and other associates have been under constant attacks on the newly risen island of Kyushu. Because of the small number of capes sent to the island the warlord group known as the Hyakki Yagyō was able to quickly blitzkrieg many of the southern outposts the PRT had set up on the 17th. The following several days were a relentless siege upon remaining outposts.

Quick thinking by the PRT allowed them to resume communications (which had been jammed just prior to the first attacks) through the use of Thinkers and flares. Due to this they were able to set up quick response units and establish a line of defence against their attackers.

Unfortunately in spite of superior tactics (Seriously, the Hyakki Yagyō were apparently mostly using waves of infantry!) sheer numbers eventually forced the hand of the PRT. Today they made their official announcement that they were temporarily retreating from Kyushu in order to link up with elements of the U.S Army.

Speaking of which, that plan we've been hearing talks of in the halls of power? Yeah, they're doing it. A full five ships have been sent off to Okinawa in order to liberate it from the warlord Mizu. This will allow the Okinawa islands to serve as a staging ground for re-taking Kyushu from the villains. Apparently the current plan is for the forces of Kyushu to either wait for support or liberate an island themselves (depending on their own best judgement).

Naturally this retreat has sparked some controversy in both Japan and in the U.S itself. Many members of Japan have crowing about 'being proven right' because of this. In the U.S itself the fact that we had to retreat from a minor warlord state has been causing outrage towards the PRT, and many army branches have been trying to use this as an excuse to increase their funding at the PRT's expense.

What do all of your think?

For more information regarding the fight for Kyushu click [HERE]

For more information regarding the retreat from Kyushu click [HERE]

For information regarding the plan to liberate the Okinawa Islands click [HERE]

EDIT: So apparently some PRT higher up has given permission to share some body cam footage regarding some of the battles that happened in Kyushu. WARNING: this footage is not for the faint of heart and contains blood and some disturbing imagery, click [HERE] if you want to watch it. There is also another thread regarding the released footage [HERE]

EDIT: Uh, so apparently another group is now attacking the Hyakki Yagyō. I guess Mount Ooe really doesn't like the idea of a rival group getting access to New Fukuoka.

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►WhatTheDawg
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@WiggityWackityBoo
And I'm just saying that if Japan hadn't crippled the amount of forces we could have sent we wouldn't be in this problem to begin with!

►Naru Naru (Kyushu Survivor)
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
The Hyakki Yagyō being in control of the island might be the worst possible outcome! They're just as likely to burn the city down to have smores than they are to do something actually helpful!

Oh, and the PRT and America fucking off is the least surprising thing about this!

►Brutus (Not a dog)
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
Yeah, so I'm really not happy with this. I know lots of people who were always upset that we turned insular in the 1990's and left our allies out to dry.

Now it's happening again.

►Loyal
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@Brutus
I don't think anybody is happy with that, but what choice did they have? Blame those fuckers who attacked them, not the PRT.

►Hikotsu
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
Called it.

Of fucking course a Warlord was going to ruin this for the rest of us.

►WyrdReader
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@Naru Naru
Oi, we're planning on coming back!

►Naru Naru (Kyushu Survivor)
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@Naru Naru
If this was SO important then why are your reinforcements traveling by BOAT?!

Don't you have that teleporter Strider? Just ask him to teleport an army in!

You [The rest of this post has been removed for violating TOS guidelines]

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►Tin Mother (Moderator)
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@Naru Naru
Please stay civil, this is your second warning.

►RichieDooky
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
So how were those capes able to get to Kyushu undetected anyway? Do we even know?

►Iblis
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@RichieDooky
Stranger effect, teleportation, tinkertech, etc. It could have been done using a lot of things

►Procto the Unfortunate Tinker (Not a tinker)
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
Aren't those ships we sent the ones with a lot of experimental tinkertech attached to them? If they're going to be away from a U.S port for a while won't they start breaking down?

Or are the tinkers going with them?

►KookTheMook
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@Procto the Unfortunate Tinker
I can't imagine they wouldn't go with the ships.

I'm more interested in how quickly they're going to get there. The fastest a normal boat can get you to Japan from America is about ten days, right?

So how fast can those tinkertech boats go?

►Ricto (Wiki Warrior)
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
Uh, is it really smart for the government to be so open with their plans for Okinawa? What if Mizu hears about it? What if some other group interferes?

►Miss Mercury (Protectorate Employee)
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@Ricto
Any group powerful enough to interfere with us is also likely to have enough thinkers that they would already be aware of the general outlines of our plan. So hiding this information from the public is not to anyone's benefit.

►Worn
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@Ricto
Does Mizu even have an internet connection at this point? From what I've been able to dig up he hasn't let anyone enter or leave his island since he took it over in 2001. So the ibfrastructure may have decayed a lot by this point.

LOL imagine if it comes as a complete surprise.

KNOCK KNOCK "It's the United States Military!"

►Ekul
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
Seriously? We're pulling out? Didn't know the PRT was full of pussies.

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►Laotsunn (Kyushu Survivor)
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@Ekul
It's definitely disappointing, but I'm choosing to stay optimistic that Kyushu will eventually return to the fold of the Japanese Government.

I just hope the Hyakki Yagyō don't cause too much damage to New Fukuoka.

►DoorDash
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
Y'know it's a shame no reporters were allowed on the island. Yeah, I know it makes sense considering the city could have been the Machine Army 2.0 or whatever. But it also means we didn't really see the full situation that the PRT had to juggle with

►Enuma
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@DoorDash
Yeah, it's hard to judge how fair some of the critique we're throwing at the PRT is when we don't really have enough information.

But, good rule of thumb: if the PRT isn't saying anything then they've probably fucked up badly!

►Char
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
Oh! Holy hell! Guys, there's another thread where footage of some of the battles has been released!

[HERE!]

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♦ Topic: A New Thread
In: Boards ► Global
Reave (Original Poster) (Verified PRT Agent)
Posted On Jul 21st 2010:
Given the recent stir regarding the retreat from Kyushu, as well as some of the criticisms laid at the feet of the PRT, the higher ups have given me direct permission to release footage regarding Kyushu.

A lot of good men and women were injured and even died trying to defend Kyushu and I am admittedly disappointed that so many are choosing to slander them. Let this footage serve as our proof.

WARNING: This footage contains blood, death and other secnes that some might find disturbing. If you are not over 18 please do not click on these videos.

For Armsmaster's quick response footage click [HERE]

For Bastion's footage click [HERE]

For Rime footage click [HERE]

For various PRT trooper footage click [HERE]

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►Wooly
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
First!

Edit: Oh what the fuck.

►Laser Augment
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
I think I'm going to be sick.

►Quiet Enjoyer
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
Okay, those Case-53's are seriously freaky. The one that third trooper had to fight might genuinely be the worst fucking thing I've ever seen.

Never thought I would see a diseased bipedal rat in rags.

►UnderDaSea
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
...So those things are from another group, right? The city isn't actually making monsters, right?! Because I've actually met a few Case-53's and none of them were like that!

►WidowMeNot
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@Quiet Enjoyer
I guess the American Healthcare System ain't that bad after all!

►Quiet Enjoyer
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@WidowMeNot
...What does that have to do with what I said?

►WidowMeNot
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@Quiet Enjoyer
I'm trying to cope with bad jokes, leave me alone.

►ArmsFan
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
Armsmaster content!

Did you see how he jousted one of those things into a wall?! What a legend!

►AKA (Kyushu Survivor)
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
I am significantly more worried for New Fukoka now, thanks so much for that.

►Ekul
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
Okay, maybe they're not total pansies.

►Brioche
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@Ekul
Y'think? If I was there I would've ran on the first day!

►bothad
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
So why does the sound for Bastion's footage keep cutting at random times?

One moment Bastion is giving an epic dressing down to this freaky clown thing and the next he gets cut off. Bullshit!

►Xyloloup
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@bothad
Yeah, it's pretty weird. Maybe his body cam was damaged?

►RidleyViper
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
Jesus Rime is on fire in those videos!

►Dawgsmiles (Veteran Member)
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
I think I'm going to have to lie down for a while after seeing those videos.

►Coyote-C
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
You know I wonder what the creators of New Fukuoka are thinking of all of this. I bet they didn't expect war in the streets.

►Quackity (Verified PRT Agent)
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
@Coyote-C
No, they likely didn't. I have no doubt whatever group restored Kyushu had nothing but good intentions. But good intentions alone don't amount to much, and can quickly lead to chaos. This is why the PRT offers structure and support to its tinkers, as it allows them to make more informed decisions.

►ArmsFan
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
Forget that! Did you see Armsmaster take down that snake thing! He completely destroyed it, it didn't stand a chance!

GO ARMSMASTER, GO!

►WeirdoMan (Not a cape)
Replied On Jul 21st 2010:
Despite the saddening conclusion, it seems apparent that the PRT and its fellow forces of justice fought with everything they had to give!

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-President Nakamura POV-

Blood pounded in his ears as he stared into his monitor that had just turned off. His hand, still on the mouse, shook. The PRT were leaving. Kyushu may have slipped out of his grasp. His vision blurred, as if he were looking through a cloudy lens.

His breaths became ragged gasps. His hands came up to his chest, still shaking.

He couldn’t bear to stay. But he couldn’t leave. He was stranded-he was-

He pushed away from his seat, stumbling drunkenly to the door as he locked it.

He was out of sight. No one would come in and see him like this. That was all that mattered.

He-

His legs gave out under him, and he let them. He fell to the floor with a soft thunk.

He breathed into the rich green carpet. Breathing was hard. It was like he had run a marathon, or only just came up from drowning.

Was he dying? The thought seemed absurd, but it felt certain.

He was hot and cold at once, his skin feverish to the touch.

He curled into himself then. He curled into himself and cried.

Despite the quiet sob wracking his body, he could only feel faintly numb.

Was this even happening? Surely it was all some horrible nightmare?

He wasn’t quite sure how long he laid there, but when he finally dragged himself upwards he felt no better. There was a leaden weight in his stomach, familiar and stronger than it had ever been before.

He had spent the last year attempting to do what every Prime Minister had been trying to do since 1999: reversing this slow downward spiral.

After the economic disaster of 1990 faith in the government had hit record lows. The world around them also grew darker as countirs around the world grew more insular and paranoid. New age imperialism started rearing its head once Scion completely destroyed the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction. During this time the Sentai Elite had been a balm on the soul of Japan. The government team had been held up as icons. Millions had respected them, children wanted to be them.

Then Kyushu happened.

The Sentai Elite had ran then. Black Kaze, a member of the team, went insane and slaughtered over 20,000 people.

The economy went from struggling to near death almost instantly. Faith in the Government reached rock bottom.

Any attempt to form a national hero team was scorned by the public, who remembered the last one all too well.

So they were forced to give concessions to independent teams. Some of them were just as heroic and dutiful as they presented themselves. Others simply put on a convincing act and ruled as warlords in all but name, and they were powerless to do anything about it!

Despite only being in office for a year, he was currently one of the longest running Prime Ministers in the past ten years. Any attempt to fix the current issues would require drastic unpopular choices, so the vast majority of politicians who attempt to fix things are simply kicked out of office.

Sometimes literally.

He had hoped that New Fukuoka would be the solution. The entire world would have wanted access to the marvels hidden within, which he could have used for concessions.

Trade deals, monetary support, food, and anything else could have been given plentifully if things had just gone well.

But now that dream had died on the altar of greed, and already his people and fellow politicians were calling for his resignation.

As if he had been the one baying in the streets. As if it were his idea to limit the amount of forces able to remain within Kyushu! As if he had been the one completely against American aid, despite the fact that they had already been sending material and financial aid for years!

Ah, it didn’t matter anymore.

He was tired.

He was Done.

Let whoever came next inherit all the blame, as well as the struggles that came with it.

AN: Bit of an interlude chapter, but here you get a closer look at the current state of Japan and how it got to this point. Hope you all enjoyed it!