Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/The Katsuragi Protectorate

The Katsuragi Protectorate are one of the eighteen core factions in Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict.

Description
Late Emperor Yoshiro was a man of honour. A strong traditionalist, he followed the code of Bushido, the way of the samurai. He knew, with dedication, endurance, a sharp mind and a honourable way of acting as well as hard training, a warrior can reach victory no matter the odds. Self-sure, he placed his ideal above everything else, and formed the military in this way. He believed in the divine destiny which meant the Protectorate with him as the leader is supposed by the Gods to rule the world. Most of his commanders were Shogun themselves, knowing the way of Bushido, and transmitted this codex down to even the most common soldiers.

Crown Prince Tatsu, the only son of the Emperor, thought in a different direction. To him, it was not the dedication of honor that mattered, but the force and number of the weapons of the warrior wielding them. This new-age thinking along with Tatsu's brilliant mind as an engineer and tactician often clashed with his father's beliefs.

The result was a combination of both traditionalism and technological advance. Weapons designed in the style of 100 years ago were combined with modern Nanotechnology, basic soldiers wielded both mid-ranged firearms and katana, Shinobi fought alongside unarmed men in white business suits and even women were seen on battlefields, or actually above them.

The military was by far and about the largest contractor and scientific drive in the Katsuragi community, which was almost completely isolated after the short appearance it made in World War II, where crude Mecha fought in a few battles alongside the Allied Nations.

Forgotten from the outside world, the Protectorate underwent a dramatic inner change. Ever heavier militarized, even more so than say the Socialist Union, the mere bulk of willing soldiers grew every year by a large margin. The technology allowed it. Modern computer systems, utilizing a technology named Integrated Circuit, allowed computer systems to become smaller and cheaper while at the same time becoming more effective. Soon large banks of computers were installed all over the Protecotrate, controlling nanobots and vehicles, production assemblies and household goods with a high degree of accuracy and they could easily be expanded.

Radio signals in the air, decoded by military structures, contain the data for Nanotechnology to form all the assets needed on the battlefield while Protectorate men in the millions stand ready to serve and if necessary give their lives for the Emperor. Giant battleships, accompanied by small submersibles and amphibious tanks trained in the open seas around the Protectorate, while the scientific community created more and newer weapons for the warriors. Structures could be assembled in record time with Nanocores driving around in search for expansion posts, even on water. Giant artificial islands, some mobile, were built in underwater stations and outfitted with one of the most destructive technologies available, all the while remaining a secret to everyone else.

Shinobi and humanoid robots spied in the leading cadres of the world, changing and deleting information about the giant storm in the east, and while the Alliance and the Voshkod were busy with each other a huge ambush plan was initiated. Then, when the Voshkod was careless in its hour of victory, the Protectorate attacked like a tsunami with a wave of tanks by the same name, supported by the newest generation of Mecha, battleships and battalions of infantry already placed around the globe. No one noticed, no one expected, and no one survived the first wave. Taken completely by surprise, Emperor Yoshiro himself opened the first act of the Empire by giving a live video message to Premier Cherdenko of the Soviet Union.

"You will bow before us or you will cease to exist!"

The war for the divine destiny had begun.

After the war, the Protectorate was in despair. Both Emperor Yoshiro and his only child, Crown Prince Tatsu, died in their own battles. With no members of the Protectorate family left, a Shogun by the name of Shiro Kamina took over and became the new Emperor. Quickly lofted into the nation's hearts and minds, he was widely accepted into the position almost instantly, and things are looking on the up-and-up for the Empire for the first time since they entered the war.

But there is a lot of damage. The Protectorate has to work hard, now more than ever, to repel its numerous enemies. Most alarmingly, the new, strange army of the Celestial Viceroyalty Of Corona seems hellbent on the Protectorate's destruction. Tensions with the Voshkod remain high, and with Katsuragi entry into the international market, it is facing stiff economic competition from the Lumeris Syndicate.

Unlike Yoshiro, Emperor Kamina tried to form a steady peace with the Guardians instead of only a cease-fire, which most the Guardians thankfully accepted, though the Empire and Cantha still hold a justifiable grudge for their actions done to them in the past, especially since the Protectorate pretends it never happened or heavily downplayed it. Since then, many changes have occurred in the Protectorate, as the insular island nation has opened up to foreign influences and has also begun to make its presence felt on the world market. This does not mean that the Protectorate has become pacifist, or given up on its dreams of a world-spanning Katsuragi Protectorate; the truth is quite different.

Emperor Kamina simply changed the agenda of the Protectorate military into a defense force, so that instead of acquiring more land the military defends the Protecotrate with its life. With the advice of Shogun Shinzo and under the leadership of young Kamina, the Protectorate will head into a new era of prosperity.

With the Guardians of the Tacitus on their side, a heavy exchange of culture and goods has begun. Household goods have become less expensive, television becomes more widespread, and western exotic clothes are becoming more common in the Protectorate. On the other hand, the Guardians become ever more heavily technologized, with the modern computer systems from the Protectorate, nanomachines reconstructing destroyed cities such as Ironforge, Fereldan and Orlais, and the overall way of Katsuragi life becoming increasingly famous in the western countries.

Only the stars know how the development of the world will continue on with this new relationship.

Lore Articles

 * Ulthuan, the homeworld of the Protectorate
 * The Katsuragi History
 * The Katsuragi's Involvment in the Great Voshkod-Aquilan Conflict
 * Katsuragi Protectorate Self-Defense Forces
 * Nanotechnology
 * The Katsuragi People
 * The High Elves of Asur
 * The Erunes
 * Wave-Force Weaponry
 * Kinetic-Burst Weaponry
 * The Mecha of the Katsuragi
 * Protectorate small arms and equipment
 * Floating Fortresses of the Katsuragi

Tactics
* TBA*

General

 * Elsword Empire: Hostile
 * Community Of Cantha: Hostile

Before 2015 V.C.

 * Federation of Aquila: Friendly
 * Alliance of Hawke: Friendly
 * Andoran Republic: Neutral
 * Socialist Union of Voshkod: Hostile
 * Collective of Auring: Hostile
 * Great Horde: Hostile

Legendary Generals

 * Ilsa: General of the Erune Command
 * Prince Tyrion: General of the Asur Command
 * Rackam: General of the Exo-Command
 * Lucy & Nyu: General of the Psionic Command

Notable characters

 * Teclis: Protectorate EVA
 * Sterkenburg Cranach
 * Prince Eltharion the Grim
 * Alith Anar
 * Djeeta
 * Gran
 * Caeldor
 * Rorolina "Rorona" Frixell
 * Motoko Kusanagi
 * Mako Mori

Commandos

 * Eustace: Erune Command Commando
 * Alarielle the Radiant: Asur Command Commando
 * William G. Maryblood: Exo-Command Commando
 * Yuriko Omega: Psionic Command Commando

Sub-factions

 * Erune Command
 * Asur Command
 * Exo-Command
 * Psionic Command

Arsenal
Main Article: Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Protectorate Arsenal

Nanocores
Instead of a construction yard or a standard builder unit to build structures, the Protectorate utilizes Nanocores, which can be constructed at the Construction Yard at any time as long as funds are available. Of course, the higher cores become available with the help of other structures.

Tiering Up
Most factions tier up by buying a alert level or build a tier-access structure such as the Battle Lab, the Protectorate is different, tiering up is done by through purchasing their Tier up access from their production structures.

Structures
Basic Structures Defense and Support structures