Personal Communication - SACN
To: Ketsurui-Motoyoshi Katsuko, Taisho
From: Kage Yaichiro, Taisa
It's indeed been a while. About eight years, I believe. Indeed, duty pulls people apart but also has a way of bringing them back together.
I had been moved to the Sakura II as her commanding officer after leaving the 7th. After the extra-judicial murder of a close friend and comrade living at my home in Tokyo in spite of your pardon, I took a post as Commandant of the Jiyuu Fleet Depot for a couple of years out of grief and disillusionment. I have always been a bit odd in that it wasn't a fine career or power alone that brought me pleasure, sometimes to the point of critique from others. However, duty called again. I oversaw the refit of the Sakura II into the prototype for the 2E revision of the class and was able to help defend Scrapyard and the Cosmos Star Fortress assets during the Kuvexian invasion last year. So I find myself once again in the captain's seat, my friend's murder eventually avenged by time.
The Sakura II and my squadron have technically been reassigned to the First Standard Fleet in what is probably a temporary measure, since the First Expeditionary Fleet is not combat ready. In practice, we're pretty much operating business as usual aside form the wearing of different fleet patches.
I also have come to own the Tokyo we built save for a select few exceptions, thanks to the generosity of the Empire and its trust that I could restore it, and have built it anew with much better survivability in mind. Others own the addition that was added to the city later. The company I operate there manages the city's infrastructure and has provisions for production of technology and some starships, though I've offered to loan the shipyards to your predecessor at no cost to help accelerate the restoration of 1XF and 6SF.
I have received no reply, strangely, so the Sunflower Corporation's shipyards (formerly KFY-Jiyuu Shipyards) remain empty.
As for how I am personally doing, I am doing well enough. There are ups and downs as usual, but I have a fine crew and fine ships. I'm no more restless than usual, which is good. It would be nice to meet you should I get some time off, though it is also possible to use the
Virtual Collective Experience in the interim.
I'm glad to see you getting back to it. Few have the same skill in fleet rebuilding that you have, and you've shown effective leadership in good times and bad. They couldn't have chosen better for the task, and I'm sure you'll do well.
Kage Yaichiro-Taisa
YSS Sakura II, NG-X1-395