Kyoto, Yamatai
Not far from the majestic two-kilometer tall spire that served as the Star Army's headquarters was a three-story monolithic fortress of a building with narrow windows, and gray stone and concrete walls with castle-style parapets and anti-aircraft turret mounts on top. At the front of the building was a massive brass-clad double door in an archway with a Yamataian flag hanging from it. At the entrance there was a sign with a recruiting poster on it. "ENLIST INSIDE!" it said in Trade and Yamataian.
Enlisting in the Star Army was more than a job: it was a lifestyle complete with not only pay but with free food, lodging, and travel, and while the universe was never a safe place, it was a way to see the universe and hopefully make a difference in it. More than that, the military was a massive institution in the Yamatai Star Empire and joining up meant reliable employment and national citizenship.
Past the security scanners and Nekovalkryja sentries a diverse group of human, Yamataians, and aliens sat in rows of re-purposed starship chairs in a carpeted lobby that smelled slightly moldy, reading data pads and outdated magazines waiting for their number to be called while video monitors quietly played movies about the various occupations in the Star Army of Yamatai.
Not far from the majestic two-kilometer tall spire that served as the Star Army's headquarters was a three-story monolithic fortress of a building with narrow windows, and gray stone and concrete walls with castle-style parapets and anti-aircraft turret mounts on top. At the front of the building was a massive brass-clad double door in an archway with a Yamataian flag hanging from it. At the entrance there was a sign with a recruiting poster on it. "ENLIST INSIDE!" it said in Trade and Yamataian.
Enlisting in the Star Army was more than a job: it was a lifestyle complete with not only pay but with free food, lodging, and travel, and while the universe was never a safe place, it was a way to see the universe and hopefully make a difference in it. More than that, the military was a massive institution in the Yamatai Star Empire and joining up meant reliable employment and national citizenship.
Past the security scanners and Nekovalkryja sentries a diverse group of human, Yamataians, and aliens sat in rows of re-purposed starship chairs in a carpeted lobby that smelled slightly moldy, reading data pads and outdated magazines waiting for their number to be called while video monitors quietly played movies about the various occupations in the Star Army of Yamatai.