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    Default No Emperors, No Shoguns: A Satsuma AAR

    * Note: Like all AARs, this is a work of fiction and has little to no historical realism with the plot and characters totally made up.

    Forward
    A Brief Background into the Story

    Japan is a nation in conflict.



    With the Boshin War well under way, the sprawling island of Japan is coated thick in crimson blood. For years now, the Imperial and Shogunate forces have clashed in dances of death. Untold thousands have perished as even more march to their doom on the fields of battle.

    The forces of the Satsuma clan shone brightly for the Empire early on, taking control of the Kyushu providence and building a foothold in which to strike at the western realms of the Shogunate. Pleased with their efforts, the Emperor offered the Satsuma a chance to be the Imperial Vanguard – the elite clan of the Empire. However, unknown to the Emperor was the growing discontent with Imperial policy that was ransacking the entire countryside. For years, the head of the clan, Shimazu Hisamitsu, grew more and more disillusioned with the way Japan was being run and was skeptical for her future.

    In secret, he met with his closest officers and held great discussions with foreign advisors on matters of government. Introduced to these new philosophies, he slowly began to spread them throughout his lands. The people, on the brink of a revolt saw this new form of rule, Republicanism, and instantly began organizing elections.

    By the time the Emperor's message reached Satsuma in regards to their future as the Vanguard, the Republic was well under way. The Shimazu Party, run by Hisamitsu himself, won in a landslide popular election. Overseen by foreign advisory, the new Republic of Satsuma stands as a testament to the possibility of a free Japan.

    Infuriated, the Emperor took the change personally, outlawing the new Republic and refusing to recognise it as a legitimate State. The Shogunate, hateful of any form of progression that did not coincide with their total rule and remembering the severe beatings recieved by Satsuma when they were still an Imperial region, declared open war against the democratic land.

    Now totally alone, the idealist Hisamitsu and his newly reformed government stand against all of Japan.
    Last edited by Liberator; July 12, 2012 at 06:26 AM.
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    Prologue
    Welcome to the Republic.


    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
    Destruction is at the doorstep of freedom.

    For months, the Republic under the Shimazu Party has faced the prospect of open war against nearly every clan on the island of Japan. Within weeks after the news reached the ears of the Shogunate and Imperial forces, the Republic was outlawed.

    The Shimazu Party's main cast is very small, with only three promiment members making themselves known in the defense of the Republic.



    The President Shimazu Hisamitsu is an idealist.



    Even before he ran for the presidency of the Satsuma clan, he was the indefinate leader but saw the way in which Imperial rule oppressed his people. With the help of foreigners, he was able to completely change all of this and usher in the first rays of democracy. While he is getting older, Hisamitsu still believes he can unify all of Japan under the Republic and start a new age of Japan free from Emperors and Shoguns.

    The Vice-President of the Satsuma Republic is ironically Hisamitsu's son, Tadayoshi.



    Having trained hard during the unifying of Kyushu, Tadayoshi gained not only combat experience but political experience as well. When the first elections of the Republic went underway Tadayoshi pleaded with his farther to allow him the chance to help run the country, Hisamitsu agreed, and the two set off on their very successful political career.

    Tadayoshi is even more idealistic than his father, having great optimism for the future of the Satsuma Republic despite the amount of fatal hostility against it. He hopes that one day, all of Japan will see the faults in Imperial and Shogunate rule and overthrow them in a gallant revolution.

    38 year-old Saigo Takamori has served the Shimazu family since he was born.



    The current Commander-in-Chief of the military is actually not the President. In the Satsuma Republic, the President has little to do with the affairs of military focusing more on affairs of State. Because of this, the Commander-in-Chief is a seperate office held by only the most successful of Satsuma generals.

    Working with the Satsuma clan, he quickly rose in the ranks, becoming one of the most famous generals to have ever fought in the Kyushu Campaign. Gaining renown, he applied for the office of Commander-in-Chief during the elections and won brilliantly, gaining over 90% of the popular vote.

    Takamori is a hardened man however, and doesn't share the idealism of the Shimazu family. Managing the military with a steel edged nerve, he realizes the great danger and fragile state the Republic of Satsuma now finds itself in. Hoping to keep the borders secure, he prepares for the bloodiest age of Japan with a vengeance.

    The Satsuma Republic is currently at war with every single clan in Japan.



    Because of these poor relations, the Republic stands totally alone and outnumbered.



    While the armies of the Republic prepare themselves for the inevitable coming fight, the new democratic state continues its open and warm relations with foreigners – something that is leading to great spite between them and the rest of Japan.

    While the sun still rises in the East above Japan, could the sun be setting on the future of the Republic?

    Last edited by Liberator; July 13, 2012 at 01:46 PM.
    "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution."
    - Emma Goldman

    AARS:

    In Progress:
    1 - The Guns of Hochland (Call of Warhammer Medieval II Modification)
    2 - No Emperors, No Shoguns (Shogun II)

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    Default Re: No Emperors, No Shoguns: A Satsuma AAR

    Wow, you look like you are in a tough situation. Good intro, and I am looking forward to seeing what happens next . BTW what difficulty are you using?

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    Default Re: No Emperors, No Shoguns: A Satsuma AAR

    Interesting scenario to begin with. Look forward to seeing you continue this
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