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Subject: Knight Sabers history
From: ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU ()
Date: 3 Sep 92 09:48:23 PDT
Distribution: world
Organization: San Francisco State University

Since I've had a few reqquest for it and I can't remember which  site I got it
frim, I decided to post it. Asuimasen to Starbuck for my faulty memory.
Most of all kudos to the suthor of this file, Dan Su, for taking the time
to translate this.


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                    A History of the Knight Sabers
		   Translated from the B-Club Visual Comic 
			   "Bubble Gum Crisis '89"
				  By Dan Su
			        Anime Berkeley



				SYLIA STINGRAY
			       ----------------

     In the year 2022, the dawn of boomer technology, Doctor Stingray was 
assassinated by the treacherous Genom Corporation.  After their father's 
death, Sylia and her little brother were all that was left of their family.
Sylia inheritted her late father's huge fortune as well as an enormous amount
of data concerning her father's research.  All this data was directly input 
into her brain (this technique was also part of Doctor Stingray's boomer
technology).  In this way, Sylia was reborn as a kind of "super-lady".
     Soon, Mega Tokyo was being terrorized by Genom's boomers.  Sylia, upset
at such an abuse of her father's technology, decided to bring down Genom and
its boomers.  In the year 2030, with the completion of her "hardsuit" design
(a compact and powerful armored soldier), Sylia began to recruit women for her
group of punishers, the Knight Sabers.


The Eleven Regulations of the Knight Sabers:

 1)  Do not divulge any information concerning this organization.
 2)  Do not act upon a personal grudge.
 3)  Do act upon the mutual consent of all the members.
 4)  Do not secede from this organization.
 5)  Members are personally responsible for any damage done to the 
     organization's equipment unless that damage was unavoidable.
 6)  Do not divulge any information concerning our clients.
 7)  Do not gather information on your own.  The task of intelligence-gathering
     is to be distributed evenly among all the members.
 8)  Do keep in contact with the other members regularly.
 9)  The members do not know each other outside of this organization.
10)  Do not get involved with a man.
11)  The penalty for violating any of the ten regulations listed above is 
     death.



				   PRISS
				  -------

     Priss lost her parents in the second great Kanto earthquake of 2025
(Kanto is a region in central-eastern Japan, near Tokyo).  At an orphanage 
without anyone to rely on, Priss lead a gloomy childhood.
     At age 17, during what was supposed to be the prime of her life, she was
roaming the dark side of Mega Tokyo.  A small-time singer, Priss only 
performed at Suburban Live House ("Hot Legs") and The Night's City Road.
Under the thunderous roar of her motorcycle engine, she continued to cry out
for something more.
     Before long, the man who had captured Priss' heart, the leader of Priss'
motorcycle gang, was assassinated for discovering a certain organization's 
secret.  The AD Police, however, ruled that his death was a mere accident.  
Because of this, Priss carries a grudge against the AD Police.  With gun in 
hand, the enraged Priss went after her lover's killers, swearing revenge.  
     But a pair of eyes were watching Priss very closely.  The owner of those
eyes pulled up in a red Benz and said, "Will you entrust me with that burning
heart of yours?"



				LINNA YAMAZAKI
			       ----------------

     Like Priss, Linna also lost her parents.  In the chaos following the 
great Kanto earthquake, a rampant boomer wreaked havoc all over Mega Tokyo.
The newly-formed AD Police was unable to bring the situation under control and,
as a result of their ineptitude, many citizens were sacrificed.  Linna's 
parents were among these casualties.  
     But Linna wasn't disheartened.  Her natural cheerfulness helped her 
overcome her grief and she continued to train herself.  Linna's life-long 
dream was to become a world-famous entertainer.  Then, a chance to fulfill 
that dream came along.  Linna did her best at an audition for a musical but 
the judges weren't satisfied with her performance.  Linna's dream was 
shattered forever.  Sylia, however, noticed Linna's excellent reflexes and her
strong will.



				NENE ROMANOVA
			       ---------------

     Unlike the other members' parents, Nene's parents were in good health.
A young lady from a good family, Nene was fed up with her overly strict 
parents' constantly checking up on her and ran away from home.  At an all-girl
school, Nene proved to be too smart for her classes.  As a result, she was 
easily bored and cut class often.  So what was she doing when she wasn't in
class?  Nene discovered a natural talent for using computers and committed all
sorts of high-tech mischief including computer hacking, wire-tapping, and other
such acts of high-tech espionage.
     Priss and Linna were part of the Knight Sabers' offense but the Knight
Sabers needed another member to strengthen their defense.  For this purpose,
an extremely difficult [to crack] "help-wanted ad" program was set in place.
But Nene easily deciphered the code and, after she understood the true nature
of the program, she decided to take the job.  And that's how Nene joined the 
Knight Sabers!

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 NOTES:
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     I think you'll understand the "Asu e Touchdown" music video much better
after you've read this translation :-)

  This translation may be freely distributed for non-profit purposes only 
provided that all credits and notes (including this one) remain intact and
unchanged in any way from the original text.

-- 
Jim Ramberg   San Fran State Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
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