Yasuko

**Yasuko** was an officer in the Earth Navy Force.

## Biography

### **Early Life**

At some point Yasuko joined the Earth Navy Force. She was married at some point to the Professor before divorcing him. They had a son, Jonas.

By 2340, she had attained the rank of Admiral, serving as Supreme Commander of Earth's armed forces.

### **The Titan Incident**

"*Generosity from me is rare. Do not squander it.*"
― Yasuko to Captain Heyman

In August 2340, the Titan Mining Colony's equipment failed, leading to civil unrest, as the colonists protested their working conditions, eventually leading to a revolt against the government. The installation was important to Earth security as it was one of only two sources of the fuel ucasac, the other being on the planet Elmore.

At the request of the Prime Minister, Yasuko sent Captain Heyman with the *Hellstorm* and *Ehrenguard* to blockade the moon and thus force the rebellious miners to stand down. A week later, three colonial ships attempted to run the blockade, engaging the ENF cruisers as they did so. During the battle, the *Ehrenguard* and a colonial shipwere destroyed and the *Hellstorm* damaged, the latter opting to retreat. After the *Hellstorm* jumped away, the colony was destroyed by an explosion.

After Heyman and the *Hellstorm* returned to Earth with news of the disaster, Yasuko met with the Captain, reprimanding him for his failure to keep the peace. She decided not to court-martial him, as he was the only commanding officer with rebel-related experience. Later that day, she spoke with Cynthia McDonald, the head of SBC. McDonald's daughter, Katherine had been witness to the affair on Titan and had survived the explosion. Yasuko and McDonald discussed how to keep Katherine from going public with her first-hand knowledge of the Titan incident. When Katherine decided to join her rescuers, Adam and Ravyn Halesberth, aboard their cargo ship, the *Nightingale*, Yasuko had the Agent install spyware aboard so she could keep tabs on McDonald.<ref="Aftermath">Chronicles of Humanity - "Aftermath"</ref>

Having learned of the survival of one of the Titan ships, the *Hawkeye*, Yasuko sent Captain Heyman with the *King's Arch* to hunt it down near Pluto. She also had the Agent covertly join the crew of the *King's Arch* to insure that the *Hawkeye* was destroyed. Stationed as a gunner, the Agent disobeyed Heyman's order to spare the crippled *Hawkeye* and destroyed the ship, for which he was put in the brig. He was released upon their return to Earth and reported to Yasuko on the *Hawkeye's* destruction. The Admiral mused that Katherine McDonald was the only loose thread left from the Titan disaster.

### **The Lubyanka Virus**

"*It seems the spyware you installed on the* Nightingale *has served an unexpected purpose."
"Problem?"
Some sort of biological contamination on Lubyanka.*"
― Yasuko and the Agent[src]
Yasuko first learned of the Lubyanka virus while monitoring the *Nightingale* running supplies to the isolated prison colony. The Agent suggested that they destroy the *Nightingale* to silence Katherine, but the Admiral was certain that such an action would cause too much political fallout, since McDonald's mother was the head of SBC. The *King's Arch* was sent to quarantine the colony and ended up detaining the *Nightingale*. After it was confirmed that no one aboard the *Nightingale* had been exposed to the virus, Yasuko ordered the captain of the *King's Arch* to let them go. Not long after, McDonald discovered the spyware and deleted it from the *Nightingale's* computer, leaving Yasuko without a way to track her.

### **Assassination Attempt**

A few days later, Yasuko's office at Naval Headquarters was bombed. The Admiral transferred her command to the *Praetorian* while the Agent attempted to locate and identify the would-be assassin.

### The Earth-Colonial War

#### **Rebellion on New Devonport**

"*Launch interceptors; have the transports begin their descent.*"
― Yasuko ordering the invasion of New Devonport[src]
Meanwhile, McDonald had approached Governor Mackenzie of the New Devonport colony, telling him about a government conspiracy to keep the colonies subservient to Earth, even if it meant utilizing totalitarian measures to quell dissent. After chemical bombs were discovered under each farm on New Devonport, the colony declared independence, with Mackenzie calling on other colonies to follow suit. In response, Yasuko led the fleet to New Devonport to stop the rebellion from spreading.

The ENF fleet engaged the New Devonport Defense Force near the colony's shipyards, with both sides attempting to outflank the other by having reserve ships jump in behind the enemy. The ENF reserve led by Yasuko aboard the *Praetorian* landed troops for an invasion of the planet before joining the naval battle, providing cover while the fleet, outgunned by the rebel ships, withdrew.

In an attempt to prevent the other colonies from learning of their loss to rebel forces, Earth forces on New Devonport destroyed the local long-range communications array. Meanwhile the ENF set up an interdiction field around the system along with patrol ships, this all to keep any news from New Devonport from reaching the other colonies. To explain the military presence, Yasuko told the Earth Assembly that a virus had infected the New Devonport colonists, driving them mad, thus requiring containment.

#### **Capturing Katherine McDonald**

Not long after the fleet's retreat, Yasuko was informed by the Agent that he had tracked down the bomber, Ethan Green, the brother of one of the dead Titan colonists. Surveillance had shown that Green had almost certainly come into contact with McDonald, on Crossroads Station. McDonald, who was still traveling with the *Nightingale* had gone to New Devonport afterward. The Agent had also learned the *Nightingale'*s flight path.

Yasuko decided that the threat McDonald posed should be dealt with and sent the *Hellstorm* to intercept the *Nightingale*. McDonald was captured and imprisoned in the Asteroid F161 prison installation, where she was tortured by the Agent.

#### **McDonald's Escape**

"*My conscience is clear. I have warned the Prime Minister again and again. We can only do so much with his disapproving stare on us."
"He is naive.*"
― Yasuko and the Agent[src]
Over a month after her imprisonment, McDonald was broken out by Ethan Green. They managed to evade the Agent, who returned to Earth and reported the incident to Yasuko. Suspecting that McDonald had also returned to Earth and would be looking for help, the Admiral told SBC anchor Amanda Wood, a friend of Katherine's, that McDonald had been infected with the "Hatter's" virus.

Meanwhile, McDonald and Green broke into SBC headquarters and briefly broadcast a message from Governor Mckenzie of New Devonport, urging other citizens to join the Uprising against Earth's government. The transmission was quickly cut off by Yasuko, who shut down the Global Commsnet to silence the message. The Agent managed to capture Green as he and McDonald attempted to escape the building.

McDonald's escape craft was about to be shot down by interceptors when the Prime Minister ordered Yasuko to stand down, as he was not about to let her drastic measures to crush any rebellion on Earth ruin his political reputation. The Admiral expressed her frustrations to the Agent as McDonald jumped away. Later, after interrogating Green, the Agent informed Yasuko that the rebel had little information to offer.

Soon after, the Admiral attended a diplomatic function and spoke with the Prime Minister and Ms. Montague, the head of the Elmore Mining Corporation (EMC). After the event, Yasuko made Amanda Wood the new head of SBC News as the former head, Cynthia McDonald had aided Katherine in her escape.

Six weeks after the blockade of New Devonport began, a squadron of mercenary ships led by Captain Kobus engaged the ENF ships in the system. After destroying the interdiction field generator, the pirates joined forces with the colonists and forced the naval forces to withdraw.

#### **Preparing a Counterattack**

"*You are a damn fool!*"
― Yasuko to the Prime Minister[src]
With New Devonport independent and at war with the government, Earth's major food supply was gone. After learning that another attempt to air rebel propaganda had occurred, Yasuko asked the Prime Minister to declare martial law. She reasoned that the situation was dire enough that her methods, despite their ruthlessness, were necessary to save Earth. She also chided the Prime Minister for his incompetence, as well as his inability to rein in the EMC, which stood to make substantial profits off a war between Earth and its colonies.

The Admiral later discussed her concerns about Ms. Montague, the head of the ELM with the Agent aboard the *Praetorian*. After he suggested eliminating the executive, Yasuko decided that Montague could wait as they needed a steady supply of ucasac to fight the rebels. The two also discussed capturing or destroying the New Devonport shipyards to prevent the rebels from adding to their armada.

#### **Elmore Joins the Rebellion**

"*...we have received a call for help from Elmore's moon. The moon has asked for military protection from the rebels on the planet so the fleet will be leaving at 0800 hours.*"
― Yasuko to the Agent[src]Adding to the Admiral's problems, the colony of Elmore had joined New Devonport in their Uprising. Because the people of Elmore's moon had remained loyal to Earth in opposition to the planet's population, they feared retaliation by the rebels and issue a call for protection to the ENF. Yasuko commanded a fleet that proceeded to the system to force the rebel colony into submission.

They arrived to find a rebel fleet commanded by Captain Kobus destroying the moon's small defense force. After the mercenary leader refused to surrender, Yasuko deployed an ion cannon, devastating Elmore's cities. In response, the rebel flotilla jumped away after firing nuclear warheads at the moon, decimating a population of four million.

#### **Alien Invasion and Aftermath**

"*Earth first. Earth forever.*"
― Admiral Yasuko
While Yasuko was preparing the invasion of Elmore, the Agent arrived to warn her that the rebels planned to attack Earth. She immediately took the fleet back to Earth to defend the planet. Despite arriving before the rebels, she was not in time to save Earth as an alien invasion force arrived not long after. The ENF fleet was no match for the enemy and was shattered with the *Praetorian* surviving the battle, albeit severely damaged.

The Agent recovered an unconscious Yasuko from the dreadnought's bridge. She briefly came to while in surgery and told him to save her son, Jonas. After he left, the lieutenant on the bridge ordered the ship to jump and regroup. After Commander Fulmer took over, she rendezvoused with other survivors on a course towards Crossroads Station.

Once the Admiral regained consciousness, she immediately took command of the *Praetorian*, ignoring her doctor's protests about her health. She decided to send the rest of the ships on their way while diverting the *Praetorian* to a nearby secret ENF base. Despite her misgivings, she authorized Fulmer's rescue mission to save Captain Heyman, who had been captured by the rebels and taken to New Devonport.

#### **Allying with the Rebels**

"*Katherine and the unknowns are still out there causing more damage than I ever did. The human race must survive this tragedy."
"Yes, agreed. At least on that much. But once we've stopped the fighting, you and I need to do some hard work to find a long-term solution."
"Something that suits us both."
"I will hold you to that, Admiral.*"
― Yasuko and Governor Mackenzie agree to cease hostilities[src]
After arriving at the secret base, the *Praetorian* picked up a prototype weapon. The Agent soon arrived with Yasuko's son Jonas as well as information that incriminated the ELM as responsible for the destruction of the Titan Mining Colony, which had helped instigate the war. The motivation was financial in nature, since Elmore had become the only source of ucasac after the destruction of the Titan Mining Colony. Unfortunately, the monopoly had also made the corporation untouchable if the ENF was going to able to fight the alien threat.

Yasuko then met with Governor Mackenzie, who had been taken prisoner by the Agent, after being turned on by Katherine McDonald and Captain Kobus. Yasuko and Mackenzie agreed that, despite their differences, both the aliens and McDonald were a much greater menace to humanity's survival. They agreed to end hostilities between Earth and the Colonies and unite against a common foe. They all returned to the *Praetorian*, where Yasuko placed Captain Blanford in command of the vessel.

In conference with her allies, Yasuko planned to eliminate McDonald and her supporters, allowing Mackenzie to take control of the remaining rebel forces and order them to stand down. Then, together, humanity could work to defeat the alien invaders. When McDonald's mother Cynthia protested such an action, the Admiral had her thrown into the brig. Meanwhile, Waresh revealed the existence of his secret armada, which would reinforce the battle-damaged alliance fleet.

A scout soon arrived and reported that the aliens had left Earth, which was now infected with the Lubyanka virus. With this bad news, the allies decided to quarantine Earth after they dealt with McDonald's faction. Their meeting was interrupted by the appearance of the Prime Minister's ship, surprising the entire group with his survival.

#### Showdown at Crossroads

"*Katherine, we have to end this. The whole of humanity is at risk if we keep fighting."
"Then humanity ends.*"
― Mackenzie and McDonald[src]
Knowing that the Prime Minister's ship was undoubtedly contaminated, Yasuko ordered him back to Earth, threatening to destroy his vessel. When he refused, she fired the shot herself when her shocked crew failed to heed her order to do so. She reminded them that without such measures, the Lubyanka virus would destroy every human settlement. Not long after, McDonald's fleet arrived, twice the size of Yasuko's forces. During a brief hologram conversation, Yasuko gave McDonald the option to stand down for the sake of her mother while Mackenzie begged her to consider the fate of their entire species, both of which the crazed rebel leader rebuffed before ending the transmission.

While the Admiral ordered all fighters launched, the Governor asked to try and contact the rebel ships individually, but was informed that McDonald was now jamming all transmissions between the two fleets. In response, Yasuko split her forces, sending half to knock out the *Elizabeth*'s jamming signal and holding the rest back to defend the station. She also activated the *Praetorian*'s new prototype energy shield.

However, McDonald kept the *Elizabeth* behind the rest of her forces and both sides intercepted most of each other's weapons fire. To counteract this, the Admiral moved the *Orion* and *Defiant* out of the fleet's firing solution with the rest of her vessels putting down suppressing fire to allow the two cruisers to get in range of the *Elizabeth*. Unfortunately, rebel fighters were able to break through and destroy the *Orion*. Thankfully, Waresh's reinforcements arrived and proceeded to knock out the jamming field, allowing Mackenzie to order the rebel fleet to stand down, ending the battle. McDonald withdrew to Elmore and Yasuko took the *Praetorian* there to hunt her down.

#### Revelations Over Elmore

"*I can't quite believe this. Thousands of lives lost...all for the profits of one company. This is insane!*"
― Governor Mackenzie upon learning about EMC war profiteering[src]
Once in-system, McDonald aimed the *Elizabeth* at Elmore, planning to devastate the planet with the impact and forever be remembered by any survivors. Unable to catch up in time, Yasuko informed the horrified Mackenzie that they could not stop the crazed McDonald, who left her doomed ship in a shuttle, unaware that the Agent had stowed away with her. Before the *Elizabeth* could reach its target, it was hit by the *Nightingale*, piloted by Delosa, an ENF Marine. The collision destroyed both vessels and the Admiral ordered the shuttle taken aboard.

When the Admiral stated her intention to launch an invasion of the planet, Mackenzie protested, aghast at what he considered warmongering. She countered by revealing evidence that the Elmore Mining Corporation was ultimately to blame the war. After seeing the Agent, bloody and unconscious, carried off the shuttle, Yasuko led a contingent of Marines down to the planet to confront the EMC Board. The group discovered a secret laboratory where EMC scientists were producing ucasac by means of an alien algae. After securing the facility, Yasuko returned to the *Praetorian*.

#### Eliminating McDonald

"*You* made *me this way. You can't be trusted with the fate of the human race."
"And neither can you. Nevertheless, I'm going to win, Katherine. Do you know why? Because you've stopped believing in anything.*"
― McDonald and Yasuko[src]
Making her way to the infirmary where the Agent was recuperating, the Admiral discovered McDonald about to kill him. After knocking the rebel leader off her feet, Yasuko took McDonald's gun and pointed it at her now standing enemy. The Admiral stated her respect for Katherine's ideals but reflected that having given them up in the name of madness had made her an untenable threat. Yasuko then shot McDonald dead.
The Admiral informed the Agent that, due to the recent developments, they would be going back to Crossroads and eventually New Devonport to negotiate an end to the fighting. The wounded man sardonically remarked that he would rather be shot again than deal with a politician that long. Yasuko found his statement amusing.

#### End of the War

"*So it is martial law."
"Yes.* Finally.*"*
― Commander Fulmer and Yasuko[src]
Yasuko and Mackenzie instituted peace between their factions and she attended a speech he gave on New Devonport declaring the war over. The Governor also stated his belief that Earth could not be saved and that the human species must move out to the frontier of known space for survival. The Admiral refused to respond to a journalist who wished to confirm that she shared Mackenzie's conviction. Yasuko later tried to convince her son Jonas to leave the planet with her but he chose to stay and work with Mackenzie.

The Admiral later conferred with her officers aboard the *Praetorian*, planning to wait until the former rebels had all left the region on their "Exodus" before focusing on finding a cure for the Lubyanka virus and rebuilding their gutted fleet. Concerned by this plan to apply martial law, Captain Heyman and Commander Fulmer both eventually opted to resign their commissions and join the colonial convoys.

#### A New Order

"*But it's the best for humanity."
"But not for Earth."
"They're the same thing.*"
― The Agent and Yasuko[src]
Sometime afterward, Yasuko briefly spoke with her ex-husband via a transmission to Earth, thanking him for quickly activating the planet's defense systems, thus saving millions of lives from the alien attack. She then conversed with the Agent; both were surprised by how many colonists had opted to join the Exodus. Holding hands, they reaffirmed their commitment to their species and to each other.

Nine months later, Yasuko had established regular supply drops to the people trapped on Earth. On the eve of the Exodus, Yasuko met with the freshly captured Ms. Montague. After the Agent implanted a tracking device on the EMC executive, Yasuko coerced her, with the threat of death, into retaking control of the corporation and working to keep a steady supply of ucasac flowing to humanity.

Within the next six years, Yasuko had established a physical relationship with the Agent. Meanwhile, her alliance with Waresh had quickly ended as his criminal activities conflicted with her military dictatorship. At the same time, reports of disappearing frontier settlements began to come in, which Yasuko handwaved away as a simple case of colonists failing to survive in their new homes, despite Diane Anderson's concerns.

### A New Threat

#### Chasing Waresh

Yasuko attempted several times to have Waresh taken into custody. After multiple failures, she began to suspect that a mole in her inner circle was leaking information to the criminal. The Agent led an operation which flushed Waresh out of Crossroads Station, managing to place a homing device on the fleeing criminal's ship. The ENF was thus able to track Waresh to the Omicron-2 Eridani system. There, Yasuko offered her opponent the chance to surrender, which he refused, saying that he did want to show her something.

Soon after, his vessel launched its escape pods and continued on toward the colony. After the *Praetorian* detected weapons fire near the planet, Yasuko wondered if he might be attacking the colony. Instead, it soon became clear that a mystery vessel was responsible, one which soon decimated the planet's defenses and vaporized the colony, then left the system with Waresh's ship in tow.

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## Behind the Scenes

Admiral Yasuko was voiced by Kim Genly in all appearances of the character in Chronicles of Humanity.

## Appearances

* *Prologue*
* "Titan"
* "Aftermath"
* "Counteraction"
* "Contagion"
* "The Red Planet"
* "Breakdown"
* "Insurgency"
* **Chronicles of Humanity: Descent**
* "Forward"
* "Fugitives"
* "Politics"
* "Rebellion"
* "Tactics"
* "End"
* **Chronicles of Humanity: Uprising**
* "Apocalypse"
* "Alive"
* "Reunion"
* "The Gods of War"
* "Their Finest Hour"
* "Revelations"
* **Chronicles of Humanity: Renegades**
* "Redemption Part One"
* "Redemption Part Two"
* "Redemption Part Three"
* **Chronicles of Humanity: Redemption**

## References

1. ↑ "The Titan Incident"
2. ↑ ***Prologue***
3. ↑ Chronicles of Humanity - "Titan"
4. ↑ Chronicles of Humanity - "Counteraction"
5. ↑ Chronicles of Humanity - "Contagion"
6. ↑ Chronicles of Humanity - "Breakdown"
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Chronicles of Humanity - "Insurgency"
8. ↑ Chronicles of Humanity - "Breakout"
9. ↑ Chronicles of Humanity - "Forward"
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Chronicles of Humanity - "Fugitives"
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Chronicles of Humanity - "Politics"
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Chronicles of Humanity - "Rebellion"
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Chronicles of Humanity - "Tactics"
14. ↑ Chronicles of Humanity - "End"
15. ↑ Chronicles of Humanity - "Apocalypse"
16. ↑ Chronicles of Humanity - "Alive"
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Chronicles of Humanity - "Reunion"
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Chronicles of Humanity - "The Gods of War"
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 Chronicles of Humanity - "Revelations"
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 **Chronicles of Humanity: Redemption**