Takeda Clan

**Takeda Shogunate Clan**
The Takeda Clan is highly well-known for their love of riding the most fiercest animals and driving the fastest vehicles because they love a good race. Despite that, they are very trained warriors that follow the Bushido code. Many of them travel across the NewVerse in search of the biggest and greatest animal to tame to ride it because it is to prove their taming abilities that allows them to climb up the ranks. Yet the greatest honor for many of their drivers is to win a race in foreign realms, including the Warhammer Empire. Children even fantasize on riding the most difficult creature to tame and break.

## History

When the otakus of the OldVerse were trying to escape to the NewVerse while help out with the Stellar Missile, some among them wanted to recreate the shogunate clans of Japanese Sengoku Era. The reason being is because the founders of the Otaku Federation wanted to create a more peaceful nation where anyone can come and visit without declaring war. But since the Otaku Federation is more of a shield, some of them decided to become the spears that will protect the Yamato Galaxy and the Otaku Federation will remain pacifistic. Thus the creation of the Six Great Shogun Clans were created. Some of them claim to have some blood ties to the original clans. Whether it is true or not is still debatable.

The Takeda Clan specialize in cavalry battles and vehicular warfare due to their love of riding. Many of them travel across the cosmos in search of the most dangerous and rarest creatures to prove their power of the battlefield to trample over their enemies. Even driving the most powerful vehicles and mechs to plow down enemy bases and camps. They love a chance to prove their prowess with whatever they can saddle, mount, drive or pilot. Some even go to different galaxies to race against others just to prove that they are the best racers in the NewVerse. Their main base of operation is located at the Kai Region in the Yamato Galaxy, where you can find a menagerie of different ride-able animals and giant garages full of different vehicles.

Before the rise of the Warfare Administrative Rationale Assembly, the Takeda Clan ran rampant across the NewVerse with their mounts, mechs and vehicles in the many battlefields. They trampled or ram down anything and everything that gets in their way using cavalry and vehicle units with the infantry trying to catch up with them. To the Takeda, speed is everything as almost as much as firepower. Although they do tango with the Date Clan to stop their raids. The Takeda Clan love to gloat over their victories and say that their horse or some sort of beast was faster than everyone else's. Or in some cases, the fastest vehicle or mech.

However, the W.A.R. Assembly came to being around 2039 with promises of a "organized" and "lawful" warfare. Many of the Shogunate Clans were thrilled and signed up, but the Takeda Clan was a bit stubborn. This means that the Takeda Clan had to use a certain number or mounts and vehicles rather than just mow down everything. It took a lot of negotiating and dealing in order to get the Takeda Clan to sign the agreement which took two months. But afterwards, the shogun of that time, Takeda Shizuma-dono, agreed. So they tried their best to not trample over everything...too much.

Around 2065, a space viking civilization, known as the Republic of Nordigoth, appear in the Yamato Galaxy to conquer the Otaku Federation despite going against the Unspoken Golden Law. The Takeda rushed over with their fastest ships and raided the raiders from practically every direction while being led by Takeda Makoto-dono. Their tactics were chaotic and unpredictable that it was complete chaos as they keep on outflanking and out maneuvering the Nordigoths. Some of the other clans did join the fray despite the chaotic nature and tactics of the Takeda. The Takeda became renowned for their unpredictability and fierce fighters. So things became good for sometime despite some restrictions.

But around 2121, the W.A.R. Assembly was destroyed. To the Takeda Clan, it was mixed. They are glad that they can use every single vehicle and mounted beast at their disposal with no restrictions. On the other hand, it also means that they won't fight with others outside their galaxy for as long since others will try to intervene. But that doesn't stop them from trampling everything in their path.

One thing to know is that for a successor to be chosen, they must do a race. It is in three parts: one for beast, one for vehicle, and one for starship. On 2127, an illegitimate child of an SAO (Sword Art Online) Cait Sith named, Takedo Miko, became part of that race. She used an animal that can travel at mach 20 in the first race and first in the second when doing a pod racer challenge. Yet she came in third during the space race. Despite that, she has earned enough respect to become the next shogun.

As of 2142, the Takeda Clan still has a reputation of being fast while also mowing down anything that gets in their way in the Fandom Wars.

## Military

The Takeda Clan, like all other shogunate clans, use units from *Total War: Shogun 2* and use the Empire of the Rising Sun units from *Red Alert 3*. The Empire of the Rising Sun units are common among the shogunate clans. As for their space soldiers, they wear samurai-like space armor with red as a primary color and black as secondary. They also use katana-like lightsabers. Unlike the other clans that relied on honorable races for assistance, they chose the Caith Sith from the series, *Sword Art Online*. The reason being is because the Takeda Clan respect those that can tame animals with ease and ride them.

The ships of the Takeda Clan are known for being extremely fast while also having heavy armor at the tip of their bows. Since their ships are fast, they sometimes ram into their enemies with boarding parties waiting to unleash their fury. Some of the other ships are built to transport animals and crafts that have armor on all sides to protect these speedy treasures. The majority of their fleets are comprised of carriers that sent out starfighters that are so fast that it looks like they just teleported while also equipped with heavy firepower. All of the Takeda ships are on par with the Date Clan's ships.

## Economy

The economy is based on the historical Japanese currency known as ryo (両). Ryoes are oval-shaped, golden coins that were once used by shoguns during the Sengoku Period. However, each of the coins have been minted with the stamp of the crest of one of the clans that are in-charge of the region of the Yamato Galaxy that they govern. Although people can exchange the ryoes that have the shogun's crest on it for another when entering in another shogun's territory because they are all equal in value.

The Takeda Clan values its animals and vehicles because they are the core of the Takeda Clan's speed. They have many agri-worlds that have plenty full of ranches and fields where they train up these beasts of speed and burden. Although they do trade some of these animals for other goods to support the clan. Same that could be said about their vehicles and vehicle parts. Yet the main attraction of the Takeda Clan's economy is racing. Horse races, pod races, car races, any kind of race that attracts people from all around, and not just the Yamato Galaxy, but the entire NewVerse. Since the Kai Region is considered neutral, enemies have to give up their weapons in order to watch. Killing each other is a serious offense and the parties responsible are executed immediately with no trial.

Yet there are other resources the Takeda Clan trade. They trade in rice, fish, citrus fruits, wheat, animal meat products, and plenty of metal.

## Solar Systems

These are solar systems that are important to the Takeda Clan. It is small but a lot can be done here.

### Kai System

The Kai System is the capital of the Takeda Clan. Much of the racing happens here in this system along with the throne of the Takeda Clan's shogunates.