Battleship Matsumoto

**BATTLESHIP <TRA data="3" mask="3" def="-4"/>MATSUMOTO**

**CLASS: Genji**

**CREW: <TRA data="65280" mask="-29" def="31"/>CLASSIFIED**

**ARMAMENT: <TRA data="65280" mask="-29" def="31"/>CLASSIFIED**

**The Battleship *Matsumoto* is one of the newest, most advanced ships in the Kusari Navy. The ship has been deployed to the Hokkaido system to provide protection for crews involved in the construction of Jump Gates and to eliminate the presence of terrorist groups believed to be using the system for refuge.**

## **Bribes & Missions Offered**

* Deep Space Engineering
* Samura Industries

## Commodities

* Food Rations
* Pharmaceuticals
* Cardamine
* Light Arms
* Oxygen
* Water
* MOX
* H-Fuel

## Ships sold

**Rumors
* It will be virtually impossible to build the other end of this Jump Gate in Chugoku. It will take months to transport supplies and run the battleship cross the gap, and we will be very close to the Chugoku base while attempting to construct the Gate. This is sheer folly -- a tremendous waste of money.
* We are certain that the Hole to Chugoku is somewhere in the Kayo Cloud, but it is hard for us to linger long in there. The Blood Dragons emerge from the fog, destroy one ship of the patrol, then flee like cowards into the mists. It is very demoralizing on our pilots.
* I've heard that we will abandon this area of Hokkaido soon. Tokyo wants us to build a defensive line on the other side of the Kyofu Gap and leave it at that. All the Gas that Samura wants is in the southern end of the system anyway.
* We must also patrol the navigation path to the construction area through the Unyo Cloud. The terrorists would destroy all of the Deep Space convoys if we didn't. It is a tenuous balance in the northern end of Hokkaido.
* Why do the Blood Dragons hate the government and Samura so much? They seem to tolerate Kishiro and the GMG. I'm just a soldier following orders. I want this war to end so that I can go home to Kyushu. Unfortunately, it seems like there will be no simple resolution to this conflict.
* Samura has had advisors here since the beginning of the Gate construction project. We have surveyed the Kayo and Unyo Clouds for potential Gas reserves. It appears that the southern area of the system is richer. That is probably for the best, as we may be forced to withdraw from this area soon.
* The MOX run to this ship and the Chugoku gate is very dangerous. The enemy seem particularly interested in intercepting our special cargo. I don't know why we are supposed to return the Toxic Waste to Yokohama. We should just dump it in the Gap.
* Samura has accomplished our primary goal of establishing a viable gas field in Hokkaido. The government's assistance was invaluable achieving this goal. We no longer need the Chugoku Gate project to justify our presence in Hokkaido.
* They go through a lot of Pharmaceuticals up here because of all the radiation. You can see it in the people around here -- hair falling out, lesions. They all look unwell. We shouldn't be here; it is not worth it.
* I'm not sure what they will do with the Gate once it is abandoned. Billions of Kusari credits have already been expended. At the very least, it is a monument to the power that we have over the corrupt bureaucrats. They will support every whim and wish that we desire.