Saganami {wave of destiny} Dai Ichizoku {great clan}
the heart of the core trio of families, the Sankaku {triangle} - Zakharovich and Tikhonovich, and Saganami - that engineered the Founders Project and the Nejiro Project
Kamon phoenix rising from flames
Colors midnight blue and dark grey
Motto (evolved thru the ages) Hi ni yotte tanzo sa reta {forged by fire}
renascendo flamma {reborn through flame}
renatus igne {reborn through fire}
Delm -Chiji- Meiyo Saganami
Spouse (Sho-ko) Jack Nakatomi
{Heir presumptive Yasha Saganami}
Zokucho/Matrona Chiyo Saganami
heir Kimiko Saganami
Founders MP Takeru Saganami
Founders MP Midori Saganami
Spokesperson Noah Karasu
Military Liaison (Sho-ko) Jack Nakatomi
Orca Fleet (naval fleet and merchant marine) Commander Sho-sa Danyel Tsaplin
Saganami Household Guard Commander Chu-sa Taylor Byrde
Saganami Household Security Commander Hideki Saganami
Saganami Ceremonial Guard (traditional samurai armor, masks, and weapons of modern and indigenus materials) Commander Sho-sa Shizuka Fukuro
Devil Dogs PMC Commander Tai-sa Sebastian Taka
Suzaku Guard Commander Sho-sa Barnaby Nelson (Meiyo's personal guard contingent composed of retired and non-active members of the DCA who followed her to Nejiro after her father's death)
Associate Families: Corvus, Karasu, Fukuro, Taka, Musashi, Washi, Kestrel, Byrde, Kusanagi, Branwen
Major Territorial Holdings: Saganami Shiro (2589 sq km landhold northwest of Yousai), Hyako no Shimajima (Hyakushima {hundreds of islands} - an enormous archipelago located in/around the equatorial area, MAWS headquarters and main training facility located on Hawaiishima), Bridges (chartered city located in the lagoon at the mouth of the Tone-gawa, a transport nexus for the starport with support from commerce and tourism), Majuro (a chartered industrial city on the shores of Lake Wanaka on the Shinrin continent, Nejiro), Tokage Hozon Shimasa, Governors Palace (73000 sq meters in the center of Yousai), Dendarii Archipelago (subartcic to arctic mountainous, volcanic, island chain in the northwestern hemisphere - MAWS polar training facility located on Tundra the northernmost island of the archipelago), Quezon (chartered city on the northeastern coast of the continent of Tairiku with a focus on digital technology and communications - the silicon valley of Nejiro), assorted planetary and stellar properties
Major Corporate Holdings: Phoenix Industries
Vermillion Bird Associates - investments and hedge fund, AUM 87 trillion Ryu for the Saganami Dai Ichizoku membership and select clients
Phoenix Mercantile - (since 2278) interstellar dry goods and sundries, biennial catalog after Nejiro Trade Show with artisanal handicrafts, agriculture, water ice, raw materials, technology, also cargo and passenger services to the Draconis Combine, the Izar Cluster, the Periphery, and the Inner Sphere houses with their fleet of jumpships and dropships, in partnership with Horizon Tradeships and Neptune Orient Lines whom they convoy through interstellar space with
Mighty Earth - (Phoenix Mercantile's first subsidiary begun after their first permanent ports and trade houses were established) interstellar trading, purchasing, and distributing grain and other agricultural commodities including livestock and feed, also owns and operates several Nejiroan and interstellar farms, plantations, food and agricultural machinery factories that produce a variety of agricultural commodities and technology (e.g. biofuel, fertilizer, eggs, tractors, chips)
Phoenix Industries - a holding and umbrella corporation for all Saganami family and Ichizoku business interests and assets (including shares and licenses), a privately held company
Devil Dogs PMC - established after the o-ekibyo {great blight} of the early twenty ninth century, to raise funds quickly for the recovery of Nejiro, (as mercenaries, security specialists, bodyguards, gladiators, and bounty hunters), later developed into a large respected mercenary company accepting work in many parts of the Sphere and the Periphery, worked most currently in the Chaos March, the game worlds, and the Periphery but they recently (Dec. 3067) terminated most of their contracts (except for those in the Draconis Combine for family, Phoenix Mercantile interests, and contracted Kurita interests), as they were recalled home for wartime status refit, currently they are more than a regiment in strength with armor, mechanized infantry, battle armor, and support assets including their own transport
Marine Advanced Warfighting Schools (MAWS) - established to train the local militias, local fleet marines, and the Devil Dogs, as well as the NDT - Nejiro Defense Troop including the Space Marines, and the NPO - Nejiro Peace Officers including the Celestial Patrol, in basic and advanced combat and war, it has expanded to include select mercenary units and units of the DCA and DCMS
Dean Dr. Donald Yamamoto
Director Tai-sa Keil Zinni DCMS (non-active reserve)
Commander Sho-sa Xander Harris-Saganami
Akai Yoake Military Academy - to educate, train, and inspire Nejiro's military corps, it prepares young people to become officers of competence, character, and compassion, with additional programs to educate law enforcement personnel, community police, judge advocate investigators and lawyers, security personnel, technical personnel, medics and emergency personnel, hazardous materials personnel
Superintendent General Jade Hohiro DCMS retired
Dean Dr. Tomoe Sakade
Director Sho-sa Jamie Martinson DCMS (non-active reserve)
Nagoya University - ivy league private university located in Quezon
Artisan Ironwood - Stratosphere Ironwood trees are native to Nejiro and grow almost exclusively in the Tokage Hozon Shimasu {great lizard (saurian) preserve} and scattered through the Sequoia Rainforest, the trees are known for their great height and density - and their pride of place on the Nejiro flag, the tallest living tree is the Hyperion (173 meters) - most trees are within a few meters of this, the preserve property is wholly owned by the Saganami family and may not be leased, sold, or gifted, only thirty trees are harvested from the preserve every two years by Ironwood Forestry Management (five seedlings are planted for every tree removed) and only five of these are auctioned off - usually at the Nejiro Trade Show and the proceeds benefit several charities and educational funds, there are small groves of these trees planted on Parliament Hill, in front of the Governors Palace, in Jiyu Park in Yousai, in Sakura Onsen, the Garden of Tears in Hilo, and in groves around the Saganami landhold and Saganami Shiro, furniture made from stratosphere ironwood are highly sought after by interstellar collectors for their beauty, rarity, and their antiablative and antiballistic properties (they are also water resistant, acid resistant, and fire resistant), the pieces are distinctive due to the ring patterns and the finishing processes which lends unique distinguishing red color variants, stratosphere ironwood fibers and sap are used in products from paper to adhesives and medical treatments to textile composites for armor and hazardous environment and materials gear produced by Ironwood Composites, Ironwood Bo crafts staffs, bows and arrows, and fighting sticks for combat and competition
Aegis Arms - produces military support and personnel weapons, military vehicles, and electronic warfare systems, they have acquired licenses to produce the Tokugawa Heavy Tank, Crow Vtols, Sabaku Kaze Heavy Scout Hover Tank, and Saxon Apc's (all varieties), plants one thru four have recently started production of these vehicles along with other internal combustion (hydrogen cell) military combat and support vehicles (production of the new vehicles at this time is limited to no more than three dozen per annum), a variety of other vehicles are also produced at Aegis Arms industrial parks including apcs, skulker wheeled scout tank, hetzer wheeled assault gun, light srm carrier, striker light tank, packrat, pegasus scout hover tank, plainsman medium hover tank, saladin assault tank, scimitar medium hover tank, harasser missile platform, gladius medium hover tank, sand devil ii scout tank, condor heavy hover tank, maxim hover transport, scorpion light tank, galleon light tank, vedette medium tank, bulldog medium tank, heavy lrm carrier, pike support vehicle, lrm carrier, srm carrier, karnov ur transport, soar vtol, kestrel vtol
Vertical Farms - a series of urban high rise complexes located across Nejiro that includes warehouses and agricultural aquariums that employ environment controlled indoor farm fields and pastures, rooftop farms and apiaries, greenhouses and ponic facilities to produce organic free range livestock, fish, and hectares of grains, fruits, nuts, vegetables, herbs, spices, nuts, and edible flowers, they operate their own farmstands and wholesale markets and many of the facilities are open to the public for tours, picking parties, or to their gardens and parks
Vital Agriculture - (PI is the majority shareholder in partnership with Forty Centuries BioAg and the Rhee Dai Ichizoku) organically sustained industrial agriculture field farms that produces livestock and crops, food products, fibers, biofuels, perfumes, dyes, and medicines - about forty percent of total production is exported to interstellar markets
Rooftop Magic Bee Farms - leases rooftops from factories and warehouses in Yousai, Leyte, and Hilo where they grow dwarf citrus, peach, and fig trees, also barley, wild poppy, goldenrod, wild bergamot, buckwheat, clover, and other honeybee attracting plants for their apiaries also installed on the roofs to produce a large line of products including fruit, herbs, honey, beeswax products, candies, mead, beer, and small batches of single malt scotch
Taiyo Energy - (PI owns board chair shares) green energy utility supplying power on Nejiro to much of northern Tairiku and northern Shinrin, they also manufacture equipment, tools, hydrogen cells and generators
Vulcan Arms Industrial Park - originally established by Phoenix Mercantile among the remains of a Terran Hegemony facility, some decades before the Nejiro Project was a thought, as a materials processing facility and trade station with the indigenous population, over time it evolved into a secure military manufacturing and research facility the size of a small city located a few hundred kilometers north of the city of Majuro on the Shinrin continent and operates its own ports (naval and commercial), rail, and air station, Vulcan Arms itself manufactures personnel weapons of high quality and distinction - their custom shop offers hand fitted individually built and refined knives, rifles, and handguns but there is a long waiting list
Sentinel Media Group - a publishing company with interests in journalism, books, music, and television, they own and operate The Sentinel a daily newspaper available in print and digital formats covering interstellar, stellar and global news, the Cherry Blossom Publishing House is a commercial publisher that produces print and digital books and periodicals, the Watchmen News Network (WNN) is a twenty eight hour news channel covering interstellar headlines, global and stellar news in depth with media and digital outlets, Heritage Broadcasting Company (HBC) produces and broadcasts public television and radio over media and digital outlets, Tower Music offers recording and publishing services and many of the biggest names in the industry are their clients
Sakura Onsen - located on Mt. Horaji in the Sunlight Mountains (a chain in the northeastern Kiso Mountains) in the Hoshizora Chiku it is a private hot springs resort originally established for Phoenix Industries employees and Saganami Dai Ichizoku members, in recent decades it has expanded to include other ichizoku and independent interests, it is home to the always popular Natsu Matsuri {summer festival}, the wider location has been classed as a natural preserve and non-industrial area and has been declared a National Heritage Site
Yuzen Zomen Kimono - lead designer Eva Raven and her team create traditional handcrafted kimono, yukata and fans featuring designs that through layered dyeing techniques appear like famous and original ink wash paintings, they also employ these techniques on scarves, ties, and vests
Tamahagene Bladesmith - master metal smith and owner Akitsugu Amata and his team Keith Austin, Masamine Sumitami, and Eila Larivaara create traditionally handforged japanese style true swords and accessories
Beau Monde - an haute couture and luxury ready to wear fashion house that includes several custom clothiers including Meiyo's personal stylist Yuniya Kawamura
Bennu Jewels - boutique jewelry shops with their own original designs located in Yousai, Lanikai, Bridges, Port Fortuna, Yakan, and Sakura Onsen
Meridian Funds - (PI owns board chair shares) venture capital firm operating in the Nejiro stellar system, the Izar Cluster, and the Draconis Combine periphery, (current President and CEO Claude Dubois married to Chiyo Saganami)
Akoya Kuroshinju {black pearls} - crafts couture jewelry after the retrieval of pearls from their wild and farmed pearl beds in the tropical waters of Hyakushima
OKI Electric - global and stellar wireless internet service provider, social media platform Tsuro {passage}, provides instant communication via audio, video, and/or text, image conversations, conferences, chats, secure digital wallet, streaming services, comic and manga distribution, and news distribution, also provides military technology solutions, manufactures automatic teller machines, commercial and industrial printers, and multifunction devices
Koun'na Unchin - global freight services headquartered in Leyte for commercial and residential customers
TransContainer Limited - global commercial freight services headquartered at the spaceport
Vesathai Fort - a gamers paradise with everything from arcade games to pachinko, card and dice games, console games, and tabletop battles, there are Mech simulators (enough to battle up to two regiments), there is a casino, mahjong parlor, a sports bar with multiple screens, a public karaoke bar, private karaoke suites, there is a live concert hall, an e-stadium, and immersive virtual reality suites (which require separate reservations and tickets) located in Hilo, Yakan, Quezon, Opal Port, Port Fortuna and opening in Rainbow, Siniy, and Bridges
Owner Aidan Draper
Head of Security Kouhei Kaneshiro
Lead Computer Engineer Quinten McCabe
Lead Software Engineer Bela Jenkins
Yomiuri Land - covers two city blocks in Yousai of glass enclosed multileval waterpark that includes swimming pools, dive pools, wave pools, simulated beaches, slides, tube rides, rope swings, and watercoasters, the top deck has an adults only beachside wave pool with bar service, the recently opened Hilo location adults only top deck has a clothing optional Roman bath theme
Starwood Resorts - five star hotel and resorts in all major cities and a few 'private' islands, also operates a cruise ship and two sailing yachts
Mercury Stadium - sports arena in Yousai, the lowest level houses a train station and subway station, offices, shops, bars and restaurants, level two is home to a basketball court, tennis courts, a hockey and figure skating rink, and competitive indoor swimming and diving pools, level three holds the Philharmonic Concert Hall where symphonies, operas, and musicals are performed, and the upper level with its glass accordion roof and moveable real grass field hosts association football, baseball, lacrosse, and concerts
Pegasus Resorts - (PI owns shares) publicly traded company owned by the Nakatomi family, originating and headquartered on Kajikazawa in the Benjamin Military District the three to five star hotels and resorts have spread to multiple worlds of the Draconis Combine including Luthien and Xinyang, they have facilities on most Kuritan worlds with tourism, Ukiyo, or military R&R, recently opened on Nejiro are the Hippocrene {the horses fountain} a resort in Sakura Onsen and the Hippokampoi {fish tailed horses} a resort in Lanikai
Firebird Spirits - (PI owns shares) craft brewery owned by the Nakatomi family that distributes their product (beer, spirits, cider, mead) throughout Kuritan space, they have recently opened a brewpub in Yousai with Brew Master Matti Julia Reika and pub manager Moya Brennan, and a brewpub in Hilo with Brew Master Martin Koy and pub manager Isobail Loinsigh
Stark Heavy Industries - (PI owns shares) interstellar conglomerate with stellar system presence in Chemicals and Plastics, Metal Refining and Production, Mining, Industrial Machinery, Artillery and Munitions, Shipbuilding and Repair, Orbital Facilities and Support
Nejiro Division President Katya Stark
Nejiro Division Managing Director Isamu Kawai
Matsuri Fireworks - (PI owns shares) designs and produces fireworks for large scale displays and consumers, located on Hanabi, an isolated island in Hyakushima
Serikos Textiles - manufactures merino wool, linen, and silk fabrics and threads for garments, linens, upholstery, and drapery
Strategic Defense Institute - interstellar and geostrategic national security intelligence research and analysis body that supports the Crown, the Defense Ministry - department of the Military, and the Nejiro Defense Troop, it is a non-profit advisory body that provides military and security research, analysis, and recommendations consisting of civilian professionals, academics, and uniformed military personnel, its divided into three components: one - the Department of Research, two - the War College which provides graduate level instruction to senior military officers and civilians in research, leadership, strategy and joint service cooperation through Command School, Strategic Studies, and the Advanced Leadership and Tactics Course, upon completion of on campus or remote study graduates are granted either a Master of Military Arts and Sciences degree, a Master of Military History degree, or a Master of Stategic Studies degree (post graduate studies to PhD are also available), three - The Military Press Journal which publishes papers and reports developed by the Institute, and Parameters - a monthly referred journal providing a forum for the expression of mature thought on the art and science of warfare, security affairs, military history, leadership, ethics, and other topics of interest to the Institute and its readership of military personnel, security and law enforcement personnel, contractors, and academics
Aozora Mines - planetary and stellar production of amber, silver, tungsten, opals, diamonds, sapphires, jade, rare earths, iron, gold, copper, silica, aluminium, nickel, palladium, cobalt, uranium, zinc, manganese, chromium, coal, lithium, etc.
Founders Institute - a non-profit organization that does research and analysis of historical government policy, law, and procedures from ancient Terran history onward, from this body the ten year project -the Founders Council that led eventually to the Founders Agreement (in conjunction and supporting the Nejiro Project) was researched, developed and finalized, currently archeologists and anthropologists still regularly contribute artifacts and information to the Institutes library and it still acts as an advisory body to the Crown and Parliament, it publishes a quarterly, the Comparative Political Studies Journal a peer reviewed academic journal from papers and reports sponsored by the Institute
Natsu Metals {summer} - produces quality processed rolled, plates, and shapes of carbon steel,stainless steel aluminium, and red metals, it also manufactures metal components and offers expert engineering services
Kinzoku Geijutsu {metal art} - creates decorative metal railings, fences, gates, screens, furniture, decor, and art pieces
Sugureta Zairyo {superior materials} - produces cement, concrete, ferrocrete, copper alloy products, cemented carbide products, sintered parts, high performance alloys and compounds, high energy materials, large scale nuclear fusion energy plants, electronic components, polysilicon, plastics, chemicals, recycling, its research division is studying ancient Roman and Chinese cements to develop modern equivalents
Fenix Consortium - Crown corporation and holding company for Nejiroan government and public service agencies and enterprises begun by the Saganami family, and the Sankaku during the developent of the Founders Project and the Nejiro Project including Via Rail, Life Lift, Nejiro Postal Service, Nejiro Peace Officers, Nejiro Fire Brigade, Ryokinsho {toll station}, Red Cross, Nejiro Public Library System, The Mint, Yousai University, Crown Communications, General Hospital, Metro Mass Transit, Port Authority, Public Broadcasting, Crown Lands Management etc.
Aquarium Architecture - specialists in custom fish tanks, luxury aquarium design and maintenance, we operate in short time frames from operators based across the globe and each aquarium design is bespoke and all materials and livestock are hand selected to complement the desires of the client, we pride ourselves on our depth of knowledge and the high quality of service, we work closely with designers, ichthyologists, architects, and engineers to ensure the highest standards with an extensive variety of services to cement our position as the industry leader in tank design and function with a diverse portfolio from a residential kitchen island tank with bright coral reefs to a commercial property lobby wall housing imposing sharks and stinging jellyfish
The Artz - non-profit community centers best known for their afterschool and summer programs for children in music, fashion, media and digital arts, fine arts, performance arts, hobby and handicrafts, it is associated with several guilds and mentor programs that run dozens of classes and clubs in a wide variety of interests from art history to pottery, from doujinshi to knitting, from model building to decorative baking, from drumming to poetry, from flower arrangement to music theory, from calligraphy to quilting, from textile crafts to paper crafts, from boro to sashiko, from woodworking to glassblowing, from dance to weaving, and from painting to photography, most centers have two small theaters, a sound stage, a radio broadcast studio, a television studio, dark rooms, an ornamental flower garden, and a few dozen artist studios suitable for efforts from dance to sculpture
The Opera Palace - Nejiro's foremost centre for performing arts including opera, ballet, and drama, located in Yousai it does about three hundred performances per season for approximately two hundred thousand theatergoers, the complex has been praised not only for its performances but also its architecture and state of the art facilities which include concert halls, rehearsal halls, The Playhouse Theater, The Opera Palace, The Pit - a four hundred seat sunken theater with moveable stage and seats for contemporary and open stage performances, The Stage Set & Design Center - stores and exhibits previously used stage scenery and costumes, an art gallery, a media art museum, a media arts library - which includes recordings of all public performances at the complex, office spaces, restaurants and shops, other activities include young artist training programs, performing arts exhibitions and events, visiting artist performances, backstage tours, and global and interstellar artist exchanges, the centre is supported by its endowment, foundation funds and grants, guild and corporate partners, public funds from the city of Yousai, and generous donors
