Steel and Ambition: No SV, Just Building the Guns Won't Make for a Successful Business. You Need More!

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Money or no money, it is going to be difficult for the siblings to live from now on, and it will affect the sisters psychologically to have had their childhood taken from them by the shogunate, as they would now have to look after themselves and be semi-raised by their older brother instead of their parents.

The shogunate has a lot to answer for…

And the violence and unrest is not going to stop. Japan is at a very uncertain point in its history, where it must decide both its foreign and domestic policy. Embrace the modern world, or resist it?

Should the "barbarians" decide to come for Japan…I don't envy Japan's chances.

Tech and guns can win battles, but economies and production are what win wars.
And unfortunately for Japan, the country is lacking in energy sources like oil.
 
Go south to one of the big port cities. We need to get away from the shogun people and closer to international trade to acces new tech and materials
 
Money or no money, it is going to be difficult for the siblings to live from now on, and it will affect the sisters psychologically to have had their childhood taken from them by the shogunate, as they would now have to look after themselves and be semi-raised by their older brother instead of their parents.

The shogunate has a lot to answer for…

And the violence and unrest is not going to stop. Japan is at a very uncertain point in its history, where it must decide both its foreign and domestic policy. Embrace the modern world, or resist it?

Should the "barbarians" decide to come for Japan…I don't envy Japan's chances.

Tech and guns can win battles, but economies and production are what win wars.
And unfortunately for Japan, the country is lacking in energy sources like oil.
All I'm going to say is that you need some financial backers… material…

And potentially enough fire power to really fuck things up for whoever knocks on the door of your mansion with intent.

To quote a funny cartoon charecter:

"I do not care who the government sends I am not paying taxes!"
 
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All I'm going to say is that you need some financial backers… material…

And potentially enough fire power to really fuck things up for whoever knocks on the door of your mansion with intent.

To quote a funny cartoon charecter:

"I do not care who the government sends I am not paying taxes!"
We shall channel our inner Bruce O'Brian and tell the government to fuck off. They shall fear the Goose (Version 0.1 Pre-alpha)!!!
 
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Turn 4:

What were you going to do?

You had nothing, nothing but the ideas in your mind, the weight of responsibility for your sisters, and a sum of money that would not last forever. It was enough to keep you afloat for a time, but only if you were careful. And if you weren't… survival itself would slip through your fingers.

You were trapped. Staying in Kyoto was not an option. The city was too close to the halls of power, too close to the watchful eyes of men who saw you as nothing more than an inconvenience, or worse, an opportunity to be exploited. Here, you were vulnerable. Here, you were at their mercy. Whoever They were.

But where could you go?

You didn't know.

The world beyond Kyoto even beyond your home, was vast, unknown, and filled with dangers you had only heard whispers of. To leave meant stepping into uncertainty, into places where your name meant nothing and your coin would eventually run dry. Would you even survive long enough to find a new beginning?

It didn't matter anymore.

The past was done, the future was unwritten, and for the first time in your life, no one was dictating your path.

You only had your mind to follow.

Where do you go?

[]Write in

[]Stay in Kyoto: You will settle in Kyoto, and try your best to make the best in your life here. And hope that you would not be forced into a situation where you would be changed.

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General Actions: You only have General Actions. You are without a workshop or anything to begin your research.

You have 3 Actions

[]A Reforged World: You need to rebuild a forge to start creating weapons again. Maybe you can find a place where you can rebuild.

[]The Sisters You Love: Miriko and Makoto both need to be talked to. You want to know how they feel.

[] The Promises: You want to find outfit your father had any allies. Anyone at all who could help you who owe him. Even when he was dead.

[]Finding Backers: You need someone to invest their money into supporting you. You have nothing but time. Maybe you can use that time, to try and rebuild yourself.

[]Forigners and Arms: There is a strange priest who is in Kyoto. He is a man who is preaching the word of a man named Jesus Christ. He hasn't been killed because he was a foreigner, and he was allowed to. Maybe he can be useful.

[]The Silent Blade: Rumors whisper of a masterless swordsman who hires himself out for causes he believes in. Maybe you can convince him to fight for you.

[]The Apprentices Forgotten: You know that there are many blacksmiths apprentices that do not stay long, either to ply new trades, or because they do not have the patience. But maybe… you can find one who could follow you.

[]The World Turns: How does the world change, you wonder. (see a rumor mill turn)

AN: Enjoy and please vote in plan format please.
 
Welp, I don't know what to do, but I highly advise against staying in Kyoto. 10,000 mon seems like a lot and I can guarantee that eventually the local nobility and the courtiers will find out and will want that money. The further away we get the better I would think.
 
[x] Head East, to Iga


[x]Plan: Immediate Concerns
-[x]A Reforged World: You need to rebuild a forge to start creating weapons again. Maybe you can find a place where you can rebuild.
-[x]The Sisters You Love: Miriko and Makoto both need to be talked to. You want to know how they feel.
-[x]The Silent Blade: Rumors whisper of a masterless swordsman who hires himself out for causes he believes in. Maybe you can convince him to fight for you.

Get a bodyguard for the road and get gone, preferably someplace that has a forge.
 
[X]Plan: Family first
-[X]Write in
—[X] Head east
-[X]The Sisters You Love: Miriko and Makoto both need to be talked to. You want to know how they feel.
-[X] The Promises: You want to find outfit your father had any allies. Anyone at all who could help you who owe him. Even when he was dead.
-[X]Finding Backers: You need someone to invest their money into supporting you. You have nothing but time. Maybe you can use that time, to try and rebuild yourself.

Edit: If anyone wants to modify to where we go, then go ahead
 
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What is Iga if you don't mind me asking?
Iga is where the ninjas are. It's currently ruled by the Todo family through the Tsu domain, but the Todo themselves are in Omi. The Todo are historically known for swapping to the winning side, and are currently choosing to remain neutral. Neutral they will stay until Meiji makes a personal effort to pull them into the war.

In summation, it's currently a neutral province that will soon be full of a lot of discrete customers who will have far fewer scruples about adapting to the technologically superior form of war and subterfuge than your average samurai.
 
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[X] Plan: uhhh, IDK: High_Admiral
-[X] Head East, to Iga
-[X]The Sisters You Love: Miriko and Makoto both need to be talked to. You want to know how they feel.
-[X] The Promises: You want to find outfit your father had any allies. Anyone at all who could help you who owe him. Even when he was dead.
-[X]The Silent Blade: Rumors whisper of a masterless swordsman who hires himself out for causes he believes in. Maybe you can convince him to fight for you.

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Ninja's used guns a lot for distractions. Maybe we can help them transform into Japan's intelligence corp through our weapons. Either way. I like how people mention that there will be customers in a neutral area.
 
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[x] Head East, to Iga

[X]The Silent Blade: Rumors whisper of a masterless swordsman who hires himself out for causes he believes in. Maybe you can convince him to fight for you.
[X]The Sisters You Love: Miriko and Makoto both need to be talked to. You want to know how they feel.
[X] The Promises: You want to find outfit your father had any allies. Anyone at all who could help you who owe him. Even when he was dead.
This works for me.

[X] Plan: uhhh, IDK: High_Admiral
-[X] Head East, to Iga
-[X]The Sisters You Love: Miriko and Makoto both need to be talked to. You want to know how they feel.
-[X] The Promises: You want to find outfit your father had any allies. Anyone at all who could help you who owe him. Even when he was dead.
-[X]The Silent Blade: Rumors whisper of a masterless swordsman who hires himself out for causes he believes in. Maybe you can convince him to fight for you.
 
This works for me.

[X] Plan: uhhh, IDK: High_Admiral
-[X] Head East, to Iga
-[X]The Sisters You Love: Miriko and Makoto both need to be talked to. You want to know how they feel.
-[X] The Promises: You want to find outfit your father had any allies. Anyone at all who could help you who owe him. Even when he was dead.
-[X]The Silent Blade: Rumors whisper of a masterless swordsman who hires himself out for causes he believes in. Maybe you can convince him to fight for you.

Fix but I am keeping that name. Its so funny for me. I might have to get some sleep.
 
[X] Plan: uhhh, IDK: High_Admiral

Seems like a good plan, and any extra protection for our sisters is better than none.
 
lol
You should write in something under the direction about getting a map or something. Like:

-[]Head East, to Iga
—[] Get a map dummy.
 
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I would rather not go east as that's closer to the Shogun's seat of Power in Edo, we should go west and settle in either western honshu, shikoku, or kyushu.
 
I would rather not go east as that's closer to the Shogun's seat of Power in Edo, we should go west and settle in either western honshu, shikoku, or kyushu.

Does any of his people know what we look like? I don't think so. I would also imagine that the Shogun will suppress the information. Don't want to let people know that he failed.
 
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