Dev Shadows of Atrisia

[Junko Ike]

There wasn't much else they could do but here with the communication relay they could see to a few other problems and solutions. A smirk on JUnko's face when she pulled up some of the information bbut she was also connecting to her palace. The massive network of the Atrisian system went until she saw the screen and Io stood there with a smile on her face. "Junko." SHe said it checking for a moment if anyone was around and Junko spoke. "Io, you look beautiful and he palace suits you," THe girl grinned wider. "It is on an island.. I like islands and while you have a lot of women around here... like more then I thought as handmaidens it has been fun."

JUnko had a smile at that... at least Io was well she was getting along with the others and they would be able to when she returned spend a little time doing whatever... she didn't have much int he way of meetings that would need to be done and they could assign a few airships to go around and handle problems. She wanted to head back as well bebcause while she enjoyed the trip here.. Xam'chi was only so important and she had several islands still to explore but each one would take her out closer and closer to her own. There was the isle of the Sansin from myth and legends and well it did exist bbto not confuse many of the others.

 

[Junko Ike]

"THis all looks and works out amazingly Master Swan, give my regards to the other masters on the island and I shall return with any news." She said it and cut the liune with Io... she needed something different.... she needed to return home for the moment at least and well oversee things but there was also the chance to just relax and enjoy herself. Swimming in the ocean and oversee what was going to be a sort of purified zone around the island they would be able to turn into a sort of safe space for swimming and exploring. "I understand Princess, there is something to be said about family... or relationships and they require work at the best of times."

Swan nodded her head in understanding and Junko nodded as she set back off with swan towards the temple and they had spent a lot of time here... she had learned a lot and the jedi were really pushing progressive goals to improve Atrisian force users lives. She returned quickly enough to the airship and they set the course being greeted and seen off by several jedi masters who were from the island and had brought their own field reports about what they could do. A smile on her face as she was going to have a whole lot of things to review as well as thanks to Shoma a chance to go over with some fo the other cities represenatives the improvements to the Atrisian economy.

 

[Junko Ike]

"That was quick princess." Her handmaidens on the airship spoke while Junko set the course and went back to her lounge... "Yes we got some strange news and I need to get home... We will continue the tour of the islands from the other direction... go to the exterior islands with mine and then come back around." She got some looks but they needed and the pilot was setting the course as the jedi saw them off and they passed through the illusion fields. THe bubble of the airspace changhing to obscure the village and temple before they were still heading off towards the setting sun. The island where Junko was given her palace and it wasn't the easiest to find as the island was not meant to be on any charts.

"We have set the course princess." The pilot said it and Junko provided the lodestone that was attuned to her island... the force concealment of it was powerful with the white current and much like the children of the jedi's island it had been set up and was maintained but it was also reinforced by stygium crystals and its own general cloaking field. It obscured and hid the island in the force and just made the area where it was seem like the sea as Junko had gotten it set up with hydrostatic shielding below and metal netting to keep predators out of the waters around it. There was the airspace which was not restricted but it was also not well known or often used by transports.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was looking at the lodestone though and she navigated the ship with the pilot towards it. ABle to see the seawalls of defenses that were for Xam'chi as they passed over them. The last of the sea walls seeing them off as there were island chains branching out and shipping lanes for the ships. The islands here were a mixture of natural and artificial that had been created to populate and provide a number of functions from additional farms or stormbreaks. The walls that were created to narrow down tropical storms and waves that would cause issues. The boats able to go between the islands and the jedi master was looking over the railing as the islands gave way to the open ocean.

The oceans though looked much more peaceful and serene here... the waters wonderful in their cascadings blues and blacks... even some shades of green as large fiush were everywhere... sharks and dolphins swam around and she could see algae, kelp and seaweeds that drifted along. They were able to see many others things around them here.. she could see some of the islands that were scattered in the far distance and the lodestone continued to bring them towards her island. The seas changing just a little as mists appeared in the air and there was still the sun around them. They could navigate easily enough as the airship passed through the stealth field and the mysterious island of the princess came into view.

 

[Junko Ike]

The island was lush and covered in green trees, with mountains that carved along it and made narrow valleys. There were the arches of rock which had been set up like the arches of Cato Neimodia with buildings on top of them as the village on the island was her most trusted servants and guards. It led the way towards the palace in the center as three walls had been set up around using the mountains and shielding towers for weather and airborne virus. The kazue stone gleamed white pink in the light as she could see it there. The high areas and gardens... the sections that had been rebuilt and transferred for her from the other palaces.

What is more she could see the village itself and it was more like a massive city... using one of the arches to create the one side of it it was multi tiered around the valley... richly beautiful as the area for airships and shuttles was in the middle of a ring for defensive emplacements making the best approach for landing nearly impossible to sneak into. The walls around other parts of the island would seal off entire sections but that was a benefit to her as the norther part of the island was largely unexplored jungle and created its own natural defenses. The walls were thick and patrolled by droids over there mostly instead of people but AI monitoring with human oversight was important.

 

[Junko Ike]

That was something that they were going to have to work on as well.. she was pushing for more innovation after all and AI controlled systems were dangerous but beneficial as well for maintaining things. It allowed them to free up citizens and workers with the skills that came from less. The assembly system worked to aid them and had oversight but it allowed their people to focus on better ways to improve overall. Here the palace though would need something better as these were many of her most trusted and loyal... the handmaidens all from across atrisia and some from offworld who were friends or loyal or those who sought to help her even though she had told them she didn't need it.

The airship came in and moored itself as the jedi master stood there and looked at the others who were on the deck of the airship. "We are home." She said it and attendants were coming with droids to refuel and check the systems of the airship as it was being worked on. The improvements to the streets and parts of the islands as a holographic display came up showing the island and the smaller ones that were made and fashioned artificially to trail off of it. THey served a purpose as well though as the smaller islnds were not just specs they were able to hold homes or pylons for defensive purposes and controlling the conditions on the island.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko looked around as she left the airship and turned around looking up at the vaulted terraced leveled... walkways where the families of her handmaidens and guards were living and moving. Their community was here and the houses were impressive enough. They had been trying to really beef and expand things here.. she could see the children running in the streets as they wrapped around and the scent of food came to her. Junko walked and most stopped to bow to her... they presented flowers and some even bowed but she wasn't forcing them to. The Metsuka who were here stood at the ready and were prepared for anything really as the stealth enhanced barrier around them was gleaming and making the clear skies sharper and you could see the anshin above.

She could see more though while she stood there and there was a garden with several trees as she looked on and one of the grandparents of a guard who was in her palace. Junko moved over and helped her stand up as she smiled. The smaller lady was hunched over and while not frail.. she wasn't though... just holding her arm she had muscle and her skin while tanned from the sun was there. "Careful ancestor." She said it and stood there for the moment with a smile on her face though offering it. "Princess... so beautiful." THe woman spoke and sat back down when she was looking up. She had grey/silver hair that was long and still very beautiful when she sat down next to her... she was back home but she didn't need to rush. "THank you." SHe offered a bow of her head and remained there next to her as the woman grasped her hands.

 

[Junko Ike]

The older woman shook them for a moment and JUnko felt the steel of her grip and the warmth... her most loyal were always important and the best way to ensure and keep their loyalty was with love like this... not fear or anger but adoration and the like when finally she rose up and was able to get away. The jedi who came here were also helpful to the cause as Junko walked the streets... with them wrapping around and up as children played, the sounds and smells of roasting veggies and meats. She stopped as someone was offering strips of fish that had been made like bacon and sizzling there she could just see it. She tasted it though and it was delicious when she breathed in and out the scents of rice bowls.

"Most imprtessive." She kept getting distracted as the next place walking past was a hotsprings... a great place as they had tapped into a geothermal vent that heated it up and largely the hotsprings were made for her and the handmaidens.. they had been designed with her in mind same as the beach area. From the street she could hear things and the owner came out... the aunt of one of her attendants who bowed and stood in a modified kimono... the sleeveless design accentuated her curves while she had a bottle of wine in her hand. "Princess welcome." She smiled widely and remained there though as some of the people who worked in it practiced with the beach guns.... water sprayers for friendly competition.

 

[Junko Ike]

She could see other things that they were doing.. the island itself was larger then it looked and they had carved a canal around it that was meant to be like a wash and run off water around them for when it rained or even if they wanted to simulate snow.... which was one of the benefits here. The geothermal vents could heat the water up just perfectly. She also knew they were developing tubing for it that pumped the heated waters through the buildings and streets that would keep them warm in cold weather... would allow the streets to not frost over and could be made to create ambiance and mist around the town or the palace.

JUnko was able to see more of it as well as the hot springs gave way to the canal that had racers and they were practicing... with the raised platforms it did allow them to have different tracks the more you went up and they used the technologies they had such as new dimensional compression and anchoring to selectively have equipment hidden away. THe power sources designed to last as long as the universe itself did and the materials using nanomachines to self repair the mateirals as a coating. THey were trying to make the atrisian civilization sustainable long after they were gone and if the bones could remain then the people could as well.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko could see the jet racing that was going on and it was beautiful.. they had developed advanced speeders that were able to be used here for the sport but would be able to triple and this was important... with a few alterations into civilian and military style use. The sport model had additional boosters and fuel systems t extend its use and power the safety systems while the civilian model focused on speed and the military on armament. Still all three models had two main seats.. the jetter and the shooter with a brace that would create a gravity bubble and keep the two of them in place so they couldn't be flung outwards.

The sounds though brought her attention to other aspects of it, the crowds which were little sisters and students from the academy on the island itself. All of them standing there and cheering as the announcer remained for a moment and then she was looking over at JUnko and seemed to realize what was happening... who was there and she spoke wihtout losing much stride. "Ladies, it looks like we have a guest today observing." THat seemed to get some looks as others looked around and noticed. "Princess Junko is here observing... act normal though we know she doens't like a massive deal of what is happening."

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko raised an eyebrow at the announcer with that though... she wanted to laugh but it was just too good a line and it was way more exciting as the jet racers moved past them... interest and the sounds of the water as they went past firing their water cannons and that was what the sport had gotten modified with... water cannons that would let them knock each other around and disable the racers without harming each other to much. She moved though towards the announcer and there was another giving the rules and breakdown of the events... color commentary was an important aspect before they were refreshing and showing the parts of the track that had been designed to loop around and use gravity tubes.

"Oh it looks like Asakagi has been disabled for the moment their skis took too much damage from the impact points." She said it and showed on the display the damage read out from taking shots. "The water cannons have a built in reserve but do not replenish themselves making it a stratigic shot requirement for the three laps and usually avoids just spamming blasts." SHe said it and Junko was starting to see the rules as well as the overall design and skill needed... different weapons could be used but each with their own water supply... so each had their own shot count and you couldn't just shoot everything you needed to be careful.. you needed to think and out think your opponents while the shooter but also be able to out drive as the jetter.

 

[Junko Ike]

There were other sports that they had... if anything Atrisia was really starting to come back into its own as sports, art, finance and more was being discussed and improved upon. She knew they were getting schools like wrestling, swoop racing and more... each dedicated and important to the citizens of the Commonwealth who would branch out after their military service to either continue or have a quasi-civilian lifestyle with their lives but not all of them were going to be farmers who grew the food and sold off the extra. They could make the food for themselves but the luxuries that could go along with the new quality of life for everyone was a vast improvement and compared to many others she had seen the Emperor and empress tried to make sure everyone improved.

There was also the terraforming objectives and this island was a prime example of it and what could be made like the others. Artificial in some ways but they were natural.. the islands themselves were designed to improve upon the already there ones with stronger ecosystems and using technology they knew about from worlds like Mon Cala and Manaan they were able to design the repulsor lifts.. it would also give the islands a structure ins ome cases built and designed for well... for excavating and having structures built into them with all of the needed internal working. THey had created the islands as part of the terraforming plans and if they could get them to work then they could use them on primarily water worlds not just making massive floating cities... but places that looked even more natural.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was able to watch the racers though... the jetters were all determination and focus going into the corners... the shooters were not spraying water but were timing and focusing their shots in a way they would be able to cause the most 'damage' that would disable the other shooters or jets... the variety of weapons though was what made it fun as she could see one of the shooters with duel pistols but they were designed like sub-machine guns so it had a lot of rapid fire and would chew through the reserves but up close pretty much anything was going to be sprayed and take excessive strikes. The sniper style cannon on the other hand was much better at a longer range but it had less albeit more powerful shots.

Then there was the different jets themselves, she could see the readouts on a smaller screen talking about them from the heavier framed one that could take more punishment and had better turning as well as boosting capacity to the ultralightweight frame that would be able to get higher speeds with its shorter boost and not be able to take as much damage from the water cannons themselves. The riders were sleek and lithe from training as this was a strain to hold themselves up and on the jets while doing this and taking the sharper turns. SHe knew that falling off wasn't as dangerous as there were lifeguard droids and kinetic baarriers to prevent being run over.

 

[Junko Ike]

Still there was a thrill to this and the announcer made it all worth it. The excitement she brought as the academy students all looked on... the excitement of the crowd as the racers did increasingly sharper turned or worked to try and make it a spectacle with their bobbing and weaving around obstructions like inflatable balls, buoys and small things that splashed water at them but were not meant to harm. The first racer coming around the corner went off of a ramp and they spun around as the jet corkscrewed to let her shooter fire on the others in the areas above them. Scoring damage points and disabling two of the jets for a moment when they touched down.

Then the boost activated and it was glorious when they crossed the finish line with much fanfare. The academy students she was able to see and there was a lot more things going on. Their artificial islands that had been developed here allowed for them to shape a whole lot more. Junko raised an eyebrow at what she was seeing and the hand holding of the academy students was important as one of her handmaidens spoke."It has gotten different, some of the teachers have been saying it is class s romances... an all girls academy is going to get experimentation above anything as a lot of them are engaged to be married so get it out of their system."

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko looked at her and raised an eyebrow... "out of their system." She said it more disbelieving but well that was half the fun of some things... she knew a lot of what happened and she also knew that while accepting of many thing Atrisia was traditional... families like theirs would generally be promised and married to achieve status or wealth... that they were all here because their family served the princess only meant they were literally going to be shipped off to be married and might never see people again for safety reasons. There was always more and she did know that most of the handmaidens were here with their families and her guards... as well as some yovshin.

"Well I mean princess... not everyone is... some are just experimenting." She was flustered... flushed as her cheeks showed heat and Junko smiled looking at her with a smile on her face as a hand came out and patted her cheek. "It is okay, I understand." She said it and went back to watching the race as the winners came around and got off of their jet approaching the princess and bowing. "Princess, we dedicate the victory to you." The two of them were excited and Junko nodded her approval coming up and looking at the two of them for a moment. "Wonderful, thank you." She was smiling at them and looking around at all of them.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was looking at much more of it though.. she needed to continue on as the waterways and academy that was here fostered a sense she liked... the influences of Imperial and Atrisian fuzed together to create the better city style. She knew the presented island itself was artificial and below it was a superstructure of many more mechanical parts. Facilities that powered the cloaking fields... the defensive measures and there was under construction a tube for a train that would be able to go along an island chain and connect it to the mainland. With their high speed rail system on the area below the surface they had it getting reinforced.

She knew they were setting up proper facilities below the island that would ensure repairs and defensive measures could be deployed. THe artificial islands had many of the same things but there was also an entire bunker below the surface that functioned like a vault. The surface had a few hundred thousand people... below they had close to four million who served and worked for her from support techs and staff to more temple and palace employees. Each of them got lavish homes which didn't really see the sun but they were usually the ones who preferred that... more so they worked or were families for her direct handmaidens, staff and had access to anything they needed on the surface.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko stopped at one of the areas though that went down and could see the facility map they had developed.. the massive under ground city was built like a level of Coruscant and not just sterile hallways but it was designed to be like a small city with streets, vaulted ceilings and even a garden with trees. As above so below as it were and the mega structure that was the island itself have its machinery and materials to work the repulsors and in the event the repair droids and multitude of back up systems failed the island itself was still buoyant and able to float for a time. She was looking at more of it and got bows from the others before she was heading towards their marketplace.

The small island city and palace had an active one and Junko fostered itwhile encouraging and influences what they had. Stalls of cloths.... food and art were given. Musical instruments could be seen and the keisei dancers were there.. she maintained at least a small school for them so she could have dancers and painters... composing ballads of Atrisians from the past, herself and for the fun she wanted. The jedi princess of Atrisia though had never found a good enough song to be her theme songs but after the Galavision compeition went sideways she had gotten some compliments for her singing and notably for her dress which was still one of the most expensive in galactic history.

 

[Junko Ike]

Those workers were here.. as well as many of the palace engineers and even more of the soldiers who defended the island which was another important part.. it was an island fortress and defense of the city was important just as much as her palace. Seeing the people who were there though and greeting them she smiled offering hugs to the children and smiles... offering her hands for others and bringing food to one or two who was there and hadn't gone out yet. The undercity itself though she could see on the displays and it was large... booming and full of people who were happy. The music in the streets though brought her attention and Junko couldn't help but smile.

"The music is very different here." She said it and her handmaiden spoke with a nod of her head as above them holographic displays of news but also of Junko appeared. Showing some of her exploints and talking about her good will tour around Atrisia and how she was touring the islands after a time in Xam'chi... wondering if she was going to return home to the island and confirming it with up to date images of her there among all of them. A smile was on her face as JUnko bowed her head and standing in her kimono made sure everything she did looked good. To them she seemed to be able to do no wrong but it wasn't about lying or only feeding information.. she made sure they told all sides in a situation... just this was her palace though so it was usually about what involved her.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was able to see it all and with a healthy dose of spin.. they were not going to pull punches as the romantic exploits of the princess were a subject of gossip... it was known that while Junko wasn't some free loving hippy she also was always involved with pretty ladies. Beautiful people and talented... kind, loving... their princess didn't just shock people it was more personal and so they tried to talk about that while having a little fun and speculating about what new adventures she would venture upon with a latest paramour. She could see the boughtine bodyguard she had been loaned and the tattooed female was big standing there with JUnko.

"Well they partially got that wrong bbut they do know I have a type." She said it and there was a look at her as Junko had a grin on her face that was just bright and huge. Her handmaidens were with her and she could see one of them just shaking her head. Junko wrapped an arm around her shoulder though and spoke. "I know I know sweetie... but think of it this way... it is never boring for us here." The smile remained on her face though and if anythign it got wider as all of them laughed. Going to the doors of the palace that looked simple but was designed with the latest in biometrics scanning everything. The yovshin under her with their jade colored armor and flowing cloaks of amber.

 

[Junko Ike]

The guards were to some gaudy with the coloring but Junko wasn't against it... if anything they were exactly what she wanted in a team of soldiers who would protect her. The Metsuka who worked with them was a zeltron spec ops team and they werre not like many. Protecting Barsoom the jedi temple on Zeltros. The silver jedi didn't use it as much as she knew so the jedi who were there mostly just trained and worked with the Jadeite jedi and the Atrisians since they have been working on many of the improvements... specifically the hyperspace tunneling to get through between the locations. THey have set up much more of it.

Junko was looking at many more things they wanted to do and she knew her guards were special in other ways.. yovshin but also some of the first in a newer wave of training that saw them taught and augmented with small upgrades... mostly for mental and physical prowess without being cybernetic beings... they were faster, stronger and sharper in terms of their thoughts... much like the heralds but more streamlined and something better able to be augmented. Junko walked towards the gates of her palace and it was meant to be opulant in its design.. the intricate kyber crystal workings of the gate and runes of protection were there to repel and sicken darksiders but also practical shielding technologies.