Dev Shadows of Atrisia

[Junko Ike]

Junko could see some others as well... Barca wasn't lazy about it or hidden which was one of the better qualities as her attending servers in the palace fortress were roaming around as well. Training more who all seemed to enjoy the attention of the mandalorian. Their clothing a mixture of robes and swimwear somehow with long flowing saris and exposed midriffs. THey were cleaning armor, weapons and serving food to Junko and the other handmaidens as Barca showed a few of the other things.. the massive marble bathhouse within it seemed more like something out of an old story. Statues with buckets that produced the water... high arches and deep pools for the waters.

THe defensive nature was also not lost on Junko, the larger sewers below that went into the mechanical interior allowed for escape but also a massive chokepoint and shooting gallery as those sneaking in could be surrounded with little cover or protection from those ringing the baths. The statues providing cover and concealment. The massive open aired chamber that served as Barca's bedroom seemed tactically dangerous but had several turrets and war droids at the ready who could be deployed. Where Barca was looking she could see more as the tables were filled with food, drinks and all of them were welcomed to eat and enjoy.

 

[Junko Ike]

THeir enjoyment was plenty and Junko noticed a few things.. mostly of the warriors that Barca had brought from her culvert there were as many males as females but the females seemed to know to be around her more. THe males were outside the fortress while interior were the females all standing around in their sleek armor. The emblems on them before Barca marking them as night owls who would fight or serve as her personal honor guard in this case. Serving girls and dancers as music was being played... there were no bounty hunters roaming around but the fighters she had gathered from Atrisia and its continents were an impressive array of talent.

And there was beauty... Junko knew that her performance in the grand arena had been well she had managed to get to the finaals... face the princess and largely hold her own. Only losing in the end to Junko... but her actions had attracted plenty of the ones who had fought to work under her.. they had formed into a team among themselves and from the palace they would be able to organize... train for other arenas and events as well as improve the military tactics... this fortress being one of them as she brought mandalorians into the fold and gave a stronger defensive measure to Atrisia... also all of the serrving girls were drop dead gorgeous which was agreeable.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko could see more of them... warriors, athletes were a given but there were also daughters from some fo the noble families.. the less adventerous types but they loved being regaled with Barca's tales of excitement and wonder... of battle and being able to see the scars as they had much more to be impressed with. Physically they were all fit and then some... Barca as thhey ate having two sit with her in her lap and the atrisians were small with her larger frame.... better they seemed to be enjoying it all as they got to feed her some food and wine. Junko with the others was also having a lot of fun talking over things.. Phaidor with the sisters was looking over some of the designs.

Junko could see some fo the things that Phaidor was pointing out with the sisters... the main entryway of the fortress was being carved and worked on. Two fold... first was the energy bridge that angled upwards. Steep enough to defend but allow others to walk up... thicker heavier doors that had magnetic seals and pins that would hold it in place even in the event of power failure. The walls designed with turrets that would be above and able to rotate as well as handle the airspace... but it would also have turrets designed to cover areas of the wall and their orchid platforms that would be there... several designed to be on the fortress walls.

 

[Junko Ike]

Barca looked over at them and spoke. "THey have been working to develop some of the inner and outer turrets for full coverage... if it goes well the main entrance will have four guardhouses accessed from different chokepoints. Making it more difficult to access and overtake each one itself... from there it will be able to use the computers to control and disable the gate... in the event one of the rooms is compromised the other three can disable it or lock it out trying to disable defenses. A safety measure since you would need to manage to overtake all four rooms and it would divide their forces. WHile we are able to regroup and deploy additional units where needed."

Junko was looking at it and the planning was there... if they could make it so multiple hardpoints needed to be controlled and each one was a battle to itself.. that would go a long way in most cases. There were more design decisions to it... chokepoints at key locations was one thing and each area was made itself to be able to survive a siege with the fabricators and siege defenses built in. They would be able to secure the doors and walls and make their own food with the power being independent for all of them to survive and see. Soldiers and combat droids being abel to survive and be down in the lower levels that were secured even more in most cases and protected the tunnels to the palace town.

 

[Junko Ike]

Barca was enjoying the company of her serving girls as they moved around.. the pair of them on her shoulders while she stood up and Junko bowed when she was heading off towards her chambers. The other handmaidens laughing enough as they all ate. Junko was looking at more of the designs and taking in the room itself.. it was beautiful and filled with the tables for gatherings like this or with her clan... or parties. The high arches concealing turrets that werre designed and set up to defend.. the aterno system of the palace itself able to adjust and make the ceiling of it something different each time with skylights forming to catch the sun and give them natural light.

SHe could see other parts within the hall itself.. the mandalorians who were in here were muscled and in standard clothing... their hair short or managed so it would go into their helmets.... weapons there and able to be reached quickly enough... but they were all relaxed... at ease. It went a longer way to show they were more comfortable here and willing to step outside of their armor which was easily accessed with many of the attending droids that traveled around with them and offered quick access to armor and weapons or other equipment. She could see the armored guards and warriors outside at the windows as well who were defending and working on construction.

 

[Junko Ike]

Finihsing the food allowed Junko the chance to walk around.. Barca would be busy for a few hours at the bare minimum... there was a an expectation after all but it would give them plenty to do here as she motioned for the handmaidens to help where they could. WOrking with the mandalorrian culvert to continue setting things up. THey were working in the courtyard as the ships arrived with the massive crates and opening them more armored vehicles were being brought in. THe crates being put off to the side as the glydr model droids were being used to break down the metal and component to add to their own mass.. thney wouldn't be ship sized but they would be able to come out larger.

Junko was looking at some of the other things thhey had. The battle circle was being worked on.. a staple of mandalorian training and settling disputes, conflicts and any matters. The one wall being designed to hold thousands of different weapons, training tools for the foundlings who were brought into the clan and able to practice. The circle being carved and made in the dirt so it would always be visible.. the etching there and space for the other mandalorians to be aaround the outside to watch. With a second level from the one side and the wrap around weapons area that went up to the platforms below the walls housing the turrets.

 

[Junko Ike]

She went towards the walls and walked up the pathway going up higher and higher.. the ability to observe from it was key as she could look out and see the distance where the buildings were. Each made at one level and they would have a basement that was designed like a bunker. THe building in a grid pattern around the base and enclosing the walls on three sides... from there a second set of walls that would serve to enclose those within. The civilians who made up farmers and workers on the island were the staff that worked with the mandalorian soldiers and Barca's Atrisian guards who were here. Giving it a feel as they cooked, cleaned and maintained the island.

She coudl see the buildings were also being worked on, the streets a mixture of stonework and metal.. with barricades able to pop up and block off sections or route enemy forces. Providing cover with additional coverings would be important as the main streets that were wider had turret coverage as well as defensive measures. Droids were working with the people who were setting up and the outerwall served much the same function mirror it on that side but also looking out on parts of the island. The port of the island being divided itno two sides with ships and skiffs thaat were there around them. Junko could see some parts of the wall where the mandalorians were setting up.

 

[Junko Ike]

The town that would be around the fortress was their next stop. Her and Phaidor with Tripitaka and Kirano who were there with her. The group was walking and the citizens who were working the farmlands and fisheries welcomed them. Smiles and interest in what they were doing here. There was the smells of food being cooked and grand banquats being made.. there was the fisheries that were filled with tens of thousands of fish from around the galaxy and they were catching them while the market handled it... dozens being cooked for all of the people... wine flowing... fruits being cut open as well as the most important part... meats sizzling.

Junko offered a small smile to the others as she was thinking about it.. THey had much more to do as well.. they would be able to do even more if they were lucky as well. Junko could see many of them there as they set it all out and she grabbed some food but they had already eaten plenty.. she would need to work all of it off if they kept doing this. Worse still there was so much wine being poured as the mandalorians were there at least some of the culvert and they were joining them. Everythign looked amazing and at the ready she had to admit before KIrano was dancing with a few of them and Phaidor stood near her but she was checking with some of the children who had brought gifts for the princess.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko looked at it all.. there was wines, flowers, elixers, toy horses... jade figurines, onyx stones... Beautiful designs that would give anyone pause and she was receiving them with smiles and thanks. What was being worked on for them all served a greater purpose though. Junko could see a lot more as the town around her opened to a cave and it went out to the ocean with an artificial waterfall designed to make a moving curtain on the island. A way to conceal the entrance to the town and one side of the fortress itself at least. There was many more around them as the children were playing on the town side of the waterfall and a hydrostatic shield was set up.

Junko could see more of it... beds of flowers that were being grown and cultivated... edible ones that they could have and she was given a few laced with honey like it was morning dew. A delicious treat to eat and suckle on before she was looking over at the other handmaidens who had moved off with some of the children. THey were making a show of it while some of the mandalorians were showing their emblems.. armored animals from around the galaxy like bulls and horses, birds and even horned beasts... one had the mythosaur for their own emblem itself. I was like something out of a story with all of the animal themed warriors outside the kingdom.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was able to see more. The water curtain went a long way for them here. SHe moved past the waterfall and the oceanside entrance was unexpected. They had set up artificial rocks as well as two of the fisheries.. it would allow them to have a lot of fish which could be stored and prepared for the time if it was needed. With the right preservation.. they could use this area to cultivate fish and rice for a long siege. THey had even more in some places as she could see livestock being raised and cared for... that they would have other meats, veggies and fuits being grown en mass so they could have all of that and grains... the livestock could also provide milk while the waters could be cleaned and purified for hydration.

There was more she could see as well... the mandalorians had worked on fortifications and making it so any force would be funneled into the waterrs or pathways getting here. The coverage from the turrets would keep them down in carved pathways if they wanted to avoid being in the open. Junko could see more of it.. the defensive screens were being built and concealed in the rock which would mean they could section it off and use drones or even traps to handle aareas of it.. sections of armies that were on the approach. It was a continued effort for them to narrow the field of battle and avoid all out mass clashes where others could get the advantage.

 

[Junko Ike]

Phaidor was looking at other sections of the wall and Junko joined her.. the far outer wall wasn't as populated but it had spaced sensors and droids... allowing it to give coverage and the jungle that was within it served better in some cases. THe sensors allowed them to observe from above while releasing drones that would harass and be detrimental to the attacking forces. The far wall also allowed them to turn it more into a preserve that housed animals while the middle layer was the livestock and farming... and then inner layer the town with the fortress. Each layer adding to the protection but also making it that much more difficult to get in as the mandalorians could respond everywhere.

Phaidor was showing a few other things that they had set up... the jungle area had the aviaries for cloning birds and wild game that would fly around. This would give another source of meat as well as feathers for clothing. Livestock was able to be there in the trees and maintain the grasses that were being created with the envinronmental plates and materia. Thuria and Kirano were going over plans with the mandalorians who were in charge of this small area and setting up defenses. The walls didn't need a lot of entryways or methods to get past them.. what they needed though were holes in the wall one was able to use to get around and orient yourself as they set up shielded areas.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was moving along the pathway itself and the autoturrets that they used had full coverage with sections of the stone reinforced with metal plates. It would make it so the rock didn't crack when explosions happened... it would keep them channeling flames and concussive force whhich would enhance each other as it was channeled down. Building to launch out of the different ends.. she could see the danger here with enemy forces and the autoturrets were an impressive thing... but what would serve as anti-infantry flamethrowers able to flood the channels or even in the open areas saturate the entirre area... flames hot enough to smelt down beskar into a pool of slag.

The channel and pathway came out to jungle and this was jungle that was not contained and covered the rest of the island. The main area of approach from those trying to avoid the ports.... but still covered in thousands of sensors and mapping equipment that would alert to changes in population or if something or someone trried to sneak through it. THey were covering it with crystal grav sensors which would be for cloaking devices and there would be the improved gravity plating they could use for traps in the jungle. Heavy gravity traps were beneficial if you used them correctly and mixed with sensors it also worked to counter stealth.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko finished there... coming through tot he jungle and stopping once she saw the sensor gate. it would serve the best as the hardlight blind was designed to be invisible to anyone else but if you knew it was there you were able to see it easily enough. "It looks impressive, the mandalorians have gotten better with the terraforming plates for shaping the island to what is more tactical." JUnko had to agree and it was like this for all of the islands... the envinromental plates and artificial nature would allow them to better shape and plan out the islands themselves. Junko could see some ideas for forming her jungle and island areas as well.

HEr handmaidens cleared some of it for her while she was walking back and their inspection likely handled enough time. Seeing Barca in her robes confirmed it as they approached with the mandalorian having a grin on her face. JUnko raised an eyebrow but she didn't need to ask what it was from.. Barca's appetites were well known across the Commonwealth and the princess doubted anyone would have doubts about her intentions with some things... the battle circle was now being used by some of the recruits as they practiced with their weapons and paint shots. Barca had a few mandalorians flanking her as she spoke. "I hope it meets all approval."

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko looked at her and gave a nod of her head. "MOre then you can imagine... some of the best ideas for the envinronment as well as a few things that I am liking the look of should anyone try and invade. We'll have this island and the others protecting the island." She said it as the sight of the projectors was being done.. they had developed the new multi-spectral emitteres were smaller and better designed. They would be able to use it instead of massive ones that gave a clear view of where one needed to attack. The fortress would be able to project it while a secondary projector was over it... and tertiary projectors were set up between the islands.

Junko was looking at some of the other things and she could see as they walked onto the main fortresses building her island and the others ringing around it. The projectors for a more visible shield were set up already and the islands created a series with the area between each one its own powered area so you couldn't bring down the entire network with one attack... in theorry and work that they were doing you wouldn't be able to bring it down with attacks on all of it. The palace in the center controlled the back up systems in case allowing it to maintain the shields even if all of the islands fell which was a safety measure.