Dev Shadows of Atrisia

[Junko Ike]

JUnko was able to see more information ass the assembly AI was functioning with it as well.. the assembly well giving the full read out of everything here in the palace that was being worked on and while the engineers slept it was directing the reconstruction machines for building. Fabrication and repurposing sections of the rock. It was well a more effective method for construction as the AI's while not able to control the planet... did have the programming to be the best at aiding them. In this methods it could ensure they wouldn't lose their society to a cyberattack or something worse rising up to attack them aand others.

JUnko fell asleep soon enough, Jubei with her and the silk covers. The feeling of the palace here was different then her own... the air was charged with all of the excitement from the children who stayed up she knew so the empress could read them a story before bed. Late night snacking from some of the younger ones and for care the older children would play some games with the emperor or discuss the latest thing that they had learned. The emperor she knew from experience was never one to discount or discourage discussion and could spend hours listening or offering insight to them he had always been like that... to her and SHoma even when he was just the chamberlain and them children of the Soka-Sama.

 

[Junko Ike]

That night the sleep eventually came and Junko woke up with the artificial sunlight that was made to come in and function with the sun and moon in Chitai.She stretched out as Jubei was there with her and she nudged her getting out of the bed and slipping into a new Kimono that uzaki had laid out. The other handmaiden meditating aand sitting there in the corner... she had been so quiet and careful that Junko had almost forgotten about her but the woman was beautiful with islander tattoos that were designed to glow. "Morning." She ssaid it and crouched close to her kissing the womans cheek as the meditating/sleeping handmaiden opened her dark eyes and looked aat Junko.

"MOrning princess." She stirred and had learned easily how to sleep sitting up. She joined Junko and Jubei as the princess looked at the two handmaidens side by side and it was no contest between them.. both were beautiful and in a pinch knew how to mimic each other and Junko but Uzaki with the tattoo's while part of her culture on Atrisia was better at combat and fighting for Junko. She walked with the two of them to go and join the others in the main hall for food as the tables had lesss people but there was plenty of food set up for all of them.. the cooks able to accomodate the others as they came in.

 

[Junko Ike]

All of them were sitting around and Junko had a better chance to see what they were doing though. Her handmaidens filtering in as well and taking seats around them as she could see Thuria and Barca there. The larger mandalorian sitting with Phaidor between her and uzaki where she was comfortable with the two large women. Mn was there and the smaller twi'lek took a seat next to Junko while Jubei and Kirano were there. Kanna joined them and Naori and Tripitaka along with Qi and Miyoung to surround Junko. She could see the other handmaidens from the empress were filtering in and making a place for her at the table before she entered wearing one of her blue morning dresses.

Junko could see more of them and the chiss Kanna was sitting there as she rose up and greeted her. She came with them less often since she coordinated with her mother but Mara was well... Maara was overseeing many of the newer ship designs that they were coming up with. The guardian jewel was made... developed finally as a means to coordinate the fleet they had bought and it was alright... compared to the rest of their ships it was alright... not as special.. not as powerful but outsiders made it. Mara would be able to get many of them on tack though.. there was a huge amount of work going into the military since it incorporated different militias and security forces.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko pulled up the information on her interface and got the notification that it had been updated... a universal update to the software that added new functionality, new features and continued to make the kirano one of the best in terms of what could be seen. She was impressed by the labs as they continued to make massive strides in turning it into one of the best and the focus already had developed an AI program to aid it and could remotely slice into systems along with an echo pulse to prevent slicing it... she wasn't sure what they could improve just knew that they were able to refine and continue to do so.

She could see other things the newest materials from Sasori and the Commonwealth were finished testing. Materia... programmable matter that they could sell widescale and use to make... just about anything from it. An impressive feat to say the least and if they could provide a second based one able to become food or water from it well then they would literally be able to end problems of famine and drought. THey were looking at ways to vastly increase how profitable the Commonwealth could be in these situations and already with this new material they would be able to revolutionize construction.. a canister of it would make storage easier and creation processes as they could turn it into any material.

 

[Junko Ike]

The only problem they faced with the materia was they hadn't been able to program the raw matter to become food and oxygen.. but that was okay they would be able to alter it eventually and set it up as an improved design. The ability for their advanced weapons to use it to replenish their warheads and missiles for instance was an impressive feat... if they used them in their fabricators for say armor and clothing they could give everyone it and with their kirano interface. She knew they were advancing compared to many worlds in the galaxy by leaps and bounds which was important... if they could keep up the technological advancement they would leave them behind.

Then well the appeal of the Commonwealth with its advanced technologies that worked to push past scarcity of resources to handle the problems of a growing population. THey would be able to do it as they worked with medical modules for medical supplies and the ability for organs. There were biots that could handle the dangerous mining and droids for problems which benefited them. Junko mentally stretched herself out feeling the different children in the force and they were all glad as each of them was eating... provided here with plenty of the food and she could see many of the guards getting food while the empress joined them and ate with her different children.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko looked at the empress as she was sitting there and held one of the smaller children. ONe of the newest that she had adopted and the child was just barely out of the crib as it were so she could see it. "Here you go." She said it and the empress looked up at Junko offering the largest smile. More so now when she had the spoon but bounced the little girl. "They are so precious at this age." Junko looked at her and sat down next to her while there were some others and she took one of the children on her lap and was feeding him. "YOu look a lot better, I take it the palace is starting to be eveything you wanted it to be?" That got a look of thought for a moment.

"Yes, I had always wanted well my home to be filled with the sounds of children and while we had some there was no real home with the fighting and the dangers. Then they were killed and now... now well now there is plenty and I even have a garden...more so well all of these people who want to support us. It is refreshing that I almost... almost think things are going to work out. THe war hasn't been forced upon Atrisia in a long time." SHe said it with a smile on her face where she could look at them and wiped a smudge of the food off the childs cheek. She seemed more then happy and the empress remained composed with her blue glow all around her.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko knew that she used the force enhanced make up... the smaller and lighter type then the pure solid white make up that she had for show. She applied it enough with the oils that the solari reacted to the force energies within them. The children gave her the glow which made her look ethereal to many outsiders and the other children.. a glow of power and mystic. The emperor was much the same way in his own as he stood tall and proud with his sleeveless kimono that was usually opened and showed the scars of battle... one from each fight he was in as he allowed them to get one cut upon him before he fought and generally took them out.

Junko woulnd't deny there was an air of mystery about the empress who often could be seen in windows and among the gardens... the emperor though exuded power and resolve. He had fought in the wars, he had united fractured groups with his friends and allies.. he went against those who would exploit them and he still did that as needed but he also taught them how to cultivate flowers, how to write poems... He like many of those on Atrisia practiced a number of things to be able to function among the galaxy itself. Junko smiled though and sitting with the empress she got to help feed some of her 'brothers and sisters' that were around.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko fiknished feeding the one and looked at the little guy who hugged her. She remained there and for a morning it wasn't terrible it was just a question of well what she wanted to do and that was eat. Junko took the chance to eat some food with her hand hand while the other was supporting the child. The handmaidens were coming to collect the sleeping children who were going back to have a nap after such a hearty meal or entertain them. The empress was sitting there though with one of them but she had the food for the two of them and they used their free hands to cut for each other as they ate off of the same plate in a practical way.

"YOu are surprisingly good at that Junko." SHe said it and that got a look from Junko but a few snickers from her handmaidens who were there with her. Handling some of the children with the others. She looked at them to silence them but was in on the joke. "Maybe but no plans for them yet empress, there is just no one I have met that is that special... even the ones I have met who are nice but debatable about long term... still Amalia has been one of the better." THat seemed to get a look. "What about your two smugglers who are now court ladies?" SHe said it and Latyuo and Supisy were well complicated to say the least. "Ahhh well about them."

 

[Junko Ike]

JUnko looked at her and how to explain Amalia or Latyuo or Supisy.. there was a lot to be said about the three of them... well the empress was asking about Latyuo and Supisy. "I hired them for a job to Eisei.. to deliver and restore communications with the colony but afterwards well... they preformed their job well and while Eisei was largely lost the one Latyuo seemed genuine about wanting to make sure their job was completed so offered to help again as part of the original contract. Something that I wasn't expecting. So I was happy to let them stay and join me for the festival. They seemed to enjoy it and enjoy the idea of having a permanent place."

She got a grin. "ANd yes that is also another reason why I allowed them into my court in my palace. THe chance to have their skills on retainer was too good to pass up and well I could make up titles for them or I could lose a valuable aid in our expansion. It would be foolish to lose their skills in sship and business and otherwise." The empress looked at her and she had a grin on her face still just holding her shoulder. "NO judgement, we have all done things like this and they are lovely women.. I think the one was even liking Lord Sota which would be fine to see him back around and outside of those mountains."

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was grinning on her face wider at that. Sota and Latyuo had well kicked it off fairly well... she wouldn't say they were in love but certainly while Latyuo seemed to be coming around to the princess.. she had liked him enough to walk off with him and talk. He had seemed to enjoy it as well since Junko was busy at the party and she had met with him and the Crane General's boy.. the brother of her handmaiden Phaidor... the two of them best of friends as well as... well Latyuo might be surprised by that later. For now well she was just getting used to Atrisia where she was wanting to start a sort of life by being a cargo specialist.

"Yes Latyuo and him seemed to be getting along as well as herself and Kioshi... but she is having a little culture shock getting used to things here. There is a lot she is liking and she and her partner want to make a place here... I offered one of the smaller islands that she could use and it was something she liked. The idea that she might be able to have attendants taking care of her home while she is away or a private beach, that Supisy might be able to have her own palace doing whatever she wanted and the two of them could still travel around in their ship doing high paying jobs for the Commonwealth... it was all very impressive."

 

[Junko Ike]

The empress was looking at her and raised an eyebrow but she wasn't one to judge or well she wasn't going to worry as it were. Offworlders were strange in some ways and some could be steadfastly loyal to Atrisia.. others yes would come to try and exploit them like a few who wanted the culture or the clout but didn't want any of the things that came with it. Either way they knew how to handle such situations... the same way that they always did. With grace, poise and dedication to their own ideals as opposed to bending and changing everything about themselves. Junko understood it and had seen it but Latyuo and Supisy were different in a way.

"I know that face empress and you might be right but I think it might be different with them, the pair are skilled and loyal and seem to have been looking for something... Latyuo for something steady that would make sure she had a retirement. Supisy is well a hedonist she likes beautiful things and pretty things and being surrounded by women... quite charming and I will not deny she can be intoxicating with her... shall we say bluntness about certain things. Compared to court and others I have met around the galaxy it is highly refreshing." SHe shrugged and the empress nodded her head to that. "She does have a way about her that is charming... no Emperor but charming."

 

[Junko Ike]

That got a small chuckle from Junko... it is true no one could really compare to the emperor when it came to the empress and vice versa. Junko was never in doubt when it came to the pair of them as they had gone through too much, sacrificed too much for each other to well too ever be different. It was endearing, and inspirational... also helped by it was that the emperor looked like he would be the hard nosed war loving type and while he believed in handling threats he also mourned those he had to kill and planted flowers for them to respect and honor their service to their cause no matter how misguided it might have been.

The empress was in some ways the same only only seemed to get upset with the ones who threaten children but she wasn't the kind of shy away... she might have seemed a wilted flower but could easily push herself forward in the situation. Junko knew she still honored the old emperor.. they both did and mourned their lost children... but dedicated themselves to this... to the new Commonwealths future that they were planting trees for despite maybe not getting to experience the shade. "Few can measure up to the emperor but they will try. I know Shoma looks for ways to improve and look better then the rest."

 

[Junko Ike]

The talk of Shoma got a laugh and a grin. "HE does try and impress... and then tries to play it off I have seen." SHe said it and was prepared for much more but the empress was giving them the best solution to it all.. she had a means for all of them to bond with two of the most important figures on Atrisia... as much as Shoma didn't always want to admit it he had been making strives across the galaxy and bringing them back... he had been and he still did by befriending groups like Corellian digital and some of the others. Junko worked on smoothing things with the people of the Commonwealth.. he worked externally making the diplomatic ties.

"My brother is many things... knowing how to not be awkward when confronted by family over the good things he does... is not one of them." There was more laughter and the smaller children joined in on the joke not entirely knowing what it was but if their adoptive mother found it funny... so did they. "So when are you going to return?" SHe said it and smiled offering a hand. "I know coming here is one thing but staying is something else entirely." JUnko nodded her head. "I can stay another day maybe but then I will need to get back to my duties... overseeing and working with the other sansin is exhausting work."

 

[Junko Ike]

THe empress gave her a nod of understanding for that, she had set it up so each of her children oversaw a city a village a town... they acted as a neutral leader who didn't have ties that would make them bias which worked. It allowed mandates and efforts to go forward easily enough... and from there well Junko oversaw them.. the closest to a chain of command as the emperor and empress couldn't always get to each place quickly. Even with their new network that was being worked on it wouldn't be possible but better communications across the planet and the commonwealth were an important aspect. The other planets in the system having their own leadership who was often working in tandem with the Sansin.

Junko had only visited some of the offworld Sansin but they were older ones who were adopted with a council of advisors mixing the people they were to rulish at best. The Commonwealth didn't take overworlds and people like had been done to them but they did try and integrate them into the new Commonwealth better so everyone had a stake in improving for the future. The zeltrons and the chiss went with it.. the Inosuke and Lirans agreed as what had been done to them was monsterous but the Commonwealth was trying to fix it, the twi'leks were well... they loved it they had a world rich and fertile... the togruta and mirialians accepted it since it meant a new home for them.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was looking over some more of what they had, advancements in medical technologies, advancements in terraforming technologies, their weapons were higher grade then most, thier offensive and defensive systems for ships were some of the most sophisticated compared to others and their fighters were able to not just function in space, they were ale to work in atmosphere which was fairly rare... and then do more as they could go underwater and handle situations such as that. Add in the advanced gravity shielding and heat which allowed them to go close to a star or even a black hole. That was for their fighters... the advanced systems their ships could bring were much higher grade.

Then there was the advancements... each planet offered engineers and a different perspective that improved upon the design... which went a long way towards securing even greater technologies as they could have the accessibility of these advanced races... their reverse engineering and their improvements to a design all under the Commonwealth banner. THe chiss model kabaneri might be different from the Atrisian and the zeltron but all had the same architexture in a way allowing the jedi to vastly improve upon themselves. JUnko knew the Commonwealth also incorporated ideas and concepts from the various species to improve clothing and armor.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junkos thought escaped her and she was overthinking things... bringing up more of it for herself when she wanted to work it out. Her body quivering at the thought of what they might be able to accomplish given just enough time and a few more resources. She knew they would be able to get a fgew more things created if they were lucky and Atrisia was rich in resources.. specifically thanks to their new terraforming efforts they were able to get at some of the minerals and ores in the moons... an endeavor that would prove useful as once they were strip mined they were converted into terraformed moons fit for habitation.

That is what they were doing with the other moons that the twi'leks were terraforming.. a means to improve it as the tunnels from mining could be used to house the spiders that produced spice and make it so the creation and refining process were for lack of a better term more humane. THey sold the spice an made it but they didn't add anything to it, they went to medical facilities and clinics that used it to ease pain and help the people.. which while not as profitable was still pulling in billions as it went across the galaxy. A safe and legal means of it that was taxed and monitored as needed since they went for the best and it was considered higher grade then what was being sold.

 

[Junko Ike]

There was also the other things they made she had overseen with Sasori and family the development of the materia project better stronger programmable matter... If they could make a functional material for food and air as well then water they could well have some of the best in terms of food stuffs available. A means to better protect but also sustain the large populations of the commonwealth. Junko looked forward to these changes as well as some of the others they were hoping to bring about through things like the transportation network.. a means to get through vast distances and across to colonies in territories that might not be GA friendly.

They would of course also have to monitor the situation with the GA, they were in another war and the Maw seemed to push deeper at their territories which was an important thing to note as it could either help Atrisia or hinder their progress if they were not careful. Shoma would serve well if it was needed as the Atrisian in the GA had never come or met with the Commonwealth but wanted to claim their interests. SHe was still amused everytime it was brought up or talked about. Sitting there feeding the children with the empress gave a better perspective about why they were how they were and why in the end they endured when so many others perished.

 

[Junko Ike]

The children were still looking upon her, some of them she had met before and visited but for now at least well she had the best of all the worlds.. she got to hang out with some of the cooler children... not the older lame ones who didn't want to hang out with them. "Princess Junko?" ONe of them spoke and her front tooth had fallen out... younger and it was a baby tooth but it still gave her words an airy whisper to them. A smile on Junok's face when she was looking upon them and setting all of it. "Yes?" She said it and got a grin from the girl who was there. "Can you play a game with us?" Junko looked at her and at the empress who was there with her.

THe girl jumped off of her lap then and was moving quickly with the others. "We'll hide through the palace and you and the empress have to find us." She said it and the others moved to join her as Junko nodded. Alright they could do that and handle it. "Okay then we'll see to that." A smile was on her face as she got up and the empress joined her looking at all of the children. "There is a lot of them are you sure that they won't get lost and we'll forget about them?" THere was a smile on her face as she said it and Junko did have to laugh about that... "Oh what are the odds of that happening a third time?" She said it and one of the children looked at them with wide eyes.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko and the empress laughed wickedly at that as the children ran away to hide and they started counting. The two of them loking at each other for the time being and finishing their food and drink of tea in peace. They would be able to really work at it later but for now well.. for now they would have the time and then they would hunt the children down. The empress coming in and holding one of them by their waist sash gently and not dangerously or painfully. "Did you lose this?" He said it and Junko bit her lower lip at the sight of it as the empress was laughing. "Ah perfect timing we were just going to go out and hunt the rest of their friends."

The emperor looked at the child and then laughed as he kept them there. "Well happy hunting.. I should release this one and allow her to tell the others... sow the right amount of dread for your approach.. or maybe join the hunt." He said it and was standing there letting them down there. He released them while going to a seat and was given a cup of tea.He had some food presented to him and nodded looking at it before he was going over the information on a datapad. "I shall leave you two too it though.. we should be able to do plenty here as well." She was looking upon them but got only a smile from the empress and a hug from Junko. "Thank you emperor.. I know you enjoy your games."

 

[Junko Ike]

The emperor was looking at her and gave a nod of his head to that. "I do little JUnko but more then that I enjoy a myself a moment to just be alone and bask in peace." He said it and she looked at him offering a grin... fine fine he could have his moment to bask and enjoy but one of these days. The empress nodded waving him off but went over and kissed him. "Yes yes... have your morning tea, we'll just be hunting down your children." She said it and was working on what they had here.. the real fun came when Junko looked over at them and rolled her eyes playfully as the empress joined her and they were ready for a hunt... no not ready... prepared for it.

SHe and the empress started off as they went for the childrena d would find them. THe jedi's senses expanding outwards and she could feel all of them. THat nervous excitement as they had spread far and wide throughout the palace which served to benefit them... because their distance meant none would suspect who was caught.. a rookie mistake in her mind allowing for some tricks to be played within good humor. Directing and pointing out to the empress who was searching and making a show of it. THey found two and a third in rapid succession... her hugging each of them as they laughed loudly and the servants around them smiled.