Dev Shadows of Atrisia

[Junko Ike]

THe waves were crashing at a beach and it was beautiful. The curve of the cove and the pathway leading down to it. She had several nobles who were there... ones that Junko knew and their ladies in waiting as well as serving girls. The sheer amount of beauty on display as several were sunbathing and letting their golden honey kissed skin gleam with exotic oils were beautiful. THey were frollicing in the waters that were shallow and crystal clear. Some out in the waters swimming as the shimmer of hydrostatic netting showed where and how far one could walk out normally with another making a chute that went to the mainland.

The trees swayed in the light breeze while the serving girls were bringing wine to the ones who were there. Noble ladies composing poetry, painting, shaping clay and there was a number of smaller things.. THey were really taking to the more laid back area and it inspired their creative juices flowing. With more of the work that they would have here... Junko could see the value in having a place that inspired the artistic sides of her subjects... singers would be an amazing product to have going out and composing ballads to her about how awesome she was... her vanity supporting anything that made her look more amazing then she already was.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was looking over more of it... Able to walk around with interest as she saw some of the oiled women laying there. THey welcomed her and the others... the beach itself was white sands and carefully cared for as well as maintained with smaller droids. The waters were cleaned much the same as above some droids passed by. THey were working on purification of the air itself and scanning for airborne chemicals. Thuria was smiling as she looked at all of the ladies relaxing. THey were checking on some of the people as the beach led to another pathway that went up towards the backside and private gardens of Thuria.

The palace of fruit and flowers was a place she wasn't entirely sure of in a couple things but Thuria was making it one of the most beautiful. The fruit trees thatt were in the garden lined planters and there were droids collecting each fruit as it was perrfectly ripened. Nothing falling down below as cherry blossoms swirrled around in smaller artificial whirlwinds so that there would be beautiful moments where they could all walk around. Junko was able to see more as one of the doors opened revealing white and black marble halls, lined with aurodium plates and lines of gemstones... murals that were being painted by artists inside or inlaid from shells and precious stones to give it a beautiful design.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko could admit to a few things... mostly that Thuria had the beauty of the palace to match and rival in some places her own. SHe was checking on any number of things that would benefit them all. The murals were beautiful and were depicting some of the zeltrons who had come to Atrisia.. their lives and how they joined Atrisian society. With everything that was happening between them from then and now.. they had developed and helped... becoming members of the Commonwealth even though their world was on the other side of the galaxy. It was a beautiful sight to behold and their beauty only added to many of the Atrisians themselves.

Thuria was walking with her and it was a beautiful sight to behold the interior... high ceilings of white marble... black polished floors with a reflective sheen to them allowing you to see anywhere... and aurodium lining with the borders. Gemstones and murals as well as art and banners. The silk threaded banners designed for the various teams and ships. Junko smiled when Thuria led her into the massive bathhouse.. statues pouring water from vases... alcoves to sit and relax and steam.. a lot of steam that filled the room. Coating it in scented oils and flowers that were in the water. "And here we have the communal bath house it can fit all of forty people with plenty of space and pop down defenses."

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko looked at her with some surprise... not at the size... a communal bathhouse for people, a hot springs was a given. It was made to hold dozens if not hundreds of people and the private ones for ten to twenty were still fairly large. It all depended on where it was and what some of the bigger plans were... a grin being on her face as she thought about it. The surprise came from the idea of defenses here that she couldn't see and Thuria was pointing them out as some of the wall alcoves flipped around with turrets and security beams but what was most important she could see was the small bubbles in the bath itself. The wall sliding to the side and weapons being able to be grabbed under the water.

"Oh." Junko said it and that was... yes.... THat was one way to do it and they would be able to defend themselves as Thuria was showing her that the statues bases had small shield projectors that would allow them to section off and angle the shielding for the doors which would protect the people who were there while allowing them to return fire. If they did it correctly they would be able to use this itself as a chokepoint of the palace. The halls were much the same with surprise shielding and security beamers... drones that could be sent out and used to defend with different angles. Scythe turrets that would be able to handle grenades and other measures.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was looking over a few of the other things... they didn't just have weapons... clothing and food fabricators, droids and even biot replicators, fabricators were designed in the rooms. Allowing it to make droids as needed with a quickness as well as break down and convert matter within the room from left overs, debris and filtered things into raw matter reserves that would be used. Cleaning the air and water quickly enough before sending it back out for the general use of the people in the palace. Thuria was showing her the hardlight displays that showed on any surface turning each room into a place they could have meeting as well in case there was problems.

"Everything here is designed for comfort and to allow one to run an entire empire from the palace itself. We would be able to aid you and the endeavors should sometthing bad happen but we have also been looking at improving a few of the others designs here.. using information from our zeltron allies... there are labs in the lower levels that fabricator and keep back up supplies of the bioengineered computers. If we are in need it can regrow and repair them for the islands but also the planet. I know we have been looking to largely improve transmission of information and the computers ability to learn and upgrade themselves into better models is being altered."

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was nodding to that and if they could get their computers into the place they were altering themselves but not becoming wholly self aware... then it was a good thing. The AI assisted Atrisia it didn't do all of the jobs itself... it made things easier and could correct the human error and smaller miscalculations. It went a long way as did the important things that they were all working on here.. Junko could think of improvements to the AI that would assist the smart tunnels and streets.. they had smart buildings and with it they would be able to further make the quality of life across the Commonwealth not just Atrisia be exceptionally improved.

"The computers are a step, the improvements across the smart systems of the Commonwealth allow for it as well as medical and terraforming care. NOthing to take completely over but the ability to maintain, ease and improve lives are something we will be wanting." Junko's finger tapped her chin as she looked over a few other parts of what they had... she knew from some reports of their weapon trials the technological gap between Sasori and the Alliance or several of the other weapon and tech manufacturers in the galaxy was wide and the Commonwealth worked to improve much of Sasori's tech so she had a metric they would be able to use.

 

[Junko Ike]

Thuria had a lot and Miyoung was looking at much more here. "There is also the labs princess... each palace is designated for specific lab work to divide it up and storage of some of the more obscure equipment we have managed to find across the galaxy. From Rakata technologies to gree and Kwa as well as a dozen other precursor species that can benefit all of us to reverse engineer. IF we are able to overdevelop some of it we could end up with even greater means. The infinite engines we managed to reverse engineer and compress into bell size for the palm give a good example and we are able to use it to fabricate concepts that function in our head more then just the pure science."

She said it and Junko had to agree with that in some ways.. they were skilled engineers and scientists... but they were able to tap into the more strange elements thanks to their study of the older civilizations.. with the jedi aiding them in some cases they were able to do a lot more as well. It helped develop some of the stranger concepts of the Commonwealth that were pushed but provided them with near unlimited resources to expand and improve their designs... they were leaps and bounds better then others and could make hybrid metals and materials that would serve to improve a lot more then if they were trying to do it the older way or hoping for something natural.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was moving and she looked at it.. the technology vault of her handmaidens palace here had one of the keikichi bells... hidden and protected as it allowed a great deal more. The dimensional engineerring that they were doing overly developing parets of the palace as the rooms were using their technology to be exponentially larger then what was presented. The storage was massive and the size of a massive warehouse... loaded with stasis fields and supplies that would allow them to survive here or transfer it to other palaces and the main island. Droids and biots being made and worked on which allowed them to saturate the island.

Junko was looking at some of the other thing that they had in the storage and this palace with all of its art was perfect for a vault... one of the chambers a credit vault as stacks and pallets worth of galactic currencies were being held.. from a thousand different worlds so that those within the Commonwealth itself would be able to function and go across the galaxy to make trade deals. They had their own darakar and stacks off Aurodium ingots lined up and at the ready. Cases of jewels, gemstones and art works Statues or anything that they needed to be able to exchange across the galaxy.. it would allow them to function anywhere.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was overlooking more of it... the artwork in cases was beautiful and taken, sold, traded across the galaxy to the finest customers... the hundreds of thousands of figures made fom jewels and metal were seen as invaluable... culturally they were also important as the Commonwealth could work to return them if they managed to recover and or buy them.. the worlds that they had come from if the statues were stolen were thankful at times and other times they had done the selling for credits or something easier in their lives at one point. Junko knew a few other things that they had been working on here as well... there was the pressed crystals.

"This warehouse seems to have gotten bigger?" SHe said it and Thuria was looking at her with a grin on her face. "Oh it has, we have managed to increase its size by four hundred percent and storage of credits, currencies, art, metals, spices, silks... anything that could go well enough to trade has been getting larger. The Commonwealth maintains trillions in terms of credits with other governments but from here we can maintain and control even more. Allowing us to properly pay for any expense across the galaxy... as well as cash crops like our rice which has only continued to go up in terms of value." Thuria said it with a larger smile on her face.

 

[Junko Ike]

That got a laugh. "Yes, the crops we sell have been getting over inflated in value... the current abandonment in places does help. MOst of the governments come and move along after they claim a world with few cares for the improvement.. which lets us ina nd able to trade or sell. Not even needing to exploit which is another part that is helpful." Junko said it and was interested.. they donated and traded a lot as needed but also sold to tens of thousands of worlds since there was constant wars and minimal caring about the food production. Most ships she saw still had minimal storage forr food and needed to have the rations and supplies.

"We have industry... Atrisia has billions of people growing food and even if the extra is sold at the cheapest... below that even... we can still produce more in a day then some of the farming worlds like Hetzel. The other agricultural worlds have been usder used so much and just seeing senate sessions talking about how little they have supply wise or struggling to feed and have everything for worlds.. How to fund projects and endeavors... it is interesting to watch at least... makes the Commonwealth feel like a well of prosperity in comparison." The princess was grinning with that and Thuria along with the others was nodding as they walked through the halls.

 

[Junko Ike]

"In comparison to many things princess, the Commonwealth has been recovering by leaps and bounds. Aside from food production, we have living modules to shelter trillions who come to us and even more as each one was developed to house a familyy... and now it is getting better production since the fabricators have become more and more common place." SHe laughed a little to herself with that and seemed to have some ideas and a plan at least. Medical fabricators have been working overtime as well as we supply a large portion fo the galaxy and have continued to do so developing many more supplies. THe technological advantages alone."

That seemed to make her laugh more as opening one of the doors showed another wonderful sight... the throne room of the palace. White marrble walls with gilded aurodium.. alcoves that mirrored the other palaces with projectors so court could be held and a thousand lords and ladies across Atrisia and the Commonwealth could be in attendence. Junko knew the design and layout since all palaces had them for a sense of familiarity... but each one had a slightly different design and look to it... the stone, the metal, the screens and chambers themselves. THuria would be able to converse with the other handmaidens and Junko or hold court here for Junko.

 

[Junko Ike]

She was moving through the court itself and there was a beauty in it.. it had coloring and murals that looked more like Zeltros with the swirling landscapes... pink and purples in the sky. The aurodium lining of the walls was a beautiful thing as well and there was the interest that everything else had. The alcoves looking like audience chambers where the holograms could be displayed and give a full view of what and there they all were. The area for people.. in this case artisans and engineers who were looking to rrebuild, restore and create anew works and areas of Atrisia for beauty was just as important. They didn't need to make excessive amounts of food although they did they were for improving peoples visual stimulations.

Thuria was leading her arround here and from the throne room there was another larege hallway... alcoves of trees growing. Kyberite... nova crystals and gemstones produced from the branches as they were offering any number of various riches. The scent of spices and feel of silks on the walls.. expensive perfumes in the air while serving girls stood in their silk outfits. Heads and hands on the ground to bow deeply. THey rose up and bringing various platters of what had been taken from the strange trees... genstones and jewels... sparkling in any number of colors. IT was like looking at the jeweled cliffs in the north... and sparkling like a thousand different worlds.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko looked at them and the rarity from Chitai was unknown... something that had been created long ago as a wonder and aspect to show the power of one of their emperors or empresses from the Chi-Oni. Twenty four golden vines wrapped around pillars with fruits of gemstones coming off of them and they would regrow... a marvel that even their scientists hadn't managed to recreate just yet. Thousands of bolts of silk cloth being produced that wrapped around spindles. Being used to make outfits and kimono's... the beauty of it was not lost on her as she smiled touching a few of them. It was a finery and craft not as many did.

"Beautiful." She said it while being able to check on many more things... from hundreds of crystal fruits that were being plucked... the size of apples and melons... larger even then in some cases and valued. The finest aurodium that could be done being turned into ingots and other sized bars that could be shipped. THis was one of thousands of places with these productions and it allowed the Commonwealths credits to be high above many others as well as trade and purchase power... the Darakar was being made and it was valued much much more compared to the rest as it was sent to the banking clans with this all to support and increase its value in the galaxy.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko could see other wonders that they had managed to find.. among the Chi-Oni and among the galaxy... fruits that were covered in a sugary kyber like crystal.. resonating with the force. THey had transplanted them from the Agora temple and here in the palaces it added a beautiful amount of grandaur as well as other oddities of the galaxy. Thuria was accumulating them for the princess and Supisy and Latyuo if they saw this might be heavily surprised.. they starred at the wonders of Atrisia but being able to see some of the more strange and odd things in the galaxy or on Atrisia itself... Supisy was one to make happy with the gemstones and Latyuo would wonder more.

JUnko was looking at more of it as going through the hall it was entering a massive chamber. The mural on the roof depicting..... them. "Is that." Junko looked up at it and it was Junko and THuria with Phaidor as they had met and began traveling around.. recruiting others. Each one depicted with a stylized look but it was clear who they were... the artwork of it all for them. Went on and on in a spiral until it was leading to the palace itself.. Junko recruiting the handmaidens who would serve under her and some others. you could see the twins, the generals, Latyuo and Supisy... even a few lovers who were depicted for them.

 

[Junko Ike]

"A project... small and not as impressive I know princess but I thought it would be beautiful to have a reord of the works that had been done... even the treaties with the cannibals of the southern continent... We have been able to do a lot in a short time and even more things were set up that would populate the years for us." Junko smiled and hugged her as the woman was one of the best and sweetest in cases like this... one of her oldest handmaidens as she and phaidor were the first to join her aside from Nari who protected her. NOw they all seemed to be there and depicted in glory for those who came this far into the palace.

"It is beautiful and just shows why you are one of my favorites when it comes to my handmaidens.... hard to compete with someone who gives me riches and silks and artwork like this." She said it with a smile that was wider on her face. Thuria was excited at least and happy about it while PHaidor and Miyoung were looking at her but also agreeing.. THuria was skilled but she was one for beauty and looks... arrt and beautiful things that they were all able to better understand. Thuria had a few things as well.. the mural on the ceiling was of them but the walls were art pieces she had done... beautiful and posed models.

 

[Junko Ike]

Thuria looked at Phaidor and Miyoung for a moment sticking her tongue out at them... less as a show and more to be bratty showing the bond between all of them as the sisters came forward. The eldest looking at the defensive nature of everything around them while the youngest was just happy to be there with her. Their journey depicted in the murals as they were looking it over with a small grin on their faces. Everyone fo them were having fun with each other and if she was able to she would be able to make sure they had plenty more chances. The Commonwealth was always improving so it would need its art and culture improved just as much as its military forces and economic power.

Miyoung brought a hand up and caught Thuria's tongue between her fingers as she looked up at her with a raised eyebrow. "Promises promises." There were laughs and Thuria led the way through to the roof again.. the ability to see the airship as villagers who were stationed on the island were giving reports about crops and what they were harvesting. From the roof at this angle she could see more as well with several zeltron clans who had joined the Commonwealth teaching the soldiers meditation and exercise... they were showing how to make yourself flexible as well as how to resist the influence of pheromones... an important thing to have when around the zeltrons aside from olfactory blockers.

 

[Junko Ike]

The training in the courtyaaard went further then that... allowing the soldiers to also work on being faster and more agile compared to the heavier units... She knew Barca and Kirano had the heavier shocktroopers to train so Thuria training faster units made it easier... the sky blue armor gleamed as they jumped around dodging and weaving around blades and shots. THeir shields shimmering from the low impact pellets that were being fired. Junko could see other things as well.. the soldiers were not the only ones training as there were militias. Even artists learned to defend themselves and she could see the airship coming towards them.

"Well we'll continue, you work on things here and report back. There is still a lot that needs to be set up for everyone." She said it with a smile on her face as Thuria gave a nod of her head. "I will see it done, there are a number of other palaces to set up and you have been working on things with all of the others." Thuria set off to work with her engineers and construction workers. THey would be getting more things done as Junko and the others were getting onto the airship and she was debating which ones they would be going to next. There was a beauty to it all and she could be more impressive at least as she and the others got into the airship and it pushed off towards the next island.

 

[Junko Ike]

THe airship continued going forward and Junko looked over the waters.. the crystal clear waters with thousands of fish of every color were beautiful to see and she was prepared for all of it. She wanted to make it work as she moved on the airship itself. PHaidor joining her while the others looked on. The island was showing the trees and they were being designed thick and heavy to block views from the sea as they wrapped around the mountains that concealed the town. It made it look uninhabited. The other parts of it could be seen as the mountain was sticking up with observation towers and scanners built into the forests edge for a sensor network.

IT was a beautiful sight and from there she could see the island.. for the sisters. The three of them were there and pointing it out as Junko appretiated Tripitaka and Jiyoung... they had come with her and their youngest sister joined them later despite how much their mother objected to it. Between the three of them they had also made a beautiful palace.. or three palaces in some ways as it had three spires with walls and their courtyard. Sleek, unrelenting like the Northern lands they came from. Junko could see each of them was carved white rock which was stark next to the black stone of the island itself. No greenery being visible compared to the others but it was a fortress.

 

[Junko Ike]

THe Yuki no Ojōsama sisters were all standing there as the ship approached. The three tower heads much more sheer and designed for the airships while a bridge went outwards towards the island with energy projectors and an interconnected design that was more ablative. The walkway coming down from the airship for them to exit and the three sisters all moved around with Junko... Tripitaka her usual stoic self, Jubei was looking around and Jiyoung was... well she was attached to Tripitaka. It was considered odd and her mother hated that she was close to her half sister... if she only knew the extent of it. The three of them though did look beautiful as it was a military fortress first.

"Welcome Princess." Tripitaka said it while she was there standing over them. The towers showing the stormcloud motif of her mother as the doors opened. The Stormguard visible with the jet black armor, blue and orange glow from the power suits and their blades. An impressive display as it went itno the fortress which was modern... metal and stone walls lined with scans, readouts and defensive turrets. Droids, biots and soldiers stationed with clear lines of sight on eachother and areas. Lighting and sensors that made infiltration highly impropable... not impossible if you were good but Junko knew the weight sensors in the floor made even white current sneaking difficult.

 

[Junko Ike]

She could see more of the fortress itself here... from the upper areas it was secured with lifts but also stairs. The lift taking them down as she could see alcoves where droids were set up as well as scanners and more sections of defensive guns. The other spires of the fortress were meant to be similar as the lift came to the bottom and opened to reveal a courtyard. SOldiers being trained and supplies being grown under strict conditions, Jubei and Jiyoung moving around and greeting the various soldiers as they asked questions and Tripitaka came over to the princess as she was walking with her. Junko able to see more of it while she looked up at the smooth stone.

"We have had the engineers working harder on it. Smoothing the stones on both sides and making it so even at an atomic level it is smooth. Unable to be adhered to, non magnetic material in the surface either and it is coated for chemical adhering. It won't be perfect but your nightsister magic, most grapples and grips are meant to be substantially limited. We have also been working on the defensive means and the hallways will allow thermal projectors to be channeled through sections for purges of enemy forces before out troopers come in as needed. We are operating on a more strict regiment then the palace but it will also serve to hide one of the main shield batteries."