Fires of Creation

Chapter Four: "Fires of Creation"

Yamagato Industries is a powerful multinational corporation, and were it not for their deep pockets, the United States would not be so far on its way to recovery. But wealth, power, and influence all come at a steep price. Any threats to those pillars of industry are dealt with swiftly.
Prologue
04/04/15	Pure Imagination	Marlowe Terrell meets the Director of Technology, Hachiro Otomo, and they discuss the topic of building a future.
01/28/16	Main Mission	Newly equipped with her prosthetic arm, Monica Dawson is sent to Madagascar to appropriate a prototype device.
And Now…
02/28/18	Kensei and the Dragon	Jolene Chevalier is contacted by Eizen Erizawa, secondhand.
03/23/18	No One of Consequence	Violet Sharp goes searching for the sister she's never met.
03/31/18	To Best Serve	Kaydence Damaris is instructed to extend a warm welcome to visitors from Praxis Heavy Industries.
04/02/18	Power vs. Celebrity	Alister Black makes plans to collaborate with Yamagato in restoring water to Staten Island — and in business.
04/03/18	Human Drama	Francesca "Chess" Lang finds herself attacked by one unexpected sister and saved by another.
04/04/18	27	After the drama of the attack, Chess goes to find Luther for help with saving Alix's life.
04/07/18	Leviathan	Hana Gitelman meets Jiba, one of Yamagato Industries' greatest secrets, and it meets one of hers.
04/11/18	Sisters of Sorts	Two sisters, recently met, take necessary sanctuary at the Benchmark.
04/12/18	Human Curiosity	Marlowe finds Leroy hard at work on his beauty sleep in the company offices, but upon waking they discuss how to deal with some issues arising from a drone network.
04/13/18	The Techie Is In	Leroy is sent to check up on the YX Cestus Prosthetic Limb.
04/14/18	Much Ado About Wireless	Leroy goes out to test his drone-based VoIP network security, but encounters the very thing he's been trying to prevent.
04/15/18	In Theory and In Praxis	Kay and Monica 'greet' the Praxis representatives sent to negotiate a telecom infrastructure deal with New York.
	Mechanics R Us	Marlowe fixes Monica's arm after her mission, and the pair discuss possible protections for the future.
04/23/18	Living In Interesting Times	Yamagato's security chief consults a seer and receives information far more harrowing than he ever expected.
	Regarding A Curious Cat	Hana tracks down Hachiro Otomo, creator and caretaker of the Jiba A.I.
04/28/18	Genesis	Hana learns the origins of Jiba and the true intentions of its creator.
04/29/18	Synecdoche	Eizen informs Alvin of concerns regarding Praxis Heavy Industries and its activities in the Safe Zone.
	<--! Careless Whisper -->	Hachiro, Leroy, and Marlowe make a hard push to advance their vision of a network of drones providing cellular service to the Safe Zone.
	以眼還眼	Three adrift sisters, operatives of Praxis, suddenly receive a new mission.
04/30/18	Sending A Message	Yamagato holds a company-wide meeting, but they are interrupted by an attack that levels Yamagato's leadership across the globe.
	Return 0	In the aftermath of the Yamagato bombing, Marlowe sits by Hachiro's bedside while he recalls the events of his daughter's death and the birth of Jiba.
05/04/18	The Spin	Alvin joins up with Public Relations, but isn't entirely clued in to the fact that PR is more than what is on their business cards.
05/07/18	Mission Accomplished	Marlowe and Monica discuss how to help Hachiro with his injuries and what to do if he succumbs to them.
06/27/18	To Clarify and Classify	Eve and Monica, while searching for leads regarding Adam, apprehend one of his former lieutenants only to discover he serves a new master now — the Ghost Shadow triad.
07/10/18	Rave	Monica's clandestine meeting with Jiba unexpectedly reveals a secret refrain trafficking effort in Yamagato Park.
	Impossible, Unwise	Monica and T.Amas make contact to discuss the possibility of freeing Jiba from their programming constraints.