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*Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex *
* The Complete Word List *
* v1.0 *
*Written by Ichiniisan, AKA LifeLessDummy*
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*Spoiler Notice* Spoiler Notice* Spoiler Notice* Spoiler Notice*
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Yes, this list contains spoiler. Tons of it. Especially those
noted as "Postscript." You have been warned (I can't believe I had to
say that T-T).
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*Table of Contents*
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1. Introduction
2. Disclaimer
3. Quick Find List
4. The List
a. [LVL01]Nihama Pier N3
b. [LVL02]N3 Parking Garage
c. [LVL03]Multi-level Warehouse
d. [LVL04]Residential Block
e. [LVL05]Dam Site
f. [LVL06]Office Block
g. [LVL07]Training Grounds
h. [LVL08]AT Training Grounds
i. [LVL09]Chopper Storage Block
j. [LVL10]Shaft
k. [LVL11]Underground Factory
l. [LVL12]Experimental Farm
5. About Me
6. Version History
INTRODUCTION:
Howdy everyone! Dummy here. This is the complete listing of
information I obtained from the Word List option in the game. I don't
know if you have to go around in search for them; their more of a key
word and information about past, present, and people/organization. This
is one of hopefully five FAQ (including maps) I'm doing for Ghost in
the Shell.
DISCLAIMER:
This list was painfully written by the Dummy and it may not be
published publicly, privately, in print, electronically, or by any
other means known by man without prior written consent by the author
(and I'm a pretty nice fellow), and you can't distribute this without
my name on this FAQ. If I give consent to put a copy of this FAQ on
your own websites, it may NOT be altered, changed, or tampered with
unless I agree, because sometimes the grammar isn't correct, but that's
just the way how it was written in the game and DO NOT link directly to
GameFAQs. They're really nice folks, and any less of a headache to them
would be appreciated. Also, if I made some kind of error (remember, I'm
a human being, and a dummy) contact me so that I can correct it.
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*QUICK FIND LIST*
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Wow, this quick list is long. Guess the longer list is... well,
longer. Just a quick explanation of how to use the find list (even
though you can tell just by looking):
[LVL56]Jump Out
[Z01]BreakDown
Levels can be found by clt+f and typing in LVL and the number level
>>LVL56<<
Specific words on listing can be found by typing from which category
and its listing
>>Z01<<
[LVL01]Nihama Pier N3
[A01]Motoko Kusanagi
[A02]Batou
[A03]Daisuke Aramaki
[A04]Togusa
[A05]Ishikawa
[A06]Saito
[A07]Borma
[A08]Paz
[A09]Tachikoma
[A10]Kubota
[A11]Hawkeye
[A12]Prosthetic Body
[A13]MM (micromachines)
[A14]Terminal
[A15]Remote Control
[A16]Cyberbrain
[A17]Braincase
[A18]Attack Barrier
[A19]Tilt-roter
[A20]Type 2902 Thermoptic Camouflage
[A21]Jameson-type
[A22]Ghost
[A23]Ghost Hack
[A24]Ghost Barrier
[A25]Hacker
[A26]Go Wired
[A27]Back-hack
[A28]Ghost in the Shell
[A29]Public Security Section 9
[A30]Seburo Corporation
[A31]Kyo-re
[A32]Nihama City
[A33]Nihama Prefecture
[LVL02]N3 Parking Garage
[B01]Takeru Fuwa
[B02]Guard Robot
[B03]Surveillance Camera
[B04]Rabbit-logo Courier
[B05]Fuwa's Genetics Research
[B06]Nihama University
[LVL03] Multi-level Warehouse
[C01] MM-rice
[C02] Delayed-action Virus
[C03] Modular Virus
[C04] Memory Box
[C05] Kei Yazawa
[C06] Obituary
[LVL04]Residential Block
[D01]Toshimi Tagami
[D02]Tohoku Autonomous Region
[D03]Monorail
[D04]Rikuu Dam Statistics
[D05]Dam
[D06]Dam Site
[D07]First Filling
[D08]Incline
[D09]TAR Citizen's Charter
[D10]Rikuu Letter
[D11]New Hanamaki City
[LVL05]Dam Site
[E01]Top of Dam (also 'Dam Walkway')
[E02]Inspection Gallery
[E03]Plumb Line
[E04]Normal Plumb Line
[E05]Inverted Plumb Line
[E06]Gun-type Anti-aircraft Cannon
[E07]Jigabachi
[LVL06]Office Block
[F01]Eichi Gotoh
[F02]Fixed Machine Guns
[F03]Annual Agriculture White Paper
[F04]Nemuro Landing Operation
[F05]Inaugural Address
[LVL07] Training Grounds
[G01] Armed Suit
[G02] Master/Slave
[G03] Gotoh's Letter
[G04] Final Defense Proposal
[G05] MM-rice Terrorism Blackmail Letter
[LVL08] AT Training Grounds
[H01] Think-tank
[LVL09] Chopper Storage Block
[I01] Oniyanma
[I02] Missile-type Anti-aircraft Cannon
[I03] Surveillance
[I04] Tainted Rice
[I05] Cellular Suicide Program
[I06] Kuretake Introduction Article
[I07] MM-Rice Terrorist Act
[LVL10] Shaft
[J01] Deep Underground Sector
[LVL11] Underground Factory
[K01] Postscript: Toshimi Tagami
[K02] Choreographer
[K03] Forced Recognition Program
[K04] EW-204 Prototype Tank Specs
[LVL12] Experimental Farm
[L01] Kenbishi Industries Type-18 Tank
[L02] Visual Camouflage
[L03] Visual Device
[L04] Ghost-dubbing Equipment
[L05] Android
[L06] Cyborg
[L07] Robot
[L08] Neurochip
[L09] Interceptors
[L10] Prostheticized Refugees
[L11] Phantom Limb
[L12] Dummy Barrier
[L13] Postscript: Infiltration Report
[L14] Non-nuclear World War IV
[L15] Sensory Perception Wiretap Act
[L16] Laughing Man Logo
[L17] Laughing Man Incident
[L18] Public Security Bureau
[L19] Public Security Section 6
[L20] Redcoats
[L21] Ministry of Home Affairs
[L22] Ministry of Foreign Affairs
[L23] CIA
[L24] American Empire
[L25] Genesis Andross Corp.
[L26] Serano Genomics
[L27] Meditech Corp.
[L28] Plant Dome
[L29] Harima City for Academic Research
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*The List*
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[LVL01]Nihama Pier N3
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-=[A01]Motoko Kusanagi=-
Assigned Public Security Section 9. A.K.A., "The Major."
A cyborg whose body is almost entirely prosthetic, only Kusanagi's
brain and part of her spinal cord remain. Her prosthetic body is
classified as a military secret, and is based off of a mass-production
model with many 'options' added. Her abilities make her Section 9's
number one; the de facto unit commander.
-=[A02]Batou=-
Assigned to Public Security Section 9.
A large man who specializes in cyber warfare. In terms of abilities, he
is second only to Kusanagi, and often teams up with Togusa. One of his
quirks is that he dotes on the Tachikoma he pilots.
-=[A03]Daisuke Aramaki=-
Chief, Public Security Section 9.
A sharp customer who manages Section 9 with clear thinking and piercing
insight. His subordinates' faith in him is immense.
-=[A04]Togusa=-
Assigned Public Security Section 9.
This former detective was scouted by Kusangi from the Special Service
Squad of Police Headquarters' Investigations Section 1. He is often
teamed up with Batou:. He is a novel entity in Section 9, in that he is
the only one who is all-natural except for a cyberbrain, and has a wife
and children. His wedding anniversary is July 16th.
-=[A05]Ishikawa=-
Assigned Public Security Section 9.
A veteran who specializes in information collection and espionage
warfare. Of all the squad members, his association with Kusanagi is the
longest.
-=[A06]Saito=-
Assigned Public Security Section 9.
A man who specializes in sniping. His left eye is called a 'Hawkeye,'
and is a prosthetic capable of linking with satellites.
-=[A07]Borma=-
Assigned Public Security Section 9.
A large man who specializes in cyber-warfare. He is frequently assigned
rear support missions, and is often teamed up with Paz.
-=[A08]Paz=-
Assigned Public Security Section 9.
A chain smoker of few words, he specializes in secret investigations.
He is frequently teamed up with Borma.
-=[A09]Tachikoma=-
Think-tanks assigned to Public Security Section. Their standard
equipment includes a chain gun in their right arm, and a grenade
launcher in their mouth. Thanks to their advance A.I., they are even
capable of operating independently without an operator.
-=[A10]Kubota=-
Bureau Chief, Military Intelligence Bureau
Long ago, studied espionage with Aramaki under Colonel Tonoda. He and
Aramaki trust one another.
-=[A11]Hawkeye=-
Special prosthetic eye that Saito is equipped with. It has various
capabilities, including superhuman visual acuity, zoom functionality,
night-vision, infrared, and meteorological data, applying color
transforms, and overlaying them on top of a 3D display.
-=[A12]Prosthetic Body=-
Offshoot of prosthetic limbs, such at prosthetic arms and legs.
Originally, this technology was developed for medical use to supplement
physical functionality lost due to accidents, but because it could
provide power that exceeded the limitations of the human body. Motoko
and the others are cyborgs (full body prosthetics) whose entire bodies
have been replaced with artificial organs, except for their brains and
spinal cords. To give the cyberized brain fine control over the
prosthetic body it has been connected to, MM (micromachine) technology
is used extensively.
-=[A13]MM (micromachines)=-
Miniature machines 1/1,000,000 of a millimeter in size. A general term
for miniature machines that includes nanomachines.
-=[A14]Terminal=-
The general term that is now widely accepted for devices that are
capable of accessing the net, such as desktop computers and cellular
phones. Each user is positioned on a endpoint (terminal) of a line that
spreads from the net and can interpose themselves in the net from these
terminals.
-=[A15]Remote Control=-
To operate types of machinery from a distance using either mechanical
or electronic means.
-=[A16]Cyberbrain=-
A brain into which terminals have been physically implanted, and whose
connections to the net is supported by micromachines. These made
possible the direct, constant connection between the human brain and
the net without the need for external devices.
-=[A17]Braincase=-
A case containing a living brain that makes connections to cyberbrain
possible. The braincase interior is filled with cerebral fluid that is
packed with micromachines.
To make up for damage to parts of the brain, some are even equipped
with artificial brains.
-=[A18]Attack Barrier=-
A barrier used to prevent external attacks or infiltrations that are
capable of attacking the enemy that is hacking in.
If you become locked, you will be unable to escape, and if you cannot
neutralize it, your Ghost will be fried.
These destroy Ghost-less A.I.'s
-=[A19]Tilt-roter=-
An aircraft that utilizes tilting wings. An aircraft more widely used
than either helicopters or airplanes.
-=[A20]Type 2902 Thermoptic Camouflage=-
Thermoptic clothing manufactured by Kyo-re. Also known as '2902
thermoptic camouflage.' Thermo-Optical Camouflage is also called 'T-O
Camouflage' for short. It is used by Public Security Sections 9 and 6,
Rangers Section 4, and organizations that report directly to the Prime
Minister.
-=[A21]Jameson-type=-
A box-shaped cyborg.
-=[A22]Ghost=-
Refers to everything from the soul anchored within the human body to a
simply-structured aggregation of energy with minimal personality.
Androids do not have Ghosts; instead, they are equipped with an A.I.
-=[A23]Ghost Hack=-
To breach the Ghost Barrier and hack a Ghost.
-=[A24]Ghost Barrier=-
Something that prevents a Ghost from being attacked or infiltrated by
someone else. Everyone who has a Ghost has a barrier.
-=[A25]Hacker=-
Generic term for computer criminals who infiltrate other people's
cyberbrains, leak information, spread viruses or control people
remotely.
The penalty for Ghost infiltration is severe.
-=[A26]Go Wired=-
To directly link with a cyberbrain or terminal without going through
the net using a QRS plug (a type of jack standard).
-=[A27]Back-hack=-
To be wiretapped.
Unlike the old days where sounds were overheard from a telephone line,
here, flowing data is decrypted and read. Encryption has been
introduced into even current wireless net connections, but it is easy
to decipher a code that uses shared key encryption, and if you can go
to a location where you can receive radio signals, it is fairly simple
to intercept message content, even more so than with a wired link.
In this era, even net environments that utilize satellites are
widespread, and encryption ought to be suitably reinforced, but in the
end, they and the people who are trying to crack it are caught in a
vicious circle.
-=[A28]Ghost in the Shell=-
Alternate name for Public Security Section 9. 'Shell Squad' for short.
-=[A29]Public Security Section 9=-
Official designation of Ghost in the Shell. Publicly an international
rescue team, they are actually a special ops unit that answers only to
the Prime Minister which specializes in domestic activity, and are
tasked with secretly resolving incidents countering terrorist acts
against cybernets or anything related to public security.
-=[A30]Seburo Corporation=-
Firearms manufacturing company founded in October, 2024. They
manufacture the standard weaponry used by Section 9. Management and
development is conducted jointly.
-=[A31]Kyo-re=-
The developer and manufacturer of the thermoptic camouflage 'cloak of
invisibility' used by Section 9. This corporation where its development
and manufacture is carried out is affiliated with Poseidon. "Poseidon'
is another name for Greater Japan Technology and Research. It is a
corporate association composed of a cluster of gigantic marine city
clusters.
-=[A32]Nihama City=-
Prefectural capital of Nihama Prefecture. Home base of Public Security
Section 9.
-=[A33]Nihama Prefecture=-
Formerly a tentative candidate for national capital city. The current
capital city has been transferred to Kyushu.
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[LVL02]N3 Parking Garage
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-=[B01]Takeru Fuwa=-
Assistant professor at Nihama University. A scholar known worldwide for
his research specializing in Joint Engineering that was derived from
Applied Entomology.
During WWIII, he pursued Armed Suit development as a specialist in
Joint Engineering. At the time, he visited the Tohoku Autonomous Region
as an evacuee. After the war, he returned to Nihama University and
continued his research, but he was stabbed to death by someone on the
campus five years ago. The perpetrator remains at large to this day.
-=[B02]Guard Robot=-
Illegally-modified variants of Kenbishi Heavy Industries' 2027 model
year autonomous guard robot.
The torso contains a high-voltage stun gun, and where there had been a
high-pressure rubber stun gun, a 7.72mm machine is now installed in the
aft section. They are equipped with fore and aft titanium bulletproof
plating.
-=[B03]Surveillance Camera=-
Sagawa Electronics' general-purpose visual surveillance recording
device. 2026 model year.
Boasting the industry's top market share, this surveillance camera
model is equipped with high-performance electronic enhancers.
-=[B04]Rabbit-logo Courier=-
One of many black market couriers that exist in Nihama City.
He has an official name, but he is called the 'Rabbit-logo Courier'
because of his mascot character.
Couriers only take cash for a job, turning down E-money, cards, stocks,
or anything else. Half the fee is paid up front, and the remainder is
C.O.D. to be paid once the cargo delivery keycode receipt has been
verified. Depending on the money, they will deliver anything to
anywhere for you.
-=[B05]Fuwa's Genetics Research=-
"The Development of Joint Engineering in Applied Entomology' - Takeru
Fuwa
In this research, I make theoretical preparations for various
arrangements in order to make practical use of applied Entomology,
which was derived from the development of technology to exterminate
harm insects that spanned the end of the 19th Century to the beginning
of the 20th Century. Applied Entomology had its beginnings in the field
that was established and formed by the development of technology to
eradicate the Rocky Mountain Locus, which were swarming the 1870s
America (now Imperial America). However, it was made more complicat4ed
by the appearance of MM technology, which didn't wait for this century
to appear, and the current main focus is on the research and
development of new technology that makes use of the bodies of insects.
On the other hand, Joint Engineering is a key ingredients of the
master/slave mechanism which are indispensable in Armed Suit (powered
exoskeleton) development. These mechanisms, the aim of which at first
was to mimic human movement, are fast reaching their limits in
controlling the sort of multiped powered exoskeletons that are
currently in use. And thus, my goal is the development of a next-gen
master/slave mechanism that is more natural and does not put an
unnecessary load on the human control system by taking the organic
functions of insects, multiped organisms occurring in the natural
world, and replicating them with micromachines on a genetic level.
Applied Entomology and Joint Engineering. The fusion of research taken
from both fields by means of micromachines is research that hints at
new capabilities in the control systems of complex, multiped machines
which are likely to appear in the near future. I foresee many
difficulties in pursuing this merged research that is as yet untapped,
but I believe that it will surely yield results which will be valuable
for the future of humanity.
Takeru Fuwa, Nihama University (Applied Entomology)
-=[B06]Nihama University=-
Among the country's national universities, this is the top academic
center. There are even many foreign students here due to its extensive
funding and research facilities.
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[LVL03]Multi-level Warehouse
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-=[C01]MM-rice=-
Micromachine technology, which was misappropriated for use as a link to
agricultural product improvement, not just in the fields of cyberbrain
and prosthetic body manufacturing, was cheap and safe, made real the
development of high-yield crops, and played a major role in the
worldwide food supply problem. Although the use of micromachines in
food products was first met with physiological revulsion, MM-rice, rice
to which this technology was applied, was applied, was widely used in
farmland-scarce Japan, and its development and refinement due to the
increased food supply demands during the war made it a positive
recipient of government support.
Among these, Rikuu-132 drew attention as a high-yield, all-purpose rice
that could withstand lack of sunlight and water and was also resistant
to cold-weather damage.
-=[C02]Delayed-action Virus=-
A virus that does not immediately take effect. They manifest when
triggered by some factor that acts as an order while it is lying
dormant.
-=[C03]Modular Virus=-
They are disguised in e-mails or picture file header data, and when
certain conditions are met, they compile into a single program.
In the 'Laughing Man' attack on the Superintendent-General, one of
these was slipped into the security detail and stored inside their
cyberbrains.
-=[C04]Memory Box=-
An external device used to store vast amounts of memory data.
-=[C05]Kei Yazawa=-
Born in the Tohoku Region to parents who ran all sorts of financial
businesses. He and his older sister, Toshimi, were separated when they
were infants While at agricultural college, his thesis relating to rice
cultivation garnered attention, and he joined a research agency of the
Agriculture Ministry. During the war, he used the evacuation as an
excuse to move to the Tohoku Autonomous Region, where he, Eichi Gotoh,
and Takeru Fuwa immersed themselves in research for 'miracle rice.'
He was a simple man of few words who loved solitude, but there are many
who sympathize with the ideals they glimpse in those few words. Later
called the 'Charisma of the Tohoku Automous Region,' he was adored by
many people. Accompanying the formation of an organization of people
who spontaneously gathered to idolize that charisma were rumors that
stirred up the tabloids that said they were a cult group0 that espoused
environmental protection. However, as people's interest waned, their
existence was forgotten.
A.D. 2030.
Died from a malignant tumor. This was a disease that could be avoided
with a prosthetic body, but he left this left after leaving a message
to his sister, Toshimi, to the effect of. 'People should live in
harmony with the earth, and return to the earth when it's time."
-=[C06]Obituary=-
July 12, 20xx.
Nihama University Assistant Professor Takeru Fuwa, worldwide authority
on applied entomology and top man in Armed Suit research, has been
stabbed to death by someone on the university campus.
The culprit is unknown, but many conspiracy theories are going around.
Because of his connection to the American-Russian Alliance and the
Tohoku Autonomous Region, known as a sort of New Religion commune, the
opinion that he was 'executed' seem to be prevalent. The reason for
this is that Professor Eichi Gotoh, another Armed Suit researcher, died
just before the murder in a plane crash of unknown cause while flying
to Europe to take part in an academic conference in Milan, Italy, and
soon after the deaths of Professors Gotoh and Fuwa. 'Man-Machine,' the
trade journal of the America-Russian Alliance, commented on these
incidents, saying that it was good news for Armed Suit developers. It
ran an editorial saying, 'Those in charge of executions in the Alliance
showed to the world that they were gauging the timing that was suitable
for the execution of spies.'
In the background is the conjecture that Fuwa might have been a spy.
What lends credence to this is that he did, in fact, live in the
Alliance in his student days. He experienced its severity with his own
body. He was a man who understood the Alliance. Some conjecture
concludes that it may be for that reason that he was targeted by the
Alliance.
Prof. Fuwa had a high regard for the military applicability of applied
entomology, and, saying, 'I undertook Armed Suit development because
insects are so valuable for the basic research of joint engineering.'
He contacted the American Empire and Alliance, heedless of the danger,
and even after the war was declared over, he apparently turned down
offers of 'protection' from regional police bureaus and Self Defense
Army related people, saying, 'The war's over,' and lived an unguarded
life.
Some of the media portrayed Prof. Fuwa as having 'died in the line of
duty,' with headlines such as 'Hot-blooded Man with a Strong Sense of
Justice,' 'Trust and Sense of Duty Consistent,' and 'Regret of th Armed
Suit Researcher.' What's more, some in the American Empire P.E.N. Club
proclaimed, '(If violence is to accompany Armed Suit Development), it
is a grave threat to the Freedom of Research and Development mention in
the International Charter, and is a frightening infringement upon
fundamental human rights.'
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[LVL04]Residential Block
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-=[D01]Toshimi Tagami=-
After joining the military, she became a full cyborg due to an accident
during training. The prosthetic body was a market model, and no
particular improvements where made to the capabilities of its hardware,
and other than an expansion of external memory in its cyberbrain for
data processing purposes, it has no distinguishing characteristics.
Attached to Inspector General, Tohoku Front, Ground Self Defense Army.
2011: Joined the JGSDA as an officer cadet. Many examples of
meritorious service follow.
2024: Appointed as Regional Director of Tohoku Autonomous Region, takes
office. In her inauguration, issues the Autonomous Region Charter.
2027: With the role of the Tohoku Autonomous Region over, she receives
the military's decision and declares that the region is to be
dismantled. The researchers who have been employed within the
Autonomous Region are advised to leave.
2028: Having received the dismantling proclamation, she is appointed as
Dismantling Site Supervisor.
-=[D02]Tohoku Autonomous Region=-
Optically camouflaged in aerial and satellite imagery, all that shows
is a giant dam that boasts a large water capacity. In reality, it is a
special JGSDA facility that was constructed to safeguard intellectual
assets. With the war now over, work has begun to return it to its
original dam form.
1996: Construction begins on the Rikuu dam as the Tohoku Final Defense
Perimeter, which is to form the outer wall of a JGSDA facility.
2000: Primary construction complete as Tohoku Final Defense Perimeter.
2002: Converted to JGSDA FACILITY TO SCIENTIST EVACUATION POINT. It
employs noted scholars and engineers of all fields from Japan's
corporations and learning institutions. Research begins on military
engineering and increasing the food supply.
2026: With the end of the war, the decision to close it down. Other
than certain people, withdrawal begins.
2028: Dismantling operation begins. Prostheticized refugees are brought
in as a work force.
Although it lies in the mountainous region of New Hanamaki City, it is
off-limits to unauthorized personnel under the pretext of water supply
security.
-=[D03]Monorail=-
The only transportation method that enters the Tohoku Autonomous
Region. It is a single-line suspended monorail. Only those with Tohoku
Autonomous Region citizen codes can ride it.
It is equipped with a computer system that centrally controls movement,
power, and passenger information, and its automatically operated from
instructions sent from the central control tower. It is only when the
monorail enters the Autonomous Region that the jamming signal over the
entryway is momentarily taken down.
-=[D04]Rikuu Dam Statistics=-
Type: concrete gravity dam
Embankment height: 156 meters
Embankment width: approx. 400 meters
Embankment volume: approx. 2 million cubic meters
Total storage capacity: 193 million cubic meters
Effective storage capacity: 183 million cubic meters
-=[D05]Dam=-
Official designation: Rikuu Dam #1
With an investment of 400 billion yen in operating funds, it was built
as a multi-purpose dam, with such goals as flood control, conservation,
irrigation, and hydroelectric power.
1987: Construction begins on dam structure.
1995: Construction is completed.
1996: Converted to 'Tohoku Final Defensive Perimeter Outer Wall'
without the dam structure undergoing a test filling.
-=[D06]Dam Site=-
Dam location.
-=First Filling=-
To have a dam store water on a test basis.
-=[D07]Incline=-
The word incline means 'start' or 'slope,' as well as an inclined
railway. An elevator that goes up and down a railway that runs along a
slope that exceeds 35 degrees. It was used to ferry material and
workers when the dam, which was to be the outer wall of the Tohoku
Autonomous Region, was under construction. It is not presently used.
-=[D08]TAR Citizen's Charter=-
'Autonomous Region Charter.'
With pride and duty in our hearts as citizens of the Tohoku Auonomous
Region, utilizing the knowledge cultivated by our forebears and the
essence of hard-won technology our goal is to work for peace on this
world;
Item: We shall cultivate strong bodies, hearts, and profound knowledge.
Item: We shall build cities where the consideration of heart touching
heart may be found.
Item: We shall utilize astonishing knowledge and technology to restore
world peace.
-=[D09]Rikuu Letter=-
'Rikuu Letter'
Why much my actions take place now? MY constant, pur creation is here.
My comrades and I, working together in righteous effort, have created
rice which will save the impoverished, rice which will sustain lives in
all troubled lands. It should have spread far and wide, countless as
the stars in the galaxy, until the very world 'poverty' was no more.
However, this rice of salvation was taken from us without ever being
sown in trouble lands.
Once again, so that people may have true happiness, so that all poverty
and suffering may be eliminated from the face of the earth, I intend to
boldly set out on a road that leads to nowhere. But even if this road
should lead to nowhere, I am sure that those who live lives of
righteousness and strength will see before them the path they must
take. By lives of righteousness and strength, I mean being aware of the
clear intent and grand passions within you, and living your lives
accordingly.
Even if I Should fall to this sickness that quietly assails me, my
comrades, whose true natures are of clear intent and grand passions,
will most likely set out on that road to nowhere. I wish to search for
this world's true happiness. Kei Yazawa is in this place. This is his
sole intent.
Kei Yazawa
-=[D10]New Hanamaki City=-
A regional city that lies on the Tohoku Linear Rail line heading to
Bertarve. A region with prosperous agriculture and industry. The
station for the monorail, the sole transpiration facility that goes to
the Tohoku Autonomous Region is located in the innermost ward of its
industrial zone.
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[LVL05]Dam Site
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-=[E01]Top of Dam (also 'Dam Walkway')=-
Name given to the uppermost part of the dam structure.
-=Inspection Gallery=-
Refers to corridors within the dam structure used to check for damaged
areas. They run throughout the dam like a labyrinth. They are normally
off-limits to unauthorized personnel. However, they are sometimes used
for field trip studies in cases when the dam is designated as a 'dam
open to the region.'
-=[E02]Plumb Line=-
Measuring device used to verify the safety of a dam that checks for
displacement between the dam structure and the dam's foundation. This
is typically measured in two places using the Normal Plumb Line and the
inverted Plumb line.
-=[E03]Normal Plumb Line=-
The upper end is fastened through a collet arrangement, and a weight is
suspended from the lower end of the line, measuring the amount of
relative displacement between the top and bottom of the dam
(longitudinal, transverse displacement). Measurements are taken in the
Mid-level Measurement Room.
-=[E04]Inverted Plumb Line=-
It is fixed via an anchor base to a presumably stationary point where
there is no rock foundation displacement, and attaching the upper end
of the line to a float submerged in a tank, it measures the amount of
displacement in the rock foundation (longitudinal, transverse
displacement). It is positioned directly below the Normal Plumb Line,
and measurements are taken in the Lower Measurement Room.
-=[E05]Gun-type Anti-aircraft Cannon=-
35mm autonomous anti-aircraft machine cannon. Unmanned anti-aircraft
machineguns that are standard issue by the JGSDA. It is also possible
to control these autonomous units by direct link.
-=[E06]Jigabachi=-
Abbreviation: AHV-01 Anti-tank Attack Helicopter 'Jigabachi' (wasp)
An anti-tank helicopter stationed with JGSDA helicopter units. Equipped
with a variable 20mm machine cannon. Because of the breadth of
variation of weaponry that can be mounted on its wings, it is highly
valued as a machine with potential that can adapt to battle conditions
of all sorts.
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[LVL06]Office Block
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-=[F01]Eichi Gotoh=-
Although a researcher of little repute, his paper of 'Resar5ch on
Autonomous Micromachines' was a clincher for him, and his research on
radioactively cleanup, the 'Asian Miracle,' put his name on the map,
making him a household name worldwide.
After the Asian Miracle, those concepts that were debated in eccentric,
bold moves, became the subject of scorn in academic circles as
impossible and 'lacking common sense,' but Gotoh, who had stayed true
to his research ideology, didn't let such talk from the outside change
hi attitude. He moved to the Tohoku Autonomous Region, which had hired
him, and continued his research independently.
With the end of the war approaching, he was hired as a visiting
professor at a university in England, and his life was cut short in an
accident on the flight to England. Years after his death, his state of
theories was reappraised, and he is now called a 'genius before his
time,' and prized as 'the authority on MM engineering' and 'a scientist
of proud isolation.'
-=[F02]Fixed Machine Guns=-
Type-21, 5.56mm controlled machine cannons made in the Tohoku
Autonomous Region.
Maximum ammunition: 800 rounds.
-=[F03]Annual Agriculture White Paper=-
The rise in recent years of consumer unease regarding MM agricultural
products due to the general distribution of improper produce, is
troubling. Awareness of consumer food safety is growing on a worldwide
scale, and even abroad, movements to reorganize food safety
administrations are increasing their activity.
Due to climbing patent costs, the number of products that can only be
dealt in by economic superpowers is climbing. Expensive patents are an
evil practice, and hunger countermeasures utilizing MM produce is a
rocky road. Movements calling for copylefting or patent reductions from
a moral standpoint are becoming more active in many countries aboard.
With calls for copylefting on the one hand, activity to preserve
micromachine technology and copyrights as intellectual property rights
continues unabated.
-=[F04]Nemuro Landing Operation=-
Nemuro is a city on the Nemuro Peninsula in eastern Hokkaido. Kusanagi
and the other participated in this operation in their military days.
It is said to have been a large-scale engagement in which not only
physical weapons were used, but intense cyber warfare, as well.
-=[F05]Inaugural Address=-
'Autonomous Regional Director Inaugural Address'
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights, that
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to
secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any
form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right
of the people to alter or to abolish it. It is their rights of citizens
to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their
future security.
The foundation of the new government is to be laid on such principles
and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most
likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Nor have we been wanting in attention to our Japanese brethren. We have
warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to
extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have appealed to their
native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties
of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would
inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. Yet again,
however, the citizens of Japan have failed to listen to calls based on
justice and ties of common kindred.
We, therefore, the representatives of the Tohoku Autonomous Region, in
General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the
world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the
authority of the good people of the Tohoku Autonomous Region, solemnly
publish and declare, that as a free and independent autonomous region,
this Tohoku Autonomous Region of right ought to be a free, independent
economic zone. As the Tohoku Autonomous Region, we declare our
independence and are henceforth absolved form all allegiance to the
Japanese government. And for the support of this declaration, with a
firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually
pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
Toshimi Tagami
Tohoku Autonomous Regional Director
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[LVL07]Training Grounds
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-=[G01]Armed Suit=-
Also called an 'Arm Suit.'
A variety of bulletproof, fireproof suits that cover the entire body
whose outer shell is made of composite materials, has battery driven
limbs, and is equipped with master/slave functionality.
-=[G02]Master/Slave=-
Generic name for anything equipped with a system capable of tracing its
operator's movements. For safety's sake, external stimuli exceeding a
set threshold are not transmitted to the operator.
-=[G03]Gotoh's Letter=-
It has been quite some time since you secluded yourself in the lower
fields and stopped speaking with me face to face. It is all well and
good for you to become intimate with power to achieve your ideals, but
now, as a comrade who has pursued those same ideals, I want you to
listen to what I have to say.
You have begun a plane to force the independence of the Tohoku
Autonomous Region, or some such nonsense. Do you intend to simply watch
as they take the ideal that you and the rest of us created and use it
as a tool to kill people? Don't you think you should try to stop this
madness of theirs? Of course, if you had been inclined to do so, you
would have paid attention to the repeated warnings that Fuwa and I gave
you.
I'm thought admonishing you for sticking to your beliefs. But Fuwa went
out there, risking his life, to try to stop the terrorist act. I will
go down my own path. Even if we should arrive at the same destination,
I will never forgive you.
Eichi Gotoh
-=[G04]Final Defense Proposal=-
'Tohoku Final Defensive Perimeter Proposal'
Confronted by the coming final battle on the mainland, and heeding the
increased calls for a military stronghold that would act as a pivot
point in the tactically unfolding north, we hereby redesignate the test
facility that is under construction as part of the scientific and
technical preservation policy from the 'Tohoku Scientific and Technical
City' to the 'Tohoku Final Defensive Perimeter.' The facility's supreme
commander will be placed under the jurisdiction of the Premier and the
Dense Ministry. (sic)
It sounds respectable when you call it scientific and technical
preservation at the behest of the state, but in face, investigation
reports put the number of people there, including the scientists and
technicians forcibly evacuated there to work on developing new weapons
during the war, as well as their families, in excess of 9000.
Its perimeter is surrounded by mountain forests, it is walled in by the
dam embankment, and the transport to the nearest town. Hanamaku
Industrial City, is a single monorail line run by the JGSDA. This is
not an evacuation, this ought to be called house arrest by the state.
After the war, the liberated scientists have all kept silent and
avoided all discussion pertaining to the Tohoku Final Defensive
Perimeter. Perhaps this is because it reminds them even now, six years
after the war, of the bitter lives they led, bound by the chains of
fears of the military.
-=[G05]MM-rice Terrorism Blackmail Letter=-
Attention, Agriculture Ministry, 'Rikuu-132,' a strain developed in the
Tohoku Autonomous Region, is a miracle rice and has the potential to
have a great impact on the problem of food shortage. However, the
Japanese government saw the death of Yazawa as a golden opportunity,
and filed a patent application with the Agriculture Ministry. This act
can in no way be tolerated. The patent development rights should be
restored to the Tohoku Autonomous Region.
We herby inform you that in the event that our demands are not met, we
have the resolve to stand against the Agriculture Ministry and those
government officials who are involved, and have the means prepared to
do so.
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[LVL08]AT Training Grounds
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-=[H01]Think-tank=-
A multiped tank with artificial intelligence. The Tachikoma stationed
at Section 9 are also a variety of these.
They have six legs and move line insects. Like with old tanks, a human
'operator' often rides in them, but they are also capable of engaging
in missions independently.
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[LVL09]Upper Storage Block
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-=[I01]Oniyanma=-
Multi-purpose High-maneuver ability Transport Helicopter 'Oniyanma' has
many variations that can be loaded out in accordance with objectives
such as recon, assault, rescue, or cyber warfare. Various jamming
functions are incorporated into the forward information compartment to
counter cyber warfare.
The aft transport pod section can be sued for troop transport, or
course, be fitted out as objectives require using internal carriers
with a sniper system or Armed Suit cargo.
-=[I02]Missile-type Anti-aircraft Cannon=-
Type-24 short-range anti-aircraft guided-missile launcher. Unmanned
anti-aircraft missile cannon that is equipped as standard in the JGSDA.
Capable of being loaded with four missiles. Also capable of autonomous
control via direct data link.
-=[I03]Surveillance=-
Short for 'activity surveillance.'
-=[I04]Tainted Rice=-
Common term for MM-rice that is harmful to humans in some way due to
micromachine abnormalities. Fundamentally different from unwashed rice
that is eaten without first being washed, this is harmful even if it is
washed before eating.
-=[I07]Cellular Suicide Program=-
A murder program that triggers the apoptosis function in every cell of
the body, and by inducing this, leads to a person's death.
To make MM-rice suitable for every environment, biological phenomena
were overwritten at a genetic level, and as an application of this, it
is possible to intentionally trigger apoptosis (planned cellular death
as part of the immune system), something that has always been present
in all cells. If rice that the cellular suicide program has been
spliced into is taken in and absorbed into the human body, when the
program is activated, apoptosis occurs, and the person dies.
-=[I08]Kuretake Introduction Article=-
Japanese Restaurant 'Kuretake.' Neatly Loitering on a Corner of a High-
rise Cluster.
This is an old four-star restaurant that I think everyone should visit
once in their lifetime. Rather than being limited to the ingredients of
Japan with is four, chasing seasons, the food at Kuretake spares no
expense, lavishly incorporating ingredients from around the world,.
However, one does not get a sense of overwhelming gaudiness or
excessive extravagance, the dishes have the tranquility of a harmonious
natural utopia, and their flavor is as refined as a flower that blooms
in secret.
-=[I09]MM-Rice Terrorist Act=-
'Declaration of MM-rice Terrorist Act' (Tohoku Autonomous Region
Declaration of Independence)
We, the citizens of the Tohoku Autonomous Region, feel bottomless rage
at having the development patent rights for the MM-rice that we
ourselves developed confiscated from us by the government.
It does not bear repeating that 'Rikuu-132' is premium MM-rice, fine
enough to be sold to upscale restaurants throughout Japan. 'Rikuu -
132,' delivered from the Tohoku Autonomous Region, was also used at the
MM-rice Promotion Society dinner which was held at the Kuretake
restaurant recently.
Perhaps you should have given more thought to how you are still using
the rice whose development patents you stole from us. We took the
liberty of doing a small amount of tinkering to the MM-rice we sent to
the dinner. In this way, the micromachines in the rice that was taken
into the body will be broken down and be taken into the bloodstream.
And we are able to remotely alter these micromachine3 structures in the
bloodstream as we see fit. It is possible to block the blood vessels by
causing a chain reaction with the micromachines already present in the
body. Once this alteration in the structure of the micromachines is
carried out, even the heartiest human will be dead in minutes.
Our demands are simple in the extreme. Make the Tohoku Autonomous
Region independent from Japan. This is all, if our independence is not
recognized within 72 hours, we will trigger the virus program planted
in the MM-rice. These micromachine cancellation key exists only here in
the Tohoku Autonomous Region. It is possible to create an antidote, but
it would take at least 100 hours. The deadline is in 72 hours. Will you
recognize the independence of the Tohoku Autonomous Region, or will you
choose your own deaths? The choice is yours.
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[LVL10]Shaft
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-=[J01]Deep Underground Sector=-
'Deep underground' refers to giant artificial spaces excavated at the
depth of greater than 40 meters.
Because the Tohoku Automous Region was constructed by re-tasking the
dam just prior to its test filling, it covers a limited area on the
surface and there are obstacles to construction, so it was decided to
put living spaces on the surface, and to construct facilities for
weapons research, food supply solutions, and other primary research
agencies deep underground, protected by visual camouflage and defenses.
Only portions are operational at present, but the shield shaft dug at
the foot of the dam where the deep underground sector was constructed
is being used as a helicopter installation.
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[LVL11]Underground Factory
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-=[K01]Postscript: Toshimi Tagami=-
Born in the Tohoku Region to parents who ran all sorts of financial
businesses. Census records at the time list her real name as Toshimi
Yazawa. Soon after the birth of her brother, Kei Yazawa, their parents
divorced. After the divorce, she used Tagami, her mother's maiden name.
Recognized as a genius in the field of program construction, she
received a scholarship and entered the military academy. After making
it thought the special curriculum, and joined the force as an officer
cadet.
Assigned to 7th Special Forces Tactical Unit, she engaged in missions
where she would wage psychological attacks by switching prosthetic
bodies and infiltrating the enemy. Because of this unique tactic and
her many meritorious deeds, she came to be called the Choreographer.
This is only recorded in few top-secret military flies, but the upon
learning of the actions the Choreographer took during the Nemuro
Landing Operation as leader of the 7th Special Forces Tactical Unit, to
a handful of people the Choreographer became a symbol of menace to both
friend and foe.
After the war ended, she was appointed by the military as director of
the Tohoku Autonomous Region, where she was reunited with Kei Yazawa,
her long-lost brother.
-=[K02]Choreographer=-
Toshimi Tagami's codename in her military days.
During the war, she changed into a wide variety of prosthetic bodies,
conducting espionage operation inside enemy organization. Her specialty
was using her unparalleled psychological profiling skills to anticipate
the enemy's tactics and movements, using the tactic to neutralize them
with a minimum use of armed forces. She came to be called the
Choreographer when, during the ware, a high official in the JDSDF
commented that she 'Made the enemy dance in the palm of her hand.'
-=[K03]Forced Recognition Program=-
A psychoacoustic manipulation program that intervenes in a cyberbrain,
making it conclude that something is correct.
-=[K04]EW-204 Prototype Tank Specs=-
'Prototype EW-204 Tank Exercises Report'
Our company's EW-204 multiped tank, which we put thought test maneuvers
the other day, is a heavily-armored, long-range support tank that
presupposes traditional open-field combat. We received a response from
the JGSDA that it is unsuited for the sort of front-line usage in urban
areas that have begun to skyrocket recently. Having received this, I
propose a fourth round of tests exercises for our new EW-206 multiped
tank, which assumes front-line activity.
Chief Developer, Takeshi Kago
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[LVL12]Experimental Farm
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-=[L01]Kenbishi Industries Type-18 Tank=-
A multiped tank constructed by Kenbishi Heavy Industries during WWIII
at the request of the JGSDA. It is still used in official service to
this very day.
Each of its four legs is equipped with an independently driven
caterpillar tread, so it is capable of ambulatory locomotion in
addition to caterpillar locomotion, making it an all-purpose tank that
is suitable for all terrain. Its primary armaments include a single,
105mm howitzer and two 20mm machine guns, one mounted in each
manipulator.
In present-day 2030, plans had been made to transition to the candidate
for the next main-force tank, the Kenbishi HAW-206, with its beefed-up
cyberbrain defenses, but due to the Techno-line runaway incident, the
introduction of the HAW-206 is now up in the air. Because of this, the
Type-18 is still in use at this time.
-=[L02]Visual Camouflage=-
A camouflage program that overwrites a cyberbrain's visual data with
false imagery. It is possible that it is a copycat of the Laughing Man
program.
-=[L03]Visual Device=-
Parts used for sight in prosthetic bodies that are used to gather light
signals instead of the sight cells in the retinas of flesh and blood
humans.
In present technological terms, they can be thought of a similar to the
CCDs in digital cameras and camcorders. Because there are over 100
million human sight cells, technology far superior to CCDs, with their
mere millions of photo elements, is used. Incidentally, at a lab in
America scientists have actually succeeded in giving sight to a blind
man by implanting electrodes into his brain and taking signals input
from CCDs and ultrasonic sensors, processing them in a computer, and
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The culprit in the Laughing Man incident hacked the visual devices of
cyberized people to hide his face.
-=[L04]Ghost-dubbing Equipment=-
An elaborate device which is capable of producing copies of a source
Ghost in mass quantities, but has been banned because the source dies.
Ghost dubbing is punishable by life imprisonment or the death penalty.
-=[L05]Android=-
Refers to a nearly human robot that is composed of a prosthetic body
and a virtual personality. They have red blood that contains iron.
-=[L06]Cyborg=-
Refers to a retrofitted human, one whose internal organs have been
partially or mostly replaced with artificial organs.
-=[L07]Robot=-
Refers to a system which carries out specific task in response to
specific input commands.
-=[L08]Neurochip=-
A variety of chip which is used in A.I.'s. Utilizing proteins, these
made possible vast memory storage and logic operation capability.
-=[L09]Interceptors=-
Visual device micromachines developed by Serano Genomics.
Developed to assist patients who are suffering form memory
deficiencies. This would allow the patient's visual information to be
recorded, and it was hoped that merely by saving it to a terminal, it
would have the effect of bolstering their memory with a minimum of
visual data. They connect to the optic nerve, and have a system whereby
by saving it to a terminal, it would have the effect of bolstering
their memory with a minimum of visual data. They connect to the optic
never, and have a system whereby the visual information that the
subject is seen is converted to an electronic signal and sent to a
recording device via their cyberbrain. They are effective for three
months.
Currently, the Ministry of Health has approved their use for medial
purposes, and use without the person's consent has been made illegal.
-=[L10]Prostheticized Refugees=-
People who were unavoidably prostheticized to compensate for injuries
or damaged physical abilities incurred during the protracted war
through the assistance of the U.N. or other NGOs (non-governmental
organizations).
They are cared for in designated refugee districts thanks to the policy
of taking in refugees, but they are becoming a source of social
trouble.
-=[L11]Phantom Limb=-
Refers to the sensation that limbs lost, due to accident or disease,
are still present.
-=[L12]Dummy Barrier=-
A forced-disconnect device that is used by placing it between a QRS
plug and a terminal.
At the point it detects a physical attack via an offensive virus while
the user is wired, it physically ejects the wire that connects the user
and the subject. It is a self-defense measure used to prevent damage
from the extending to the user's cyberbrain. Its effectiveness varies
widely, depending on how many defense virus patterns it can construct
before an attack.
-=[L13]Postscript: Infiltration Report=-
We have determined that Kei Yazawa, who had been one of our suspects,
had died many years before this operation, and that the introduction of
a virus into the MM-rice was entirely orchestrated by Toshimi Tagami,
who was the Autonomous Regional Director, and formerly known as the
'Choreographer.' Toshimi Tagami entered into a prosthetic body of the
same make as that of Motoko Kusanagi with the intent to cause personal
disturbances with Section 9, but due to Batou's discovering the
preserved corpse of Kei Yazawa and realizing the facts of the mater,
her plan was foiled, and the attempt at confusion also ended in
failure. With the dispersal of the MM-rice source code that occurred
automatically upon the death of Toshimi Tagami, a vaccine was developed
in short order, and the case was wrapped up without a single person
falling victim to the tainted rice.
Assuming for the moment that Toshimi Tagami had succeeded in her
personal disturbance of Section 9, she would have retreated to Nihama
as a member of Section 9 after destroying all evidence by leaving
Motoko Kusanagi behind and sinking the Autonomous Region. Having become
Motoko Kusanagi, we may assume that she would have conducted
intelligence operations within the government and military to avenge
her younger brother, Kei Yazawa.
-=[L14]Non-nuclear World War IV=-
Refers to World War IV, which lasted from 1999 to 2015. With nuclear
weapons being relatively rare at this time, a quagmire of a war suing
conventional weapons broke out.
-=[L15]Sensory Perception Wiretap Act=-
Legislation that made it possible, as an extension of the
Communications Wiretap Act, for law enforcement officials to use
specified devices to tap the five senses, especially sight and hearing.
During the monitoring, a witness from a third-party agency is
mandatory.
-=[L16]Laughing Man Logo=-
The symbol-like logo used by the criminal of 'All Points Bulletin #81'
to hide his face. The media gave him the nickname 'The Laughing Man'
because the man in the logo looked like he was smiling. This Laughing
Man logo even became part of trendy fashion among some youths and
subculture critics.
-=[L17]Laughing Man Incident=-
Officially designated as 'All Points Bulletin #81.'
A large-scale copycat incident that has even been called a theatrical
crime, which began with the kidnapping of Serano Genomics CEO Ernest
Serano, six years ago. It was followed by the serial blackmail of six
major corporations and the attempted assassination of the
Superintendent-General by a person calling himself the Laughing Man,
but Serano Genomics employee Nanao-A, who was under investigation as
the perpetrator, was killed by someone, and the case was filed with the
prosecutors with the suspect dead. Each of these incidents remain
unsolved, the truth behind them remaining unclear.
-=[L18]Public Security Bureau=-
General term for Public Security. There are Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 9.
-=[L19]Public Security Section 6=-
AKA 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Treaty Inquiries.'
Their jurisdiction is outside the country's borders.
-=[L20]Redcoats=-
Public Security Section 9's technicians.
They are called Redcoats because they wear red lab coats.
-=[L21]Ministry of Home Affairs=-
The ministry that oversees domestic matters.
-=[L22]Ministry of Foreign Affairs=-
The country's administrative body that handles foreign affairs work,
such as foreign policy, international trade, economic assistance, and
treaties.
Public Security Section 5 works directly under this agency.
-=[L23]CIA=-
The Central Intelligence Agency is responsible for conducting foreign
intelligence operations.
-=[L24]American Empire=-
Composed of conservatives and the defense industry, the American Emipre
is a right-wing state centered in the southern part of the United
States that has an antagonistic relationship with the America-Russia
Alliance.
-=[L25]Genesis Andross Corp.=-
The only company that makes the GA07-GL, commonly called the 'Jeri,' an
android popular among hardcore users.
-=[L26]Serano Genomics=-
A micromachine development company whose CEO, Ernest Serano, was
kidnapped in the Laughing Man incident six years ago.
-=[L27]Meditech Corp.=-
An organ production company that splices their clients' DNA into pigs
and breeds them for spare organs.
If the client winds up not needing these organs for the transplant, the
organs are sold to an organ bank.
-=[L28]Plant Dome=-
A closed ecosystem was artificially produced in the deep underground
sector of the Tohoku Autonomous Region to conduct cultivation
experiments on MM-rice. The experiments were expected to produce high
yields, even in a variety of weather and natural environments, but the
project ended with the death of head researcher Kei Yazawa.
-=[L29]Harima City for Academic Research=-
Begun as a research facility complex financed by the state and major
domestic corporations, Harima evolved into a city with the growth of
the research and educational facilities.
By 2028, the neurochips developed in 1998 at the Harima City for
Academic Research had come to be used in many A.I.s and robots.
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