Just a fun thing to think about. It’s going to be years or never even happen, but I was thinking of a new Yu Jing sectoral and what that could be. First the obvious one would be a Korean sectoral. But I don’t want this after the JSA fiasco. I don’t think it’s good to make a sectoral in Yu Jing based on cultural groups. Also, I feel White Banner is already the “Korean sectoral”. They could add one or two new troops to solidify that. A Navy sectoral based on troops that are about assaults on ships/satellites/and orbit to ground could be very cool. We know that the Haidao and Tian Gou are naval troops. But that’s all I know of so far. Banner armies. In the lore, Yu Jing has 8 Banner Armies. White Banner is one of them. Each one is a part of a Yu Jing system or other with a Yu Jing presence. White, Black, Green, and others. I personally would like a going back to Paradiso. Yu Jing troops made of many veterans of the war with CA. And now for something completely different. Any ideas? Yu Jing has created a new division for finding and using technology from humans and aliens alike. Experiments on creating their own super soldiers like Haqqislam but using Antipode virus from Ariadna similar to Bearpodes with mixed results. Expanding on the Su Jian project with new alien technology, they have created the most adaptable TAG in the human sphere! (come on, who doesn't want a transformer TAG?) Not all of the Japanese turned traitor to Yu Jing! Many stayed honorable and fought against JSA rebellion. (I’m thinking of a Yu Jing-Japanese character here.
Well, the cultural approach is quite the low-hanging fruit and easier to grab. Please bear in mind that China, as a nation, is composed by several cultural groups even today, with differences in dialect, so even "core YJ troops" don't necessarily have to belong to the same cultural group. The JSA case was quite different, and was designed as such since the beginning. In N2 the Kempeitai had an Impersonator profile, valid only against YJ opponents (in N3, Fidays had a single IMP level against CA, while CA always had the full IMP value in the Speculo Killers, so we saw those differences for a long time), and there has been historical tensions between China and Japan... despite their language being the "noble speech" for the other for a long time as well! In the end, the second coming of Uprising would need a second instance of a country that was not only a "bad neighbour" to the eyes of China, but also "bought" and humilliated for a long time (Japan was, in Infinity Lore, in deep monetary debt, and YJ, wanting to unite the whole Asian People under its banner, bought their debt and forcibly integrated them unto the StateEmpire). Candidates for a second Uprising could be North Korea and Taiwan equivalent, but those were already part of a greater cultural group, with NK being also a continental country, so I doubt the problem would be as hot as with JSA. Additionally, after the first Uprising, I feel there would be no excuse to keep any kind of chance for a second one alive. We have, after all, the same option Altered Carbon had for dealing with criminals: throw them in the freezer (if you don't want them permanently gone) and resleeve them one individual at a time, in isolated positions at separate positions of the YJ lands, so they never can rally anyone at all. Personally, I think the Korean sectorial is quite probable, since Netflix got such a massive amount of korean series a few years ago, and it's kinda impossible in Spain to not know several people who like to watch them, making it a project with some pre-existing awareness. Other options are more complicated, however, and would derive to more specialized sectorials, but then Corvus would face quite a decision for all factions: keep sectorials as "ample" as they are now, or increase the number of sectorials, but reducing the variety of troops? That being said, the amount of profiles that are "common to all" (remotes and support pack) is quite high in Invincible, for example.
Not another Uprising! Thats like cooking egg fried rice with Jamie Oliver we need that so much as CA was in need for Achiless - Zero. For the Banner armys, we have White already, no need for another color. A sectorial that hunts alien tech would make sense fluff wise but has not much substance. Also a Navy sector has not enough units. Maybe a mix from both. I think YJ is an a good postition with its three sectorials. A SEA sectorial that mix the visuals of traditional Siam (Thai) soldiers, indonesian and malayian troops (maybe with loans from Haqqislam), cheap linetroops from Burma and some fighters from the Philipines, Laos and Kambodia - all visualy based on their traditional troops from the middle ages but with modern asthetics. But this will be based on earth troops. In YJ that all should be merged already. Not forgot the mongolian cavalery motobikes.
Uprisings are lazy writing I think. Especially now. And not likely to happen to YJ again. For me, Dashat has almost been a 4th sectoral. They are like north-western China and Mongolia. I've got bikers with them.
