Raata Zaibatsu
Right, The Raata Zaibatsu.
Allow me to pre-frame this as something you should take with a massive grain of salt.
A kilo maybe.
I’m actually gonna dodge giving away specific details here as it’s just better that way. This me just starting to figure out I could take my own writing seriously and tried to be a bit ambitious.
But the Raata Zaibatsu was my first real writing project in EVE where I try to give my best interpretation of what a Neo-Raata society would look like. I try to explore that cultural identity by applying my own theories and interpretations to word. Full disclosure… I for sure took liberties.
Most notably though…
[ZANIE]
Summary
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Zaibatsu Associated News Institute
Is the news firm form this Neo-Raata colony that reports on the ongoing developments planetside and the drama between the cast of characters I’ve made to represent this society.
I’ll own up to it. It’s was a puppet show.
I’d argue it’s a pretty decent puppet show tho.
I made a thread in the Intergalactic Summit to be the outlet I publish any and all news stories. While I did mainly just write narratives about this colony, I did eventually venture into actual journalism covering a player RP conflict and even did interviews. And I even did these interviews with my own cast members to flesh 5hem out.
I enjoyed these the most… So much so that they became the inspiration for my writing style today seen above.
Oh, also I edited together an actual video one time.
ZANIE #1: "UNF Arcology" - "Tebu Amkhiman" trade hub - "Fighter pilot tournament" - YouTube
I wrote, recorded, edited and voice acted the entire video. Seeing the scope and Discourse, I was inspired to see if I could do it myself. I think I did okay enough to show people. I initially planned to expand and do more episodes, but my courage and motivation vanished. Was a mental uphill battle, but I’m happy to have pulled it off.
Actual writings
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Raata Zaibatsu Chronicles - #4 by Avio_Yaken
Besides that, there were a few short stories made around the time I was working on the Raata Zaibatsu.
Firstly the Zaibatsu Chronicles which was a bizarre attempt at giving reader interaction by writing each part with a vote at the end on a choice that needs to be made or who should the perspective switch to. This was a way for me to jump around and show off all the different characters I made.
Also this is Suha’s debut appearance.
Next we have short stories written in the style that I would proceed to adopt and develop moving into into Guristas fiction.