Kamakura | |
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Personal information | |
Real Name |
Collins. Sean |
Birthplace |
Roseville, California |
D.O.B. |
Classified |
Alias(s) |
Sean Broca, "Can of Corn" |
Military information | |
Service branch | |
Primary MOS |
Infantry |
Secondary MOS |
Intelligence |
Rank |
2 - E-6 - Staff Sergeant (SSG) |
Organizational information | |
Factions | |
Subteams |
Snake-Eyes realized that he, Jinx and Storm Shadow are all that is left of the leadership of the Arashikage ninja clan. Although Snake-Eyes had set on a path to revive the clan, neither he nor any of the Joes have expected Kamakura to be the apprentice for which he was looking. An amazing series of events have brought the two men together and Kamakura is now honored with the task of continuing the clan's traditions.
In many ways, Kamakura is the same as his master and in many ways, his opposite too. Like a true ninja, Kamakura likes to blend in the background, unseen and undetected until the moment to strike arrives. He prefers to perform every action in a quick, quiet, and efficient manner. This same trait, though, is what also sets him apart from his mentor. He tends to be impatient and overly excited by events. And while Kamakura has many levels to go before he can reach Snake-Eyes's status, the master knows that every steel can be turned into a finely tuned sword.
History[]
Canonical/Pre-MUX/Theme History:[]
Born in 1977 in Roseville, California, Sean Broca was the son of Fred Broca, the original Cobra Crimson Guardsman, and later the adopted son of Wade Collins, a comrade of Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow and Stalker from their days in Vietnam.
The Broca family were sent from Springfield to live on Staten Island on the road leading into Fort Wadsworth, allowing Fred Broca to observe the G.I. Joe operations there. Together with his sister Sean remained unaware that his parents were Cobra agents. They were not told when their father died in a Cobra operation in the Sierras and a man looking just like him was sent to live with them in his place. They kept asking what was going on but were still not told. However, one day the new man came home with Stalker and Snake-Eyes. He told them that his former comrades had made him realise how the entire family had been exploited and used by Cobra and that he had had plastic surgery to become a "Fred", identical to their real father. Wade Collins, his real name, had decided to leave Cobra and start a new life free of the organisation. The others had almost convinced him to ask the Brocas to come with him, but Wade told them they deserved so much better than him. However, they all chose to come with him and left to start a new life together.
Many years later Sean was approaching his seventeenth birthday and wanted to enlist in the army. Wade was deeply reluctant to sign the papers giving parental permission but proved unable to talk Sean out of it, so he asked Sean to write to Snake-Eyes. Snake-Eyes responded with a letter about the realities of soldiering. Wade told Sean that if he still wanted to join the papers would be signed but Sean wanted more time to think about it. Sean finally decided to enlist even after Snake-Eyes gave him some perspective on the Army, secretly hoping to be like the man he now considered his father.
After distinguishing himself early in his career, Sean was invited to join a covert operations unit called the Hammer Team. After nearly a year of training the five member team performed well on their first serious mission into Afghanistan. Sean became close friends with his teammate Mikhail Derenko, a former Russian Spetsnaz commander and undercover Crimson Guard. The team's second mission was led by the former G.I. Joe team sergeant, Duke -- who had been working for a secret government organization since the break up of the Joe team -- and undercover operative Chuckles. The goal of the mission was to take down the mercenary Firefly after an elaborate trap was set. At the same time, Snake-Eyes and his new apprentice, Ophelia planned to capture Firefly. Unfortunately, the mission was a disastrous failure. Sean watched the rest of the Hammer Team die even as Ophelia was mortally wounded by Firefly. The operation deeply scarred both Sean and Snake-Eyes.
After seeing another person he cared about die, Snake-Eyes broke off his engagement to Scarlett. Sean took some time off from the Army and tracked Snake-Eyes down at his mountain cabin, hoping the commando could help him deal with the pain and anger over what he had seen. Snake-Eyes agreed to train Sean as a ninja, eventually with the help of the remaining members of the Arashikage clan -- Jinx, Nunchuk and T'jbang. Sean came to call Snake-Eyes "Silent Master."
Almost another year passed, and Jinx discovered that Firefly was in Tokyo to meet with the "Nowhere Man", an unidentified man who was recruiting soldiers and mercenaries, including former members of Cobra. While tracking Firefly, Sean, Snake-Eyes, Jinx and Budo had the mercenary under surveillance when he met with Storm Shadow to recruit him. A confrontation followed and Snake-Eyes once again fought his sword brother, even as the others tried to capture Firefly.
Duke and Chuckles arrived on the scene and soon intervened to help the ninjas evade the Nowhere Man's men. Duke then revealed that the Nowhere Man was actually Mikhail Derenko, who pretended he died with the rest of the Hammer Team. Sean was now determined to get his revenge on Firefly for killing his friends and Derenko for betraying him. At a nightclub in Japan, the mercenaries and the former Joes fought again as Derenko and his men attempted to access an old Cobra weapon locked in a vault that could only be opened by Cobra's high command or members of the Crimson Guard. Sean was shocked to discover that Derenko's latest recruit was his own father, former Guardsman Wade Collins. Wade explained that he only joined with Derenko to bring down his organization from the inside to atone for his past and to make his son proud. As Sean lunged at him, Derenko redirected his attack, causing Sean's sword to wound his father. As his father lay dying in his arms, Sean told him he had always been proud of him. Derenko made his escape, but not before Sean attacked him with throwing stars and blinded him in one eye. But it was too late to save Wade Collins. Weeks later, having passed his final trials, Sean was officially welcomed into the Arashikage clan, receiving the clan tattoo and naming himself "Kamakura" after the clan's golden age.
Following his induction into the ninja clan, Kamakura began working for the same secret organization as Duke.
MUX History:[]
Kamakura is an active member of G.I. Joe.
- In 2004, Kamakura battled Storm Shadow on a parking garage rooftop in downtown Kansas City.
In 2015, after missions in Tibet and Syria, Kamakura returned to the Pit.
In 2017, Kamakura was assigned to Strike Team Bravo, operating out of the original Pit.
In 2024, Kamakura was assigned to ALPHA Strike Team and promoted to Staff Sergeant (SSG). He was later moved to HUMINT.
OOC Notes[]
Logs[]
2008[]
- December 24 - "Tall Tale 2023" - Shipwreck tells a tale to entertain Greenshirts stuck working on Christmas Eve.
2009[]
- August 25 - Party at Slipstream's!: Air Raid crashes a G.I. Joe party
2010[]
November 1 - "@QueenOfSpades"[]
Interrogator thinks Storm Shadow has gone Rogue and goes to find him.
Nov 09 - IC Post[]
- To: Command Rank 6+/Intel
- Subject: Encounter
- On 11/8/10, I was contacted by a unknown source via dalnet, who was asking for information on how to override the effect of Cobra's Brainwave Scanner. He recognized me right away and knew that my sensai may have the information he needed, and that I was a good way to contact Snake-Eyes. I assumed that it was probably Storm Shadow, once again, breaking from Cobra's clutches. So I set up a meeting with him at a rented dojo in Miami, Florida. To my surprise, it wasn't Storm Shadow at all, but... Interrogator. He confirmed that there is another coup building in Cobra's ranks and that he wanted the brainwave scanner destroyed. I asked him if he needed amnesty, or any other services from the US military, and he claimed to be a citizen of both Cobra and Russia, which makes me wonder if he has safehouses in Russia as well. Afterwards, he returned to Cobra, before they suspected his absence. Just a heads-up that something big is going down at the Snake House, and this may be our only chance to destroy that hideous device. In the past, Interrogator has always sided with Destro, which makes me think that the Snakes and the Iron Grenadiers are at it. Again. This wouldn't be the first time, of course, but there's no confirmation of Destro's involvement. Lemme know what steps I should take in this. Like I said, this is too good an opportunity to pass up. -- Kamakura
Dec 09 - Gaines Investigation[]
Today, I investigated the Geoffrey Gaines murder in Manhattan (see post 10/105) which led me to the Shades Club in Manhattan. Several peopel were discussing the murder in the foyer, apparantly the man wasn't very well liked or trusted. Upstairs, Major Bludd himself was talking to a few associates about a murder. I tried to get him to admit to Gaines, with no luck and a firefight broke out between me and Bludd. Bludd escaped, and I tried to follow, but security was on my way and I couldn't get to Bludd in time. I'll be recovering from a couple gunshot wounds, so I'll be around if you need a follow up. -Kamakura.
Related Log: An Evening At The Shades - Kamakura goes in search of clues to the death of a prominent executive, and the trail leads directly to Major Bludd.
Dec 27 - Intelligence[]
- TO: Joe Command, Joe Intel
- From: Kamakura
- RE: Destro and the Weather Dominator
In response to Scarlett's recent report on Destro and the weather Dominator, has anyone considered contacting Dahlia Cole? His current- or soon to be Fiancee according to the press. She has offered to demonstrate the Weather Dominator, which proves that she has some working knowledge of the device, and also her reports on Destro's conditions and the state of Trans-Carpathia. If we are looking for an inside person, maybe she is the one to contact, or at least observe.--Kamakura
Dec 27 - New Years Moscow?[]
- Hey. I received a letter today signed "N" that told me there's going to be a KGB New Year's Celebration in Moscow. Members of Cobra have been invited, as well as prominent Iron Grenadiers. This is probably something we should look into getting an invitation to.--Kamakura.
2011[]
- April 8 - Battle at the Consulate - A few Cobra operatives attempt to infiltrate the Cobra Consulate Building, closed by order of President Dunham.
2015[]
- July 03 - "Party at the Pit" - The Joes are having a barbecue!
2018[]
- October 4 - "Taking Philly Back" - A team of Joes sneak into Philadelphia to liberate the city.
2019[]
- Janurary 8 - "Poise Makes Her Choice" - Poise starts to come to grips with her life away from Nebulos, and what to do about it.
- October 11 - "Things You See in the Desert" - Cookie and Kamakura meet an unusual Autobot in the desert.
2022[]
- May 02 - "Long Live Jem" - Jem and the Holograms open their new tour with a bang!
2023[]
- February 20 - "Cold Slithering into a Cure" - Zarana's idea of using a Cold Slither Concert to aid in pushing a 'cure' for the Dark Kimber virus comes to fruition.
- February 24 - "Mood Whiplash" - Storm Shadow has a moment with Lady Jaye. Verbally. Work done, he heads 'home' and has quality 'family time'.
- March 11 - "Domestic and Non-Domestic Ninjas" - Storm Shadow is working through anger management issues by tending to some of the seasonal chores at the dojo in San Franscisco. Snake Eyes comes to visit and there is a talk with an ultimatum. Afterwards, Kamakura cooks dinner, those there talk about upcoming plans.
- March 18 - "Better Coffee Better Timing" - The Ray Of Sunshine sent emails to it's frequent 'Perking' members to celebrate all things coffee.
- March 22 - "Plans Hidden in Poetry" - Tommy and his 'plan' continues. What is he up to now?
- March 24 - "Kitsune Tsuki" - 48 hours is only 2 days to some. To other's it can span several lifetimes worth of woe, rage, and poor choices.
- March 25 - "The World Is An Open Chat" - While relaxing in a hot tub, Interrogator continues his work, collecting information, adding to knowledge to rework plan after plan.
- March 25 - "When In Doubt Have Tea" - Some continued bad luck has Storm Shadow questioning a great many things. Fortunately.. there is always tea.
- March 26 - "Sweet Man Good Kisser" - Greathawk calls one of the few people she knows ends up having a nice walk with Kamakura.
- March 27 - "Wishing to Climb" - Greathawk calls Kamakura to make sure he got back home safe after visiting her at the hospital. A little more flirting happens via Comms.
- March 31 - "Housewarming" - Kamakura brings Greathawk a housewarming present and dinner to celebrate her new digs.
- April 7 - "Well Intended Masculinity" - Dr. Steen goes to San Francisco to check in on Greathawk personally. And finds that someone he knows is also checking her out as well. In a manner of speaking.
- April 16 - "Wisp Gets a New Assignment" - Wraith calls Wisp in to talk about a new assignment
- April 22 - "My Tacos Bring All The Joes" - The Joes on base over the weekend have an impromptu Tacos and Ice Cream social.
- April 26 - "Duty - A raid by an unknown foe hits the Joes hard, very hard.
- May 1 - "MayDay Convention" - Tommy, Meggan, and Sean finally get to have a day at a convention in those Power Ranger costumes that 2 of them were somehow talked into. Other joes join in, dressed up in various outfits. What is a light moment ends in tragedy. Or How Meggan's Convention was ruined by Cobra.
- May 1 - "Holding Up Clan Honor" - Kamakura raced out of the Pasadena Convention center hot on the trail of Foot Clan after seeing someone that looks like Snake Eyes kill Tommy. And then...
- May 8 - "Loyalty Stolen" - Kamakura wakes fully a week after the MayDay Convention and his attempt to track Storm Shadow's killer.
- May 10 - "What Dream This" - Sean wakes up in an unfamiliar-familiar place and dazedly wanders into a walled castle garden.
- May 12 - "Bleary Eyed Waking" - Kamakura wakes in medical at the Pit. Meggan, Edwin and Selena are there.
- May 13 - "Am I Broken Now" - Sean has a flashback which causes a lockdown of Joe Medical.
- May 14 - I Should Not Be the Last to Know" - A very late Intelligence Briefing, followed by a potential tragedy?
- May 14 - "It Ended in a Concussion" - A mysterious text leads to a Concussion, and other issues.
- May 14 - "Shadowed Faith And Trust" - A text message is tracked back to Greathawk's phone, targeting her as a possible agent for Cobra.
- May 15 - "Medical Center Soap Opera" - When stuck in the Medical Center, sometimes, life imitates Soap Operas
- May 18 - "Unhappy Doctor" - Lifeline become unhappy during an evening in Medical.
- May 18 - "Like A Dream" - Kamakura reaches out to Tomas upon his release from the GI Joe Infirmary.
May 18 - Returning to duty[]
This is Kamakura. I'm clear from medical and ready to return to duty. Yo, Joe.
- May 19 - "Of Communication And Confidences" - Selena gets visiting hours. Lifeline comes to offer books and quiet talk a s part of his new role as chaplain. Then others come to visit and question.
- May 20 - "Not The Coming Out Expected" - Sean wakes in the Pit's brig area after spending the night in a chair watching over Selena in her cell. Meggan talks him into coming out to at least eat something and a the conversation winds, some disturbing ideas are revealed.
- May 22 - "Lack of Restraint" - Ninja's in Cells require special restraints.
- May 23 - "Family Is" - The Arashikage family reaches out to Billy, concerning the late Tommy and requests a meeting. Billy and Meggan meets Tomas, the young man sent as the family representative.
- May 24 - "Tsunami Of Change" - Meggan and Tomas talk about what family is, discussing the recently passed Young Master. Sean wakes up and the topic of what family is once more plays into the conversation.
- May 25 - "Broken But Fixable" - Cranky Ninja are like giant toddlers sometimes. Getting Sean to eat and sleep is a chore best taken on by a group.
- May 26 - "Cracks Running Deep" - Meggan talks with Sean more, concerned about the changes to his personality. Then Lex comes by to pay his respects to Storm Shadow and meets Tomas, learning more concerning things about the story the two Arashikage ninja hold as truth.
- May 28 - "Not Sean Broca" - Sean is realizing that what he thought was true may not be after he and Tomas meditated while listening to some old chinese operas off of a USB drive. Interrogator involves himself deeper, causing a disturbance.
- May 29 - "Family By Choice" - Kamakura struggles to determine what is real and what is not, fighting against himself while Tomas tries to help him stay grounded.
- May 31 - "Testing For Training" - Lifeline asks Tomas about training and the two have a testing spar as Kamakura watches.
- June 19 - "The Journey Never Ends" - Family Arashikage hosts a final remembrance ceremony for Thomas Arashikage, the original Young Master, on the 49th day after his death. During the quiet remembrances, strange things happen, and even stranger are revealed.
- June 20 - "Errant Personality Clashes" - A day late, but Baroness goes to pay her respect for Storm Shadow.
- June 24 - "Daisuki Desu" - Edwin and Tommy talk and come to an agreement on when and if Tommy travels back to Japan.
- June 25 - "Figure Out The Impossible" - Several people come in to check on the patient's condition when a situation occurs.
- June 27 - "Not Just A Night Courier" - Sel was just minding her own business, heading in to pick up a shift at her side-job. Until she wasn't and ran into Eddie.
- June 27 - "Sleeping Is A Spectator Sport" - It was a quiet night in PIT Medical.
- June 29 - "Little Surprise For The Better" - Tomas gets to exercise a little bit after Lifeline arranged for security in the training room.
- July 2 - "Weighted Difficulties" - Not a good dream. Airtight goes to medical in the Pit to be seen for an issue. While his concerns are laid to rest, he is present when Tomas wakes from a nasty dream.
- July 5 - "Price of Progress" - Jinx watches Kamakura and Low-Light spar, than she and Kamakura have a serious conversation.
- July 6 - "Tiny Tea Tradition" - Wisp presents Tomas a tea ceremony while he is in medical.
- July 8 - "Holding His Freedom" - General Hawk visits medical at the Pit. And Tomas gains his freedom.
- July 9 - "With You Regardless" - Sean brings Edwin with him to convince Tomas not to go back to Japan alone after his release.
- July 10 - "Not A Social Call" - Supposed to be a quiet night. Nope - Interrogator at the dojo.
- July 14 - "The Minds Mirror Clearing" - Meggan , Edwin , Sean , Tomas travel to Japan to meet with Tomas' Oba Sen, the leader of the Arashikage family.
- July 16 - "Storms Harness" - Edwin and Tomas talk up at the amusement park before heading back to the Tokyo Arashikage Dojo, where they run into Oba Sen.
- July 20 - "Shopping for a Promotion?" - While out shopping in Japan, Kimiko asks Tommy about training to be a Master Arashikage.
- July 25 - "Taken By Storm - Tomas leads his family and his allies on an assault to reclaim the Arashikage-jo from Cobra. Sean, Kimiko, and Tomas face off against Aleph and his Night Creepers.
- July 26 - "Listen To The Experts" - After Taken By Storm, the family and guests settle into the castle's infirmary for medical care. Apparently if you ask, you can get a lolly.
- July 27 - "Why A Shovel Cousin" - Tomas exhumes the grave at the family castle to determine if it is indeed the missing security director, Akiko.
- July 29 - "Offering Teacher A Contract" - Barghest runs across Tomas in Tokyo and remembering the young man from a tea place where he had spoken to Lex. He chooses to strike up a conversation covering pens, teaching, and time available.
- July 29 - "Head Over Heels" - Sean is in the mess making lunch Bento Boxes. He shares them with Selena and asks her an important question.
- August 11 - "Even The Arrogant Have Hope" - Tomas reaches out to Conrad to say.. many things. Like very estranged friends tip-toeing around topics but settling back into an easy back and forth. He takes the time to reach out to Sean passing on information from his Aunt concerning Sean's engagement as well.
- August 18 - "Use The Elbow" - Sean and Selena spar while Cooper cheers them on.
- August 19 - "To Make An Informed Choice" - Sean gets Selena up in the middle of the night for an important trip to Japan where she meets the head of the Arashikage family, Arashikage Sen.
- August 29 - "Not A Model Of Behavior" - Eddie shenanigans: a mall, a model, and a very irate brother.
- September 17 - "A Gala-nt Affair" - A hand inked invitation was sent to General Hawk and 'guests' to join one Mr. Arashikage at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco on Sunday September 17 for a Black-Tie affair as the Museum opens a new series of Exhibits to invite-only guests. 'Art and Culture of the Samurai: 800 years of Evolution'. Meanwhile in Cobra, the Twins may be up to something in San Francisco and have put out an ask for covert operatives with -manners- to go to this event and report back on what is on display as they were -not- able to get a preliminary view.
- September 24 - "Trust Your Teammates" - Training room antics and a long talk with Limelight, Tomas is trying to find his groove again with the Joes.
- September 27 - "Aunty Shana!" - Concealer and Scarlett plan an undercover mission, but something happens to distract them.
- September 27 - "No Mood For Talking" - There's an incident in the Joe training room that leads to Lifeline being rushed to medical.
- September 28 - "SECPEN Test" - G.I. Joe is shaken up as an intruder sets off their security alerts. What nefarious plan does the young man have?
- October 3 - "Brainwave Scanner And You" - Storm Shadow offers a Q&A session to Lifeline and Sergeant Sideswipe concerning the Brainwave Scanner. While he relates his experience with it and his perspective, Kamakura and Low-Light also join to ask about the decades of experiences the man went through.
- October 14 - "Hardly Common Conversations" - Tomas only planned on slipping into medical, leaving something and slipping out. Instead he ends up in a series of conversations with several long term members of the G.I. Joe team.
- November 14 - "Going to Ground... Zero" - Scarlett goes undercover, as Annabelle Rogers, to infiltrate Ground Zero PMC
- December 10 - "Bird Dog" - Barghest's gone a-hunting after a bird.
- December 10 - "Sinister Snooping" - Inquisitor came to San Francisco in an attempt to lure Kamakura out and test the conditioning that had been performed on him. And got more than she bargained for.
- December 10 - "Settling Sean" - After Law and Wisp remove Leksa from the area around the Arashikage Dojo, Edwin and Cooper work to settle Sean out of the Broca mindset that had been triggered.
- December 13 - "Accept The Suck Part" - Kamakura, Lifeline, and Low-Light are recovering from being assaulted by someone they believe is a Cobra agent. Storm Shadow storms in to see what's going on.
2024[]
- January 18 - "Best Apple Ever" - After days of medical testing and medical shades for recovery food, Sel gets an apple and she loves it.
- January 25 - "Little Bottle Better" - Greathawk gets a limited medical release and Low-Light is showing recovery from his aphasia.
- January 29 - "Complex Maneuvers In The Dark" - A covert mission gone south, Scarlett has to only hold out until the calvary arrives. With the calvary comes complications and coveted information on the PMC that assaulted one of the Joe's bases, killing several of their members.
- February 10 - "Surreal Sparring" - A night in the training room causes more questions than answers when Greathawk and Lifeline have a friendly spar.
- March 1 - "Not The Heartbreak Expected" - Stress alone can kill. Edwin's stress levels are at a dangerous point, causing a medical emergency.
Players[]
Kamakura is played by CalyhexInmate.
Gallery[]
Preferred Vehicles[]
- Ninja Lightning Cycle (2005)
References[]
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