Iron Lotus

Five sons of powerful Japanese businessmen from the Brotherhood  Of The Iron Lotus. As “heirs to the throne,” they have witnessed first hand the merciless activities of the megacorporations as the giants unscrupulously disregard ethics and law to dominate global markets. Led by founder Kenji Hashiro, the Iron Lotus’ mission is to fight the Corporate zaibatsu and carry out their destruction no matter what the cost.

Overview
Growing up in the same corporate areas of Tokyo, the group attended private schools and practiced martial arts together. Their sensei, Kenjiro Hanaka, had formerly had a dojo called the Iron Lotus, but an ultimatum from the Arasaka zaibatsu gave him a choice between working for the security corp or losing his dojo (and his family). Forced to accept the commission, he found himself training the sons of high level corporate leader; including Saburo Arasaka’s youngest son Yorinobu.

Kenjiro did his job, but he also challenged his students ‘to see the evils of the corporate world that had raised them. He inspired them to read philosophy, doubt official truth, and to question the views of a mainstream-media, as it was, in his words “poisoned by the lies of the powerful.” but Kenjiro wasn’t subtle enough: one morning when he didn’t show up for ‘mining, the boys found him in his apartment shot eight times. The news said it was a gang attack, but they knew better: it had corporate black ops tear written all over it. Question the media, remember?

Now young men, the five escaped and lived in hiding, training and preparing themselves for the quest. Their strategy was clear: they would strike directly against the zaibatsu leaders.

After numerous flawlessly executed attacks, Iron Lotus earned a reputation as a mysterious, revolutionary group. Rumors about their identity started to spread. To allay suspicion for a short while, founding member Yorinobu Arasaka broke away and started his own group, the Kotetsu no Ryu, but still remained in touch with his comrades. For years they fought a desperate war. Some joined them. Some were lost in battle. Hiding, planning, training, fighting: day after day, dark night after dark night. they won battles, but never the war...

And then it happened: the 4th Corp War. Suddenly Iron Lotus' mission wasn't so desperate. For the first time the enemy had fallen; it could be beaten. With hope reborn, The Brotherhood of the Iron Lotus has come to Night City to continue its war. The ultimate goal- to stop the rise of the NeoCorps must be achieved. At any cost.

Troops

 * Leaders (Inner Circle) 10


 * Soldiers (Warriors ) 150

Assets

 * Shadow Dojo (main meeting place ) 1
 * Safehouses (around the City area) 5
 * lotus Dojos (for training locals) 10
 * Warehouses (for stashing weapons, gear) 5

Vehicles

 * Roadcars (expensive, luxury--these are the sons of MegaCorp leaders, right?) 20


 * AV6 (expensive, luxury, very fast) 10

Reference

 * GangBook V3.0 (pg.34, 35)