Editing Karen Nagasawa

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| affiliation         = [[Clan Sea Fox]]
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| position            = [[Khan of Clan Sea Fox|Khan]]
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| parents             = [[Hiroji Nagasawa]] (father)<ref name=ICp131>''Invading Clans'', p. 131</ref>
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'''Karen Nagasawa''' became the second [[Khan]] of [[Clan Sea Fox]].<ref name=HOKp116>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 116</ref> She is remembered by the Sea Foxes as one of the most important figures in the early years of their Clan's history.<ref name=HOKp111>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 111</ref>

==History==
===Early Life===
Karen Nagasawa was born in 2770 during the [[Amaris Civil War]] on the planet [[Dieron]] in the [[Terran Hegemony]]. Her father, Hiroji Nagasawa, and her mother served in the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[2145th Dragoons]], who were forced to take refuge inside one of Dieron's [[Castle Brian]] when their planet was besieged by the [[422nd Amaris Cavaliers]]; Karen was born in the Castle Brian and spent the first six years of her life there until the SLDF liberated Dieron from the [[Stefan Amaris|Amaris]] invaders.<ref name=HOKp116/><ref name=ICp131>''Invading Clans'', p. 131</ref>

In [[2784]], SLDF Commanding General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] called for an [[Operation EXODUS|Exodus]] to escape the impending [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] and to continue the legacy of Star League. Among Kerensky's numerous loyal followers were the Nagasawa family. When the [[Exodus Fleet]] discovered and colonized the [[Pentagon Worlds]] in [[2786]], the Nagasawas settled on [[Arcadia (Clan System)|Arcadia]].<ref name=HOKp116/><ref name=ICp131/>

By the time Karen Nagasawa graduated from college and became a journalist, the ancient national feuds and other sources of discontent amongst the former Star League citizens threatened to destroy General Kerensky's dream of a reborn Star League. By [[2801]], the random acts of terrorism and riots exploded into all-out war: the [[Exodus Civil War]]. When Nagasawa heard about [[Nicholas Kerensky]] and his plan for a [[Second Exodus]], Nagasawa offered to help Kerensky spread his philosophy and dream to the rest of the Pentagon Worlds. By writing many of Kerensky's speeches extolling the virtues of his Second Exodus, Nagasawa convinced many thousands of people to join Kerensky's cause.<ref name=HOKp116/><ref name=ICp105>''Invading Clans'', p. 105, Wolfnet Archive File</ref><ref name=ICp131-132>''Invading Clans'', p. 131-132</ref>

[[Image:Sea Fox.png|right|175px|Clan Sea Fox, Nagasawa's Clan]]

===Peacemaker to Warrior===
On [[Strana Mechty]], Nagasawa volunteered for [[aerospace fighter]] training, graduating from DeChavilier Military Academy as an aerospace pilot and was assigned to the newly formed Clan Sea Fox. By the time Kerensky announced [[Operation KLONDIKE]] in [[2821]], Nagasawa was a [[Star Colonel]]. Clan Sea Fox, along with [[Clan Cloud Cobra]], [[Clan Coyote]] and [[Clan Ice Hellion]], were assigned to retake [[Babylon]].<ref name=HOKp62>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 62</ref><ref name=ICp132>''Invading Clans'', p. 132</ref>

The four Clans made their initial landing outside the city of Camlaan.  Enemy reinforcements approached the DropShips of the Ice Hellions and Cloud Cobras, who withdrew from the assault on the city to meet that threat.  Star Colonel Nagasawa, commanding the Sea Fox air Stars, spotted more reinforcements coming from the other side of the city.  She began bombing and strafing, calling out targets for the ground forces of both Clans.  [[Khan of Clan Coyote]] [[Dana Kufahl]] took offense at this, believing the Sea Fox tactics to be dishonorable, and withdrew her Clan to a nearby hill where they only fired if fired upon.<ref name=HOKp63>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 63</ref>

The Sea Foxes were left to fight nearly alone for five hours.  Sea Fox Khan [[David Kalasa]] was killed in action, but the battle was won, albeit at great cost.<ref name=HOKp64>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 64</ref>

Nagasawa played important roles in the remainder of the Babylon campaign as well.  Her fighters took part in siege tactics across the continent of Valence, battering and destroying enemy forces and facilities from the air.<ref name=HOKp64/>  The environment and enemy tactics made this less feasible over Callandra, but her fighters brought data to Clan Sea Fox scientists that enabled her to devise a counter to the tactics of the desert nomads and bring that campaign to a close.<ref name=HOKp68-69>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', pp. 68-69</ref>

===Khan Nagasawa===
Nicholas Kerensky believed that Nagasawa was an excellent warrior and a capable leader; he encouraged Nagasawa to run for Khan of Clan Sea Fox and was elected with the blessing of [[saKhan]] [[Dianne Sennet]].<ref name=HOKp116/><ref name=ICp133>''Invading Clans'', p. 133</ref>

As the new Khan, Nagasawa encouraged the five Castes of her Clan to cooperate and trust one another (much like the founders of [[Clan Ghost Bear]] did with their Clan); as a result, Clan Sea Fox prospered.<ref name=HOKp129/><ref name=HOKp101>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 101</ref><ref name=ICp133/>

Khan Nagasawa's reforms resulted in the following developments:

*The Sea Fox [[Scientist Caste]] perfected the '''Iron Womb''' technology and made considerable advancements in genetic engineering, which led to the [[Warrior Caste]] '''archetypes''' (e.g. [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]], [[Elemental]] and Fighter Pilot) and ''[[sibko]]s''.<ref name=ICp133/>

*The Sea Fox [[Merchant Caste]] invented the '''[[Chatterweb]]''', and began exerting their mercantile influence over the rest of their Clan, which would come to dominate Clan Sea Fox later during the [[Golden Century]] and continues to the present day.<ref name=ICp133/>


Nagasawa also created the initiation ritual of a newly elected Sea Fox Khan, which involved the Khan making an offering of fish to the Clan's totem animal.<ref name=ICp133/>  This practice continued for nearly two centuries, when [[Damon Clarke]] became Khan and the [[Sea Fox (species)|sea fox]] nearly became extinct. By the time Clarke became Khan in [[2984]], Clan Sea Fox had nearly abandoned Nagasawa's ideas of intercaste cooperation and freedom; Clarke found inspiration in Khan Nagasawa's writings and decided to return Clan Sea Fox to the liberal and free-thinking ways that made the Clan flourish in the past. By giving his lower castes the right to vote on all matters that concerned the Clan as a whole, Clarke fostered unity among the members of his Clan just as Khan Nagasawa once did. On September 30, [[2985]], Clan Sea Fox changed its name to [[Clan Diamond Shark]], due to the overwhelming support of the lower castes.<ref name=HOKp129>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 129</ref><ref name=ICp135-136>''Invading Clans'', p. 135-136</ref>

==Aerospace Fighter==
During the battle for Camlaan on [[Babylon]], Nagasawa piloted a ''[[Rapier]]''.<ref name=HOKp7>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 7</ref>
==Quotes==
:'''Then Karen Nagasawa said,'''
:''"The past holds wise men as well as fools;''
:''Why, then, do we listen only to the foolish''
:''When we have another choice?"''

:-''[[The Remembrance]]'' (Clan Diamond Shark), Passage 12, Verse 14, Lines 4-7<ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 131</ref>

==Publications==
Karen Nagasawa brought some of her previous writing together under the title ''[[Compiled Remembrances]]''.<ref name=HOKp19>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 7</ref><ref name=HOKp30>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 30</ref>  She also wrote ''[[The Price of Liberty]]'', dated 15 May [[2801]]<ref name=HOKp21>''Historical: Operation Klondike'', p. 21</ref> and ''Message to Clan Sea Fox'' on 6 July [[2821]].<ref name=HOKp64/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Historical: Operation Klondike]]''
* ''[[Invading Clans (sourcebook)|Invading Clans]]''


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