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[18:55]	Silence	ok dudes
[18:56]	Silence	put on names
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[18:56]	Silence	somebody go into the log give me a date when the coup happened, I think it was in march or april
[18:56]	Silence	and I'll be back after I do this STO daily
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[18:57]	Desmond	I'll take care of one little thing in meantime, then
[18:57]	Desmond	Since I think we kept track of dates in the topics and Trillian does not save these in the logs
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[19:05]	Silence	ok hit go no go
[19:05]	Montfort	yeah I'm mostly here.
[19:06]	Desmond	I'm back
[19:06]	=-=	Silence has changed the topic to “Jardin: May 23”
[19:08]	Silence	The skies above Haven are light up with Aurora light shows as the radiation wave caused by Hrang is intercepted by vast array of forts with extanding fortress shields
[19:09]	Silence	along with other facuilities in the way of the wave as well, system traffic is limited as nobody wants to be out in the current wavefront as it goes through space
[19:10]	Silence	in other news a siege like mentality has settled on the Fraztier starway
[19:11]	Silence	no ships have been seen leaving, and there are two numbered fleets waiting at the opposite end of the starway ready to intercept anything
[19:12]	Silence	Meanwhile across the Republic there has been some local rebellions against the new order, mostly on planets that didn't have heavy military presence, though the arrival of cruiser group in orbit soon saw them queitly backing down
[19:12]	Silence	and Haven itself been under martial law since the coup
[19:12]	Silence	News from the front in the Rift has been sketchy, the Empire has imposed tight border controls citing the rise of chaos and rebels along its border in former Jardin space
[19:13]	Silence	and sizeable amount of ships are now chassing another Hrang sighting, a new heavy battlewagon remiscant of the one spotted during the pirate's war in the Rift to nickaamed Fat Doom has a sister apparenlty out there raiding naval bases before dropping back into stealth
[19:14]	Silence	the more ominious problem with the pirate mothership is not its existence but the fact its equpied with plasma cannon
[19:14]	Desmond	Hrang is throwing her weight around I see
[19:15]	Silence	The more pressing matter is that its the Empress's birthday and you two have been invited to embassy to celeberate
[19:16]	Montfort	Well Desmond will have to arrive first as I've got to take dinner outta the oven real fast.
[19:16]	Montfort	Take the A-Bot! It likes imperial high society.
[19:17]	Desmond	A dreadful peril
[19:17]	Silence	Iri has recovered
[19:18]	Desmond	Might as well, I guess. Does Aurora actually want to come?
[19:18]	Silence	and is now a constant shadow at Desmond's side
[19:18]	Desmond	Good, good
[19:18]	Aurora_ACO-K	Sure
[19:20]	Silence	The doorman to ballroom announces you two as you enter, pointly calling Desmond still the First Minister
[19:21]	Silence	inside past the Guardsmen at the doors, servants in silver dyed hair and maid uniforms pass out drinks and appitizers on plates to the assembled crowd, which is mostly military
[19:22]	Aurora_ACO-K	"I thought they whole silver hair thing was over with"
[19:22]	Silence	Jardin naval and army officers, the civilians componet of the government is mostly these days the Depridadu faction
[19:22]	Silence	and not wanting to show up at the enemy's house
[19:22]	Desmond	"I suppose it might have made a comeback on her birthday."
[19:23]	Silence	"Latest imperial fashion trends from the Court."
[19:23]	Silence	says the ambassador as he glides up to Desmond and grabs his hand and kisses it and shakes Aurora
[19:23]	Silence	"Welcome welcome!~"
[19:24]	Silence	"I am so glad that such an august figure such as the First Minister himself is here, its proof that we can hopefully put aside our differences and work together in peace."
[19:24]	Aurora_ACO-K	"Uh. . thanks"
[19:24]	Desmond	"Hello, ambassador. Impressive as always, I see."
[19:25]	Desmond	"Hopefully. I would certainly wish to live to see such a time."
[19:25]	Silence	"Of course, of course"
[19:27]	Silence	"Actually I am so glad you arrived here, I heard your a bit of consieuer of fine drink no?"
[19:28]	Desmond	"That is true, although I have had little opportunity to engage in it these days, alas."
[19:28]	Aurora_ACO-K	glances at Desmond's hand. Has he started wearing the ring?
[19:28]	Silence	"Follow me I'll show you."
[19:29]	Desmond	Nope!
[19:29]	Desmond	Living fast and danger
[19:29]	Desmond	"Of course."
[19:29]	Desmond	follows
[19:29]	Silence	He leads you through the marble floor ball room and into a ante room
[19:29]	Desmond	Be brave, Aurora! Be brave
[19:29]	Silence	there standing on a table is a chest full of wine
[19:30]	Aurora_ACO-K	frowns
[19:30]	Silence	"Our embassy has found Prince Julius's special collection of rare wines.   Its our gift to the great leader of the Republic"
[19:32]	Silence	He steps a bit too close to Desmond
[19:32]	Silence	"I hope you enjoy, the Prince was fan of the best stuff"
[19:32]	Silence	He slaps Desmond on the back
[19:32]	Silence	do we have a dicebot
[19:33]	Aurora_ACO-K	one sec
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[19:33]	Desmond	Multi-dicebot drifting
[19:34]	Desmond	"Oh! I heard a lot about Prince Julius' taste in wine, but I did not expect to be able to sample a part of his connection. I'm very grateful for such a generous gift, ambassador."
[19:34]	Silence	"The Empress has seemed to like you."
[19:35]	Silence	"Though we do worry about the Republic these days, so much bloodshed in the streets."
[19:35]	Desmond	"I'm glad to hear that I left a positive impression."
[19:35]	Silence	"Plus all the trouble."
[19:35]	Desmond	nods
[19:35]	Desmond	"It's a most unfortunate situation, certainly."
[19:36]	Silence	a doorman in the distance announces Montfort arriving
[19:36]	Silence	"Chairman of the General Defense Commitee"
[19:37]	Silence	"The Empress is probably not going to be send any gifts to Monsuier Montfort anytime soon though"
[19:37]	Silence	Montfort looks aorund, a fair number of Jardini here, and several notable expats
[19:37]	Desmond	"I believe the first time we met, she said she was glad I didn't take him along, since she'd feel compelled to shoot him."
[19:37]	Silence	mostly merchants
[19:38]	Silence	which means spies
[19:38]	Silence	embasssy staff
[19:38]	Silence	more spies
[19:38]	Silence	and who knows how many of them are Ferill's assassins
[19:38]	Silence	He gives a wry grin
[19:38]	Silence	"Treason doesn't prosper that well.  Though we seem in audience of some cases where it does."
[19:38]	Aurora_ACO-K	"Probably have Taminah do it personally."
[19:40]	Desmond	"Indeed. Time will tell what conclusion fate will bring to those, though."
[19:41]	Desmond	"Some grapes need quite a while to ripen, but are all the better for it."
[19:41]	Silence	though most people in the ballroom look past Montfort, towards his own everpresent companion, Tuk who is going shirtless again
[19:41]	Desmond	Oh my
[19:41]	Montfort	is cheerfully greeting some random Jardin army officer.
[19:42]	Silence	Tuk goes and off talks with some pretty imperials
[19:42]	Silence	Montfort meets and greets
[19:42]	Silence	roll charm chummy
[19:43]	Montfort	d8
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[19:44]	Desmond	appraises the wine. His specialty lies with Jardini drinks, but it's not like Imperial wineries are unknown over here, after all
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[19:45]	Silence	He tries a Galbrath 953, super rare and very fine
[19:45]	Silence	oh appraises
[19:45]	Silence	they're all super rare and worth a battleship
[19:45]	Silence	Montfort makes the circuit
[19:45]	Desmond	Oh my! What a treasure, then
[19:45]	Silence	pretty popular
[19:46]	Desmond	Something to save for the right opportunity
[19:46]	Silence	the ambassador excuses himself from Desmond and greets the dicator
[19:46]	Silence	"Chairman, I am glad you took up our invitation to celebrate her Glory's birthday."
[19:47]	Silence	Desmond and Aurora are left alone in the room
[19:47]	Aurora_ACO-K	"So is it any good?"
[19:47]	Desmond	"Well, this is certainly fine wine."
[19:47]	Desmond	"You could actually buy a pretty good naval squadron for all of these."
[19:48]	Montfort	"It's a small courtesy for someone who would certainly do the same."
[19:48]	Silence	"Of course, of course"
[19:48]	Aurora_ACO-K	"that's awfully expensive wine.  Are you sure you should be drinking it?"
[19:49]	Desmond	"Oh, I'll put it into my collection for the moment. They will be the stars of it, for sure, but my family is old money. I've had opportunities to indulge in expensive hobbies like these."
[19:49]	Aurora_ACO-K	"huh."
[19:50]	Silence	"The Empire of course offers condolence of your suffering another outbreak of the dread pirate Hrang again."
[19:50]	Aurora_ACO-K	"Rich people never cease to amaze me."
[19:50]	Desmond	"Not quite this expensive, but nevertheless. Things like that can come in quite handy in high society, even if you never intend to drink one."
[19:51]	Desmond	"Consider it half hobby and half a kind of social currency."
[19:51]	Montfort	"It's nothing to worry about, Ambassador.  Your empress wouldn't let pirates spoil the occasion, would she?"
[19:52]	Aurora_ACO-K	"Conspicuous consumption eh"
[19:52]	Silence	"Of course not, we have the finest imperial guards securing the internal security this embassy, and you so have conveintly parked an entire naval infantry regitment on our walls."
[19:52]	Aurora_ACO-K	"The Ventris set tend to go more for ornate scrimshaw on their guns and swords."
[19:52]	Desmond	"Well. In my case, admittedly mostly hobby."
[19:52]	Silence	"This is the most secure location on the planet right now."
[19:53]	Desmond	"Artwork of significant arists can be similiar."
[19:53]	Desmond	*artists
[19:53]	Silence	"Though with all the extra security concerns we have been having we have been considering scaling back the embassy to something more reasonable.   Doubly so since we are in a sense no longer sharing borders anymore."
[19:54]	Montfort	"I think quite a few people in the city would miss your parties."
[19:55]	Montfort	looks out across the partygoers.
[19:55]	Silence	"I'd would miss my parties"
[19:55]	Silence	they are hobnobing with each other
[19:55]	Desmond	"I'll have it brought to my home afterwards."
[19:55]	Desmond	"Guns and swords, hm."
[19:55]	Aurora_ACO-K	"I was never really one for partying when I was in school on Luxor.  And didn't exactly do much of that afterwards, either"
[19:57]	Aurora_ACO-K	"Yeah, they're pretty . . .  rough on Ventris"
[19:57]	Aurora_ACO-K	"The queen deals with the entertaining though."
[19:57]	Desmond	"In truth I never really liked it either, but being born in a rich family does bring certain social obligations. Joining the Navy was something of a relief in that regard, I suppose."
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[19:58]	Desmond	"I did hear that Ventris has been quite the rough world until very recently, hasn't it?"
[19:58]	Desmond	"Takes time for tigers to turn into housecats."
[19:59]	Aurora_ACO-K	"Yeah.  Buncha semi-civilized warlords, dudes with bullet guns and APCs, furs, you name it"
[20:00]	Aurora_ACO-K	(AFK for a little bit)
[20:00]	Silence	Aurora goes off
[20:00]	Silence	and gets some spicy meatballs from a tray
[20:00]	Montfort	"Best of luck to you, Ambassador. I don't envy you returning to whatever passes for Luxor's social landscape under the Lasalle"
[20:01]	Desmond	sighs. Ah, memories. Granted, memories of his family getting along like a bag of angry weasels, but memories!
[20:01]	Desmond	takes off somewhere. Got to make some arrangements re: wine transportation, after all, can't exactly walk away with this in a handbag!
[20:08]	Silence	"Well with your luck she'll die fighting in the Rift there."
[20:09]	Montfort	"I suppose we'll know soon enough."
[20:11]	Desmond	comes back to the party. Got to do what he came here to do!
[20:11]	Silence	"So when does the Parliment get let out of their bunkers, my parties would be more interesting if I had some politcos around."
[20:12]	Desmond	And maybe eat some of this food, perhaps...
[20:12]	Silence	Desmond has a choice, fowl, beef, or seafood
[20:13]	Desmond	hm. He comes from a waterworld, so let's go with seafood!
[20:14]	Silence	He grabs some some tunasalmon from Bryce
[20:14]	Silence	d1
[20:14]	FBH	Silence : ( 9 )
[20:14]	Silence	its really good!
[20:15]	Montfort	"You said it yourself, these are extraordinary and dangerous times. The aliens in the Rift, Hrang on the prowl, and all the rest. With all the danger I must say you're a brave man for remaining outside of a bunker, Ambassador."
[20:15]	Desmond	Small mercies in a harsh era
[20:17]	Silence	"Hah"
[20:17]	Silence	an aide comes up to the ambassador and wispers something is ear
[20:17]	Silence	"Oh dear me"
[20:17]	Silence	"Looks like one of my guests has gotten drunk and beligrent in the bathroom, I shall have to pry him out."
[20:17]	Silence	He makes his pardons and heads out
[20:19]	Silence	Montfort heads for a dish and finds Desmond there standing and eating some food
[20:19]	Silence	it is a pretty subdued party
[20:19]	Silence	military guys don't get out of control, and the expats don't want an army shooting them up
[20:19]	Montfort	flips on his concealed earpiece as he goes over to listen in for any news from HQ. Something spooked the fop.
[20:20]	Desmond	Not one up to Prince Julius' standards certainly
[20:20]	Silence	IR confirms
[20:20]	Silence	there is a naked merchant throwing soap at embassay guards
[20:20]	Silence	and the Ambassador trying to calm him down
[20:23]	Montfort	almost pauses in midstep before continuing on over to Des. That's a bit weird given the rest of the crowd.
[20:23]	Silence	though question
[20:23]	Silence	how relaxed are information contorls on social media these days
[20:24]	Desmond	"Hm, so something did end up happening after all."
[20:24]	Desmond	"And here it seemed to be such a muted occasion for a while."
[20:24]	Montfort	GCHQ's definately monitoring it all but it's not shut down forever unless anti-gov stuff got real wild.
[20:25]	Montfort	it's a good platform to spread pro-regime stuff
[20:25]	Montfort	"I can't remember the last party I went to without some sort of scene."
[20:25]	Montfort	eyes the food but thinks the better of it.
[20:25]	Montfort	"Is Officer Polikarpov well?"
[20:27]	Desmond	"She is, as much of a relentless engine as always since she came out of the hospital. She's pulled through worse in the past."
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[20:27]	Montfort	"Glad to hear it."
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[20:28]	Desmond	Bad Trillian
[20:28]	Aurora_ACO-K	(back)
[20:29]	Desmond	"How about Fleet Captain Prezan?"
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[20:30]	Montfort	"The same as ever. I should have sent him in my place."
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[20:31]	Aurora_ACO-K	appears behind Montfort and Desmond with a plate full of food
[20:31]	Desmond	"A busy time, certainly."
[20:32]	Desmond	"I suppose the ashes are slowly settling, at least."
[20:32]	Desmond	"Make sure to try the tuna, though, it's very good."
[20:33]	Montfort	"You always said you hated these Imperial functions."
[20:34]	Aurora_ACO-K	"mmmfrt."
[20:35]	Aurora_ACO-K	swallows
[20:35]	Aurora_ACO-K	"We need to talk sometime"
[20:36]	Montfort	"A time and a place for all things. For now though I'm of a mind to check up on our poor host."
[20:36]	Montfort	nods to Abot and the Desmond before heading off after the Ambassador.
[20:37]	Aurora_ACO-K	"Sure, sure."
[20:37]	Desmond	"I wonder what happened there."
[20:38]	Silence	The  Ambassador has returned
[20:38]	Silence	He reaches out and grabs a glass of wine
[20:39]	Silence	I realized who my mental image of this guy is
[20:39]	Silence	http://images.moviefanatic.com/iu/s--1dSV8rqv--/t_xlarge_l/f_auto,fl_lossy,q_75/v1411399977/will-ferrell-zoolander.jpg
[20:40]	Aurora_ACO-K	"He looks like someone who just got some bad news."
[20:40]	Desmond	That looks about right
[20:40]	Desmond	"Or perhaps he's about to make a toast in the Empress' name. Let's be optimistic!"
[20:41]	Montfort	"Everything all right with your unfortunate friend in here?"
[20:41]	Silence	"Oh yes."
[20:41]	Silence	"Anyway, I am suppose to give you this.   Since your the current head of the government."
[20:41]	Silence	he pulls out a seal envelope
[20:42]	Silence	He hands it to Montfort
[20:42]	Silence	no wait he walks past Montfort and hands it to Desmond
[20:42]	Silence	somewhat pointly
[20:43]	Montfort	doesn't roll his eyes because he's not a boor.
[20:43]	Desmond	nods and takes it. Let no comments be made there
[20:44]	Silence	the seal detects Desmond's DNA and it unfolds into a letter
[20:44]	Silence	"From the Imperial Court itself."
[20:44]	Silence	"A copy has been sent to the relevant agencies and news media since its a public announcment but you should get the first read"
[20:45]	Silence	Desmond reads and soon after its public
[20:46]	Silence	 "With regard to the situation in Jardin. The Empire does not at this point recognize any territorial change in the Republic of Jardin, but we appeal for calm and peace among all factions. We hope for a speedy restoration of normal government in the face of the looming galactic threat. However if this is not done, then we will have to recognize the facts on the ground. "  Signed xxx date...
[20:46]	Silence	...William Victor de Brightstar, Herald and First Minister, Luxor"
[20:47]	Desmond	"Well, that is that, then."
[20:48]	Aurora_ACO-K	"What exactly is he trying to say?  If things aren't rolled back they're gonna march on the border?"
[20:49]	Desmond	"Recognise the new government, rather, I imagine."
[20:49]	Desmond	"The idea of the Empire going to war with Jardin over this seems like quite the stretch."
[20:50]	Aurora_ACO-K	"I guess the territorial dig is about those guys down south."
[20:51]	Desmond	"Probably. Either the border or the secessionists. Likely both."
[20:52]	Aurora_ACO-K	"hey, if they're willing to recognize facts on the ground I could totally have a fleet come and annex you guys."
[20:52]	Aurora_ACO-K	tilts her head
[20:52]	Aurora_ACO-K	"Not funny?"
[20:53]	Desmond	"Why, I'd have to sally forth and shoot at you then! That'd be dreadful."
[20:54]	Aurora_ACO-K	"Spoilsport."
[20:54]	Montfort	corners the ambassador while the others exposit and banter.
[20:54]	Silence	"General?"
[20:56]	Montfort	"Did that foolish upstart send this without the Empress's knowledge?"
[20:56]	Desmond	"I do have something of a reputation for being a killjoy."
[20:58]	Silence	"I heard it was the consensus opinion of the Imperial Court.  So no.
[21:01]	Montfort	"That is most unfortunate."
[21:02]	Silence	"A common occurrence of late."
[21:05]	Silence	he drinks from the wine cup studying Montfort
[21:06]	Aurora_ACO-K	looks around
[21:06]	Aurora_ACO-K	"Seems like the life's gone out of the party."
[21:07]	Desmond	"Remarkably muted for the occasion, it seems."
[21:07]	Desmond	"But I suppose the times are weighting down on everyone."
[21:08]	Montfort	looks back.
[21:08]	Silence	give me a 5
[21:09]	Aurora_ACO-K	5
[21:09]	Silence	sto finished updating going to run the race
[21:09]	Aurora_ACO-K	Oh you.
[21:09]	Montfort	too fast too furious
[21:11]	Silence	ran the voucher
[21:11]	Silence	whatever we can move on
[21:14]	Montfort	"There are a considerable number of people here in the Republic who would read that as a declaration of war. You know that as well as I do."
[21:15]	Silence	"Well if I am to believe the broadcasts, those people don't matter.   Only a enlightened few do these days."
[21:18]	Montfort	"Tell your Empress I wish for her birthday I could send her councillors less eager to see her wedding pyre."
[21:19]	Montfort	"Good evening, Ambassador."
[21:19]	Montfort	heads off to go do damage control yet again.
[21:20]	Silence	Desmond heads out?
[21:20]	Silence	er Monty
[21:20]	Aurora_ACO-K	takes some more of the chocolate mousse before leaving
[21:20]	Montfort	Absolutely exiting.
[21:21]	Silence	Montford leaves
[21:21]	Silence	d8
[21:21]	FBH	Silence : ( 5 6 2 6 5 2 1 6 )
[21:21]	Silence	d6
[21:21]	FBH	Silence : ( 2 1 1 2 9 9 )
[21:21]	Silence	and he gets into hover limo
[21:21]	Silence	he gets a pie thrown in the face
[21:21]	Silence	a group of pro democracy protestors come out woods and starts yelling slogans
[21:22]	Silence	for a microsecond before the armed guards blast them with stun rays
[21:23]	Silence	d6
[21:23]	FBH	Silence : ( 1 4 8 10 9 9 )
[21:23]	Silence	d8
[21:23]	FBH	Silence : ( 6 1 4 1 3 7 7 4 )
[21:24]	Montfort	"That could just as easily have been a bomb. Where's the outer perimeter?"
[21:24]	Silence	though the image of Montfort with pie on his face manges to get captured by one of the protestors' cameras
[21:24]	Silence	and goes viral
[21:24]	Silence	"Its secured as far we know sir!"
[21:24]	Silence	as the limo flies away
[21:25]	Aurora_ACO-K	"Hey that bastard left without even saying anything!  I had to talk to him!"
[21:26]	Desmond	"Alas."
[21:27]	Aurora_ACO-K	"Dammit"
[21:27]	Aurora_ACO-K	scoops up the last of the dessert and storms out
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[21:31]	Silence	media is trenidng with the note, though its a bit muted, only revanichist outlets are treating like it a serious threat at the moment, and those guy didn't like the empire anyway.   Elsewhere its being treated empty saber rattling
[21:35]	Montfort	Anyway the plans haven't changed. The fleet will set out as soon as it's ready.
[21:36]	Silence	Desmond heads out
[21:36]	Silence	and we start to accelerate time
[21:36]	Silence	Montfort leading the fleet?
[21:37]	Montfort	Yeah. Holding to the original plan.
[21:37]	Silence	Montfort boards his flagship and make the journey to the border
[21:37]	Silence	Desmond gets onboard his own ship and moves to check some secure research bases that been looking at gifts that Aurora had been given
[21:39]	Silence	The Black Eagles depart towards the Blue Line
[21:39]	Aurora_ACO-K	sends Montfort a message that he has some 'splaining to do about his guys
[21:40]	Silence	XDELTAZERO  Desmonds heads to
[21:44]	Aurora_ACO-K	snoops around Haven a bit, maybe giving interviews
[21:45]	Silence	Aurora appears on a morning talk show on SPACE FOX NEWS
[21:45]	Silence	She gets questions about what space pirates eat
[21:46]	Aurora_ACO-K	"Ship rations, plus whatever they can buy at planetfall"
[21:47]	Desmond	You were supposed to say 'hearts'!
[21:48]	Silence	its about the 15th day of the trip as the Black Eagles are setting up their stations on the front when Montfort gets news
[21:48]	Silence	the ship that Desmond was on didn't report back and is not on its flight plan
[21:50]	Montfort	Just straight up disappeared where it'd take time to get a search flotilla to too I bet.
[21:51]	Silence	unfortuante
[21:52]	Desmond	Turns out making too many fat jokes about Hrang is unhealthy!
[21:52]	Aurora_ACO-K	So who's running the government these days?
[21:52]	Desmond	d10
[21:52]	FBH	Desmond : ( 5 7 1 9 9 2 4 3 3 6 )
[21:52]	Desmond	d10
[21:52]	FBH	Desmond : ( 6 10 4 3 4 10 2 2 6 8 )
[21:52]	Montfort	I was just about to say that the Hrang Hunters were gonna be dispatched too.
[21:52]	Desmond	I'll fate that first one
[21:52]	Desmond	d10
[21:52]	FBH	Desmond : ( 7 3 4 4 5 10 4 5 4 9 )
[21:52]	Desmond	Bah
[21:53]	Desmond	Well, it'll have to do!
[21:53]	Silence	on day 20th
[21:54]	Silence	COMMAND OVERIDE appears on all the screeens across the Republic as the comnetwork activates the emergency alert system
[21:54]	Silence	and Desmond appears
[21:56]	Desmond	stands, flag of the Jardin Republic in the background
[21:56]	Silence	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRI5eWWZIpo
[21:56]	Desmond	"People of the Jardin Republic."
[21:56]	Desmond	"My fellow citizens."
[21:58]	Desmond	"I speak to you today not just as the First Minister of the Jardin Republic, but also as just another of its people, and as someone who has swore an oath to defend it and its ideals with his life."
[21:59]	Desmond	"We are now facing a grave situation within our nation. That much is, I think, clear to all of us."
[22:00]	Desmond	"A coup, one after another. A secession. Corruption, invaders from another galaxy, enemies from within and without. It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of the nation itself is at stake."
[22:02]	Desmond	"However, what I asked myself - what I think all of us need to ask ourselves - is how we plan to deal with it? How we have been dealing with it?"
[22:03]	Desmond	"People of Jardin. I, above all things, love this nation, and love those who live within it. And, of course, love its ideals. That is why I joined the military, to, if needed, lay down my life so that these ideals and these people could thrive."
[22:03]	Desmond	"But what do I see now?"
[22:04]	Desmond	"I see people within the Republic, even those who have swore the same oaths as I did, people I knew, or thought I did, tossing them away."
[22:05]	Desmond	"Discarding things like 'democracy' or 'constitution' as inconveniences."
[22:05]	Desmond	"People of Jardin! We are not weak! We are strong, stronger than anyone else in the galaxy!"
[22:07]	Desmond	"We are not so weak that we should think that discarding the things that are the cornerstones of our society, the things that our forefathers gave their lives to create and that generations have defended, are something that we should discard at a moment's notice as mere inconveniences!"
[22:08]	Desmond	"What I am seeing is people willing to trample on the very soul of our nation, the very thing that made us great, because someone tells them that this is going to make things 'easier'."
[22:08]	Desmond	"But it won't."
[22:09]	Desmond	"These are the very things that made us great in the first place. If we discard them, if we abandon the constitution, abandon the democratic system, turn into another oligarchy - we would kill Jardin."
[22:10]	Desmond	"How many of you are willing to stain your hands with the blood of an entire nation as you rip out its heart?"
[22:10]	Desmond	"We are now in an age where we are fighting for the very soul of humanity. The very right to say 'no' ever again!"
[22:11]	Desmond	"We absolutely cannot allow ourselves to take a step back, because if we put on chains on ourselves, we might find out tomorrow that these chains will never come off."
[22:14]	Desmond	"I thought about this, but in the end, I think I still cannot call the leaders of the coup that now reside on Haven an 'enemy'. They are just Jardini, like me and you."
[22:15]	Desmond	"Ones who, perhaps, have convinced themselves into believing that they are doing something to help save the nation in great need."
[22:17]	Desmond	"But the true enemy is the age that we live in."
[22:18]	Desmond	"The age where the conflict is not waged by just fleets, but by infectious ideas, ideas that can put a man in chains against their will. Ideas that we try to fight, but it is so very hard, and it is so easy to feel like you ran out of options. Like you have no choice, no ability to change anything."
[22:19]	Desmond	"So easy to follow someone who says that he has a solution, that he can offer a salvation, that if you only rally under their banner, the future that awaits you is not that of another brain-burned slave that lives or dies by their master's whims."
[22:20]	Desmond	"It is a sickness, a sickness of frustration, of desperation, of seeing ashes slip through your fingers and searching for a way - any way - to stop it."
[22:21]	Desmond	"I should know. I felt it myself. I saw reports that I was unable to act on, paths that felt oh so tempting, like poisoned fruit, promising that if only I had the power - if only I claimed the power! - I could fix it all."
[22:22]	Desmond	"I saw reports about what the La'Vinne corporation is preparing. A plan to, once and for all, end free will within Jardin. To, once and for all, take away our ability to say 'no' ever again."
[22:23]	Desmond	"But there were barriers, systems put in place by the very people who would centuries later abuse them, that could not be simply overcome... unless one claimed power."
[22:24]	Desmond	"But! People of Jardin!"
[22:25]	Desmond	"This is just that - a poisoned fruit. A solution that will be our undoing! A promise of being saved from slavery by putting on another set of chains!"
[22:25]	Desmond	"But we are Jardini! We do not put on chains! Not in the past! Not in the future! And certainly not now!"
[22:26]	Desmond	"I did not pick that path because I love this nation. I love Jardin, and I love the ideals that make us who we are. People who are strong enough to not abandon our ideals at a whim! People who are strong enough to win on their own terms!"
[22:28]	Desmond	"And I refuse to surrender. I refuse to surrender to frustration, to desperation, to despair. We will fight this menace, and we will prevail against the monstrous age that we are now in - and we will do so as free human beings!"
[22:28]	Desmond	"People who are allowed to say 'no'. Who are /able/ to say 'no'."
[22:29]	Desmond	"We will not take the step backwards off a cliff. We will not surrender the ideals that this nation was founded upon. We will win!"
[22:29]	Desmond	"Even if it costs us."
[22:30]	Desmond	"I ask this of you, people of Jardin - do not submit. Defend what is right, what is beautiful about our nation, and which the sacrifices of our ancestors have built."
[22:31]	Desmond	"And to my fellow soldiers - remember the oaths that you have taken. Remember what you swore to protect with your lives, and why you chose to protect it, and against what."
[22:32]	Desmond	"This is the point where Jardin as we knew it will either live or die."
[22:32]	Desmond	"It is now up to you to pick which one it will be."
[22:32]	Desmond	"Because you are Jardini. You are free. You have the right to say 'no' or 'yes'."
[22:33]	Desmond	"It is time to decide."
[22:35]	Aurora_ACO-K	looks at the talk show host as the repeaters suddenly return to normal. "I'm not a citizen but if I was you, I'd be out picketing the Blue House to get him reinstated as First Minister."
[22:35]	Desmond	d11
[22:35]	FBH	Desmond : ( 7 3 6 8 9 10 3 10 1 4 3 )
[22:36]	=-=	Silence has changed the topic to “June 10th ”
[22:37]	Silence	It was one of many events during the day but historions would mark this event for ease of peridoization as the start of the following peroid of Jardini history
[22:38]	Silence	a group of university students from Duboise Arts Academy, march towards towards the Preseditnal Mansion to call for reinstallment of civlian government
[22:38]	Silence	along the way they get stuck by an overzealous military police authority who opens fire on them after molotovs where thrown at them
[22:38]	Silence	however, this sparked the local riot police to return fire on the MPs
[22:39]	Silence	like a virius spread out as paramilitary and military units began fighting each other.
[22:39]	Silence	select officers in charge of the 4th fleet seeing the message as a part of the prearranged meeting rally up on the First Minister's postion
[22:41]	Silence	the Black Eagles and the fleet under Montfort's gun stayed loyal, but the rest of the Republic was suddenly for grabs as unthinkable had become thinkable, the scab had been pullen off, there was now a fight between those who suported Montfort's new order in the military, many of them bitter veterans of the imperial war, and those who even still had faith in democracy despite the last hundred...
[22:41]	Silence	...years, realized that words and fake smiles couldn't keep the peace anymore.
[22:41]	Silence	one side or the other would have to fall
[22:41]	Silence	the Republic was in civil war.
[22:42]	Silence	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQhyWv-PeVE
[22:42]	Aurora_ACO-K	some sort of . .  galactic civil war
[22:42]	Silence	Stinger
[22:42]	Silence	Luxor
[22:43]	Silence	the Empress is painting a picture of the old rose garden she and Estella had used to grow together
[22:43]	Silence	a messanger comes rushing in
[22:44]	Silence	"High priority from the Embassy Glory."
[22:44]	Silence	The Empress takes it
[22:44]	Silence	and opens the letter from the ambassador and then turns to the servant
[22:45]	Silence	"Recall the First Minister, and bring me Admiral Mihran.... and the ambassador from the Lavi.   I believe he still cooling his heels in the capital."
[22:45]	Silence	"At once Glory!"
[22:46]	Silence	anyway Montfort side has a yet defined military superiority as there more angry vets
[22:47]	Silence	plus guys who figure they burnt their bridges with the coup
[22:47]	Silence	and control over haven orbitals and cnc facuility across
[22:47]	Silence	Desmond has the 4th fleet and some special units
[22:50]	=-=	Ackermann is now known as Exhack
[22:50]	Desmond	A tough situation for sure.
[22:51]	Silence	Anyway
[22:51]	Silence	civil war stuff
[22:51]	Silence	you guys had like what twenty fleets off the top of my head?
[22:52]	Silence	come up with names and Montfort decideds where he put them on your little jardin map
[22:53]	Silence	so uhm
[22:53]	Silence	good session? I wasn't expecitn Desmond to do this
[22:54]	Montfort	Holle's been working himself up to this for months.
[22:54]	I00thlurker	hahaha
[22:54]	I00thlurker	amazing
[22:54]	Montfort	just a simmering cloud of idealism
[22:54]	I00thlurker	(also can I get a complete log)