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Radimir Tarkiny, Ambassador to the Csserian Confederacy, to Executor Langley, Csserian Standard Cycle 151
The situation has gone critical in the Csserian Sector. Chancellor Andrygizs government has fallen in all but name. Senator Cvorak now commands a un-precendented and overwhelming majority in the Csserian government. There exists a unanimous consensus amongst Csserian political circles in support for Cvorak. There have already been massive and spontaneous demonstrations throughout Csserian space demanding Andrygizs resignation and for their government to act against our government.
We do not believe that Cvorak will move against us militarily so quickly, but the threat of Csserian action might prompt others to follow their lead and turn against us. Considering the vast economic capabilities of the Csserian state and the influential position her society holds amongst many segments of the sector, we should move quickly and occupy their Core Worlds before her fleets return.
The threat of Csserian neutrality and economic sanctions would significantly undermine our sector-wide endeavors and would be much more detrimental than outright military hostility. I recommend regime change.
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Did you see the report Chancellor?
It was quite painful, quite painful to know that he had just approved the dissemination of a clip from a data freighter which had documented the process - the process of the destruction of Datha System and the process of killing a Gaian world and the countless billions. How else could he describe it knowing that the blood of those billions were on his hands. He hadnt struggled hard enough against the Apeilics and the War Party.
I saw the report Ambassador.
Representing my government, I must officially protest the emotional and frankly biased perspective of the news report involving the destruction of Datha System. My government asks that in you use your influence to stop the reports.
How could the Apeilics be so cold? To have slaughtered, no, committed genocide on Datha System and still be so dispassionate as to demand that the footage of the solar flare be restricted without blinking an eye? What had the war done to them?
What had the war done to them all?
Ambassador, I cannot in good conscience order the censorship of our media. The People have a right to know the actions of our
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The Apeilic Government would not imagine dictating to the Csserian Confederacy the internal domestic policies she should pursue. It is simply the fact that such footage has an audience beyond the borders of the Confederacy and that such emotional footage could fan anti-Apeilic feelings throughout the entire sector.
That is beyond my ability to alter Ambassador. I am afraid there is nothing more to discuss.
They had moved quickly. Much more quickly than he had predicted or even imagined. In a few standard cycles, they had established supremacy over most of the Core Worlds. The financial exchanges on Phrilleaus, Adamer and Oriona had utterly collapsed. The media was already predicting the end of the Csserian Confederacy as an independent entity; the death of Datha System had heralded the re-enslavement of the Csserian People, this time under the Apeilic anti-matter boot!
The fleets were still in transit. It was unlikely they would make it before the Apeilics landed. So confident of their victory was that the Apeilics had made no moves to disarm or destroy planetary or orbital defenses. He had summoned all reserve duty planetary forces and had prepared to resist an invasion and occupation. Would he, Haymir Cvorak, be the last Chancellor of the Csserian Confederacy?
Chancellor Cvorak. This is Admiral Natalia Hiudra of the Apeilic Seventh Fleet. I am here to request your permission for my fleet to land ground forces to ensure the safety and stability of the upcoming elections.
I am unaware of any upcoming elections or requests for Apeilic supervision.
Grant our request or I shall have no choice but to declare the Confederacy an active hostile against my fleet and proceed with the destruction and bombardment of your planetary and orbital infrastructure.
Yours is not a request but an ultimatum I cannot in good conscience refuse.
You have had your time Chancellor. To preserve the peace and stability of the Sector, this must be done.
He had given in. Given in to ensure the continued vitality of Csserian society as a functional entity in this new post-Datha world. He had given the order; the order to disarm and not oppose the Apeilic landings. It had gone unheeded. Millions had taken to the streets to protest the Apeilic invasion. Those protests had turned violent. Tens of thousands had already been killed in clashes with the Apeilic military. The planetary defense forces on various worlds were engaging the Apeilics in the cities. Blood ran in the streets.
There was nothing he could do. He had been stripped of his post by an extra-constitutional council assembled by the Apeilics. His good friend Andrygiz had been appointed interim Chancellor by Admiral Hiudra. The ever-colorful Csserian news and media centers had been ordered to shut down until a full inquiry had been launched into supposed Dathic conspiracies. He toyed with his gun. Perhaps this was fate. He held it and admired its wooden beauty. A priceless antique from beyond a time before recollection, this Colt had been in his family for generations. His ancestor had taken it from a Weipozny general during the Revolution. He steeled himself and prepared for the end.
"Chancellor! The Fleets! The Fleets have arrived!"
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Executor Sirici to Arbiter Monti, Csserian Standard Cycle 165
As per your recommendation, Ambassador Radimir Tarkiny has been fired from their posts for gross incompetence. Likewise, Admiral Natalia Hiundra has been charged with gross incompetence as well as treason and is facing a court-martial.
As I communicated to you previously, Ambassador Tarkinys radical and inflammatory reports grossly overplayed the consequences of the fall of the Andrygiz Government in the Csserian Sector. Despite the spontaneous outrage expressed by a vast segment of Csserian society, fundamentally they do not have enough organizational ability to organize an alternative coalition against us. The Csserian Confederacy is fundamentally a society of shopkeepers, financiers, political theorists, rabble-rousers and immigrants not politicians or generals.
The actions of Executor Langley were incomprehensible. It is impossible to understand why he authorized Ambassador Tarkiny and Admiral Hiundras actions; it is difficult to understand how he believed a regime change in one of our staunchest and most influential allies was possible and if it was even in our favor. In the aftermath of the tragedy in Datha System, we needed to take on further responsibilities in the Sector and to ensure the cooperation of our varied coalition partners with us.
Regime change in the Csserian Confederacy would have undeniably undermined all of that. The arrival of the Csserian Fleets along with the combined military forces of Xion Corporation, the Quajir Hegemony and the Martisk Republic showcases our fragile position in the post-war environment. The combined forces of those four respective sectors commanded an overwhelming majority over our Seventh Fleet.
The entire Csserian sector now hangs at the whim of Chancellor Cvorak. Without the vast shipping and financial networks of the Csserian Confederacy, any attempts to restore pre-war conditions will be extremely complicated. I recommend that we make immediate amends and possibly even offering to facilitate emigration for discontented parties from the Confederacy to one of the new frontier regions; possibly Alnitah?
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