Somewhere in the North Diessenian Government Quarter

Het Goor, North Diessen
24th October 2021, 0350hrs

Members of the Imperial Defence Council (IDC), including Imperial Councillor Basil Lawson and Chief of the General Staff Vice-Admiral Bauer, are listening in live to operation reports during the commencement of Phase Two of Operation Takedown. The IDC is currently viewing operations in the Diessenian Capital, Het Goor, where Imperial Guard units are commanded by Major-General Ettore Stuart.

Major-General Ettore STUART, Officer Commanding: [Over radio]: "Chalks, status report, over?"

Lieutenant Dale REMUERE: "Chalk 1, ready and waiting."

Lieutenant Lunduc JOHANSCH: "Chalk 2, ready and waiting."

Lieutenant Dante EMILIS: "Chalk 3, ready and waiting."

Lieutenant Lambert DUNKINE: "Chalk 4, ready and waiting."

M-Gen. STUART: "Command, ETA on go?"

Chief of the General Staff BAUER: "Viper, this is Command; ETA is 7 minutes, over."

Bauer had planned for months for this moment. The convolution of hundreds if not thousands of minds working on a single aim: to bring the government of North Diessen under the control of someone the Empire, and the Imperial Armed Forces more generally, could sway whenever it wanted. To use North Diessen's position on the Caspian Coast, its resources and airstrips. To prepare for the digging of a second canal binding the Caspian and Persian Gulf together. Today, it all came together. Bauer had promised the Emperor that Phase Two, the most critical and diplomatically sensitive phase of the entire operation, would be a resounding success. Formenting civil war in North Diessen was but the pretext for a much larger aim: the Imperial Armed Forces could not simply march into Het Goor and depose President Pekcan. Well, they could; but it would raise eyebrows in Europe. This way, there was a cover of legitimacy. The Inimicians would withdraw as soon as possible after tonight, and declare the ending of civil strife in North Diessen a success. In fact, they ended the Confederacy's independence. The clock struck 4am.

BAUER: "Viper, this is Command. Takedown Two is go. I repeat, Takedown Two is go."

Immediately, the figures on the great plasma screens in the Imperial Situation Room began to move. Bauer's nerves were on edge. The next few moments could decide the fate of the entire operation, the fate of months' planning, the fate of the Empire's standing abroad, and most importantly, the fate of his career.

STUART: "Chalk 1, Chalk 2, commence bombing."

REMUERE (Chalk 1): "Roger. Commencing bombing."

An explosion went off in the deserted streets. Car alarms blared as Chalk 1 began to make as much noise as possible. At the other end of the road leading to the Presidential Palace, Chalk 2 began to fire at the building, dressed all in black.

STUART: "Command, switching to local channels. Will advise."

Stuart switched his set to a local Diessenian military channel rather than the encoded and encrypted secret Inimician wavelength. "Attention to all units in Het Goor, this is Stuart, Officer Commanding. We have a potential assault on the Presidential Palace. We are 10-31. I repeat, we are 10-31." By calling out 10-31, Stuart activated the emergency plan for Imperial Guard Troops to collect all key Diessenian personnel present in the Palace complex. The scene was now set.

EMILIS (Chalk 3): "Viper Command, this is Chalk 3. Proceeding to extraction, Irene."

STUART: "Copy that, advise accordingly. Chalk 4, status report?"

DUNKINE (Chalk 4): "Chalk 4, proceeding to extraction, Ambrose."

Chalk 3 approached the Presidential Palace, with the aim of taking President Inge Pekcan (codenamed Irene) to safety, while Chalk 4 would bring Ekrem Mueller (Ambrose) to the Palace's underground situation room instead. As Chalk 3 approached Pekcan's chambers, the President became aware of the Inimicians' intentions.

EMILIS (Chalk 3): "Madam President, we have a situation outside and are evacuating the area. You will have to come with us." He knocks on the heavy door to Pekcan's chambers. No response. "Madam President, this is Lieutenant Emilis of the Inimician Imperial Guard, you must come with us at once."

Confederal President Inge PEKCAN [Through the door]: "I've seen this coming, Lieutenant Emilis. You go back to Telum and tell your Emperor he can come get me himself, or not at all."

EMILIS (Chalk 3): "Stand away from the door, Madam President."

Emilis orders his designated breacher to obliterate the door's lock with a specially designed breaching shotgun, sending sparks flying across the President's room. As the Guard enter, they find Pekcan hastily recording a video of herself.

PEKCAN: "This is President Pekcan. The Imperial Guard are coming for me. They're trying to take ov--" A cry of pain as her phone is beaten out of her hand with a rifle butt. Emilis secures the phone and ensures deletion of the footage.

EMILIS (Chalk 3): "You're coming with us." A bullet from Emilis's rifle shoots through the President's left leg, sending a high-pitched wail through the empty streets. The President is carried off, into the dark, never to be seen again.

TBC

Telum Capital Defence Command

Headquarters of the Imperial Armed Forces

Strategic Meeting of the Imperial Defence Council, 23rd Oct 2021
Operation Takedown [IC Secret]

Attendance as above.

Artabanos: "Afternoon, everyone. I trust you have made significant enough headway against Reuland for us to start Phase two of this operation? Your projections at the start of this week were three to four days - that deadline is now here. Vice Admiral Bauer?"

Bauer (Chief of General Staff): "We have indeed, Your Imperial Majesty. Reuland put up more of a fight than we had anticipated, clearing the Reuland valley too more personnel than we had initially mobilised. In part, this was certainly due to the -- with respect to Mr Mueller -- complete ineptitude of the Diessenian Defence Force, and their lack of any significant military material. However, I am pleased to report that rebel presence in Reuland has mostly been eliminated, barring the government quarter in Goirke, which we have intentionally not assaulted as yet."

Mueller (North Diessen): "Is it true that many of the rebels have fought their way into Dromund Kaas?"

Bauer: "This seems to be accurate. Our mechanised divisions only managed to completely surround Goirke late this afternoon, and satellite intelligence suggests up to three thousand armed rebels were received with open arms in Dromund Kaas. What their final destination is we do not know, however, we have received reports of some of them joining piracy bands along the Kaasian coast."

Mancov (Imperial Defence Officer): "I trust our fleet has not been in any trouble, Vice Admiral?"

Bauer: "Not at all. As I said, we are ready to commence Phase Two whenever you give the word. Reuland has not yet been returned to Diessenian Defence Force administration, our troops there outnumber them at least two-to-one. The Imperial Guard batallion in the Diessenian capital of Het Goor stands ready to execute its role in the coming Phase through its staging of a diversionary explosion, leading to the covert arrest of President Pekcan. Our units at the three other main Diessenian military bases have been fully briefed and are supported by elements of the Special Operations Command and Imperial Guard Anti-Terror Command."

Artabanos: "How exactly will they subdue Diessenian units? Isn't news likely to spread like wildfire?"

Bauer: "It is, and, well, they won't subdue them, as such. As You say, Your Imperial Majesty, open conflict inside military bases is likely to lead to significant news coverage. Instead, Phase Two calls for the severing and rerouting to trusted sources of all communications lines into and out of these three bases, and the institution of a complete facility-wide lockdown, in the early hours of the morning. This is when the least activity takes place, and the smallest amount of people are likely to get injured."

Artabanos: "I see. What will happen to the remaining Reuland terrorists after Phase Two completes?"

Bauer: "Upon the triggering of Phase Two, we will circulate reports of the terrorists having attacked our units in Goirke, as part of the "attacks" in Het Goor. We will then make short work of their remaining presence in Reuland and, once the situation with the Diessenian Defence Force is stable and Mr Mueller is handling the reins, we will depart."

Artabanos: "Mueller? Any objections? Are you ready to do your duty by your country?"

Mueller: "Certainly. Vice Admiral, how will I know the operation has begun?"

Bauer: "Imperial Guard units will collect you from your temporary residence in the Het Goor government quarter once the "attacks" begin, formally to escort you to a safe location. Instead, they are to bring you to the central situation room in the Confederal Presidency, where you will assume your new role."

Mueller: "Excellent. And you received my list of individuals not to be harmed, as well as individuals who are on our side?"

Bauer: "I did indeed, Your Excellency. The latter group will similarly be brought to you in the situation room."

Artabanos: "Perfect, gentlemen. I authorise you, Vice Admiral Bauer, under the power vested in Me through the Constitution of the Empire of Inimicus and the Imperial Great Seal, to commence Operation Takedown (Phase Two) at 0400hrs tomorrow, 24th October 2021. Good luck to you all."

Tbc

[[EDITED 23/10/2021 20:30pm BST -- PHRASING]]

The National Imperial Council of the Empire of Inimicus, in its Special Sitting of 21st October 2021, in the presence of His Imperial Majesty, has determined the votes of the Empire as follows:

For Premier Commissioner:

1. Jean-Claude JUNCKER
2. Harish DESAI
3. Ville NIINISTÖ

For Internal Affairs Commissioner:

1. Joseph R. BIDEN
2. Ilmaras KALESSED

The Empire of Inimicus ABSTAINS from voting for Foreign Affairs Commissioner.

11:36am

Wilfred COCX, Vicarius & Chairman: "Thank you all, Councillors. We now move to possibly the most contentious vote of today, the decision on who should receive the Empire's votes for Premier Commissioner of the European Union. I thank Councillor Ayla for starting the discussion on the Premier race earlier this morning. Do any other Councillors have anything to add?"

Jeff SPELLER, United Green Front: "I would just like to add, Chairman Cocx, that voting - or rather, not voting - for a certain candidate based on their performance in just the last week, rather than looking at the whole Commission term as a whole, is not only unwise, it is a travesty to the people we are sworn to represent."

Hetty TILKI, Emperor's Finest: "I think the objections made by Councillor Ayla concerned more than just the last week, Councillor Speller. Čikarová's complete inactivity during the last European Commission term places her alongside the likes of Ms Merkel, who uttered literally zero words from her pristine seat in Europolis while raking in a salary most of us could only dream of. No, Councillors. As much as Mr Juncker's policies contradict the emphasis on national sovereignty we all value, we cannot risk another term with communist sympathisers at the helm. I will be voting for Jean-Claude, and I urge you all to do the same."

Simon LANE, Centre-Conservative Union: "There is also another option, Councillors. I hear many of us do not feel like voting for Čikarová, and I completely agree. I also concur that the EPA's Euro-integrationism is what we have all been fighting for the last decade, so voting for Juncker would be counter-intuitive for most of us, perhaps barring Councillor Speller. However, two more candidates for Premier exist. Why not vote for Desai or the Menrimian? The Duchies candidate emphasises sovereignty explicitly, and Niinistö is another strong, indepdendent candidate."

H.I.M. ARTABANOS: "We know this European League of Sovereign States emphasises treaty-based governance, and when has that ever worked in our region? Just look at the Treaty of Telum, signed in this very room. Given current circumstances, Simon, I cannot see myself voting for a Duchian."

Table banging.

LANE: "Then how about Niinistö? Someone with experience, an ex-minister?"

Christopher STRATHCLYDE, Executive Representative Leader: "We know nothing about Niinistö, Simon. At least we know what we're voting for with Juncker and even Čikarová. The question, Councillors, is plain: who can Inimicus negotiate with best? Who could do the least damage to our interests? I think that answer stares us clearly in the face."

COCX: "Thank you, Colleagues. We will now move to a decision. Your Imperial Majesty, Your votes?"

H.I.M. ARTABANOS: "8 votes, Jean-Claude Juncker, 4 votes, Harish Desai. 3 votes, Ville Niniistö."

RESULT OF FORMAL BALLOT:
H.I.M. ARTABANOS: 8 votes, Jean-Claude JUNCKER; 4 votes, Harish DESAI; 3 votes, Ville NIINISTÖ.
REMAINING MEMBERS: 15 votes, Jean-Claude Juncker; 3 votes. Harish DESAI; 2 votes, Ville NIINISTÖ; 1 vote, Sofie ČIKAROVÁ.

COCX: "Very well, thank you, colleagues. Please note that under Imperial Decree CCXII, only those candidates who received five votes or more in total will appear on the Inimician ballot paper. I now have the pleasure of certifying the Inimician vote for the Autumn 2021 Commission elections as follows:

"For Premier Commissioner:

1. Jean-Claude JUNCKER
2. Harish DESAI
3. Ville NIINISTÖ

"For Internal Affairs Commissioner:

1. Joseph R. BIDEN
2. Ilmaras KALESSED

"For Foreign Affairs Commissioner: ABSTENTION.

"Thank you all. Session closed."

11:07am

Nazil SCHOUT, Emperor's Finest: "With your leave, Mr Chairman. I must say, colleagues, I have been exceptionally uninspired by any of the Internal Affairs candidates. I had expected the Commission debates to offer some kind of solution to my conundrum, because as of right now, I feel like voting for no one at all. Unfortunately, the choice is not simple. We have the choice of voting for Mr Pinera, who mentioned not a single concrete plan in the whole debate; someone whose entire platform is based on "femboys", which, well, I don't think anyone on this table is familiar with; -- "

H.I.M. ARTABANOS: "Hm, well, someone is..."

Laughter in the chamber.

SCHOUT: "I er, well, yes, Your Imperial Majesty, perhaps. Then the Istaklen candidate, who made the grotesque claim in the debate that her vague ideas amount to something concrete, which she then refrained to mention. Ms Marin's contribution had a size proportionally inverse to the length of the Barrington family's criminal record, and I confess I know next to nothing about her platform. The EPA candidate appeared to have lost their tongue, and as such I cannot imagine any Councillor voting for them. Similarly, Ms Thatcher, whose record was impressive, but whose policies are apparently non-existent, cannot receive my support. And then, well, Joseph Biden remains. Do I need to mention anything other than that he's Reitzmic?"

Matthew BIRCH, Inimician Liberal Appeal: "At the very least, Ms Kalessed behaved with dignity throughout the whole campaign, and we can expect her to be an active Commissioner. Councillor Benfield, as our European representative, do you have a view on Kalessed's record?"

H.I.M. ARTABANOS: "I must say, Councillor Birch, and I apologise to Councillor Benfield for interrupting, I do not intend to vote for any PEL mischief in this election; they had their chance. And they blew it by attempting to tell us we could not defend ourselves. No, sir.

Table banging.

Nicholas BENFIELD, independent: "I have nothing to add save what His Imperial Majesty stated just now. The Empire was misled by the House of Commons last summer into voting for the PEL, a mistake which we cannot and must not repeat."

BIRCH: "So would you rather Biden? A Reitzmic Commissioner? What good could that do the Empire? Nothing but negatives could result from a Biden commissionership."

BENFIELD: "Indeed. I concur with Councillor Schout on this, and must say I am finding this choice an immensely difficult one, and not because there are so many good candidates."

COCX: "Very well, thank you, Councillors, now for the formal ballot. Your Imperial Majesty, Your votes?"

H.I.M. ARTABANOS: "Er. Yes. Well. Err. 7 votes, Joseph Biden. 7 votes, Ilmaras Kalessed. 1 vote, Sanna Marin."

RESULTS OF FORMAL BALLOT:
H.I.M. ARTABANOS: 7 votes, Joseph R. BIDEN; 7 votes, Ilmaras KALESSED; 1 vote, Sanna MARIN.
REMAINING MEMBERS: 11 votes, Joseph R. BIDEN; 9 votes, Ilmaras KALESSED

Tbc

CONCILIVM CIVILIS IMPERATORIS

Special Sitting, 21st October 2021

The Council met at half past Ten o'clock

[H.I.M. ARTABANOS and all Councillors present; Vicarius COCX chairs]

His Excellency Wilfred COCX: "Your Imperial Majesty, colleagues, Colleagues, I formally declare this Special Sitting of the National Imperial Council opened. The matter before the Council is the determination of the National vote for offices in the European Commission. Councillor Basil Lawson has requested a point of order before I commence the roll call. Councillor Lawson**

Basil LAWSON, Centre-Conservative Union: "Thank you, Chairman Cocx. I make this humble request to His Imperial Majesty and yourself as Vicarius, that Councillors be allowed such leave as to debate their choice for Commission before casting their ballots. We, as ultimate representatives of the Inimician People, deserve the chance to make this important decision in as much of an informed manner as possible. I look forward to hearing the opinions of everyone on this table, in particular, of His Imperial Majesty's, naturally."

COCX: "Thank you, Councillor Lawson. Any objections? Very well, so be it. Your Imperial Majesty, Your statement?"

H.I.M. ARTABANOS: "As you know, Wilfred, my votes are always up for unexpected distributions if convincing arguments are presented. I would like to hear Councillors' opinions."

Dilkes AYLA, Emperor's Finest: "With Your leave, I'll begin. I would just like to have it said that I intend to abstain from voting for the position of Foreign Affairs Commissioner. This is not a vote. A vote with one candidate is a coronation, not a decision."

Table banging is heard in the room.

AYLA: "Second, it will come as not much of a surprise to you, Councillors, that my vote was to be cast for Sofie Čikarová, despite her rather lacking Commission term. However, the recent infringement she made on the sovereignty of our friends in North Diessen and on the sovereignty of Your Empire, Majesty, is, as far as I am concerned, a crime greater than any Commissioner in the history of Inimician EU membership has committed. I urge all Councillors to vote with their hearts and minds, but above all, not to vote for Čikarová."

Murmurs of 'hear hear' and more table banging.

Jeff SPELLER, United Green Front: "So, Councillor Ayla, you will judge four months' work on a single statement? You will throw away the chance the European Union has at real change, real reform, because of one urging to non-violence. I knew the Emperor's Finest were really the Emperor's lamest, but this tops all."

AYLA: "Reform, you say. What reform, if I might ask? What has Čikarová achieved in her four-month term? The institution of a development organisation that refuses to fund cultural activities - a budget paid for by the Inimician taxpayer that runs the largest surplus year on year? Dialogue with the communists, with the UNSR? You may call that progress, Councillor Speller. I call it mismanagement."

10:55am

COCX: "Councillors, I propose we first move to vote on the position of Foreign Affairs and Internal Affairs Commissioners of the European Union before continuing our debate. On the matter of the National vote for the Foreign Affairs Commissioner of the European Union: Your Imperial Majesty, Your vote?"

H.I.M. ARTABANOS: "Abstention."

RESULTS OF FORMAL BALLOT:
H.I.M. ARTABANOS: 15 votes, Abstain.
REMAINING MEMBERS: 18 votes, Abstain. 2 votes Pekka HAAVISTO.

COCX: "Thank you, Councillors. I certify that the National Imperial Council of the Empire of Inimicus shall cast the Empire's vote for Foreign Commissioner of the European Union as follows: ABSTENTION. Councillors, any comments on the Office of Internal Affairs?"

TBC

Telum Capital Defence Command

Headquarters of the Imperial Armed Forces

Strategic Meeting of the Imperial Defence Council, 21st Oct 2021
Operation Takedown [IC Secret]

Attendance as above.

Artabanos: "Welcome again, everyone. I'm afraid I'm running short for time, there are several foreign heads of state and government waiting for me upstairs. A quick status update, Vice Admiral Bauer, if you please."

Bauer, Chief of the General Staff: "Very well, Your Imperial Majesty. I draw your attention to the map of the Confederacy of North Diessen. Since the commencement of Operation Takedown, our units have been stationed in several major cities across the country, especially in those nearest to Reuland. Notable stations include Het Goor, Heikant, Druune, Berge, and Gool. I am also happy to report the Berkel peninsula, which formally belongs to the State of Reuland, has been fully cleared of enemy resistance and now serves as our main base of operations in the area. Special Forces have made several successful sorties from Terra Domini into Wollek and D'n Blaok, which have practically been abandoned by the separatists."

Artabanos: "How heavy is resistance generally? Any casualties on our side?"

Bauer: "No deaths as yet, but 14 confirmed injured. Direct confrontations with Reuland forces have been infrequent, we have mainly been relying on our air force to clear out resistance before our ground troops arrive. Air Marshal Donnell, any comments?"

Donnell: "The Imperial Air Force has flown a total of 389 sorties in 48 hours, Your Imperial Majesty, specifically targeting rebel camps in and around Goirke, Beek, and Berdao. We have so far encountered no air-to-air resistance, and ground-to-air missiles seem to be limited to the old stock of unguided rocket-propelled grenades we provided to Reuland last month. Our Eurofighters have no issue avoiding those."

Artabanos: "Minister Mueller, how is public opinion in Diessen currently?"

Ekrem Mueller, ND Minister for National Defence: "Many people are still in disbelief, Your Imperial Majesty. However, footage from the liberated territories in Reuland, where Inimician soldiers were received jubilantly by locals, has made its way through our online channels into trending spots on most social media platforms. Politically, there is some concern from the right around the Diessenian Defence Force no longer taking the lead on offensive operations, however, generally, the Grand National Assembly is still very much in favour of an Inimician presence."

Artabanos: "Excellent. And how about President Pekcan?"

Mueller: "It seems public opinion has resolutely turned against her, Your Imperial Majesty. She is in a state of disbelief herself, I presume. I have not heard from her in days."

Bauer: "Good. The less we hear from her now, the less surprisal there'll be when we don't hear from her at all anymore."

Mueller: "Indeed."

Artabanos: "Excellent, excellent. Vice Admiral Bauer, when do you expect Phase One of our operation to conclude?"

Bauer: "Progress is steady, Your Imperial Majesty. We know who we're up against, and we even know -- down to the minutest detail -- how they're armed. The only major rebel strongholds that remain are in Goirke, Beek, and Keurrevel. We expect to begin our assaults on these bases tonight, and hopefully conclude them within 24 hours."

Artabanos: "Good. Keep me up to speed. Now, if there is nothing else -- "

Bauer: "Actually, Your Imperial Majesty, if I may. We have received some intelligence that a number of Reuland separatists has made it across the border into Dromund Kaas. We're not entirely sure what intentions they have, but they may be seeking passage to other countries in the region, such as Czech Slavia or the UNSR. Naturally, I have alerted the Imperial Border Force to keep a close watch on the Inimician-Kaasian frontier, but I suspected You may want to be aware."

Artabanos: "Hmm. Interesting. Liaise with the border folks, tell them they have the full Imperial Prerogative to make individual decisions about allowing anyone into the country until further notice. Good day, gentlemen. Ekrem, best of luck at home."

Mueller: "Thank you, Your Imperial Majesty, for everything."

EMPIRE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS BEGIN AS INIMICIAN-DIESSENIAN OFFENSIVE AGAINST REULAND SEPARATISTS TAKES SHAPE

His Imperial Majesty meets supporters on the streets of Telum (left), and journalists at a joint press conference with the Confederal President of North Diessen (right).

October 20th, 2021 -- As the official programme to mark the 10-year anniversary of the founding of the Empire of Inimicus commences, joint Inimician-Diessenian operations against separatists in the Diessenian State of Reuland begin to escalate. His Imperial Majesty Emperor Artabanos has supposedly rushed from the Imperial Situation Room, somewhere underneath the Imperial Palace, to meet with foreign guests He invited to mark the exalted national occasion. "I had anticipated this day to be far more celebratory than it has turned out to be", His Imperial Majesty was quoted as saying, "Nevertheless, I trust every Inimician to mark our special celebratory period with the same vigour, with the same patriotism, as would be expected."

Foreign dignitaries are currently housed at the Imperial Palace, where they will enjoy a lavish anniversary banquet. Among the guests are Inquistan Archibshop Mikaela Kligenberg, who supposedly wore a camouflage-pattered dress to mark the strange combination of military deployment and state banquet, and Commissioner candidate Jean-Claude Juncker, whose presence in the Palace has led some in the National Imperial Council to complain about the Emperor's "party-political preferences". Tomorrow, 21st October, foreign leaders will join His Imperial Majesty on walking tours of Telum and Patricio, although security is likely to be enhanced following recent events. Indeed, President of Czech Slavia Albína Reiserová, currently a candidate for the European Order of Merit, pulled out of attending at the last minute, citing concerns about her nation's neutral stance.

His Imperial Majesty, however, does not consider Inimician involvement in North Diessen an "intervention" as such. In a joint press conference late yesterday with Inge Pekcan, Confederal President, the Emperor declared "our assistance is neither an intervention nor an invasion -- it is, put plainly, help. The Imperial Government received a formal request from the Minister for National Defence of North Diessen, Ekrem Mueller, for military assistance, and, as a true ally of the Confederacy, the Empire answered the call." Responding to a statement by the Premier Commissioner of the European Union, Sofie Čikarová, who called upon "outside actors to refrain from conducting military operations in the region without prior consultation with the rest of the European Community", His Imperial Majesty claimed that "if we do not act now, we are giving Reuland away", and that "the European Commission has no powers to stop allied nations defending themselves when in need."

Confederal President Pekcan, who arrived in Telum under heavy Imperial Guard protection, thanked His Imperial Majesty personally for His "impeccable record as North Diessen's ally, in good times and tough times." She further announced that the deployment of Inimician military forces "has already made a considerable difference" in combatting units from the separatist state of Reuland. The situation in Reuland remains unstable, however, with reports of reprisals against civilian populations who aid Inimician or Confederal Diessenian authorities frequent. According to several sources, a man who offered food to an Imperial Armed Forces squadron entering his village was later arrested by the Reuland Constabulary, tortured through partial flaying, interrogated, and executed.

Nevertheless, celebrations across the Empire are likely to continue, as authorities grapple competing demands of extensive military deployment and festive activities.

Additional Imperial Armed Forces units have been preparing for deployment to North Diessen since yesterday.

The Empire of Inimicus votes FOR this Motion.

Cllr Nicholas Benfield
Empire of Inimicus

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