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= Capitolo 12.1: Precipizio = | = Capitolo 12.1: Precipizio = | ||
===A Flurry of Accusations=== | |||
Transgalactic report 58.0.513, Trice Chavos, Universal Council | |||
Following last week’s vote, the Empire has accused its Federal neighbor of having a direct hand in the event that caused such turmoil across the galaxy, the Anomaly Shockwave.The Universal Council relates Minister Etruscus’s words here, directly from his communique: | |||
Agents within the Federation are to blame for the anomalous events that saw so much of Factional space in peril only a few short months ago. Whether this has been done through the official mandate of the Federation government or is the work of some rogue element operating in the shadows, I am not yet free to disclose. But I demand, here and now and with all the power vested in me through the power of my office, that the Federation admit culpability and submit to our demands for access to Mímir. It must also reveal the parties at fault if they are known or discover them if they are not. Once this is done, and we have shown the light of the Emperor upon the Federation’s deceit, the question of recompense will be addressed. | |||
The Minister’s accusations left no room for doubt as to the Empire’s position towards the Federation. Though Venthe Etruscus has not released a statement to the Universal Council itself, rumor among his staff claims the Minister is preparing proof against one or more corporate Federation entities at the behest of the Emperor. The Ministry of Truth has called for the Empire to boycott the two factions’ joint ventures, beginning in the immediate future–a move that, some say, has brought consternation among members of the Imperial Ministry of Wealth. | |||
The Federation has reacted with outrage, fury, and shocked disbelief at what they have called the Imperial Minister of Truth’s “baseless accusations”. Third Sector President Lee, whose continued efforts to provide humanitarian aid to Vargas has kept her from serving out the rest of her rotation on this station, demands to see the Empire’s proof in the strongest possible terms. Both Presidents Huxley and Adonis have flatly refused to entertain the notions, dismissing the Minister’s words as an attempt “to project strength in place of the Empire’s historical weakness while capitalizing on the Federation’s recent misfortune.” | |||
The Union’s reaction has been more muted–outside of general chatter and several diplomats’ promise to take the Empire’s concerns seriously while refusing to rule out that this is an Imperial attempt to destabilize trust in the MIEB task-force. The Vox’s Speaker is set to release a statement presently. | |||
For further details, consult your faction story channel. | |||
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''' | '''Leaders Don’t Wait to be Led''' | ||
''Third Sector President Kim Lee'' | |||
'' | |||
It pains me to know that both the Union and Empire have chosen to ignore the security mandate that they themselves gave to us. Regardless, the tightening of security around Mimir is and will be in the best interest of all parties, whether they can see this or not. We will continue this very delicate investigation, spanning the space around the IEB all the way down to the surface of Mimir. While my heart goes out to the families of the SNTNL clan and the Empire, we cannot yet allow access to the surface of Mimir at this time. | |||
The Federation will not allow impassioned and misguided accusations concerning the Anomaly Shockwave to muddy the waters during this delicate operation. Additional security has been dispatched to ensure the peace is kept around Mimir and the results of the ongoing investigation are produced with as much transparency as possible. Were any nefarious agents emboldened by unsubstantiated accusations to plant misleading evidence, it would lengthen the time needed for a speedy report of our findings. I will say to all Federation citizens as I would say to any Faction representative that our investigations adhere to the highest standards and must be allowed due course. | |||
What also concerns me is the Empire’s proclivity for power mongering. In regard to their “Warmaster’s” incendiary remarks and Minister Etruscus’ ultimatum, they both provide little to our commonly held goals, which remain harnessing the vast potential of safe EB travel. The choice to unilaterally dismiss the will of the Faction vote and place the deaths of so many from the Anomaly Shockwave on our shoulders is truly disheartening. I can only hope that before tensions mount further, the wiser among the Imperial houses, if they exist, speak some sense to those who have the ear of His Grace for the sake of interfactional peace. | |||
I am, however, a realist, and apparently alone in this regard as one of the Sector Presidents. It is not outside the realm of possibility that culpability for the Shockwave may lie with someone in the Federation. While it is difficult to imagine that anyone in the Federation might commit such a grave crime, the sad reality is, our faction is not without its criminal elements. The Federation government is currently weighing in the likelihood that elements of the underworld or illicit corporate agents may have triggered the catastrophe. Whether we concentrate on this and entertain Minister Etruscus’ accusations or ultimately censure the Empire for showing a lack of wisdom is the voter’s prerogative. | |||
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''' | '''At a Crossroads''' | ||
''Through the grace of His Excellency The Imperator, House Glycon.'' | |||
Minister Etruscus has initiated a teutonic shift across the power balance of the galaxy, one that will resonate down in history as a moment of truth. The Federation’s secrets will all soon come to the surface like so many worms crawling through the wet earth. What little surprise it is to see these feeble-minded opportunists not only benefit from tragedy but actively court it. Two of their presidents refuse to so much as accept the possibility of Minister Venthe Etruscus’ accusations—we will soon see if Third Section President Lee proves as blind as them. Proof, when it comes, will be undeniable. | |||
Each Ministry’s heads will hold a meeting under the Emperor’s auspices to discuss the future of this great faction–including the best way to transmit this proof to our rival factions and their populaces. Much work remains to be done but there is little doubt the Empire will grow all the stronger for its doing–as the Ministers carry the weight of change on their shoulders, so, too, you must carry your share of the burden. | |||
With the Federation’s integrity so plainly damaged–hopefully beyond repair, soon enough–a few points of order remain. Should trade be allowed to continue with such craven cowards? Has the Union been an unwitting player in all this, or are some within that faction the puppets of Federal masters? What did the Federation seek to gain by toying with phenomena they cannot so much as understand? The answers to many of these questions will fall in place as time goes on; the Ministerial meeting will grant clarity in many of these aspects. One question dwarves all others in urgency: Are we to withdraw from the MIEB Task Force? Even this minor concession stains the Empire with the Federation’s dishonor, after all. Or, perhaps, we play along–for a little while longer. For, when the Federation tears itself apart under the weight of its own lies… | |||
The Empire will pick up the pieces. | |||
Imperium superet astra. | Imperium superet astra. | ||
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''' | '''On Thin Ice''' | ||
My brothers and sisters in Union,, | |||
The Empire has accused the Federation of the most grievous offense: that elements within it are to blame for the Anomaly Shockwave. No matter what effort we put into moving past it, this disaster continues to threaten the precarious balance between our three factions. As the Empire piles on more and more incendiary allegations, I have to wonder: are they trying to push us all past the breaking point? | |||
Then there is the Federation. We supported working with them over the Empire recently–a token of trust that is of no small weight. If these accusations prove true, the Federation might as well have spat in our faces every time one of us offered a hand to one of them. How can we, in good conscience, work with the Federation government if they are, in fact, the engineers of the Shockwave? Can we even trust them when they say the MIEB Task Force Tragedy was an accident? Especially after their unsympathetic conduct in regard to the SNTNL vessel that sought to put Hayden to rest, I find myself less willing to offer them an olive branch than ever before. It is the sad reality of the situation that as Speaker, I must be clear: the Federation is on thin ice, even if their government manages to exonerate itself. | |||
Who do we believe? I will be the first to admit, the Empire has earned every single sliver of suspicion they now sow from us–their condescension, their pretense at honor and fidelity while they continue to embrace iniquity, Solas’ heavy-handedness in his every dealing with us. But the Federation bears direct responsibility for Blunt’s death, and if there’s an element of truth to this, they have much to pay for. We have two choices before us: either to rebuke the Empire’s accusations for their inflammatory nature, or to censure the Federation and demand an independent Union investigation be carried out in regards to the Federal government’s involvement. | |||
Make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this mess. We will do so together, all of us, for the sake of our Union. | |||
Aish | Aish | ||
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''' | '''Voting Results''' | ||
'' | '''Vote on Federation Integrity in This Uncertain Age of the Einsen Bridge''' | ||
'' | ''Transgalactic report 65.0.513, Universal Council''<br> | ||
The interstellar factions have expressed their varying majority views on accusations of Federation culpability in the Anomaly Shockwave. The results are as follows: | |||
'' | '''Empire:'''<br> | ||
''Withdraw from the MIEB Task Force -'' '''62.68% Imperial favor'''<br> | |||
''Remain part of the MIEB Task Force -'' '''37.32% Imperial favor'''<br> | |||
''' | '''Federation:'''<br> | ||
''Acknowledge Empire’s accusation -'' '''67.38% of the votes'''<br> | |||
''Censure the Empire -'' '''32.62% of the votes'''<br> | |||
'' | '''Union:'''<br> | ||
''Rebuke the Empire -'' '''57.23% of the votes'''<br> | |||
'' | ''Censure the Federation -'' '''42.77% of the votes'''<br> | ||
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''' | '''A Poorly Veiled Attempt at More Control'''<br> | ||
''Jon Mashuu Collins, Interfaction Editor Op-Ed, Clarity Corps, a Novaros division'' | |||
Well there you have it, admission straight from the top. 3rd Sector President Kim Lee just said she stands alone stating that, “I am alone in this regard. It is not outside the realm of possibility that culpability for the Shockwave may lie with someone in the Federation.” This is how a bloated and over-reaching government tries to push for more power. She would have all corporate actors chained together under an even more invasive Federation government. | |||
Not today and not while Novaros exists to keep perspectives straight for true Federation citizens, not the fools who voted to acknowledge the hostile accusations from the Empire. The silence from President Huxley and Adonis does not speak to guilt, it speaks to handling things internally, where such accusations must first take place. How convenient it is that President Lee does not mention the culpability of her own sector, and yet insinuates bad actors are nonetheless a reality in the Federation. What next? Further corporate restrictions and reports necessary to Big Sister, that’s what. | |||
Ms. Lee and her ilk have worked in favor of bigger government and more external control for the Universal Council since day one of her presidency. Placing the blame on her peers and all that benefit from what the Federation was built on, the opportunity for individual entrepreneurial success and the profitable rise up the free and corporate ladder. If what she is attempting is not already clear as day, I will put it on the nose for you. Whoever smelt it, dealt it. | |||
We will never fail to bring you the straight and real take, Explorers. | |||
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'''In | '''In Defense of Reason'''<br> | ||
''From the Ministry of Knowledge Aboard The Sacrosanct'' | |||
My friends, | |||
My Ministerial colleague has caused quite the stir, has he not? Lest you forget, the Universal Council exists for a reason and that reason continues to bear relevance to us all. Conflict may benefit some in the short term, but it will prove disastrous to many more. I have no doubt Minister Etruscus has the truth of it–but the penalty the Federation will pay must be decided on the negotiation table, and that cannot be done unless we all leave behind the rhetoric of war along with our participation in the MIEB Task Force. | |||
I have lived longer than half my colleagues combined. I would suggest every last one of us take a good, hard look at all we have; whether you treasure objects or people, be certain that if war were to break out, you would suffer unimaginable losses, but such is the burden His Grace can lay upon our shoulders. It is the Empire’s duty to guide humanity down a righteous path–but we must be wary of drowning in blood the steps we leave behind. | |||
Take care, Imperials. We must not be drawn into conflict upon leaving the MIEB. Honor demands we hold the moral ground as we seek to cleanse the rot within our rival faction. | |||
Minister Mathias Voden, House Voden | |||
Sit imperium superstes astra. | |||
Sit imperium superstes astra | |||
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''' | '''Told You So'''<br> | ||
''Mongerl Lars, Steward of Information'' | |||
'' | |||
Didn’t I warn you, my brothers and sisters? Didn’t I tell you the Empire would seek only discord? They bend any situation to their purpose, any tragedy to their advantage. This is what tyranny begets, my fellow Unionites. Let it serve as a reminder for all: down with false kings and prophets. | |||
Speaker Fenix is worried my rhetoric against the Empire might be prejudicing some of you against them. Good, I say. I’ve never bought into this idea that we should keep to some sort of neutrality–least of all now, when it’s more my duty to speak out than ever before. | |||
The Federation is no flower, either. They have chosen to spit in the face of our SNTNL clan’s traditions. They have continued to gather forces around IEB space, what should be neutral space, using a joint research agreement to excuse their grab at a planet we are all owed free access to. Irenic, my ass. We have tried to work with them, tried to let bygones be bygones. Trust me when I tell you, we are all of us close to the breaking point, and now the Federation has voted to acknowledge Imperial accusations after reinforcing their position around Mímir. The Federation government has too many cooks in the kitchen–but that is only to be expected, with their placing of the individual in the center of a corrupt, egotistical value system. These are people who can never speak with one voice, as clearly as we of the Union can. | |||
I say all this that you may understand my skepticism when I share with you this: Ivona Craine, Commander of the Empire’s Third Fleet and granddaughter to Solas, contacted my agents some time ago and has requested that a meeting on Mímir be arranged. While I fully expect a ploy, Faceless Emmet, The Steward of Security, is willing to take responsibility that the meeting goes as it should. My colleagues and I will keep you in the loop as the situation develops. | |||
Heads held high. | |||
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