NationStates Jolt Archive

A public address from the headquarters of the Imperial Party is broadcast across the globe to whoever would listen.

"For too long we have been usurped from power by the Black Staff! For too long we have been denied greatness. But we now have the best leader for the Imperial Party. A man that saw the need for change in Crimmond and plotted the takeover of Baggera... Riok Oran!"

Riok stepped out into the stage, in his full armor. The crowd that had been cheering went silent. For months, Oran had been leader of Baggera, the defunct enemy the Combine had been in cold war with since the Imperial Party took power. Now he was on the stage as their leader. They just didn't know how to react.

He stood in behind the podium and looked at them with his good eye. "I was leader of Baggera. Your enemy. I allowed my nation to be annexed. I left the nation and allowed the Assault Marines to take Baggeran soil as their own. I had Belarus destroyed by nuclear weapons!" He paused to let the resounding boos settle down. "What you do not know is that I was the one who had your great deserter and mortal enemy Varchak killed. I ran from my nation across the twenty miles of hell that was our border and entered Crimmond. The annexation of Baggera was all in my plans for Crimmond and Baggera!"

The crowd had gone silent again. Oran hissed softly under his mask. He spoke softly. "I will lead this party back to power in Skye. I can usurp the usurpers and I can destroy the Black Staff and Administrator Delta!" He had to pause now for cheers. "And!" he shouted to quiet them. "And if I fail... I will step down off whatever stage I am on and let you have your revenge for my failure." With that, he spun around and marched off the stage.

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Administrator Delta was not a happy man.

"Riok Oran?! I was told he was dead! Damn it you piece of living sh*t! Riok Oran holds power in all of what was Baggera if these reports are right. He'll not only usurp us, he'll destroy us!"

And agent spoke up. "Sir, we could kil-" He stopped when Delta spun on him and smacked him.

"Kill Oran? Are you out of your damn mind?! He's announced his plans and if he winds up dead, the people will not stand for it. We will be finished! Get out of my sight and never enter it again ir I'll put a bullet through your face! It might raise your IQ." As the man fled, Delta turned to the other agents. "We need to put a message out."

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Riok Oran is still a wanted criminal for crimes against the Combine and cannot hold power legally in this nation.

Any political organization supporting former Baggeran Overlord Riok Oran must turn him over to the Black Staff immediately or face severe penalties.

Riok Oran is to be shot on sight. All police and military are ordered to do so. Private persons are urged to. A reward of 1 million Crimmars(OOC: 4.6 million USD) will be given to the gunman. The reward is doubled if he is alive.

Such was the message. No one in the Imperial party payed it much mind.

OOC:

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Imperial Party Leader Riok Oran

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Administrator Delta

Emperor Tradien looked over the report. "It seems there's unrest everywhere. I thought things were bad in the Republic..."

Samson nodded. "There's definitely something strange with all these uprisings and political revolutions. Do you think it could be him?"

"The Crimson King does work in strange ways. Perhaps he creates this unrest to prepare for his arrival." Traiden considered the prospect, then shuddered.

"Still though, he's only regarded as a legend. There was a Crimson King, but he died nearly 2,000 years ago, after the Ten Year War. This abomination, The Crimson King, that we hear about today... he's just a myth to scare the children."

"Perhaps. Whatever the case may be, there's something strange at work. Keep me posted on the Crimmond situation. If the slightest murmur of upheaval presents itself, I want to know about it."

[ooc:sorry for the irrelevant stuff about the crimson king, just had to put some context for us being interested. Needless to say, traiden will be watching closely. :D]

OOC: No prob. I like detailed posts, even if it's just an elaborate tag for the moment. :D

Oran marched through the halls of the headquarters in Skye. "This is the perfect time to start. Skye is still being rebuilt from the AI, the Black Staff leadership is in Myer and we have over two and a half billion party members and supporters. We can't lose. We won't."

The other man nodded. "Yes sir. But there is a catch in your plan."

"What are you talking about?"

"Ghost. The APTO represenative has been trying to get Delta to step down for months and instate her as ruler."

Riok stopped in his tracks. "How do you know about this?"

"That doesn't matter. Ghost is claiming to be the rightful heir."

"Heir?!" He snorted. "Crimmond doesn't HAVE an heir. The last Imperial family was the Tians and both are long since dead."

"Nevertheless..."

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Hours passed since that conversation hours after the announcement. Anti-Black Staff sentiment was everywhere. It was the first time in Crimmond's history that the populace ever openly opposed a leader since the Polish revolution that founded the nation.

Delta was beyond annoyed or mad or even shocked. He was nervous. He could lose his power in the matter of a day if the tide turned against him. What would he do then? Go back to the Freeks and the Halls of the Dead? Not God damn likely. "I want Riok Oran in Inferno by the end of this month."

The others blinked. Inferno was the penitentiary built to be like Dante's own inferno. Once you got sent there... you didn't come back out with your head attached.