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Location: Apoclania Capital City, Government Square, Office of the Dictator
Time: 7:30 pm

The Dictator of Apoclania sat at his desk one evening, staring out the window at a beautiful sunset. He sighed in contentment, enjoying the splendor.
His moment of peace was interupted by a knock on his office door.

"Enter." he ordered.

General Gregory Stans strode into the room holding an important document.

"Ah, General! Welcome. Is this the information I requested?"

"Yes, sir. It is."

Calmly, the dictator flipped through the pages of the documents, which outlined sensitive military information.

"The field tests we performed with political prisoners were, well, interesting, to say the least."

Stans passed the dictator some pictures. One picture was of an armoured soldier brutally dismembering a cowering prisoner.

The dictator winced, then licked his lips. "Delicious. You've done well, General. Now, what news on the renegades?"

"We have narrowed their main position to a suburb in the slums area of the Capital City."

"I want to to crush them as soon as you are ready. If any are alive after the attacks, we'll use them as test candidates."

"My forces have already been prepared for attack."

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Location: Apoclanian Capital City, Slums, District 18, Renegade Headquarters
Time: 2 Hours Later

There was a thick blanket of silence over district 18. Disguised renegade soldiers marched on a silent patrol, insuring no government forces snuck in. They were about to be put to the test.

At checkpoint B1, two Renegade Soldiers noticed a dark figure walking towards them.

"Hey! You there!" shouted one, stepping foreward.

The figure did not respond, and kept walking.

"Hey! Stop there!" he said, stepping up to the dark man.

The other soldier watched in shock as the cloaked man produced a glistening sword, and plunged it into the chest of his comrade. Before he could cry out in warning, the sword was torn out, and flung at him, piercing his throat and pinning him to a wall.

At other checkpoints, similiar events were taking place, renegade soldiers being brutally killed by dark figures. One by one, they relayed that checkpoints were clear. Large squads of special ops soldiers swarmed in, intent on making kills. Commanding Officers ordered soldiers to take up sniper positions, and all others to lie in wait.

Squads of soldiers snuck up to the main building which housed sleeping renegades. They waited, and the order was given: "Flush those bastards out!" The squads raised tear gas launchers, and firing them as if they were machine guns, filled each floor with a suffocating cloud of gas. Shouts rang out from inside the building as chaos broke loose.

"What the hell?!"

"We're under attack!"

"Get out!"

Doors burst open as stunned renegades fled out into the slums. They ran right into a barrage of sniper fire. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! With each shot, a renegade fell dead, blood splattered behind him. Seconds after the last sniper shot was fired, ground teams swarmed into the building.

Gunfire, explosions, and screams rang out as the Apoclanian Special Forces systematically slaughtered every man and woman in the building. The children were tranquilized, and sent off to be trained as soldiers for the special forces. The survivors were dragged out of the building, to be tortured and killed as punishment for resisting the government.

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Location: Apoclanian Capital City, Dictator's Home
Time: 5 Minutes Later

The dictator's phone rang.

"Mission Complete, sir"

He smiled. "Call a press conference tomorrow morning"

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As news of the slaughter of renegades reached international ears, many countries were shocked at the ferocity of the attack, and demanded an explaination.

At a press conference the morning after the attack, the dictator said:

"I did what I did because I had to. Those renegades had sabatoged critical power systems, destroyed economic efforts, amoung many other things. I felt it necessary to crush them in such a way that it would strike fear into those that would oppose us in such a fashion. No one is exempt from some form of punishment."

Several found this explaination unsatisfactory, and demanded more. The dictator said more would be told when the proper time came, a move that outraged many.

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Location: Apoclanian Capital City, Slums, District 23, Renegade Outpost 5
Time: 1 Hour Later

A group of 15 renegades had just received the news of the horrible slaughter in District 18.

"How...could they do that? We're human beings!"
"They don't seem to give a ****."

"We have to take revenge for our fallen comrades!"
"And what? Have those black armoured monsters come after us? It'll be even worse than the last time!"

"Hang on!" shouted the leader of the group. "If we are to do anything to the government, we first have to organize what's left of our resistance. If we have enough resources for an attack, then we shall attack. For now, we bide our time. If we stay hidden, we are safe."

Almost instantly, the only window in the room exploded inwards as a black armoured soldier wielding an assault rifle and a wristblade. Without hesistation, he speared the group leader, and hurled him out the window before unleashing his rifle on the stunned renegades. Desperately, they tried to fight back, but the soldier's body armour was too strong for their weapons to pierce in time. In less than 5 seconds, they were all dead.

The soldier grabbed his radio, and called his commanding officer. "This is Unit 12. Outpost 5 is clear, moving to Outpost 6."

As he moved to the window, he winced in pain. Looking down, he saw blood trickling out of some bullet wounds in his torso and right thigh. Ignoring the pain, he moved onto his next target.

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News of the systematic elimination of renegades seeped out of Apoclania. The Apoclanian Government feared international backlash, but would not go back on its plans. The renegades must be stopped.

Vestern States Foregin Department transmission:
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We are shocked about this slaugther!
Was it really neccery to kill everyone in there?
And the send the children avay to become killers!?

We are very upset abput this an if we hear anything more about torture or similars, we will sent a group of observers to you, just to ensure that no humar rigths are being violated any more.
We are directing sattelites to the area to keep an eye out for attacks on innocent civilians.
We support you in the matter of eliminating the renegades but you must do it in other ways!
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The government of Blargistania has issued the following release:

The people of Blargistania are shocked at such brutality. We would ask that Apoclania simply arrest all renegades and bring them to trial for treason. Would this not be a better way to serve justice? Besides giving the people a chance to see the rebels that are weakening their country, it serves a more human purpose: avoiding slaughter.

We put forward the following proposition: stop killing rebels. Bring them to trial. International observers will watch over these trials to assure of their authenticity. From there we, as a community, can decide how to further proceed.

Heeding warnings from other nations, The Government of Apoclania issued a statement to rebels:

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-Lay down your arms immediately
-Surrender your leaders
-Return any stolen technologies
-Cooperate fully with all military forces

If all these terms are met, the government will grant limited amnesty to the rebels. We will put the renegade leaders on trial for treason, and all of their followers will receive only moderate punishments.

Any resistance will be met with the same aggression shown in previous attacks.

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Following the statement's release, several rebel leaders ordered their followers to surrender, of which many complied. Some of the more aggressive rebel leaders (of which were few) were sentenced to death, while others where given life sentences. The followers were only given year long maximum prison sentences.

However, many of the leftover rebels and their leaders vowed not to give in to government forces. The rebels massed their forces, and elected a leader. He vowed that his forces would die before submitted to the "facist, capatalist bastards". "On our honour, we will show all possible resistance until our bodies can no longer draw breath, and until our hearts can no longer pump blood" said Jay Daveson, the new rebel leader.

The Apoclanian Military began to mobilize troops to eradicate the rebels, giving them one final warning. After that, mercy was not an option.