Godular
10-12-2004, 22:10
Cassius sat at his desk, calculating receipts and tallying totals as he usually did whenever nothing else was going on, when one of the Archonal viewscreens activated without warning.
"CASSIUS! They tried shit again!"
"Who tried? And what is the nature of this excrement?"
"The damn neo-nazis!"
Cassius' eyebrows perked momentarily. This was not the first time the nazis had attempted an assassination on one of the Archons. Cassius himself was actually the first target, but thanks to The Twelfth One, that attack was thwarted handily.
"I'm guessing since you're calling me that they were not successful?"
"The little bastards screamed some kind of war cry at the front steps. Didn't even make it to the front door. Somebody needs to tell them idiots that you don't go telegraphing your intentions in front of four cougars."
Cassius winced visibly. "That couldn't have been pretty."
"It'll take forever to mop up the blood. And some poor receptionist is going to need therapy."
"I'd expect nothing less. Is the ident confirmed?"
"Nazis. When they walk up screaming 'HEIL HITLER!' and ranting on and on to the masses about how we're all going to hell because our genetic overhaul plan includes jet black skin, you kinda know who's comin' a-knockin'."
Cassius slumped into his chair. More un-fun paperwork. Yay.
"We need to put these bastards down, Cassius. We let them live after they tried to take you down even after the Treasonous Conspiracy charge went through, but they're getting out of hand."
"I know, I know. I'll call a general meeting. Even the principality archons will be required to participate, as we both know they seem to originate from the Caleshan."
"Alright, call me when you're about to start, I need to go down and give the police a statement, although I suspect they already know what happened."
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And so it began.
The order went through to the Security Directorate to round up and jail all individuals affiliated with the nazi insurgency. Some fought, then died. Others went peacefully, and were treated with at least some modicum of decency.
They were mostly adult men, though some women and children were among the numbers. All told, some fifteen thousand individuals were incarcerated. Fully a third were executed outright as they were deemed to "militant" to merit further action. The few children who were taken were sent to military schools to get the opinion ground out of them, and the women and remaining males were placed in a deportation camp, awaiting transfer to a hardship dimension with desert and more man-eating teddy bears.
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As Cassius read the progress reports, he thought to himself somewhat glumly, We should have dealt with this long ago. Here we are, an enlightened nation traveling across the stars and the very planes of existence themselves, and we still have problems with racist punks getting all hot and bothered over genetic reconfig plans. We let it go for too long. Well, situation remedied. I need some damn vodka.
"CASSIUS! They tried shit again!"
"Who tried? And what is the nature of this excrement?"
"The damn neo-nazis!"
Cassius' eyebrows perked momentarily. This was not the first time the nazis had attempted an assassination on one of the Archons. Cassius himself was actually the first target, but thanks to The Twelfth One, that attack was thwarted handily.
"I'm guessing since you're calling me that they were not successful?"
"The little bastards screamed some kind of war cry at the front steps. Didn't even make it to the front door. Somebody needs to tell them idiots that you don't go telegraphing your intentions in front of four cougars."
Cassius winced visibly. "That couldn't have been pretty."
"It'll take forever to mop up the blood. And some poor receptionist is going to need therapy."
"I'd expect nothing less. Is the ident confirmed?"
"Nazis. When they walk up screaming 'HEIL HITLER!' and ranting on and on to the masses about how we're all going to hell because our genetic overhaul plan includes jet black skin, you kinda know who's comin' a-knockin'."
Cassius slumped into his chair. More un-fun paperwork. Yay.
"We need to put these bastards down, Cassius. We let them live after they tried to take you down even after the Treasonous Conspiracy charge went through, but they're getting out of hand."
"I know, I know. I'll call a general meeting. Even the principality archons will be required to participate, as we both know they seem to originate from the Caleshan."
"Alright, call me when you're about to start, I need to go down and give the police a statement, although I suspect they already know what happened."
_____________________________________________________________
And so it began.
The order went through to the Security Directorate to round up and jail all individuals affiliated with the nazi insurgency. Some fought, then died. Others went peacefully, and were treated with at least some modicum of decency.
They were mostly adult men, though some women and children were among the numbers. All told, some fifteen thousand individuals were incarcerated. Fully a third were executed outright as they were deemed to "militant" to merit further action. The few children who were taken were sent to military schools to get the opinion ground out of them, and the women and remaining males were placed in a deportation camp, awaiting transfer to a hardship dimension with desert and more man-eating teddy bears.
____________________________________________________________
As Cassius read the progress reports, he thought to himself somewhat glumly, We should have dealt with this long ago. Here we are, an enlightened nation traveling across the stars and the very planes of existence themselves, and we still have problems with racist punks getting all hot and bothered over genetic reconfig plans. We let it go for too long. Well, situation remedied. I need some damn vodka.