The Real ALM
10-02-2005, 03:42
The Governor's Office, Richmond, Virginia, Around Tea Time.
The Governor of Virginia was going upstairs to get some work done, and naturally, he was quite busy.
He was a powerful man, ever since the fall of the Old USA, the Governor of Virginia had been an elected position, ruled by persons of uneven quality. This Governor, Jack Fester, was a particularly incompetent person, a party regular with political savvy but no people skills. He had tried to waste his resources in a war against West Virginia, the people there had resisted, and currently, he was in a quagmire, fighting the United Mine Workers of America, coal miners who had to unfortunate luck to get their hands on sophisticated weaponry. The fact that he was also fond of slashing public services and sleeping with the help was not encouraging his prospects of reelection either.
Now, he had many enemies. One of these groups was a party called the United Freedom Party, a conservative party that was near-fascist in its composure. Lately, it had joined the chorus of voices calling for impeachment that included some of the Old US political parties (the Democrats and the Republicans), the Socialist and persons of all types.
Unbeknownst to the general public, this group was a front. The Real ALM had bankrolled a group of like-minded persons, living in Richmond, in their attempts to form a political party. They got off of the ground, their ultranationalist cries for less immigrants, stronger law and order, tax reform and a gay marriage ban found favor with a lot of persons who found the existing parties to liberal or too indecisive to their liking. They especially liked the classic feel good message of their front man, Jake Featherston IV, was a dashing young man with charm, and plenty of charisma. He was also a man who had political savvy and no tolerance for enemies.
Such was the meteoric rise of Featherston that Fester had to get him as his Vice President, for he thought that this would save him. Little did he know that this agreement, which got him elected, would also get him killed.
The UFP obliged. Now, unbeknown to Governor Fester, an assassin with a Barrett was in a nearby boardinghouse, gun at the ready, to do a very evil deed.
Breathing in and out, he armed the rifle and waited for the Governor to get into his upstairs office.
Governor Fester soon played into his hands, he walked into plain sight, unaware of his fate. The assassin zeroed the sights, aimed for Fester, and fired, shuffling Fester loose of his mortal coil with one shot to the head.
He then packed up his rifle, and made good his escape. Before he left, he left a series of cleverly forged documents, in the name of the Virginia Socialist Party and the United Mine Workers of America, that would implicate them in the scheme.
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Several Hours later
By now, the assassination was news all over Virgina and occupied West Virginia. The newsmen reported it the way the UFP and the RALM wanted it to play out.
"This is Jane Wheatley of Virginia State News. Our Governor, Jack Fester, was killed by an assassin's bullet. Police say that the man responsible, 23-year old Mikey Foster, a member of the Virginia Socialist Party and a sympathizer with the outlaw United Mine Workers of America, was found trying to flee into West Virginia, and that he put a significant fight, taken down in the end by Virginia State Troopers. Vice President Featherston has called for a state of emergency and has declared the Socialist Party of Virginia And West Virginia a terrorist group, and urges all good Virginians to be on the lookout for terrorists in their midst."
The news shocked the nation, and now, people were amazed at the audacity of the Reds, how could they do such a thing! Surely, they could have used the ballot like everyone else to eliminate Fester.
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Several Days Later
But that was only the beginning.
Soon, this news hit the airwaves:
"This is Jane Wheatley of Virginia State News. Today, another tragedy has hit the State of Virginia. Terrorists have hit the Virginian State Legislature building today while the Legislature was in session, killing most of those inside using an ammonium nitrate fertilizer bomb. Similar reports are coming out of Norfolk, as saboteurs have sunk the V.S.S. Robert E. Lee. President Featherston has extended the state of emergency and has announced that he will assume emergency Powers to rule the nation in our our of crisis."
Of course, they did not know that these bombings engineered by the RALM, disguised as the work of the Socialists. But they did know that they hit the nation hard, decapitating much of its government.
Even worse, Featherston got on TV, and in horrific parody of McCarthy, this scene played out:
"Citizens of Virginia, the Socialist conspiracy is not limited to the Socialist Party itself. It has the support of the United Mine Workers of America, the radical group that is engaging in its own campaign of terror in West Virginia now against our allies there. I have here the names of 500 Democrats, Republicans, and other persons who have conspired with the Socialists and the UMWA to betray the state of Virginia to the forces of mob rule. Here is list, and the names as follows: Robert Donovan, Michael Forester.......
(After 30 minutes, he stops, and finishes.)
Citizens of Virginia, I urge you to turn these men out. Turn in anyone who aids them, anyone who shows sympathy for them, for they impede the course of justice. You will be rewarded. Thank you."
These acts provoked a mass hysteria. Soon, things came to a halt as Socialists became the target of pogroms, kangaroo courts were set up, the nation descended into chaos. It became impossible to protest Featherston's regime, unless you wanted to be branded a Socialist.
Alas, as Kimiko Ayasugi saw this, she said to herself, "Attaboy, Jake. Now, bring in the Liberty Brigades."
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Several Weeks Later
The Hysteria now at a furious terrific crescendo, it claimed many lives. Now, it was clearly spiraling out of control, like most hysterias do, unleashing the worst in human nature, and allowing those emotions to egg it on, feeding it with more victims and hate. In West Virginia, ruled by the Virginian Committee For Public Safety, the rebellious United Mine Workers of America forces took several key positions, only fueling the fire.
This is what Jake Featherston wanted. Now, he could finally complete the plan, and allow RALM troops to come in.
He called Shogun Ayasugi, using his secure satellite phone.
"Hello."
Kimiko said, in her characteristic Marlene Dietrich voice, "Hey......how's the bloody work?"
Jake then said, "The work goes well, the people are now so caught up in a state of zealous witch hunting that they have forgotten about the law. You know we have had a frightening amount of vandalism, murders and robberies in recent months? People have lost trust in one another....anarchy now reigns. Karl von Esling will love cleaning this up."
Kimiko laughed and said, "Oh but he will, it is his favorite job. And now that society has lost its way, we will put Humpty Dumpty back together again, in our image. Go on the Tube, tell the people that your leader has authorized the recruitment of a new National Guard, to be trained using foreign advisor's to keep law and order. In this climate, people will join, they will have to. Among the ranks of these advisors will be men from the Tokko and the Liberty Brigades. We will aid you in securing power, and keep our end of the bargain. Remember yours."
Jake said, "Very well. I will."
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Two Days Later
At around 12 noon, Vice President Featherston got on the TV again, he had done this many times, this was the make or break speech.
The camera on, he began to speak, with great conviction and courage.
"Loyal citizens of Virginia, east and west. I come before you now, as the crisis that the Socialists and the UMWA have perpetrated upon us is now too great to handle using the existing law systems. Consulting my advisors, I have decided to call up a new National Guard and Federal Police, to help restore order and organize the numerous operations now underway to ferret out the conspiracy. I have brought in 20,000 foreign experts to help us, they will help the great state of Virginia save itself from evil and pave the way for a glorious future. I urge you to welcome them, and to listen to what they have to say, for if we are to fully and finally extinguish the Socialist/UMWA menace, we must work together. Together, we can do it."
The camera then cut, and Featherston left to meet with the advisors in Richmond, they would be flying in An-225's.
As he got inside his Cadillac to go to Richmond International, he seemed assured that the plan was going well.
But this was not going to be easy, he sensed. The UMWA was still reigning supreme in West Virginia's countryside, a movement denouncing the Panic had sprung up, calling themselves the "Sons of Liberty," and the people of Virginia would riot when they saw what he and his benefactors had in store for them.
OOC: This RP will need some persons to RP as:
The United Mine Workers of America- A union of coal miners in West Virginia that has turned into a guerrilla army, since the Virginian Incursion under Governor Fester.
The Sons of Liberty- A society dedicated to ending the Panic. They wish to get Featherston out of power, by all means possible.
Bear in mind, ultimately, this should lead to the RALM establishing a shadow government over Virginia and West Virginia, so those who do join should account for this.
The Governor of Virginia was going upstairs to get some work done, and naturally, he was quite busy.
He was a powerful man, ever since the fall of the Old USA, the Governor of Virginia had been an elected position, ruled by persons of uneven quality. This Governor, Jack Fester, was a particularly incompetent person, a party regular with political savvy but no people skills. He had tried to waste his resources in a war against West Virginia, the people there had resisted, and currently, he was in a quagmire, fighting the United Mine Workers of America, coal miners who had to unfortunate luck to get their hands on sophisticated weaponry. The fact that he was also fond of slashing public services and sleeping with the help was not encouraging his prospects of reelection either.
Now, he had many enemies. One of these groups was a party called the United Freedom Party, a conservative party that was near-fascist in its composure. Lately, it had joined the chorus of voices calling for impeachment that included some of the Old US political parties (the Democrats and the Republicans), the Socialist and persons of all types.
Unbeknownst to the general public, this group was a front. The Real ALM had bankrolled a group of like-minded persons, living in Richmond, in their attempts to form a political party. They got off of the ground, their ultranationalist cries for less immigrants, stronger law and order, tax reform and a gay marriage ban found favor with a lot of persons who found the existing parties to liberal or too indecisive to their liking. They especially liked the classic feel good message of their front man, Jake Featherston IV, was a dashing young man with charm, and plenty of charisma. He was also a man who had political savvy and no tolerance for enemies.
Such was the meteoric rise of Featherston that Fester had to get him as his Vice President, for he thought that this would save him. Little did he know that this agreement, which got him elected, would also get him killed.
The UFP obliged. Now, unbeknown to Governor Fester, an assassin with a Barrett was in a nearby boardinghouse, gun at the ready, to do a very evil deed.
Breathing in and out, he armed the rifle and waited for the Governor to get into his upstairs office.
Governor Fester soon played into his hands, he walked into plain sight, unaware of his fate. The assassin zeroed the sights, aimed for Fester, and fired, shuffling Fester loose of his mortal coil with one shot to the head.
He then packed up his rifle, and made good his escape. Before he left, he left a series of cleverly forged documents, in the name of the Virginia Socialist Party and the United Mine Workers of America, that would implicate them in the scheme.
------------
Several Hours later
By now, the assassination was news all over Virgina and occupied West Virginia. The newsmen reported it the way the UFP and the RALM wanted it to play out.
"This is Jane Wheatley of Virginia State News. Our Governor, Jack Fester, was killed by an assassin's bullet. Police say that the man responsible, 23-year old Mikey Foster, a member of the Virginia Socialist Party and a sympathizer with the outlaw United Mine Workers of America, was found trying to flee into West Virginia, and that he put a significant fight, taken down in the end by Virginia State Troopers. Vice President Featherston has called for a state of emergency and has declared the Socialist Party of Virginia And West Virginia a terrorist group, and urges all good Virginians to be on the lookout for terrorists in their midst."
The news shocked the nation, and now, people were amazed at the audacity of the Reds, how could they do such a thing! Surely, they could have used the ballot like everyone else to eliminate Fester.
-----------------------------
Several Days Later
But that was only the beginning.
Soon, this news hit the airwaves:
"This is Jane Wheatley of Virginia State News. Today, another tragedy has hit the State of Virginia. Terrorists have hit the Virginian State Legislature building today while the Legislature was in session, killing most of those inside using an ammonium nitrate fertilizer bomb. Similar reports are coming out of Norfolk, as saboteurs have sunk the V.S.S. Robert E. Lee. President Featherston has extended the state of emergency and has announced that he will assume emergency Powers to rule the nation in our our of crisis."
Of course, they did not know that these bombings engineered by the RALM, disguised as the work of the Socialists. But they did know that they hit the nation hard, decapitating much of its government.
Even worse, Featherston got on TV, and in horrific parody of McCarthy, this scene played out:
"Citizens of Virginia, the Socialist conspiracy is not limited to the Socialist Party itself. It has the support of the United Mine Workers of America, the radical group that is engaging in its own campaign of terror in West Virginia now against our allies there. I have here the names of 500 Democrats, Republicans, and other persons who have conspired with the Socialists and the UMWA to betray the state of Virginia to the forces of mob rule. Here is list, and the names as follows: Robert Donovan, Michael Forester.......
(After 30 minutes, he stops, and finishes.)
Citizens of Virginia, I urge you to turn these men out. Turn in anyone who aids them, anyone who shows sympathy for them, for they impede the course of justice. You will be rewarded. Thank you."
These acts provoked a mass hysteria. Soon, things came to a halt as Socialists became the target of pogroms, kangaroo courts were set up, the nation descended into chaos. It became impossible to protest Featherston's regime, unless you wanted to be branded a Socialist.
Alas, as Kimiko Ayasugi saw this, she said to herself, "Attaboy, Jake. Now, bring in the Liberty Brigades."
------------------------------------------
Several Weeks Later
The Hysteria now at a furious terrific crescendo, it claimed many lives. Now, it was clearly spiraling out of control, like most hysterias do, unleashing the worst in human nature, and allowing those emotions to egg it on, feeding it with more victims and hate. In West Virginia, ruled by the Virginian Committee For Public Safety, the rebellious United Mine Workers of America forces took several key positions, only fueling the fire.
This is what Jake Featherston wanted. Now, he could finally complete the plan, and allow RALM troops to come in.
He called Shogun Ayasugi, using his secure satellite phone.
"Hello."
Kimiko said, in her characteristic Marlene Dietrich voice, "Hey......how's the bloody work?"
Jake then said, "The work goes well, the people are now so caught up in a state of zealous witch hunting that they have forgotten about the law. You know we have had a frightening amount of vandalism, murders and robberies in recent months? People have lost trust in one another....anarchy now reigns. Karl von Esling will love cleaning this up."
Kimiko laughed and said, "Oh but he will, it is his favorite job. And now that society has lost its way, we will put Humpty Dumpty back together again, in our image. Go on the Tube, tell the people that your leader has authorized the recruitment of a new National Guard, to be trained using foreign advisor's to keep law and order. In this climate, people will join, they will have to. Among the ranks of these advisors will be men from the Tokko and the Liberty Brigades. We will aid you in securing power, and keep our end of the bargain. Remember yours."
Jake said, "Very well. I will."
---------------------------------------------
Two Days Later
At around 12 noon, Vice President Featherston got on the TV again, he had done this many times, this was the make or break speech.
The camera on, he began to speak, with great conviction and courage.
"Loyal citizens of Virginia, east and west. I come before you now, as the crisis that the Socialists and the UMWA have perpetrated upon us is now too great to handle using the existing law systems. Consulting my advisors, I have decided to call up a new National Guard and Federal Police, to help restore order and organize the numerous operations now underway to ferret out the conspiracy. I have brought in 20,000 foreign experts to help us, they will help the great state of Virginia save itself from evil and pave the way for a glorious future. I urge you to welcome them, and to listen to what they have to say, for if we are to fully and finally extinguish the Socialist/UMWA menace, we must work together. Together, we can do it."
The camera then cut, and Featherston left to meet with the advisors in Richmond, they would be flying in An-225's.
As he got inside his Cadillac to go to Richmond International, he seemed assured that the plan was going well.
But this was not going to be easy, he sensed. The UMWA was still reigning supreme in West Virginia's countryside, a movement denouncing the Panic had sprung up, calling themselves the "Sons of Liberty," and the people of Virginia would riot when they saw what he and his benefactors had in store for them.
OOC: This RP will need some persons to RP as:
The United Mine Workers of America- A union of coal miners in West Virginia that has turned into a guerrilla army, since the Virginian Incursion under Governor Fester.
The Sons of Liberty- A society dedicated to ending the Panic. They wish to get Featherston out of power, by all means possible.
Bear in mind, ultimately, this should lead to the RALM establishing a shadow government over Virginia and West Virginia, so those who do join should account for this.