To Tame a Living God

[Dromund Kaas]

SIC

Elements of the 1st Imperial Home Fleet prepare for embarkation. The task force is to include one SVTOL carrier equipped with three X90 UAV's equipped with air to surface guided missiles. Escorts range from three 'Steamrunner' destroyers, and two 'Leopard' corvettes and two 'Saber' submarines. Air support is to be provided by four Ar 10 Naval Interceptors and two He 65 Gunship's.

Readiness orders are sent to all personnel involved, though it would take at least a full day before they are ready to depart.

 

[Dromund Kaas]

:: SIGINT RELAY COMMAND ::
:: CLASSIFICATION LAMBDA (SECRET) ::

TO: Imperial Ground Forces Command
FROM: Marshal Veradun Malgus, COMMANDER OF IMPERIAL GROUND AND NAVAL FORCES

RE:

All designated units within the 1st Imp. Home Flt are hereby reorganized into a field ready task force, code name TARAL. All personnel are directed to report immediately and prepare for embarkation on FLASH I status. All provisions and equipment are to be stowed immediately, and all vessels and equipment brought to full battle readiness within forty eight hours.

Task Force TARAL will be given further instructions and deployment orders within seventy two hours of receipt of this message.

 

[Dromund Kaas]

Kaas City - Imperial Palace
0129 Hours


The call came as quickly as his sleep seemingly had. Rousing him roughly, the president of Dromund Kaas, Rycus Kilran rose with a groan. slapping his hand first on his alarm clock, and then realizing the time, he reached over and finally lifted the receiver on phone base. Speaking hoarsely,

"...hello?"

There was a short pause as the lines of communication caught up. An earlier outage in the city had caused some of the phone circuits to lag recently. Only now had communication in the whole city been restored to a sense of normalcy.

"Mr. President, there's been an incident..."

Heart sinking in his gut, Rycus' first thought was damn communists!, but that was short lived, however, as the man on the other end spoke again.

"The parliament voted last night to over rule your edict regarding the Solaren crisis. They've placed the 1st home fleet on alert, and issued an ultimatum to Urban's government."

Now quite awake, the president flung himself out of bed, and rose shakily to his feet.

"They did WHAT?!" he roared. His reforms had left small loopholes in the constitutional framework of the country, and had left him exposed. He did not know just how exposed he really was, until now.

"I want those responsible in my office, first thing in the morning. Countermand the orders immediately, and return our forces to normal readiness."

There was a loud bang, and the sound of gunshots in the hall. Suddenly, a man screamed in Russian, pleading for his life. There was an inaudible reply, and another loud shot from just outside the door. The door to his chambers burst open, and a squad of sturmgrenadiers entered the president's room, all of their weapons pointing directly at him.

The president only had a mere few seconds to reflect on his grievous error in unleashing the forces of democracy in his country, before the first of nearly 60 rounds lit up the dark room, and riddled his body. Shell casings lay smoking on the floor as the squad of four soldiers surveyed their grim masterpiece.

The reign of tyranny in Dromund Kaas, was over. The revolution begins...