Declaration Of War

[The Republic Of Liberty]

The room is the usual one held for Presidential speeches, the news channels have been called quickly to this surprise press conference. It is strange normally the President gives ample notrice but something about this one is different.

Without ceremony President Powell walks into the room and stands at the pedesatl bearing the Presidential Seal.

"It is with great sorrow that the Liberty Government feels compelled to state the following:

Owing to a total breakdown in communication with the Rheinland Government, and numerous acts of terrorism, libel, slander, espionage and other crimes against our great House. We, Liberty, have decided that the only solution is to break the accords signed so long ago forbidding war between the Houses.

Therefore as of now, Liberty stands at a state of open War with Rheinland.
The Liberty Navy are called to duty at this time, to fight with the honor and valor that is expected from them. To them I say this: Your sacrifices will be many, your courage must be strong, but your House needs you. Your House needs you to defend her good name. To defeat the forces of darkness that would beseige our very souls were it given the chance. Liberty needs you to be strong for her people, needs you to stand up for what is right and push these foul people back and show them what a true House can do.

To the Liberty Police, we ask for you unyielding watchfulness, to defend our home from insurgency within. Watch for the treasonous, the treacherous. For they will exist. They will try to usurp us from within, for they are the serpent within the garden of Eden, they are the poison in the goblet of wine, the snake in the grass. By your vigilance this pestilence will be allowed no quarter.

To the Liberty Security Force, Liberty asks you to continue the work you have started, the information you have gathered and will gather will be invaluable in the coming days, without your work this War will not be won, without your work our police forces will not function properly, your task is to be the glue that binds us together.

I even call to our local malcontents, to the Xenos and the Hackers, even the Rogues. Liberty will not be better under the totalitarian regime of Rheinland. If you truly desire change, if you truly wish to reach your goals, diplomatic talks with us is your only chance to gain it. Without Liberty you will be forever shackled to an evil greater than you purport to fight.

To Rheinland I say this. Your lies have gone too far, your attacks upon our holdings too much. No longer will we tolerate this. As of this day you will be made to pay for your crimes.


For Liberty!"

He stands still and awaits the questions.

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