Gallic News Service - 742 AGS Saturday August 31st, 1400 New Paris Time
Second Gallic War has Ended!
The Second Gallic War ended in a ceasefire last Saturday, as Royalist forces under command of Rear Admiral Bastien Savatier de Fontenoy received the order to surrender from the Grand Duchy of Burgundy, a royalist secessionist polity formed in a state of emergency by the Duke of Burgundy.
In the absence of the King or any heirs, Valentin Trintignant, Duke of Burgundy, gathered the support of the nobility of Burgundy, the Marquise de Vandoevres and Marquis de Roanne in Lorraine, while offering the Vicomptesse Allos de Metz, grande maitresse de l'Office Royal des Eaux et Forets the financial support needed to continue their terraforming operation in Lorraine. The Duke initiated talks last week to discuss the glassing of Leeds and the Crown's imminent defeat at the hands of Allied forces in Bretonia. Only minutes after the Council's Fleet moved on Planet New Paris, Trintignant declared himself Grand Duke of The Grand Duchy of Burgundy and authorized the surrender of the Royal Navy. His haste in calling for a ceasefire likely saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Gallic citizens threatened by collateral damage from battle over Planet New Paris. While most Royalist ships in Gallia's core systems recognized and surrendered to the authority of the Duchy, Admiral Savatier did not, and slipped the Rocroi away from the site of the battle in the confusion. Battleship Rocroi and her cohort remain at large, but have not been seen or heard from since the battle.
The Council reciprocated not only the ceasefire but also with the formation of a new governing body. The systems of Champagne, Picardy, and Orleanais declared their independence as the Republique of Gallia, a decision which appears to have been in the works for some time. Unlike the ad hoc vassalage of the Duchy, the Republique presented itself with a fully fledged constitution and complete governing body, led by President Orianne Castaignède, the former Governor of Marne.
The systems of Dauphine and Languedoc both formed provisional governments following the fall of the Monarchy, however both declined invitations to join the Republique. This decision could be linked to the significant losses both systems incurred on account of the Council's direct and indirect interference during the Second Gallic War. Officials from Gap and Quillan are rumored be engaged in preliminary talks with the Minarchy of Provence, who have extended offers of free trade and protection to the two war torn systems, which seem reluctant to view both the Duchy and Republique as having the best interests of the historically poor region in mind.
Ile de France, possessing no noteworthy standing military of its own following the mass exodus of nobles to the Gallic Hebrides, has declared itself a neutral, autonomous territory. This decision was grudgingly accepted by the Republique, aware of its low reputation among Parisians owing to decades of royal propaganda. Such a move was seen as the best way to demonstrate the fall of the Monarchy and secure the former seat of royal power without bloodshed. In response political instability after the Exodus of the King, the Acting Viceroy of Ile de France, a former low ranking regional official who now speaks for the political associations on New Paris, has called for the Republique, Duchy, and Minarchy to send diplomatic representatives to the negotiating table, where it seems the future of Gallia will be decided in the weeks to come.■
Special Correspondent, Clovis Auberjonois
Tags: Gallia, Gallic War, Ile de France, Planet New Paris, King Charles, GRN, Politics, Council, Republique, Minarchy, Duchy, Burgundy
Near ten billion dead, displaced, or in slavery, a government was overthrown, Kusari had a civil war, Bretonia's been burnt to ash, the Taus are a graveyard, the Crayterians lost a planet, Cardamine spread to another damn house, Gaia's getting turned into a war machine, Gallia's King is in a coma, trade lanes are destroyed, systems have been burned and abandoned, the tensions started new wars all over the sector, Leeds has been glassed, organisations and treaties that once existed had dissolved, poverty is rampant, slavery is on the up-and-up, three entire generations have been lost, and for the first time since the Nomad war we're asking questions about if we all deserve to survive. The economy is tanked, food and medical suprise are worth their weight in iridium, and every day a few hundred schools get defended to smash a bottle against the bows of a shiny new battleship with a life expectancy of about a week.
I suppose mentioning my family's demise doesn't mean fiddle against that.
I hope it was worth it, Charles DeFrance.
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