Shootout in London, Constable gunned down in hostage situation, two officers injured.

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Shootout in London, Constable gunned down in hostage situation, two officers injured

[font=Comic Sans Ms]Exclusive report by Mandy Simons

Police reports have confirmed that the hostage situation which erupted in New London yesterday evening left a Bretonia Police Authority officer, Constable Alastair Graham Hind as well as at least two unidentified Armed Forces officers, dead at the feet of Coalition terrorists.

Witnesses and survivors of the massacre confirmed that the Constable flew from the orbit of Planet New London to confront a pair of vessels, later identified to be of the commonly seen Coalition bomber class, nicknamed "Revolution" by its pilots. With blind bravery, Constable Hind attempted to reason with the terrorists, even trying to make a peaceful arrest of the individuals, regardless of the fact that they were of superior odds.

<span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%][color=#999999]A Hussar-class light fighter, a model which was flown by Constable Hind during the engagement.

Following a brief exchange of words, Constable Hind identified captive and unconscious Bretonia Armed Forces pilots in the hold of the terrorist bombers, the exact quantity of the hostages was never named, according to witnesses. Just when the Constable seemed to have succeeded in persuading the captivators to release the Armed Forces personnel, the terrorists took a ruthless surprise move with jettisoning the Armed Forces pilots into space, then proceeding to destroy the escape pods they were still occupying.

Enraged by the mischievous act of terror, Constable Hind proceeded to engage the bombers, to which as a response, a further pair of Coalition very heavy fighters believed to be of Rheinland origin emerged and assaulted the officer attempting to force an arrest.

Against such odds, the officer called backup, Junior Constable Jim Mayfield and Sergeant Kiriko Hidamari, both of the Bretonia Police Authority soon arrived, but due to the fact that they engaged the hostiles separately, the light fighters all three officers flew hardly stood a chance. Officer Mayfield's vessel was shot down immediately, Constable Hind's ship was hit by a mine shortly before Sergeant Hidamari's arrival.

Constable Alastair Graham Hind, communications image recorded earlier.

The specific cause of the Constable's death is unknown, it is believed that his eject mechanisms malfunctioned, thus the pilot was trapped in his Hussar when the reactor core exploded. The state of the two injured officers is currently unknown and it is believed that the Coalition terrorists responsible for at least three officers brutally murdered, made their escape to Omega space, where they have hidden themselves.

[color=#C0C0C0][font=Comic Sans Ms]"This terrible example of communist terror," Armed Forces Captain Patrick McReary declared, "calls the whole Kingdom to awareness. The Coalition seeks nothing but to bring terror and destruction into Bretonia, the soulless execution of the Armed Forces officers is a foresight of what awaits us all if we don't resist their menace. Constable Hind of the Bretonia Police Authority with his bravery and heroism is a model of Bretonian behavior, his sacrifice should be an example to all."

"Alastair... he was sometimes a bit thick in the head," stated a fellow officer of Hind, Constable Henry Eden, "but he was a good fellow, one with a heart. A heart he gave for Bretonia and the Queen, but I never thought this may happen so soon. Man, I'll miss him..."

The date of the Constable's funeral, along with the Armed Forces hostages yet to be identified, is unknown and will not be disclosed by the authorities. The murderers, along with the Coalition leadership are being searched by both the Police and the Armed Forces, with so far little success, while government officials began using the terrible act of terrorism as detergent from showing sympathy to the Coalition cause.

[color=#999999]Two of the Coalition vessels, the only guncam shot salvaged from the wrecked Hussar.

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"Today the public funeral was held for the two BAF Officers and one Police Constable killed in action trying to prevent dangerous terrorist members of the Sirius Co-alition Revolutionary Army."

The screen shows a rainy Manchester Square lined with Officers of both the Bretonia Police and Armed Forces in formal uniform. Three casks are being carried slowly up the pathway to Winchester Cathedral by members of the dead service mens respective organizations.
The attending members salute and 'The Last Post' is played.
The screen cuts to the interior of the Cathedral where the heads of the BAF and BPA stand to the sides of a lecturn at which the Home Secretary is speaking.

"Constable Graham Hind, Ensign Jed Polonsky and Ensign Tommy Sulivan were three brave individuals all striving to protect Bretonia from both inside and outside forces. However in such dangerous professions it is not uncommon to come across creatures with no respect for human life. They died honourable deaths whilst serving their nation with dignity."

"They shall be remembered..."

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Signs and Portents

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COMM ID: Premier Alvin Katz of the Coalition
LOCATION: The Kremlin – Omega-52

TARGET ID: Spread by hand to anyone that will take them before the Police Arrive

Comrades of Bretonia,

It seems that the morally bankrupt war government of her supposed Majesty, by conviction, have leveled accusatory fingers at those that cannot defend themselves. Using force of arms to execute a bloody writ decreed by those devoid of conscience and foresight, as well as memory.

I prefer to sit on the bench of the accused than in the seat of the accuser!

They target the zoners of Freeport One, those same Zoners that, in Bretonia’s hour of need, supported them and ran supplies into and refugees out of the warzones, a service to which the Crown has repaid them with betrayal.

The government, as we know, turned out comparatively easily to be master of the situation. The Zoners, buckling against the pressure were unable to withstand the assault that Bretonia brought to bear, and why? They sought to arrest one woman.

One womans arrest, this was the price of betrayal.

One woman’s arrest, this was the price of stranding millions of refugees on Leeds and in Tau-31.

One woman’s arrest, this was the price for discarding the last shred of honour the Queen’s government held dear.

Those very Zoners, who at the moment the Albion Guard, and the Government of Bretonia are trying to chain to the bloody chariot of imperialism, will revenge themselves a hundred fold!

We strike not for them, but rather for you, the people. Those who have had enough of the carnage, who want no part of pointless imperialism which has done nothing but brought ruin in the Taus, threatened collapse in Dublin, and now spins a web of deceit in Omega-3.

No, we in the SCRA hold aloft a banner of Social Democracy, one that now, more than ever, glows with the bright slogans of inflexible Internationalism:

Away with imperialistic robbers!
Long live a Revolutionary Labor Government!
Long live Peace and the Brotherhood of Nations!
Premier Alvin Katz
Премьер-министр Элвин Кац

Volgograd

Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army
Революционная Армия Коалиции Сириуса

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