High Council Responds to Terrorist Attack

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High Council Responds to Terrorist Attack

Post by Martyna Z'muir » Wed Apr 06, 2016 3:09 am

Just after the 482nd session of the High Council, the criminal known as Rodrik von Karl attempted to speak via com crystal to the council members. Though his signal was poor and few could actually hear his taunts, one person heard him all too clearly: a fisherman from Skara Brae named Raymond Deshaine.

von Karl had kidnapped the man's daughter to force him to commit an act of terror by bombing the High Council session. With obvious fear and reluctance, Deshaine detonated explosives before the assembly. While there were no serious injuries, Deshaine perished in the suicidal attack.

This spurred a flurry of Council and B.A.F. activity, including an emergency closed session of the Council aimed at better securing the council chambers, as well as modernizing the statute defining treason.

It now reads:
The act of betraying one's nation; either by giving aid and comfort to an enemy, or by levying war against its peoples and institutions. Any act that would separate the High Council from the Royal Council. Any act that endangers the health or welfare of the sovereign of the Kingdom of Britannia. Any act that would unseat, overthrow, undermine, or usurp the Royal Council's authority or bring harm to them. Any act that threatens an established peace treaty between the Kingdom of Britannia and any other signatory power. Thought alone, without speech or action, is not sufficient to be treasonous.

The Council also added to the list of high crimes by passing a new statute defining terrorism. It reads:
The unlawful use of force and violence by any group or individual against peoples or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political, social or criminal objectives. (Shall also be considered treason.)

Chancellor DaKaren released a statement following the closed session: Image The High Council also new wanted posters for their two most-wanted criminals:
Image Image The Grand Marshal of the Britannian Armed Forces followed up with a call to arms:
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