by Max Barry

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Region: The Universal Order of Nations

The Following is a Public Broadcast by Her Highness', the Konigin, Office.

"These past weeks have been trying for our nation. We have watched the Phoenix of the South not only rise, but bear its talons against us, only to be crippled by assassinations and Coups. We have watched our sisters in Arehalis be faced with political turmoil and uprisings against a government that does *not* adequately represent the interests of its people. And we have watched these events unfold at our southern borders, claiming many lives with them that otherwise would've gone on to live as our people always have. I won't waste time debating the politics of other nations, the coups, the schemes, we all know that the realms of politik are not so benign.

When the crisis started in Arehalis, the Necrontyr reached out to both Cheng, and to the Arehalin government of the time to seek permission to enter Arehalin space. Both agreed to this, and neither raised any stipulations beyond what our peoples have always kept to. The Asporian Mutineers who sought to attack these vessels did so of their own accord, though they chose to open fire on the very ships that aided their people before their government collapsed, the event that ultimately led to their joining of Arehalis. This, while bizarre at best, at least falls within the realm of plausibility. That the new government of Arehalis would take issue with the Nehekharan's presence in their nation is also plausible, given their disdain to all that is foreign.

What is not is the fact that Cheng elected to pivot the very same people who attacked an aid convoy *she* herself permitted unfortunately does not fall within this realm of options. Whether it be planned or mere opportunism, our people were betrayed, drawn out under the promise of being allowed to help citizens of a nation many consider sisters, and then called little more than imperialists. This is unacceptable, and as many have noticed vessels across Silberfluss have been placed on alert to prepare for the next eventual stage of this conflict. A stage that Chancellor Siorra Rossa has chosen to escalate to with her latest demands of Silberfluss. Two lives to be traded, for the faint promise of peace with a government we have absolutely no reason to trust at this point.

I have been asked by members of my own personal council why I would risk the homes and people of Silberfluss for only two lives.

These are not the first lives Chancellor Siorra Rossa's government have taken. Even now, members of the 'Pilots Federation' continue to risk their lives and die in order to move necessary goods into Arehalis, and refugees out." The vulpine monarch would let the statement stand for a bit, before rolling her holo scroll out and reading from it.

"Gwyndaf Harris
Amlodd Powell
Jónás Ildikó
Virág Nóra
Jakab Beatrix
Simon Gréta
Arwel Cadwallader
Gerallt Vaughn
Rosamunda Spinazzola
Edelberga Di Gaetano
Chegal Tae-Hee
Ryu Soo-Yeon
Kwon Ri-Na
Trienke Wilmerink
Noud Duerink
Elle Buuren
Ho Soo-Hyun
Kende Milán
László Mihály
Kye Ji-Yong
Kyon Mi-Ryung
Annalies Dul
Donatella Melchiori
Gwydyon Glasco
Efrog Faughn
Mabon Yale
Andreas Cadigan
Heini Cadwallader
Orbán Patrik
Bács Ádám
Anne-Marije Bekker
Siske Grotendijk
Németh Barnabás
Máté Flórián
Sípos Áron
Liesbeth Morsink
Carlijn Kleinherenbrink
Drywsone Badder
Arwen Dewey
Dwynwen More
Cäcilia Hersh
Maike Schopenhauer
Florentine Weber
Frida Schroth
Alaw Meredith
Branwyn Glasscock
Riccarda Fischetti
Gwenfrewy Wynne
Ineke Kijk in 't Veld
Annalies Rooze
Artemisa Papini
Bibiana Colavecchio
Brenda Morgan
Rhoslyn Isaacs
Alda Di Rocco
Verdiana Corsentino
Tarsilla Pallante
Arwen David
Delyth Jones
Violante Covelli
Amy Crowe
Lilly Fleming
Grace Kavanagh
Crocefissa Cardosa
Alfreda Nappo
Antje Fischinger
Perestoronin Bogdan Artemovich
Mihara Oriana
Konno Keiko
Yamashiro Uka
Andronikov Foma Yemelyanovich
Chu Min-Yung
Bogdán Annamária
Jónás Szabolcs
Zobor Soma
Molnár Boldizsár
Fehér Barnabás
Németh Luca
Fazekas Dalma
Halueth Naesandoral
Maeral Ravagwyn
Pelleas Sylren
Nang Woon-Kye
Cha Chiyun
Kurtashkin Viktor Larionovich
Yaguchi Rena
Demura Chikage
Mitsugu Koko
Fokra
Laethala
Telvela
Vagin Arseni Yanovich
Vera Lechner
Carola Hahne
Sarah Steinsaltz
Masika Halabi
Grinin Yelisey Vladimirovich
Ayah Cham
Sandra Occhipinti
Casilda Puzzo
Valeriana Schettino
Cloe La Tella
Goewyn Lace
Drengur Arinbjörnsson
Karina Hattenberger
Aoi Hisae
Hayato Gin
Utagawa Maki
Kimoto Chiyumi
Susanna Mangold
Hugberg Ţjóđbjörnsson
Szabó Mercédesz
Pál Éva
Lengyel Lilla
Skírnir Sćvaldsson
Maggiorino Cattaneo
Isa Kölla
Sara Bodenmann
Amrei Jutzi
Ursina Bernhard
Ae Kyung-Ja
Vroni Klingler
Baharmaer
Fantar
Kaltyr
Neela Dreyer
Raphaela Waldvogel
Kaja Ryffel
Monique Tuma
Isemaer
Kelvor
Fuethanil
Gilvar
Sagira Kalb
Umayma Moghadam
Galela Samaha
Maya Lieber
Anni Blank
Giosuč Innamorato
Quintilio Mastriano
Apollo Gillotti
Priamo Santora
Alma Paola
Ginevra Visalli
Kayruin
Beneleath
Barsan
Maura Spedale
Domenica Cassella
Uguccione Camisa
Elvezio Perilli
Elramere
Laeryna
Ashedaer
Mary Magnussen
Nikoline Asmussen
Yrsa Pallesen
Katrine Koch
Verulo Portella
Ejnar Wulff
Sune Lauridsen
Ejvind Bjerg
Victor Dalsgaard
Battista Nora
Gavino Paolucci
Isa Kölla
Sara Bodenmann
Amrei Jutzi
Ursina Bernhard
Vroni Klingler"

"All of these Pilots died because of Arehalin security forces and Cheng's personal fleet. I wish I could say that this was the extent of the losses, but in truth even more are fallen, names that may take months or years to uncover. Undoubtedly you have all noticed that the Pilot Registry currently has listed over one thousand Pilots as MIA. Wusteschen, Viridi, Iolandian, Sverinovan, Vanaukaristi, Orien, Nehekhara, Gavaken, Mechanicum, Vaeldari.

After taking so many of our people's lives, the notion that we would hand over two more is unacceptable. Silberfluss will not be cowed by cowards who hunt civilian craft, by cowards who target aid fleets that do not fight back, by cowards who would hope and pray that by mustering up what little evidence they can falsify they can justify the murder of hundreds, if not thousands. We will not force *anyone* who seeks haven in Silberfluss out, and if so much as a single warship or strike team from Arehalis or Zeikeutsyr crosses into our space, we will accept the declaration of the war then and there.

Chancellor Siorra Rossa.

You stand alone, your nation divided, your allies caught in confusion and turmoil.

We stand together, our people united and our allies ready.

You will not win.

Not in this live time, not in the next.

If you have any value for the lives of your followers, the innocent citizens following your direction into the abyss of anarchy, then stand down and cast your attention back to your own borders."

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