The Rebel Faction

I hope to the Gods I am not truly the cause of all this. If I am, I am truly sorry. I edited for continuity's sake. I wanted to smooth things over, not create ripples

Continuity is a bitch.

That's why I time travel. *walks off with the Infinite Dragonflight*

From: On Bended Knee: Bowing at the Feet of Tyrants

Simon Kaine:

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The Emperor's expression softened slightly. "But I am not without mercy. I love my people as much as you love yours. Therefore, any Coalition warship that stands down [SIZE=4]when our occupation forces arrive[/SIZE] will go unmolested. Any person within the Onyxian Occupation Zone who wishes to be a Coalition citizen is free to leave for Coalition space. You said it, Simon, as Emperor Hyfe, to Dolash, as Regrad. "When our occupation forces arrive." Your "occupation forces" arrived five days after the Onyxian Commonwealth was declared rogue. Starting at that point, Coalition warships and citizens were free to leave peacefully.

And to clarify, you never actually told Regrad how long we would have in your face-to-face meeting on Courascaunt. The first mention I can find of it is here:

"Well, the two week timetable for the Coalition wishing to leave the Occupation Zone gives us time to draw up occupation planning and pacification measures. Desaria should have ships at each world in the next few days to oversee their evacuation. We should probably appoint Desaria as temporary Operational Commandant of the Zone until we have time to formalize things."

That post in "On Bended Knee" was made several hours before Telan's post in "Empire at War."



Finally, and (I think) most importantly, is this:

While you intended the two week period to begin immediately, there doesn't seem to be any concrete writing that explicitly states it did. We obviously have very different interpretations of how all of this fits together, but since there are specific lines that allow for my timeline, and since my existing writing in "Coalition of the Damned" is dependent upon my timeline, I don't think I should be penalized IC for any misunderstanding or miscommunication.

Dolash:

Though he may have known the territory was forefit, he didn't know the people were being granted free passage until Telan said they'd have it when he showed up.

"Therefore, any Coalition warship that stands down when our occupation forces arrive will go unmolested. Any person within the Onyxian Occupation Zone who wishes to be a Coalition citizen is free to leave for Coalition space."

They knew people were granted free passage. They just did not know how long, I'll grant, since there is no IC mention of the time period granted until Telan signals Onyx with the 2 weeks. You got me there, Smarts.

I can edit to say we are in the first week of evac but I will not say you are on Day 1 as I don't agree with that.

Just know, you are thinking this is a loophole you can use to gain an extra 5 days to do what? Get a start on getting people out of CW? No. . you are stealing and destroying Imperial Property since Telan did say his pronouncement was 5 days after annexation. Therefore the Cooperative is engaged in war activities destroying Imperial property.

You think our leniency will extend to a meddling separate Coalition subfaction?

You think you are going to hide behind a 2 week grace given to CW people? If you really want to get technical, the two week grace was granted to the CW people only and nothing was mentioned about other Coalition outside subfactions entering the OZ. Not the Cooperative agents engaged in war activities within an Imperial holding.

So, there will be an accounting. That's what my post was all about, not where we are in the evacuation time.

So prepare for the reckoning whereever you put the timeline in your rp.

"Therefore, any Coalition warship that stands down when our occupation forces arrive will go unmolested"

What you don't realize is that there were already forces in the CW at the time the Emperor made this statement. Telan Desaria's forces that were attacking and on a romp throughout. However, they were also not on every CW planet. So there were other planets his lightning attacks had yet to arrive at in TNO's attack on Onyx CW. If the ships of these worlds stood down, they would go unmolested. If they continued to attack despite any granting of leniency, they would be utterly destroyed. The Empire had soldiers on the ground on Onyx the moment Regrad said yes or no. However, I will also admit the Empire did not have immediate control of the world as it does take time.


In any event, this still does not really interfere with your interpretation. I laugh that you think it's Day 1 but go ahead. If we want to surprise you and cut it short, .. "oh well."

No plan survives intact the initial engagement with the enemy.

If you really want to get technical, the two week grace was granted to the CW people only and nothing was mentioned about other Coalition outside subfactions entering the OZ. Not the Cooperative agents engaged in war activities within an Imperial holding.

Were these subfactions specifically excluded?