Eternity RPC Board
02-12-2017, 09:29 PM
The Council of National Unity soon consolidated its power in the western territory of New Galasia. In the first week after the coup d'etat, dozens of thousands of people were arrested -most of them military officers, nobility members, journalists, as well as former politicians and members of political parties and unions- and about two thousand people were executed, and another few hundred simply disappeared. The martial law had declared, and the government gave plenty powers to the recently created military courts, which replaced most of the functions of the judiciary system.
The appointment of Perceval Oberonus as Prime Minister gave some limited hope of a restoration of a civilian rule but hopes soon faded away. When members of the liberal opposition tried to organize a demonstration in Alsace on Septem 1581 calling for a restoration of the constitution, they were repressed harshly by the newly created police force, called the Galasian Guard. As result, thousand of citizens were arrested, and a dozen of demonstrators resulted dead in clashes with the security forces. The government denounced "urban guerrilla terrorist groups" and a "political provocation" behind the casualties. What it remained of the opposition decided to flee to exile, while the government decided to boost defending spending through several decrees confiscating companies, properties, and goods from "traitors and terrorist". The government also passed a new law which retired custody to parents who had been guilty of "high treason".
During the next two months, the Air Force campaign on the East stopped for a while, leaving the Galasian forces -most of them formed by monarchist officials who rejected to follow the leadership of the Council of National Unity- weakened from attacks by the Rojadavi rebels or the Akhadist militias. This proved disastrous in the southern territory nearby the Ustaran border, where the latter were able to inflict some painful defeats and massacres against the Galasian forces.
The Rojadavi forces were able to strengthen their position, and after taking the town of Madavî, were able to get access to the eastern border. Madavî, with barely 8,000 inhabitants before the war, was vital as the main road that connected Nova Tairal and Eastmarch passed through it. It was a costly batter, it took more than five months for the Rojadavi forces, but it ended with a large number of disappointing battles, in which the Rojadavi rebels lost many men. At the end of Vintyr 1582, a Rojadavi human right organization had estimated that the number of deceased as consequence of the civil war had increased to 100,000. Meanwhile, thanks to the diplomatic and financial help of the Mestran government -which supported the Galasian monarchist government-in-exile, and the supplies coming through the Angirisian border, the monarchist forces were able to defend their positions in the north and even had some gains in the area nearby Eastmarch province.
[to be continued]
The appointment of Perceval Oberonus as Prime Minister gave some limited hope of a restoration of a civilian rule but hopes soon faded away. When members of the liberal opposition tried to organize a demonstration in Alsace on Septem 1581 calling for a restoration of the constitution, they were repressed harshly by the newly created police force, called the Galasian Guard. As result, thousand of citizens were arrested, and a dozen of demonstrators resulted dead in clashes with the security forces. The government denounced "urban guerrilla terrorist groups" and a "political provocation" behind the casualties. What it remained of the opposition decided to flee to exile, while the government decided to boost defending spending through several decrees confiscating companies, properties, and goods from "traitors and terrorist". The government also passed a new law which retired custody to parents who had been guilty of "high treason".
During the next two months, the Air Force campaign on the East stopped for a while, leaving the Galasian forces -most of them formed by monarchist officials who rejected to follow the leadership of the Council of National Unity- weakened from attacks by the Rojadavi rebels or the Akhadist militias. This proved disastrous in the southern territory nearby the Ustaran border, where the latter were able to inflict some painful defeats and massacres against the Galasian forces.
The Rojadavi forces were able to strengthen their position, and after taking the town of Madavî, were able to get access to the eastern border. Madavî, with barely 8,000 inhabitants before the war, was vital as the main road that connected Nova Tairal and Eastmarch passed through it. It was a costly batter, it took more than five months for the Rojadavi forces, but it ended with a large number of disappointing battles, in which the Rojadavi rebels lost many men. At the end of Vintyr 1582, a Rojadavi human right organization had estimated that the number of deceased as consequence of the civil war had increased to 100,000. Meanwhile, thanks to the diplomatic and financial help of the Mestran government -which supported the Galasian monarchist government-in-exile, and the supplies coming through the Angirisian border, the monarchist forces were able to defend their positions in the north and even had some gains in the area nearby Eastmarch province.
[to be continued]