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A Meeting that may change the World; Emergency meeting at Vienna
Topic Started: Oct 13 2011, 12:24 PM (1,409 Views)
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The group of monarchs made their way to a more secluded area where they could have a degree of privacy.

"I agree with King Jason, something stinks..." The Emperor commented. "I have a few bits of information to share with you, I think it's safe to say we all have pieces to this puzzle and I thought it might be good for us to pool what we know, but first, I'd like to know what your thoughts are so far?"
Edited by Grangale Empire, Oct 20 2011, 02:07 AM.
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"I think the Premier is covering something up. Prince Alexi would have had no motive to orchestrate an assassination of the Grand Duke and the dissappearance of the Grand Duchess's plane. It smacks of a cover up.'' King Jason said as Defense Secretary Bates and Secretary of State Thomas nodded in agreement.
"I for one don't think Prince Alexi was involved. While I don't subscribe to conspiracy theories, I can't shake the notion someone in the Veomose Government was involved.When I saw the report from Director Vilora I was stunned and gave credence to the idea."
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The Queen nodded and said "I agree something just isn't right. I came in here trying to remain neutral and bias but it's becoming hard. That being said I'm interested to know what you know Emperor Julii."
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Emperor Julii nodded and began to explain their findings.

"Just after the Grand Duke was assassinated, we investigated an apartment where the SV-98 sniper rifle that was used was found. We later learned that the assassin was a criminal named Dolf Gruber, described as an assassin, terrorist, and mercenary all rolled into one. While Gruber himself has disappeared..." The Emperor then looked at King Jason. "...I believed he may have faked his death with that accident you mentioned..." The Emperor then continued. "...an informant tied him to the arms dealer Kenneth Baker, who you'll remember was part of the black market network... AND is in Veomese custody." The Emperor passed his files around detailing the info he had told them.

"Now let me elaborate a little more on that rifle. It isn't what you'd call a 'stock' model. It's had some work done on it. Turns out, the work done on it is the same as what the RIS does on it's sniper rifles. Trigger jobs, adjustable cheek rests, custom scope, custom grips, etc. It was also noticed that the original factory stamps were grounded off, and Ukranian armory stamps were placed over the grindings. Strange that someone would try to hide the origins of this rifle, yet maintain it's functionality, no?" The Emperor continued.

"Now that was just one section of the puzzle. Not to long ago we received some information from an anonymous party, that included the location of Uzun's main base, and access into his computer networks. The IIS broke into his network and stole just about all his private files. Though this we learned that Kendar had Uzun on his payroll and was working on recruiting Metran as well..." The Emperor explained, passing more files detailed what he was summarizing. "...Prince Alexi deduced that Kendar may find Uzun to be a liability, so a smash and grab operation was launched to capture him, the operation was a success. We interrogated the warlord, and learned several things:

That Kendar ordered the capture of Baker, to gain access to the arms dealer's underworld contacts.

That Kendar paid him to house Gruber for a short time at his base. And that the Neoplantan mercenaries working under Uzun were put in touch by Kendar.

That Kendar and Uzun were planning on taking control of the Black Sea. Kendar planed to have Uzun damage our forces enough to force us to retreat. Kendar then planned to seize power, and recognize Uzun's territory as an independent country, and ally with it, giving him significant control over the Bosphorus and the Black Sea. And with our Imperial forces in retreat, he could then take control of all the Bosphorus, and charge what ever he wants for ships to pass.

Uzun mentioned that Kendar had a plan to take out the Grand Duke, but didn't know of the details to Kendar's plot.

Pretty damning evidence, save for Uzun's credibility. How far are we willing to trust a warlord? Still, it establishes an additional motive for Kendar, regardless of if he was acting out of some misguided sense of patriotism or just a sheer thirst for power." The Emperor further explained.

"Now let me move on to our informant, I can't tell you who his is, for his own safety, but lets just say he knows his way around the underground. As I mentioned before he said that he delivered a shipment of Stinger missiles to an unknown party in Veomo. They claim that there were two shipments, I'm not so sure. Why would Baker go though another shipper, when the informant was brought into the operation for the specific purpose of shipping their goods? Maybe Baker was hiding his tracks even deeper? Even if there were two shipments, why would he need to be even more secretive? Unless his customer demanded it. They also mentioned that Alexi owned stock in an arms company. Now why would they bring that up, if he was only a stockholder and not an executive? Seems like a red herring to me. Which brings up a second point, if Alexi was behind this plot, why would he go though a black market arms dealer, as opposed to this company, to get the Stingers? Doesn't really make sense does it?"

"There is more in this heap of files, but that was a pretty in-depth summary of what we were able to learn thus far. If we look at all the surrounding factors, I just can't see a motive for Prince Alexi to do this. He was very close to his sister, he held his brother-in-law in high regard, and he was poised for a prominent career in the Navy. Furthermore, if he was behind this, it is a VERY sloppy job. It makes no sense that he would wait till after the wedding to make a power grab. And it wasn't as if it was a stealth wedding or something, everyone know it was going to happen, so why not act when he was in a stronger position? When he was in a clear line of succession?
Why act when things would become harder for himself? Of course Kendar's motive is pretty obvious to all."

"Now there is one more point. As you all know I was with the Grand Duke when he was killed. The last thing he said to me, was Kendar's name. Unfortunately he passed before he could complete that thought."

"Of course, much of the small pieces that link it all togeather are missing, Gruber is still at large, and Uzun hung himself in the Venator's brig. I came here to see what Kendar had to say, and if his story refutes these points, so far I don't quite think so. Especially not with their back peddling on the plane wreak."

The Emperor then looked over at the Queen and Pharaoh. "Were your people able to learn anything yet about the wreak? I'm pretty suspicious about their black box as well. Why would someone aboard the plane need to shoot the Grand Duchess if the place was getting shot by a SAM anyway? Also I'd like to know if the damage from the SAM is consistent with a Stinger."
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King Jason thought about what Emperor Jullii had said. Two things stood out. The last words of the Grand Duke and the black box. Secretary Thomas was thinking the same thing.
"Do you suppose Emperor that the Grand Duke might have known of a plot aganist the throne? Secretary of State Benson Thomas asked as King Jason echoed his question.
"Everything you've said Emperor wreaks of a cover up of some sort. The black box especially. It makes no sense to shoot the Grand Duchess on a plane when a missle was going to bring it down. I don't know what else I can say other than there is something far more involved here. I dare say it ventures into the realm of being downright disturbing.'' King Jason said as the others gave him a look that only reinforced his opinion.
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"The last things he told me where "protect Natalya" and "Kendar" I definitely do think that he knew something was brewing at home and Kendar was somewhere in that storm." The Emperor answered.

"When we look at the list of suspects, Kendar has the most to gain, and the greatest motivation. If we look at Alexi, things don't quite line up, even if there was a potential motive. I've seen my share of assassinations in organized criminal groups before, and if this was Alexi's doing, it's a case study in how to do it the hard way. The timing all over the place is off." He continued. "Also, from what we've gathered, Alexi, Natalya and their father were a very close family after their mother died. I just don't see a motive in Alexi's part that would involve losing his only family left."

"And you definitely have a point about the plane as well. Why bother with shooting the Grand Duchess, if the plane was going to be shot down by a SAM anyway? Makes no sense, their story has some serious holes in my opinion." He added looking at King Jason, then at the Queen and Pharaoh.
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The Pharaoh answered Emperor Julii saying "I'm not sure what they've found recently. If we can get a secure line I could phone the salvage teams captain? We could tell them what we want them to investigate together.". The Queen then chimed in saying "I agree with all of you. Kendar's story certainly has some glaring holes, holes which may not be explainable."
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King Jason turned to the Pharaoh to answer what seemed like a question.
"I think that would be prudent to phone the salvage team's captain.'' King Jason then turned to the queen. Their certainly are glaring holes in the story ones which have no explanation.'' Said King Jason as his cell phone rang that he had a text message. He pulled it out to read. ''Urgent Message from Prime Minister. Attorney General Drake Juan Santos has been assassinated in Venice. King Jason was utterly shocked. First someone tried to assassinate the youngest member of Parliament and now the Attorney General had been assassinated. Although it might not nesacerily be in the scope of their discussion he felt he had to tell his fellow monarchs.
"Sorry to change the topic of discussion but i have just recivied a message that the Kingdom of San Lumen's Attorney General has been assassinated.''
Edited by San Lumen, Oct 22 2011, 08:45 AM.
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The Emperor was stunned. "What...?! It's not related to what is going on here is it?"
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"I'm not sure if it is. But we had an assassination attempt two days ago on the Secretary of Sports and Athletics who happens to be the youngest ever MP. Attorney General Santos was investigating a group called True Democracy a militant/anti monarchist group. Its leader is a elusive man known as Eugene Adams. Director Vilora told me about the group. Have any of you heard of them?'' King Jason asked.
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