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After the various Admirals had spoken, there was a chime on Renaud's pin. "Renaud here." It was the watch officer in Ops, "Sorry to disturb you sirs...there's an important message relating to the Venasians I think you might want to see...it's critical sir." "Pipe it through." Lorin stood up and activated the viewscreen and started to sit but forgot about it when A'amon was shown...he had a bad feeling before he even started. >"My fellow Venasians. In the past couple hours, extraordinary events have >taken place within our government. In response to increased public opinion, >we have instituted a minor restructuring of the governing body. While we >were established on Venase VII, the Venasian Council served its purpose well >and with great dignity and prospertiy. However, with our current state of >resettlement, they were forced to reevaluate our situation, and determined >the Council can no longer serve the people's best interests. So they have >asked me to step in and unite our people and more effeciently garner our >resources. >"Of course, I could not accept such a position. After all, the Council has >been in place for a thousand generations, and is the backbone of our >society. However, they insisted upon this transformation, and it is with >ultimate humility and a reluctant heart that I accept this great >responsibility, with the caveat that the Council be fully restored once we >have found a home. >"My first and foremost priority is, of course, finding a suitable homeworld. >That work was already being followed by our scientific mission teams; they >will simply continue that work with the help of our deep-space military >vessels. My second priority will be to most effeciently serve our people's >needs. In following that, I have recalled our all our T'remea and >temporarily closed our embassies on other worlds. They will reopen in short >order when the new structure has been installed. I will personally meet >with our T'remea to discuss the situation and see how they will best serve >in the new government. >"As you may have noticed, our military units have appeared in our colonies. >There is no need for alarm; this is simply for your protection. As you are >aware, there is usually an unsettled period following a change of >government, and our military units have been called upon to dissuade any >criminals who may try to take advantage of the situation. >"I am deeply honored to be leading our people at this time. We will, of >course, continue to keep you all well-informed of our progress. Make no >mistake, my fellow Venasians, we will prevail, and a homeworld will soon be >ours." >General A'amon bowed, and left the podium. "Ladies & gentlemen, I believe we have just witnessed a military coup." He looked around for other thoughts.
