The Smoke be for the Fires: (Book 1)

[Akirapryde]

Crisis Continues!
The Republic News Agency

The Civil War rages on on Baklid 6 despite the best efforts of the Republic and the Corporate Sector Authority. Prior to recent events, delegates from both powers have worked diligently to create a treaty that would ensure that the conflict would not spread out of control. This treaty included terms that prevented either side from directly aiding one side or the other. Both powers would assist in a mutual blockade that would stop the flow of weapons to either waring faction. While the treaty was not prefect in design it did seem to keep the conflict under some kind of control. That was till recent events.

Evidence has surfaced that the Republic Senate or the Chancellor's office had sent an elite team of Jedi to the world and intervene in the conflict. This failure to abide by the terms of the treaty has left the Republic with a great deal of dirt on their collective faces. This has left many in the Senate questioning why the Republic has even bothered with this conflict in the first place. “The CSA will not be drawn in to finger pointing with the Republic. We honored the treaty which was signed between us and the Republic. This violation does not change our minds about the spirit of the treaty. The good people of Baklid 6 have a right to a peaceful life. Some good has come from this though. It has brought light to gaps in the blockade. In this light, we have decided not to turn our back on the treaty. We have chosen instead to double our efforts in ensuring that no further weapons reach the planet and cause more harm to its people.” Cloopk Reshaw, Corporate Sector Authority Spokesperson.

Even as more CSA Ships flow in to the space around Baklid 6, a tiny Republic Naval base within the system has been ordered to relocate from the system by the Republic Senate. The departure of the Republic ships brought even more fears of the future by the citizens of the world. The debate over the base closure and suspension of Republic aid was a fierce debate within the Republic Senate.

Flash Footage to the Senate Debate

“No! NO! No Senator from Alderaan. The Republic has laws for a reason. The Leadership of Baklid 6 has spit in the eyes of our justice when they not only refused to extradite a conflicted murder. A MURDER Senator! They laughed at our System of laws when they set this Murder FREE! Then they have the nerve to come here and ask us for more aid. And what of these rumors that they claim, the CSA is directly supporting these rebels. Where is their proof? Lies and disrespect. That and a hand for more aid is all that comes from Baklid 6.” Stated the Senator from Coruscant.

“The Bankers Guild finds that the over all wealth of the world has great promise if they could learn to settle their differences and come together for profit. This internal issue that grips the world now is just that, an internal issue that is not profitable for the guild or the Republic. We find that the world has reached an end to their credit and should not have more extended to them.”

In a very narrow margin, the Senate voted 51% to 48% with 1% abstaining from the vote to suspend all further aid payments to Baklid 6 and remove its naval base within the system. Republic ships will still work within the blockade but they will not be stationed on the world its self any further. With the withdraw of Republic forces from the world, fighting broke out across the planet on levels never seen before. Without Republic Peace Keepers on the ground, even Provinces that had not seen any fighting are now finding themselves faces with the very real reality of civil war. Already the Royal family had to pull their forces back from the high ranges to the cities to reclaim lands that they had already controlled.

If this was not a blow to the Royals, the discovery that their beloved crowned queen of over seventeen years was in fact a Jedi Master herself. This revelation has tainted the light for the reasons why Baklid 6 desired to join the Republic. And now with the reports that Jedi have joined the battle in support of the Royals has only worsen the public opinion of the Royals and their motives. While the Royal Palace has not issued any statements about the Queen's status as Jedi, opposition leaders have taken this opportunity to make deep cuts at the Royals, “This only marks one more reason why the Royal House can not be trusted. Now the Queen's true intentions have been brought to light. They don't care about the people of Baklid 6, they just want to make the Jedi and the Republic happy. The Royal House has used their contacts within the Jedi order to get an elite Jedi team of assassins to come to our home and kill our leaders. And we know that they did not come alone. How many of them remained behind to do the Queen's bidding?” Abletur Opposition leader from the Northern Frontier.

Abletur's comments of assassins have been sparked by reports that during the last battle for the capital, heavily armed commandos aided by Jedi stormed a Opposition Headquarters and massacred everyone there. Both the Chancellor's Office and the Republic Navy both sternly deny these accusations. However, there are some hazy and poor quality images that do show armored men storming the building. The deaths of leaders and other vital personal resulted in the Rebels being forced to abandon their assault of the capital and withdraw. It is this very event that many claim is the only reason why the Royals still hold control over the capital and over the world.

However even with the Jedi, not all things went as planned. According to reports, one Jedi abandoned his post for personal reasons. Jedi Master Uris Chun was assisting in the defense of the embattled Parliament Building. Field reports show that one after a few moments after he arrived he received a call and then left the battle. He was later spotted fighting along side an unidentified love interest, then later reported in the northern sector of the city. “There were no doubts that Master Chun was engaged in combat. We just want to know why he arrived only to leave us in our time of need. We were over ran because he left.” Stated a member of the local Security Force, “We thought that Jedi were supposed to be unattached for a reason. Where did he go?”