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Post by Lieutenant Tolar Demor on Aug 13, 2017 22:00:29 GMT -5
Federation Embassy on Cardassia bombed Published 10:57 PM, August 13th, 2421 - Stardate 94679.72 • Federation News Network
Chaos erupted in Capitol City late Sunday night as a massive explosion rocked the Federation Embassy on Cardassia Prime. As this just happened moments ago, details are scarce, however, sources report that the detonation originated at the east wing of the building near the living quarters. Cardassian authorities are on the scene attempting to contain the fires and manage the crowds. As of the time of this writing, we are unable to confirm any identities or the number of people who were in the area at the time, but early estimations based on initial surveys of the site suggest as many as fifty casualties.
We will update this story with more information as it becomes available.
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Post by Lieutenant Tolar Demor on Aug 13, 2017 22:23:49 GMT -5
Cardassian insurgent group claims credit for Embassy bombing in anti-Federation broadcast Published 11:23 PM, August 13th, 2421 - Stardate 94679.76 • Federation News Network
A movement calling itself 'Pride of Cardassia' has claimed credit for Sunday's bombing at the Federation Embassy in Capitol City. In a planet-wide broadcast that aired just moments ago, an anonymous figure made the following statement:
"Rolin Demor and the Detapa Council are selling out the integrity of this planet and its people, and in doing so, they are laying waste to the livelihood of our farmers, our miners, and those who bravely serve our military. For decades, we have been dependent upon the bosom of the generous, benevolent, well-meaning Federation to provide us with food and materials. These disadvantageous trade deals and treaties have left farmers with fields of crops that have been devalued in the domestic market by a vast variety of imported foods, miners made redundant by imported industrial replicators, and our military has been defanged and neutered since the end of the Dominion War. We have been made subservient to the Federation, only independent in name. Gone are the days in which Cardassia could take pride in itself, now all of our accomplishments are being outsourced to foreign powers. That changes today."
Sources speculate that this bombing took place in response to ongoing negotiations between the Detapa Council and the Federation Council to arrange for joint missions between the Cardassian Defense Force and the Federation Starfleet.
"The Cardassians are a very prideful people," one source in the Cardassian government said to FNN, on condition of anonymity. "Being so dependent on other people for so long has damaged that sense of pride, and these talks have likely fanned the same flames of discontent that erupted in the True Way movement all those years ago. I don't think that distrust, that xenophobia, has really gone away in some parts of our society. The Dominion laying waste to our population centers at the very end of the war has caused a great deal of paranoia among older people when dealing with alien species."
Federation President Aennik Okeg released a statement addressing the situation moments ago.
"What happened on Cardassia was beyond any rational understanding. While I and many others hope and pray for the civilians and officers that were in the area, we must remain vigilant as to who perpetrated this attack and be ready to bring the perpetrators to justice. Once the situation is contained, Federation personnel will move forward with a thorough and independent investigation."
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Post by Lieutenant V'Tira on Aug 14, 2017 4:35:20 GMT -5
V'Tira sat on the edge of the twin mattresses as it lay on the floor of the state room. She read the news stories from Cardassia as they came in on her subspace FNN updates.
Upwards to fifty casualties...She thought, Demor..his father...Tolar. As a Vulcan she found such waste of life illogical, coming on top of still not knowing which of her friends aboard the Sentinel were still alive save for Decia was truly testing her raining and emotional control.
She quickly sent a brief personal message.
Tolar,
I am writing to let you know, that you are not alone. I do not yet even know if your father was present at the time of the attack. Nor can i truly imagine what you must be going through. Just know your family and you are in my thoughts. That you are not alone nor are your people.
You're Friend,
V'Tira
She pulled her Legs up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them tightly. With her face pressed to her kees she shuddered for just a moment as she fought to contain a sob born of the stress of the last two days and from this new event that has hurt another friend.
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Post by Lieutenant jg Denise Daniels on Aug 14, 2017 4:48:08 GMT -5
Buzz...
...Buzz.
Nope. Denise thought through the pleasant haze of a much needed and long over due slumber, as she laid once more sprawled over her couch.
Buzz...
The Universe hates me, She thought. Maybe I dreamed i hear it..she began to drift away once more...until...
...Buzz.
IN-fucking-credible. She groaned as she fought back to consciousness. I swear if it is HIM again...
Buzz...
That is it! She sat up like a shot and rolled off the couch to kill the source...only to find it was her PADD vibrating on the coffee table.
...Buzz.
She smirked, so it was her fault after all, she forgot to turn it off. She decided to forgive herself and picked it up and wiped her dirty short hair out of her face.
"This better be about the universe on fire.." She saw it was her FNN feed with two updates. "Really?" She opened each in turn...and began to sit up straighter.
She looked up at the ceiling and sighed. "Oh God..."
She whipped her PADD in an outburst of pent up frustration and concern for her friend...her fellow foodie...and her deep unreleased anger over the deaths of her friends and shipmates and all of those hurt. The PADD shattered as it hit the wall.
"When sorrows come...they come not as spies..." Her Academy English Lit professor had taught her. "They come as battalions..."
William Shakespeare as taught by Commander Wilma Holliday. Who told her that some day it would mean something to her. She remembered mildly enjoying that class..until now...
Now, she hated, Commander Holliday, she even hated William Frelling Shakespeare...
...for being right.
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Post by Lt Cmdr Decia on Aug 14, 2017 4:54:58 GMT -5
Decia stood in her grime and blood covered armor still as she watched the news feed in her quarters. She closed her eyes as she completed reading the latest update. She picked up her PADD and immediately send out a subspace message to her friend.
Cari amici tui Tolar,
I have just been informed of the cowardly attack on your homeworld, and of its attachment in regards to your family. I Pray you and your family are all safe and well. You and your family wil be in my prayers and I will ask the Son to watch over you all.
You have my deepest sympathies, any thing that I or my family can do to help you and yours, you need only ask.
Te enim mihi orationes,
Decia Maximina Valerina
Upon finishing she moved over to her weapons rack, and kneeled before the large wooden and very old hand carved Chi Ro. She lowered her head as she closed her eyes, wrapping her arms over her chest to rest her palms atop each of her shoulders. She softly, began to pray to the Son, for the people of Cardassia, for those wounded and slain by the attack on the Federation Embassy and to pray for her friend and his family.
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Post by Lt Cmdr Jonathan Cameron on Aug 14, 2017 10:27:16 GMT -5
Jon furrows his brow as he reads this on his PADD, wincing as some of the pain medication had begun to wear off. This must have been what he saw at the end of his conversation with Tolar...is he alright? is he even alive? A multiple of thoughts abound inside of his head as he types up a message:
Tolar,
I saw what happened on FNN. Are you okay? Something cut off our conversation at the end and I'm guessing it was related to this.
Take care,
Jon
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Post by Lieutenant jg Cassandra Ilya on Aug 14, 2017 17:19:40 GMT -5
Laying with her head in Valkriss lap, Ilya is casually playing Chaos V: Goddess of destruction on her PADD as the sound of an important subspace update sounds. She pauses the game and reads trough it in absolute silence, stunned at what she reads. She puts the PADD aside and looks up at her Klingon mistress and very emotionless, nearly empty speaks
"Valkriss... They have bombed the federation embassy on Cardassia"
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Post by Lieutenant Tolar Demor on Aug 14, 2017 20:49:03 GMT -5
Estimated death toll: 68 dead, 92 wounded -- expected to climbPublished 8:58 AM, August 14th, 2421 - Stardate 94679.98 • Federation News NetworkThe Federation Embassy on Cardassia Prime, pictured at 0813 hours local time.Ten hours after the Federation Embassy bombing that rocked Cardassia Prime, Cardassian authorities have completed their initial survey of the bomb site and identified at least 68 dead, including some of the Federation's most revered diplomats -- Ambassador Christopher Stevens of Earth and Ambassador T'Laru of Vulcan. In response to this late breaking news, Federation President Aennik Okeg released a statement via Press Secretary Vera zh'Maora. "The losses of Ambassador Stevens and Ambassador T'Laru are deeply felt in the Federation today. Jointly, they were responsible for drafting the treaty that brought Federation-Cardassian relations to their peak following the Dominion War. It's tragic that their work was undermined by such a horrific act that cost them their lives. We grieve with their families today and reiterate our commitment to bring the perpetrators to justice." Almost a hundred more people were injured via cascading damage as a result of the explosion -- shrapnel and falling rubble injured several civilians and officers in the building and on the streets below, many of them critically. Capitol City Medical Center has stated that as many as 23 survivors may succumb to their injuries. We will update this story with more information as it becomes available.
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Post by Lieutenant Tolar Demor on Aug 14, 2017 21:32:34 GMT -5
Esteemed Cardassian Ambassador killed in Embassy bombing, son confirmed missingPublished 11:12 AM, August 14th, 2421 - Stardate 94680.11 • Federation News NetworkAmbassador Rolin Demor, pictured in 2419.The bombing of the Federation Embassy on Cardassia Prime has claimed yet another casualty, raising the death toll to 69. Rolin Braben Demor, age 71, was identified via dental records near the epicenter of the explosion in the Embassy Stateroom. Demor was responsible for negotiating the Federation-Cardassian Treaty of 2385 on behalf of the Detapa Council, and has long been a champion of improving Cardassian-Federation relations. Authorities believe that recent efforts to conduct joint missions between the Federation Starfleet and Cardassian Defense Force, spearheaded by Ambassador Demor, may have been the catalyst for the bombings. "Pride of Cardassia may be cowardly and barbaric, but their speech to the planet resonated with some measure of truth," a member of the Capitol City Police Force said to FNN, on condition of anonymity. "Farmers are having a tough time selling local crops in a market saturated with imported foods from the Federation. In some sense, an element of Cardassian culture is being suppressed in favor of the foreign and unfamiliar. Traditionalist conservatives may have been radicalized by this idea that the Federation is taking Cardassia away from Cardassians." "We may be seeing the birth of another rebellion similar to the True Way with the rise of Pride of Cardassia," Federation Ambassador Jiro Sugihara said during an FNN roundtable discussion. "Cardassians are a prideful people whose culture is founded on tradition and rigorous discipline. It's reflected in the name these terrorists have adopted for themselves. They may see the shift towards pro-Federation stance as desecrating their culture, their traditions, and damaging their legacy... their pride." Perhaps the most bizarre element of this story is the whereabouts of Ambassador Demor's son, Starfleet Lieutenant Tolar Rakim Demor. While he was confirmed to be present at the Embassy during the bombing via security sensor logs, authorities have yet to identify him among the injured or any of the remains uncovered. Speculation about his whereabouts runs rampant among Cardassian media. It has been an open secret in political circles that Ambassador Demor and his son haven't been on speaking terms, leading some to conclude that Lieutenant Demor aided the Pride of Cardassia in bombing the Embassy. Others believe that he may have been taken hostage for use as a political weapon. Capitol City Police have begun canvassing the area in search of Lieutenant Demor. Civilians and officers with any relevant information are urged to come forward with tips on subspace frequency epsilon-61799.
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