The Capital, Irpan City, two weeks after the attempted Coup
The capital was still reeling. The ruins of tanks and APCs still littered the streets, though the bodies they had left were gone. The signs of destruction were still evident on many buildings and the sight of armed troops patrolling every day filled many with fear. The attempted coup had begun bloodless with a storming of the Imperial Palace and Government headquarters by troops loyal to the Eastern Generals of the Imperial Army, but the control they had exerted was short lived as troops loyal to the Emperor soon struck at the capital with force unprecedented and relieved the Eastern Generals of their command. The Generals had then fought their way free of the capital with a 1000 men and women under arms and fled into the east where they had now seized power and broken away from Irpan as a larger nation and declared the Irpan People's Republic.
In the Government Headquarters Emperor Jonathan Nigel sits in his seat of power at the head of the long table surrounded by government ministers and the generals who had been loyal to him. "Gentlemen, we have reached a dangerous time in our history, not since the dark days of the Genocide have we faced a threat this dire. The Irpanese are meant to be a united people and I have attempted to rule them as such, but now it seems we must fight each other. Generals what news from the front?" The Emperor looked at his two top Generals, Major Generals Thomas Markus and Owen Luka. "My Emperor, we have hit an impasses. The enemy has left only one bridge across the river Tomika and we have no equipment to force a bridgehead elsewhere. So now we face the enemy along a very narrow front. We are bringing up our heavy guns to pound the enemy but they have their own guns stolen from our arsenals in the East and have begun counter battery fire. This war, as that is what it now is Sir, will not be over quickly I fear." General Luka reported to his Emperor. Emperor Jonathan leaned back in his chair and held a hand to his forehead rubbing his temples. "I will call up the reserves in the press conference tonight then, if we can not resolve this war quickly manpower will be our best defence. Do we have enough equipment?"
"Yes My Emperor, our Sa80 A3 production has slowed with the loss of the Eastern Foundries but we have more than enough A2s left over to supply men with. Challenger 2s and Warriors we have plenty of, but we are lacking in our motorised section the enemy has more of them than us." General Markus reported. The Emperor nodded and then dismissed the ministers and generals and sat alone for some time before rising to take the word to the people.
Press Conference speech:
"My people, my children. It is with grave news that I, your beloved Emperor, address you today. If the east of our beloved country we have seen the rise of a new threat. One that seeks to overwhelm and destroy our very nation if we are not careful. This People's Republic is an illegal manifestation of evil that will do all in its power to destroy your way of life. To prevent this I call out to the international community to come, to come and help our Glorious Empire to defeat this evil and re-establish peace in our glorious nation. In turn i will be calling to active duty to all reservists, this war will be long and hard but with the proper application of force we can shorten it. I am sadden by all that has happened in the past two weeks and I hope you will join me in praying for peace to be restored soon. Goodnight my people, I hope to see you again tomorrow for our next meeting."