UJAZDOW AFLAME [OOC][MT/FanT]

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, 'I don't see the use of this; let us clear it away.' To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: 'If you don't see the use of it, I certainly won't let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.'

– G.K Chesterton | The Thing: Why I Am a Catholic

IC THREAD

Nestled between Hanko and Adraestia – between the Quiet Sea and the Deep Tatras – is a strange little land inhabited by a strange pair of peoples, named Blauveldt and Ryszana.

It is, for the most part, a peaceful land, whose peace is kept by men with guns and tanks – who stand at the borders and stare eye-to-bloody-eye with other men who would see their home in ruins.

For this, it is said, they deserve a voice in the halls of power. Those they guard, especially in Blauveldt, sometimes disagree – and when they disagree, they take to the streets.

Most of the time, there are protests, picket-lines, slogans, demonstrations and counter-demonstrations. Very occasionally, there is a brawl, and riot-police with truncheons and bean-bag rounds and water-cannons and tear-gas. Small concessions are made in one direction or another, but the Reichswehr keeps its old stranglehold on the Blauveldter Landtag, and Blauveldt and Ryszana continue on their stable, stoid course into the future.

This time is different.

This time, something has gone horribly wrong.

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0900 3 May 2824 A.L/2024 A.D - Sizable protests against the Reichswehr's political stranglehold in the Landtag begin across the Kingdom of Blauveldt in most major cities. These are met with riot police & water cannons.

1130 6 May - Small scuffles between protestors & a battalion of Army troops assigned to the security of Ujazdow Castle & Reichswehr HQ escalate rapidly, and lead to bloody clashes - as well as widespread outcry within Blauveldt-Ryszana and abroad.

2100 12 May - Orders come down from the highest level of Command to attempt de-escalation followed by public intervention by King and Sejm - in particular, many firearms are returned to armories. Negotiations of a sort begin. Reichswehr releases a small number of arrested demonstrators as a show of good faith. Reinforcements headed for Ujazdow cease their transit towards the capital and begin returning to barracks.

0900 15 May - A kind of political settlement seems imminent in the next few days. Rumored clauses include re-elections in key Reichswehr-controlled constituencies, and the resignation of a number of Reichswehr veterans from the Landtag.

2359 15 May - The majority of the Ujazdow Police Department, the majority of the Royal Constables, and detachments from various units of the Ujazdow Garrison Command abruptly declare their ‘support’ for the protests in rapid succession, and deliver a new set of demands - including the dissolution of the Commonwealth of the Free Realms of Blauveldt and Ryszana, the establishment of the independent 'Blauvelter Republic', and other such demands. They also mandate a curfew.

0010 16 May - EW/Jamming descends on many parts of the city, shutting down cellular service, and telephone and broadband internet lines are cut.


0030 16 May - Mortar attack on Ujazdow airport, shutting down air traffic if it wasn't already, followed by occupation by troops of what appear to be the Garrison Command.

0100 16 May - Thread begins.

NOTE: All dates represented in A.L; convert back into A.D by subtracting 800 from the year.

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Hi! Welcome! This RP has been a long time coming, honestly; first came up with it more than 4 years ago. Always planned on doing it, never got around to it – but that changes today, I hope.

Note:

• This will be a somewhat slow-burn thing with occasional starts and stops as my workload increases or decreases. Might take a year, maybe two before things finally conclude or even begin to ramp up.
• This thread is a semi-canon version of the actual in-universe event.
• I have a fixed end in plan for this RP. How I get to it – that might be up to you.
• There's a discord server! Telegram me for entry.

Rules:

• UNLESS YOU ARE A CO-WRITER FOR BRICKVERSE, HAVE AN EMBASSY WITH ME, HAVE SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM ME, OR ARE RECOMMENDED BY ONE OF THE ABOVE, YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO DIRECTLY INTERVENE IN THE EVENTS, PERIOD. With that said – anything else is fair game as long as you pitch your idea either on the OOC thread or on the discord first. You may RP as citizens caught in Ujazdow, you may post your government’s reactions, etc – but pitch your ideas to me first.
  
• Even if you are permitted to directly intervene – please exercise your common sense and existing knowledge. Please don’t dump a division of troops in – or at least, not without letting me know ahead of time.
  
• Confirm you have read these two points by prefacing your first post on the OOC thread with ‘Nasz życia los, Na stos, na stos!’

[Legatia]

Reporting in. Will use this post likely for a placeholder for important info to come.

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

Reporting in. Will use this post likely for a placeholder for important info to come.

Excellent; glad to see you here.

[Neo-Western East Korea]

Reporting in as Hanko - excluding the Neo-Korean Embassy's No Good Very Bad Day. Also using this post as a placeholder, might copy-paste the blurb I write in the disc over to it eventually.

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

Reporting in as Hanko - excluding the Neo-Korean Embassy's No Good Very Bad Day. Also using this post as a placeholder, might copy-paste the blurb I write in the disc over to it eventually.

Alright, lmk once you've got it up.

[Gorizont Ltd]

Hi hi hello hiiiiiii. Ready for shenanigans.

[The Selkie]

Nasz życia los, Na stos, na stos!
Please tell me, that I didn't just call someone a donkey. ; )

Either way, before I formulate a plan, one quick question: Ujazdow. The district of Warsaw or where are we?

[Mervay]

Kirov Reporting!
Jokes aside, what could be the possible options for an narrative where someone is involved in a medium category, not to the point to intervene, unless certain parties follow, to something along the lines of foreign nationals trapped in the city?

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

Nasz życia los, Na stos, na stos!
Please tell me, that I didn't just call someone a donkey. ; )

Either way, before I formulate a plan, one quick question: Ujazdow. The district of Warsaw or where are we?

ujazdow is BRC's not!warsaw

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

Kirov Reporting!
Jokes aside, what could be the possible options for an narrative where someone is involved in a medium category, not to the point to intervene, unless certain parties follow, to something along the lines of foreign nationals trapped in the city?

not sure at this moment - probably something akin to what gorizont's doing(i.e recovering a prototype from the gov before the coup gets it's hands on it)

idk if he'll let you tag along on that one but something in a similar vein might work?

[The Selkie]

Nasz życia los, Na stos, na stos!
Please tell me, that I didn't just call someone a donkey. ; )

Either way, before I formulate a plan, one quick question: Ujazdow. The district of Warsaw or where are we?

ujazdow is BRC's not!warsaw

*thumbs up emoji*
So, first idea, civilian/s trying to get to the Embassy of the Free Lands and the relative safety it offers. Of course, the usual diplomatic missives would be written as well, including a promise of aid should it be requested, but that'd be a side show.

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

ujazdow is BRC's not!warsaw

*thumbs up emoji*
So, first idea, civilian/s trying to get to the Embassy of the Free Lands and the relative safety it offers. Of course, the usual diplomatic missives would be written as well, including a promise of aid should it be requested, but that'd be a side show.

workable. brc civvies or selkie, or both?

[The Selkie]

*thumbs up emoji*
So, first idea, civilian/s trying to get to the Embassy of the Free Lands and the relative safety it offers. Of course, the usual diplomatic missives would be written as well, including a promise of aid should it be requested, but that'd be a side show.

workable. brc civvies or selkie, or both?

Selkie, most likely. If I go for plural, maybe from my other nations.
That reminds me: Ida and Yven. Yay, nay or...?

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

workable. brc civvies or selkie, or both?

Selkie, most likely. If I go for plural, maybe from my other nations.
That reminds me: Ida and Yven. Yay, nay or...?

Hm...

Aye to both, I'd say!

[The Selkie]

Selkie, most likely. If I go for plural, maybe from my other nations.
That reminds me: Ida and Yven. Yay, nay or...?

Hm...

Aye to both, I'd say!

That of course raises the question as to where you want them. And where their local significant others are.

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

Hm...

Aye to both, I'd say!

That of course raises the question as to where you want them. And where their local significant others are.

Right - Berengar's probably at/near his unit's garrison, which is - iirc - Pruszków/Prushkov. Ida's probably there too.

Marie, on the other hand...originally I had her at the airport but I cut that from the OP to save a bit of time.

[The Selkie]

That of course raises the question as to where you want them. And where their local significant others are.

Right - Berengar's probably at/near his unit's garrison, which is - iirc - Pruszków/Prushkov. Ida's probably there too.

Marie, on the other hand...originally I had her at the airport but I cut that from the OP to save a bit of time.

I take Berengar's unit would be earmarked to move in and restore order?

Marie and Yven, the two of them trying to get to the embassy through the chaos?

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

Right - Berengar's probably at/near his unit's garrison, which is - iirc - Pruszków/Prushkov. Ida's probably there too.

Marie, on the other hand...originally I had her at the airport but I cut that from the OP to save a bit of time.

I take Berengar's unit would be earmarked to move in and restore order?

Marie and Yven, the two of them trying to get to the embassy through the chaos?

Once the Guards Rifles figure out what's going on, yeah - though that might take some time. Should note that there's going to be a target on Berengar's - and for that matter, Ida's - back, though.

Yep!

[Mervay]

not sure at this moment - probably something akin to what gorizont's doing(i.e recovering a prototype from the gov before the coup gets it's hands on it)

idk if he'll let you tag along on that one but something in a similar vein might work?

Maybe not along these lines, but I was thinking in a mix of Mervayan National's Trapped behind in the chaos; ranging from an Journalist and Photograppher covering the news, an Businesswoman and her security detail whose mission was to see any commericial opportunities before things went south, and the last one being a either a family or group of friends that was doing a bit of tourism.

Government wise, make heads and tails of what's going on, support the legitimate authority be it the coup or royalist government, and perhaps see if someone can be sent to analyze the course of action to take.

[The Selkie]

I take Berengar's unit would be earmarked to move in and restore order?

Marie and Yven, the two of them trying to get to the embassy through the chaos?

Once the Guards Rifles figure out what's going on, yeah - though that might take some time. Should note that there's going to be a target on Berengar's - and for that matter, Ida's - back, though.

Yep!

Oh, dear... that could be fun. Mainly because, unlike Yven, who barely knows his way around a pike, Ida actually can into guns.

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

not sure at this moment - probably something akin to what gorizont's doing(i.e recovering a prototype from the gov before the coup gets it's hands on it)

idk if he'll let you tag along on that one but something in a similar vein might work?

Maybe not along these lines, but I was thinking in a mix of Mervayan National's Trapped behind in the chaos; ranging from an Journalist and Photograppher covering the news, an Businesswoman and her security detail whose mission was to see any commericial opportunities before things went south, and the last one being a either a family or group of friends that was doing a bit of tourism.

Government wise, make heads and tails of what's going on, support the legitimate authority be it the coup or royalist government, and perhaps see if someone can be sent to analyze the course of action to take.

could, maybe. trapped nationals certainly work.

what's the support entail?

[Mervay]

could, maybe. trapped nationals certainly work.

what's the support entail?

True, that one works wonders. So that could do the trick.

And the support would be: generous terms for lendings, humanitarian aid, military logistical support in the form of weaponry and political asylum should the situation turn sour.

[Legatia]

For those interested in collabing- there will be a Merrie military response to this in Uzjadow, currently including 1x battalion of 41 Regiment Ranger.

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

Once the Guards Rifles figure out what's going on, yeah - though that might take some time. Should note that there's going to be a target on Berengar's - and for that matter, Ida's - back, though.

Yep!

Oh, dear... that could be fun. Mainly because, unlike Yven, who barely knows his way around a pike, Ida actually can into guns.

to be fair at best berengar will have his service pistol while the people coming after them are kitted to the gills and possess automatic rifles

berengar's rough plan is to try to make a run for his base - which ought to be no more than 5-10 min away.

really the most dangerous point of this is while they're still in their apartment; once they get moving the chances of being found drop, and then once they're in the garrison there's really no risk to them from that point onwards

[The Selkie]

Oh, dear... that could be fun. Mainly because, unlike Yven, who barely knows his way around a pike, Ida actually can into guns.

to be fair at best berengar will have his service pistol while the people coming after them are kitted to the gills and possess automatic rifles

berengar's rough plan is to try to make a run for his base - which ought to be no more than 5-10 min away.

really the most dangerous point of this is while they're still in their apartment; once they get moving the chances of being found drop, and then once they're in the garrison there's really no risk to them from that point onwards

...unless some of the soldiers have a few scores to settle. Or were paid to do so. Or are traitors out of ideological reasons.
Or if there are none, Ida could believe there are. Leading to a witch hunt.
Just brainstorming.