"Lyran fence sitters of Wiltshire, the Lyran Commonwealth of our collective youth is no more. Our distance from the worlds that formed the Lyran Core makes us both nothing but an afterthought in the minds of the other Archon Claimants."
"Charlamagne Steiner may be a Clanner, but at least his Clan has done something for worlds that were the Lyran Periphery, can you say that Tharkad, Arc-Royal of Skye will treat you any better."
"So, while I'd prefer not to do this at all, I'm taking it upon myself to begin unifying as many words as possible into the Adder Commonwealth, with as little force as possible."
"Choose a side, or choose your defenders. Portions, or all, of the Armor Brigade of the Alarion-Alarion Province Militia will face them."
(ooc: Armor Brigade, 17.25 FP. Open for Proxies if necessary.)
"Adder forces, be advised: Wiltshire is under the protection of the Rim Republican Army until the rightful Lyran Government is in a position to take over its administration. Leave now or you will be fired on."
OOC:
RWR claims Wiltshire will troops already on-world:
Teyvareb APM RCT Mech Regiment (Reg/Rel/11.25 FP)
Teyvareb APM RCT Armored Brigade (Reg/Rel/17.5 FP)
Teyvareb APM RCT Aerospace Wing (Reg/Rel/2 FP)
21st Wolf Dragoon RGT, 2nd Lyran Wolf Regulars BDE (Reg/Fan/12 FP)
The local militia does its best to stay inconspicuous and not get caught between the two rival factions.
The Alarion-Alarion Province Militia Armor Brigade withdraws
The APM makes no moves against the ACW troops as they are leaving. They turn their attentions to the planetary militia. "Militia commander, this is Colonel Kuhn. Do you surrender, or are you going to force me to destroy you?"
(BUMP...mainly to find out if the Government surrenders to the RWR)
Plan A was for the Rim Worlders and the Charlies to kill each other.
Time for Plan B.
In a rather blatant about-face broadcast on the local holo channels, Graf von Wiltshire and his cabinet announce their whole-hearted support for the RWR's democratic ideals and welcome their new comrades with open arms.