Lordvader59
Three Thousand Club
[SIZE= 18px]Scandinavia, Iceland, Eastern America[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 16px]As the king and crown prince were beginning to reorganize themselves, the biggest internal threat reared it's head. The Sostiske rose up across multiple major cities within the empire such as Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and other major population centers. They gathered in millions in a violent coup, or more like a revolution, against the government. The Sostiske encountered resistance from local law enforcement, who attempted to hold off the Nationalists. Despite their best attempts and the fact that they had more firearms, the numbers against them were to much and soon all major cities but the capitol fell within three days. Danish High Command ordered all available military forces to be deployed in Copenhagen, but due to the lack of transportation, exhaustion from the Great War, and the fact that most of the military shared sympathy with the Sostiske their was little military presence. Two weeks of fighting took place, but by that time the Nationalists had reached the royal palace. In fear of a take over August and Josef were rushed to private airstrip for an emergency take off. Just as they arrived with their important items packed the Sostiske stormed the palace, fighting the Danish Royal Guard. When they were boarding a rogue bullet from inside the palace shot out the window and hit August in the lower right of his back. [/SIZE]
[SIZE= 16px]He was immediately rushed in for health care service and the guards stepped on the plane as it began to take off. During the procedure the SSNF began to exit out of the palace and started to shoot the plane. However they failed and the flight took off towards Iceland, as the rest of Scandinavia and Britain were now predominantly under Sostiske control. August went into a coma because of his wound, shortly before landing in Reykjavik. As he was about to be treated and the place being refueled, Sostiske began to take over much of the Icelandic countryside. Within two days they approached Reykjavik and began taking over the small city. Josef and the still unconscious August were rushed towards the plane and were successfully able to take off. They attempted to hastily land in Nuuk, Greenland but shortly before they could the guards on board had found out that most of the settlement had fallen to the Sostiske and assumed that the colony would automatically turnover to them due to lack of settlements in the northern portions.[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 16px]As such they began to look for the nearest country who could offer a proper asylum request. Quickly the Eastern United States were the best option due to proximity and the pilots of the plane requested that they landed in Vermont and that passengers on board, which numbered approximately twenty five people, be given asylum. They also informed that the Danish Royal Family was on board. While this was happening and while their course was being directed towards Vermont, King August passed away due to his wound over the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It was at this moment that Prince Josef was named the King of Denmark, Scandinavia, Great Britain, Ireland, Iceland & Greenland, and Morocco.[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 16px]@Lordvader59[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 16px]Within a month the Danish Empire was toppled and the Sostiske officially claimed victory after the death of king August, and they established the Scandinavian Socialist Nationalist Party as the sole political party within the state. Afterwards the SSNP created the Scandinavian Nationalist Empire, naming one of the original founders of the Sostiske Vilhelm Axelsson from Stockholm as the new leader of the nation. Quickly he made it apparent that the Sostiske would be different from the other Fascist orders of Europe and allow atheism to take hold. Vilhelm stated that it matters not of your belief that if god exist or not for you to be proud of yourself and your country, and that they power to create and destroy belong to those of humanity and not a deity. Vilhelm also agreed to allow the continuation of the build up of the armed forces, after he liquidated all of his former generals that posed immediate threat to him and his government. Afterwards he also promised to uphold the Treaty of Berlin with only one exception, that the Mormon missionaries be sent back to Deseret citing that, "The Scandinavian people and our citizens have spoken and that their will on this matter is final, not to mention that the religion of Mormonism could stir up old Royalist feelings who were the same people that failed the nation in the first place." While Vilhelm never denounced the religion as false and horrid, he did say that the will of his people are more important than the will of foreign priests and that the difference is substantial.[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 16px]@Fishman Lord[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 16px]In the meantime Vilhelm also passed the Required Service Act, which made it so that everyone seventeen to thirty eight would have to sign up for selective service within two weeks of the act being passed and within a month new seventeen year old's. If they did not comply the first instance is jailed for a week, second jailed for a month, third for six months, and the fourth and final instance would result in hard labor for three years. If they did not comply after that then it will either be life imprisonment, hard labor until death, or execution depending on circumstance. Vilhelm also requested that a Fascist summit between the three Fascist powers of Europe be held in Stockholm, the new capitol, for the three leaders to form a triple alliance of sorts.[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 16px]@Agent141 @Albion[/SIZE]
America accepts the request for Danish Royals to take asylum within it's borders.
Meanwhile, the Neo Corps of discovery, at long last, finished their primary objective. With the settling of the remainder of Illinois, all of the Continential United States east of the Deseretians was under American control. The president spoke at a party in New York, one of the many around the country celebrating the new national holiday of Unification Day. The holiday is set for January 28th, and excerpt of the speech follows:
"My fellow Americans. We stand today on the pillars of a great triumph. A few short years ago, we were confined to just a handful of the Old States. Now, the entire Eastern portion of the old United States of America is ours. Hopefully, with the cooperation of our good friends in the Deserets, we will make America a truly great nation in these trying times. A beacon of freedom that splits the shadow of tyranny to the south and the East. I do not know what the future holds for this great nation, but I look forwards to leading America into the new, bright future."
The Neo-corps of Discovery was now reassigned to construction, building up the territories they settled with the help of the brave American citizens who settle the Western portions of the country. One of their main focuses is on Washington DC, which is estimated to be finished in 6 months.
American researches have now finished their reconstruction of the F-111 Aardvark and 90 aircraft have been ordered.
The Department of Science has issued three research projects to their researchers. They are to, using models found in pre-outbreak military installations, make a blueprint accurate enough to be used in production for the UH-60 Blackhawk, Ah-64 Apache, and U-2 "Dragon Lady" spy plane.
Word now came to the USA of the revolutions in Germany, Rome, Brazil, and Denmark. Immediately, the Joint Chiefs of Staff were called by Harold into the Situation room.
"Greetings gentlemen, you may take your seats." At the president's word, everyone sat around a long table. "I'm sure you all know of the goings on in other nations. America is behind in the intelligence game. We should've learned of these coups before or as they happened. The menaces that are Fascism and Communism are spreading like wildfire, to combat this, we need to up our game."
"Sir." General Noah Norris spoke up. "The obvious solution would be to reinstate the FBI and CIA, with all due respect."
"Precisely, General, that's what I intend to do. Now, the question remains as to how they will be organized."
"I could oversee them as part of the US Army, sir."
"As could I, my Branch is already in charge of national security." General Curtis Brady of the National Guard spoke up."
"Sir, they should be managed under the Department of the Homeland Security." It was Isaac Ward, the JSOC Chairman
"My thoughts exactly. Anyone apposed to the creation of the Federal Buereau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency as new Federal Agencies under the Dept. of Homeland Security.
"Sir," it was Noah "I would like to propose an amendment that the CIA get a Chief of Staff upon this committee so that they may better coordinate with the efforts of units like the EIU"
"That is a good idea, does anyone appose the aforementioned decision with the CIA getting a man on this committee?" Harold looked around.
No one objected.
"Very well, the resolution passes." Harold had a runner go and take the orders to be executed.
When the Dept. of Homeland Security received the orders, they were carried out immediately. Men were selected from Officer's schools, the ranks of the military, and from recruitment stations around the country as both agencies were flooded with recruits. In time, General Lucas Copeland was chosen to represent the CIA on JSOC. The first batch of agent training is est to be done within a month.
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