State of the Legion: "Legion Declares War"
21 Jan 2020Extremofire
Article from "State of the Legion", internal Lavigny's Legion newsletter. 20 Jan, 3306. In a speech yesterday morning, Admiral Lucius Lavigny, sovereign consul of Lavigny's Legion, issued a formal declaration of war against the forces of the Nova Imperium.
"These traitorous scum have once more reared their head in the same place it was squashed a while ago, with what seems to be a renewed spirit. The Legion will personally see to it that that spirit is crushed!"
This move, which echoes the Legion's offensive movement almost exactly a year ago, comes as a surprise to the wider Imperial Navy, with the Legion and Chapterhouse Inquisitor-backed opposition long considered a success. The Imperium, though believed to be all but decimated in the resistance, seems to have stockpiled an additional navy in secret, and have conducted a hostile takeover of Paresa, home to billions of Imperials.
However, the Imperial Navy could not spare additional forces, with logistics crews cleaning up the civic mess that last week's conflicts in Caspatsuria left, and Naval forces deployed to Chun Tstar. The duty was relayed to Admiral Lavigny, who has now issued orders to deploy to Paresa.
The Peraesii Empire Consulate, the personnel of which the Legion has made an official alliance with, is the local contact for resisting the Imperium, both overtly and covertly. Legion forces are assisting in gathering intel and conducting logistics for the Consulate to support this goal, as the Consulate seeks to unite the peoples of Paresa against the Imperium. Citizens of the Consulate have told New Carthage News that some are sympathetic.
"Duke Mordanticus enabled conservatives of the Empire to wield their views more openly," one citizen commented. "Some of this has escalated to violence. It needs to be stopped... but some of these people can be saved, and that should be the priority before violence."
Praetor Michael "Saint" Lee has since deployed a large contingent of more than forty Legionnaires and their crews, commanded by OCOR Praetorians and Triarii. With his official order declaring the Imperium a terrorist organization in Nov 3304, he has a seemingly personal interest in completing this campaign. Sources close to the Legion Forum have cited him as ordering Quaestors to consider Paresa to "be our number one priority until retaken."
Legionnaires are encouraged to join the forward line in Paresa, and support the resistance against the Imperium. Contact Praetor "Saint" Michael Lee for more orders.
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