3282 - Escape from Federal Tyranny
03 Jan 2022Titus A. Cromwell
Without the protection of progressive inclusiveness, stripped of all rights and status, social outcasts, and with their son’s life in jeopardy, the Cromwell’s secretly sought the assistance of the Imperial Intelligence Service. As part of the agreement the Cromwell’s would have to get Titus out of the penal station, on to a ship without any Federation officials on board, and then into open space before the Imperial Diplomatic Corps could intervene. A daunting task for the best clandestine professional. Titus was all the Cromwell's had left so they planned and coordinated secretly with the Imperial Intelligence Services for months.In September 3282 the Cromwell’s were permitted to visit their child under close supervision with the belief that they were coming to plead with Titus to reverse his masculine development. If that failed it was expected that they would coordinate gender blocking procedures and shock indoctrination treatments with the Federation's Department of Gender Neutrality.
Upon arrival at the landing pad of the penal station Titus father secretly injected himself with a small dose of nerve agent. This gave the appearance of a sudden illness. As a result, he remained behind on the landing bay. His mother, still retaining her Ross 986 Progressive Party ID card was not searched going into the facility.
Upon entering the cell where Titus was shackled by the legs, wrists and neck the bureaucrat from the Department of Child Indoctrination Services gave an indifferent wave to Victoria’s son and sneered, “Here it is. See if you can do anything about it.”
Immediately after the door shut Victoria Cromwell, in one swift and powerful sweeping arc, slit the throats of her three escorts. The speed and force of the blow completely decapitated the first escort. Then, she provided Titus with a KARMA P-15 pistol and stiletto. Mother and son fought their way to the landing bay. The young nine-year-old Titus personally emasculated and then executed several detention personnel on the way to the landing pad.
While mother and son were making their way to the landing pad Marcus Cromwell injected himself again. This time with a dangerously large dose of performance enhancers. Then he crushed the pilot's skull and killed several landing area personnel with his hands. Making their way on to the ship the family used the dead pilot’s credentials to receive take-off clearance and they boosted their way out of the landing bay.
The speed and ferocity of the escape sent the Detention scrambling for their safe spaces. It took quite a while for the detention facility personnel to recover and emerge. By then, any chance of a coordinated response had evaporated. In the time it took the detention facility personnel to collect themselves and effectively respond, the Cromwell’s were safely and secretly aboard one of Prince Harold Duval’s Security Service Imperial Clippers, and on their way to Cemiess. Just as Pillar of Fortitude Detention Station security and Federation ships caught up to the drifting Viper MK IV used for the escape, it remotely self-destructed, taking with it two Federation ships.