A Not So Cold War

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It was just before middday in East Berlitow and inside the Palace of the Republic, Erich Honecker, Ernst Ulbricht and Hristov Zhivkov were attending a meeting of the politburo.

“Are there any suggestions for the agenda” Honecker asked the politburo

“General Secretary, Erich, I propose that a new item be placed on the agenda. It is the removal of Ernst Ulbricht’s economic reform project.” Taraki Kivlok replied

“Well, then I open the debate.” Honecker responded calmly

Many people then shuffled their papers around and quietly talked to the people around them for a few minutes until Kivlok stood up again.

“Comrades, although the reform by Dear Comrade Ulbricht have noble intentions, I cannot help but be alarmed by it’s revisionist polices.”

“The most obvious of which is being the options it opens up for foreign intervention in the economy! Not only that but it also provides the foundation for the restoration of the markets and inevitably, capitalism!” Kivlok spoke to group with passion

“It is be-” Kivlok said before he was cut off as the whole building suddenly shook.

Outside the front of the building a massive car bomb had just gone off and the whole building lurched backwards as a massive fireball and smoke plume rose into the sky.
Inside the meeting room the ceiling began collapsing as the tiling fell down onto the desk. Ernst Ulbricht and Hristov Zhivkov were both hit by falling tiles and many other members of the politburo were hit by the shrapnel and debris flying around. At the same time the lights flickered before switching off and plunging the room into darkness.

The politburo would remain trapped inside the meeting room until they were rescued hours later by a group of firefighters and rescue workers. Ernst Ulbricht, Hristov Zhivkov and another politburo member, Scott Winton were pronounced dead at the scene whilst most of the remaining politburo members including Erich Honecker were hospitalised.

A media blackout was then quickly established around the area and eventually extended across the whole country as the government and intelligence services attempted to figure out what exactly had happened.

The West Cerdan Government however knew exactly what had happened, and it went according to plan but they did not expect it to kill such senior members of the leadership.
Their own intelligence service then began covering up it’s tracks and cutting off any loose ends.

2

On the other side of the Palace of the Republic, the Gordic Council Offices of East Cerdani were busy at work when a large explosion rocked the building. The Horror inside the building as 10 GC Workers laid burnt and burred under the twisted metal, after a few hours Local Fire Departments were able to rescue a additional 30 workers 12 of which were in Critical Condition with the rest treated on site for Minor injuries. Secretary General of the GC Jeff Meckers made a TV announcement following the attacks just as he was boarding the flight to East Cerdani.

“Today September 14th 2017, The Cerdani Democratic Republic was Viciously and Deliberately attacked by a Unknown group in a terrorist attack that left 10 Gordic Council workers dead and 42 more Injured. I will like to send my deepest condolences to the family of Ernst Ulbricht, Hristov Zhivkov and Scott Winton, we will find out who committed such acts of treason and bring them to Justice in front of the Gordic Council Highest Court.The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you’re faced with a tragedy, a loss so huge that you have no idea how you can live through it, somehow, the world keeps turning, the seconds keep ticking.” He pauses for a second before walking off the podium and immediately boarded his plane towards East Cerdani.

3

After the rescue of the politburo and a few other scattered survivors the hope of survival for anybody else quickly diminished. The rescue team quickly turned into a recovery team pulling bodies, limbs and fragments of people out of the mangled piles of metal.

From his hospital bed Erich Honecker addressed the nation a few international reporters.

“Earlier today there was an attack at The Palace of the Republic in the heart of Berlitow”

“We do not know who or how many are dead at this point, but we do know at this stage that Comrades Ernst Ulbticht, Hristov Zhivkov and Scott Wilson have been killed and many other members of the politburo, myself included, are injured.”

“I ask everyone to please, keep calm and carry on with your daily lives.”

Following this Honecker signed for Taraki Kivlok to take over his and the late Ernst Ulbricht’s positions until he is in a state to reclaim his position. Not long after he introduced himself in a small conference as the temporary General Secretary and Chairman of the Communist Party of Cerdani, most notably he is the first vulpine to ever attain such high positions within the government.

With the recovery of bodies still ongoing the investigation team moved in on the site. A large portion of the front of the building has collapsed and all of the famous 1001 lamps have been blown out, along with the bronze tinted reflective glass.
Investigators quickly discovered charred pieces of metal and debris quickly confirming what eyewitnesses had described, a bomb. They continued digging through the debris trying to find anything else that could help them.

Meanwhile in West Cerdani, The President was sharing drinks with various high ranking intelligence officers and stated that this act of revenge went much better than he ever could have hoped for. At the same time the intelligence service was cleaning its hands after severing ties with the East Cerdani fascist movement and numerous other clandestine groups within the country.

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OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE TRETRIDIAN DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

To: Erich Honecker
General Secretary
Cerdani Democratic Republic
From: Bartholomew Smith
5 Embassy Road

Dear Mr. Honecker:
We offer our greatest condolences to your country, as it clearly has suffered a horrible shock from such an event. We hope that the people responsible for this will be found out and brought to justice.

Sincerely,
Bartholomew Smith
Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Second Republic of Tretrid

5

The events that transpired in the East Cerdanian capital, Bertilow, were tragic and brought the fragile armistice between the East and West into tricky and troublesome waters. While the attackers had not been found, the list of suspects was narrow. Could the West Cerdani government employ terrorism?, the East Polynesian head of diplomacy, Luanu Tomanuanu, asked himself.

The elder Procyne gentlemen was a sturdy man for his age. While he was silent and seemingly docile, he was as sharp as an axe. He had sifted through enough corporate espionage, political mudslinging to put enough dots together to discern events, the people and reasons behind them with remarkable accuracy.

But if indeed this was West Cerdani, what did they have to gain, he asked himself. Clearly this was not going to solve itself. He’d have to wait and bide his time, analysing the situation. He informed his colleagues in the Polynesian Union to be careful. The matter may be deeper than they realised. All he could do was offer a message of support on his Cafe Net social media account (which he instructed someone else to do):

— Begin quote from ____

East Polynesia sends condolences to the families affected and hopes that the government of East Cerdani can find the perpetrators of these attacks. We call for calm and encourage nations to be level headed. #Gondwana_United #East_Cerdani_Attacks

— End quote

6

As day broke over Berlitow investigators surveyed the damage and looked for clues. While combing through the rubble inside the partially collapsed building, a bomb technician located some internal component fragments from the vehicle that delivered the bomb and among them a vehicle identification number found on a piece of the engine. Investigators quickly ran this through their database and determined it belonged to a man known as “Jeremy Clarence” who lived not too far from the Palace of the Republic. His apartment was raided and his items seized pending investigation however there was no sign of him anywhere and a manhunt throughout the whole country quickly began.

Despite this, life still had to go on and Taraki Kivlok announced that the Palace of the Republic will be rebuilt along with a memorial for the dead to be placed inside the reconstructed building. Much of the area surrounding however was still littered with debris and chunks of metal with the iconic Marx-Engels Forum having a large chunks of shattered marble strewn across it with no sign of cleanup underway yet.

On the outskirts of Berlitow, West Cerdani intelligence agents disposed of Jeremy Clarence’s body into a small ditch and left misleading information on his corpse, ascribing his motive as that of a lone wolf rather than part of any underground fascist movement.

7

“I fucking knew it!” Taraki Kivlok exclaimed, reviewing the findings from the investigation and the various interrogations and tracking of underground fascist movements.

The evidence was clear, West Cerdani has funded underground fascist elements across East Cerdani for years and this bombing was revenge… but for what?
Although it is true that East funds communist and socialist movements in West Cerdani they are far too small to do anything major yet.

“Surround and blockade West Berlitow with our soldiers, dont let anything in or out. Let them know this act of terrorism won’t go unnoticed!” Taraki told the meeting board, which comprised of many major military officials

The group sat, slightly stunned at the bluntness of his orders.

“Make it happen. now!” Taraki ordered and the meeting quickly disbanded.

Within hours West Berlitow had been surrounded by tanks, anti-aircraft flaks and thousands of soldiers and the military was put on full alert across the entire nation. Simultaneously the regiments in West Berlitow began bunkering in West Berlitow and managed to send a message out to the homeland before East Cerdani jammers blocked the signal.

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In his office the President of West Cerdani was busy reading various important documents when his advisor burst into the room

“Sir, the East have surrounded West Berlitow. They are demanding we accept responsibility for the recent terrorist attack!” The advisor blurted out quickly

“Woah, slow down there. What did you say again?” The President replied

“The East have surrounded West Berlitow!” The advisor said, much more slower this time

“For fucks sake, this wont stand! I’ll contact the military and the East better be ready.” The President told the advisor

He then picked up his phone and dialled to the various generals across the country and not long after the military had amassed along the border walls and were poised to break through at any moment.

8

While smoking his cigar in his office, Erwin Pipua told himself, “You got to stop smoking these cigars, else it’ll kill you, though you managed to survive a war and a .50 bullet to the head.” Then his phone on the desk rings. He answers it and the caller reveals himself to be the GXE diplomat stationed in the East Cerdani embassy. Wondering why he would call him, Erwin Pipua asks him why he called him. “The situation at the DMZ between the Cerdanis have escalated to the point that military forces have been deployed to the two sides sir,” said the diplomat. Worried about the situation, Erwin Pipua tells the diplomat to prepare for an evacuation of the embassy but try to deescalate the situation with the East Cerdanis. After the phone calls ends, the diplomat proceeds to call General Secretary Taraki Kivlok.

9

Despite the mass movements around the borders life continued relatively normally in East Berlitow with cleanup around the Palace of the Republic in full motion and reconstruction works already starting on the facade. In West Berlitow however people were forced into their homes as a military junta took control of the government in the city and enforced a martial law until contact and connection with the mainland could be established.
Much of the food in West Berlitow was looted in the chaos of the martial law and little remained for most of the population who were already starting to grow anxious.
[hr]
Inside his temporary office Taraki Kivlok was finishing up editing an email destined for the President of West Cerdani.

"
To:
President Herbert Frahm
Republic of Cerdani

Mr Frahm,

Your continued aggression and subversion against our nation will not stand any longer. On behalf of the Cerdani Democratic Republic I demand you accept responsibility for this recent attack and any past attacks from fascist groups you have funded.We also demand that you pay reparations for these attacks and pay for reconstruction costs as well.

Failure to reply to this within 48 hours will be interpreted as meaning you do not wish to agree or co-operate. If you do not agree to these terms we will be forced to move into action.

Regards,
Taraki Kivlok
Acting General Secretary of the Communist Party of Cerdani.
"

After sending the email off his phone starting ringing, quickly picking it up he spoke into the reciever.

“Hello? State your business and name.”

10

(Joint post between me and Normallah)
GXE Diplomat: “Hello, my name is Darryl Edmund, the Xagrurgian diplomat stationed in East Cerdani.”
Taraki Kivlok: “Ah yes, so why exactly are you calling?”
Darryl Edmund: “I’m calling because of the growing tensions on the DMZ between West and East Cerdani. Can you confirm whether conflict will break out and evacuation of the embassies will be necessary?”
Taraki Kivlok: “I can’t confirm anything at this stage. We have sent the West an ultimatum and if they don’t agree or respond conflict may break out. If that is the case we will ensure all diplomatic staff will be evacuated.”
Darryl Edmund: “Do you know who committed the bombing of the palace earlier?”
Taraki Kivlok: “The bombing was committed by an underground fascist movement that receives funding from the West. We also have good reason to believe that the West has tried to cover their tracks. I am not at liberty to disclose any more than that.”
Darryl Edmund: “Well, that’s all of my questions so goodnight.”
Taraki Kivlok: “Understandable, have a nice day.”

11

Laage Airforce Base, East Cerdani
9/25/2017 2300hrs
Operation Golden Scar

Just after 11 3 C-135 carrying 6 Kaab SH-62 stealth helicopters arrived at the base " Good Evening, we have the first piece of the delivery, just butter the bread on the landing trying to Charlie this Tango into the nearest hanger, Over" Lt.Matt Oslejek of the RKoAF said to ATC before receiving the IFR Clearance into the ramp. The Soldiers quickly load the secret Stealth Helicopters into the hangers and load the fuel back up for the C-135s. “What a weird country nice scenery though fucking sweet flying through the mountains” Oslejek thinks to himself while eating some food in the nearby offices. While on the ramp 22 KAS 98C/D multi-role fighter aircraft were on donation by the RKoAF for a 12 month lease trial period.

2 CH-107 closely guarded by 4 CT-221 from the Royal Cranian Airforce delivered 80 Tanks and 90 APCs to the East Cerdani Armed forces, the Gordic Blocks were content on building up the forces of the East to defend its sovereignty. RCoAF also leased 12 UH-37, CF-25 (Stealth) and 30 CA-19 to the East Airforce.

[hr]

On the border of West Cerdani RKoAF was ramping up its show of force and Deterrence deployed 4 Kaab-290 bombers to have a 24 hour presence near the border. KAS AH-94 could regularly be seen flying low near the Howaii Sea (Known to the Kasmiys), Several Kaab-16E/F were also spotted high above the sky in international airspace.

12

Inside the blockaded West Berlitow discontent among the citizenry was quickly growing and in the central plaza a massive anti-government rally was held with much clandestine support coming from the East Cerdan government.

Atop the makeshift stage in the plaza the notorious West Cerdan communist politician Isaac Vasily walked up the microphone, waving down to the crowd as cameras panned over to the stage. Many of them were transmitting to East Cerdani where the signals were being relayed both into East Berlitow and back into West Berlitow in a concerted propaganda effort.

After the crowd calmed down Isaac began speaking into the microphone

"I’d like to take a moment to address you directly, President Frahm.

Under other circumstances I like to think we might have been able to talk together in an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect. Certainly judging from your initial speeches and talks, you showed every promise of becoming a contributor to the reunification process. And yet, I’m not sure what spurred you to it, but you have recently chosen to act with such wilful disregard for our future. There really in no-"

Isaac was cut off by gunshots as the military began firing into the crowd.
The cameras stopped rolling a few seconds later as people dispersed and ran for cover as the military began closing the area off and shooting anybody who tried to escape.

13

It had been a few weeks and things were finally seeming to cool down, at least a little anyways. Everything was relatively normal in East Berlitow with reconstruction of The Palace of the Republic underway alongside numerous other construction projects.

In West Berlitow the protests had almost entirely stopped and it seemed like the situation would be over, however in the early hours of the morning a mass surge of people began marching towards the governmental complex in the middle of West Berlitow which they quickly surrounded and blockaded. The military and police holed up inside however were not going to take this and after a few tense hours gunshots rang out as the military opened fire on the protesters shooting and killing them indiscriminately.

These events did not go unnoticed by the East Cerdan government and later that day the military began a full scale invasion of West Berlitow, driving tanks through weak points in the border wall as soldiers scaled the wall with ladders and other makeshift apparatus. As they moved towards the government centre they recieved a mixed welcome with some cheering them on whilst others pelted rocks at them. Regardless of their welcome they quickly stormed through the city capturing most of the remnants of the police and armed forces. They quickly surrounded the government complex much like the protesters had earlier and this time instead of fighting back with their limited ammo, men and food the final remnants of the West Cerdan Forces in West Berlitow capitulated.

That evening videos of the East Cerdani Flag being raised over the Government Complex in West Berlitow and people singing The Internationale in the streets were broadcasted around the globe. The West Cerdan government quickly issued a statement condemning the events but it was quickly becoming clear they are going to, or at least are planning to do something soon. But many wonder if it will be too little to late, especially with the capitulation of an entire city.

14

While packing his items into boxes in the Xagrurgian embassy, he suddenly hears news of East Cerdani launching the first attack on West Cerdani in response to civil dissent in West Berlitow from the radio on his desk. “Oh for fuck’s sake, what the hell is wrong with these morons? They’re going to provoke another massive regional war again.”

15

Around 10:00am on the 21st of October on the main street of West Berlitow a massive parade began moving down towards the main government centre. The crowds were waving East Cerdani and red flags from the side as massive posters of the various government officials from East Cerdani led the parade down the street. They were followed by groups of armed soldiers and more groups of communist supporters waving flags and chanting various slogans.
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The parade then reached the government centre where much of the original West Cerdan imagery and symbols had been vandalised and in the central square a large statue of the former West Cerdan President, Lucas Gortro was toppled by protesters and instead a large picture board had been put up in place depicting Marx, Engels and Lenin.
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Yet not everything was so grand and happy in West Berlitow, the government and state police were already rounding up capitalist sympathisers and deporting them away to the various prisons in the country and a few pockets that tried to fight back were quickly liquidated. The liberals in the city weren’t too happy with this turn of events either, criticising the East Cerdan government for it’s “evil and vile act against West Berlitow” and many protested in the only way they saw fit. Standing a park with a few flags and asking nicely for the East Cerdan government to leave.
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Yet despite all of this the West Cerdan government remained paralysed by fear, with much of the world turned against them and one of their largest cities now lost they were now becoming aware of their shortcomings and weakness which were on display to the whole world. The West Cerdan government is much like a cornered beast, and it will not go down without a bloody fight.

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Nassad
Operation Dutergra

Assassinate Veshknok Tuneras, Head of Kovert Intelligence Agency of Prussia from 1976-1991.

Assassinate Markus Johannes Ex-President of West Cerdani, Deliver the Head to the government of the East. If Possible Kidnap instead and turn him over to the East Cerdani Government

Kidnap Herbert Frahm current president of West Cerdani, Deliver to East Cerdani. If attempts to fight back happen kill him.

Assassinate Army General Jonathon Holacce for war crimes against East Cerdani government.

You have 30 days to complete the mission, your passports from Pax Draconia are awaiting you in a safe inside the Bank of Nacata. You will be giving 350,000 SHDs over the course of this month.
All other information can and will be found inside each of your boxes, please handle the situation immediately, may Jah be with you.

Operation Dutergra: Approved

Signed Charlotte Robinson

Following the approval of Operation Dutergra, Head of Nassad Roe Benska emailed General Secretary Erich Honecker to inform him of operations.

Secure Email

To: General Secretary Erich Honecker
From: Nassad

Greetings,

We will like to inform you that Nassad will be working in West Cerdani, this may involve Nassad agents moving through East Cerdani to get to West Berlitow. You can expect some pretty exciting packages withen the next month.

17

Horrified by the lack of code of conduct the East Cerdani had in the mass arrests and shooting of West Berlitow’s citizenry, the Xagrurgian ambassador calls Erich Honecker to warn him to stop its outright human rights abuses or the Greater Xagrurgian Empire will be forced to halt diplomatic relations with East Cerdani.
[hr]
With decreasing relations with the East Cerdani government increasingly growing, the Xagrurgian government secretly sends an email to West Cerdani President Herbert Frahm.

CLASSIFIED EMAIL: LEVEL 5 CLEARANCE
From: High Commander Erwin Pipua
To: President Herbert Frahm
This is High Commander Erwin Pipua of Xagrurg. With the flagrant abuses of human rights in West Berlitow by the East Cerdani government outlined in recent developments of the Cerdani situation, the Xagrurgian government would like to send military and economic aid to West Cerdani. Email or call me back on a secure line if you wish to pursue further talks.

18

In his office, Erich Honecker had finished up writing his email to Nassad when he received word from Xagrug accusing the East of human rights abuses. Annoyed he quickly wrote up an email to him, sending off both emails at the same time.
[hr]
Whomever it concerns
Nassad

You have clearance to move around but we will keeping our eyes on you.

Regards,

Erich Honecker
General Secretary of The Communist Party of East Cerdani
Cerdani Democratic Republic
[hr]
High Commander
Erwin Pipua
Xagrug

Good day,

I do not know what bourgeois lies you have been listening to but I can assure you there have been no human rights abuses or “mass shootings.” We have made arrests of counter-revolutionaries and enemies of the state and when confronted with violence we have had to resort to violence. I am open to being transparent with you about this situation. I hope we can work together to build peace in this world.

Regards,

Erich Honecker
General Secretary of The Communist Party of East Cerdani
Cerdani Democratic Republic

[hr]

And over in West Cerdani, President Herbert Frahm was busy in his office sorting through paperwork, answering calls when he finally received something decent for a change, a message from Xagrug about aid. Excited, Herbert spent no time at all writing up his reply and quickly sent it off, happy that someone did care about his nation for once.

High Commander
Erwin Pipua
Xagrug

Greetings,

I am more than happy to accept your offers for aid, it comes at a great time! If you wish to discuss further you can contact me through my private, secure phone number at: [CLASSIFIED]. Let us work together for the good of both of us.

Regards,

Herbert Frahm
President of Cerdani
Republic of Cerdani

[hr]

In West Berlitow it had quietened down a fair amount. There were still a few parades and marches occurring but the initial frenzy was now over. Posters were being put up, capitalist adverts being pulled down as an interim government was being established to deal with this newly claimed territory.

19

Onboard Flight 771
West Cerdani Airlines

8 Nassad members sat on-board the flight from Kasmiyland to West Cerdani, they casually ate some Shablok (Hamburger) and laughed and talked. As the attendants came around to double check passports she arrived to the men, “May i see your passports boys” she chuckles while talking to them. “While sure my beautiful lady, such a beautiful day in West Cerdani my first time outside of Draconia” he smiled his blue eyes almost seeming to pierce her soul. “Thank You gentlemen, it is indeed a nice weather there” she smiled and walked off.

20

Erwin Pipua, receiving the classified phone number, calls it and finds President Herbert Frahmn on the other side of the line. He then proceeds to talk.
“Mr. Frahmn, I understand you’re in quite the precarious situation, with most of the world against you. However, I do wish to help you against this communist threat. With that said, I will authorize the Xagrurgian Senate to secretly wire $125 billion Xagrurgian Kiribs to the West Cerdani government and send food, clothes and petroleum alongside with 125 Warrior MBTs, 25 Liberty surface-to-air AA trucks, 25 HIGHPEAK Radar Array vehicles, 30 FU-36As fighter jets, and military advisors. Furthermore, I also ask for permission for the NIA to operate on West Cerdani soil. Will this suffice?”