[Terminus] Military Coup in Robath

Military Coup in Robath

Rebel Faction Seizes Control, Lifts Blackout

By Casos Tigia, Tayseri Times

Samhaus, MEGALOS BREACH- Contact has been reestablished with the Freehold today, revealing a political landscape vastly altered by both revolution and the pandemic known as the “Robath Blue.”

According to sources within the new Arcitis-led Court, uninfected civilians within quarantine zones began challenging the state units maintaining the barricades, demanding screening measures for evacuation and for government forces to provide aid in securing and stabilizing the infected. Shortly after the blackout imposed by the Esatha government, these challenges became protests, protests escalated into riots, riots drew the attention of infected bands and, according to numerous corroborating accounts, state forces opened fire on the crowds.

“It was like hell,” said Masatus Rom, 34, a survivor of that night. “People were shouting, the soldiers at the barricade were shouting back. And then we saw better than two dozen infected come ‘round the corner. Biters came at us, we started pushing against the wall trying to get out. Someone on top opened fire, and then everyone was firing. Flares were going up, heard a gunship coming down, right about when I threw myself into an alley and started running.”

Shortly after the incident, turian forces and allied batarian units rose in open rebellion, clashing with state forces and asari huntress bands. Aided by external paramilitary forces and an ever-increasing number of defections among loyalist units, anti-Esatha forces moved rapidly, securing Naraklor’s primary spaceport, Battle Station Ishtak, the Royal Quarter, and the Hall of Lords within days. Several weeks later, rebel forces achieved orbital superiority and the surrender of loyalist armies.

“It wasn’t right, what we were doing, what we were being ordered to do,” explained Corporal Sarga, whose unit was atop the barricade during the riots and counted themselves among the first to defect. “There’s just a certain point where you’re like ‘No, no, no more’.”

Esatha has since been stripped of his titles and placed under house arrest. The evacuation of uninfected from the quarantine zones has commenced as promised, with healthy civilians moved to temporary housing outside the city as the infected are subdued and transferred to holding facilities in secure areas.

“This is the dawn of a new day, with all the hope and promise that brings,” Lord Arcitis commented in his first official address to the reconvened Court of Lords, a conference that was publicly televised throughout Robath space.

Despite optimistic views in the capital and beyond, the coup has provoked rumblings of discontent among the semi-independent asari protectorates and conservative counter-revolutionary factions. “There are consequences for everything,” stated Matriarch N’Rosa when asked for comment.



Previous Articles on the Robath Outbreak:
[Terminus] Presence of Unknown Pathogen Confirmed
[Terminus] Court of Lords Orders Quarantine

Well shit, are they dealing with an honest zombie outbreak there now? Sounds like it.

If there was ever a time to stage a coup, that was the time to do it. Smooth, Arcitis. Smooth.

Sigh. Terminus Systems, ohhhh Terminus Systems...

Will you ever not be a vast swath of pain, horror, and assorted suck? Both sapient-made and naturally occurring?

Probably not.

Is there anybody who didn't call something like this happening?

And this is why the vast majority of Terminus states are glorious shitholes. What's the wager on this pathogen accidentally slipping worlds?

Well no, not really, but the more pertinent question now how long it'll be before Arcitistan topples.

Any takers? I wager, say, 2-3 months - and that it'll be a smidge less bloody.

I'm gonna give them the benefit of a doubt. I say in 6 months.

Man, you sheltered little c-space shitfuck. The Terminus isn't even that bad. Just a bunch of people that don't want the fucking Council looking over their backs telling them how to fucking run things.


Yeah, pretty fucking smart.

Unless they have some manner of hidden weapon to even the odds, I predict a very sudden drop in quality of life and overall amount of living things on Robath in close future.