[Unstoppable Judge]

Lyn Grave

Lyn reached the floor where the sniper was, only to see that Alex had beaten her there. She could tell right away that he was seriously wounded. "Alex, You're hurt, let me take over." Lyn stated, worry obviously affecting her tone. The two regular mirelurks clamped their claws down on the assassins arms, ensuring he was going nowhere. The kings split up to make sure the rest of the rooms were clear. The sounds of power fists could be heard here and there.

[Emma-Jane Merrin]

Mieux had been dozing off, he never cared much for weddings, something about them was to droll for his tastes. But he started to enjoy himself when he heard the gunfire, some guy falling to the ground, likely dead, after a single shot, New Manhattan went from docile into hornets nest mode.He opened his hands and started to fire in the direction the others were looking towards to see who or what fired. 'Damn it all to hell' he groaned, 'a 9mm submachine isn't a good long range weapon'. He kept looking vigorously, but realized 'Wait a minute, I have a Vertibird.' Before he shut down the Securitron, he saw a man limping off towards the direction of the sniper.

Mieux left the monitor screen where he'd been controlling the Securitron, he had urgently assembled the new Vertibird pilot and four T-45d Power Armored soldiers. "Ladies and Gentlemen, an assassin has struck at the New Manhattan wedding of the Director, one guy is dead, I think, the other was shot but still alive. Listen, your mission is to FIND this Assassin, NOT kill him, we want him alive, his death will come. I want you all to hover over the wedding area and scan the rooftops to search for this assassin. Dismissed"

Within minutes, his Vertibird, a sleek white coat of paint with the word 'Arcadia' elegantly painted on either side, hiding that ugly Brotherhood Symbol once on it, was in the air, two men were hanging from each doors, their rifles in hand so they can use their scopes when hovering around the chapel to find this assassin. Mieux radioed into New Manhattan. "This Message is to Director Williams, I've sent a vertibird team to the chapel to help find this man. Do NOT, I repeat do NOT fire." It wasn't long until they saw the sniper, radioing it to an open frequency of the New Manhattan guards. Before any maneuvers could be taken down, the men were confused "....Mirelurks storming the room?" said their filtered voices in their helmets.

OOC: I wanted to see the sniper, I wanted to capture him, but I felt it would be to easy to just capture him. Is it okay if we have found him but not captured him Alex? Also, if one of my men fired a shot into his leg to prevent him from running, would that be okay with you? Ignore this, I modified the post to correct my oversighting Rams post.

[Destinyscharm]

OOC: Hey, uh, did you forget about me?

[Kevin S]

OOC: Hey, uh, did you forget about me?

OOC:I had this set before anything else. Also you'r post was so small I missed it. Just scratch out what I said and I'll read set post up as happening just before you got thereRamendia. Sorry, you're post was so small I must have missed it. No I'm embarrased x_x

BRB, fixing

[John Moore]

Alexander Scalatti

Alex turned to Lyn. "Thanks, wait for the GP to arrive, I need to get to a medic." Alex was badly hurt. He was losing blood fast from his chest wound.

Suddenly, a vertibird with an "Arcadia" symbol on the side flew over the square. This Message is to Director Williams, I've sent a vertibird team to the chapel to help find this man. Do NOT, I repeat do NOT fire."

Alex limped over to the window. "We have that [censored] right here!"

[Ownie Zuliana]

Director William Snowe

Ignoring all of his allies, William marched his massive army to New Rabbiton, Chimera tanks, Vertibirds, an armada of soldiers surrounded the Lake Federation colony. "People of the Lake Federation, I will keep to my promise...and BURN YOUR COUNTRY TO THE GROUND!"

He held his hand up and then the rockets shot, while the Scout Vertibird circling ahead blew the howitzers. As the rockets burnt each building to the ground systematically, William watched the town of New Rabbiton go up in flames, just as it had months ago during his first encounter with the surface dwellers in over 3 generations.

Sonia

While William was off with his vengeance against the Federation, Sonia was to man the homestead. "This Message is to Director Williams, I've sent a vertibird team to the chapel to help find this man. Do NOT, I repeat do NOT fire."

Sonia radioed the medics and the police Securitrons to all head to Alex's location. The Securitrons took the assassin while the medics started to tend to Alex. The rest of the Securitrons grabbed Lyn by the arms. "Do not struggle, you will be taken to a med-bay for treatment."

[Mizz.Jayy]

OOC: Thank you Zerker thank you!
Now I have another reason for Elaine to convince Artimes to join up with the ghouls.

[Melanie]

Lake Federation

People were running everywhere. The GP was attacking New Rabitton.

Laketon

"Head General?"
"What the [censored] [censored] do you want?"
"Look at the screen."

The GP was attacking New Rabitton. People were running away screaming and yelling. "That [censored] has the audacity to attack US?"
"Yessir."

The General picked up his phone. "Mr. President sir?"
"I have heard general."
"Permission to use deadly force?"
"Permission granted."
"Thank you sir."

The general slammed the down on the stand. "Those [censored]s will pay dearly for their aggression. Tell William that is he advances any further, we will kill every single [censored] person in New Manhattan."

"Yessir."

"Do you what? [censored] this. Barrage his army with the missiles from that old army base."
"Really?"
"Yes. Also, after the barrage, tell William to stop."

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"Press the button."

As soon as they pressed the red button, several missiles launched. Right after they pressed the button, a hologram appeared right in-front of William.

"Hello, this is the president of the Lake Federation. Halt your foolish attacks now. We have already launched several missiles from an old base in Michigan."

The president puffed his cigar. "We have discovered how to use holograms with satellites as well. Remember, if you keep attacking, we will nuke your army into Oblivion."

[~Sylvia~]

Lyn Grave

Lyn was startled when the securitrons grabbed her. "Hey, I'm not hurt!" She tried to pull away, but gave up and let the securitrons take her. The mirelurks followed Lyn as she was led to the med-bay. When she arrived at the med-bay, the securitrons laid her on a bed and rolled off. A hurried medic approached her to check her over, but soon realized she wasnt injured.
"Those securitrons can be dumb sometimes..." the medic mumbled as he turned to check another patient. Before he could leave, Lyn grabbed his shoulder.
"Hold on, one of my friends might be hurt." Lyn said. The medic was about to say something, but the injured mirelurk king that walked in caught his attention.
"A m-mirelurk?" the medic replied.
"Yep, and it looks like he has a bullet in his chest." Lyn said, noting the odd-colored blood soaking into the suit. Lyn got up, and the mirelurk king took a place on the bed instead. With a sigh, the medic got to work removing the suit from the mirelurk and removing the bullet. Once that was done, the medic stitched the wound shut.
"That, by far, is the most interesting patient I have had." The medic said as the mirelurk got up. Lyn chuckled, and led the group outside.

[Kit Marsden]

Director William Snowe

A hologram suddenly appeared in front of William. He looked at it coldly while the figure spoke. "Hello, this is the president of the Lake Federation. Halt your foolish attacks now. We have already launched several missiles from an old base in Michigan."

The president puffed his cigar. "We have discovered how to use holograms with satellites as well. Remember, if you keep attacking, we will nuke your army into Oblivion."

William paused a bit before smiling. "Transmitting disarm codes right now...you have no chance. We have pure technology from Robco. In one day, we took down New Rabbiton. In one week, I will march my army to your lands. In one month...we will bomb every single city in your possession 77 times a day. In one year, I will see to your execution."

He waved his hand and three Securitrons stopped the hologram short. William radioed the commanders of the operation. "Are the missiles gone?"
In the midst of the fire of New Rabbiton, William heard his commanders shout a cry of joy. "Yes sir! It took a bit of work but most of the missiles are gone. 2 have gone through but they'll be no problem. Seems they have a 0.1 kiloton yield, nothing to worry about sir."

William walked through the smoldering ruins of New Rabbiton, executing those unfortunate enough to survive the bombardment. He turned to the soldiers all moving around and then he patted them on the back. "Nice job...damn fine job!"
"When are we going to burn Laketon to the ground sir?"
"Soon private...soon. First we need to soften up the defenses of the Federation..."

Two small missiles hit the vicinity of the army, killing about two Securitrons from the shrapnel. Being that it was so far away, nobody else got hurt. William shuddered to think what would've happened if Robco didn't have the means to force transmit disarm codes. Courtesy of Mr. House of course.

[Stay-C]

OOC: A question, there were former civilians of Rabithead still present in New Rabbiton during Williams attack right?

[Ashley Clifft]

Commandeering a Securitron, he rolled it to Director WIlliams, a tone of urgency in his voice. "I'll not directly engage in combat, but I have a few various stolen weapons from the Brotherhood of Steel, I had intended to use them for research, but your needs far outweigh my own, I've sent them to New Manhattan to be shipped to your battlegrounds. Oh, and I have many high end medical machines and medicines as well as surgeons at your disposal should you encounter need to heal wounded troops." He paused a moment, "I know you're a smart man, but as a warning, please, don't go for a straight forward slugging match, it'll be your Waterloo. That said, if there is anything I can do for you, you have but to ask." Mieux flickered off the screen, the soldier face returning.

Back in Arcadia, Mieux had the Air Raid Sirens turn on, this indicated that the city was being put on full alert and lock down. No one but essential personell were permitted to enter or leave now. A authoritarian robotic voice came over the speakers in the city "Attention citizens and patrons of Arcadia, due to recent events, the city will be placed on lockdown, you are offered the choice to leave, but until the battle in New Rabbiton is over, no caravans or nonresidents will be permitted within the city until the lockdown is released. All citizens and non citizens who wish to remain within will be kept protected by the soldiers. Remember, Arcadia is the future, you are the future, and here, we will protect the future." The radios continued playing music as gamblers, bargainers and citizens nervously continued their business. Meanwhile in Mieux Hotel, Mieux was overlooking the New Rabbiton area with a small crow looking robot, watching from above.

[Farrah Barry]

Artemis Hyperion, Elaine De'Chant and Arzt Haeer

Artemis stopped picking his nails and sat forward slightly. "Covering up our tracks... Sounds a lot like killing off anyone who could identify us." Arzt chuckled a bit and scratched his hair. "Yeah if it comes to it" He smiled warmly. "Listen, we've had a good capture for today thanks to you, stick around here for a little while and think it over."
Elaine grabbed Artemis' hand, giddy as giddy can be. "Come!" Artemis' body could never be moved by a tiny human like her, but decided to play it friendly by making it seem like he was reluctant to go out while she pulled his hand. Lydia and Cathy had started gutting the molerats and already had some meat on the tribal stove. The children stood there drooling and staring at the meat, seems like they haven't had much to eat the past weeks as they acted like vultures.

Dusk was creeping in the horizon and the fire was where everyone was collected, pvssyring and laughter broke out as they feasted on the daily catch.
Artemis watched over each of this tribe's members Family... as Elaine came back to him with two plates of food, his amount significantly larger than hers and the others around. "Mommy, why does he get to eat so much food? He's not even from here!" said a jealous child in her 8 year. Her mom hushed her and reminded her that if it weren't for this man this feast wouldn't have happened and that a man of his size requires more than others to stay alive. "Heh, people are having a blast for once ey..." Elaine smiled as she looked over the others. Artemis turned his head to her as he ate small bite sizes of the food very slowly "How bad is your situation, really?" Elaine smirked as she looked back at him. "We survive... But survival isn't everything, there's no point in living if it's all about struggling to cling to life right?" Survival... Artemis' past 6 years had been all about survival, trying to find a way to repair his broken body, to repair his broken soul. Could it all be so easy to toss away?

Artemis slowly gazed into the fire. "I wouldn't know." Elaine looked down on Artemis' left arm, filled with scars, filled of stories to tell. "Anyway, we survive, but we need more than that, we all need more than that." Elaine bent her legs and grabbed hold around them as she gazed into the fire. "I don't know what kind of man you truly are Artemis... But I don't think you're happy either." Artemis looked back at Elaine and sighed. "The years have been hard on me." Elaine scoffed a little closer to Artemis. "Then wouldn't now be the time to change? For us? For you? For me?" Artemis looked into her eyes. The chemistry between the both was obviously there...

The campfire and the people surrounding it stayed cheerful for house until the night drew closer and people started to clean up the remains and made sure no food, even a little piece was left on the ground, was left as animals could wander into the area once they've fallen asleep. As they all went to bed Arzt let Artemis have a hut that was currently not used by anyone.
Artemis lied on his mattress gazing at the roof of his hut as he heard footsteps enter.
He looked over to find Elaine had walked in. "If you don't mind..." Elaine blushed. "It's cold tonight, and I thought we could warm each other up." Artemis only gave a nod as she crept into his bed.
He put his arm over her as they both fell to sleep.

[Krista Belle Davis]

Lake Federation

"[censored]!!!" The president smashed his cup against his desk. "That double crossing [censored] son of a [censored]!" The president picked up his phone.

"General."
"Yes president."
"Why are they attacking?"
"I don't know really."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't!"

The president put the phone back. "Why are those [censored]s attacking?"

The vice president picked up his phone. "I will run full diagnostics on the cause."

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The president soon called an emergency meeting of the cabinet. He walked over to the cabinet room and greeted the ministers.

"Welcome, as you know, the GP is attacking." He turned to the minister of war. "We will all be killed in one [censored] year unless we think fast, what can we do?"

The minister of war pulled out a big booklet. "Well, we could call the BOS, they have Liberty Prime."
"Bad idea, anyone else?"

"I have an idea." The head general had just walked into the room.
"And that would be?"
"Capture what is most dear to him, in this case, his wife, Sonia Snowe."
"What the [censored]? That would make him more mad!!" The president scoffed. "How would we even capture her?"
"Most of the GP army is gone, easy pickings."
The president's face lit up. "I like it. I want a full brigade to distract William's army, then, we will launch a surprise attack and capture Sonia."

[CORY]

Lake Federation Commandos

"We are right outside of the New Manhattan walls, start the diversion over."
"Affirmative Dagger 210, diversion in one Mike, out."

Suddenly, in the distance, a large group of LF soldiers charged toward the main gates. "Dagger 210, begin stealth assult, over."
"This is Dagger 210, thanks for the diversion, out."

One of the squad took out a graqelling hook and throw it over the wall. The squad then proceded to climb over the wall. They were now in the city.

Alexander Scalatti

Alex awoke to the sounds of a radio broadcast.

"This is Empire News, William Snowe has attacked and burned New Rabitton to the ground, the Lake Federation has called this attack quote, "an act of terrorism."

Alex jumped to his feet. Damn, these doctors fixed me up good. Alex took a shower, and came out in a brown suit, with a brown fedora to match.

He walked over to his hospital room's phone. He dialed William's number. "What the [censored] are you doing William? The Lake Federation is bigger and badder than you think! If you take them out, you will have every single [censored] faction on the East Coast attacking you. Call off this idiotic attack now! I know, they attacked your wedding, but there other ways to handle this."

[Robert]

Supreme Commander Byron

"Sir, the Federation is attacking head on!" One of the lieutenants exclaimed. Byron examined the situation. Something was wrong, the Lake Federation may be incompetent at times but nobody would be so stupid...Byron sighed. "Blow them to pieces. Send Securitron Legion 4 to secure the bunker around the Gauss Project. Unleash neurotoxins around EVERY tunnel that isn't being worked by maintenance crews. If there is some sort of security breach, we need to protect the integrity of our project."

The stage was set. Finally, after 5 generations of being pushed around and forced into hiding, the fifth Generation of Robco Branch Zodiacs will reign supreme.

Director William Snowe

20 Vertibirds. 80 Chimera Tanks. 100 unarmed armored land carriers. And 600 Securitrons all marched on the rugged wastes as William surveyed the battle from a secure fortification close to the ruins of New Rabbiton when a call came through.

"What the [censored] are you doing William? The Lake Federation is bigger and badder than you think! If you take them out, you will have every single [censored] faction on the East Coast attacking you. Call off this idiotic attack now! I know, they attacked your wedding, but there other ways to handle this."

William looked at the scientists and they nodded. The Securitron bunker would finally be opened for this war. 300 fully armed MK 2 Securitrons would be unleashed on the Federation. It would truly be the largest faction on the East Coast...all composed of mindless bots. No chance of rebellion and no fear. They'll fight to the death. 3 days left until the second largest bunker housing the Securitrons would be opened. Of course succeeded by the one near the Colorado river.

"I have a total of one thousand units marching towards the Lake Federation. If they attack using missiles, I will force transmit disarm codes. If they attack through air, I'll use my SAM sites, if they attack on land, my Securitrons can beat them. Every faction on the East Coast, do you mean the Brotherhood? Yes, an elitist faction that's more focused on knights of yore rather than true military power. My army could beat them anyways. Cheers."

[Solène We]

OOC: Hmm, is this GP army going to be away for a month or two battling The Federation?

[xx_Jess_xx]

OOC: 99% of the army is devoted to burning Laketon to the ground. 1% is manning the Gauss Project HQ bunker. The rest of the "army" are just a police force of MK 1 Securitrons and regular citizens recruited to keep the peace. The war with the Federation is going to be like the Wu-Chu battle of China. A smaller army(yeah 1000 troops is a lot for Post-War standards but the Federation is HUGE. Probably like 10,000 people) overcoming a larger army using guerrilla tactics...if it comes down to it.

[Sabrina Steige]

OOC: But how long is it going to take? Cause the ghouls my character is planned to interact with are going to shake things up for New Manhattan and in case this army is back in time for that then it's going to be hard for them to go through with their plans. (Guess I need to hurry up with my story. :bolt: )
Oooor... Your army might be beaten a fair bit.. And upon return it might be so unexpected for the ghouls to do what they plan to do that it'll be successful.
Hmm.
Bah, we'll see how it plans out.
Could work either way. (Army gone or army here)

[how solid]

Lyn Grave

Lyn walked into Alex's hospital room to check up on him. She found him on the phone, in seemingly good health.
"What the [censored] are you doing William? The Lake Federation is bigger and badder than you think! If you take them out, you will have every single [censored] faction on the East Coast attacking you. Call off this idiotic attack now! I know, they attacked your wedding, but there other ways to handle this." Alex ranted.
"Hey Alex, I thought I'd check up on you. Besides, I have no idea if I should be helping with the attack. Seems like you healed up just fine." Lyn stated. As usual, Lyn was followed by her wolves. The mirelurks were back in their basemant home.

[Elizabeth Falvey]

Alexander Scalatti'

"Hey Alex, I thought I'd check up on you. Besides, I have no idea if I should be helping with the attack. Seems like you healed up just fine."

"Hello Lyn." Alex took out a cigarette and began to smoke. "For some reason, my body can heal very quickly. In the last month or so, I have been shot three times, and I am still going."

Alex adjusted his fedora. "Don't go attack the Lake Federation. I have been there, and even with William's power, the Lake Federation is unbeatable. They will nuke themselves if they have to. Its not worth the risk."

Dagger 210

"HQ, this is Dagger 210, we are in the city over."
"Copy, we have changed our call sign to Capone Actual."
"Capone Actual, solid copy on all, out."

The leader, who's codename is Banker, called his squad close. "Alright, here is the mission. Those Gauss Project knuckleheads have attacked and burned New Rabittion, and they are getting closer and closer to the Motherland."

"So, what are we doing here?"

"Shut the [censored] up. Anyways, we are going to kidnap William's wife, and threaten to kill her unless he stops the attack."
"Thats wrong."
"Shut up! He attacked us, so we return the favor. We must remain undedected. Once we have Sonia, we will leave the city via Verti-Bird evac.
"How did we get one of those?"
"Shut up!"
"Fine."
"Stay frosty."

Dagger 210 inched slowly toward the Empire Estate.

[Laura Cartwright]

OOC: Sonia's at the Gauss Project bunker.

Director William Snowe

William smiled as his special strike force got ready for battle. He stepped forward in front of them as they saluted him. "Each of you have been selected because of your skills in every profession necessary to attack the Lake Federation...your job?"

He clicked a button on a remote and the small screen in the briefing room turned into a satellite view of the Lake Federation. "This is the Federation's empire. The strike team will be deployed in EVERY major city in the empire. Your team's job is to eliminate key targets such as governors or even the president. But it's a morale reducer first and a leadership collapse effect second. Everything the strike team does will be directed to crumble the Federation's morale. Now go."

The strike team, all wearing a suit of power armor taken from Arcadia, left the briefing room, leaving William to keep controlling the Securitrons. He decided it was time to have some fun with the Federation, reduce morale. William called Sonia via satellite phone. "Hey dear, could you link me to Robco Satellite 2?" Sonia nodded and soon, one of the first working satellites beamed a hologram down to Laketon in front of the President.

"So Mr. President. This leaves US at a winning point doesn't it? I recommend you simply surrender. If you do, the Federation will be simply annexed into the Gauss Project and all the citizens will be spared. If not...well I don't have to repeat my promise do I?"

[Tiffany Holmes]

Mieux watched the monitor fiercely, watching as the carnage. His false bird flying around in circles like a carrion bird. A voice echoed in the room, static first. "Mr. Mieux, we have refugees pouring in, some are New Manhattan, some are just dwellers of old New York Cities ruins." Mieux was unhappy about this, his city was well rationed. "I...I don't know, well, we have those recent additions in the southwest sector of the city. We could let them in there." Mieux watched the monitor, four men at the sealed doors to the city, he noticed five or six ghouls being pushed away. His voice echoed on the exterior speakers, " ATTENTION REFUGEES, CEASE YOUR BEHAVIOR." The crowd quieted, "First, let those five ghouls to the front of the line. They did, some people looking at them angrily. Mieux's picture appeared on a screen before them. "Hello there, you all are travelling together I see, tell me, what skills have you?" The ghouls a little aback, 'Er, well I was a scientist before the bombs, these three here were highly skilled mechanics before the war, one was a RobCo robotics expert, the other two for Corvega, and uh, this woman here, she was a business woman before the bombs. We're all pre-war, and we still know what we were taught. But you do know we're ghouls right? Raspy droopy ghouls." A silence was on the monitor, "Of course, but I don't give a damn if you're a super mutant, so long as you're friendly, and you can contribute to my city, I'll welcome anyone, I myself am a Pre-War man. I have use for pre-war knowledge, I intend to rebuild this city. You're free to stay here, and if I feel you're worthy, I'll give you residency applications." The Ghouls smiled, feeling as though they were lottery winners, Mieux and Arcadia were very comfortable with Ghouls in the walls. "As well, I will permit one hundred refugees into the city, but you ghouls, I'm going to let you five stay in one of the basic rooms of my tower until I decide you should have residency in the city."

Mieux, after letting in 100 of the 250 refugees, the rest squatting in the patrolled 'No Mans Land' which now, was more of a 'poor mans land' as Mieux was no longer eager to consume New Manhattan, he had been filling out Caravan forms to authorize the construction of defense barricades town on the city blocks between Manhattan and Arcadia. He was also delivering food to the squatters to show it was nothing personal, as all people in Arcadia, and the squatters outside the walls, were equally given three meals a day, even Mieux, as a token of understanding, took only three meals a day. Arcadia never got involved in war, but he was more than willing to help wounded troops from New Manhattan, offering medicine to squatters and so on. Mieux was growing concerned, when he announced that refugees werent permitted into the city when all 100 took up residency in the 'refugee quarter' people surprisingly, were okay with this, understanding Mieux was doing more than his fair share to help everyone.

[Horse gal smithe]

Lyn Grave

"Hello Lyn." Alex took out a cigarette and began to smoke. "For some reason, my body can heal very quickly. In the last month or so, I have been shot three times, and I am still going."
Alex adjusted his fedora. "Don't go attack the Lake Federation. I have been there, and even with William's power, the Lake Federation is unbeatable. They will nuke themselves if they have to. Its not worth it."

"Oh, I could always get some molerats to tunnel into their silos, and have em munch on something important...But I understand your sentiment." Lyn said as she smoothed out the dress she was still wearing from the wedding. "It's good to see you okay though. You looked pretty rough back there."

[Loane]

Dagger 210

"Dagger, change course to GP bunker. We have found an old forgotten entrance into the sewers. From there, blast your way into the bunker. Then, capture Sonia. IF she resists, kill her."

"Alright Capone, on the way now."

Within five minutes, the team had managed to find the entrance, get into the old tunnel, and found the wall. "Lock and load." The head of the squad attached some C4 on the bunkers wall.

"Push the button."

Lake Federation

"So Mr. President. This leaves US at a winning point doesn't it? I recommend you simply surrender. If you do, the Federation will be simply annexed into the Gauss Project and all the citizens will be spared. If not...well I don't have to repeat my promise do I?"

The president turned around, and pushed a button. Suddenly, the wall opened, showing a huge crowd. "Look people of Laketon, the GP leader!"

The entire crowd laughed.
"This [censored] wants us to surrender!"
The crowd laughed again.
"What do we say to him?"
"[censored] YOU!" The crowd was riled up.
"Now dear people of the Lake Federation, fight for the MOTHERLAND!!!"
"FOR THE LAKE FEDERATION!"

The president walked over to the hologram. "My country did not become great by surrendering to the first wussies in a bunker we faced. We became great by persevering. Now William, how about you surrender, before WE kill you?"