2008-06-26 - GNN Alderaan: Lady Mediator Rebuts

On a special speaking stand set up in Aldera - Antilles Cross West, Euphemia Bellamy addresses a crowd of some substantial size. A wide variety of reporters have been invited, and holocams constantly flash, strobing over Euphemia and gleaming on her silk suit. 
Angrily, Euphemia raises her hand in a small fist.
"No person will give credence to these unsubstantiated claims of Imperium involvement without proper investigation. The Imperium has not attacked Byss, and will not attack Byss for as long as we have any hope of negotiating a peace treaty with the Republic. We have nothing to do with these so-called clones, and we call upon the Republic not to believe hearsay without proper confirmation. 
"To any who cares to visit me on Alderaan, Paxo, or Vanix, I will demonstrate the impossibility that my Clones could have been involved in this ridiculous attack. Everyone with even a cursory knowledge of the Imperium's clones knows that they are faithful, obedient, well-controlled, and wholly without initiative; only a fool would allow clones to lead, rather than follow; and only a creator of fiction would claim that I would send clones to lead an army of fully developed sentients. 
"I remain in frequent attendance at Sullust, committed to peace prospects. I will not stand for further outrages committed in my name, and say again: any person who dares attack the Republic during this truce is no ally of mine, but a pirate and a recreant, and will be treated as such.
"To the rest of the galaxy, if pirates or ne'er-do-wells attempt to assault you under the flag of the Imperium, look closely at that flag. You will find that it is inauthentic."
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