The 2020 Railway Plot

The 2020 Railway Plot was a series of targeted terrorist attacks that occurred in the city of Beandenberg on March 9th, 2020. These attacks were aimed at key locations of import within the city, and while no one was injured in the blasts that followed, several vital areas of infrastructure were heavily damaged -- namely the recently-constructed Beandenberg-Charlotte Line of the city's railway.

## Damages

While flooding and impact-craters damaged a number of sites within Beandenberg's Southeast District, three locations were reported as *"Seriously Fucked:"*

* The Beandenberg-Charlotte Line suffered the most noticeable devastation. Entire sections of the suspended rail were torn off by the blast, and as a result, the entire line was knocked out of commission.
* "Jeff's BBQ," a popular local smokehouse, was damaged by one of the blasts, and a hole was put through the side of the building. Luckily, none of the tender pork chops or succulent chicken breasts were damaged in the detonation.
* The city's capitol, the Bean Khalifa, was affected by a blast that was reported within the vicinity of the building. While no explosions hit the capitol directly, major flooding lead to the building being evacuated, and an untold amount of resources and records were reported damaged or missing.

## Source of the Attack

> "It's not nice to point fingers, but in instances like this, there is one group that's been on the minds of the Beanish people for a long time. The Free City of Charlotte and their terrorist sympathizers have been provoking and antagonizing us for weeks, and this is likely just the beginning of a more serious threat to our dominion. "
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> -*Lord Marshall Dorkus*
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In the aftermath of the attack, Beandenberg authorities met with the Ministry and the governor to assess and assign blame to likely guilty parties. Based on the nature of the attack, and the sites which were targeted, it was determined that the attackers were likely trying to cause both economic and emotional damage to the general public. The public transit system and capitol building are essential elements of the city's function that would be costly to repair, while Jeff's BBQ is believed to have been a target of cultural significance.

Soon after the attack, a member of the radical extremist group known as the Free City of Charlotte Independence Front claimed responsibility for the plot. This claim was quickly met with affirmation by representatives of *the Beanland*, who tied the importance of the attack's targets to the manifesto of the FCCIF, a group fronted by a desire to see the *Free City of Charlotte* completely separated from Beanish culture and identity politics. While Governor LeMous of Charlotte claims no association with the attackers or the plot, majority opinion within the Beanland lead the Beanish to assume at least some level of connection between Charlotte's governor and the attack. Several eyewitnesses even reported seeing the governor moving about the city's border the night before, but these claims were quickly dismissed by officials, as Governor LeMous is known in Beandenberg for his tendency to march around the wall waving the Charlotte Banner while screaming expletives at unsuspecting townsfolk who wander into earshot.