Happy Takeover

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The **Takeover of Heaven Airlines** by Hanna, also known as **Hanna's Takeover**, **Happy Takeover**, and colloquially referred to as **Happy Wednesday**, was a planned takeover of Heaven Airlines led by Hanna and several members of the Heaven Airlines Cabinet of Internal Affairs (many of whom would go on to join the Happy Airlines Board of Directors). Despite not having any legitimate claim to the company, Hanna succeeded in overthrowing her father, John J. Johnson, and rebranded the company to Happy Airlines. As the company underwent administrative reconstruction, many previous executives of Heaven Airlines were imprisoned. John, however, managed to escape together with a handful of supporters.

Hanna had prepared for the takeover roughly 2 years prior, as relations between her and her father had deteriorated rapidly following the passing of Hanna's younger sister, Lily. The takeover would be conducted by Hanna leading her strike team known as the "Happy Gang", consisting of Max, the weapons expert; former Defense Secretary of Heaven Airlines, Stella, the muscle; Hanna's lifelong friend and daughter of a prolific and corrupt investor of Heaven airlines, and Jack, the mole; a tray-table intern who would go on to become the Treasurer of Happy Airlines. Together the Happy Gang stormed the Heaven Airlines headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, arresting many key executives. John would escape, but no one would hear from him again. Having secured the backing of both the paramilitary and financial heads of the company, the collective overseas branches declared Hanna as the new CEO. Heaven Airlines Moscow, however, refused to recognize the legitimacy of the takeover and defected from the company, eventually becoming the First Class.

Hanna's Takeover marked a significant shift in both domestic and global affairs. The Takeover marked the start of the Happy Calendar, a new calendar "commemorating the founding of the Happiest company in every world", marking the year as 0 BHA. Happy Airlines (HA) would go on to become the world's leading corporation, with significant influence in both European and American politics. Within the next few years, Happy Airlines would develop breakthrough technologies such as the HAK Program, the TREBUCHET defense grid, and would create the world's first functional space force.

The Takeover would mark the beginning of the ongoing conflict between Happy Airlines and First Class, and would directly lead to the creation of the Sleep Police one year later.

## Prelude

In 2 BHA, Heaven Airlines had recently emerged from the Great Game as the world's premier airline. John J. Johnson, the CEO of Heaven Airlines, had groomed his public image into that of a gracious charity man, often fundraising for poor and impoverished regions, sometimes using his own funds to kickstart said charities. However, Hanna, John's daughter, had discovered a classified document from Jack Bob, an intern who was secretly supplying Hanna with confidential information in return for the promise of Hanna's support for eventual employment. Detailing John's underworld dealings, particularly with those involved in the illicit plane trafficking trade, the documents would be more than enough to incriminate John and send the company's reputation into freefall, if leaked. With said documents in hand, Hanna approached Max, the Defense Secretary of Heaven Airlines, and informed him that John intended to divert funds from the defense budget to design a new class of luxury liners for himself and his inner circle. Having already had their funs gutted in the past decade, Max agreed to cooperate. Hanna now had control of the defense sector.

Around this time, discontent had grown among the Cabinet, as many departments found their budgets mysteriously slashed without prior notice. Unbeknownst to them, Jack Bob had hacked into the Financial sector's database, and adjusted the numbers to make it appear that the money was simply disappearing. The many heads of these departments confronted John about the disappearing funds, but John simply insisted that there was no change in the year's budgets.

Having established a collective of conspirators, Hanna began formulating her plan. As the daughter of the CEO, there was a certain level of inheritance that Hanna could claim, but without the support of at least 2/3rds of the Cabinet, there wouldn't be any feasible way to gain control of the company. It was around this time that Stella, Hanna's closest friend, proposed a solution that, if successful, would guarantee Hanna's succession. Stella would lead a unit of special operations forces, delegated by Max. They would then enter the Cabinet's office when the heads were to meet, and "coerce" them into offering their support behind Hanna.