Coup

> “The corpse, the rotten corpse or the server lies on the hands of you DTG. You and Snek have ruined this place and have only brought about it’s slow demise. Therefore it is with honor I declare the following statement- My comrades! It’s time! Liberate yourselves!”- Bob at the announcement of open revolt
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## Summary

The Coup was a major conflict that took place in the First Government/Community of the Server. It was launched by Bob with Military advice from Pizza and Dilo along with a group of foot soldiers. The aim was to destroy and instal a new system to the server that would end corruption and bring a revival to the server which at the time of the coup, was in danger of going inactive. The coup was the reason behind the First Government’s dissolution and restructuring into the Provisonal Government. It’s effects also ended the “Duel Presidential” system and paved way for the Admin Council and the rise of DODOSOC and Dodothink. It also solidified Bob’s position on the server and caused the departure of Snek for several months. The conflict is still celebrated to this day as the cornerstone of the modern community.

### History- The Presidential Election

The first government of the what would be come the FDFC was suggested by Bob to better organize the server as it quickly became the hub of the Dododex community. Before it’s formation, the server was run by the “Triumvirate”. A United admin front between Snek, Bob, and DTG who constantly squabbled over leadership. This squabbling caused the system to be ineffective at moderating therefore after an argument. It was decided a new system would be put in place. After much discussion the Duel Presidential System would be decided on. Where anyone regardless of position on the server would be allowed to run for a position that in theroy was supposed to be on the same level as DTG, whom assumed the title of President himself. As for the remaining members of the Triumvirate, they would be put in an admin positions. The Duel Presidential system was also the very first moderation system that was defined as a “Government”. The Duel President was to be voted on every two weeks.

Although noble on paper. In its practice the system was shaky. Snek ran against Bob in a first election and won by a narrow margin, thus almost immediately throwing at wrench into its idealist hope of a civilian moderator. The election was met with hot nerves from both sides with Bob claiming the election was fraudulent and Snek being annoyed at Bob combating her policies.

### The Snek Administration

The Snek administration started off shaky due to Bob’s objections to the election results. Things got progressively worse over the two week presidency where the server had a sharp decline in activity that followed a gradual decline over a several month period. Bob and several others began to protest, angered at Snek and DTG refusing to accept ideas regarding possible server reform to keep the community running. Bob also felt his position as admin gave him less of a voice in state affairs during the time of great crisis. However, things remained cordial between the now partisan argument between the reformists and the government.

### The Second Presidential Election

After the two week Snek Administration reached an end, it was time for another election. Bob began plotting several days prior gaining support from several server members while others claimed neutrality or declared unwavering support for Snek. When the election began, the vote made itself out to be a tie or close too it with both sides flaring in several debates and arguments. However as the election results began to fall in Sneks favor, Bob made a plan. He contacted several members of his Nationstates Community to join the FDFC in order to rig the election. The plan worked and Bob won with a “healthy” majority. Things eventually led to peace for a short period of about two days. However that peace was not too last. After the election, Bob’s Nationstates Ally’s proceeded to leave the server, prompting Snek and DTG to smell a possible account of election interference, and the two launched an impeachment investigation only two days into the Bob Presidency.

### The Bob Presidency

The accusations regarding election interference quickly began to undermine any hope Bob had of server reform, and much of his first half of office time was spent trying to back up the lie that the election was fair. Eventually Bob would end up winning the investigation after Dilo and several others provided fake DM evidence of election fairness. They would also cite the gauge election rules which made no mention of the bringing in of outside forces to help the candidates. With victory achieved, Bob turned to DTG stating his intention to reform the server. Both members agreed there was an issue, a major issue with the server growing cold. However DTG stood firm in his resolve to keep things going as they were and that the problem would’ve fixed itself over time. This again caused an argument to flare up with Bob saying that as a “Duel President” the position still has little actual power and was measly a cosmetic role at best. The argument then blew up with both DTG and Bob arguing back and forth over the powers of government roles, eventually causing Bob to spill that the election was rigged accidentally. He then tried to cover it up but DTG or Snek managed to grab a screenshot and the impeachment investigation began again.

### The Plot Forms

With the walls of political investigation and impeachment closing in, Bob realized that drastic action was necessary to retain his power and implement his ideas of change. To him, only one answer was left. Both straight talking and the Democratic process had both failed, therefore. The only answer that remained was a destruction of the government- at all costs

With things quickly proving that such actions might be deemed impossible quite soon, Bob brought himself time by convincing DTG of a trial to again prove his lie of innocence. The trial was little more then a show, and through cleverly crafted words, the second election was more or less postponed as what was left of the community wrapped itself in its proceedings. However to Bob, it wasn’t enough time and his hold on power was still being lost every hour. That fear of power loss however, prompted an idea in his head. One night, Bob experimented with his powers associated with his duel president role and realized he could promote, demote, and edit the servers settings to his wishes. He then realized that DTG’s roles could be removed as well. That fact alone gave him a long shot plan that became the backbone of the government takeover.

The idea was that with the powers of the Duel President, Bob would declare himself server leader and remove DTG’s roles while giving himself more and tampering with server settings with the ultimate goal of dethroning DTG or at least destabilizing things long enough for Bob to put the server under hostage, and then pull DTG to the negotiating table. However to achieve that goal, he needed support. More people meant greater legitimacy to a new government, and more people meant more people to give government roles to destabilize things further.

### The Conspirators

Bob had a few people in mind for the assault on the the government. The first being Dilo, a prominent member against DTG during the civil war who was more than happy to participate. She was to be chief admin of the new government when it was to form and mute any pro DTG server members that fought back. Several other electorates that voted for Bob were also contacted and told specifically that they would be given government roles and cause as much damage as possible.

However, the most important member of the coup would be Corrupted Pizza, who Bob managed to gain the favor of during the electoral crisis and the server decline. Pizza was a revolutionary above anything, and unlike Bob had little interest in the formation of a new government and revitalization of the server. To him, the coming storm was just an opportunity to gain notoriety and indulge in chaos. But to Bob, Pizza was still viable, as he could provide manpower from his servers while also helping him boost his position.