Archive:Ehtya/War Address

By Ehtya, Acting Major Executive, Minor Executive, Chief Ambassador, Founding Executive

February 5, 2012

Members of the Triumvirate, my friends, it is with great regret I tell you that the Triumvirate is under attack.
Six days ago the first hint at an attack was indicated when both the Supreme Court site and the confidential Executive Branch site were unusually edited to show the letter A replaced by a 4 on both. This was dismissed by the Executive Branch as a simple error but little did we know it was the beginning of a countdown we won't soon forget. Tuesday a 3 replaced an E on both sites and once again the Executive Branch dismissed it. When on Wednesday a T was replaced with a 2 on each site, Head of Intelligence Ascencia announced that there might be a problem. He told the Executive Branch that this was not an error and someone or something might be accessing our sites. He went on to explain possible security measures that might be implemented, some of which we attended to. Head of Disaster Preparation Red worked with the other Executives to try and build a plan for the worse and we agreed that one of us should be removed from Triumvirate sites in case an attack was made to our accounts. I was chosen, that is why I am able to talk to you here. Thursday, when we saw the 1 replaced the I on both sites, we all began to fear what could happen the next day: Friday, February third.

Friday the entire title on both sites was replaced by a 0. We had no idea what was about to happen. The attack happened at eight PM that night. Ascencia sent an email to several of us saying he could not access his account on the sites and soon thereafter Arnold Ogamon told us the same thing. After dozens of emails circled between top government officials and Friday turned into Saturday, with Ascencia, Red, and Arnold working frantically to piece together what had happened and find a solution, Ascencia reached the inevitable conclusion that would change history in the Triumvirate forever. Ascencia, assessing the situation, stated that he and Arnold Ogamon were unable to do much from the position they were in, and that they posed a risk to the Triumvirate. Ascencia then said to Arnold Ogamon the one thing he could do fix that: "You can't do anything. In my entire time in the Triumvirate I have never demanded anything from you, I think I get to do it once, especially in as serious a situation as this. You don't have an option on this. INVOKE 2:6:2 TONIGHT". Article 2:6:2 of the Constitution states that if the Major Executive is unable to perform the duties of their office that they should temporarily resign and hand all powers to the next person in succession: the Minor Executive. Ogamon, the man of the age after Zerouh, stepped away from the discussions to think and ponder what to do - to hand over the office, or to stay. At 12:50 AM on February the fourth, the Second Major Executive of the Universal Triumvirate, Arnold Ogamon, sent his letter of incapacity to the Executive Branch announcing that he was unable to perform the duties of his office at the current time and that he was passing those powers on to the Minor Executive.

Now it was my turn to think; Overnight, after a devastating attack, the most powerful man in the Triumvirate had gone down and entrusted me to carry out his responsibilities. I'm terrified. The Triumvirate, the great Triumvirate, has suffered a serious blow, lost two of its greatest guardians, lost contact with several others, and now has only a few remaining to defend it.

It's up to us now, Stavrok, Red, Phillip, and Mitar, however many of us are left. It's up to us to stand between whatever is attacking us and to never let the Triumvirate down. I'm not able to do it alone, but together we can do anything.

Whoever and whatever you are, surrender now or you'll regret laying a single finger on the Universal Triumvirate. You're mistaken if you think we won't fight you until the bitter end. We've survived over two years on our own and worked together to protect the Triumvirate despite our differences - when we argued about the Administrative Branch, when we argued about military reform, when we argued about our alliances, our threats, our economy - no matter what we argued about we all stood together and loved the Triumvirate.

The Constitution has one phrase that always bothered me, one phrase Zerouh insisted on but I never quite knew why - Article two states "The Triumvirate's perfect government..." - It wasn't until now that I really understood it. It's not just an arrogant thing to say and it's not just a word thrown in there either. The placement of that one word changes the meaning of the entire Triumvirate. For this government is not perfect - but it strives for perfection. The goal of the Triumvirate is to be as perfect as we can and to work to give the Triumvirate that gift of perfection. I think the phrase applies here, it shows that we are always building on our Union and that we have a long way to go before we are done. Nothing can stop us; In the words of Arnold Ogamon, "I know we will not fail because I know that I am not the last Major Executive of the Universal Triumvirate, and no person ever shall be."