Eternal Father
++ The official diplomatic seal of the Sith Empire ++
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To codify the Treaty of Commenor
- Image Credit: Click - Wookiepedia [Edits by me]
- Links:
Siege of Commenor
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Media Name: The Treaty of Commenor
- Format: Official documents are written on flimsiplast, copies are held digitally on holobooks.
- Distribution: Common
- Length: Short
- Description: The document that ended the 'war' between the Sith Empire and the Commenor System Alliance, the Treaty of Commenor outlines the stipulations and agreements between the Sith and the Commenori; primarily the indefinite occupation of Commenor by the Empire's legions, the establishment of a client government, and the transition of the Queen of Commenor's position as head of state to a mere figurehead.
- Author: [member="Darth Carnifex"]
- Publisher: The Sith Empire
- Reception:
The Sith Empire [x]
Reactions in the Sith Empire to the Treaty of Commenor were general prideful, the myriad of citizens viewing the Empire's victory as another notch in their government's long line of impressive and awe-inspiring accomplishments. There were a few groups who held some disdain for the Empire's antagonistic and bullying tactics in dealing with the Commenori, a group so distant from the rest of the Empire that they seemed very non-threatening. Despite such sentiments, the Empire formally played it up as a monumental triumph in securing the continuation of the Empire against its foreign enemies, both real and fabricated.
[*]Commenor [x]
- The response to the treaty was far less jubilant by the native Commenori, many of whom openly decried the treaty as illegitimate and a direct affront to their sovereignty. There were a few who meagerly inclined their head and accepted Imperial overlordship, primarily to escape the worst punishments inflicted on dissidents by the oppressive Sith occupation. Some would even go as far as to eagerly enlist in the Imperial client state's military, enacting on their closeted pro-Imperialist ideologies to try and steer Commenor towards a new future in defiance of the pro-democratic & monarchist majority.
CONTENT INFORMATION
- Plenipotentiaries
On behalf of the Sith-Imperial Government
The Emperor of the Sith Empire, the Dark Lord of the Sith, Kaine Zambrano
[*]On behalf of the Commenor Government
- The Queen of Commenor, Kay Arenais
[*]Treaty Articles
- Article I
The New Sith Empire for one part and the Commenor System Alliance for the other part, declare that the state of war between them has ceased. They are resolved to live henceforth in peace and amity with one another.
[*]Article II
- The Commenori government will refrain from any agitation or propaganda against the Imperial government or the public and military institutions of the Empire. The Empire also exercises the right to adjudicate and terminate Commenor citizens in accordance with Sith-Imperial Law.
[*]Article III
- The territories of the Commenor System Alliance, excluding the Commenor System, will no longer be subject to Commenori sovereignty. Commenor refrains from all interference in the internal relations of these territories. The Sith Empire purposes to determine the future status of these territories in agreement with their population.
[*]Article IV
- As soon as a general peace is concluded and Commenori demobilization is carried out completely, the Sith Empire will occupy the planet of Commenor and its accompanying satellites.
[*]Article V
- Commenor will, without delay, carry out the full demobilization of her army inclusive of those units recently organized by the present government. Furthermore, Commenor will either bring her warships into designated ports and there detain them until the day of a conclusion of a general peace and disarm them forthwith.
[*]Article VI
- The Sith Empire will continue to recognize the Queen of Commenor, not as the political head of Commenor, but as a symbolic figurehead. A military Prefect will be appointed to oversee all administrative, economic, and civil matters.
[*]Article VII
- An Imperial fleet will be permanently fixed in orbit above Commenor and will maintain the authority to stop and board inbound and outbound civilian vessels.
[*]Article VIII
- The authority of the Sith Empire upon the protectorate world of Commenor and its satellites will not be infringed on by foreign entities, lest such acts are considered an act of war against the entirety of the Sith Empire.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
When negotiations fail, only violence can follow.
The Sith Empire, attempting to exert their influence over systems on the cusp of the Sith-Imperial Mandate, threatened and intimidated the Commenor System Alliance with an oppressive territory-wide blockade that made a mockery of the System Alliance's sovereignty. When the System Alliance pushed back and attacked one link of the blockade chain, the entire hammer of the Empire came crashing down upon them.
Commenor was blockaded, sieged, and the city of Munto was obliterated in a single blow by the foul war machines of the Sith. In the face of such raw power the Queen of Commenor, [member="Lady Kay"] Arenais, capitulated while in Sith custody and was fully taken prisoner by the Sith Emperor. He forced her to sign a humiliating treaty, effectively signing away Commenor's sovereignty and legitimizing an indefinite Imperial occupation of her homeworld.
To enforce the stipulations of the treaty, Admiral Coroct Dathart was appointed the Military Prefect of the Imperial Commenori Client State.
Yet, not all hope was lost that day. Many Commenori rallied together to form an underground resistance movement, deadset on toppling the oppressive Imperial regime and either re-installing Queen Arenais as their leader or forging a new destiny, one of their own making.
