Praetorian Candidate Assassinated

[Federation News Service 0]

ROMULUS—Tragic news emerged early this morning when a spokesman for Senator Akael Donatra announced that the candidate for Praetor was found dead in her capital city home by an aide.

 

The cause of death was immediately unclear, but early reports suggest that the Senator did not die of natural causes. At least one source close to the Senator, who asked to remain anonymous, speculated heavily that foul play was involved but couldn't confirm any details at press time.

 

Word of the Senator's death spread quickly throughout the Romulan Empire and caused the Romulan Mercantile Exchange to drop sharply by over 18% before being closed by regulators by mid-morning as a noticeable pal descended across the entire planet on the eve of the first democratic election for the position of Praetor in the history of the Empire and in the shadow of the devastating attacks on Earth.

 

Noticeably absent in the immediate response to the news was the Senator's chief rival, Admiral Destorie N'Dak. The Admiral, trailing in some polls and in a dead heat in others, was off world at the time the news broke, campaigning in the toss up system of Alpha Jahari. Upon hearing the news, the N'Dak campaign canceled all events for the rest of the week and began making preparations to return to Romulus. A spokesman for the campaign said only that like all Romulans, the Admiral was "deeply saddened by the loss," but would "wait for more information" before making an official statement.

 

In recent weeks the campaign had taken on a feverish pitch as it waned into the final days. Both the Senator and the Admiral had renewed their attacks on each other after a short, unofficial truce as both candidates joined in unity to support the Federation in their time of need. Acting Federation President T'Kaal added to the call of sympathy for the House s'Donatra, but like Admiral N'Dak kept her remarks short until more information can be confirmed.

 

"The Federation has lost a true ally today," she said from her office on Vulcan. "Having experienced the loss of President Swaggert so recently, the people of the Federation extend their condolences to the people of Romulus."

[Kansas_Jones 0]

I would like to comment on this, as a Real Life Player and RPG Player:

 

Real Life Player: assassinations are never a good thing, and the ripple effect can be devastating.

 

RPG Player: Cool! w00t! Bring on the intrigue! Yeah, now that's what I'm talkin' about. Nothing like a good assassination to shake things up a bit.

 

- K >^..^<

[Kairi 0]

Dun dun dun... :o