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DRW: Prime Minister Samuels, Coalition leaders join war with Romulus |
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Written by Stephanie Chang on
Friday, 21 December 2007
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 Prime Minister Samuels, Coalition leaders join war with Romulus
Stephanie Chang - Earth News Network
21 December, 2156
Prime Minister Nathan Samuels held a press conference today to declare that Earth's government, and the governments of the other CoP worlds, had elected to join the Andorians and Tellarites in their war against the Romulans, saying, "I cannot ignore their attack on the NX-02 Columbia, and the evidence of their involvement in the Salem One attack seems irrefutable. I deeply regret taking this extreme action, but the people of Earth have been threatened, and we must respond."
Members of the press were surprised when the normally loquacious Samuels's speech lasted less than five minutes, at which point Admiral Black of Starfleet took over to field the media's questions.
 The admiral's answers regarding the tactical situation were, as one would expect, vague. He was able to say only that an undisclosed number of Starfleet ships were being reassigned to the war effort and that a direct attack on Earth's solar system is, at this moment, unlikely.
Black had even fewer answers when it came to the Romulans themselves, saying merely that, "They are are a xenophobic race we believe to be humanoid."
Reaction to the declaration of war has been intense and varied. Spontaneous demonstrations, both pro and anti-war, have taken place in cities on virtually every continent. The Earth Cargo Authority has raised objections, saying the war would severely disrupt interstellar trade. On Andoria, Chancellor Rek Tson and his government were quick to praise the decision.
So far there have been no reports of combat between Coalition and Romulan ships, aside from the attack carried out by the Andorians and Tellarites, of which the details have yet to be released.
This Dispatches from the Romulan War report was contributed by Ensign Edwards.
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