1699 Drak-Modani attempted coup d'état

In the first days of 1699 AN, a coalition of hardline Committee for United Modani Solidarity members, military leaders, and business magnates launched a failed attempt to take control of the Bovic Draconian State in Modan. In a public statement, they indicated that they were motivated by an unwavering commitment to the Draconian Supremacy Movement and the need to defend it against corruption in the "highest levels of the government" and from foreign threats.

Timeline of events

2 Novaber

On the morning of 2.I, during his preparations for the opening of debate in The Fury on legislation that would begin the process of liberalizing the state, Kamil Gavrilov received a summons for the Co-Chancellors to appear before the Co-Monarchs at the Royal Palace to discuss the very same bill. Expecting that he would need to justify this radical decision or face dismissal, Gavrilov put out a call for those members of his cabinet in-office to accompany him, so that each may present benefits from their sphere of responsibility.

At 11:13, this impromptu meeting was interrupted by troops in the 14th Grenadier Regiment. Once Gavrilov was taked into custody, the order was given to proceed with seizing control of the Fury's legislative office building, preventing representatives from attempting to flee.

At 14:00, the Speaker of the Fury promptly opened the plenary session, with all members of the hardline faction present and the minimum sufficient number of the reform faction escorted and under guard by the 14th Grenadiers as necessary to meet quorum. Attempts by the reform faction to declare the session as out of order went unheard. The hardline faction moved to suspend the agenda and submitted emergency legislation to create an emergency governing committee to replace the present government, named the State Committee to Review Ongoing Threats and Urgent Matters. This new committee, consisting of middle and high-ranking party, government, and military officials, was then granted emergency legislative authority, including the power to suspend The Fury and to try prisoners under a new criminal court under the State Committee's direct supervision.

The State Committee convened at 14:21 and used its newly-granted power to suspend The Fury until the end of the year. Troops were ordered to deploy to all major cities to enforce obedience to the new government, as well as to close all border crossings.

At 16:35, the Mayor of Eriksberg, Kesta Szil, issued a statement on state broadcasting throughout Capeshire, calling the new State Committee illegitimate, and asked the people of Drak-Modan to resist it. Part of his speech was cut off by State Committee supporters.

At 19:00, the 501st Shock Brigade broadcast over radio that its officers have voted to detain their commanding officers on the charge of treason against the lawful government.

3 Novaber

By 01:00, demonstrators against the State Committee gathered outside the Royal Palace in Drakorda, demanding that the Co-Monarchs denounce the coup government and order the restoration of the Gavrilov-Teimuraz government. At 4:00, Drakorda Police and the 14th Grenadier Regiment begin dispersing the demonstration using teargas and Horjins. 7 demonstrators are run over and crushed to death when they refuse to break a human chain.

At 07:50, the commanding officer of the 401st Shock Brigade and his staff release a statement indicating their refusal to obey any orders issued by the State Committee.

At 09:15, 9. Streïhvasza of the Isenbury Association crossed the border into Drak-Modan under escort by units of the 401st Shock Brigade, headed for Karamola.

At 9:30, Magister Alcazaba Castros orders the 89th Shock Brigade to deploy to Bajkir, in order to strengthen the position of State Committee supporters under threat by elements of the 501st Shock Brigade.

At 15:21, the first units of 9. Streïhvasza reach the outskirts of Karamola. They are greeted by the command staff of the 401st Shock Brigade. Riman Valentin is released from prison and broadcasts a message across Drak-Modan, for all good and honest Draconians to resist the State Committee, and that "[they] represent the party of yesterday, but tomorrow is ours!".

At 16:45, the Mayor of Karamola acquiesces to demands that the MILF banner be raised at city hall under the national flag. When asked by journalists if he is sympathetic to MILF, he curtly replied no, and that "for now, they're interested in inclusive rights, but they'd better not forget to respect who belongs in charge."

At 17:00, in a broadcast from the legionary-garrisoned naval station on Sabatini Isle was read a prepared statement issued in the name of Co-Chancellor Davit Teimuraz: "Attempts to preserve Draconianism by force of arms will only cause the state to unravel still faster. The present constitutional order, birthed in that same ideology, is likewise unsustainable. We must restore and revitalise our national community on the basis of a return to Modanese traditional values."

At 17:10, lead units of the 89th Shock Brigade arrive in Bajkir, augmenting the Bajkir Police Service and the Police Service Irregulars in stamping out resistance to the State Committee and any sign of counter-Draconian activity. Members of the Defenders of Draconia begin seizing building materials and directing them to Yazovo State Park southeast of the city.

At 21:13, patrols of the 501st and 89th Shock Brigades encounter one another in western Bajkir. After a lengthy exchange of fire, neither side succeeds in dislodging the other.

4 Novaber

In the predawn hours, fighting breaks out between units of the 3rd Division over whether to support the State Committee or the resistance against it.

At 09:40, elements of the 501st Shock Brigade overwhelm border guards and wave a flag of truce to meet with Shirerithian troops over the border.

At 12:00, 3. Streïhvasza of the Lowbrook Association crosses the border into Kizshire, headed towards Bajkir.

By 15:00, three battle commands of the Isenbury Association have arrived in Karamola. Troops are instructed to fire only when fired upon, to minimize civilian casualties where able, and to deliver anyone disrupting the peace to the civil authorities.

As the workday ends in Drakorda, demonstrators begin gathering again in front of the Royal Palace, again demanding the denouncement of the State Committee's illegal usurpation of power. Among them are deserting soldiers from Fort Drakorda.

At 21:57, troops from the Isenbury and Lowbrook Associations meet halfway between Karamola and Bajkir. Reconnaissance units are detached from 4. Streïhvasza Lowbrook and 8. Streïhvasza Isenbury to begin probing southwest into southern Kizshire and points beyond.

6 Novaber

At 09:00, checkpoints are established throughout central, southern, and eastern Bajkir. All travellers are checked against their identification, and anyone with a low Kinsey score are detained. Anyone identified as a dissident Draconian is similarly detained.

At 10:27, after easily dispersing police officers and police service irregulars, a column from the 501st is stopped by elements of the 89th who have barricaded the boulevards leading towards Bajkir's government center. By noon, the fighting intensifies as each side deploys their artillery.

At 11:30, a patrol of Imperial Troops is ambushed in the outskirts of Karamola by a pro-State Committee faction in the 401st Shock Brigade.

By 14:00, the anti-State Committee members of Fury have been relocated out of Drakorda as part of their "protective custody".

At 15:30, journalists temporarily secured control of a radio station in Lyhigh and broadcast that MILF members and low-Kinsey residents are being lynched. When pressed, Mayor Nikki Kosygin released a statement that everything is being done to limit the violence, but that popular wrath can be difficult to control.

In the early evening, Horjins and teargas are used to disperse renewed demonstrations outside the Royal Palace and The Fury. Demonstrators are detained and transported out of the city. Troops loyal to the State Committee begin seizing food and other supplies as storeowners in Drakorda begin organizing noncompliance against the State Committee.