Winston Lenwall walked with his armed escort through a thunderous crowd, they approached a podium and all took positions around it. He moved the microphone attached to it, feedback echoed over the crowd. He put a hand to quiet them, over ten thousand packed the Revolution Square. He felt the humidity getting to him, sweat dripping down his nose. The crowd began to quiet, he cleared his throat, "My wonderful populace I am please to announce the signing of the WRP."
The crowd began to speak in hushed whispers, " Now this is a historic moment and of course the only place to deliver such a proclamation is here; where Five hundred years ago we said 'We will not submit to the tyrants who have subjugated us and subjected to that slavery they themselves abolished. We will not whimper and submit nor will we scream and die, we will survive; this pact is to ensure that continued survival."
The crowd erupted in cheers, Lenwall put up a hand to quiet them once more. The lights reflected off the monument behind him. " The New Galactic Empire and it's allies all declared then and now that we shall beat our swords into plowshares. The weapons we used to defend ourselves will be made into a method to ensure our survival." He took a very deep breath while gazing at his notes.
" After inviting over two hundred recognized governments we reached an agreement with over seventy percent of them. While this is a resounding success the few we did not reach an understanding with are the larger governments. The skargin people who have always been at odds with any humans. The Xing Collective which have their own agenda. The Hitachi group who have never trusted the NGE after the Great Rebellion, and Finally the Wolfheim Republic that claim we are sacrificing freedom for security." He shook his head "This could not be further from the truth. The White Rabbit Pact is intended to make sure the ships and people we are sending outside of charted space and that we can protect you all from those that wish us harm. It is intended to let those who wish us harm that we will not fly away in fear but have burrowed into the ground we stand upon and will not leave."
Again the crowd erupted in applause, Lenwall allowed them to quiet on their own. "As of now we have reach an uneasy nonaggression agreement with The Xing and The Hitachi Group and with the Skargins refusing to come at all and the Wolfheim republic leaving before negotiations were complete. I do not endorse violence against anyone from these groups. The people do not always have a say in what their government decides." The crowd attempted to shout in Protest but Lenwall continued on " We will continue to look for a solution that meets all parties interests and we will keep trying to compromise with these governments in order to preserve peace in the Galaxy. For the glory of the NGE and the continued survival of the Human Race!" Lenwall raised a fist almost shouting the words.
As the crowd was applauding a lone figure made their way through trying to get to the stage. Pushing and shoving people out of his way, the body guards noticed him and raised their weapons. Before any of them could shoot the assailant, they all started groggily moving around the stage. One by one they collapsed onto the ground their body armor making consecutive thuds on the stage. Lenwall took cover behind the podium. Unfortunately there was no one left to protect Lenwall and the assailant stabbed him multiple times before slashing his own throat. Blood poured onto the white stage and the crowd erupted into angry shouts and wails.
