WAR!

The REPUBLIC and the SITH EMPIRE have been fighting a newly ignited conflict dating back centuries between the two factions with neither side relenting. The intergalactic engagement has now reached its fourth year after the tense peace of the TREATY OF CORUSCANT was broken.

Now with the discovery of a new, yet primitive and warlike, world by the Republic and its Force-Resistant inhabitants, the war has reached a boiling point as the preachers of GALACTIC DEMOCRACY attempt to convince the planet of EARTH to unite and engage the THEOCRATIC GOVERNMENT despite its COLD WAR.

Yet an event known as THE UNITED NATION'S INCIDENT has triggered an opportunity for the agents of the Republic.

In the nation-state known as the 'UNITED STATES OF AMERICA', its Senators and Representatives convened at a SPECIAL SESSION of CONGRESS to debate whether it should join the fight against the Authoritarian regime or be conquered.


Senator John McCain of Arizona

Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.

08:05:15 ATC/ August 5th, 1968

16:05/4:05 PM

"Order! We shall have order!" Vice President Lyndon Johnson shouted as apart of his duty as Senate Pro Tempore amongst the bickering delegation as his counterpart for the House and fellow Democrat, John McCormack, watched nearby.

"Thank you Mister Vice President." The former Prisoner of War from the infamous 'Hanoi Hilton' glance at his peers as he began to speak. "Fellow Senators and Representatives. I know that we're tired of war, yet the Empire had already made their intentions clear. The Dark Council desires to add not just America but this planet, our world, to their collection of . The Sith especially are brutish thugs who disregard the concept of rights for their people. They have marched across the galaxy, burning homes, committing genocide, and repeating the actions of Nazi Germany some thirty years before in Europe. Are we going stand idle as this threat prepares to conquer us? Or should we prepare to counter the might of the Sith Empire, preserving our hard fought liberty that our forefathers had fought and died ever since the first Fourth of July way back in 1776?"

"I agree with Senator McCain!" Senator Reagan of California shouted. "Are we going to sit by as the Sith Empire prepares to wipe away our civilization and take our women and children away to their territory in the unknown as slaves? My fellow Americans, I say not! We are not going to allow a bunch of Space British thugs set foot on our land and repeat the burning of Washington!? The answer is clear my friends: 'We must hang together now or surely we'll hang separately'."

"Thank you for your input, Ronald." Johnson smiled at the Republican. "I agree. The time for debate is over. Our world is in jeopardy and we cannot afford to argue now, gentlemen. Now please cast your votes."

The vote was unanimous: The United States of America declared war against the Sith Empire.

"May God help us all." John McCain mutters as the Senators and Representatives changed the topic to discuss the sudden necessary increase in military spending.


Sidenote: Rest in Peace Mister McCain. You did serve your nation over the years and there is no debt that America can repay you for.

You'll be sincerely missed.