Chapter 92
The Cold War IX
July 10th 1968
Imperial Palace
Tokyo Japan
Japanese Empire
The citizens of Tokyo cheered as the Spartan Queen rode into the Imperial Palace to them, she was considered an honorary member of the Imperial Family, Kassandra dressed in full Armour excluding her Helm and Spear followed by her family and commander Lysander of the ISSA.
Standing at the steps to the Imperial residence was Hirohito who smiled at the sight of his beloved aunt, between the two royal families royal protocol was thrown out the window as Kassandra dismounted from her horse.
"Hiro my dear Nephew it has been to long I trust you enjoyed the broadcast". She asked him as she hugged him smiling as he returned the Hug. "I did my Dear Aunt Kassandra it was amazing to see, and is this the man that did the impossible I welcome you to my Home Commander".
Commander Lysander bowed as was protocol. "Thank you, your Imperial Majesty,". Now many people are wondering what on Earth is going on well that's easy Commander Lysander of the ISSA or the Imperial Spartan Space Agency was the First Man to walk on the Moon.
Since the Death of President Kennedy Kassandra had been determined or crush the Enclave and the the next 5 years and billions of Drachmae to develop the Apollo Class Shuttle, the Enclave had found out about the mass increase in Spartan Space development and quickly rushed to Fund NASA.
However, Kassandra had one large advantage over her western competition she could call on the Mages and men of science from across not only her Empire but that of the SRU it made things move a lot quicker.
By June 20th 1968 at the launch site in Persia the First launch of a man on the moon would be ready Commander Lysander would be going up with Captain Alexander who would remain on this ship until Lysander had done his Space walk.
On live broadcast across not only the SRU but the world as he placed not only the Spartan Flag on the lunar surface but that of the Japanese, Indian, Chinese and Russian Empires as they had all helped increase the speed of the Space program.
According to reports president Nixon was not a happy man he had poured money into NASA and the US Military believing he could outspend the SRU showing the world that the American way was the best for the world only to be humiliated by the SRU.
Far to the west in Washington DC the first cracks in the Enclaves iron grip over the US political machine started show as the Minutemen faction had infiltrated the United States Senate, for years the Enclave had ruled alone but now the absolute power of the Enclave was damaged.
Paris
France
1971
France was in complete political and social turmoil, in 1967 France joined the European Union, (at one time the Union would not have come into the world until the 90s but times were far different) the remnants of the Soviet Union had collapsed forming new republics in the Baltic states a year before that and were financially broke begging to be allowed into the EU despite the majority of the French overseas nations completely against it the French Government voted to allow them in.
You see this wasn't the France of General Delacour, he had retired after serving his country proudly as its military commander during the war and its president the new government however completely gone against the will of the French people already by joining the Union and now this.
The EU consisted of Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Spain, France, and Portugal and with France being the largest in size of territory Military and Economic strength they were the main money suppliers for the Union.
But now those days were over across the "Empire" the government's were voting in mass to leave France and set off on there own with many of the governments in the African territories looking to the Congo on the Ethiopian Empire for new trade relations or even Egypt itself.
The remaining territories is the Caribbean we're doing the same looking to the Mexican Empire for trade deals.
By 1974 France would have lost the majority of its territories and its economy would shrink dramatically that by 81 the eldest child of General Delacour his son who was currently serving as the Ambassador to Sparta and father of Flure and Gabrielle Delacour would be elected president of France in a landslide victory he would easily get through legislation removing term limits to a degree were a president could only run for president 3 terms in a row before stepping down for at least 1 term before he or she could run again.
But before that day the last true Enclave President would be forced to resign from office due to the watergate scandal in a joint mission between the Minutemen and the Spartan Agents within the United States.
The last Enclave President of the United States was Gerald Ford he at first believed he could still win the Cold War against the SRU however that changed in 1975 when the Enclave received the final blow when the president received a letter from the Spartan Government of there Queens request to make an official state visit the the United States.
The acting mayor of the town of Vulcan knew this would bring all kinds of hell down on him but he didn't care he sent his letter for aid to the one place he believed would gladly help them the Spartan Embassy in France.
What he didn't know was his letter would never be sent as it was intercepted by Spartan agents who sent it to Sparta quickly believing their Queen would be very interested to see it.
September 20th 1975
Washington Dulles international airport
The President stood with members of his cabinet and the press watching as the Royal plane pulled up the press and indeed the world watching via TV watched as the door opened revealing the Spartan Queen dressed in very regal attire, Kassandra had originally planned to go in full armour but Hippolyta convinced her that dressed in civilian clothes would show the world she saw the United States as no threat to her.
"Queen Hippolyta in the name of the United States Government I welcome you to America". President Ford told her with a smile that slightly shrunk when the Queen just nodded her head.
"Thank you, Mr President, it's lovely to be in your country however I must admit I am here for one real reason to tour the east coast states particularly to visit West Virginia".
Slightly confused the President just accepted this informing her that a detachment of the Secret Services would accompany here and her Guards.
September 22nd
President Ford was awoken to shocking news by one of his aids the Queen had made headline news turning on the TV he watched in shocked silence.
"Today top story her Majesty Queen Hippolyta of Sparta arrived at the small town of Vulcan West Virginia today to witness a shocking sight that the bridge connecting the town to the rest of the nation was collapsed, the Queen witnesses young children running across the dangerous train lines just to get to school on time, speaking with the towns mayor she was informed that the town had requested aid from the state government only to be denied support.
In a shocking move her Majesty contacted a local construction company to ask them how much would it cost them to build a bridge, of which she was told a minimum of 1.2 million Dollars the Queen once again shocked the world by pulling out a check book and writing an amount of 2 million Dollars saying and I quote. "The people of this town have been let down by there nation and government allow Sparta to support them."
Turning off the TV President Ford just sat there in shock had things got that bad for the American people with that one brilliant move the Spartan Queen had effectively ended the Cold War in the SRUs favour
He was later told the Spartan Queen had decided to leave the United States and go North to the Province of Canada where she was greeted with Great fanfare and celebration unlike what they had thrown for her.
One of the last things President Ford did in office was to officially Disband the Enclave as the Official shadow Government declaring the Cold War over that now was a time of peace and rebuilding for the United States.
While the Enclave would fight tooth and nail to prevent this from happening by the Time of 1st Bush administration the Enclave would be nothing but a shadow of its former glory even the Minutemen began to shrink its presence within the Government and Business sectors of America with there mission complete.
Malfoy Manor
Wilshere England
British Empire
1976
The Dark Lord stood before his followers he had just finished a great speech to them he would bring all of Magical Britain under his rule then the rest of the magical regions of the British Empire a begin a new glorious age hell maybe even gain the support of the Great Immortal Queen.
When he was a student of Hogwarts, he read the history of the Immortal Queen a Goddess on earth who brought down the Persian Empire and defeated every nation that stood against her hell she had just won the Cold War against America, while many of his followers might suggest he was not foolish enough to try his luck against a Goddess.
Authors Note: well that's the Cold War section over we are almost completely caught up in the timeline that we are now in Voldemort's first Blood-War I hope you liked this chapter and until next time.
Revan Shan 2077.
