Amderesta The 3rd Republic: The Vellans Administration

Chapter One

Chapter One

President-Elect Michael Vellans, the youngest person to be elected as president of the 3rd Amderestan Republic looked out at a crowd of Amderestans who gathered in Amdronia City's main plaza for his swearing in.

He placed his hand on electronic Bible and repeated the oath of office that many Presidents before him had taken, one such person his great-great grandfather.

President Vellans then proceeded to the podium setup on the stage constructed for his inaguation, and glanced down at his datapad.

“Fellow Amderestans.” He said to the crowd. “It is an honor to be standing here as your new President. The next few years will be a time of growth for the 3rd Republic, and of new horizons for the Amdronian Group Alliance as a whole. A moderate voice is beginning to grow inside the Blackanian Federation, a long standing enemy of the Alliance who has aspirations of peace between them and us. Myself along with Former President Telan have had bilateral talks with three moderates on the Blackanian High Council to the lay the groundwork for negotiations that hopefully will lead to a peace treaty. But there are those who want to see the status qoe remain. In order to move forward, we must put aside our differences and come together for a future our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren can depend upon.”

The crowd of Amderestans rose from their seats and gave a thunderous applause to President Michael Vellans as he walked away from the podium to his wife, Mary Vellans. Several Presidental Security Agents were positioned near Vellans and his wife, who climbed into a presidental speeder.

The speeder pilot, an officer in the Amderestan Spacefleet Corps with almost 20 years of service activated the anti-grav systems and proceeded toward the 3rd Republic's Executive Building.

Amdronia had served the 3rd Amderestan Republic as it's capital district ever since the Amderestan Army Republic's rebellion backed by the Blackanian Federation many years earlier. During that time, the 3rd Republic had regained a portion of territory from the AAR in a defensive war against the AAR who attempted to unite the Amderesta galaxy under their control.

In the Amderestan Senate building, Prime Minister Kevin Hasslin an Amderestan Conservative swore in each of the Senators-Elect as they made their way into the Senate chambers. Since the Amderestan Conservatives lacked a majority of seats in the Senate, a coalition government was formed with the Amderestan Republicans.

On the 3rd Republic-AAR border, Lieutenant Timothy Forrester, an Amderestan Spacefleet Corps Intelliegence Officer from Taronia sat at the flight control station of an ASC command shuttle.

Once inside AAR controlled space, the shuttle's transponder signal was switched to one that resembled an AAR shuttle to scanner installations.

At AARDF Scanner Installation Epilison Theta, which was situtated near the southern border of the Taronia Region, Ensign Freens called over to another officer on duty.

“See that shuttle there?” Ensign Freens commented as he pointed to it on the tactical display. The flight path has it coming from the Alazenia Region.”

“It's one of ours.” The other AARDF Officer responded. Ensign Freens however consulted a database of AAR registered vessels to confirm the nationality of the shuttle.

He opened a VACS channel to the shuttle and said, “Command Shuttle Alpha Niner Four Six , this is Scanner Installation Epilision Theta, do you read over.”

Lieutenant Timothy Forrester's voice came over the VACS' speakers. “This is Alpha Niner Four Six, currently on route to Taronia.”

“Copy that, Niner-Four-Six.” Ensign Freens responded, as he continued to watch Command Shuttle Alpha 946 on his scanner display. “Alpha Niner Four Six, contact Taronia Approach on Beta Sierra Niner Seven.”