Kodiak Commune
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This article is a timeline of the events surrounding and during the Rebellion.
All dates were calculated with the Kodiak RP Time Calculator.
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- November 19 - Daniel Anderson, leader of the Kodiak Social Alliance, is poisoned in the KSA party room in Rykkburgh.
- November 22 - Strikers in the southern provinces shut down key infrastructure including the postal service, energy facilities and the railroads. They demand, among others, a doubling of wages, reduced working hours, and improved workplace conditions.
- November 25 -
- The strike in Sjokalade escalates with strikers aligned with the 'People's Vanguard' destroying a gas power plant, plunging the province into a blackout. A post office in the province was also destroyed.
- President Kryos meets with striker leaders to negotiate an end to the strikes. Kryos' car was blown up, leaving his driver dead and Kryos with severe burns and extensive trauma. Kryos subsequently entered a coma.
- November 27 -
- Chancellor Maltravers orders in the army and police to stop the strike.
- The Kodiak Commune is proclaimed as the 'People's Vanguard' takes regional centres.
- Far right MGA Everett Grey proclaims the National Militia, a citizens army, to combat the Commune.
- Everett Grey commits suicide following a motion in the General Assembly to impeach him over the formation of the National Militia.
- November 28 - Acting Defence Minister Simmons orders the army and police into Commune gains in Karputska. The operation resulted in the rail lines being reclaimed.
- December 11 - Chancellor Maltravers orders a 6am to 6pm curfew for MGAs and civil servants.
- December 18 -
- Chancellor Maltravers orders a national curfew from 6:50pm to 7:30am.
- Chancellor Maltravers declares a state of war against the Commune.
- December 26 - Josef Kovac, MGA introduces the Declaration of War Against the Kodiak Commune (663). It is passed 11:7 in the General Assembly on March 27, 664.
- December 28 - Commune forces gain considerable ground in Sjokalade and captures military hardware from the Kodiak Army.
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- January 14
- Former Kodiak Chancellor Patrick Barber defects to the Commune and assumes the role of Chairman of the Council of Ministers.
- Commune forces attempt an assault on Kavergrith province. The Kodiak Army repels the attack and reclaims the village of Mollyrood.
- Chancellor Maltravers introduces The National Defense Authorization Act Amendment to the General Assembly. It is passed 16:3 in the General Assembly on June 3.
- Kodiak Commune fast cruisers attack naval forces off the coast of Sjokalade. The Kodiak Navy loses two destroyers, the KNS Valiant and the KNS Guardian. The Heavy Cruiser KNS Godsith suffers heavy damage. 23 Kodiak sailors died in the battle.
- March 1 - President Kryos exits his coma sustained after his attempted assassination.
- March 3 - Crystal City comes under siege by Commune forces, with them pushing into the city centre.
- April 8 - The leaders of Kodiak and the Commune enter into a three day ceasefire to aid in the evacuation of civilians and government forces from Crystal City.
- April 27 - Josef Kovac, MGA tables the Resolution to Investigate Foreign Assistance to Internal Dissenters, (664). It is passed in the General Assembly on July 2.
- May 1 - Chancellor Maltravers orders the removal of troops from Sjokalade.
- May 10 - Defence Minister Fjord Montgomery II makes a visit to the front.
- June 7 - The Kodiak Commune captures the entirety of Sjokalade.
- June 11 - The Kodiak Commune forms the People's Council, a legislature made of delegates from Sjokalade. Among the first decisions made by the Council was to nationalise industry in the province.
- June 30 - The Government of the United Kingdom declares its support for Kodiak.
- July 4 - The Empire of the Walbard Union declares its support for Kodiak.
- July 7 -
- The Kodiak Army attempts an assault on Commune territory. The assault resulted in minimal territorial changes and heavy casualties.
- Workers' International threatens to remove The Kodiak Workers' Party from the organization citing 'revisionist and anti-socialist rhetoric'.
- July 29 - The Ministry of Defence reorganizes the Army high command. The KWP accuses the government of political bias in the reassignments as the two officers reassigned were known KWP supporters.
- August 3 - Major General Trenton Hayes, of the 1st Training Division, resigns his position as he claims his reassignment was the result of the government's political manoeuvring.
- August 4 - Recently dismissed Brigadier General Alistair Crane defects to the Kodiak Commune alongside around two battalions worth of Kodiak soldiers.
- September 10 - Minister for Social Services Sergei Urisko disappears under suspicious circumstances.
- October 6 - The Kodiak Army under Field Marshall Falkenridge recapture the village of Mollyrood. Patrick Barber, leader of the Commune, is captured in this assault. He is found severely beaten.
- October 10 - Bernard Glocke, MGA nominates Field Marshal Falkenridge for the Guelderlaand Award for the capture of Patrick Barber. It is passed 10:4 in the General Assembly on November 19.
- October 14 - Minister for Industry, Edmund Marwood, is removed from the Assembly Chambers by the President during a debate of the above bill. This is seen as the silencing of the opposition by the NUP, whilst the KWP defended the actions of President Kryos.
- November 6 - The General Assembly confirms Alexander Paramount, MGA as Minister for Social Services.
- November 13 -
- The Kodiak Army advances on Crystal City, with both sides sustaining heavy casualties.
- A pro-Commune uprising occurs in Astroberg, but is supressed by local law enforcement. Five rioters die in the police response
- Patrick Barber is arraigned on charges of treason. The KWP protests Barber's poor treatment in remand.
- December 2 - Deputy Chancellor Simmons introduces the Amendment to The Policing Act, 645, a bill to increase the funding of the State Bureau of Investigations. It was passed 6:5 on May 25, 665.
- December 5 - A controversial report by James David, a senior fellow at the University of Sadore, links younger male supporters the KWP and KSA to supporting the Commune.
- December 11 - A pro-Commune terrorist attempts to take the life an NUP MGA by setting off an explosive outside the members' offices in the General Assembly. Two security personnel were injured.
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- January 1 - John Edwards, MGA introduces an investigation into civilian deaths in the Astroburg Uprising. It was passed 10:6 in the General Assembly on June 2.
- January 3 - The Kodiak Army alongside support troops from the Empire of the Walbard Union, regain control of Crystal City. The Commune government hastily evacuated the city. In the retreat, Commune forces sabotaged key infrastructure including the airport and seaport as well as placing obstacles in roadways.
- July 1 - The Campaign Season for the General Election of 666 begins.
- July 15 - The report into the Astroburg uprising is published.
- July 17 - Heavily Armed Commune supporters attack and seize the Graz Convention Hall, at the time hosting a National Unity Party fundraiser. The initial attack cost the lives of six and wounded twelve. Some attribute the attack as a retribution for the capture of Patrick Barber. Other protestors gathered in the city square.
- July 18 - Additional police were called in to defend the Seathenia Provincial Courthouse from the protestors.
- July 19 -
- Armed protestors in Graz fired at police and attempted to gain control Seathenia Provincial Courthouse. Local businesses were also targeted.
- Military trainees were called in from local training facility.
- Around one hundred were killed in the attack. The following are the most notable of the confirmed dead: Edmund Marwood, Minister for Industry and member for Pine Ridge, Peter Ashford member for Graz-Central, Charles Reddington III, member for Beauclarke, Eleanor Hargreave-Smythe, member for Budd, Reginald Fortesque, member for Grey, Beatrice Winterbourne, member for Grey-South, and Arthur Ravenscroft, member for Staro.
- Graz was put under curfew.
- July 27 - The Kodiak Navy sinks the Commune's fast cruisers off the coast of Sjokolade. The Navy sustained 769 casualties including 184 dead and lost three destroyers. The recently refurbished KNS Godsith was also heavily damaged. From the captured sailors, more that fifty were from the People's Republic of Wintercrest.
- August 9 - Chancellor Maltravers meets with the families of the victims of the attacks of July 19.
- September 5 - Commune supporters march into Bethaven, but are repelled the Bethaven Militia, a citizens militia. Bethaven Town Market was destroyed in the fighting.
- September 19 -
- Local 'citizens militias' are formed in Godsith and Seathenia. Some groups set up road blocks and checkpoints, which are removed by law enforcement.
- Deputy Chancellor Simmons declares martial law in Seathania and Godsith
- November 9 -
- Chancellor Maltravers enacts section 2.2 of the Electoral Protection Act.
- Chancellor Maltravers hints at a possible inquiry into the competency Field Marshall Falkenridge in a statement from his office.
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- January 1 - Polls open around the country, with an increased police presence. Voters were reportedly uneasy, whilst KWP leaders slam the decision as an abuse of power.
- January 3 -
- A pro-Commune terrorist careened a van into a polling station line in suburban Graz. The attack and subsequent police response resulted in the deaths of ten and fifty-three injured.
- Chancellor Maltravers orders a regiment of the Kodiak Army and additional Kodiak National Police to reinforce Graz.
- February 11 - Chancellor Maltravers and President Williams win the election.
- April 9 - The Kodiak National Front is formed in Graz. They vow to fight against vigilante militia groups and government inaction in Seathania.
- April 16 - The Kodiak National Front is integrated into the Kodiak Army. The move was criticised by the KWP as they viewed it as hypocritical. They also questioned the legality of the decision, as it was enacted without the approval of the Assembly.
- June 11 - Commune rebels gain further ground in Graz. Rumours circulate of a sweeping offensive in Sjokalade by Field Marshall Falkenridge.
- July 9 - Minister of Transportation Joe Fala calls for negotiations between the Commune and the Kodiak government. He is met with backlash from the Chancellor and members of the NUP as it opposed the government's stance of no negotiation with the terrorists.
- July 31 -
- A KNF Rally is held in the town of Luton, Seathania. It is attended by Minister of Law and Order María Sanz-Cortés and Colonel Jessica Sinclair of the Kodiak Army, commanding officer of the KNF. Commune supporters embedded themselves into the crowd and began to heckle the attendees. KNF soldiers retaliate, resulting in the deaths of seventy-two protestors.
- MGAs including President Williams and former President Kryos decry the use of the KNF as law enforcement.
- August 1 - Transportation Minister Fala calls for an investigation into the suppression of the Commune protests of July 31.
- August 17 - A major KNF assault on Graz stalemates, with heavy casualties on both sides.
- August 22 - President Williams introduces the Investigation into the deaths of Commune protesters during KNF rally in Luton (666) to the General Assembly.
- August 31 - Treasurer Welch proposes an Investigation into political responsibility for communist activity (666) to protest Williams’ proposed investigation.
- September 10 - The KNF breaks through Commune lines in central Graz. They suffer 350 losses, around 5% of their total forces.
- September 19 - Former minister Sergei Urisko is found dead in a secluded cabin in the western provinces.
- October 11 - Law and Order Minister Sanz-Cortes introduces the Resolution against Communist and Anarchist ideologies (666). It is defeated 19:14 on April 13 667.
- October 27 -
- Transportation Minister Fala is dismissed and Health Minister Kovac resigns from their ministries. Fala was dismissed by Chancellor Maltravers due to conflicting views on the government's handling of the Commune. Kovac then resigned in protest.
- President Williams announces the disintegration of the DPPK-NUP coalition
- Maltravers hastily appoints Law and Order Minister Sanz-Cortes as acting Health Minister.
- October 29 - Joe Fala files an amicus brief with the High Court to challenge the KNF's response to protest at Luton.
- November 1 - Jacob Sanford is appointed acting Transportation Minister.
- November 11 - KNF forces launch a major assault on Commune held Graz. The attack is successful, with he majority of the city being retaken.
- November 25 - John Edwards is discovered to have been making multiple visits to Patrick Barber whilst the latter is in prison.
- December 1 - Field Marshall Falkenridge launches his major southern offensive to the west of Crystal City. It results in stalemate, with both sides sustaining heavy casualties.
- December 9 - Felix Hurst launches the Kodiak Children's Fund, a charity to aid children affected by the rebellion.
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For a more in depth article of the politics of the late Civil War, see Dissolution of the Maltravers Administration.
- January 2 - Former Health Minister Josef Kovac is killed in a suspected deliberate collision in Rykkburgh. Many believe the crash to be a terroristic plot by the Commune.
- February 17 -
- Kodiak National Front forces retake Graz CBD.
- Police and SBI launch a series co-ordinated raids against Commune supporters and terrorists in Godsith and Seathania.
- Felix Hurst introduces the War Time Service Act (666) to reintroduce war time conscription. It is passed 13:6 on June 18.
- February 19 -
- Tobias Virsturm introduces a Resolution for No-Confidence Vote on the Chancellorship and his Government against the Maltravers Administration.
- Chancellor Maltravers resigns in protest. Deputy Chancellor Felix Hurst becomes Acting Chancellor.
- March 27 -
- The Vote of No-Confidence goes to vote. The vote is contested by the NUP who see it as a power grab by the President.
- The death of Josef Kovac is ruled an event of domestic violence. The driver of the vehicle that struck Kovac was with his wife, who he was attempting to harm. Kovac was not the intended target.
- April 2 - President Williams is arrested by the State Bureau of Investigations on charges of Conspiracy to commit Treason and Conspiracy to Sedition. This was over wiretapped phone conversations Williams was having with Commune Foreign Affairs Minister Markus Rivera discussing a Commune favoured negotiated end to the war.
- April 7 -
- Field Marshall Falkenridge launches a major offensive in Sjokalade. It is a major victory with the destruction of all effective Commune resistance.
- Commune forces surrender.
- Acting Chancellor Felix Hurst announces his post-war reconstruction plan.
- May 5 - Acting Chancellor Felix Hurst is removed from office after Vote of No Confidence passes 20:16. He is replaced by then President Jack Williams.
- May 8 - Protestors clash throughout the nation in response to the Vote of No Confidence.
- June 7 -
- A shadow cabinet is formed, headed by Felix Hurst as Leader of the Opposition.
- DPPK Member J.F. Sassoon defects to the NUP.
- June 20 - The General Assembly disapproves of Williams' Cabinet, 17:16.