Chat Schism

An on going conflict between those who are still loyal to the Chat Empire and the New Galatic Republic, lead by ex-Admin Karl-591.

Background
After the failed hunt for Commander Heathcliff, Karl was put on trail with two Admins, Vidmas7er and Forerunner. In front of the entire admin council, Forerunner told everyone that Vid had betrayed them. Though Vid told them it was for their survival, Forerunner told them he was lying, that Vid only cared about himself. Karl, for his part, had been accused of Treason and High Conspiarcy, which he did not deny. However, he claimed he was trying to save more lives and that the Chat would have just killed the other two Admins instead of trying to save them. Fed up with Karl, the council sent him, along with Vid to prison to be executed. Before, that could happen though, Karl pulled out his last card.

S3kshun8, a hacking who Karl had contacted, released all the information Karl had his AI, Blue send to S3kshun8. The classified material included all the war crimes and atrocites committed by the Chat over the course of the Galatic Chat War. However, the Chat responded by informing Karl that Blue was going to be deactivated since Karl had betrayed the Chat Empire. Little did they know what would soon follow.

Riots
Furious with their government, people took to the streets, to which the Chat responded by sending out riot police to remove the crowds. When the crowds and policed crashed, tensions started to flare up unitl things got out of hand. A first, police tried to use less-then lethal measures to get rid of the protestors but once things started escalating, they turned to deadly force. Before most people knew what was going on, Chat forces began firing at the crowds with live rounds, killing people who were unaware of what was really going on. In defense, civilians took the fight to the Chat and started firing back. Soon, the streets where being filled with dead bodies and shell casings. By mid day, the entire planet, and many others were facing either killing their own people or let them possibly over throw the government.

Up in Space, fleet commanders were unsure of what to do. Most were still loyal to the Chat but were angry with thier treatment of the population, they where stuck between a rock and a hard place. Some ships wanted to go and help the civilians, as they saw this as an abuse of power. However, fleet admrials ordered them to not leave the fleets or they would be killed for treason. Disobeying orders, the ships started to head towards the planets, and the admirals were forced to fire apon thier own ships. When other ships saw what was happening the their brethren, their guns turned and fired at their admrials ships. These eye for an eye events soon lead to entire fleets turning on eachother, casuing a battle to rage on the ground and in space.

Battle of Earth
(Still an ongoing role play)