| abstract | - Aventeer Vokar's final statement is an important document in the recent history between the United Federation of Planets, the Reydovan Empire, and the Romulan Star Empire. It was sent from Vokar's flagship, the Romulan warbird ch'Rhian's Talons, kept under heavy Federation guard near Aquarius Station. The Romulan Empire had recently been defeated by the Federation and the Reydovan Empire in a brief, costly (and some would say pointless) war, which involved several bloody battles, including the siege and occupation of Betazed and Criforia, Reydovan General Allan Bressler's battle against Tal Shiar General Delon Terrh'vnau's forces on occupied Angosia, the Battle of Aquarius, and the planned siege of Bajor. The end was insured when the Hydran Kingdom - the Romulans' allies in the war - saw the pointlessness of the conflict and withdrew their forces just as the assault on Bajor was to begin. Outmanned, outmanuevered and outgunned, the Romulans called for a ceasefire on September 12, 2384. Vokar, as supreme commander of the military, was crushed emotionally by the humiliating defeat, but a new threat arose in the Empire. The corrupt administration of Senate Proconsul Gaius t'Rllaillieu, who had attempted to overthrow Emperor Rag'Noseh Tre'Onveh and create a "new beginning" for the Romulan people (while ensuring it with more pointless murders and torture), had incurred Vokar's ire, and Vokar attempted to assassinate the Proconsul and escape. But it didn't work; t'Rllaillieu survived, and declared Vokar an enemy of the Empire. Fleeing to Federation space, Vokar prepared his final statement. In the Romulan legal system, the Right of Statement allowed him to give one last statement before he was to be executed - and he knew that if t'Rllaillieu's lackeys caught him, he would be. In his statement, he revealed everything he knew, including the Romulan connection to Reydovan terrorist Artimus Devaneaux. He transmitted it to Romulus, Earth and Reydovan Prime four days after the cease-fire was called, ensuring that all would hear what he had to say, and take what he had revealed into consideration. Vokar believed that this was the best thing for his people - not a supposed "new beginning" like t'Rllaillieu proposed, but a great Empire led by honorable Romulans, as it had been since the days of old. It had the right effect, as the Federation, the Reydovan Empire and his own people saw what he had revealed was true. The newly-appointed Praetor, H'daen tr'Rehu, asked Vokar to return to his old post, proving that the people of the Romulan Empire had indeed heard and understood what he had said.
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