Fiction:Vermillions Captured on Militora

This is a fictional news article written after the attack on the  homeworld of Militora. Just for fun.

Vermillions Captured on Militora
The leaders of one of the most spectacularly violent organized crime groups have been captured and imprisoned after a failed military attack.



THE notorious Vermillion Syndicate's attack on the Soldarian homeworld of Militora ended with a total route of their forces. For over a week, the criminal gang and insurgent group waged a violent campaign of attrition and guerrilla warfare against the King of the Soldarian Empire, Pulporious the Sixth. Causing thousands of deaths among the Soldarian military, the Syndicate was routed by Soldarian and allied troops as it laid siege to Puporious' castle.

After being surrounded by troops from the United Knights Alliance, the Vermillion troops on the ground surrendered. The insurgents aboard the Vermillions' ships fled, however, and were not apprehended. The fighters on the ground surrendered after their commander and supreme leader Fenric Vermillion gave the order to stand down. The ground force, consisting mainly of Lagorthenes and Ugandalorians from the Feral and Mountain clans, was quickly disarmed by UKA troops as Mendel Pact forces arrived to assist.

Once the situation was deemed secure, Mendel and UKA troops arrested sixteen men, all believed to be top leaders of the vicious syndicate. Among these men were the six Vermillion brothers, the founders of the organization. A seventh brother, Reyner Vermillion, is believed to have been murdered by Darklings associated with the now-defunct Blood Brotherhood organization, from which the Vermillions broke away from, and subsequently destroyed, in a violent war believed to stem from a struggle for power.

The Vermillion brothers were taken to Mendel space, where they were interrogated for three days. The brothers gave no information other than Fenric himself, who simply ranted about murdering the Ultra Commando Dione. After the fruitless interviews, the brothers were transferred to Ugandalore to stand trial in a Mendel court. During the hearings, the four Vermillion sisters and the wives of Fenric and the deceased Reyner were present. No standing warrants are in effect for them.

The trial lasted only four hours, during which the judge was quick to point out the brothers' breaches of countless laws in their attempt to overthrow the Mendel Pact. Charges included several counts of murder, drug trafficking, terrorism, and weapons trafficking. The jury was quick to convict, and the judge handed down life sentences without parole on all six brothers, even Fenris Vermillion who is mentally challenged after a brain injury. The brothers were sent back to their cells to await transfer to the Deephold prison.



Also among the sixteen arrested leaders were Daal and Dante Quista, two Volver brothers believed by Lord Kyaan Desaa of the Volver Empire to be the most powerful leaders of the remaining Volver separatists. Prior to their service in Vermillion's gang, they allegedly assisted their cousin Iyoka in a low-intensity war against Adaist Volver groups, including the Crimson Splinter led by Iloburaas. After joining Vermillion's campaign against Darkling Terror and the Blood Brotherhood, they organized the gangland assassination of Iyoka, killing him in his mansion fortress. The Volver Empire was quick to take the two into custody.

The Quista brothers were quick to offer information on members of the Crimson Splinter, but the Volver Empire's royal court was unwilling to make a deal. This was on account of the pair's murder of their cousin Iyoka Quista, who had been spearheading an effort to broker peace between the Empire and his faction the Ta'adhartha. With no plea deal to be made, the brothers were brought to court last week, where charges including genocide and hate crimes for murdering Adaists and Valisharists were levied. The brothers were also accused of running an "ongoing criminal enterprise", associating with illegal organizations such as the Unitech Citadel of Sentients. Daal and Dante were both handed life sentences with the possibility of parole in 400 years.