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Post by GPU Leadership on Feb 14, 2016 6:55:15 GMT
"Ah, that, could you wait a momment?" Kane replied, before calling someone on his phone. "Send in the projector". With that, two men carrying a folded-up projector screen and one pushing a cart with a projector on it entered the room and set up the projector, then left the room. (OOC: Rather than post all the images, Just look at This, Do note that the text involved is largely OOC and Markus isn't making flippant jokes). As you all know, we used Proprietary Detox tech to clean the area around both detonations. In order to do so effectively, we had to calculate just where the fallout would go, as, contrary to popular belief, radiation doesn't just "Show up" around where a nuclear bomb goes off, it primarily is carried downwind. The area around the Vatican, due to it's bomb being a ground burst, as opposed to the traditional airburst method. Thankfully, this also means the actual blast was smaller, by roughly 40%. The Actual area was, thankfully, roughly the same as our preliminary calculations showed. As for the death tolls........both the Vatican and the Mecca were highly crowded at that time, and the we're still tallying them. All told, 1,355 or so square kilometers were affected to some degree by the blast, although most of it is only minor, first degree burns, maybe blindness if you were looking in that direction, although thankfully most people weren't, 8 square kilometers suffered severe overpressure damage, 289 square kilometers were hit by severe thermal damage. That's an area of roughly fifty-four thousand football fields or forty thousand diving pitches. Are there any questions? (Sue me) |
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Post by Dmitry Molchanov on Feb 15, 2016 0:20:01 GMT
Dmitry nodded and turned back to Markus.
"Wasn't there also a broadcast in which Omar claimed it was he that did the deed, nearly directly after?"
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Post by GPU Leadership on Feb 17, 2016 1:23:15 GMT
"I do believe we all heard that Mr. Molchanov" Markus replied in a patronizing tone.
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Post by Omar Al-Ghazi on Feb 17, 2016 2:44:07 GMT
As Eddie began to listen, he heard Omar whisper in his ear, and Eddie smirked, standing to turn to everyone.  "I object." "On what grounds?" asked a Russian judge, Dmitry nodding in agreement. "On the grounds that your so-called 'evidence' is purely conjecture." He heard the judges chatter for a bit before they nodded. The Chief Justice then was the first to speak. "Sustained. Present your reasoning." Eddie smirked before he began. "I would like to see a picture of the man who delivered the message directly after the twin nuclear attacks that was claimed to be Omar Al Ghazi." Dmitry looked like he was fit to burst with anger, and Omar smirked as he saw an image pop up on screen. It was an image of a man in a hazardous materials suit with tinted visors that kept his face hidden. It was a still of the point when the man looked up. "What does that image prove? We know it was Omar. He was wearing the same suit back in the 2020s when he worked under Dr. Thrax," Dmitry countered, seeming smug about his statement "Perhaps, but there are similar hazardous materials suits out there that are used by very similar people. Omar, please tell us if that is indeed you." Omar stood up and looked at the image before looking back to the judges. "Your honors, I can say right now that was not me who conducted these attacks." Immediately, slander and curses were thrown at Omar, and Dmitry was clenching his fists tightly. "Order! Order!" the Chief Justice yelled as she hit her gavel upon the sound block. "Your honors, you cannot seriously believe the word of this terrorist scum is legitimate! We already clarified that he was verified as insane!" "Yes, he was classified as insane, but competent in the sense that he knew what he was doing. Dr. Böhm? Do you care to tell us your diagnosis of Omar's condition?" Dr. Böhm looked up and straightened his glasses before speaking. "Although I have had no therapy sessions with him, nor would I wish to, I can clearly describe his behavior and mannerisms as being classified as antisocial personality disorder. Whether or not he is psychopathic or sociopathic is up to interpretation, but his behavior goes in line with the behavioral signs of someone who suffers from the condition: antisocial behavior, hostility, impulsiveness, lack of restraint, and mood swings from bored and uninterested to hateful and violent towards others that he deems a threat. How Omar Al Ghazi could have deemed Europe or the Middle East a threat to him is a mystery to me, but what does his insanity have to do with that being him?" Eddie then turned back to the crowd, smiling in that unsettling way that he had, lifting up a mug he had also brought to drink what was presumed to be coffee.  "Simple: Omar never goes anywhere in public unless he knows for a fact that no one can touch him. Tell me, have any of you ever seen Omar al Ghazi go out in public? Even in the photos with Dr. Thrax, there are many, many guards protecting them both. And the pictures there are of Omar are so few and far in between that we really have no idea if the man in the pictures IS Omar." "He admitted it was him though. After his return, he said that we thought him dead!" "A ruse, Mr. Molchanov. Nothing but a ruse," Omar stated blandly. "The man you killed was not me. It was merely a man with one of my hazardous materials suits." Dmitry began to fluster and try to find excuses before he went back to his seat, angrily spewing insults at Omar in Russian. Eddie smirked as he turned back to the judges. "I rest my case that Omar Al Ghazi cannot be tried for the nuclear attacks due to wrongful prosecution. The man who committed those attacks is dead and gone, using Omar's name to blame him!" |
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Post by Edmund Wilson on Feb 17, 2016 2:58:54 GMT
Suddenly, a man entered the courtroom. The loud squeaking of the doors clattering open announced his late arrival. He was an elderly man with prominent facial features and was wearing the garments of a British barrister.  "Your Honours." He began. "I apologise for my late entrance, but I am sure it can be forgiven, since my learned friend for the defence counsel was late also." He gestured towards Omar's lawyer before continuing. "Before you allow yourselves to be misguided by our silver tongued solicitor here. I just make this court aware of something... If I am permitted to do so. As for an explanation to who I am... I am James Porter QC, representative of The United Kingdom in these proceedings due to their refusal to recognise The European Continental Alliance as the party that administers its foreign affairs." |
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Post by Omar Al-Ghazi on Feb 17, 2016 3:04:45 GMT
Omar began to stand to protest, but was seated by Eddie, who smirked at the man before him.
"Please, Mr. Porter. If you have something to share that warranted such an interruption, I'm sure we are all willing to hear it."
"Enough out of you!" barked an American judge before turning to James. "Please, take a seat Mr. Porter, or present evidence if you have any to share."
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Post by Edmund Wilson on Feb 17, 2016 3:19:58 GMT
"I'll go one better, Your Honour." Porter replied gravely. "I wish to call Omar Al-Ghazi to the stand." |
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Post by Omar Al-Ghazi on Feb 17, 2016 3:24:54 GMT
Eddie's grin immediately turned to a frown and he stood up.
"Objection! We haven't heard the others' prosecutions against Omar!"
"Overruled," the Chief Justice stated. Omar then stood up and began walking to the stand.
"Do you, Omar Al Ghazi, swear that the evidence that you shall give, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?" asked one of the justices, to where Omar responded with an eye roll before raising his right hand.
"I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and all of that other nonsense..."
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Post by Edmund Wilson on Feb 17, 2016 3:29:25 GMT
Porter sniffed at Omars statement. "Let's begin." James began with a calm and collected expression. "Who are you?"  |
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Post by Omar Al-Ghazi on Feb 17, 2016 3:31:14 GMT
"Simple: I am no one but who I am," Omar responded smugly. "But if you must know, I am Omar Al Ghazi."
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Post by Edmund Wilson on Feb 17, 2016 3:33:09 GMT
"And what do you do, Omar?"
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Post by Omar Al-Ghazi on Feb 17, 2016 3:34:40 GMT
"I unmask those who pretend to be who they're not. Nothing more, nothing less."
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Post by Edmund Wilson on Feb 17, 2016 3:35:48 GMT
"I see. Do you hold any official position at this time?" He enquired thoughtfully. "Any form of occupation?"  |
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Post by Omar Al-Ghazi on Feb 17, 2016 3:37:29 GMT
"The sovereign leader of the territories of Terra Nulius, and the commander-in-chief of the Global Liberation Army."
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Post by Edmund Wilson on Feb 17, 2016 3:38:10 GMT
"An organisation that recently gained a place at The United Nations, if I'm not mistaken?" James remarked sincerely. "Is that not so?"
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