First Susla Affair

First Susla Affair

Native name	Rakeoian Officers' Plot
Date	May 23, 1937 (1937-05-23)
Motive	Illegal takeover of the Creeperian island of Susla
Organised by	Koralo Jozefo Jozefo Ludoviko Koralo Nikolao Antono Petro Georgo Miĥaelo

The Susla Affair (Creeperian Spanish: Amorío Sulsa; Rakeoian: Komploto de Oficiroj) was a plot concocted by senior military officials to launch an attack on the Creeperian island of Susla with the goal of an eventual annexation.

Plan

The plan was originally presented as a legitimate military operation to leaders in Jinosiá by Antono Petro on behalf of the Olino Garrison's Fort Academy. It outlined a naval blockade of Punto Sur, followed by multiple landings in the largely unpopulated surrounding area. Due to the rapidly escalating Creeperian Civil War, it was thought by officers that the operation could be overlooked by whomever the winner of the conflict was, while expanding Rakeoian naval influence in the Freemont Straights

The Papal Authority was not impressed, and informed Petro that the program should be immediately ceased.

On learning on the rejection of the plan, the officers, rather than abandoning the venture, swore themselves to secrecy, and proceeded. The new plan was for head plotter, Koralo Jozefo, to coordinate the attack anyway, with the heads of the army and navy respectively ordering forces under their command to attempt the landings. Once the landings had began, the Papal Authority would be forced into politically supporting the annexation.

In order to ensure that the organization for the campaign was not reported back to Jinosiá, Jozefo paid Antono Petro and Georgo Miĥaelo bribes to guarantee their silence.

Discovery

Georgo Miĥaelo decided to betray the plotters to the Papal Authority, providing papers which hadn't been doctored outlining requests that had been made to the local armory, as well as the complicity of the navy. For his loyalty to the Papal Authority, he was provided with a personal estate in the small town of Monteta Filo, as well as the position of Vice-Envoy to Olino.

Trial

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Koralo Jozefo awaiting trial

The officers were arrested in the days following Miĥaelo's testimony to the Theocratic Authority. With the Envoy to Olino under arrest, Miĥaelo took the empty position. Following testimonies that cleared most soldiers from culpability, a Jinosia court sentenced the plotters to death.

On August 8th, 1937, all officers were hung, marking the largest mass execution ever conducted in Olino

See also

• Rakeoian Civil War