Khrystalpol Incident: Difference between revisions
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Durakan perimeter security received authorization to return fire on the crowd and had done so, further escalating the chaos. Due to the reports of multiple breaches, Durakan personnel were forced to withdraw to K-17s central compound, which consisted of its barracks, command centers, Rekelta testing sites, and armory. By this point, news of the situation at K-17 had reached the highest levels of the occupation authorities, and armed airborne units began to helicopter in to secure the base and the experimental technology inside it.
The situation at K-17 had, remarkably, calmed down by the time these reinforcements arrived. After the initial panic faded, many of the rioters had either fled or were found simply wandering aimlessly. Some had taken to smashing or looting the handful of aircraft on the tarmac, and a group of Durakan mechanics was reportedly forced to seek shelter in the control tower with other staff. Vorosijm fighters were likely among those who entered the base, as shots were repeatedly fired into the central compound, though fortunately nobody was hit. Durakan security also repeatedly fired upon or forced back groups of rioters who approached the portions of the base still under their control. The overall situation at K-17 was difficult to determine however, as the Vakari military had never installed security cameras or other
The arrival of Durakan airborne units proved sufficient to secure K-17 over the remainder of the day. Hundreds of Vakari were detained and some one hundred-and-fifty had been injured due to the intense violence of that morning. The Vorosijm had fled back out into the countryside after their inability to breach the stronger perimeter around the central compound. A massive manhunt ensued around the base starting that evening, but yielded no results until the following day.
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