Addressing the Senate

Binks entered the senate, having no time to change, his clothes still having spots on the arms that smouldered from the attack, still better than how the Chancellors wardrobe turned out, as that last wave of the attack had more firebombs then any other, and even with his deflections there had been some splashing. The Senate was abuzz with the news of not only the attack on the Chancellor, but what the Separatists did at the same time. Palpatine barely had time to fix his hair before starting the session, as all eyes in the giant room turned on him as he cleared his throat.

"Citizens of the Republic, residents of the Galaxy, Senators and Representatives, I come before you today with shocking news. This morning while on my way to the Senate there was an attack made upon myself and Representative Binks, but this vile action PALES in comparison to what happened at the same time. While this craven attack to throw this great Republic into chaos was narrowly averted, the so-called Confederacy of Independent Systems perpetrated a cowardly attack on a thousand systems simultaneously. As Chancellor of this Great Republic, I must take these actions as a declaration of WAR! The aggressive actions of the Separatists mark them for the cowards they are, preferring ambush and surprise attacks, not giving even the courtesy of a warning. It is at this time I must declare that the Separatists constitute a Clear and Present Danger. With this evidence, I call for a vote to respond by putting this Great Republic, this great institution standing for the people of the Galaxy, into a war footing to counter the actions of these craven money-grabbing business cowards. These will be trying times, their actions show that they want to push us around, to scare us, to cause us to cower. NO! We MUST Stand! We must STAY FIRM in our beliefs, We must hold our heads high. We must answer this cowardly action with the action of our own. We must resist such unhonourable action, we must respond to such blatant threats with the strength of our own. We must fight back. If its war they want, then we shall show then the error of their ways."

The Senate was silent as the Chancellor took a breath and steadied himself as he had been a bit worked up venting his emotions that had built up that morning.

"Senators, this is the time to decide, I call for a vote. Vote for the Grand Army of the Republic, Vote to turn back these cowards, VOTE, to, show these Separatists that WE. WILL. NOT. BE. AFRAID!"

At this the Senate chambers roared with cheers and yells, the sound reverberated in the massive chamber, the room filling with noise as the Senators cast their vote, the sheer pressure of the voices pushing them on. All the while as this happened, there was an almost invisible smile on the Chancellors face.