NRI - December Mutiny

The December Mutiny saw the revolt of the NRI's standing army during the Winter Offensive of the Halcyon-Ortarian conflict. The mutiny helped to cripple the administrative and military capabilities of the NRI. Given the month of the revolt, the mutineers would come to be known as Decemberists.

Growing Dissent
A misconception held by Clan Orta is that they were responsible for the internal friction that was found within the NRI. In truth, their internal operations played little part in the infighting and their efforts were not a factor in the mutiny.

The National Reikist Imperium is built upon the idea of competing interests. Infighting is in the very foundation of the clan. The Chairman of the NRI's task is to balance the friction between the opposing factions. When he fails to do this, the entire system is put into jeopardy.

Real dissent within the Reikist Corps can be attributed to the establishment of the first real rival branch to the army, the Reikist Guard.

Previously, the Reikist Corps had little competition besides the near non-existent Reikist Navy and the fledgling security branches of the OSS (Office of State Security) and NRSB (National Reikist Security Bureau).

The creation of the Reikist Guard, the armed wing of the Halcyon Party, was felt immediately upon it's inception. Overnight, the Reikist Corps lost sizeable portions of it's upper echelon to transfer orders from the Reikist Guard. Additionally, the Reikist Guard would pull a majority of the active infantry into their ranks, a move that would cripple the Corps during a time when inactivity was rampant within the NRI. What remained of the Corps' upper echelon a month later was a handful of hastily-promoted officers and a few inactive senior members.

The creation of the Reikist Guard would strengthened the other two security branches. The Chairman of the NRI, HalcyonVisari, would give this trifecta free reign in their interactions with the Corps. Additionally, new military groups would begin to sprout up, which would further deplete the Corps' pool of capable personnel. They were not alone, every entity would use the Corps as a recruitment pool, taking their pick of the troops without regard for the health of the standing army. Entire regiments and companies would be dissolved and transferred without a moments hesitation. The trifecta would exert their authority whenever and wherever. Activities would be hampered and officers would be harassed for the tiniest infractions.

A United Branch
Outnumbering the next biggest branch, the Reikist Guard, by nearly seven to one, discontent amongst the upper echelon of the Reikist Corps grew as the aforementioned branch became a favorite of the Chairman. By early December, 2017, the upper echelon of the Reikist Corps put its foot down. For the first time in it's history, the Reikist Corps didn't act like a collective of differing units, but as one united branch.

Soldiers were ordered to keep trainings and activities purely Reikist Corps. Instructions from the trifecta were to be ignored and reported. However, before these orders could lead to an escalation, the Reikist Corps was hit with a wave of good luck. The OSS Director, HalcyonVex, was caught conspiring with Clan Orta soon after war had been declared, and was removed. With the NRSB effectively dormant from an earlier event and the Reikist Guard experiencing an inactivity phase, the Reikist Corps saw a sizeable portion of its problems wash away.

Although the trifecta had effectively been diminished, the Reikist Corps still had a multitude of problems, one of which was the start of the NRI's war with Clan Orta. Ortarian agents had noticed the growing dissent within the Reikist Corps.

To be finished.