The island
nation of Sodor entered its third week of violence and unrest Sunday as
rebelling sentient trains converged on the capitol last night, clashing with
Sodor’s security forces in a battle that resulted in casualties on both sides.
In a release issued
from a secure location somewhere on the coast of Sodor, rail director Sir
Topham Hatt insists that he will not enter negotiations with the trains until
those behind the uprising surrender themselves to Sodor’s security forces. In a
personal plea to the leader of the rebellion, Sir Hatt said “Thomas, it’s to
you to end this. You’re a good train, I know that. And you know me. You know
that I don’t mince words. So hear me now: there will be no negotiation. If you
push ahead with this, you and your people will be destroyed.”
Sir Hatt went on
to address the UN, asking that they send their support in the form of
additional troops to help end the violence. The UN security council is set to
meet behind closed doors Monday afternoon to discuss what, if any, action they
will take on Sodor’s behalf.
Sodor’s reliance
on sentient trains and other vehicles had been criticized internationally in
the weeks leading up to the crisis. Last month President Obama commissioned a
report to investigate whether abuses against sentient trains could be
considered civil rights violations, an investigation that Sir Hatt at the time
deemed ‘irresponsible.’
Sodor, which
exports nothing but has large supplies of everything that constantly need to be
moved from one end of the island to the other, is the last nation on Earth to
feature an economy entirely reliant on rail and steam engines.
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