**Action** - The Coronation Attack

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Where: New Buckinghamshire
When: After Efof arrived on the planet
The rocky planet of New Buckinghamshire didn't look like the sort of place for a good old fashioned royal Coronation, but deep down under it's surface they were having a momentous party. The party had raged on for days now, nobody wanted to go home and nobody dared be the first to leave.
The beautifully carved subterranean tunnels were filled with partygoers who were still waving their British flags, and swilling down pints of beer. Outside York Minster, many tables had been arranged where people could sit, eat and drink. Some of them literally didn't know how much time had passed, because they were underground and didn't see the sun it was impossible to tell without looking at a clock.
Brittany sat on a golden throne, and nibbled a sausage roll before washing it down with pint of lager. "Say it again, go on, say it!" She drunkenly encouraged Seymour who was stood right next to her, looking embarrassed.
"Ma'am don't you think we should let these people go to bed?"
"No. Now say it again."
"But-"
"No. Say it again!" She begged, and grinned as he caved in.
Seymour sighed. "I now declare you Queen Brittany Jennifer Middleton Windsor-Mountbatton!" he said. She laughed, just like she'd done the last ten times. Seymour's eyebrow inevitably raised slightly, as he started to wonder why she was so excited. After all, she had been Queen for quite a long time. Unless this wasn't the real Brittany...
Seymour's train of thought was broken as Efof walked into the party, and was immediately given a pint by some party animal near the door. "Efof Brittany is very drunk, I think you need to take her to her room." he said.
"Well I only just got here but if you insist." Efof said and started to unbuckle his belt.
"I meant for rest you filthy imbecile!" Seymour said, and pulled Brittany up by the hand. She fell into him and grabbed him around the waist, her face close to his. "Oh Seymour are we dancing?" She asked.
"No... I... uh... no! You're drunk! It's not good for your reputation to be seen like this."
It was then that the ground started to rumble and shake.
"Oh, maybe I am drunk." Said Brittany, feeling the earth move underneath her.
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Who: Captain Fifi Castillo and Rosette LaChance
When: One hour earlier
Where: Flight deck, near 'the box'
The Captain paced up and down the deck, looking at her watch and her radio simultaneously. Eventually the radio crackled and spoke. "Captain, we have a classified message from the JMC board of directors."
"Très bien!" She said, and walked off into a separate office. She made sure to close the door behind her so that Rosette couldn't hear the conversation. All she could hear was seconds before Castillo came out again, saying "Agreed, we'll proceed with ze plan."
She walked up to Rosette who was still guarding the box, and asked the Security Chief to stand aside. "What's going on?" Rosette asked as Castillo activated the box, causing it to vibrate as it did earlier.
"Open ze bay doors!" Castillo ordered, and Rosette did as she asked.
"You'll find out soon enough, but if you must know, we're going to do what zis ship is supposed to do. Mining!"
Rosette nodded, then looked at the rocky surface of New Buckinghamshire that could be seen through the hangar bay's doors.
"We're mining New Buckinghamshire?"
"Oui, zat iz correct." Said Castillo. "Ze JMC iz in financial trouble. We are losing money and will be bankrupt within a year. Zat planet has a core of pure blingidium, so you know how much zat is worth?"
Rosette shrugged.
"A lot." Said Castillo. "We are going to mine all ze blingidium, and save ze JMC."
Rosette pursed her lips, the plan wasn't resting heavy on her conscience. "But New Buckinghamshire is home to hundreds of thousands of people who live underground. We can't just mine out the core, the planet will collapse."
Castillo shrugged. "Zey shouldn't be zere. Ze JMC bought zat planet 10 years before zey colonised ze planet. It belongs to us!"
All sides of the metal box unfolded, exposing a large missile with stubby robotic legs. The missile turned towards the open hangar bay door and stomped towards it, each step sending vibrations through the deck.
"We can't just let them die." Said Rosette.
The missile launched, and headed towards the planet. After it had cleared the Blue Dwarf it split into twenty separate missiles, each with spinning drill-bits on the front. As they hit the planet's surface they burrowed deep inside, and straight through the tunnels and caves the people of New Buckingham had built for themselves. They continued until they reached the planet's core, sending hot magma up into the subterranean cities.
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Who: Efof and Seymour
Where: New Buckinghamshire
When: After the mining attack
Seymour watched as one of the large mining drills came out of the ceiling and drilled down straight through York Minster where the Queen had been Coronated the day earlier. It continued to dig straight down towards the core of the planet.
The entire cavern they were in shook violently and things started to fall from the ceiling.
Hot magma started to bubble up from where they had last seen the drill. "Efof quick, do you have a map?"
"I've got Google maps on my phone. Let me check it." He took the phone out of his pocket and started pressing a few buttons.
"Hurry!" Seymour said.
"Hold on, I just have to do the unlock code..."
"Faster!" Seymour said, watching the magma start pooling.
"Hold on, I can't pick up any internet..."
The magma started to spread, and incinerated some people who were too close.
"Faster Efof!"
"Hold on, the internet is being really slow..."
Seymour groaned, and pushed them away from the searing hot magma that was flowing towards them. They went through a side tunnel and up some stairs, a crowd of people followed them.
"Got it!" Said Efof and showed the 3D map on his phone. "We're in one of the deepest tunnels, to get to the surface we have to make our way up through five levels."
The magma started climbing up the stairs, trapping and killing anyone who was still left in the chamber below.
"But..." said Efof.
"But what?"
"We don't have enough shuttles to evacuate the entire planet. We need some more sending from the Blue Dwarf."
"Ok give them a call." Said Seymour, unaware that was where the attack originated.
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Who: Amber and Captain Castillo
Where: Drive Room, Blue Dwarf
When: Same time
"Captain! We've got a distress call from the planet, it's Efof." Said Amber.
"Ignore it." Said Castillo.
"What?"
"I said ignore it. Ze JMC doesn't want us to help evacuate. It's too expensive."
OOC - Tag people! Everyone has a choice to make here, do your character want to help save the people on the planet or not? If so, find a way to help and rescue as many people as possible. Castillo will try and stop you though, so make sure to write that it's not easy. She'll probably lock down the flight deck, order guards to shoot anyone who is against her, so make sure you mention how difficult it is. I haven't mentioned anyone else on the planet but if you want to say that you were there during the attack then that's fine, try and make your escape. There might be things blocking your path, and you might have to find some ingenious way to escape. There is no set ending for this story so let's just see how it turns out. Have fun and take as much ownership over the story as you'd like!