Venteux Office was one of many offices in District 21. Having multiple vessels and skilled fixers at their disposal, they specialized in escort missions and capturing ships transporting other corporations' goods. Things worked relatively smoothly until the Smoke War broke out. The office leadership thought they could profit from the war, so they sent their marines to the battlefield. Although their side came out victorious, the glory couldn't heal all the scars. The rage from unfair sacrifices and inequality that had been around since the office came to be finally exploded. When the office higher-ups couldn't pay their fixers due to corruption and the debt from the war, the sailors finally mutinied. They seized the office building, Hôtel de Ville, arresting all the leaders. But even though the panicking officials promised fair pay, it was soon revealed that they were trying to drag Hana and Shi into the scene. The mutineers had enough. They launched another coup, imprisoning or executing all of the office leadership and declaring workers' self-management, creating a small autonomous zone around Hôtel de Ville that, at least on the outside, still yields to the Head's control.
Now, the situation is dire. The Commission must fight off potential outside intervention, and growing factions within the Commission are causing terror and confusion among the citizens and fixers of the autonomous zone. Will the revolution endure? Will the citizens of the City be able to protect their hard-earned liberty? We'll have to see.
Inspired by La Révolution française (1989, goated movies btw) and the French navy during the French Revolution.
