Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page52 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n There is no separate Minister of Defence, so the Justice does that as well. In effect, the Garrison and the Constabulary are the same thing. It\u2019s one government department with one boss.<\/p>\n Marines and constables might look like they\u2019re from different organisations, but in reality it\u2019s a unified system. Crime is relatively low and even though there\u2019s a prison at Kingsway Hall it\u2019s rarely more than half full. And half of those inmates are prisoners of war.<\/p>\n The core Chamber is augmented by four lay members:<\/p>\n The emergency session of the Chamber hasn\u2019t started formally, because the Captain and the Professor haven\u2019t arrived yet. Franklin is still en route, so the Provost is about to give a brief history of Wolfland.<\/p>\n Commander Crush arrives.<\/p>\n \u201cSorry I\u2019m late! The Captain\u2019s a bit preoccupied right now,\u201d says CandiCrush, \u201cso I\u2019m here instead. However, I\u2019ll need to leave soon as I\u2019m leading the cavalry south!\u201d<\/p>\n The Provost begins.<\/p>\n \u201cMore than 200 years ago, the exhaustion of fossil fuels changed industry and agriculture dramatically. The Great Famine reduced the population of the world almost by half. Rising sea levels wrought havoc on coasts and low lying areas. Some powerful nations declined, and some smaller places rose in importance dramatically.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat was once London became a chaotic place, sparsely populated by the Chalkies and beyond that, the Swampies. The North Sea reclaimed much of East Anglia, Essex and Kent. The posh houses in Kensington and Chelsea were under water. The parts of the City and the West End which hadn\u2019t been flooded<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page52 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page52 \u2013 Next There is no separate Minister of Defence, so the Justice does that as well. In effect, the Garrison and the Constabulary are the same thing. It\u2019s one government department with one boss. Marines and constables might look like they\u2019re from different organisations, but in reality it\u2019s a unified system. … Continue reading “Chapter 7 Floods and Famine052”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions\/1203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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