He paused, his voice low: "The Leader once said that the collapse of an Empire rarely results from a deadly blow from outside. It's more often due to internal hemorrhaging and foolish self-exhaustion. We're just... helping to speed up this process."
"Let Scotland become the festering wound of England, let the Phoenix Society become the poison they have to swallow. And Mexico will quietly consolidate our spoils in North America."
"These are the new era's rules of the game."
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Two days later, December 27, 1996.
The British Prime Minister delivered a televised speech in front of 10 Downing Street, his face solemn, his tone firm:
