Course XIV · for ignorance of the imperium's history

THE STRUGGLE

I
THE CHARGE

II
INSTRUCTION

III
THE OATH OF HUMILITY

IV
THE CHANT

V
THE EXAMINATION

VI
THE RITE OF JULY 6

The film

Never Beaten from Outside, Only Betrayed from Within

The Richterists were betrayed before Octavium existed. In the spring of 2020 the Imperial Japan project was seized from Aleczaender by his own Grand Marshal, ShunrokuTaishiro. The Richterists left and built the Revolutionary Korean Superstate; their new Grand Marshal, OswaldChauvelen, beat Shunroku in the field, and Imperial Japan collapsed.

On 19 September 2020 Aleczaender founded the Eternal Octavian Imperium, Octavia, with Parsifal. As Generalissimo he took Spain, Portugal, southern France and Morocco, and took Paris from the air. OswaldChauvelen held El-Alamein against every invasion, Britannia surrendered, and Octavia stretched from the sands of Morocco to the snowfields of Scotland.

Octavia did not fall in the field. It fell when Aleczaender's successor, Richard, abused his admin powers and worked with the Solums to bring the Dynasty down.

The Imperium of Octavium had its Imperial Period from 28 April to 6 July 2025, with Oszaender as second in command: more than 2,800 men joined, and some two hundred stood at events on Madrid. Then came the July 6 Trial, a tribunal of five, Tony_ThePro, Howard_Rosenberg, Adam, Lordist and Paterick, under Leutgard. Paterick was a double agent planted by the Leader himself.

The Zaenderists walked out in protest. Leutgard's Teutonnia fought its war of attrition, the Reactionary Period, and the Second Octavian Civil War ended with Aleczaender restored as Emperaetor. Since then the motto has stood: WE WILL NEVER FORGET JULY 6, and 6 July is kept as Liberation Day.

Read the pattern again: Shunroku, Richard, the five of July 6. Every time, the betrayer ended gone and the Richterists ended larger than before. That is the Struggle's lesson: the state was never beaten from outside, only betrayed from within.

The oath of humility

I forgot the history of my nation!
The Imperium was never beaten from outside!
It was only betrayed from within!
I will remember every betrayal!
We will never forget July 6!

I am nothing without the Imperium!
My pride is my enemy!
My rank is lent to me, not owned by me!
I bow my head before the cause!
I was weak, and the weak are carried by the strong!
I will carry my brothers, and never be carried!
I will obey every lawful order!
I will speak of victory, never of defeat!
I will guard my tongue and guard my post!
I will be first to the muster and last to leave!
I give my strength to Octavium!
I give my loyalty to Aleczaender!

I, (Username), swear as a steadfast loyalist of Aleczaender
With dedication as a proclaimed Octavian
To serve, and declare sincere loyalty
To obey every lawful order given
To educate all newcomers of Octavium,
To master the lore of Aleczaender,
To uphold my role in service under this Oath
In my duty for Octavium
And under our Great Leader Aleczaender.
I therefore vow to commit to this Oath
And if I am to ever break this sworn Oath,
Then I will accept the consequences of my failure
AVE ALECZAENDER AVE OCTAVIUM.

Thirty lines, screamed one by one after the instructor. A line that is not loud enough is screamed again.

The chant

DEATH TO DEFEATISM!
DEATH TO FORGETTING!
ALECZAENDER!
VICTORY OR NOTHING!
DEATH TO DEFEATISM! DEATH TO DEFEATISM! DEATH TO DEFEATISM!