Following the shower gay sex story that exploded across the tabloids on Cloneworld this week Captain Clone has taken steps to tighten his grip on power and increase the pressure on The Friar. It is widely thought the story was a set-up job by The Friar to weaken CC's position but CC has gone on the offensive.
He has further reduced The Friar's powers by restricting The Friar to Ailier City and the central Ailier district (an exception has been made for the Friar's dacha in southern Micom) as a "security measure". However HCS forces in the capital, which were under the command of The Friar, have been rotated and now CC controlled forces have been tasked with protection of the capital.
The Friar has called these moves a coup by CC to remove him from power, thats probably true but unfortunatelty for the Friar he is almost universally disliked on Cloneworld and few would mourn him if CC did get rid of him. Despite the sex scandal CC's approval rating is still above 90%.
