*Operation Charlotte Corday*. 22 August 1962. At around 19:45 (7:45 PM), a small convoy leaves the Elysée: two unmarked Citroen DS 19, and two motorcycles, to go the the Villacoublay Air Base. 20:20, the small procession leaves the national road 306. A few meters away, a man, inside a Simca 1000, gives a radio signal

300 meters further, on the roundabout of the Petit-Clamart, 11 men fires a total of 187 rounds : 5 in a yellow van, 3 in a large Peugeot car, and 3 in another, the same model as the president. 14 would reach the unarmoured car, two tires would be punctured. But despite that, the car was still up, stable, and the passengers uninjured

Seeing their target fleeing, the van would chase the president's Citroen, trying to ram the car, while the Peugeot's occupants tried to shoot again, without any success. But unfortunately for the attackers, everyone in the convoy would escape the roundabout flee the scene, uninjured. Thanks to the driver's talent of Colonel Alain de Boissieu, De Gaulle's son-in-law, but also thanks to the hydropneumatic suspensions, shown in the meme, the car kept its stability. Charles De Gaulle would say, once out of the car : "*Cette fois-ci, c'était tangeant*" ("This time, it was rather close"), while Yvonne De Gaulle, his wife, would say to the police, possibly in shock : "*J'espère que les poulets n'ont rien*" ("I hope the poultry is okay"), quickly followed by Charles comforting his wife, because while it wasn't De Gaulle's first attempt on his life, it was for Yvonne. Unfortunately, history does not say if their meal was okay

For the attackers, the operation was a fiasco. Only one injured, a bystander that has nothing to do with the president, the convoy, or the reason why they did it, only a father that was in the wrong place at the wrong time (he'll survive, don't worry)

It is now time for answers. There's a long list of people who would be angry at De Gaulle, but there's one group in particular, that already performed terrorist attacks: the *Organisation Armée Secrète*, OAS (Secret Army Organisation. Which happens to share the initials of Sword Art Online), a far-right paramilitary group that was born as a response from the negotiations leading to the 8 January 1961 referendum, that would ultimately lead to the independence of Algeria. Between April 1961 and April 1962, more than 2000 deaths were due to the OAS, doing bombings, shootings, and torture, trying to stop the independence

After an intensive manhunt, the perpetrators would be arrested, already planning a new attack less than a month after, and the head of the operation, lieutenant-colonel Jean-Baptiste Thiry, the man in the Simca, would be arrested later

The trial would be a mess in and of itself ; Thiry claiming he's a scapegoat from "men of powers", De Gaulle extending the powers of the Military court of justice... But it would end by Thiry being sentenced to death by firing squad on 11 March 1963, the last one executed like this in France even to this day. 5 others received death penalty in absentia but received presidential grace later. Others received jail time

If we can end up on a few notes :

- after such an attack, De Gaulle would vow he would never go in any other car

- After the attack, De Gaulle would call hid prime minister Georges Pompidou, to say "*Ils tirent comme des cochons*" ("They fire like pigs/They fire like shit")

- The DS 19 would enter in the legend with this event. It used multiple unconventional technologies, especially the hydropneumatic suspensions, and it was, in someway, a demonstration of how effective it was

- The car would be restored, sold to a former commander, but would be seriously damaged a few years later in a car accident. The family gave it back to the Charles de Gaulle Institut a few years later, and Citroën would vow to restore it free of charge, but the car was too damaged. It is now replaced by an official replica

Video credits:

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- Free Bird

Edits:

1. Cleared a bit about the OAS' composition due to lack of solid sources about it

Avitor : medieval fantasy world, where some of the main aspects are about jingoism, PTSD, depression, the fear of "absolutely not nuclear" annihilation, and how the lack of mental care is a direct key in the rise of extremism. And how wealthy elites would rather help extremists factions to take over realms and cause massive wars if it vould save their wallets

Celestial Crest High: super hero setting, where one of the main characters has a self-destructive behaviour, nourished by guilt, pain, and his shame of letting anyone see him vulnerable, because he's scared of seeing people caring for him suffering directly or indirectly. But he justifies himself into doing what he does because it's for him the only way to stop others from suffering, even if he should swallow oxycodone like it was Skittles. The real MC would almost fall into the same pattern, suffering from the same antagonist, but he would have the chance to get a real life where he doesn't feel like a ghost. The main antagonist is a billionaire that has a huge God complex with a gigantic ego, thinking that he should be the omnipotent one because he's the only one worthy of being trust with so much posers

I don't know if Mantis is far in the game, I only played 2,3 and 5 (tried the 1 but I don't have a PS1 memory card 😔)

Ok, there's slightly more for the both of then, but I got this stupid meme idea while scrolling at some MGS comments and while playing MGS V

All four are teachers of the super hero school Celestial Crest High, with all different personalities:

- Leonora Greenwich is a sweet and extravert person, that loves to get the attention of her students. And because she can grow plants, showing that she can grow good old Marie-Jeanne helped to get their attention¹. Deeper, she aspires to make the world more in touch with their neighbours. She often do group activities because she is afraid of a world where everyone is centered around themselves

- Aka controls rocks and earth. He knows how powerful his powers are. With his friend, that he almost saw as a brother, Old Ash, they were together invincible *yellow on blue title drop*. However, Old Ash, arrogant and proud, would slowly turn into a villain. The last thing Aka saw was his friend turning on him. The fight costed to Aka his vision, to Ash, his right hand. He would get a prothesis, from Nexus. Aka, meanwhile, hides as a sweet grandpa, but is filled with regret, that he tries to appease by helping one of his students, the son of Old Ash, to not take such a path

- Diane, if at first is mostly a witty woman with a sense of diligence, she will become full of rage and bitterness after the death of her girlfriend Eve, and how impossible it was for the authorities to get a single information. She will become more and more of a vigilante, going as far as even kidnapping the chief of the CCPD and hold him at gunpoint to realise that they know who the culprit is, Sebastian Beaumont, the adoptive father of Eve, but his status as a billionaire under the threat of a terrorist called Nightwing (not related to DC, I learnt about it months after creating it)makes him unreachable. A build up of disillusionment, frustration, and hatred for the entire system, would push her to rage quit the Heroics, a kinda "list" of everyone with the official status of super hero is. The only one that keeps seeing her former side are the pupils, but it's a crumbling mask

- Guillaume is probably the one I can yap the most. Where Diane tries to keep a kind face, Guillaume is the opposite. He is bitter, cynical, enraged, and seems to have no respect whatsoever. Behind that, however, is a more miserable man than ever. Lonely, in constant pain, with a lot of guilt, emotionally unstable, and self-destructive. He despises who he is. He hates what he does. But he has to do it. He is constantly torn apart between a duty he self-imposed and what he wants, a conflict he puts to silence with oxycodone. What is his duty ? Remember that Nightwing ? Here's a bit more lore : Sebastian Beaumont, in his research to get closer to his obsession of omnipotence, experiment on humans, orphans or bought, to test the serum that would have made him the all-powerful being he wants to be. Guillaume would be one. Or more precisely: David. Number 182. There would be a Guillaume, number 208, he's important too. David would be ine of the most receptive of a serum to use a dark energy, but it would slowly rot his body, and put him in pain. One day, he will learn about armours made to work with those powers inhected via serum. David would steal one in an "all or nothing" manoeuvre, breaking himself free with the other tests subjects. But Guillaume, 208, would die. David would quickly live by Guillaume's name, considering he deserves to be known, more than David. Even after being free, seeing how Beaumont has no problems with justice, he will become Nightwing, trying to completely bring him down. He tries to justify himself in his cause that involved the blood of too many by "killing onr killer doesn't change the number. But killing two does", but he feels guilty nonetheless. That's why he uses oxy to hide his guilt, even if it makes him less stable emotionally. And that's why he cuts himself from everyone he can. The day he blows up emotionally, everybody will be far enough from him to not be taken in the destructive spiral he is already trapped inside (spoiler, one pupil, Louis, Sebastian's nephew and another victim of him, would be the first to make a breakthrough, mainly because Guillaume feels like Louis is at a crossroads he was before : being so obsessed by your revenge and desire to save the others you end up alone with whiskey and opioids to keep you company, or sharing your burden with others you trust before it's too late ? If Louis would try desperately to become a mini-Nightwing, Guillaume would always shut him down dry, saying that he needs to focus on himself, and being surrounded by good people or otherwise, a revenge where you let your sense of self being burnt will leave you as an empty shell sooner or later.

One fun fact about the ¹: this world came from a RP discord server, made by a friend fan of MHA. Even if this server imploded like every RP Discord server, me and the founder kept developing this world for us, mainly because of Guillaume,my character she really loved. When the server started, a running joke would be at first that Leonora would be the drug dealer of the school... Which would have been the case if not for the school doctor, Frederick Bant (that can have X-RAYS vision on command), that had gave morphine to half the pupilsin the first six months because they broke their bones every two days

Joyeux anniversaire, Titebouille la grenouille 🎊🎊🎊