Vien Chen Incident of 4944

Vien Chen Incident of 4944

The colonists of planet Vien Chen,  (a planet belonging to the Kingdom of New Siam ) raise large monkey like primates in "Forest Farms" and slaughter them for meat, fur but most of all for their brains.

The colonists that colonized the world have hunted and eaten these primates for over 2000 years. The raw brains are a main component of many traditional dishes and were exported to all New Siam worlds even before Union Membership.

In 4942 OTT during Union feast, the Monkey breeders of Vien Chang had a culture tent at the festivities and offered Monkey brain dishes. Olga Segatova and Hilly Morgan of the Vegans for the Galaxy group (344 members) were disturbing the festivities and the business of several  food vendors and society displays. When they came across the Vien Chen stand. They got arrested after causing serious damage and were fined.

Ms Segatova used the money her late husband left her and with the help of "Friends" created the well funded the Defenders of Life group, a Militant Vegan group.

She took her cause to Union court and the court granted a temporary stop of Vien Chen Monkey brain trade until the Science Corps could verify the claim  of the Defenders of Life that the primates were sentient.

Three indepenent investigations confirmed the primates were not intelligent or sentient. The Court lifted all trade restrictions.

Ms Segatova and the "Friends" hired a mercenary group on Sin 4 and a pirate captain (to transport the Mercs) to attack Vien Chen and kill the monkey breeders.

The mercs did kill over 400 people on Vien Chen planet, and killed a Union Ranger.

Security units of the Kingdom of New Siam managed to tie down te Mercs long enough for Union police and the Fleet to arrive.

(178 New Siam security troops died)

The mercenaries were killed or captured and the pirate captain revealed who hired him.

Ms Segatova, 13 members of the Defenders of Life, the survived mercs and pirates were hanged or otherwise executed in 4945

The identity of the "Friends" could not be acertained.[1]

[1] See "Feron Revenge "