Additional Closures

Per orders from Cabotton University Chief Administrator Jon Den, the Field House and the School of Aviation and Navigation closed on 23 April 1360; thus becoming the first closures of Cabotton University venues built before the establishment of the Retunian Republic in 1238. The School of Aviation and Navigation had, throughout the previous ten years, been the site of a significant amount of planning and experimentation for Retunian Aerospace Program, meaning that the closure forced the program to seek new venues and resources. Most concerning was the fact that the Esurchians, in the process, had seized the models of important aerospace vessels as well as other important resources within. Instead of developing rival technology, though, the Esurchians simply sold the assets to private equity firms.

There were fewer protestors for this round of closures than for past closures, owing to warnings distributed by the Cabotton Scholar Foundation regarding the Esurchian Scouts.

Jon Den's Actions

During the month of April 1360, designated observers reported to the Cabotton Scholar Foundation a significant increase in students disappearing or being expelled simply for speaking out against the Esurchians over OCEA platforms. Heather Walker collaborated between observers in the Provincial Domain and observers in Ancondria, and, on 13 April, exposed a revelation that students who disappeared were being taken to prison camps, referred to by the Esurchians as "rehabilitation community centers," located throughout the Retunian Provincial Domain, Northeast Ancondria, and even the Havenlands. The Cabotton Scholar Foundation attempted to negotiate with the Esurchians in order to have the detainees released; but by the end of April 1360, they began resorting to covert rescue missions.

On 18 April, Chief Administrator Den reached out to both detained and expelled students, presenting to them an opportunity to join the newly-created Student Rehabilitation and Recruitment Program. This Program supposedly provided students with the chance to regain freedom and academic status by training to be fighters-by-contract. They would then be assigned to fulfill a certain number of missions whose details were kept secret from the public. After finding out that such missions involved the unauthorized policing of Retunian and Ancondrian territories as well as preparation for military operations in the Havenlands, the Cabotton Scholar Foundation warned as many students as possible not to sign on. As a result, most students boycotted the Program.

Cabotton Scholar Foundation

On 19 April 1360, all international political action committees supporting the Cabotton Scholar Foundation collaborated and formed the International Cabotton University Trust Fund. This Fund helped significantly to cover costs in terms of maintaining venues for the Scholar Foundation Council as well as maintaining resistance operations.