Chapter 16: Invasion Part 1 – Svaltafaros

July 15, 2011, at 12:16 PM

Thousands of anti-Psychis protesters gathered in front of the Victorian state parliament.

The building is located in the east of the city, very close to the Docklands district. The large colonnaded front, which inspired the headquarters of the Department of Dark Energy Containment, dominates the view towards Bourke Street, one of the most important streets in the city center.

Such protests became increasingly violent as the days went by. The authorities, fearing that the protesters would succeed in taking over parliament, deployed a heavy security operation of 350 riot police. They had shields in the front line, grenade launchers with pepper spray in the background and in the middle were the mounted police, some armored vehicles and a water tank. All of these seconded by several drones equipped with cameras to be able to identify those demonstrating violently.