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Southron columbia wrote:With the Revenue Marine Service and the Aeronavy now in close cooperation, the Confederate States Armed Forces has been considering a heavy re-organization and revitalization of the Confederacy’s military, especially regarding the rather ramshackle structure of the Regular Army and the Navy. The War Department had seen fit to send the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including the General of the Army Gerald Dayne, Admiral of the Navy Quentyn Slynt, and Chief of Naval Air Operations Gidden Tascer, and generals and admirals of the two branches as delegation to Camp Strong. They will travel through the new Columbian-Anercian transit railways.

A Trip to Camp Strong

They would enjoy a smooth experience as the new rails received the newest trains from Anercia. LX-2 Locomotives with the latest steam engines that were newly produced in Irongate. Accompanied by friendly cabin crew offering a wide range of amenities and premium drinks. Their journey will take them through Ronte, the closest city to Columbia, and the center of import for the entirety of the northern region. Afterwhich their departure led them down the Lilian River, where the train traveled close to the embankment, giving them a good view of the river. A beautiful stream of clear rushing water and fishes swimming a plenty. And beyond the forest next to the river were the Atal Mountains, a small rocky range with majestic mountain tops ripe to be climbed. Getting close to Magnolia, the city famous for its fashion sense and flowers, the green plains gave way to a sea of roses, lilacs, and sunflowers. Outside the windows they saw all sorts of people dressed strangely in heavy makeup and queer clothes, or in sharp suits and dresses, the contrast could give someone whiplash. And before they disembark to Wehlin there were protests going to and fro past the train station, where the protesters call for democracy and women's rights while denouncing President Ashton as a dictator. They were arrested by men in black khaki uniforms, berets, and jackboots. A truck full of soldiers were offloaded and helped the men with arresting them. In Wehlin was quite the opposite, people there were dullfully clothed and did demonstrations in approval for the President. There were no flowers or trees but grey brutalistic apartments and factories billowing noxious smoke from their smokestacks.

Finally in Valesord, their one last stop was in the capital, a richly built and decadent city now nearly recovered from the Civil War. Its massive cathedrals and palaces were converted into government administration buildings. There were flowers and trees to be had, the capital does have a central park to take a stroll about. It was industrious but not pollutingly so, plenty of factories to work in but distant and far apart from the residential zones. Statues of Republican Heroes dot the streets, displaying their victory against the old order. The population here was calm and under the watchful eye of those same men in uniform, the police were quietly removed and replaced. Propaganda posters adorn the walls of nearly every shop and apartment. This place really is the seat of power, but to the people or the president?

They departed for Camp Strong, their destination finally within reach. The camp itself was a 16k acre area cordoned off for the military during the expansion of the royal army. It is an impressive training and headquarters base that can hold up to a quarter million men. There the camp is akin to a small city, with shops, homes, and barracks sprawling the place to accommodate its local civilian population as well as new trainees. They stopped in the train station near the middle of the administrative zone where the Headquarters lay.

The joint chiefs were met by twelve high ranking officers from all branches of the Anercian Military. The General Staff, as it were, was the culmination of harsh purges and reorganization by the officers' coup that led to the end of the Civil War. Instead of the colorful royal-era uniforms that they used to wear, now its a drab dark green or blue uniform to match the new style of a modernized military. In front was General Luger, Air Chief Hugitz, and Minster of Defense Albert Scheer. They saluted them and Albert directed everyone to the HQ for the meeting.

The table was larger than usual, replaced by a bigger round table that accommodated more seats. On the table itself was a small scale reconstruction of the entire map of the country, with little figures representing divisions and armies. All the aides and soldiers not relevant were dismissed and told to leave. “Well now, I hope your trip here was pleasant, we welcome the Joint Chiefs as our new allies in the fight for both of our nation’s sovereignty.” The General Staff nodded in agreement. “Topic of the day is to how we can best help each other in the name of friendship. Some of our generals propose military exercises on our borders at camp steel and iron, some want a more hands on approach.” Albert Explained, giving them a dossier of missions and assignments they would like to work on. One entailed a military operation near Narba to push RFC forces back into the mountains, another proposed a joint mission to test aeronaval batteries for accuracy, and the other wanted war games to simulate a war front.

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