Reichskamphen
17-08-2005, 01:34
The victorious Imperial Stellar Navy had returned to Earth Orbit and the Stardocks there for repair and refitting. Many of the ships, such as the Flagship, the HMS Napoleon Bonaparte were getting a cosmetic facelift as well as technical refitting in which the cornucopias of technology given to the Empire by the Seraphim military were being integrated into the ship structure.
Near Mercury, a whole new giant complex of facilities were being errected. From these facilities, the Second Imperial Fleet would be constructed and would be even more modern and more deadly than the first.
Each nation in the Empire was also advised to begin building an Orbital Monitor, the design for which had been commissioned by Napoleon from ZMI. There was one that was under steady construction to be manned by Imperial forces, but only one. The other national monitors should do well.
Imperial forces soon began fabricating a net of ground to space weapons to defend from ortillery attacks. About 50 unbelievably enormous anti-Shipping and Point Defense guns were being errected on the various Imperial Bases around GP Majour and Burgundy. All members of the Empire were also asked to build a similar network of defense upon the plans presented to the Emperor by the Quartermaster General.
In addition, the Imperial SDI system which had been allowed to fall into decay and had become long ago outdated was being refitted, modernized, and expanded to defend against Nuclear attacks and airborne assaults. The net of radar and other detection arrays was being modernized and expanded as well.
More menacingly though, the Emperor had issued a decree establishing "Le Grande Armee" as he referred to it. This was projected to be a 20 million strong force. More Importantly, the entire Imperial Groundforce was going through a revolutionary restructuring process that would hopefully yield the most effective Army on earth.
The gigantic surplus of funds from the Paisley years was now being put to use.
On GPNN, there was a new bumper clip inserted between all of the shows. It showed galons of hot liquid metal being poured into cast iron molds. The steam rose as the molds were doused with water and then opened. First one could see a single golden Imperial Eagle that would go atop a regimental standard...then the camera zoomed out and you could see douzains and douzains in the mold set. Napoleon was on the move again.
Near Mercury, a whole new giant complex of facilities were being errected. From these facilities, the Second Imperial Fleet would be constructed and would be even more modern and more deadly than the first.
Each nation in the Empire was also advised to begin building an Orbital Monitor, the design for which had been commissioned by Napoleon from ZMI. There was one that was under steady construction to be manned by Imperial forces, but only one. The other national monitors should do well.
Imperial forces soon began fabricating a net of ground to space weapons to defend from ortillery attacks. About 50 unbelievably enormous anti-Shipping and Point Defense guns were being errected on the various Imperial Bases around GP Majour and Burgundy. All members of the Empire were also asked to build a similar network of defense upon the plans presented to the Emperor by the Quartermaster General.
In addition, the Imperial SDI system which had been allowed to fall into decay and had become long ago outdated was being refitted, modernized, and expanded to defend against Nuclear attacks and airborne assaults. The net of radar and other detection arrays was being modernized and expanded as well.
More menacingly though, the Emperor had issued a decree establishing "Le Grande Armee" as he referred to it. This was projected to be a 20 million strong force. More Importantly, the entire Imperial Groundforce was going through a revolutionary restructuring process that would hopefully yield the most effective Army on earth.
The gigantic surplus of funds from the Paisley years was now being put to use.
On GPNN, there was a new bumper clip inserted between all of the shows. It showed galons of hot liquid metal being poured into cast iron molds. The steam rose as the molds were doused with water and then opened. First one could see a single golden Imperial Eagle that would go atop a regimental standard...then the camera zoomed out and you could see douzains and douzains in the mold set. Napoleon was on the move again.