Angelico
11-12-2004, 09:09
Presidential Palace, Sofia
President Alexi Tatyanov, the newly elected leader of what had once been Bulgaria, wanted to go fishing. He’d only been in office for a week, and he felt like he needed a vacation. Three times already, he had caught himself yearning for the simple, quiet existence he had in prison. At other times, he would receive negative news or reports, only to think to himself that the President should do something.
The work to be done was daunting, to say the least. Years after the end of communism, the Angelican government was still stuck in an identity crisis. Every facet of the Federal government was affected. The education, welfare, and commercial systems of Angelico were all dysfunctional, nearly devastated by the bureaucratic red tape. What truly concerned Tatyanov was the Angelican government’s military and intelligence structure, however.
“Thirteen intelligence agencies. Three are intelligence agencies dedicated to watching over the other ones. We’ve got a ‘special police unit’ for each branch of our government. We’ve still got a military using almost exclusively Soviet-era technology. Our airforce’s main interceptor is the MiG 21 design that was flying when I was born! And the Navy! We have some of the finest ports in the Black Sea, and nothing larger than a thirty year-old frigate. Pathetic.”
Within a matter of days after he had taken office, Tatyanov had fired many members of the government, replacing them with an aggressive, young team of advisors and ministers willing to make dramatic changes. The plans for reform of the defensive organs of Angelico were most striking:
*The intelligence agencies of Angelico would be centralized under a single, dual-role agency. The agency would concentrate only on foreign intelligence gathering and counterintelligence, handing over all criminal investigations to a single Federal police agency.
*A large fund would be established through increases in defense spending, to allow for technology acquisition, research and development, and training as Angelico grows.
*Modernization of the Airforce, including aquisition of electronic warfare and intelligence gathering units, procurement of long-ranged bombers, and mid-air refueling craft.
*Reform of the Army. Reorganization to establish a quick-deployment Corps capable of amphibious and airborne units, an armored Corps oriented towards mobility warfare and intelligence exploitation, and an effective border security force. Emphasis for all reforms to be placed upon internetworking at the squad level, a robust and speedy logistics force, effective and survivable artillery resources from the battalion level up, and a combined arms, mobility-oriented strategy.
*Research and development of a high performance, stealthy UCAV for air defense, interception, and fleet operations duties.
*Procurement and training of a naval force capable of regional leadership in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. Emphasis to be placed on force projection and expeditionary operations.
*Development of meaningful, lasting military alliances within the Black Sea area, and with regional allies.
President Alexi Tatyanov, the newly elected leader of what had once been Bulgaria, wanted to go fishing. He’d only been in office for a week, and he felt like he needed a vacation. Three times already, he had caught himself yearning for the simple, quiet existence he had in prison. At other times, he would receive negative news or reports, only to think to himself that the President should do something.
The work to be done was daunting, to say the least. Years after the end of communism, the Angelican government was still stuck in an identity crisis. Every facet of the Federal government was affected. The education, welfare, and commercial systems of Angelico were all dysfunctional, nearly devastated by the bureaucratic red tape. What truly concerned Tatyanov was the Angelican government’s military and intelligence structure, however.
“Thirteen intelligence agencies. Three are intelligence agencies dedicated to watching over the other ones. We’ve got a ‘special police unit’ for each branch of our government. We’ve still got a military using almost exclusively Soviet-era technology. Our airforce’s main interceptor is the MiG 21 design that was flying when I was born! And the Navy! We have some of the finest ports in the Black Sea, and nothing larger than a thirty year-old frigate. Pathetic.”
Within a matter of days after he had taken office, Tatyanov had fired many members of the government, replacing them with an aggressive, young team of advisors and ministers willing to make dramatic changes. The plans for reform of the defensive organs of Angelico were most striking:
*The intelligence agencies of Angelico would be centralized under a single, dual-role agency. The agency would concentrate only on foreign intelligence gathering and counterintelligence, handing over all criminal investigations to a single Federal police agency.
*A large fund would be established through increases in defense spending, to allow for technology acquisition, research and development, and training as Angelico grows.
*Modernization of the Airforce, including aquisition of electronic warfare and intelligence gathering units, procurement of long-ranged bombers, and mid-air refueling craft.
*Reform of the Army. Reorganization to establish a quick-deployment Corps capable of amphibious and airborne units, an armored Corps oriented towards mobility warfare and intelligence exploitation, and an effective border security force. Emphasis for all reforms to be placed upon internetworking at the squad level, a robust and speedy logistics force, effective and survivable artillery resources from the battalion level up, and a combined arms, mobility-oriented strategy.
*Research and development of a high performance, stealthy UCAV for air defense, interception, and fleet operations duties.
*Procurement and training of a naval force capable of regional leadership in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. Emphasis to be placed on force projection and expeditionary operations.
*Development of meaningful, lasting military alliances within the Black Sea area, and with regional allies.