NationStates Jolt Archive


Hidden in Shadow (EII)

Soviet Trasa
17-03-2007, 19:06
Trensk, ignoring and ignored by the rest of the world, they where content with this, for it allowed them to build up their now moderate army without outside interference, numbering around 2 Million the Army has been training long and hard, while most outsiders believed that King Fredrick was still in Power, they were wrong, for the King had been assassinated around a year ago, a small group of men seized control of the government and started to make Trensk a warmachine, Factories building War Material which is either sold on the open Military Market under an anomynous name or used in their own Forces, Trensk had gone from a Kingdom to a 'Militant Council', the 'Council' consisted of 6 members, each one having power in a different aspect in Trensk, they where formerly Military Leaders in the Army, but formed a Coup to kill Fredrick and keep up an 'image' of him being alive and well.

Their charade was almost foolproof, except those who wanted to see the King had to be turned away, for if they found the King had been killed then it was all over, possible outside interference could be involved and that would not be good for Trensk, so they kept working in the shadows, every order was 'given' by the King that came from the council...And now these troubles in Russia, it made the Council nervous, for they had Russian holdings which could potentially become 'targets of opportunity' for the outsiders...

General Pishov Ballen stared outside his window at the grey skies of Moscow, sighing slightly as his car came to a stop, he got out and into the chilly weather that made Russia, he entered a building that had the Trensk Army Insignia upon it's door and walked up a set of stairs, the stairs were made from wood and the walls of cement, the 42 year old General ran a hand through his thick greying locks of hair, his brown eyes seemed tired yet steeled for anything, he entered a room with a Desk, several peices of Art hanging upon the walls, depicting several scenes of battles fought long ago, the desk was made from Ceder, a small TV-screen was built into the desk, a microphone was stationed in the center of the desk and speakers where mounted right beside the monitor, a small Keypad and keyboard where hidden underneath the opening of the desk where the chair would slide in, hiding his hands from outside sight so they would not know the passcode to unlock the Comminications Station was, he sat down carefully into his seat, punched in the code quickly and pulled up reports on the Russia holding defences, he frowned when he saw only less then 200,000 men where guarding the border, spread too thin to do anything real important, he signalled Reserve Forces from Estonia, numbering around 300,000, to reinforce those positions as well as several T-90 Tank Divisions to assist, he suddenly got an urgent message from the other members of the Council, he closed the files and accepted the call, 5 other faces popped up in small windows, their faces hidden in the shadows like his own was, the first one that spoke was with a slightly older voice, most likely around 50 or 60 years old.

"The Council is now in session, please state your reports and the status of the Absolution Project"

The 42 year old sighed, Ah yes...That project, Genetic experiments conducted in a place known only as 'The Facility' included the Absolution Project, however it was not HIS area, but another Council member's.

A younger male spoke, about 10 or so years younger then himself.

"Work is proceeding as predicted, Subject-Vengence has responded to the new 'enhancements' well, speed as well as agility has been increased, his strength is amazing also, however, there is a 10% decrease in intelligence, but we have made progress."

Another member of the council, female and sounding around 25 spoke next in an annoyed tone.

"Progress?! We are behind schedule!" she growled in annoyance while Pishov smirked and gave a small chuckle before speaking himself.

"Security in the Russian Holdings have been increased, reserves and Tank Divisions have been moved to secure the borders and training of new recruits has been increased, i say let anyone who dares oppose us come and fight, we are ready, we have mined the border and placed Booby Traps on paths in the North leading out of Trensk as well as the South, only the East is 'safe', however that is where the bulk of our Forces are now."


The other 2 members remained silent, giving shakes of the heads to signify that they had nothing new to report in their sections, Pishov was again thankful for these meetings being coded heavily by Trenskian Intelligence, the female spoke once again, still annoyed which was now directed at Pishov.

"General, you were not paying attention to the Absolution Project!" She almost shouted "You care more about your 'Tank Divisions' and Military Positions, we'r talking about the enhancement of Humankind and your thinking about the MILITARY!?!" she shouted, making Pishov rub his temples in pain, she was the...louder member of the council, thankfully he was saved by 'Old Timer 60' he referred to the Council leader as who had spoken first who coldly spoke to her.

"Silence, you are out of line" this seemed to frighten her into silence, after a moment the meeting was ajourned, letting Pishov end the Transmission and get back to his reports...This job was going to kill him somday...