NationStates Jolt Archive


Recruitment to expand in Axis Nova

Axis Nova
06-02-2008, 00:08
AN3 Report

"Today, Central announced that the ongoing state of tensions around the world, along with the forming of the alliance known as 'APOC', have brought a need for greater defense spending. A new recruitment program has recently begun, focused primarily on the colonies and on Numonica, with training facilities and bases being expanded to handle the expected flood of recruits."

Shots of construction workers putting up barracks, then flipping to a scene of a recruitment office.

"While the Ministry of Defense has kept quiet on the exact number of recruits that they are looking for, sources within Central have indicated that this is the largest expansion of the military in almost four generations-- it is rumoured that almost four million men and women will be equipped and under arms at the end of this recruitment cycle. The costs of this expansion will be paid for by a small increase in taxes on the colonies, a matter provoking some friction in the Ministry of Colonization, which has already expressed concerns about economic growth out there..."