Richard Warrick sat in his chair, in a room lit only by the glow of many many monitors and screens, as well as an entire table of hologram projections. A communications hub, one that he obsessively maintained and surveyed as he watched the actions of his faction, the formidable Iron Regime. It was a cold, harsh world and he was a cold harsh man. He knew the dangers out there, in the red fields beyond. And the dangers within. Always keeping a wary eye for any discrepancy, he tirelessly worked, day and night to maintain the security of the Regime by commanding it and carefully, but ruthlessly acting on any problems that arose.
He eyed the reports. It all flashed before him- dozens upon dozens of alien attacks on Regime forces. Many casualties and chaos flew before him. He did not flinch, nor say anything, his calm, detached expression simply observing what came before him as he analyzed it, absorbing each gritty report as a mere statistical input.
He reacted simply by initiating a new, widespread protocol with his formers across the entire regime.
He would cleave the threat out, step by step and efficiently until it was non-existent.
And in the meantime, try and expand his border's.
After that he shifted to other reports...
The Iron Regime was making grounds in numerous areas, despite the severe setbacks it had suffered. New scientific advances left Richard Warrick to contemplate new decisions for his nation.
Richard turned on the console to speak to his media subordinates. While Richard was definitely a smart, manipulative man who knew human nature very well, and brilliant in how to utilize the numerous individuals and droves of people underneath him, he lacked the charisma to truly inspire or invoke emotion. He was a pragmatic man, and to those who didn't know him closely, cold and somewhat insensitive to the needs and emotions of others, himself being quite introverted. So he issued his genius to those who could express such messages with popular zeal, and they did their craft splendidly.
"This is the Voice of the Nation, and today we'd like to express that we must be ever vigilant- our patriotic and heroic soldiers have fought all across the wastes giving their lives for you, so work hard for the glory of the regime and for our watchful leader. The success of the nation relies on you to do your part and follow your orders efficiently, and as proud citizens of this great nation we will all do our part: Our enemies will lose their calm and we will carry on."
"Today, the subject of sacrifice is what is prevalent. Sacrifice isn't something to be just spoken about whimsically- its an essential concept that drives our nation forward. The sacrifice of our soldiers is what ensures you and your families grow healthy and strong, and its one of the reasons why our nation is superior to all others. We carry sacrifice as an ideal on its own, and with it we seek to not only serve ourselves but to ask what we can do for the regime: Mothers, raise your children, fathers teach your sons the right way to live- and above all, obey the law as its what protects you and keeps you safe from danger. A happy society is a safe society, and in the Iron Regime our prime focus is the safety of our citizens. This has been the Voice of the Nation, signing out. The Iron Regime prevails."
Warrick looked to his other monitors. An incoming transmission appeared from one of his lieutenants out in the field-
"Leader. Permission to speak?"
Richard merely stated, "Granted."
"Our forces are receiving civil disobedience from some of the civilian settlers. They are refusing to work, stating there is far too much xenofungus in the area to work safely and are not working until it is cleared. What are your orders?"
Richard Warrick thought carefully. Formers were a far distance away and he could not risk stagnating plans of expansion, as there needed to be more adequate numbers of soldiers armed and equipped in Tower of Pride. He shifted his eyes a little, and said, " Discipline them, and make an example. That will be all, Lieutenant Liu."
"Understood sir. May your leadership prevail."
And with that, he exited the commlink channel.
Lieutenant Liu looked sharply to his soldiers, a small detachment merely sent to guard the civilians to the area, and stated, "The leader has given orders to discipline these dogs. I want them bound and sent to be rehabilitated. Any who resist, shoot them, we do not need undesirables populating this sector."
They all nodded, and saluted in chilling unison. They then moved out to round up the civilians who were protesting, most of them sitting in the unfinished rooms resting from dealing with an overabundance of xenofungi spores. The soldiers dragged them out, and put them in white strapsuits to be taken away for processing. Some of them tried to break free or argue against- but not for long... those who did had a sudden shock to their bodies as the vicious rifles the soldiers carried blasted rounds into their bodies, making them slump in a pool of blood in the rooms, their screams silencing the other civilians and making them shudder in obedient fear.
Richard looked to his other reports...
The development of new nerve gas weaponry was in the works to be outfitted to armoured assault rovers. Hopefully to be utilized when the Regime encountered viable expansion territory.
He looked at an old report of a concerning prospect of the Exterminatus cult developing a Maritime control network...
With a sigh, he looked at the next string of reports. His fears had been confirmed.
Not only that, but the despicable and decadent Red Unit had acquired the Super Collider...
However, it seemed Richard was in for some good news.
"Good." Was all that Richard replied with.
He was pleased that Lieutenant Liu had managed to keep the whole disciplining of Tower of Pride under wraps. Not that sanctions would matter much anyways, given the Regime had no direct contact with anyone yet other then sporatic voice transmissions and media communication they might faintly pick up on. No, the Regime was alone on its own slice of the world- for better or worse...
(Out of story mode, my take over was fairly rubbish, the AI did not get any naval stuff, and secret project wise im not sure I have anything either. The amount of xenofungus was appalling and the lack of forests was bad.. I think the Iron Regime as a faction is fairly behind in tech and the fact I am not bordering anyone or even connected to a continent with someone on it is a bit displeasing... hopefully I get enemy soon I can conquer
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