Proud Bull Rising Part 2

Welcome back to the second installment of our story.

2818 The Taurian Ministry of the Interior reviews its Ministry of Intelligence and makes some changes on both its collection of information along the border as well as well as stepping up the presence of assets on neighboring worlds. Having digested and thoroughly discussed the findings of the defense force review, Protector Artantino and Marshal Choudhoury plan out a long term plan for the growth and improvement of the Taurian military. To help support this from the economic side, the Protector sets the Interior Ministry to begin planning new colonies rimward and spinward of their current borders.

Marshal Choudboury authorizes a new military academy to be formed as an offshoot of the Taurian Ecole Militaire, the Taurian College of Military Sciences. This institute will focus entirely on higher training including large unit tactics, military theory, strategic planning, etc for officers of Subaltern through Colonel ranks. In addition to identifying Taurian officers capable to teaching in this new institute, officers of at least Major rank are brought in from mercenary units hired by the TDF to teach some of the classes or guest lecture.

Work begins at the Taurus Territorial Industries (TTI) plant in the Sterope System to add a production line of WSP-1A Wasp Light Mechs. It is planned to be opened by 2822. This is seen a first step in a long term growth of the Concordat's defense industry to make the TDF stronger and less dependent on outside sources. The Wasp was chosen as the first to be expanded as it would reinforce recon lances as well as the various planetary militias. Other production lines are evaluated for expansion based on need by the TDF and exportability.

2819

Protector Artantino begins a series of meetings and hearings with the Privy Council to see about long term growth for the Taurian Concordat. Trade delegations are sent to the Outworlds Alliance and a number of independent worlds around Taurian space. Less formal contacts are made with the Magistracy of Canopus due to the still higher than normal tensions between the two realms. Talk with independent worlds closest to Taurian space who use to be Concordat worlds in the past are especially targeted by these delegations to draw them once more into the realm.

In preperation for the upcoming commerical, industrial, and military expansions, several battalions worth of militia engineers are activated and are slowly rotated through the various minor worlds of the Concordat with the aim of improving space ports and their attached infrastructure. Survey teams accompany these engineering troops to update planetary maps at the same time. The naval assests assigned to transport and support these forces use their time to update system star charts and replace communication and sensor satellites and bouys.

Marshal Choudboury forms a new force to supplement the TDF, the Concordat Special Services. This unit is trained up to regimental strength and is outside the normal corps structure to allow them to be deployed where needed for more covert missions. Only the best and most loyal soldiers are allowed to apply for the unit. The CSS are trained in a variety of mechs, vehicles, and small arms. They often deploy in units as small as a lance to perform their missions. This unit is trained rigorously between mission to keep their skills at an elite edge. The CSS is also trained to work closely with the Taurian Ministry of Intelligence's Special Task Groups.

That's it for this update and I'll get the next part up in about a week or so. See you all next time!