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OOC:This is my thread for assorted secret government communiques and one-time character RP posts that don't really fit in anywhere else.

High Command of the Serbovian Armed Forces
Combined Operations Headquarters

SECRET
Recipient: Western Combined Operational Headquarters; Federal Border Guard Western District

Due to the recent outbreak of internal violence in Remion, the following directive is being issued to all Armed Forces units in the Western Combined Operational Area (ZKOP).

Military units in ZKOP are required to exercise special caution due to the situation in Remion, which the Central Directorate of Intelligence has determined is indicative of an ongoing military coup. Intelligence reports indicate that the putschists are not in full control of the country, and that the military is potentially split between forces in favor of the putsch and those loyal to the legitimate government.

All Federal Border Guard units in operation in ZKOP are now subordinated to the Chief of the Western Operational Area under the auspecies of the War Measures Law. Crossing of the Remionese-Serbovian border is hereby banned until further notice, with the exception of diplomatic traffic and verified Serbovian citizens returning to Serbovian territory.

It cannot be ascertained if the Remionese military currently has an operational chain of command. It must be assumed that units of the Remionese military may operate in favor of any active faction, or in a rogue capacity independent of any political or military leadership.

Therefore any Remionese military personnel, vehicles, ships and aircraft attempting to enter Serbovian territory are to be treated as potentially hostile. Upon detection they are to be challenged and ordered to turn back. Should these prove to be insufficient measures, entrance to Serbovian territory or airspace is to be prevented using deadly force.

If there is a valid reason to assume that Remionese military elements attempting to enter Serbovian territory or airspace are presenting an immediate threat to Serbovian territory or military units, deadly force is permitted without warning.

In addition, Armed Forces units in the border area are ordered to direct appropriate and necessary assistance to the Federal Border Guard in enforcement of the ban on any cross-border civilian travel. In these operations Armed Forces personnel will operate according to Border Guard rules of engagement and use of force standards.

General Dejan Joksovic,
Chief of Combined Operations
 
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High Command of the Serbovian Armed Forces
Central Directorate of Military Research

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Recipient: Chief of the High Command ; Minister of National Defense

The following is a requested periodic update on the progress of Project Nova, which is currently in its preparatory stages.

Facilities and personnel

Existing facilities of the Chemical and Biological Defense Center (CHBO), operating as subordinate to Military Research, are being utilized for research and development activities where appropriate. Existing CHBO facilities are built to the safety and security standards necessary for handling chemical weapons, because these facilities already contain and handle existing samples of weaponized chemical agents that were retained for defensive research purposes subsequent to the decommissioning of the Social-Nationalist chemical weapons program.

In addition, we have identified two appropriate locations for the proposed production facilities. Choice of location is based on logistical practicality, the need of maintaining a sufficient buffer zone in the event of accidental weapons release, defensibility from air raid or ground attack and operational security guaranteed by low amounts of civilian traffic in the near area. Site A is located in the municipality of Plava Klisura in Northeastern Vayunia, and Site B is located in the municipality of Crvenka in West Brsjac. Options to establish additional production facilities will be kept open.

Acquisition of territory and the construction of these facilities will officially be conducted for the 52nd Logistics Brigade of the Army, and personnel assigned to the facilities will maintain the cover of being Army Logistics personnel.

Personnel base for the project will be derived from existing CHBO personnel, but we have also commenced the covert recruitment of appropriately qualified specialists for the purposes of the program. Employees of the former chemical weapons program maintained before 1997 are also being sought when appropriate.

Production

The purpose of Project Nova is to provide the Serbovian Armed Forces with a strategic force multiplier for both offensive and defensive situations, to present a serious and credible deterrent when faced with a numerically and/or technologically superior adversary and to deter foreign attacks against Serbovia. Analysts have determined that production stage should include the eventual production of two chemical agents: Propan-2-yl methylphosphonofluoridate (Designated Nova 1) and S-{2-[Di(propan-2-yl)amino]ethyl} O-ethyl methylphosphonothioate (Designated Nova 2).

Both are nerve agents selected to achieve the highest possible lethality and applicability for Serbovian strategic purposes. Nova 1 is a non-persistent agent therefore suited for offensive purposes, while Nova 2 is persistent and therefore suited for defensive area denial use or to deny an enemy state the use of strategic rear area facilities. In addition, there is previous experience in the production of both chemical agents from the pre-1997 chemical weapons program. Precursor chemicals can be sourced from domestic civilian chemical industries as well as those of Pressburg Pact nations.

Delivery systems

Multiple delivery systems are being developed as part of Project Nova in collaboration with Serbovian military industries that manufacture those particular systems. At this time the use of tube and rocket artillery as well as air-launched land attack missiles and KJR-600 Munja tactical ballistic missiles for delivery is being considered.

Security

Any security breaches of the program have the potential to cause serious issues with the domestic political opposition and to jeopardize Serbovian diplomatic relations. Therefore, highest discretion is being maintained to preserve operational security. Budgeting for Project Nova will be channeled through various cover research programs and private shell companies, while personnel designated for the program will retain cover posts. Research and production facilities are required to exercise the highest possible security precautions against surveillance, infiltration and sabotage.

Updates on the progress of the program will continue.

General Ratko Ilic,
Chief of Military Research
 
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Aleksandar Plesic gazed outside into the emptiness of Trg Pobede, Victory Square as it was called in Engellexic, that unfolded beyond the fenced courtyard of the Chancellery of the President. The square seemed so spacious and empty from behind the windows of his third-floor office, even more so now that the immediate surroundings of the Chancellery had been cordoned off from the public, and armored vehicles and anti-aircraft platforms had been brought in. The security precautions were also a convenient excuse to restrict the movement of protest marches which were now being regularly held by the opposition against his administration and the Pressburg Pact.

It all seemed so peaceful in comparison to the usual bustle that was everywhere in Central Petrovgrad. The new President of Serbovia enjoyed this moment of contemplation between his official duties. He had just seen off a delegation from the Tiburan Archibishopric of Petrovgrad, and a scheduled call to the North Thrakian strongman Todorov would be next on his agenda.

Plesic wondered if it all was merely calm before the storm. Threat of war loomed over Serbovia, with saber-rattling between Serbovian allies in the Pressburg Pact and their enemies in Gallogermania. The Serbovian Armed Forces remained at high readiness, even though the military coup in Remion had changed things. Diplomatic overtures made in the direction of the new regime were yet to bear fruit. At least if Remion was to remain an enemy it would probably be a lone enemy. Still, the coup had alleviated some of Plesic's concerns, even though there was still the Bourdignian Question and the possibility of Serbovia being dragged into a world war. He did not like the possibility, but those circumstances were outside of his control.

The announced departure of President Andelic had been unforeseen and had been as great a surprise to Plesic as it had been to most Serbovians. To be honest, Plesic wasn't that surprised of the state that Magdalena Andelic was now in. The First Lady had been famous for her chain-smoking habits and notorious neglect of any medical advice. Plesic himself had quit smoking years ago, and held a thorough dislike for the habit. Still, he felt genuinely sad over the fate that had befallen Dejan and Magdalena. But Dejan Andelic had made the right decision in stepping down from the Presidency.

In their most recent meeting, when Andelic had told Plesic of Magdalena's illness and his decision to step down, the outgoing President of Serbovia had been in a thoroughly distraught stage. Dejan Andelic was a friend of many years, and Plesic had wanted to convince him to stay, but the former intelligence officer in him told him to make a rational call. And he had done just that. Plesic admitted that at one point he would have probably sought the Presidency, but this was too soon. He hadn't wanted it like this.

The announced "Freedom March" or how it was called dwelt on his mind. The opposition parties were making a lot of noise and the leftists and the liberals had found common cause in the opposition to his administration. Plesic considered them an obstacle, but nothing that could not be overcome. Vojislav Tomic, the billionaire owner of Tomicgas, pledging himself to the opposition's cause had been a surprise. Plesic considered the man a massive hypocrite. Like most Serbovian business magnates, his career had probably started off legalized theft of public property in the wake of the collapse of Social-Nationalism. Yet he portrayed himself as a man of philanthropy and a friend to the causes of liberalism and civil rights.

The Party of National Renewal still remained the largest political party, and Plesic and his associates had been entrenching themselves in public administration, the economy, the military and the security services for the last twenty years. Every effort would be taken to take political advantage of the recent annexation of the long-lost Eugenian enclaves, and the looming annexation of the Serbovian Krajina. Still, Plesic knew that he needed some way to counter the recent moves made by the opposition.

He checked the expensive Vrijpoorter-made watch on his right wrist. Fifteen minutes before his scheduled call to Todorov. Aleksandar Plesic took his secure cell phone from his pocket and placed a call to the head of the Federal Directorate of Internal Security.
 

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With only two days until the scheduled major opposition protests would take place in Petrovgrad, the authorities were making their preparations. Barricades and road blocks in the vicinity of key government buildings, erected some weeks ago as part of the heightened readiness of the Serbovian military, were now upgraded with crowd-control fencing. To most of the residents of the Serbovian capital, this did not come as a surprise.

For several months, the Greater Petrovgrad Police had been spewing warnings of extremist activity - sometimes with valid cause - and terrorist threats which were used as a justification of various security measures. Some saw these as a sign that the Serbovian establishment was protecting its people, while others cynically viewed such talk as an excuse to limit the opposition's freedom of expression.

The deployment of additional police forces into the capital numbered several thousand officers from federal and regional police forces, even some border guards and agents of the Federal Directorates of Investigation and Internal Security. It had not gone unnoticed from independent journalists, and neither had the water cannon vehicles and shipments of tear gas that had been transported to the capital area, to be temporarily stored in various military installations.

Serbovian police forces had always been known for their right-wing sympathies, but now it seemed that the preparations for a crackdown were reaching a new level. Some wondered if the police was merely acting on orders from President Plesic, while the more cynical observers noted that Serbovian cops had always been the same and were now merely feeling empowered to act on their long-standing desires.

In the headquarters of the Socialist Party and the Liberal Party, the two main organizers of the protests, preparations were also being made. Placards and banners were being painted and audio equipment prepared. It was planned that the Freedom March would assemble at the Petrovgrad Great Central Railway Station and then march through the city into Vukovic Park, where speeches by leading opposition politicians would be made. On a grimmer note, the organizers had also printed notebooks containing information such as the relevant rights and duties when being arrested by the police, Serbovian constitutional provisions on freedoms of assembly, how to act when arrested or interrogated as well as various legal advice and instructions how to act if exposed to tear gas.

The local headquarters of the National Youth - the ruling party's youth wing - had become a base for planning the counter-demonstration, which at the same time was a demonstration in support of the government and the increasingly prominent irredentist territorial claims. Even the Legion of St. Peter, traditionally held at an arm's length by the PNR, had been invited to take part in the marches.

The inclusion of the Legion and even more radicalized fringe far-right movements into the protests had provoked their own counterprotestors. Petrovgrad Antinationalist Action, a direct action group loosely affiliated with the Party of Democratic Solidarists, was preparing to take part in the marches as well. Owing to Antinat's reputation of engaging in fights with the police and opposing political groups, protest organizers had urged them to avoid their event. Some of them said that they sympathized with Antinat's purposes, but could not afford the PR risk that Antinat members would carry if associated with the mainstream opposition. Instead, the group had announced their own independent counterprotests that would be taking place.

Yet more developments were occurring outside of the view of the general public. The Legion of St. Peter was still reeling from the effects of mass arrests that had been done earlier this year when Legion activists had rioted at the Central University of Petrovgrad. Unbeknownst to the public, the Federal Directorate of Internal Security had reached out to Legion leadership, promising to alleviate their fears of criminal prosecution if Legion leaders would engage in certain favors for the agency. Some of those favors would be collected this weekend.

At the same time, social media trolls from the Serbovian military intelligence - which was the primary cyber- and information warfare agency in the country - were sowing seeds of discontent into the Internet. Fake accounts were spreading a radicalizing message about how the downtrodden of Petrovgrad should take the opportunity to riot against the corrupt, authoritarian establishment.
 
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