The Old Guard

[Omicron]

Without further word or delay, he showed him a datapad upon which he could clearly make out some sort of chain of command. Some departments were entirely in places he would not expect them to be. The Great Divisions of Wedjat and Black Fleet respectively were arranged in a way to complement each other, giving a different view upon modern Order. He could be surprised at disappearance of Order science division, its labs and personnel integrated as largely autonomous R&D of Wedjat . Another surprise would be lack of capital assets directly leased to Intelligence, clearly segregating The Order into ‘muscle’ and ‘brains’ of the operation. An odd addition, located directly under the Grand Admiral’s office would be the Inquisitorial Order, nature of unknown to Kell Tainer.

“It was necessary to shaft balance of power under the new Overwatch. At that rate it was either to draw responsibilities and forces involved clearly or to dump everything on one card. I will reinstate access to historical databases for your study and arrange your citizenship with Akabat Concordia. The Order Protectorate as we call it is devolved civilian government while admiralty board dictates mandates and foreign policy. It’s been great for morale and restored sense of stability on our colony while retaining power where it counts.”

Within the Colonies, the governments controlled the military… within the Protectorate, the military owned the state. Nevertheless the tone of Admiral’s explanation implied that it was island of stability within the Omicrons freeing High Command’s time and resources from tedious micromanagement of civilian ministries. Kell never had set foot upon moon world of Akabat, the new homeworld of The Order in advent of December 818’s apocalypse. He would not know what to expect as of yet.

“I cannot appoint you a Colonel as it used to be back in the day. Colonels are influential, knowledgeable flag officers owning a seat within The Order Overwatch General Assembly. It would compromise the very nature of the council to appoint an individual with no recent merits to his record, incapable of naming current war operation theatres. What I want… need you to do is to start with the grassroots of the cloak and dagger. Build up your network and influence and start netting us assets and manpower.”

“Your command, orders and additional assets will all come within due time.”

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