The Eagle Rises in a new world

Operation Bragation(3)

Leiforia,September 21st 1644,Combined Base Lars Filmyna

It was Nighttime as Gesta and Cielia were shaking inside the base,they had for the past 3 months seen the nightmare of the Russian army,in just 3 months they lost 75% of all of Leifor and over 58% of their remaining troops,they were in a hopeless position,the two had turn to heavy smoking to escape the crushing reality.

''we're fucked...we only have 6 million troops...how are we to win?''asked Cielia to Gesta

''Don't worry! did you not hear? the Russian army have pulled 60% of their troops to be redeployed back home for ''Reasons'' they are scared of us! That is why victory is still in sight!''said Gesta oblivious to the facts.

as the 2 continued talking,faint explosions could be heard,a daily reminder that death is looming over and Russia is to blame.

Leiforia,June 7th 1644

Moving back in time a bit.

Personnel of the Foreign Affairs ministry have been staying up all night working.

The Imperial Navy had suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of the Russian Empire.With this fact spreading throughout the world,the influence of the Gra Valkas Empire has since plummeted.Their many vassals have risen up in open revolt and have caused several headache-worthy problems for the ministry that they've begun drawing up plans for strengthening their diplomatic posture starting with Leifor. As part of this strengthening, a famous official from the hawks known for "stamping out barbarians with composure" has been deployed to the area: Eastern Affairs Department Chair Gesta. Against Cielia's will, he was the one who ordered the execution of uncooperative prisoners,which included the survivors from the crew of Fire, the Russian Destroyer sunk off Cartalpas.Despite bitter objection from Cielia,he nevertheless ordered it to be carried out.His hardheadedness wasn't limited to only the Russian;there are many cities in this world that were erased off the map off the record.Still,due to his iron fist,they were able to make many people submit and surrender their domains to the empire,adding to his reputation.He is even hard on his own subordinates,forcing them to work day and night just to get preparations up to speed.

"Phew... Maybe I should take a smoke break... Oi, Cielia! Come with me to the rooftop for a bit of a chat."

"Ah, of course."Cielia responded.

She only managed 4 hours of sleep the other day, whereas she wasn't able to get any yesterday. There was a lot of work but too few people to do it.

In Gesta's eyes, Cielia is special. Possessing a straightforward heart not meant for Foreign Affairs work, she was able to get up where she currently is without any connections whatsoever, despite the cutthroat system. To him, this is proof that she is a staggeringly brilliant person, adding to her natural beauty.

He didn't care about her straightforwardness and there were too many brilliant people in the world. What he really cared about was her beauty.

She is a stunning woman, one that makes herself known to those around her without giving anyone hints of what she truly feels about them.

This is Gesta's impression of her.

There, at the rooftop, the two talked.

"Did you read Dallas's report?"

"The one about the assimilation policy? That won't pass with the people. So many things in that plan would only serve to breed problems for the near future. That and it doesn't consider the prevailing opinion in the empire, which is against the nature of such a plan."

Dallas's conceived assimilation policy, generally speaking, is to have the genetics of Gra Valkan citizens mixed in with those from their vassals through interbreeding and with the massive scale of its questionable implementation, more people would have Gra Valkan blood. Since these half-breeds would also have native blood, the new worlders would have a harder time employing a campaign of eradication against the empire. Moreover, these half-breeds would then be given better treatment than full-blood natives in their own states and would thus become loyalists that the empire could use. In addition, any native woman that gives birth to a citizen of the empire would be treated with equality. These half-breeds are by definition lesser than a purebred Gra Valkan citizen but are higher in status than true natives. With that, the mentality of being part of a chosen race would then be implanted onto the natives. By creating a real and substantial social class, the target vassal states would be stabilized and if the number of half-breeds increases, it would become harder for a country like Russia to mount attacks on Gra Valkan citizens since they are, in essence,also a native.If these states are only ruled over by the empire and the empire loses and they win,then the half-breeds,despite having their own country, would still fall under the jurisdiction of being a vassal of the empire. Yet, they are still considered part of the world's natives, making it impossible for Russia to truly wipe them out.