The Old Guard's Correspondence [CNRC Thread]

[Artsy Astra]

12th of Decallien, 1931

Following the signing of the treaty, Marrlan command staff would reach out to those of Maiz and Roskana to begin the standardization process and unification of command structures.

A telegram would find itself within their war departments offices.

To our kin command staff,

We would like to convene on the proper organization of our equipment and command structures.

Regards,
Marrlan High Command and War Department

[VoxApocrypha]

12th of Decallien, 1931

To our kin in Marrlan,

We can convene in the city of Auran at the headquarters of the Roskanan Armed Forces, as a matter of this nature is better discussed in person between those responsible for the work.
Top logistical staff and officers will be present to aid in the endeavor, and we recommend that similar staff be sent from our Kin services to enable this process. 

On the agenda, we will focus first on command structure, and the standardization of calibers and infantry small-arms. We expect this to be a multi-day affair, so it is advised attending staff bring travel-bags and changes of clothing.

Regards,
Roskana Ministry of the Armed Forces, Chief of Staff Dejanus Karshkan

[Xavi]

12th of Decallien, 1931

To our Northern allies,

We will gladly attend such an occasion, this logistical affair inevitably needed to be addressed, expect our arrival within two days.

With sincerity,
Maiz Minister of Staff, Joshua Green

[Artsy Astra]

A day later, multiple members of Marrlan high command would leave for the meeting in Auran. General of the Marrlan Army Shoreman Jones and General's Bill Moore, Ell Vander, Loe Khaz, and Sarah Decker would all attend.

[Xavi]

Following in suit with the predetermined schedule, the most significant members of the Maizian command structure had left for Auran. Consisting of Minister of Staff Joshua Green, Chief of the Navy Calvert Valdez, and Air Marshal Thraxl Srox.

[VoxApocrypha]

Dejanus and other members of the armed forces, including General Maximillian Veers, General Adashenko, Admiral David Hackett and finally General Tesena Feralda would be in attendance, with their own staff as well and some logistical corps managers, particularly the high level manager Cadarava Mersan. Or just General Mersan.

The meeting would be held in the capital building in Auran, in the meeting hall where the treaty had been signed.
Sitting at the head of the table is Dejanus, with his own staffed sitting to the right side, sharing stories, eating a bit of food, or otherwise just reading or relaxing.

[Artsy Astra]

After the Marrlan command staff's arrival, they would do much of the same mingling amongst each other and with the other nations' staff. General Shoreman would participate in the pleasantries himself for a bit before raising his voice slightly for the whole table, "Should we begin soon?"

[Xavi]

Joshua gave an acknowledging nod, too believing that the time was appropriate to commence. "Yes, all relevant staff on my part are here. I see little reason to delay, are we all in agreement?" He reached for his glass, taking a considerable gulp of it's contents before placing it back down. "Unless, should Roskana require more time."

[VoxApocrypha]

"We're ready to begin, don't worry." Deja says. "We're not in any significant rush, and considering the scale of the monumental task we're about to undertake, we may be here for awhile anyway." He'd say.
The other staff at the table would relax into their seats and rest their reports in front of them, while others would gather up documents, specifications, blueprints, and more.

"So here is the deal. There's a lot of equipment between Marrlan and Roskanan that's already standardized, as well as Maiz, but there's a fair bit to which we are not all using together. In order to faciliate cohesion, we're gonna be working to change that significantly, by standardizing as much equipment as we can across branches, and as well our ammunition, force structures, and procedures."

"To start, I think we should discuss standardizing ammunition. In this we suggest shifting over most calibers to Roskanan types, unless there are specific types of calibers you want to suggest be standardized instead from your nations."

[Artsy Astra]

Shoreman would glance down at some logistics papers before speaking, “We already share some small arms calibers, however, the stopping power of both 10mm and .45 HPA is unparalleled and allows the different size categories of our soldiers have the ability to be armed with something their capabilities will better accommodate. As well as our artillery's calibers being spaced roughly in increments of 50-100 have done us well in easing production costs and lethality. 50mm 75mm 100mm and 200mm are all things we would recommend." He'd shift his papers around a tad and take a breath. "All in all we have no quarrel with changing much else. The only thing we will not budge on, for the sake of stating it, is 30-06. "

[VoxApocrypha]

A brief moment of discussion is had between the Roskanan staff, before then Dejanus would turn to speak.
"So, for artillery, we think that 50mm and 75mm are workable, but we would consider instead shifting to the 107mm over the 100mm."

"The 10mm is already in widescale use in the Roskanan military, though .45 HPA is not and we are willing to consider shifting to its use as well. We don't mind you keeping 30-06 either."

[Xavi]

Joshua and his staff convened, deliberating for a few minutes.
"We neither, have any qualms of the usage of 30-06, as it is the most commonly chambered round for our rifles, the same is the case for .45. However, as to artillery, we've been keen on shells between 75, ranging to 100mm. Fitting our defensive doctrine the most suitably in contrast to lighter munitions."

[Artsy Astra]

The command staff would also speak for a moment, "I'm with Maiz a bit here. It'll take awhile to change over to 107mm. I'm partially puzzled despite the-" he'd glance down at a piece of paper detailing the benefits of the caliber change, "-ballistic benefits over our larger stocks. However, I don't see why we couldn't change over time either."

[VoxApocrypha]

"We are insistent on the 107mm because it has a greater fragmentation than that of the 100mm and 75mm, making it more viable for anti-personnel duties. As well, the Roskanan 107mm is designed for a little bit of modularity. We have high-explosive shells for it as well as armor-piercing for engaging fortifications, and experimentally for attacking landships. Though we admit, we don't know if they're all that good for fighting landships." He says. "If it is a significant point of contention we're fine with adopting the 100mm as standard, but will as well keep the 107mm in our stock."

[Artsy Astra]

Shoreman would nod in agreement, "I think that's a good idea to help facilitate the change."