A Battle Unseen

[Auditorii]

The aging Minister of Defense and Inspector-General of the Armed Forces, Generaloberst Hosian von Lÿndow-Sennhein sat behind a desk, signing documents as a member of his security detail knocked on the door and then entered after a moment. "Herr Generaloberst." Hosian waved his hand, expecting the Inspector of the Dorvish Navy, Admiral Jannick Fleischhacker entered into the room as did several officers on his staff, close behind him was the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Alex Rahmer as well as Coordinator of the State Security and Defense Council Benedikt Rottmann. They all exchanged pleasantries, handshakes and salutes and the Inspector-General motioned them to all take seats. They were offered drinks and cigars, most of them accepting with the exception of Rottmann who noted that he had to brief the State Chancellor following this meeting. "Well, we all know why we are gathered here." The Inspector-General moved to the front of his desk, leaning up against.

The group nodded. "In addition to deployment of the High Seas Monitoring Squadron to assist our..." The Inspector-General paused and some of them chuckled. "...allies in Xsampa, the deployment will funnel information gathered about Beiteynu movements to the Xsampan intelligence community through the Foreign Intelligence Service. The Military Security Service will also provide intelligence through other means. Admiral Fleischhacker has noted that the State Chancellor expressed some concerns privately to him." The Inspector-General motioned to the Inspector of the Dorvish Navy. "Correct, the State Chancellor was concerned that should Beiteynu fire upon our vessels, which I doubt that they would do that, we'd be outmatched." The Admiral, who had recently taken over the position from his predecessor, had been a surface warfare officer. The Inspector-General nodded. "We've rectified that situation." The Inspector-General informed him and Fleischhacker raised an eyebrow. "We've confirmed that we will be deploying several wolfpacks to the area." The Inspector-General made eye contact with each of the gathered officials there. Fleischhacker nodded. "I suspected that the meeting with Admiral Max Hessel was going to confirm that." The Inspector-General moved to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "You're new. You've inherited a Dorvish Navy that needs love and care, and you're doing that on a day to day basis. This is not a slight, this is an attempt to assist you with some peace."

The deployment of Dorvish wolfpacks to provide cover to the High Seas Monitoring Squadron, while providing additional intelligence gathering, will provide significant firepower in the event that the conflict takes a dangerous turn. The Inspector-General would proceed to talk about "contingency" plans in the event of a strike from a hostile state, including options that "hit close to home" for those potential hostile states.