Fortification Expansion Programme

The Fortification Expansion Programme (FEP) of 365-358 BGE refers to a period of intense fortification building and expansion ordered by Lord Protector Albert Redmond. Undertaken during a period of economic recession, the programme left the Commonwealth on the brink of bankruptcy. The economic and political fallout of the programme led to the deposition of the Lord Protector Redmond and reforms limiting the power of the Lord Protector's Office.
== Architectural Design ==
Many of the forts constructed under the program were built on the sites of pre-existing forts that had been utilised during the First and Second Tall Kingdom wars. In most instances, the remnants of these earlier structures were almost completely destroyed.
The majority of these new structures utilise the "Early Commonwealth" fortification design, which was considered to have been overly expensive and over-engineered; they offered a far high degree of structural integrity than would have been contemporaneously required. The financial shock caused by the FEP led to infamy of the design and its fall from use. Most subsequent Pemblese fortifications have used the minimalist, cost-effective "Modern (Commonwealth)" design.
Some recent commentators have observed that these "so-called over-engineered" fortifications are now well-placed to withstand up-and-coming projectile warfare tactics.Kaboom: What Gunpowder Might Mean for the Modern Military. C.J.Ernstein
== Political Consequences ==
The orders were considered as beyond the political remit of the Lord Protector by contemporary politicians and lead to political reforms to strengthen the collective decision making authority of the Undercourt and limit the powers of the Lord Protector.
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