Joint Staff Commission of the 5th Army

**The Joint Staff Commission of the 5th Army**, or simply **The Joint Staff**, is a semi shadow organization that is only mentioned within the government and not in the eyes of the public. The Joint Staff operates the entirety of OverWatch on a sectorial scale, operating defensive measures and legislative businesses. The primary role of the Joint Staff is to oversee and ensure the 5th Army's defensive capabilities to ascertain peace and order. The secondary, yet still a very important role, is to elect governors and commissars from each Sector to represent their legislative in the Cosmic Senate.

The Joint Staff Commission is split into 3 sub-divisions that operates their respective sector, each of them called "Joint Staff of Sector A/B/C". Members of the Joint Staff are military officers selected by the Executive Council, further sementing the 5th Army as a partly stratocratic dictatorship.

## History

The commission was formed after the Era 2 reformations. The grand administrator appointed X as the chairman of the commission, and subsequently made him an administrator. It was then X's responsibility to form the structure of the commission under the template that Z provided. It was decided that members of the joint staff should only consist of members of the 5th Army's Armed Forces each representing a section of the Sector's operational force. X formed the General Assembly with its sole purpose of electing governors and commissars to serve in the Cosmic Senate every 2 years. The general assembly also comes together during war time to discuss strategic approach of upholding OverWatch control throughout each Sector.

The sub-divisions were then organized to operate each Sector individually. The sub-divisions had several jobs and roles, both in terms of military operations and the politics of each Sector. The responsibility of the general defense was given to the sub-divisions, and the local governments leadership was as well in the hands of each sector's joint staff. Governors and commissars are elected by the joint staff, and are appointed by the chairman.

Around the mid to late 1990s, a demon by the name of "Ilgoth" broke containment at facility CHROMA - an OWGRO facility/prison located in Sector B. As a result, the joint staff of Sector B called upon the general assembly to act immediately.

After the insurrection that led to the Sector C Civil War, the general assembly of the joint staff advised the Ruling Council to declare martial law in the entirety of Sector C. At some point after the civil war, Administrator X appointed High general Karl Fergus as chief of defense for Sector C, and general Rei Fiquel as associate chief of defense. In the years leading up to the surfacing of the Four Horsemen, Administrator X appointed High admiral Satoru Marude as chief of operations, Admiral Hirmus Kirsk as associate chief of operations and Grand admiral Juuro Harima as chief of navy for Sector C's joint staff. At another point, Ryan Ericsson was appointed as chief of recruitment for Sector C.

During the surgance of the Resistance Initiative and the Four Horsemen, Sector C's joint staff assembled after the failure that was the first Resquis raid, where the primary discussion was planning another raid at Kukui University. After KU-TAKEDOWN, the joint staff of Sector C had a joint meeting with Earth's Inquisition Team, held by Administrator X. When the second Resquis raid concluded with the abduction of first class agent Naofa Niro, a joint session between the Ruling Council, the Joint Staff of Sector C and the ISC's directing committee was held to discuss about recovering agent Niro, as well as preperations for operation: DAY-BREAK. It was mentioned that Marshal Masaru Oda was formerly Chief of Defense for Sector B, but had taken up the offer of becoming commander of S1 Division sometime after the end of the "Total Security Campaign". According to lieutenant commander Tobias, Admiral Remi was once offered the position of associate chief of navy for sector B, but declined saying that Remi wanted to remain in her native sector.

Operation: DAY-BREAK concluded with the death of Administrator X, and as a result Marshal Crest was assigned as Overseer of the 5th Army's Armed Forces, as well as an "unofficial administrator" after being made Chairman of the Joint Staff Commission. Satoru Marude was promoted to director of the OWISCB and thus resigned his post as chief of operations for Sector C. The position was passed on to Kirsk, and the associate chief of operations was subsequently given to Matthew McConnery, after being recommended by Director Marude and following his promotion to Vice admiral. Following Titan's demotion, Grand admiral Juuro Harima was selected to command S3 Division, and thus left his position as chief of navy, which in turn was given to former S1 Division commander, High admiral named Hsu Che. A joint session with the ruling council was held in conjunction with the entire assembly at 0001-A's Capital City, at Nexus-Fecta, where plans were laid for the decleration of Civil War and various changes to the Joint Staff, such as formally assigning Overseer Crest as the new Chairman.

It was mentioned that after the failure of securing Checkpoint THELTA during operation: ASSAULT-SAVANNAH, the Joint Staff of Sector B had unanimously voted for declaring martial law in the entirety of Sector B, which aggrevated members of the Micrea micro cluster.

After general Rei defected from the 5th Army, General Tsuka Koshoyo was appointed as associate chief of defense for Sector C. Although this position was short-lived as soon after the 5th Army's loss of the siege at 2201-B, leading to the death of High general Karl Fergus, General Koshoyo was elevated to chief of defense for Sector C. The former position was then given to general Raikan Velstin.

During the Resistance mission of saving Ichor Seraphim by infiltrating the OWGRO's main labs in district 3 of Homebase, Inquisitor V assigns chief air marshal of the SFC, Eli Kyurtinski, who is also Sector A's chief of operations, to tracking sweeping up the streets of central province from its gang problems. Eli manages to also track down the Resistance task force, and dealt with them personally during the lab raid.

## Members

### Current members

#### Joint Staff of Sector B

* Iwao Isa - Associate chief of Operations

#### Joint Staff of Sector C

* Hirmus Kirsk - Chief of Operations
* Matthew McConnery - Associate chief of Operations
* Tsuka Koshoyo - Chief of Defense
* Raikan Velstin - Associate chief of Defense
* Hsu Che - Chief of Navy
* Ryan Ericsson - Chief of Recruitment

### Former members

#### Joint Staff of Sector B

* Masaru Oda - Chief of Defense *(Resigned from position)*

#### Joint Staff of Sector C

* Satoru Marude - Chief of Operations *(Resigned from position)*
* Juuro Harima - Chief of Navy *(Resigned from position)*
* Karl Fergus - Chief of Defense †
* Rei Fiquel *-* Associate chief of Defense *(Defected)*