Phalanx Protocol

The Phalanx Protocol is the Commonwealth main operation doctrine for defense and national security.

## Overview:

The Phalanx Protocol was enacted on July 6th 2226 to shore up the OCN defense from Yaanari, Yadran, and Zracon threat. It was proposed and revealed to the public by General Tereza Tomašević who was in the OCN Armed Forces Research and Development Division at the time becoming it's first leader. The initial proposal consisted of 10 goals:

1. Creation of the unified military command of all OCN nations and colonies and creation of the united federal army for military operations.

2. Completion of Stolarski aerofighter base on Ortus as well as expansion of the air force for the protection of the Ortus skies.

3. Creation of smaller aerofighter bases on Arvo, Redamon Prime and Curacao.

4. Experimentation of the Kithri intergration in the military.

5. Civilian restriction on all solar systems beyond Obsholla system.

6. Expansion of the Ortus Spaceport for the construction of Zrinski-class destroyers.

7. New additions of the scout telescope relays with primary usage on Yaanari League and Zracon Union.

8. Expansion of Task Force Manticore and creation of the reserve fleet.

9. Expansion and creation of additional colonial military units.

10. Full intergration of the OCN-Alir defensive pact.

However, this initial plan turned out to be obsolete due to the situation at the time. Firstly, Alir were planning to withdrew from the defensive pact with the OCN due to the creation of Galactic Entente, a federation consisting of Alir Commune and Sondrithan League. Due to this, a vital defensive ally has been lost and the new ally in Shalani Coaltion lacked the strength that Alir would have bringed in the conflict. Secondly the major naval shipyard was planned to be at Ortus Spaceport with Zrinski-class Destroyers as the strongest ship. However between the major trade deals that OCN agreed upon and confirmation of Curacao as the major industrial world led to the official naval shipyard to be moved to the Curacao Spaceport with the new Lempicki-class Cruisers as the main ship of the line. Thirdly the reserve fleet plan was cancelled and all new warships continuing to reinforce Task Force Manticore. Lastly conflicts between Yalchan officers who joined OCN Armed Forces and staff under General Tomašević due to lack of trust towards General has forced the HQ to relive her of her duty and assaign the position of leader of the Phalanx Protocol to General Marek Branicki.

Many proposals came out of the Phalanx's operation such as the Agema doctrine proposed by the late General Branicki in which naval forces engage the enemy with hit-and-run tactics wearing the enemy down in quick lightning attack's defeating them in a war of attrition.

Another proposal was static orbital defense proposed by chief of Naval Engineering and logistic's Frieda Reiter in order to trap the enemy within a kill field snagging them and destroying their capabilities if they every get close to any commonwealth world.

## Legacy

The result's of the Phalanx Protocol have been wide spread thanks to it's activation Commonwealth citizens can rest soundly knowing their safe.

Also operatives of the Phalanx protocol work's alongside the Commonwealth Diplomatic Corp establishing military attache's on the various home world's of Commonwealth allies assisting in training and coordination for military forces in order to boost military proficiency of Commonwealth allies thus improving Commonwealth's security.

Examples include the Commonwealth's military attache on Udkall assisting Udkavango troops with evacuations of civilian's, and working with the Alir Commune Navy in training, tactics and conducting defensive fleet operation's which helped increased the skills of the Alir Navy.