Talk:Aneph Enterprises Consolidated Fleet/@comment-12161342-20150209141338

Aneph Caldera, Earth

''Fleet Admiral Tato is sitting back in his custom-made seat, looking out over Brim, the Aneph capital, from his office. An aide comes into the room and hands him a large stack of messages and folders labelled URGENT. Tato sighs, dismisses the aide, and turns to read the first report, which describes the current situation of comet ST0042 Ipselon, which has not veered from its projected troublesome course. The next folder contains some disturbing news: out of seemingly nowhere, several navies have started setting up assets on Mars. While none are close to Olympus Mons and the ANF's secret facility there, Tato is unsettled. Over the next several minutes, he ponders what his response to the current situation will be, and then begins drafting orders. The ANF needs to protect its valuable asset on Mars, and needs to increase its presence there so that it can continue to be the dominant force on Mars, even if secretly. Tato orders the Olympus base to divert all available capacity to the Pyroclast-class ships, ordering them into a state of emergency wartime production. The first of five Pyroclast ships, originally scheduled to be delivered far in the future due to their low priority, is now expected to be delivered within a month. In addition, Tato orders Aneph forces to secure the volcanic province of Elysium, one of the last recently active sites of volcanism on Mars, and to seize the giant extinct Arsia Mons. While Arsia is extinct and not suitable for industry, it's caldera is huge and perfectly flat, and above most of the Martian atmosphere. The giant caldera of Arsia Mons is ordered to be turned into a giant commercial spaceport, which will be open year-round except for the small period when the cyclonic dust storm envelops the mountain(OOC: yes its a real thing, look it up). Tato hopes that the Aneph Enterprises public spaceport will help divert any future attention from the ANF's more secretive and valuable assets on Mars.''