The year is 1983.
The entire country prepares to celebrate Orthodox Christmas on January 7th each year. However, for the KGB, there are some changes in the structure.
"Order from the general secretary has been given Chernov, Comrade Andropov tell to ignore any action from the Karak and focus on consolidating on our new territory. I hope that you have learned something in this one month of being an adjutant because you are going to be promoted again."
Tikhnov said to Chernov.
"The KGB is going to separate into two big departments, and you will be the head of the new departments. The current one will be the State Security Department, which will handle conventional threats. The new department will be called Supreme Arcane Committee, as the name, it will need to manage all the magic-related things between us, orcs, elves, and dwarves."
Chernov frowned after listening to the news, as he just turned from the military to the intelligence department, he worried he might not have enough ability to manage that. He tells his worries to Tikhnov.
"No worry, most of the job will still be done by the State Security Department, there is no point in setting another similar directorate. There are three things that this committee is going to do, Prophetic Threat Analysis, Thaumaturgical Research and Control, and Red Doctrine Enforcement."
Prophetic Threat Analysis focuses on prophecies, seers, oracles, time-viewing, and magical foresight. Predicts long-term threats through mystical means.
Thaumaturgical Research and Control, oversees state-regulated magic, magical technology integration, rune networks, ley line infrastructures, and artefact regulation. Also, combining different magic to Soviet's modern weapons, applying and strengthening the Red Army.
Red Doctrine Enforcement monitors and enforces magical-ideological purity, and ensures all arcane practices conform to the USSR's ideals. Prevents heretical or capitalist-aligned magical theories.
"These three jobs will separated into three Arcane Directorates, from first to three. We have a ready Thaumaturgical Research and Control team in the land of Plain, it will be fully transferred to the 2nd Arcane Directorates. While for the First and Third Directorates, you have to build it yourself, especially the 3rd one, the 'Will of Nation' is in your head, you are the most suitable to do it."
Seeing Chernov still hesitate about the order, Tikhnov added.
"No one in the USSR knows better than you about these magic and Arcane staff, that is the order, any questions?"
Well, that is it, since he can't push away that duty, then he can only start to think about the details.
"Am I able to choose who to join the committee?"
"Like I said, you are the head of the department."
"I hope Sokolov is here."
"Not him, he will need to continue to lead the Spetznaz. Another. Choose someone who has some understanding of the arcane, I see Miss Serina is suitable. I mean you do make some friends throughout all of this right."
"Serina? Is it suitable for defectors to enter our core department?"
"No problem on Serina. The Seventh Directorate has been surveillance on her since the day she stepped on our land, every action and word she said has been analysed. At least we see she likes it here. However, the other, Aria, goes in opposite, we will have another arrangement for her. We suspect she is stealing our intel and sending it back to Karak, not some important stuff, just our history culture."
Aria? Why doesn't he spot this?
"Why aren't we arrest and stop her?"
"Well, we have our considerations. As you know we are watching her in every moment, yet she is still able to steal. Imagine there is some other similar to her getting into our territory, how are we supposed to sniff out and eradicate them? We hope that continued surveillance of her can let us find out the way she steals and prevent from someone else using the same way."
Chernov nodded his head, that is how intelligence agencies sometimes work, not only arrest the spy but also use the spy to achieve their final objective. However, he was somehow curious, how would someone still be loyal to Karak after seeing so much about the USSR, couldn't she still think that Karak had any way to resist? He tells his doubt.
"Yup, that was what I wondered. However, from what we know from the book in Plainspire is that there is a type of magic called thought stamp. It is commonly used by all intelligence agencies in this world to prevent their personnel from deflecting. Once it was done it can't be reversed. Otherwise, Implanting a stronger reverse belief to cover the original stamp such as using 'water is highly toxic' to cover 'water is safe'. But it requires the same level of technology and is extremely risky."
"By now we still don't own the techniques, so nothing we can do much about it. Never mind forget about it, let me tell you the arrangement for your committee first."
"You will be going to Plainspire first to understand the current research and take over the team, before that, you might also go to the Baltic State to check for some leftovers from the orcs, it's optional. Most of the work for your committee will be done in our new territory and elves and dwarf territory. General Secretary's order for your committee will be helping the military to face the chaos."
"That's all for the things about Supreme Arcane Committee. Another thing, General Sergey Akhromeyev will be returning from Karak today. Comrade Andropov decided to promote him to Marshal, he would be the one to command our army to face the chaos. Go and check on him make sure there is nothing following him back."
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Airport, as the plane slowly landed on, Akhromeyev walked down.
Chernov immediately walks towards him.
"Glad to see you here Comrade Chernov, it has been years that we have not met. The smell of Motherland is so much better than the corrupted medieval city."
Both salute to each other and grab each other hand. Simultaneously, a ray of red energy passed from Chernov's hand to Akhromeyev.
"Nothing in his head seems like the nuke that launched works." Chernov thinks in his mind.
He smiles at Akhromeyev, "Same to me, Comrade Akhromeyev, comrade Chairman arrange me here to welcome you. Get some good rest, the next time I see you I will need to call Marshal."
The two walked out of the airport with laughter.