Command Staff Waffen-SS
The Command Staff Waffen-SS is a warlord state that emerges in Germany in the SS Civil War that erupts if Reinhard Heydrich wins the German Civil War. The country borders Freikorps "Berzerker", the Security Service of the Reichsführer-SS and the Children of Spartakus to the north, Free State of Prussia to the east, the Republic of Poland to the south-east, Silesian Industrial League to the south and SS-Kampfgruppe Fegelein to the west. Within the Command Staff Waffen-SS are three factions, which all supposedly pledge their allegiance to the current ruler of the country; the Burgundian SS, the German SS and the Waffen-SS. In reality, it is rumored that all three factions would sweep in for power as soon as a chance promises them, should the current leader not represent their own SS. The Command Staff starts off with a missile stockpile along with several other breakaway states. Within the Command Staff's territory is the Posen Railway Junction, which was designed to facilitate transportation between Germany and its eastern colonies. Although much of its impressiveness has been lost after the first German Civil War destroyed most of its access to the East, it's still a crucial railway junction that provides useful transportation throughout the Command Staff's territory.
Potential paths
All three factions can be empowered by Heydrich at the beginning of the civil war, through their respected focus tree, which will determine the leader and ideology of the Command Staff Waffen-SS when it breaks away:
- If the Burgundian SS is empowered, Paul Hausser, a Himmler loyalist, takes over. Hausser considers Heydrich a traitorous worm compared to his former brother generals.
- If the German SS is empowered, Herbert Otto Gille seizes control. Gille is completely aware of Himmler's mad schemes and prefers to die in the process, with no surrender instead of giving in to the Ordensstaat. It is therefore obvious that Gille starts off with a strong alignment towards Germania.
- If the Waffen-SS is empowered, Sylvester Stadler takes over. Stadler's support for Himmler made him participate in the Schutzstaffel Rebellion, causing him to suffer the consequences for being directly involved afterwards. Distancing himself from the Reichsführer of the Burgundian SS, he worked to aid Heydrich before and during the German Civil War. Following Heydrich's accusations and the split of the brother generals, the possibility of said rumors has made him tilt closer towards the new Reichsführer. Although he supports going against Burgundy, Stadler seeks to distance him and his men back to Hungary.
National spirits
The Black, White, and Red
Despite its name, the Kommandostab Waffen-SS is not made up of solely of Waffen-SS soldiers. A. significant number of Deutsche-SS and Burgundisch-SS soldiers also make their home in the Kommandostab, and while each faction nominally pledgges their loyalty to the Kommandostab's leader, rumors abound that they are only waiting for a chance to place one of their own at the top of the Waffen-SS State's shaking hierarchy, the moment such a chance arrives.
Naturally, this division in the ranks also leaves the rank-and-file soldier of the Kommandostab's Waffen-SS torn between the two contenders in the German power struggle. Though most tend to lean slightly towards their Führer, a sharp tug gin the direction of Ost-Paris from the Reichsführer Wafffen-SS's leadership is all that it would take to flip those commitments the other direction as loyal Himmlerites. A sharp tug and a raise in pay, that is.
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The Shell of a Bread Basket
The fertile Polish lands integrated into the German Reich in 1939 were swiftly settled by German farmers and exploited for their fullest potential. As the a result, the region swiftly became the breadbasket of the Großgermanisches Reich.
Yet years of civil strife have driven many to flee or simply. halt their farming efforts, for skirmishes, bombs, artillery, and deliberate fires have become increasingly likely to destroy a crop yield before harvest. As a result, the breadbasket of Eastern Germany has been reduced to but a shell of its former self. Yet, the potential inherent in the soil remains, and with proper attention, the breadbasket may be filled to the brim once again.
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The Posen Railway Junction
In Posen sits a grand railway junction, constructed to act as a hub for rail transport between Großdeutschland and her eastern dependencies. Whilst the trains have largely ceased to arrive from the east in the aftermath of the Bürgerkrieg, the city stands as a crucial railway junction which facilitates transport throughout the Waffen-SS fiefdom and throughout the burning Reich. He who controls Posen shall reap the benefits.
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