Field Marshal Sir Archibald Basil Stanford

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Name: Sir Archibald Basil Stanford

Faction To Join: Anglo-European Defence Pact (AEDP)/ECA

Age: 49 (as of 2045)

Nationality: British

Personality: Brought up in the classic British officer background of upper class wealth and luxury, Archibald was moulded into the stereotypical British "toff", blessed with everything he desired and status that the majority of Britons could never hope to achieve within their lifetime. He grew up to be aloof, self-confident and patriotic to his nation and its history of conquest and military supremacy. This compelled him to focus his studies on becoming an officer in The British Army, where unlike many of the well known upper class generals in the past, such as Douglas Haig and John French, proved to be completely incompetent, showed that his flexible thinking and analytical mind made him an officer more talented than the likes of Bernard Law Montgomery, Archibald Wavell and William Slim, all field marshals from World War 2, and he knows it.

History: Born in 1996, Archibald was named, treated and grew up to be, the stereotypical British man, posh, well-mannered and aloof to a fault. His fascination with The British and their achievements in the early modern age of the 1800's to before the decolonisation of The British Empire instilled an unwavering faith in it and Britain as a whole, completely accepting its faults, but believing the faults and mistakes were outdone by the successes and achievements. Deciding to become an officer in The British Army, he joined the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and proved to be an exemplary student, which later translated into being an officer that was considered to be on the same level as Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter/inventor. His ascent through the weeks was far quicker than most and soon ended up being Chief Of The General Staff, the professional head of the British Army. However, he despised the role because he was relegated to the role of a general with no command or interaction with strategy. Once the upheaval regarding The ECA cracked into The AEDP format, Archibald was picked to be its supreme commander, causing great relief to him.

Personal Life: Non-existent due to his enjoyment being derived from his job as a battlefield commander, his work is his life.

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Base Of Operations: War Office Building, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB

Military Clearance: Victoria Clearance - Complete and total access and control to everything within the ECA and AEDP forces.

Tactics: Flexible in his tactical usage, but favours a swift attack to either crush the enemy early or to harass them long enough to allow heavy weapons to be brought onto the battlefield to finish them off.

Army Description: After the formation of The ECA, public opinion swiftly erupted against it, seeing it as another European Union instead of a defensive alliance. The European leaders decided to instead change the alliance into a one army organisation instead of a collective effort from across the continent, each member providing funding from their national defence budgets to have an independent armed forces always at the ready to defend them. The United Kingdom, having been able to escape the Zero Hour Crisis relatively unscathed, volunteered to relinquish their armed forces from government control to allow it to operate freely without any political string pulling.

As such, Archibald, as supreme commander, has total control over every atom of equipment and personnel.