Project Omega
| Abbreviation | Omega |
|---|---|
| Formation | 12 February 1934 |
| Dissolved | 23 June 1997 |
| Type | Stay-behind paramilitary organisation |
| Legal status | Defunct |
| Purpose | Defence of north Euclea from invasion by MAO |
| Headquarters | Werania |
Region | North Euclea |
| Methods | Paramilitary/clandestine |
Key people | Theodor Schwarzenberger |
Project Omega (Weranian: Projekt Omega) was the codename of a series of stay-behind networks that operated in northern Euclea from the conclusion of the Great War until the 1990's. Organised primarily by the Weranian Strategic Intelligence Service (SND) and the Estmerish Special Service (SS) Project Omega was designed in the contingency of an invasion of north Euclean countries by Kirenia and other countries in the Mutual Assistance Organisation (MAO) through the creation of anti-socialist paramilitary groups but also had the role of using such groups within countries to engage in harassment, terror attacks, torture, massacres and assassinations targeting left-wing groups.
Project Omega begun during the liberation of northern Euclea from Entente forces at the conclusion of the Great War as Weranian forces sought to ensure that Kirenian influence in those countries would be stunted in the post-war period through the creation of anti-socialist clandestine groups. Countries where these stay-behind networks operated included Estmere, Caldia, Alsland, Azmara and Borland. These stay-behind networks would in the post-war period play a role in the subversion and repression of left-wing groups in these countries, particularly compared to Gaullica where no evidence of such networks was uncovered.
Project Omega remained a secret for much of the post-war period. Aspects of it were first publicly uncovered by Caldish Taoiseach Mícheál Ó Muilleoir in 1979 although at the time it was dismissed as a conspiracy theory. It was uncovered in XXX in 1997 although whether the networks were still in operation at this date is uncertain.
To date only XXX and XXX have held investigations into Project Omega with the Weranian government rejecting the existence of the operation. In 1997 Weranian Chancellor Wolfgang Löscher dismissed accusations that the Weranian government had engaged in state terrorism or sponsored false flag attacks calling such accusations "anti-liberal propaganda".
History
Context
Following the fall of Estmere during the summer of 1929 to Gaullican-led Entente forces during the Great War the Weranian Strategic Intelligence Services began the process of creating intelligence cells within occupied Estmere to carry out subversive attempts against the Entente occupation. The Gaullican invasion of Alsland and Ruttland a few months later led to an expansion of the SND's operations in creating subversive groups as well as beginning to construct a larger stay-behind network in Werania proper to disrupt any Gaullican occupation of the territory.
These stay-behind networks were directed by the External Documentation Section (EDS) led by oberleutnant Theodor Schwarzenberger, an officer deployed in occupied Caldia who relied upon such networks to supress the Caldish resistance in the Quasi-War. Under Schwarzenberger's direction the EDS would create similar cels across northern Euclea. Initially these resistance cells also included left-wing groups opposed to the Entente particularly during the early years of the war through the deployment of arms and the spearheading of covert sabotage operations.
The entry of Kirenia into the war changed the dynamic, with the EDS relying more on non-socialist resistance forces. The liberation of Ruttland by Kirenian and Weranian forces was an early indicator of this fear with Weranian forces finding areas liberated by Kirena being run de facto by workers' councils leading to the EDS to use established stay-behind networks to undermine the authority of these councils. The liberation of Estmere, Borland and Alsland in 1933 by Kireno-Weranian forces immensely bolstered the left in those countries which had plated a leading role in the resistance movements striking fears in Werania of leftist dominance in northern Euclea in the post-war period. As such during the Grand Alliance advance through northern Euclea the EDS under Schwarzenberger's direction built up a powerful network of resistance groups that had already begun refocusing their efforts from anti-Entente to anti-Kirenian activities.