Moreau's room was silent.
Candlelight flickered across maps taped to the wall the rail lines, urban zones, defense sites.
He leaned back in his chair, sleeves rolled up.
The national architecture he'd inherited was a fragmented tangle.
Military, police, security, civilian agencies all overlapping, often conflicting.
He closed his eyes and reached deep into memory.
India's National Security Council.
The U.S. Joint Chiefs.
Britain's Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms.
All upheld by law, clarity, coordination.
No chaos.
No hidden chains.
He picked up a fresh parchment and titled it.
"France National Security Architecture (FNSA)".
Over the next six hours he sketched out interconnected nodes.
Supreme Commander, Unified Command Centre, Cabinet Security Committee, CORA, Civil–Military Council, Evacuation Directorate, Logistics Corps, Civic Communications Authority, Counterintelligence Bureau.
As dawn broke, the architecture was complete.
