So, I am working on this military organisation called the United Nations Extraterrestrial Response Unit or UNERU for short, but I have had the problem of developing its doctrine in a plausible manner. But first some background:
UNERU is an XCOM-like military and research conglomerate of organisations that was established by the UN Security Council in 1975 (14 years after an extraterrestrial spacecraft was shot down over Guatemalan airspace and crash landed near the town of Flores), along with a reorganised and reactivated Military Staff Committee as part of the conglomerate on the 30 of June of 1975 (Operations begin effective 00:00 hours UTC on the 1st of July of 1975). The conglomerate is a continuation of the old United Nations Extraterrestrial Investigation Committee (or the UNEIC for short), which was originally an organisation established in secret to study the extraterrestrial technology and preserve the evidence of the Flores Incident. However, on the 17th of June of 1975, sightings of unidentified objects skyrocketed and SETI's discovery of "near-relativistic anomalies" in the Inner Oort Cloud three months prior, began to worry the UN and after four weeks of reports, the Extraterrestrial Response Treaty was signed in Base AƩrienne 188 in the French Territory of the Afars and Issas in secret (OTL Djibouti), and thus UNERU was born (and the UNEIC integrated into the new conglomerate, which originally was supposed to be an organisation) as the R&D Division, originally, now retaining the name of the UNEIC, more on that now. So, here is how UNERU is organised:
OLD VERSION
- R&D Division (the old UNEIC)
- Manufacturing Division
- Public Relations Division (established after UNERU goes public at some point in the first book of the UNERU Trilogy)
- Counterterrorism Bureau (which deals with any terrorist organisation that has received support and/or funding from our unwelcome guests)
- Air Forces (Which shoot down extraterrestrial craft and engage in air combat)
- National Commands (Which deal with the crash sites, and recoveries of said crash sites)
- Regional Commands (Coordinate with National Commands and deal with attacks and activity near or in major cities)
- Global Command (The top of the chain and where the top leadership of UNERU meets, including The Commander, and is subordinate only to the Military Staff Committee and via them, the UN Security Council)
NEW VERSION
- UNEIC (The R&D organisation of UNERU)
- Various state and private arms and equipment manufacturers (Their purpose is obvious)
- Military Staff Committee (The organisation responsible for UNERU's military operations worldwide)
- UNERU Armed Forces (The Military Branch of UNERU, comprised of specifically selected elite soldiers and pilots; they pick the best of the best)
- UNERU Rapid Deployment Teams (RDTs for short, they deal with the recovery of extraterrestrial technology and clearing of crash sites; part of the UNERU Armed Forces; think of them as an SAS or Seal Team Six of sorts)
- UNERU Air Forces (UNERU's military pilots which shoot down extraterrestrial objects, deploy, RDTs, GLINIT agents and UNERU Regulars around the world, and coordinate with national air forces; part of the UNERU Armed Forces)
- UNERU Army (UNERU's Regular forces, deployed to protect major cities and conduct military operations too large for the RDTs to deal with; part of the UNERU Armed Forces; also coordinate with national armies)
- NASA and the Soviet Space Program (The Global and Solar System-wide monitoring organisations for UNERU)
- Global Counterterrorism Initiative (GLINIT) (The anti-terrorist organisation of UNERU, which deals with pro-extraterrestrial terrorist groups and individuals)
Oh and NOTE: UNERU is supposed to = realistic XCOM to a certain extent. Problem is that unlike XCOM, they do not stay secretive for a long period of time.
So, to speak: when I make a fictional military force/organisation such as the one I am describing, what are some factors I need to consider?