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MONTEZUMAThe Tactical War Council

Wargame the decision before you make it.

Proof of which options work, what each defeat costs, and who decided what, on what data. Built by Aztech, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business.

7 modesAdjudication from strict rules to seminar, including fog of war
ATO-readyRuns in your enclave, online or off the network
25 modulesPlanning, wargaming, stress tests, execution and after-action in one platform
Word + PDFEvery brief, matrix and report exports for your staff
Why MONTEZUMA

Most wargames end in a slide deck. MONTEZUMA ends in a decision you can defend.

Tabletop exercises still run on spreadsheets, scripted red teams and someone's notes. The result is an opinion. MONTEZUMA turns the same exercise into evidence: options that were actually fought, an opponent that actually adapted, and a record of every call.

Typical tabletop exerciseMONTEZUMA
The opponentA scripted red team that follows the planAn adaptive red cell, plus TEZCA, an adversary proxy grounded in cited, portion-marked evidence
The optionsOne preferred course of actionGAMBIT builds a spread of genuinely different options and scores how predictable your plan set is
The costRarely modeledCHIMALLI and magazine depth show what each defeat costs and when the interceptors run out
The bottleneckDiscovered in the real operationReadiness Simulation finds the stage that breaks under surge, with reproducible math
The recordNotes and memoryGolden Thread ties every objective to injects, decisions and findings; AI output needs human review before it counts
The environmentTools that need a commercial cloud connectionRuns in-enclave and under degraded links, with the AI model of your choice
The outputA slide deckCommander's brief, FM 5-0 decision matrix, synchronization matrix and HSEEP after-action report, in Word and PDF
Inside the platform

Everything in the left panel, explained

This is MONTEZUMA's real navigation. Pick any module to see the screen and what it does for your staff. The highlighted ones are what set it apart.

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    What sets it apart

    Try the engines behind the wargame

    Most tools stop at moving pieces and rolling dice. MONTEZUMA models what commanders actually run short of: information, interceptors and throughput. Try each one below. They run on example values modeled on MONTEZUMA's scenario templates.

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    The output

    Walk out with the brief

    Every exercise ends in documents your staff can use the same day.

    • Commander's brief with the recommended course of action
    • Course-of-action comparison with scores and rationale
    • After-action report and improvement plan, HSEEP-aligned
    • Master scenario events list for the next run
    • Everything exports to Word and PDF
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    COMMANDER'S BRIEFOPERATION COBALT TIDETurn 03 · Semi-rigid adjudication
    BOTTOM LINE

    COA 2 holds the strait with the lowest risk to force. Recommend approval with a northern screen as branch plan.

    COA COMPARISON
    RiskTimeScore
    COA 141%
    COA 268%
    COA 333%
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    Overview

    MONTEZUMA in five minutes

    A short walkthrough of the platform: the exercise lifecycle, MAESTRO arbitration, the TEZCA adversary proxy and readiness simulation.

    Built for government

    Ready for the environments you work in

    DDIL-readyKeeps working when links are degraded or cut.
    CUI markingsBanners and markings carried onto every output.
    Bring your own modelSwap the AI model endpoint to match your enclave.
    Five rolesRole-based access for white, blue and red cells.
    ATO-readyBuilt to deploy inside government networks.
    Word and PDFBriefs, reports and event lists your staff can edit.
    Why Aztech

    Built by people who have sat in the planning cell

    Aztech was founded by Jeremy Bracamontes, a career Navy-trained cryptologist and signals intelligence professional with 26 years supporting SOCOM, the Department of War, the Intelligence Community and federal civilian agencies.

    MONTEZUMA comes out of that work. It is built for the people who plan, run and assess exercises, not for a demo floor, and it changes based on what operators tell us after they use it.

    • Veteran-ownedSBA-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, eligible for SDVOSB set-asides and sole-source awards.
    • Proven primeEight prime awards with the U.S. Department of State Office of Opinion Research for national surveys, focus groups and interviews.
    • Cleared teamStaffed with cleared personnel who understand how your environment works.
    • Small and fastBring a problem set and we build it into MONTEZUMA with you, then iterate in days, not contract cycles.
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    Location
    Falls Church, Virginia
    Contact
    jeremy@aztechcity.com · 703-403-8542

    See MONTEZUMA run your scenario.

    Bring a problem set. We'll build it on the board and fight it with you.

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