Operation Mud

Scheduled for Sunday 1 September 2019

1. SITUATION

Situation Time: 07:09L

Lighting: Early morning

Weather: Partly cloudy, dense low-level fog, expected to clear up within the hour.

The Pulau insurgency has had a surge in recent weeks and the government forces have had difficulty containing them.

Zulu-Alpha is deployed with the government forces at FOB Spring in Gurun airfield in order to provide training and support in counter-insurgency operations.

Yesterday, a C130 was fired at as it approached Gurun airfield by a MANPAD somewhere to the West. Having such a threat so close to the airfield is detrimental to operations in the area as it would ground aircraft based there and cut off a vital supply line.

Zulu-Alpha has been tasked with going out and finding and destroying these MANPADs, utilizing our local intelligence assets.

FRAGO: An emergency update to the situation: A US Army CH-47 has just been shot down as it approached FOB Spring carrying supplies and it has crashed somewhere in the Marsh to the East of the airfield. Insurgent forces are expected to approach the crash site and extract intelligence from it and take the wounded prisoner. There are 2 pilots and 3 crew members and statistics show that wounded in this type of crash usually have an average of about 10 minutes before they bleed to death. Since ZA is already preparing for a patrol, you have been tasked with rescuing them and destroying the wreckage.

A. Enemy Forces:

The Insurgency is of about company strength spread out throughout the island, with no single large concentrations. They mainly utilize hit and run as well as ambush tactics and have been known to use IEDs. They prefer skirmishes over large engagements and have good low-level commanders allowing them flexibility and short reaction times.

They are using Warsaw pact era small arms weapons and some older US imports and are mainly infantry based with at most modified civilian vehicles. They have been known to carry HMGs through the jungle, so be careful.

B. Friendly Forces:

Zulu-Alpha is based in FOB Spring, with its own motor pool with a limited number of vehicles, field hospital and re-supply crates. The FOB and airfield are guarded by Government forces. They do have a patrol that will be operating in the area, so check for friendly fire.

There is a LAV-25 infantry squad, call-sign Scimitar located at the airfield which has been placed under the direct command of Dragon Actual to act as a supporting unit.

1) Equipment: Standard equipment.

2) Surveillance: None

3) Ground Vehicles: 1x M1165 GMV (M134), 1x MTVR, 1x MTVR (Repair), 1x UGV Stomper, 1x HMMWV Ambulance

4) Fixed Wing: None

5) Rotary Wing: None

6) Naval: None

Other friendly forces: Government garrison at FOB and airfield and patrol.

C. Civilian Presence: A moderate civilian presence including vehicle traffic is expected in the countryside.

2. Mission

1. Find and destroy the MANPAD cache.
2. FRAGO: Rescue the crew of the downed CH-47 and destroy the wreck.

3. General Instructions

Utilize the informant that runs the hotel to the West of the airfield as he operates within the area where MANPADs have been fired and he may have special knowledge of the area.

FRAGO: Bring the wounded from the crash back to the field hospital.

4. Specific Instructions

None.

Meta-Mission details:

Location:

Pulau -> co@12_Operation Mud_v1.#.#

Medical System:

Advanced ACE Medical and standard re-spawn policy.

Special Mods:

None.

Special Requirements:

The CO has access to high command for the purposes of controlling Scimitar.