Map: Winter Panthera
Time: 1000
Weather: Clear
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The world has changed. In 2021, China’s economy crashed and the Western markets followed. Millions found themselves without the basics they had lived with for years. Austerity ran rampant. In 2023, Oil wells in the Middle East and the US ran dry. Within six months, every nation in the world was in a desperate struggle to hold onto anything they could get their hands on. High tensions and economic instability forced the UK back into the fold of the EU, which was now vying to become a federal superpower on par with Russia and the US. In 2026, China was forced to launch an unprecedented and desperate invasion on Russian soil, in an attempt to grab what little reserves remained to quell the uprisings happening internally. The Russians, surprised and without much mechanized help, were pushed back quickly and effectively by the Chinese. Within 4 months, Russian Leaders were in conference rooms in Brussels, brokering an alliance that would help their country survive. The EU agreed knowing that Russia could be used as a barrier country for their own defense, at the cost of souring relations with the US. It’s been three years since that deal was made and the US and the re-branded European Federation have been fighting proxy wars across the globe to secure any and all remaining resources. Two months ago, a survey team on the Isle of Panthera discovered a huge well of oil far below the surface and every major power has their eyes firmly set upon it.
OPORD
I Situation:
The documentation that "NOCTEM" retrieved have confirmed our intelligence on the oil supplies on Panthera. Whilst our torch and burn op has given us plausible deniability, there is no doubt that the US are preparing for a long term, full scale war should we attempt to stake our own claim. As such, the European Federation has deployed various European regiments to a nearby settlement. Task Force Sabre are among those. Tomorrow morning, December 19th, at 1000, European Forces will deploy to Panthera. Our intelligence operatives report that US preparations are still in the early stages. This will be a swift and decisive victory.
Friendly Forces:
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[] Task Force Sabre
[] HMS Prince of Wales (logistical support, CAS)[/list][/indent]
Assets:
[indent][list][] 4 x Speedboat Minigun
[] 3 x Landing Craft Air Cushion
[] 3 x F-720 Mora
[] 3 * WY-55 Hellcat (unarmed)
[] 2 * C-49 Mohawk
[] 3 * A-143 Buzzard
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Enemy Forces:
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[*] Unknown.
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Civilians:
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[*] sparingly present
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II Mission:
Task Force Sabre will deploy to Panthera in an amphibious assault to take the island of RUBINA and establish a forward operating base where European Federation Forces can launch future operations and fly in oil drilling equipment. At the same time the French 23rd Airborne Brigade will launch an airborne assault on the airport of Lesce objective “DAGUET”. The British 3rd Division and German 1st Panzer Division are taking the northern sector of Panthera via a large scale amphibious assault, a joint divisional force(JDF) of Polish, Italian and Scandinavian elements are taking the island of DIEGO.
TFN will land via Assault Boat at landing zone “OWL” from there they will clear the RUBINA Islands moving south.
III Execution:
Commander’s intent
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[] Task Force Sabre secures landing zone "OWL" in order to progress in land and take objectives "SHARK", "LION", "LYNX", "WOLF" and "HAWK". This will secure the Northern Rubina island to facilitate the setup of FOB Joker and allow us to perform future operations in the AO.
[] At 1000 on the 19th of December Task Force Sabre will leave the HMS Prince of Wales in landing craft in order to land and secure objective "OWL".
[] On securing the landing zone the task force will move to take objective "SHARK".
[] On clearing the enemy from objective "SHARK" the task force will move to take both objectives "LYNX" and "WOLF" in which ever order the commander on the grounds chooses.
[] On clearing the enemy from "LYNX" and "WOLF" the task force is to secure objective "HAWK".
[] The task force is to move no further than the 1st Limit of Exploatation (LOE) and are to secure the island from counter attack.
[*] Once at the 1st LOE the task force will wait for further orders. The whole operation will rely on speed and momentum to prevent effective enemy counter attacks.[/list][/indent]
Movement Plan
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[*] Insertion will be via landing boats and reinsertion will be via Helo.[/list][/indent]
Fire Support
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[] CAS in on station callsign "PALADIN".
[] Helicopter CAS is also on station callsign "REAPER".[/list][/indent]
IV Administration / Logistics:
Resupplying
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[*] HMS Prince of Wales will be main point of resupply for all elements. Resupply will be conducted via ammo drops.[/list][/indent]
Reinforcements:
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[] At predesignated times, an air transport will be sent out with reinforcements from the carrier.
[] Upon insertion to the AO, reinforcements should stick together until regrouping with the main force in the AO.[/list][/indent]
Area of Operations:
