Operation Perambulate
Operation Perambulate
Location: Washington, U.S.A.
Written by A.Jansen
[SEC=LEVEL 2] MOBILE TASK FORCE OPERATIVES WITH LEVEL 4 SECURITY CLEARANCE MAY REQUEST UNREDACTED INFORMATION DIRECT FROM O4 COUNCIL.
Situation
Foundation Intelligence has intercepted reports from a detachment of American Provincial Government (APG) troops, indicating the existence of an anomaly that allegedly creates portals back in time. The APG troops stumbled into this discovery while sheltering with a lawless holdout group, the "New Confederacy" (NC), in far west America (Washington State).
The APG troops were sheltering with the NC after being attacked by another regional faction, the "Ascended", observed to have decayed faces and glowing red eyes. The reports indicate that before the APG troops discovered the time-portal anomaly and were wiped out by the NC, the NC shared information that the Ascended were Still Water victims who kept their minds and intelligence.
Foundation Intelligence has raised question marks regarding two important details: Firstly, that the Foundation is unaware of any uncontained time-travel or portal-generating anomalies, which means the one referred to in the APG detachment's reports is currently undocumented. Secondly, the Foundation has yet to observe any instance of Still Water victims having retained cognitive function.
MTF Tau-44 "Phalanx" will deploy to take control the situation and secure access to the undocumented anomaly and anomalous faction of Still Water victims, though this directive will remain TOP SECRET. Publicly, the Foundation has offered to send in a team to attempt to negotiate with the rogue New Confederacy, or eliminate them by force if necessary.
Background
Back in early September, a detachment of American Provincial Government (APG) forces made contact with a holdout survivor group in Washington State, calling themselves the "New Confederacy" (NC). The APG detachment had arrived there on the 3rd, directed to investigate the origins of propaganda radio broadcasts coming from the region, conduct general reconnaissance, and report back.
First contact was not hostile, but soon after, APG forces noted NC scouts observing their movements and their camps at night. APG was already on edge when they eventually came under a coordinated attack at 2021-09-09 2300h, just six days after entering the region. APG initially mistook the opposing force as NC, but revised that assessment when they noted the attackers appeared to be decaying and had glowing bright red eyes.
Foundation agents intercepted these reports from the APG detachment before they could reach command, and the intel was not forwarded, in favour of preventing a panicked reaction from the APG.
The 20-strong APG detachment repelled the attack but sustained 14 casualties (11 deaths). The remaining soldiers requested shelter with the NC, who took them in and gave them information regarding "the Ascended", the red-eyed cult faction that attacked them. APG soldiers learned that the Ascended had been exposed to Still Water but retained cognitive function, and that NC had been in conflict with them for some time - having recently started broadcasting propaganda to try to recruit new blood to help with the fight.
After three days of radio silence, on 2021-09-13, Foundation agents intercepted another flurry of transmissions speaking of a 'portal back in time', reporting the deaths of all APG troops except the detachment leader, and that the NC had killed them. The Foundation doctored the transmissions to exclude references to the anomalous portal and then forwarded the reports to the APG - before publicly offering to send a team to negotiate with, or eliminate, the NC.
Groups of Interest
Mission & Execution
Administration/Logistics
Administration
- Rules of Engagement: WEAPONS TIGHT - do not fire without identifying the target to a superior officer and seeking permission to engage. Do not initiate hostile contact with any faction unless advised otherwise by TOC.
NEW CONFEDERACY - if engaged, stand and defend, but do not pursue retreating forces.
ASCENDED - if engaged, prosecute any hostile forces and ensure there are no survivors.
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- CAS drone will periodically be available for support. Deployment must be requested prior to operation to ensure it is in the AO on time. It will take approximately 2 hours between refuel/rearm trips.
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- Due to the remoteness of the AO Detachment 1 will be deploying via 2 cargo planes. Due to the lack of functional airfield between our deployment point and the AO there is a weight limit for the detachment to ensure that the birds have enough fuel for there and back.
All operative equipment for Detachment One should not exceed 650 kilograms. That allows for 25kg x 26 People roughly. This will be loaded on the first plane.
The second plane is free to carry cargo of any kind and has a total cargo weight of 6500kg. This plane will arrive a week after the first plane.
Vehicles are available to be loaded into the aircraft:
Polaris DAGOR (Armed w/XM312 + Ammunition)- 1800kg Each (5 Seats)
Land Rover 110 - 2100kg Each (8 Seats)
Unarmored Humvee (Armed w/M2 + Ammunition) - 2500kg Each (5 Seats)
M1165A1 Uparmored Transport Humvee - 2800kg Each (6 Seats)
Uparmored Humvee (Armed w/M2 + Ammunition) - 3200kg Each (5 Seats)
M1030 Motorbike - 175kg Each (2 Seats)
Quadbike - 400kg Each (2 Seats)
UGV Stomper (Armed + Ammunition) - 4200kg Each
AR-2 Darter - 5kg Each
AL-6 Cargo Drone - 8kg Each
MAARS Drone (M240 + Ammunition) - 250kg Each
Cargo Containers Available:
2x 250kg Capacity Containers
- Due to the remoteness of the AO Detachment 1 will be deploying via 2 cargo planes. Due to the lack of functional airfield between our deployment point and the AO there is a weight limit for the detachment to ensure that the birds have enough fuel for there and back.