Situation Report: Operation Evanscence
Operation Patriarch
Compiled by Taskforce Commander Ryker for immediate dissemination to all Tau-44 operatives.
[SEC=LEVEL 2] MOBILE TASK FORCE OPERATIVES WITH LEVEL 4 SECURITY CLEARANCE MAY REQUEST UNREDACTED INFORMATION DIRECT FROM O4 COUNCIL.
Situation
The O4 Council has approved the immediate deployment of a Mobile Task Force to deal with an urgent matter that is developing in the Southeast Asian region of Myanmar (Burma), near the border of Laos. An ongoing civil war has ravaged the region for the past decade, with no shortage of humanitarian crises and horrible acts of war in the region.
However in recent weeks a number of villages and townships have suffered mass casaulty events, with little to no survivors. Foundation intelligence suggests that neither faction of the ongoing civil war were involved in the events and publically both sides are blaming each other - claiming the other to be responsible. Intel obtained from a humanitarian NGO in the region indicates that of the few survivors from the events, none have been coherent, only being capable of muttering unrecognisable words and in most cases self harming or commiting suicide not long after being rescued.
No documented SCPs or anomalous activity have ever been recorded in the region however due to lack of evidence that local militia groups have commited the acts and the enormous loss of life associated with the events, it is of the utmost importance that an investigation is initiated and the situation is resolved as soon as possible.
Due to the remote nature of the region, a lack of foundation presence and no allied factions nearby, Mobile Task Force Tau-44 "Phalanx" will be deployed by air into the region and establish a forward operating base for supplies and equipment to be ferried into. From that FOB they will initiate an investigation into the situation and resolve it to the best of their ability.
Background
For decades since Myanmar (Burma) attained independence, civil wars have been a freqeunt feature of the socio-political landscape in the region. These wars are predominantly struggles for ethnic and sub-national autonomy and are notable for their ferocity and brutality. In recent times Myanmar has become a relative wasteland with no government in sight following a successful military coup d'état and not long after the total collapse of government. As a result warring ethnicities, militias and gangs have taken over much of the country and constantly fight to control their slices of land.
The most recent clashes have been between the nations ethnic chinese population and local Burmese militia. With the Chinese government publically supporting the Chinese militias claim to Myanmar. Foundation intelligence indicates that the PRC has been supplying weapons and equipment to the Chinese militia.