Operation Perditus
Operation Perditus
Location: Zone 51, ████
Written by A.Jansen
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Situation
At 09:300930 hours on the 17th of August, 2021, Site-232 perimeter security of Site 232 spotted movement todirectly the direct Easteast of the main entrance. The movement was soonan revealedapproaching envoy of the Knights Templar, sent to bedeliver an ultimatum: hand over several anomalous items, or be attacked. The envoy forthen returned to a nearby Knights Templar staging area, setupwhich appears to have been recently constructed with the sole intent of raiding SiteSite-232.
An audio transcript of the ultimatum is available below:
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Origin of Transcript: Front Gate, Above Ground Compound,
Individuals Recorded: Unidentified Templar Envoy, Officer Liam Soule and Senior Officer Patrick Secunda [BEGIN LOG]
Senior Officer Secunda: Identify yourself
[Unidentified Envoy]: Do not fire! Things
Senior Officer Secunda: I don't know how the fuck or why the fuck
[Unidentified Envoy]: I come
Senior Officer Secunda: What are the terms?
Officer Liam Soule: (quietly) This fucking guy, what is this? The renaissance?
Senior Officer Secunda: (quietly) Shut the fuck
Senior Officer Secunda: What are the terms?
[Unidentified Envoy]: You have two peaceful options. On
Senior Officer Secunda: Soule, get the Site
Officer Liam Soule: Yes sir!
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The tablet provided had a list provided on the notes section of the device, notibly the device was infact a Samsung phone and not a tablet. Thorough scans through the device reveal nothing of note beyond the factory default applications. A screenshot of the note is provided below:Within(right).
Site-232 Director Hamilton contacteddeclared nearbyan Siteemergency request for assistance (ERFA) within 20 minutes, appealing directly to Site-231 for assistance.our immediate help. However, all Tau-44 combat unitsforces of our Task Force wereare either occupied elsewhere or - as you areyou're well aware,aware currently- undergoing post-engramengrammatic recoveryrecovery. As such, Site-232 has extended their ERFA to the Regional Director, and familiarisation.remain Ascompletely such Site 232 put out an emergency call for any and all assistance, obviously not being willingunwilling to negotiate or give insurrender to the Templar forces.
Armed Rapid Response Task Force Xi-13
responded to theThe betweenfirefight lasted over five hours, ending at 03:20 and resulting in Xi-13 suffering a 60% casualty rate and inflicting near-total casualties upon the Templarenemy assault group lasted until 03:20 the next day. With Xi-13 sustaining 60% casualties but inflicting nearly 100% casualities on the assault party, leaving- only a single knightKnight was known to flee.have escaped after. However, intelligence actively being gathered by surveilance teamsISR monitoring of Templar activity elsewhereabroad notifyhas made Xi-13 thataware approximatelyof aan battalionsadditional full battalion's worth of Templars and Caliburn Mercenaries are on their way to Zone 51, with some havingmercenaries already arrivedin recently - likely duetransit to the TemplarsZone-51 suspectingAO Site- 232having notlikely topredicted comply.Site-232's Asrejection aof resultthe ultimatum and set off in advance. Xi-13 has now also declared an elevated state of emergency and has requested reinforcement,reinforcements, Xi-13as isafter originally only a Task Force of roughly 40 men and having suffered 60%totalling casualties they arehave onlybeen leftreduced withto 16 men,effective albeitstrength, exo-suitleaving equippedthem butperilously stillclose only 16, as such the likelyhood of Xi-13to being overruneasily isoverrun.
2nd and 3rd Company, 1st BattalionBattalion, ofMTF Nu-7 '"Hammer Down'Down" are preppingnow preparing for immediate deployment to assist. Nu-7Their time to arrival is howeverat expected to takeleast 72 hours,hours aton least, to be ready for mass deploymentaccount of two combat ready companies,logistics, mainly due to being spread relatively thin dealing with numerous other situationongoing atscenarios thiswhich time.
To alleviate the possibility of Xi-13the Site-232 defensive line being overrun inand the meantime,loss of Xi-13, and to help keep the situation stable for long enough to Nu-7 to arrive, Tau-44 will enact expedited post-engrammatic recovery procedures and field Detachment One of TAU-44 has been ordered to speed up Post-Engram rehab and deploy to immediately reinforce Xi-13 and prevent Site 232 from being overrun before the arrival of Nu-7.
Groups of Interest
Caliburn Security Services Company
Mission & Execution
Workup - 21/08/21
Detachment One, Tau-44 are to gear up and prepare for deployment. This work up is time for everyone to make kits, test them and work with their team on any aspects of teamwork that may need improving. Additionally this is time to ask any operational questions and determine the minute details of the operationsoperations' execution.
Phase 1 Overview
Detachment One are to rapidly deploy and assist Rapid Response Task Force Xi-13 in securing Site Site-232 until 2nd and 3rd Company, 1st BattalionBattalion, ofMTF Nu-7 'Hammer Down' arrive en masse to take over the defence efforts.
Phase 1-A - 29/08/21
Xi-13 has taken the opportunity to push their defence further from Site Site-232 following the initial assault and are now situated torelatively southeast of Site-232. In the South-Eastmeantime, ofTemplar Siteforces 232.have Whiletaken the Templarsinitiative haveto move and securedsecure an abandoned Foundation Airfieldairfield further tosoutheast theof SE.Xi-13's new position. Detachment One will select appropriate ground combat vehicles and transport themselves and several vehicles of choice to the Xi-13 defensive lineline, utilising the transportation beam to speed up theinitial process.deployment.
Once there, Tau-44 are to push forwardforward, conducting force reconaisance and conductdeploying reconaisancemines aheadand oftraps. theIf lineTau-44 to check foridentifies any advancing Templarenemy forces. Shouldforces, advancing forces be identified, Tau-44they are to deploy defensive boobytraps and mines before then retreatingretreat to the defensive line andto bracingprepare for contact.Shouldcontact; noif advancingnot, forces be identified, Tau-44they should laycontinue mines and boobytraps then advance further forwardadvancing and attempt to personally reconnoiter the Templar staging area.
Phase 2 Overview
Detachment One are to work alongsideOnce Nu-7 arrives, Tau-44 will move to repellPhase 2, switching to the offensive and assisting Nu-7 with pushing Templar forces and push them fromoff the island. Tau-44 will act asin a reconnaisancefamiliar recon and quicksurgical strike force for Nu-7,capacity, hitting targets of importance and conducting- behind enemy lines strikes.
if necesesary - in coordination with Nu-7's efforts.
Phase 3 Overview
DetachmentOnce OneNu-7 arehave the Templars on the back foot, Tau-44 is to assistpivot into movingassisting with the defense and extraction of all Site-232 personnel and artifactsartifacts. fromOnce Sitethose 232have andbeen extractingsecurely them.transported Siteout of the AO, Site-232 is to then be decomissioned temporarilydecommissioned until such time as a new use for theit sitecan isbe determined.
Administration/Logistics
Administration
- Rules of Engagement: Fire-at-will. Any and all targets identified as Templar or Caliburn forces are to be terminated with extreme prejudice.