Operation Peregrine
Operation PerditusPeregrine
Location: Zone 51, ███████, United States of America
Written by Whitestrake, A.Jansen
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Situation
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An audio transcript of the ultimatum is available below:
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Site-232 Director Hamilton declared an emergency request for assistance (ERFA) within 20 minutes, appealing directly to Site-231 for our immediate help. However, all Tau-44 combat forces are either occupied elsewhere or - as you're well aware - undergoing post-engrammatic recovery. As such, Site-232 has extended their ERFA to the Regional Director, and remain completely unwilling to negotiate or surrender to the Templar forces.
Armed Rapid Response Task Force Xi-13 responded to the call, deploying to Zone-51 and immediately erecting a defensive line between Site-232 and the identified Knights Templar staging area. At 22:07, Xi-13 was engaged by an estimated 80-strong force identified as mercenaries. from theAmerican Caliburn Security Services Company (CSSC), led by 4 elite Knights Templar in powered combat armour.
The firefight 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 enemy - only a single Knight was known to have escaped after. However, ISR monitoring of Templar activity abroad has made Xi-13 aware of an additional full battalion's worth of Templars and Caliburn mercenaries already in transit to the Zone-51 AO - having likely predicted Site-232's rejection of the ultimatum and set off in advance. Xi-13 has now also declared an elevated state of emergency has requested reinforcements, as after totalling casualties they have been reduced to 16 effective strength, leaving them perilously close to being easily overrun.
2nd and 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, MTF Nu-7 "Hammer Down" are now preparing for immediate deployment to assist. Their time to arrival is at least 72 hours on account of logistics, mainly due to being spread relatively thin dealing with numerous other ongoing scenarios which have now been deprioritised.
To alleviate the possibility of the Site-232 defensive line being overrun and the 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 immediately.soil.
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 operations' execution.
Phase 1 Overview
Detachment One are to rapidly deploy and assist Rapid Response Task Force Xi-13 in securing Site-232 until 2nd and 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, MTF 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-232 following the initial assault and are now situated relatively southeast of Site-232. In the meantime, Templar forces have taken the initiative to secure an abandoned Foundation airfield further southeast of Xi-13's new position. Detachment One will select appropriate ground combat vehicles and transport themselves to the Xi-13 defensive line, utilising the transportation beam to speed up initial deployment.
Once there, Tau-44 are to push forward, conducting force reconaisance and deploying mines and traps. If Tau-44 identifies any advancing enemy forces, they are to retreat to the defensive line to prepare for contact; if not, they should continue advancing and attempt to personally reconnoiter the Templar staging area.
Phase 2 Overview
Once Nu-7 arrives, Tau-44 will move to Phase 2, switching to the offensive and assisting Nu-7 with pushing Templar forces off the island. Tau-44 will act in a familiar recon and surgical strike capacity, hitting targets of importance - behind enemy lines if necesesary - in coordination with Nu-7's efforts.
Phase 3 Overview
Once Nu-7 have the Templars on the back foot, Tau-44 is to pivot to assisting with the defense and extraction of all Site-232 personnel and artifacts. Once those have been securely transported out of the AO, Site-232 is to be decommissioned until such time as a new use for it can be determined.TBD
Administration/Logistics
AdministrationTBD
Rules of Engagement:Fire-at-will. Any and all targets identified as Templar or Caliburn forces are to be terminated with extreme prejudice.