Operation: Red Dusk - 1980s FunOp

[GySgt Cole]

 

Operation: Red Dusk
1980s Themed FunOp

 

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

 

The year is 1985. At the May Day Celebrations in Moscow, Mikhail Gorbachev announces his intentions to bring about massive reforms to the Soviet Union. A band of hardliners within the politburo and conservative military leaders enact a plan to seize control of the Soviet Union and continue the path towards a world socialist state. The plan is a stunning success, and the defenders of the Gorbachev claim are quickly outnumbered and overpowered. Protests in the streets of Leningrad, Moscow and Eastern Europe are squashed with brutal force. Gorbachev is captured trying to flee Soviet troops, confesses to his crimes before the Supreme Soviet, and is summarily executed.

Now, small rebellions have sparked up across the Soviet sphere of influence, and Soviet troops are responding to many, but not all. One that has since gone uninterfered is The Soviet Republic of Chernarus (an autonomous Republic of the Soviet Union) has completely seceded from the Union, and Moscow has not made any indication of taking the country back. The rebels that have seized the nation are ultranationalist, and may have control of the whatever nuclear arsenal was stored in Chernarus. With the Soviets not responding to the rebellion, democratic forces in parts of the country have also risen up, and now the fragile independence is threatened by civil war. In order to protect civilian lives and prevent the ultra nationalists from using their nuclear arsenal, the US is deploying troops to the country, and the 13th Marine Expeditionary unit is tasked with the northeastern part of the nation.

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If you miss conventional tactics, this fun op is for you. You will have sticks. Two sticks and a rock, and the whole platoon has to share the rock.

I want this mission to feel dramatic, so I’ll be asking players to maintain an operational sense of decorum if they choose to participate. You don’t have to use ranks or any of that, but please try to remember the setting. You’re a Marine at what may be the brink of WW3 in 1985, not an eMarine in 2017.

With that in mind, I will be trying to make this mission (and its followups, if there’s interest) difficult and a bit foreign. Sure, we’ll be carrying M16s and M249s, but we’re not going to have MicroDAGRs or personal radios to fall back on. Only the RTOs will have access to comms (I may walk this back to FTLs having radios depending on how awful having fireteams limited to verbal comms since hand signals can only be so accurate in Arma).

 

LOADOUTS

 

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Roster:

I’ll start with a squad and supporting assets, but this mission can definitely accommodate more if there's interest.

Misfit 1-1 SL: SC: RTO: Sgt Towns			Misfit 1 HQ
1-1-A TL: AR: AAR: RFL:			Plt CO: Plt Sgt: Plt RTO: Sgt Coburn Plt Corpsman:
1-1-B TL: AR: AAR: RFL:			Misfit 4 SL: LCpl Seixeiro Gunner: 1stLt Dann Ammo:
1-1-C TL: LCpl Melo AR: AAR: RFL:			TL: Gunner: Ammo:

Aviation

Don't have to fill all these, I'm thinking first two are SuperCobra, the three are a Huey with door gunners? Again, you guys are sort of the bosses of how you run things so it's up to you. But there's no authentic/decent looking fixed wing mods that have 80s era marine/navy airframes so you're stuck with rotary.

Rotary Pilot:

Rotary Pilot:

Rotary Pilot:
Rotary Pilot:
Rotary Pilot:

Zeus
I am new to Zeusing, help is appreciated. If you're interested PM me or find me on TS.

interested:
parker
willard
derr
owens
tfw more zeuses than players

 

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Modlist:
I've provided both Steam and Armaholic links. Some of these require CBA as a dependency, ignore this and use the CBA you already have for our standard mod-pack. I may add things closer to the op date, so check this again later in the week.

-Standard 3d Mods

-CUP Weapons
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=497660133 
Armaholic: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=27489

-NIArsenal
Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=667454606

-NIArsenal M60
Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=667337236

-US Military Mod
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=579942493
Armaholic: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=30004

-Huey Pack
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=370592133
Armaholic: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=27960

-Project OPFOR
Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=735566597
Armaholic: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=31310

-Winter Chernarus
Armaholic: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=29752

~4 GB - Total extras

Edited March 30, 2017 by Cpl Cole

[GySgt Cole]

As for when this is happening, I'm currently saying next Friday, 31MAR17 @ 2000EST.
However, if people enjoy it and want to play more I have more missions in mind for the future.

Edited March 31, 2017 by Cpl Cole
on hold

[Sgt (Ret) Coburn]

I'll take Platoon RTO if that is cool. I'm about ready to clear our birds hot on some filthy globalist scum!!!!111

[Seixeiro]

Misfit 4 SL plz

 

[Dann]

Is the M60 MG available for the gunner position? I'll be down for the gunner if it is.

[GySgt Cole]

5 hours ago, 1stLt Dann said:

Is the M60 MG available for the gunner position? I'll be down for the gunner if it is.

We've been discussing that. Yes, and I might add an extra mod to make the M60 super nice, but if not there's definitely one available in CUP Weapons.

[Dann]

Noice!

[S. Willard]

I can help zues if needed

[SSgt (Ret) Melo]

Can I be in 1-1-C ? (That is where I actually was in the 13th ) No preference in placement.

[Sgt (Ret) Towns]

I'll take an RTO slot

[Capt (Ret) Marsden]

You know how to turn a retired Captain on. Once you have a date, I'll let you know if I can join

[GySgt Cole]

Would anyone be opposed to changing this to Friday at 2000EST?
I just realized it's fifth week and that would be better for many I think.

@LCpl Seixeiro @Sgt Towns @Sgt Coburn @1stLt Dann @Cpl Melo

Edited March 29, 2017 by Cpl Cole

[SSgt (Ret) Melo]

 I got training... I think? Not sure if we are doing 5th week element training...

[Seixeiro]

I'm a Pleb with no IRL responsibilities so doesn't matter to me.

[Sgt (Ret) Towns]

I have my dads bday dinner at 1730 on friday, I should be back in time though.

[Dann]

Fridays great

[GySgt Cole]

Okay, Friday 2000 is the new time. Tell your friends, tell your wife

[Maj Whelan]

Disregard

 

Edited March 30, 2017 by SNA Whelan

[Seixeiro]

On 3/29/2017 at 3:29 PM, Cpl Cole said:

Okay, Friday 2000 is the new time. Tell your friends, tell your wife

dont have either, who should i tell?

 

[GySgt Cole]

Due to lack of sign ups, I'm just gonna postpone this until I get back from my LOA in mid-April. Sorry
This will give me time to guilt trip people into playing

But yeah I'll keep the roster up and post up and if anyone is just generally interested leave a post and I'll poke y'all when I figure out a better date.

[Dann]

Guilt trip the fuck out of them!

[GySgt Cole]

Anyone still interested in this?

[Dann]

Fuck yes 

Edited May 17, 2017 by 1stLt Dann

[LCpl (Ret) McKnight]

fuck it I'm game