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djoos5 -> Red Storm (11/10/2013 12:54:48 AM)
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Hello - I am new to the Matrix forums and a new player of Command, but have long enjoyed Harpoon in its original iteration. Also having been a long time fan of Tom Clancy and his book Red Storm Rising, I want to take liberties from that novel and create my own campaign. I am not sure if there are any other builds of this nature going on right now, but I still want to embark on my own.
It will be a campaign build made up of three sequential scenarios described below and each scenario will have conditions that need met to lead to the next. Each scenario may be played individually, but it is my intent to create a story spanning all three.
1) FILL THE GAP - In 1990, inside the Soviet Republic, hard-line Communists within the politburo and the military, who do not abide President Gorbachev's perestroika and glasnost stage a coup d’état and wrest the control of the Soviet power to themselves. Knowing NATO would be quick to react against them and would try to return the former president to power; they unleash the Soviet Navy and ramp up Eastern European Bloc forces. It is the onset of World War III.
NATO, having been taken by surprise by the coup, reacts as quickly as possible but fails to stop the capture of Iceland by the Soviets. With the G-I-UK gap now compromised, the United States, Norwegians and British rush to fill the gap with attack subs so as to contain the Soviet forces. With SOSUS out of commission, it is the only way that NATO can keep Soviet Boomers from sailing off their coasts. In France and Germany, the land forces clash and the Europeans desperately cry to the United States for resources. The US Navy 2nd Fleet, hampered by scheduled servicing of the fleet, turns its one active carrier, the USS Nimitz, north towards Iceland and the Faroe Islands to project power at the island nation as well as into the Norwegian Sea.
2) DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES – Knowing of the approach of the vaunted US Carrier, the Soviet Air Force (Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily) executes a surprise attack on the US Navy. The goal is to stave off any landing force on Iceland and to maintain Soviet air superiority over the island. Also the political capital that would rise from the destruction of such a target could sway the United States into a more conservative position and allow the Soviets to destroy the Western European resistance. The ultimate goal is to maintain the Soviet status quo, which the removal of Gorbachev and any western intercession would achieve, not to take over Europe. The new Soviet leadership sees the destruction of the Nimitz as crucial. Once done, along with the overwhelming of NATO forces on the ground, the Soviets could withdraw to their former lines and know that they could handle their inner-political challenges without any outside interference.
3) REYKJAVÍK OR BUST – With the Soviet Navy contained within the Norwegian Sea and its long-range bomber force decimated over Iceland, it is time for the NATO forces to recapture the island. To do that, the US Navy has three Tarawa-class (LHA) transports – each with its own reinforced brigade of Marines – en route to the southern peninsula where the city of Reykjavík and Keflavik await. With the Nimitz and her escorts near at hand to provide air support beyond that of the Sea Harriers on the Tarawas, the Marines will be landed on the shore to recapture both important cities with their very important airfields. But it will be no simple task. Even though the battle has raged around it – the Soviet forces, including aircraft, that hold the island still have teeth and it is their intention to deny the US Navy its prize. If Iceland falls, the Soviet projection of power will be eliminated and NATO will have an open ocean to move more critical supplies into Europe. The political will of NATO will be more powerful than ever, whereas the Soviet government in turmoil would break. It is the last chance.
So… obviously very similar to the premise of Clancy’s books, but hopefully something that will be fun to model. I will let you all know how it goes and if there is any advice, I would love to have it.
Thanks for reading!
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