Late Start

Situation

The CDF have finally started a general offensive into the interior of South Zagoria. The two main axes of attack are two armored thrusts North-Northwest from Chernogorsk and West from Berezino. The Southern offensive began yesterday, and the Northern is set to begin this morning. Our relatively small contingent has little to contribute to the large conventional fight, but was assigned some reconnaissance and raiding for the Western offensive thrust.

However, there has been a major complication. After elements of the CDF 2nd Armoured Brigade stormed Zelenogorsk, they encountered heavy resistance from dug-in NChDKZ troops on Green Mountain. To dislodge the defenders, they called in incendiary ordnance from artillery and airstrikes to burn the forest to the ground. Combined with an unusual atmospheric temperature inversion, this has blanketed the entire South Zagoria region in thick smoke.

Light conditions became so poor this past night that no night vision devices could function effectively and all planned preparatory fires and airstrikes have been called off until full daylight. Despite this issue, CDF command refuses to delay the Northern branch of the offensive and insists that all missions proceed along a compressed timeline.

FRIENDLY FORCES

• Theseus Inc.
• Chernarus Defence Forces

ENEMY FORCES

• NChDKZ

Objectives

Theseus is to hit two objectives near FOB Svoboda. The first is a mortar position believed to be located in the ruins of Devil's Castle, where Theseus is to destroy all mortars. The second objective is the schoolhouse in the town of Grishino, which is believed to be under use by NChDKZ as a regional command post and POW interrogation center. We are to assault the schoolhouse, kill all enemy inside, and rescue any POWs we find before withdrawing.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES

• Destroy all mortars found at the Devil's Castle site.
• Terminate all enemy personnel in the schoolhouse at Grishino
• Rescue six CDF POWs held at the Grishino schoolhouse

Equipment

GROUND

• N/A

AIR

• N/A

SPECIAL

• N/A

Intelligence

• Enemy Capabilities: Near Peer
• Enemy Vehicle Composition: Heavy Armoured Support Capabilities
• EOD Required: Required
• Est. Enemy Force: 1x Platoon Sized Element (32-50), 1x Company Sized Element (80-120)
• Est. Time Frame: 2 Hours
• Locked Doors: Yes

This mission was originally intended to take place in the dead of night, using tactical surprise in combination with Theseus' superior night-fighting equipment. The smoke has both robbed us of those advantages. In addition, it is virtually guaranteed that the NChDKZ will be on alert as Northern offensive thrust's preparatory fires and airstrikes will be ongoing as of mission start.

Devil's Castle was already a ruin when Theseus got in country, but the fact that spotters could potentially spot the FOB from its tallest towers meant that the ZSU-23-4s blasted anything within direct line of sight even before Theseus got there. It's now even more of a ruin, but is believed to still be used as a mortar position.

Grishino is believed to have a substantial enemy presence. Over the course of their uprising, NChDKZ have built a salvage yard on the Northern edge of town for military vehicles in addition to using the school for military purposes. A recent high level reconnaissance photo with image analysis has been included.