Gooooooood Moooooooooorning Glorious People's Democratic Republic of Farkistan!
Exciting news this Monday morning for glorious, freedom-loving peoples everywhere! Heavy fighting occurred today in the infamous Four Mile Valley region of Farkistan today, as our brave government forces made a major push to oust the insidious insurgents plaguing the area. While glorious, freedom-loving loyalist forces suffered heavy casualties overall with 62 KIA, their string of victorious victories have rallied popular opinion both home and abroad. Anonymous reports from within the Ministry of Information state that an American carrier was launching aircraft to support the reticent rebels, but were recalled after an alleged deal involving a missing KH-11 satellite. (Not that our friends the Americans were spying on us!)
Though reported to be leading the insurgency in the area, the cowardly Commandante Tarjay failed to make an appearance in today's battle, though rumor has it he was spotted disguised as a farmer fertilizing the fields east of Murville. Whether he shows his face in the valley again is anybody's guess, but if he does it will be alone as the insurgency in the Murville area has been gloriously and freedom-lovingly crushed.
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Objectives:
"Checkpoint Charlie" Maintain control of the road:
Government
"Fuel Dump" Destroy/Protect the airport's fuel supply:
Tie leaning heavily towards goverment
(Rebels, with a Deus ex machina)
"Free the sh*t outta them!" Protect Village:
Tie (there was no one in the bunker at the end!)
"Body Count" Rebels force gov't forces to respawn at town, 1 mortar attack per 15 KIA:
62 gov't KIA gave rebel forces 4 mortar attacks (0 used)
"Attack Helicopter" Every 30 minutes the fuel dump is defended Gov't forces receive 1 air strike:
Gov't forces earned 4 airstrikes (0 used)
"Commandante Tarjay" An energetic rallying point for the rebels, and a target for the gov't forces:
Government (Tarjay didn't activate, thus lost face in popular opinion)
"Tax Collector" Gov't forces must escort a tax collector to the village, on foot, to restore order and rule of law:
Government
"Satellite of Love" Recover an American spy sattellite, rebels get American airstrikes while gov't forces get no-fly-zoned:
Government
Overall: Government Forces Major Victory
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One HUGE factor from my perspective, as I had one radio in each ear: Government forces were very coordinated, while rebel forces were very not. Most of the game I heard little to no radio chatter on the rebel net, while the gov't net was constantly feeding information. This also led to gov't forces responding to new missions or reacting to surprises lightyears ahead of the rebels.
Also, maybe having the "high speed killing machines" stacked heavily on one side didn't exactly help the rebel cause LOL. As I said in the other thread though, I salute those rebels who played hard and fair as much as the gov't guys who played hard and fair. The objectives are there to give you a reason to shoot at each other in creative ways
Parallel-38 Bravo Co.
"If it bleeds, we can grill it" ~Me