Op.Firestorm 22-23rd August 2015 Eversley

[Baz JJ]

 

OKTO EIGHT MILSIM proudly presents Operation FIRESTORM

Mission

This will be a weekend game consisting of two 8hr COMBAT OPERATIONS.

LOCATION

EVERSLEY, Fleet Road (A327) Eversley Hampshire RG27 0PY

"The Valley" boasts mixed terrain supported by a silver birch, pine and rhododendron forest. With natural hills and a sweeping valley that passes around its heights.

DATE

22 - 23 AUGUST 2015

COST

£60 (£25 non refundable deposit required at time of booking)

Players must be 16 years of age or over.

TIMINGS

STARTEX 0900 22nd August

ENDEX 1700 23rd August

FORCES - Total 50 places

Coalition SF: 4 places

Moldistan Defence Force (MDF- Government Army): 19 places

Moldistan Peoples Front (MPF - Rebels): 19 places

Mercury PMC: 8 places

Uniform/Loadout Requirements:

Full details are on the group but basically in overview:

Coalition SF - 100% MTP or Multicam (AOR2, ATACS etc also considered) - NATO weapons

MDF - 100% DPM or Flecktarm - NATO or Eastern Bloc assault rifles

MPF - Top or Bottoms in DPM or Flecktarn - remainder in solid colours like tan, green, grey, etc - No helmets, boonies or berets. Mainly Soviet weaponry.

PMC - Top and bottom in solid colours such as green/olive drab, grey, black or tan.Casual style – cargo or tactical trousers with fleece, T-shirt or soft shell jacket – no jeans. Baseball caps only for headgear. Wide range of weapons.

EQUIPMENT

You will need to bring all your own food and water and the means to cook with.

No Two Tone weapons - limited ammunition and low cap/mid cap use only.

Radios optional.

Free Overnight Camping

SCENARIO

Location - the former Soviet Republic of Moldistan.

A massive seam of high grade, Titanium yielding ore was discovered in Moldistan last year, unexpectedly propelling this sleepy, poor, woodland country into the limelight of international politics and high level commerce.

Operation Firestorm is the third game in this series (although it’s not necessary for new players to have played at the previous two games - it’s easy to just pick up this game at the latest stage).

In previous games, the allegedly corrupt and autocratic president of Moldistan, Aleksandr Gretsky manipulated both the US and Russian governments, in order to get the best price for the valuable commodity coming from his new Titanium mine at Gorazh.
The Peoples Front of Moldistan (MPF), an anti-Gretsky political body of former governmental soldiers and radicals have taken to the forest to avoid persecution. Their leader Nikolay Jakov, a modern day Robin Hood has surrounded himself with his “merry men” and together they harass and harry the government army at every turn.

Since the Titanium was discovered, Moldistan has suddenly become an interesting proposition for the West. Various Coalition Special Forces and security agencies have become involved, much to the frustration of Gretsky and the Moldistan government.
This level of unwanted interest has increased noticeably since Gretsky signed a Titanium trade agreement to supply the Russians, effectively shunning the US.

Titanium is important to the Russian economy and is being used to produce key lightweight components in their armaments industries. Moscow is therefore very keen to protect their new supply line. The US, not unsurprisingly, would have liked another outcome.

In the last game, Operation Tailspin, a coalition spy plane engaged in a black-ops flight over Moldistan, developed technical problems and crash landed in the dense forest that makes up a large part of the country.

A red-faced coalition immediately tasked a Special Forces team to extract the pilot (who had safely ejected) together with some sensitive technology, before an international political incident occurred.

The mission was a mixed success. The pilot was recovered safely but a flight data recorder, containing incriminating flight logs for the spying mission, fell into the hands of the Moldistan government.

However, the Special Forces team were able to partly redeem themselves by capturing a valuable research scientist who was essential to Gretsky’s ambitious weapon manufacturing plans. An expert in potent liquid explosives and miniaturised aerial vehicles (tiny insect-sized surveillance drones),

Professor Gagarsky is now sunning himself in Florida with a new job.

The MPF were instrumental in this largely successful operation, assisting the Coalition in return for two cases of the finest Kalashnikov assault rifles.

Gretsky’s army, the Moldistan Defence Force (MDF) struggled bravely to defend their country against an overwhelming force. Hampered by western technology, troop defections to the rebels and poor support from their own government, the MDF, a disciplined and professional army made a gallant “blood and guts” effort right to the end.

This is all now consigned to history.

Let’s move forward to now.

Gretsky is furious. His Titanium mine is operational, but the Russians are putting on pressure to increase production. With the defection of his scientist, he has effectively lost his “Special Research Facility” and the rebels are growing in power every day.
Of course, he will make the most of any propaganda by exposing the flight records of the recent coalition black-ops spying mission to the worlds media, but does anybody care enough for it to make a difference??

Frustrated by the various factions interfering in his country and a growing threat of civil war which could result in revolution and his eventual demise, Gretsky has been seen to repeatedly thump the oversized desk in his presidential office in anger.

His latest tirade had him instructing his assembled Generals to “rain fire down on the heads of anybody opposing his will”.
Operation Firestorm is in progress – the Gretsky hammer is about to fall and he has some very special plans to turn the tide.

Everything is at stake and he has to lift the morale of his troops, make sure the MDF are victorious and vanquish his enemies once and for all.
A new mysterious force enters the arena, in the form of Mercury, a shadowy Private Military Contractor (PMC) run by an American ex special ops individual named Granger.

MPF, MDF, Mercury or a coalition-led Special Operations Force – who you going to fight for ?

The full background and preliminary intelligence is already posted on the Okto Eight Milsim Facebook page in the form of news clippings and confidential intel reports.

Booking opens 11th May 2015

Please book online at: https://www.facebook...OktoEightMilsim

For further information please contact - [email protected] or call 07535507950

OKTO EIGHT ADMIN

[Baz JJ]

Scenario/storyline for Op Firestorm will be updated last week of April, after Op Tailspin which is the no.2 game in the series is played out.

[Baz JJ]

Booking now open for those that played at the Tailspin game over the weekend. Open booking will commence in two weeks time.

[Baz JJ]

[Baz JJ]

[Baz JJ]

[SeniorSpaz87]

Haha, awesome Baz

[Baz JJ]

The last game, Op Tailspin which was held last weekend was great fun.

 

There is a detailed review on the Op.Tailspin thread here on AFUK together with some photos.

 

Now onwards to Firestorm which is at a different site and will have different opportunities and challenges.

[BrightCandle]

How big is the site?

[Baz JJ]

The playable area is about 75 acres I believe, although the total area is closer 200. It is very different to the J20 site in that it has less roads, denser coniferous forest and a lot more undulations and features. There is also an in-play village although its not FIBUA. My colleagues at Okto tell me it is a great site and I have no reason to disbelieve that. I will go there in the next few weeks for a recce and I will post up what I can.

 

Of course, the site is not everything in an Okto game !!

[Baz JJ]

[Baz JJ]

We have just changed the loadout slightly for the rebels because we have arrived at a situation where two teams could end up wearing baseball caps and 100% solid colours.

 

So we have asked the MPF rebels not to wear baseball caps.

 

The PMC team are unfortunately restricted to just wearing baseball caps, but the MPF have a myriad of headgear to choose from.

 

They arent allowed helmets, boonies or berets, but that leaves a lot of other more freestyle hats to choose from.

 

Can you make some sensible suggestions to help stir their imaginations ?

[Sacarathe]

What are/where can i read, the medic rules?

[Baz JJ]

PM'd you

[Baz JJ]

External booking opens tomorrow..

[Baz JJ]

PMC Team fully booked already.

Game is 40% booked as of the first morning.

[Baz JJ]

Rebel team also fully booked.

[Baz JJ]

 

 

 

Tsiara Village in Moldistan. Just part of the exercise area for Op Firestorm in August. ‪#‎deathtogretsky‬

[Baz JJ]

[SeniorSpaz87]

Sounds great Baz, think I may have to go to the next one... Y'all put a lot of time into the story, which is fun

[Baz JJ]

[Baz JJ]

Latest from storyline:

 

[Sacarathe]

How're the bookings standing now?

[Baz JJ]

More or less there and still over 2 and a half months to go. Can still fit some players in though if people want to play.

[Baz JJ]

Moldistan TV News

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QfT5ywmiJM0&feature=youtu.be