Operation: Urgent Gambit

21 - 23 October 2005

Operation: Urgent Gambit was the continuation of Operation: Urgent Harvest put on by Team Blackjack and Georgia Airsoft.  It was held at the Paintballs and More field located in Dalton Georgia. 

Teams Registered for Operation: Urgent Gambit

Galleries

(What we have so far.)

Operation and Mission Outcomes

Overall the points victory went to the Cortanican People's Liberation Movement with a point count of 277 -vs- 235 BUT the Joint Special Operations Task Force Shepard Phoenix did succeed in the end at detonating the three bombs carrying the bio-chemical agent-808.  This will have the long term effect of destroying all of the coca plants on the island and as a result eliminate the major money-making product of the C.P.L.M.  While the Joint Special Operations Task Force Shepard Phoenix did actually accomplish more missions the Cortanican People's Liberation Movement inflicted very heavy casualties on the special forces in the process.

Missions

Below is a run down of the missions that were given out to each team.  The individual commanders will be providing AARs that are done from their point of view that will be added to the page as well.

Mission 0:

JSOTFSP:  Part of the force held the main base while reinforcements were flown into DZ Anaconda on the North Western side of the field by CH-47 Chinook.  The reinforcements had to fight their way through the CPLM forces in the area and make it to the main base.

CPLM:  The CPLM became aware of the reinforcements  and sent out their forces to intercept and destroy any of the forces that they could.

Mission 1:

JSOTFSP:  The special forces team was ordered to retrieve the hard drive from the ejection seat of the recon aircraft that was shot down the previous day (Operation: Urgent Harvest).  This mission was successfully completed.

CPLM:  The CPLM were ordered to retrieve any parts of the shot-down F-18 recon plane.  They were able to eventually recover the ejection seat from the plane as a trophy and proof that the American military was meddling in Cortanican affairs.

Mission 2:

JSOTFSP:  In an effort to gain intelligence on the CPLM's local movements the special forces team set out to emplace several remote battle field sensor systems (REMBASS) and a signal repeater so that the intelligence from the sensors could be analyzed by naval analysts on the ships off shore.  The force was able to successfully place three of the sensors and the signal repeater.

CPLM:  The rebels were tasked with placing three 60 mm mortars for use against the special forces task force.  They were able to successfully place all three mortars without the special forces team locating and destroying the assetts.

Mission 3:

JSOTFSP:  The special forces team was tasked with meeting Rico Diaz (Freedom fighter leader) along with two of his lieutenants and escorting them to LZ cobra for extraction.  The team tasked with meeting and extracting the freedom fighters met heavy resistance and were not able to make it to the rendezvous.  Another SF team on another task happened upon the freedom fighter leader and his lieutenants and tried to escort them back to their base camp.  One of the lieutenants was taken out by a sniper not long after the rendezvous.  Afterwards, a single escort, Rico Diaz, and his last lieutenant were ambushed and assassinated while they were approaching the special forces base camp.

CPLM:  The CPLM received orders to locate and assassinate the freedom fighter leader (Rico Diaz) and his lieutenants before they could form an alliance with the U.S. forces on the island.  As described above, they were able to accomplish this mission.

Mission 4:

JSOTFSP:  Intelligence had indicated that the CPLM had several weapons caches hidden in the area.  The SF team was tasked with locating and destroying these caches.  They were able to locate and eliminate two of these caches.

CPLM:  The rebels were able to initially retrieve two of the weapons caches in their area.  Later they successfully captured some of the weapons caches from the SF base camp*.

*  It was later revealed that the weapons cache items at the SF base camp had already been destroyed but were placed there until they could be moved off of the field.  Due to the confusion on this subject both teams were awarded points for successfully completed missions.

Mission 5:

JSOTFSP:  The special forces team was tasked with retrieving those REMBASS sensors that they placed earlier in the operation as they had collected much data and could fall into the hands of the rebels otherwise.  The team was successful in recovering three of the four sensors and the signal repeater.

CPLM:  The rebels needed to deliver ammunition to the mortar positions so that they may call in artillery strikes on the special forces team.  They were able to successfully deliver the one crate of mortar shells that they had.

Mission 6:

JSOTFSP:  Tasked with destroying a bridge that the CPLM forces were heavily using, the special forces team infiltrated the area and successfully destroyed it with an air strike.  This effectively denied it's use to the CPLM forces.

CPLM:  The CPLM received orders to destroy a radio antenna that was being used by the Federal Cortanican military for communications relay.  making it to the area the rebels planted the explosive charge and successfully destroyed the radio antenna.

Mission 7:

JSOTFSP:  The Shepard Phoenix team was tasked with locating and destroying an underground drug lab complex.  They had intelligence that it was somewhere in the area of the airport but met heavy resistance when trying to infiltrate the area to locate the entrance to the lab.  Two air strikes were called into the area which did inflict heavy casualties on the CPLM forces located there but was never enough to actually destroy the underground drug lab.

Mission 8:

JSOTFSP:  With the CPLM forces harassing local villages by raining mortar rounds down on them, the Shepard Phoenix force received orders to locate and destroy these small artillery assets of the Cortanican rebels.   Unfortunately they were unable to complete this mission until they were in the process of trying to quickly evacuate from the island.  Shepard Phoenix troops located the three mortars and ammunition and paused just long enough to blow them up in place and then head to the LZ for evacuation.  A CPLM courier body was also recovered that provided a vital piece of information regarding the future operations of the CPLM rebels.  You can read that vital message here.

CPLM:  When Carlos Soro realized that the message courier that he sent to the CPLM cell in the area did not make it he ordered the local CPLM commander to locate him and get the message he was carrying.  Unfortunately, the courier had been shot by a Yankee sniper and the body (along with the message) was recovered by the American forces operating in the area.

Mission 9:

JSOTFSP:  JSOTFSP received orders to retrieve an airdrop that had occurred at DZ Mamba.  When arriving at the DZ the SF soldiers reported that there was no para-dropped package to be found.  A report from the delivering air crew was then passed stating that wind conditions caused the package to drift quite a distance west of the intended DZ and was actually in the CPLM territory of the area.  JSOTFSP troops then infiltrated the area and recovered the airdropped container.  They then successfully returned it to their base camp.

CPLM:  Upon receiving information that some sort of package had been airdropped to the Yankee forces the CPLM local cell swarmed out into the surrounding area to search for it and engage the enemy forces also searching for their para-dropped package.  While they did inflict heavy casualties on the JSOTFSP forces they did not capture the package before the special forces returned it to their base camp.

Mission 10:

JSOTFSP:  The package that the JSOTFSP troops recovered actually carried three bio-chemical bombs.  Each bomb carried a binary agent known as Agent-808.  Agent-808 was a genetically engineered virus that will attack the coca plant and kill it quickly.  With the three bombs placed correctly and detonated in sync, they would collectively destroy all cocaine production on the island of Cortanica and severly impact the CPLM's main funding.  All three bombs were placed and the JSOTFSP troops began moving for their extraction.  One group paused for a moment to destroy three mortars and ammo on their way to the extraction.  Many were wrapped up in fighting with the CPLM when the bombs detonated.  It is currently unknown how many soldiers were killed or are currently missing in action during that final engagement.

CPLM:  The rebel forces found out through an informant of what the JSOTFSP troops were up to and began sweeping the area in search of the bombs so that they may disarm them and save their financial support for their cause.  While they did not find the bombs in time or stop their detonation they did give the JSOTFSP heavy resistance and dealt a heavy blow to their man power in the process.  They also chased them all the way to their extraction and harassed them all the way to the end.

Sponsors and Raffle Prizes

Team Blackjack would like to thank all of the sponsors that provided prizes for the after-event raffle.

TM-G36c with Charger and Battery, two USP NGBB pistols, Pistol Case, Drop-down pistol holster.

TM Thompson M1A1, with Charger and Battery, Five $25.00 gift certificates.

Bernies-Sports.com

Glock GBB with Speed Loader and a bottle of Green Gas as a package + 10% off purchase in the store with the event dog tag.

Multiple items of Russian military clothing.  Balaklavas, Vests, etc.

G&G UMG Submachine-gun, Several hats.

WE High Capa 5.1 M Ver 2 Full Metal GBB, Many Stainless Steel Camo Drink Bottles.

Desert Eagle 8mm Long Nose, Five $20.00 Gift Certificates

During Operation: Urgent Gambit Team Blackjack made use of  a new medic system that consisted of colorful cards with different levels of wounds and how long the medic must spend on each casualty to get them back in the game.  Players could receive grazing wounds, flesh wounds and serious wounds, each requiring 1, 3 and 5 minutes respectively, of medic time to get  the player back into the game.  There was also a fatal wound card that meant the medic could not save the player and they had to go respawn. 

The artillery and air strike systems that were first used during Operation: Pandora's Box were also used during Operation: Urgent Gambit.  Both sides used their artillery and/or air strike capabilities very well and to good effect.

One thing that caused an issue during the event were the suicide rules.  In the future, this rule will be eliminated from Team Blackjack operations.

Commander's AAR's  (Currently in the works)

Joint Special Operations Task Force Shepard Phoenix Commander's AAR.

Cortanican People's Liberation Movement Cell Commander's AAR.

Other's AAR's of Operation: Urgent Gambit.

Gunstar

Adam Phillips

Comments

For my first airsoft outing I have to say I had a blast!! And will be chomping at the bits for more. You all did a fantastic job putting the whole thing together. The scale of the event was perfect (i'm used to 300+ attended paintball scenarios, same field), the pace steady, the action SWEET. It was nice to meet everybody, put faces with names, etc. Nice to meet Ghost, and guy-with-ghost-whose-callsign-I-forgot. Thanks for sharing the back 40 camp, and the nightstalking NVG excursion. Fallout - awesome AK you have thanks for loaning - sorry if I "weathered" it a little. I'm sure Chuck sent you so that I'd buy his AK. j/k. Great game guys.

Anybody want some T shirts?

~Urbansix

Great time ,you guys....Nice shirts too,urban..

~VX110