03-01-2016, 03:13 PM
Welcome to Island Thunder 2: Operation Powder Burn.
Situation:
Guinea-Bissau, the world's fifth poorest country, has become a textbook example of the African "narco-state". Situated on the west coast of Africa, its relative proximity to South America, its unpatrolled coastline, islands and islets, and the fact that the majority of the natives speak Portuguese, Guinea-Bissau has been increasingly targeted by South American drug lords as a preferred traffic hub for European-bound cocaine, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Increased U.S. drug enforcement protecting U.S border and interdiction in Latin America along with a falling dollar and a surging demand for cocaine on the streets of Europe, is leading to political and economic chaos across West Africa, where international narco-traffickers have established their most recent, and lucrative, staging grounds. In fact, the drug trade is fast turning large parts of the region into areas that are all but ungovernable with major implications for international security. The problem is so severe that it is threatening to bring about the collapse of Guinea-Bissau where weak and corrupt governments have been vulnerable to the corrosive influence of drug money. Part of the problem, is that the value of the drug trade entering the country, where about 6 grams of cocaine is roughly equal to the average annual salary, is far higher than its entire national income. Though cocaine has been smuggled through West Africa for most of the last decade, the trade has increased sharply in recent years, as a result of high unemployment and a largely corrupt law enforcement.
In June 2014, Jose Mario Vaz took over as caretaker for the presidential office, and at great risk to his life, has vowed to bring about changes to the country starting with democratic elections in 2016 and ridding the government and island nation of crime and corruption. He has called on the United Nations to provide support.
Operations:
The Ghosts, consisting of an international coalition of special forces predominantly from Europe and the US, have been deployed to help safeguard the first democratic elections that Guinea-Bissau has seen since Jose Mario Vaz took over as caretaker president in June 2014. After a decade of coups and corruption, the President has vowed to clean up the government and give the nation a prosperous and peaceful future. That won't be easy given foreign interests in the cocaine trade, however, elections are going to occur in May 2016 and the Ghosts primary objectives are, firstly, to make sure that they go off without a hitch, and secondly, to put an end to the narcotics trade in Guinea-Bissau.
?Execution:
Operation Powderburn will see the Ghosts stationed at an unknown location within Lingor Isles, a group of islands off the coast of Guinea-Bissay conducting a series of missions aimed at neutralizing African militia involved in the drugs trade, destroying narcotics infrastructure, seizing contraband including weapons and narcotics and providing support and protection to the interim government.Â
Mission 01: Harvest Glow - Viper One must seize cargo drops containing suspected contraband.
Mission 02: Emerald Angel - Viper One must raid a remote airfield used by cartel.
Mission 03: Ivory Serpent - Viper One must seize a cocaine shipment and destroy a fishing trawler.
Mission 04 - Hammer Blade - Viper One is tasked with a search and rescue for downed chopper.
Mission 05 - Jagged Moon - Viper One must rescue pilots held in captivity.
Mission 06 - Bronze Hornet - Eliminate HVT and clear a Militia Training Camp.
Addon Requirements
CBA3
CUP everything
RHS Escalation
Lingor
Panthera (dependency for Lingor)
Situation:
Guinea-Bissau, the world's fifth poorest country, has become a textbook example of the African "narco-state". Situated on the west coast of Africa, its relative proximity to South America, its unpatrolled coastline, islands and islets, and the fact that the majority of the natives speak Portuguese, Guinea-Bissau has been increasingly targeted by South American drug lords as a preferred traffic hub for European-bound cocaine, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Increased U.S. drug enforcement protecting U.S border and interdiction in Latin America along with a falling dollar and a surging demand for cocaine on the streets of Europe, is leading to political and economic chaos across West Africa, where international narco-traffickers have established their most recent, and lucrative, staging grounds. In fact, the drug trade is fast turning large parts of the region into areas that are all but ungovernable with major implications for international security. The problem is so severe that it is threatening to bring about the collapse of Guinea-Bissau where weak and corrupt governments have been vulnerable to the corrosive influence of drug money. Part of the problem, is that the value of the drug trade entering the country, where about 6 grams of cocaine is roughly equal to the average annual salary, is far higher than its entire national income. Though cocaine has been smuggled through West Africa for most of the last decade, the trade has increased sharply in recent years, as a result of high unemployment and a largely corrupt law enforcement.
In June 2014, Jose Mario Vaz took over as caretaker for the presidential office, and at great risk to his life, has vowed to bring about changes to the country starting with democratic elections in 2016 and ridding the government and island nation of crime and corruption. He has called on the United Nations to provide support.
Operations:
The Ghosts, consisting of an international coalition of special forces predominantly from Europe and the US, have been deployed to help safeguard the first democratic elections that Guinea-Bissau has seen since Jose Mario Vaz took over as caretaker president in June 2014. After a decade of coups and corruption, the President has vowed to clean up the government and give the nation a prosperous and peaceful future. That won't be easy given foreign interests in the cocaine trade, however, elections are going to occur in May 2016 and the Ghosts primary objectives are, firstly, to make sure that they go off without a hitch, and secondly, to put an end to the narcotics trade in Guinea-Bissau.
?Execution:
Operation Powderburn will see the Ghosts stationed at an unknown location within Lingor Isles, a group of islands off the coast of Guinea-Bissay conducting a series of missions aimed at neutralizing African militia involved in the drugs trade, destroying narcotics infrastructure, seizing contraband including weapons and narcotics and providing support and protection to the interim government.Â
Mission 01: Harvest Glow - Viper One must seize cargo drops containing suspected contraband.
Mission 02: Emerald Angel - Viper One must raid a remote airfield used by cartel.
Mission 03: Ivory Serpent - Viper One must seize a cocaine shipment and destroy a fishing trawler.
Mission 04 - Hammer Blade - Viper One is tasked with a search and rescue for downed chopper.
Mission 05 - Jagged Moon - Viper One must rescue pilots held in captivity.
Mission 06 - Bronze Hornet - Eliminate HVT and clear a Militia Training Camp.
Addon Requirements
CBA3
CUP everything
RHS Escalation
Lingor
Panthera (dependency for Lingor)
