OP3 Starting Intel

[Double Deuce]

Intelligence gathered from locals traveling North are still reporting a very heavy concentration of Pro-Government Forces in Zones O.

It appears that Pro-Government Forces have complete control of the towns in both Zones J and T.

UN Forces seem primarily strung out along the main highway running through the center of the island from North to South. Reports indicate they have no forces further North than those in Zone N, except for a lone Peacekeeper Company patrolling the border between Zones C and G. Highly mobile forces are being assembled in Zones N and S.

Sources at the UN, loyal to the Rebel cause report the Commander of UN Forces on the island has been pressing the Security Council to release highly advanced military hardware to aid his Forces. Rumors are he is seeking some sort of aviation assets but it is not known if the request was for rotary or fixed wing aircraft.

[Katusa]

From this message and the other in the diplomatic forum made by the UN commander suggests to me that they are getting something new, but probably not in this turn - these things cost a lot, they should not have that much point to buy it now.

My guess would be, that since the commander wrote about bombardment they either got more tactical fixed wing craft, or maybe some heavy bombers. Bombers could not be reached by either AAA or MANPADS, and they combine this feature with strategic mobility. They are pretty much like superflexible artillery.

So this turn, despite the usual rethoric from the UN, it seems to me highly unlikely that they come out with something that would seriously threaten us.

K