Briefing

Two home bases. Two wars. Hold the line.

Cliffs, a cove, and a landing force coming ashore — Greenland under the ice. A fleet under the sea. Both are going to war.

It opens on the ice

Mission 0: The Forge in the Ice. Camp Century, under the Greenland ice.
The secret: A tunnel big enough to sail a Ford-class carrier through. A bunker that officially does not exist.
The carrier: USS Gerald R. Ford, also called INS Maccabee
Then: Red Sea → Kharg and Shiraz → Diego Garcia, above and below the water
Home bases: HQ in Greenland · the undersea base
Scale: Eighteen mission briefings · 9 campaigns · 41 missions

The home-base campaigns

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Tour the HQ base

See where the war goes

Two home bases. One strike from Cyprus.

Base	Mission	Orders
HQ · Greenland	Mission 1	Suppress the riots. Defend RAF Fairford from AoI attacks.
HQ · Greenland	Next	More to come
Undersea base	Mission 1	Defend Oman.
Undersea base	Mission 2	Take Hormuz.
Undersea base	Next	More to come
From Cyprus	New mission	Sail up from Cyprus. Free the people of Gaza from AoI.

Fairford: AoI is rioting at RAF Fairford. Hold the line.
Oman: The coast is burning. The fleet comes up from below.
Hormuz: The strait the world’s oil runs through. Take it.
Gaza: AoI holds Gaza. Sail up from Cyprus. Bring the people out.

Mission	Built on
Fairford	New build. Mission and map in design.
Oman	New build. Mission and map in design.
Hormuz	Abyssal Transit (JSLC-09) and its undersea layer · the Bandar Abbas maps
Gaza	New build. Mission and map in design.

Defend RAF Fairford In design
0 of 5 build steps done
- Mission file
- Map
- Textures
- In-game proof frame
- Playtested
Defend Oman In design
0 of 5 build steps done
- Mission file
- Map
- Textures
- In-game proof frame
- Playtested
Take Hormuz In progress
2 of 5 build steps done · 2 started
- Mission file
- Map
- Textures
- In-game proof frame
- Playtested
Free Gaza In design
0 of 5 build steps done
- Mission file
- Map
- Textures
- In-game proof frame
- Playtested

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HQ base: Greenland HQ

Map: 200 × 200 cells · 4 × 4 km
Theatre: Greenland
Conditions: Ideal. Heated covered runway, full power.
Admiral: Bill Adama
Launch site: None at this base

Schematic, not to scale inside districts. Production exits all face east onto the roads.

District	What is there	Why it matters
West naval basin	One rectangle. VAULT DOOR sea gate in the south wall. Tunnel to a cliff face.	The fleet’s safe water. One gate to defend.
Naval yards	Two on the basin’s east wall: the Anduril Foundry (upgraded) and a plain Naval Yard	See the upgrade side by side
Submarines	2× Seawolf · 2× Ohio	Hunter-killers and the heavy boats
Power + research	PM-2A reactor, HQ Command, the research lab	Power and tech in one block
Barracks + motor pools	Paired. Transport hangars face them.	Troops and trucks load straight onto lift
Hangar row	One of every aircraft on the roster	Every airframe, ready to inspect
Runway	Heated and covered	Ice never closes it
Roads	Every production exit faces east, onto the roads	No unit spawns into a wall

The practice islands

Every structure: purpose and upgrades

Nine campaigns. Forty-one missions.

9campaigns
41missions
5JCOM campaigns
2 + 2AoI and Directorate

Campaign	Side	The war
Operation Shorehead	JCOM	Wake the forge under the Greenland ice. Land on the Red Sea coast. The cables start with the first shot.
The Kharg Line	JCOM	Tech parks, a rescue under the sea, and the oil terminal that decides the war.
Shiraz Ledger	JCOM	Branch A. Push inland through Bushehr and the Zagros passes to the Shiraz vault.
Gates of Bab-el-Mandeb	JCOM	Branch B. Take the southern sea gate: Socotra, Aden, Perim. Then the same finale, from the sea.
The Washington Front	JCOM	The war at home. Flotillas at sea, a congressman at a closed zone, an aid vote, a news cycle that never sleeps.
Trophy Flash	AoI	Fight the camera war as AoI. Staged footage, tunnels under protected sites, smuggled arms, sixty seconds of truth.
The Tunnel War	AoI	The network goes deeper. Tunnel logistics, flotilla cover, strikes on inspected boats, then the counter-raid.
Cryo Genesis	Penguin Directorate	The Directorate wakes in Antarctica and grows an ice empire.
Master of Puppets	Penguin Directorate	The Directorate plays every side. Depots, sea cables, chick sanctuaries, a seed vault, a three-way finale.

Mission files already in the game. The running order is being reset around the two home bases.

Start with the home-base campaigns

Pick a faction first

Operation Shorehead (JCOM)

A low channel and a landing force coming ashore — Mission two: land the first wave, hold the sand.

Side: JCOM
The war: Wake the forge under the Greenland ice. Land on the Red Sea coast. The cables start with the first shot.
Missions: 6

1. The Forge in the Ice
2. Operation Shorehead
3. The Thirty-Second Clock
4. Silent Drill
5. Shadow Tanker
6. The Hague Express

The Kharg Line (JCOM)

Side: JCOM
The war: Tech parks, a rescue under the sea, and the oil terminal that decides the war.
Missions: 5

1. Apollo Chronocast
2. Silicon Oasis
3. Red Sea Chick S&R
4. Abyssal Transit
5. The T-Jetties of Kharg

Shiraz Ledger (JCOM)

Side: JCOM
The war: Branch A. Push inland through Bushehr and the Zagros passes to the Shiraz vault.
Missions: 4

1. Wings of the Aviary
2. Zagros Escarpment
3. Shiraz Stronghold
4. Operation Iron Ledger

Gates of Bab-el-Mandeb (JCOM)

Side: JCOM
The war: Branch B. Take the southern sea gate: Socotra, Aden, Perim. Then the same finale, from the sea.
Missions: 3

1. Socotra Anchorage
2. Crater of Aden
3. Gates of Bab-el-Mandeb

The Washington Front (JCOM)

JCOM units on a Red Sea shore beside a landing helicopter — Flotilla Interdiction, mission one of the Washington Front.

Side: JCOM
The war: The war at home. Flotillas at sea, a congressman at a closed zone, an aid vote, a news cycle that never sleeps.
Missions: 5

1. Flotilla Interdiction
2. The Khanna Chain
3. The Greta Chain
4. The Aid Vote
5. Enemy of My Enemy

Trophy Flash (AoI)

AoI units and buildings on a green hillside below a rocky ridge — Sixty Seconds of Truth, the Trophy Flash finale.

Side: AoI
The war: Fight the camera war as AoI. Staged footage, tunnels under protected sites, smuggled arms, sixty seconds of truth.
Missions: 4

1. Cut Before the Trophy Flash
2. The Acoustic Shield
3. The Shadow Ledger
4. Sixty Seconds of Truth

Shown: Human shields at hospitals and schools. Hostages in tunnels. Staged casualty footage.
Called: A crime, each one, by name.
Rewarded: Never. No mission rewards harm to civilians.

The Tunnel War (AoI)

Side: AoI
The war: The network goes deeper. Tunnel logistics, flotilla cover, strikes on inspected boats, then the counter-raid.
Missions: 4

1. The Civilian Shaft
2. Flotilla Cover
3. Strike During Inspection
4. The Counter-Raid

Shown: Tunnels under homes, dug with civilian labour. Fighters in civilian clothes. Flotillas and UN supply as cover.
Called: Shown, sourced, and named for what it is.
Rule: Same as Trophy Flash: no reward for harming civilians.

Cryo Genesis (Penguin Directorate)

Side: Penguin Directorate
The war: The Directorate wakes in Antarctica and grows an ice empire.
Missions: 5

1. Cryo Genesis
2. Weddell Ice Shelf
3. The Beanie Brigade
4. Disko Bay Breakers
5. Fulgurite Strike

Master of Puppets (Penguin Directorate)

Side: Penguin Directorate
The war: The Directorate plays every side. Depots, sea cables, chick sanctuaries, a seed vault, a three-way finale.
Missions: 5

1. Shadow Procurement
2. The Cable Tappers
3. Chickie Sanctuary
4. Svalbard Seed Vault
5. Master of Puppets

Your first orders

Build a base
Gather supply
Field forces
Take objectives

Step	Do this
Base	HQ first. Then power, production, defences.
Supply	Keep the army fed. Out of supply, it is scenery.
Win	Break the enemy HQ.
Versus AoI	A finished core tunnel node keeps them alive. Dig it out too.
Teams	Last team standing wins. Your base stays yours.

Pick your side first

The news is a weapon system

Legitimacy: What the world will tolerate from you today
Moves with: What you hit · what you spare · what the cameras catch
Lose it: Ammo, resupply and time cost more
Never: Your weapons never lock. Your wallet suffers.
Defeat: Only after 30 seconds unable to fight. A bad headline is a tax.

How the news war works

The war behind the war

AoI armor and a ruined building on a hillside — Cut Before the Trophy Flash: AoI stages a shoot. You decide what the world sees.

In the game: Smuggling under aid convoys · tunnels under neighborhoods · lawfare · propaganda
Why: Looking away never stopped any of them
You will feel: The pull of every dirty shortcut
The game: Keeps the receipts

Playable now: Operation Shorehead

	JCOM (you)	AoI
Force	Lead armored truck “hero of the beach” · 2 riflemen	1 shore-battery tank · 1 rifleman
Credits	5,000 credits	2,500 credits
Legitimacy	70	n/a
Edge	Reinforcements from the sea	They know the ground

Beat	What happens
Landing	In-engine camera move. Then the beach is yours to lose.
Reinforce	Three more riflemen wade in. Push the truck inland.
Threat	One enemy tank rolls in from inland. It is not coming to talk.
Win	Destroy the shore battery. The detainee objective rides along.
Lose	Lose the lead truck, or any one of your structures.

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How to play

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Scenario
Difficulty
Command

Time to first order: Under a minute
First match: Hold the beachhead. Kill the battery. Keep the truck alive.
With friends: The match menu handles the connection and shows its state first.

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