Operation Golden Claw
Fireteam Hawk will launch from South Cape Station to cut the drone support layer behind Sentinel's planned strike on Liberty, then pivot to a detention-site rescue tied to the abduction of a C1 Skell engineer. The package must collapse the relay and lethal drone-control nodes, recover anything portable or classified, and ensure the engineer is linked up with BANDIT 4 for extraction.
Situation
Sentinel has deployed two drone-control sites to watch Liberty while preparing a large-scale strike on the center of Auroa. Bravo Team is already pressuring the southern axis, leaving Hawk to isolate and kill the drone-support element that enables ISR coverage and lethal patrol control over the city during the lockdown.
At the same time, CYBINT indicates a C1 Skell tech engineer abducted from the dam three hours earlier was transferred to Cell 4B at the Detention Center this afternoon. Hawk is responsible for verifying the holding site, safeguarding the VIP, and coordinating the extraction handoff with BANDIT 4.
Execution
Hawk departs South Cape Station at 2000 and inserts near Safehouse Lima 6 to work the objective chain either on foot or with on-site transport while keeping a low signature. The first two phases remove Sentinel's relay and drone-control capability. The third phase clears the detention site, confirms the engineer's location, and transitions to exploitation if the cell transfer picture proves false.
- Phase 1Move from Lima 6 to Drone Station W191 and destroy the network relay after recovering portable electronics.
- Phase 2Recapture Control Station Fox 01, demolish the weapons cache, and seize any confidential documents.
- Phase 3Secure the Detention Center and verify Cell 4B for VIP PHEONIX.
- Phase 4If the cell is empty, request a RAVEN-3 ISR flyby, exploit the site, then move to the Ammunition Storage northwest across the water to free PHEONIX and hand him to BANDIT 4.
Priority
The drone network must be degraded before Sentinel can use those sites to support the planned attack on Liberty. Demolition and EMP effects should be decisive enough to prevent any quick restoration of ISR or lethal drone tasking.
Recovery
Portable electronics, confidential documents, and any exploitable records tied to Sentinel's drone architecture or detainee movement are high-value collection targets during the strike.
Rescue Twist
PHEONIX is not expected to remain at Cell 4B by the time Hawk arrives. The detention-center phase should be treated as a verification and exploitation step leading into the final rescue at the nearby Ammunition Storage.
Drone Station W191
Secure the relay site, recover any portable electronics that clarify Sentinel's network picture, and execute a controlled demolition to disable the drone-control relay supporting Liberty-area surveillance.
Control Station Fox 01
Recapture the station, destroy the on-site weapons cache, and retrieve any confidential documents tied to lethal drone tasking or the wider attack package forming around Liberty.
Detention Center and Follow-On Rescue
Secure the detention site and check Cell 4B for VIP PHEONIX. If he has already been moved, request a RAVEN-3 ISR flyby across a two-kilometer perimeter, gather all site-exploitation material, then shift northwest across the water to the Ammunition Storage, free PHEONIX from the cages, and link him up with BANDIT 4 before returning to South Cape Station.
Tacmap
Liberty-area operation path showing the Safehouse Lima 6 insertion, both drone-control targets, the detention-center check, and the wider movement geometry for the final rescue follow-on.