Operation Midnight Tango

Enemy elements tied to local special operations forces are building lethal UGVs across a fortified cluster of sites in North Lake County under the program name IRON PHANTOM. Delta Team is tasked with dismantling the production chain, recovering coerced Skell Tech personnel, placing communications intercept hardware, and capturing the officer running the project before the network can disperse.

FOB Echo FOB (Erewhon)

Launch 2217 brief / 2245 departure

Insertion MH-6 Little Bird with HALO jump

Extraction On-site helo to Site INDIA 7

Situation

SIGINT intercepts identify an enemy detachment managing a hardened UGV production effort designated IRON PHANTOM. Three primary locations support the program, and coerced Skell Tech engineers are believed to be working inside the network under duress.

The task force must move quickly and quietly through the cluster, disrupt the build chain, secure civilian technical personnel, and capture the program lead at the main outpost before the enemy can destroy matériel, evacuate staff, or reposition the HVT.

Execution

2245 Depart Echo FOB in black kits aboard MH-6 Little Bird with two combat divers and two security operators.
Insertion Conduct a HALO jump to the designated Skell Tech safehouse and recover the pre-staged COMMINT device.
Bravo Advance on the ancient village, eliminate the QRF, secure caches, and call Bandit 1-3 for discreet recovery.
Charlie Split into overwatch and diver elements to emplace the COMMINT package on the floating antenna array in Blackwater Lake.
Final Clear the prototype workshop, seize the HVT at the outpost, then deliver the package by captured helicopter to Site INDIA 7 for handoff and debrief.

Priority Intel

Program: IRON PHANTOM, an enemy UGV build network in North Lake County.

Portable electronics recovered from enemy personnel are to be bagged for exploitation. The main objective is the officer directing the project from the outpost tied to the workshop cluster.

Mission End State

COMMINT is emplaced, the QRF node and workshop are neutralized, caches and electronics are secured, Skell personnel are recovered, and the IRON PHANTOM lead is transferred intact to Bravo Team at INDIA 7.

Objectives

Alpha

Skell Tech Safehouse

HALO onto the Skell Tech location and retrieve the COMMINT device staged there for the lake intercept phase.

Bravo

Ancient Village

Eliminate the quick reaction force, secure weapons and ammunition caches, and prepare the site for quiet recovery by Bandit 1-3.

Charlie

Blackwater Lake Array

Hold two-man overwatch while the diver element plants the COMMINT device on the central hub of the floating antenna array for follow-on intercept.

Delta

UGV Prototype Workshop

Secure the workshop quietly and prevent any alarm from reaching the nearby outpost before the HVT can be moved or warned.

Echo

Main Outpost

Locate and apprehend the officer running IRON PHANTOM, then use the on-site helicopter to transfer the HVT to Bravo Team at Site INDIA 7 in Hanged Man Wood.

Additional objective reference — Site INDIA 7 reference for the final HVT handoff and on-site debrief linkup.

AO and Objective Map

Area overview showing the Alpha through Echo chain, Blackwater Lake intercept site, and the final handoff route toward Site INDIA 7.