Marathon: Silver Bullets
★ Briefing
The coalition extracted the enemy defector amid siege, but relentless strikes forced the president’s resignation, triggering early elections. Tamim Adnan Al-Dulaimi identified presidential frontrunner Yaseen Talal Al-Bani as the local arms smuggling mastermind.
In Nowheraki, Yaseen controlled vast industries; in the Allied Neighbor, he participated in military contracts.
To avoid encirclement by rivals, the Allied Neighbor intervened in a neighboring civil war, backing government forces. With oil wealth discouraging citizen military service, combat duties fell to foreign mercenaries:
– Recruited infantry from debt-burdened nations to man frontline trenches;
– Contracted western NCOs via defense deals to operate advanced weaponry;
– Private contractors handled training/logistics via competitive bidding.
Guided by NATO intel, Allied Neighbor officers remotely commanded battalions using monetary bonuses and pay suspensions. Yaseen, deeply embedded, sourced low-cost mercenaries for Allied Neighbor while poaching elite units for his private army—all funded by dark money and smuggled arms.
Intel placed him resting in the Allied Neighbor. With his informants saturating local government, delays risked compromise. Coalition Command ordered immediate capture.
JSOC launched Operation "Avaricus", a cross-border raid to apprehend Yaseen. No coordination with the Allied Neighbor mandated small-unit infiltration.
Two-pronged assault:
– Route A: Raid villa, capture Yaseen
– Route B: Breach nearby residence (housing security command and off-duty mercenary officers here) to block reinforcements.
Breach the residence, collect intel/evidence, and disable vehicles to ensure the capture mission’s success and safe withdrawal routes. Enemy reinforcements will rapidly converge here when alerted.
