01-19-2016, 04:28 PM
Autumn Star
Now, I didn't catch a lot of the mission since I fell prey to the effect of looking through a scope while getting too close to the edge of the quarry. But what I saw of the mission, I didn't really get.
1) I understand that Suchy's mission-maker perspective idea was for Alpha to silently assault the comms tower, but from what I gathered in the briefing that wasn't the commander's intent (sorry I forgot who lead the mission). We drove all the way through the forest to remain undetected only to get assigned a disembark point for Bravo which was in plain sight of the tower, so apparently stealth wasn't on the menu.
Why then, I wonder, was the much larger Bravo team holding while a four man team assaulted the place? Wouldn't logic dictate to do this the other way around, with Alpha covering from an armed vehicle while Bravo assaulted the place? From a position were we could only see marginally into the camp, with mostly short-range weaponry. I did not understand the reasoning behind this.
2) Once up on top of the quarry, we spotted the Shilkas as well as several T-72 and a BTR-80. The T-72 actually spotted us, and had opened fire on us. I reported this, and was still commanded to engage the Shilka that wasn't even aware of us, while the tank had started to home in on me with his machine gun.
This was the first time I remember in my history of playing at CiA were I intentionally and willfully ignored a direct order and engaged the tank (sadly, too late since I was suck between the rocks and missed my first shot). I understand that our team leader (Evans IIRC, I should not wait so long with writing these) was ordered by command to ignore the tanks and engage the Shilka, but I would say this was not the decision that command should have taken. The safety of Bravo was severely compromised at this point, and my frequent messages that the tank was engaging us were ignored.
I don't know how the rest of the mission went down. But the lesson to be learned from this is that a team leader that is actively in the situation should make the call of what target to prioritize, and not the commander that is behind.
Now, I didn't catch a lot of the mission since I fell prey to the effect of looking through a scope while getting too close to the edge of the quarry. But what I saw of the mission, I didn't really get.
1) I understand that Suchy's mission-maker perspective idea was for Alpha to silently assault the comms tower, but from what I gathered in the briefing that wasn't the commander's intent (sorry I forgot who lead the mission). We drove all the way through the forest to remain undetected only to get assigned a disembark point for Bravo which was in plain sight of the tower, so apparently stealth wasn't on the menu.
Why then, I wonder, was the much larger Bravo team holding while a four man team assaulted the place? Wouldn't logic dictate to do this the other way around, with Alpha covering from an armed vehicle while Bravo assaulted the place? From a position were we could only see marginally into the camp, with mostly short-range weaponry. I did not understand the reasoning behind this.
2) Once up on top of the quarry, we spotted the Shilkas as well as several T-72 and a BTR-80. The T-72 actually spotted us, and had opened fire on us. I reported this, and was still commanded to engage the Shilka that wasn't even aware of us, while the tank had started to home in on me with his machine gun.
This was the first time I remember in my history of playing at CiA were I intentionally and willfully ignored a direct order and engaged the tank (sadly, too late since I was suck between the rocks and missed my first shot). I understand that our team leader (Evans IIRC, I should not wait so long with writing these) was ordered by command to ignore the tanks and engage the Shilka, but I would say this was not the decision that command should have taken. The safety of Bravo was severely compromised at this point, and my frequent messages that the tank was engaging us were ignored.
I don't know how the rest of the mission went down. But the lesson to be learned from this is that a team leader that is actively in the situation should make the call of what target to prioritize, and not the commander that is behind.
I don't need luck, I have ammo.