Fear No Evil

Unit 1st Marine Tank Battalion
Callsign Sgt. Jonathan Miller
Location Tehran, Iran
Date October 31st
Time 1045hrs Zulu Time
As Miller and his fellow Marines make their way into Tehran, Blackburn and his squad are already there, deeply entrenched in the bank where they’ve made a grave discovery.

If Black and company are to survive, they’re going to need some serious help from Miller’s battalion, which is precisely why Miller is heeding the distress signal and heading straight for the bank.

There’s little to do as the battalion cruises through the heart of downtown besides drinking in the sheer level of destructive force a combined PLR coup and a massive earthquake have wreaked.

It’s not a pretty sight, but Blackburn and his Marines are in trouble, and a pair of tanks are just what the doctor ordered. Once the tanks move through a choked alleyway,

Miller ducks down to avoid sniper fire and steer operation of the tank from the safety of the enclosed interior below.

FOLLOW FRIENDLY TANK

Keep fairly close to the tank ahead as the convoy turns left, then left again, coming under fire from RPG-equipped PLR. One group spills out to the right of your tank buddy ahead, while another emerges from the rubble to the left.

MOVE OUT OF AMBUSH

Another group waits just ahead near the shops to the right. Bypass them by simply turning right and charging through those shops to find  the main drag to the plaza and bank directly to the right.

Though there are troops here, they don’t pose a significant threat as long as you keep moving. However, the hostile tank near the bank across the street can. Tag it before it reaches its destination, it will make this fight a bit easier.

Switch to infrared to get a better picture of what the PLR armor situation ahead looks like. Aside from the aforementionedtank that was coming up the left, there’s another sitting on the right side of the main plaza.

As you inch forward, another tank is revealed on the main roadway in front of the plaza. Take all three out as quickly as possible, then push forward toward the bank and up into the familiar plaza setting.

Though the lighting conditions may be a little different, this indeed the same area seen at the conclusion to Operation Guillotine, and Black needs the Marines’ tank support badly.

As the tank rumbles up the steps, it’s hit by something with far more oomph than a normal RPG, crippling the engines. Miller and his crew must fend off the converging PLR with the .50 cal. Get topside and start searching for targets; this plaza isn’t going to stay calm for long.

DEFEND BLACKBURN

Things seem calm initially. Miller and Black have a little conversation on a private channel about the nuke that makes the gravity of what they found in the bank vault that much more obvious.

The Marines have called for a helicopter evacuation, but it’s going to take time. There’s nothing to do now but stay put, keep your eyes open for enemies, and take them out with extreme prejudice.

As the heli evac’s radio chatter makes obvious, there are plenty of enemies closing in on this position to re-secure the nuke. Continue to lay down fire toward the left near a set of sandbags, to the middle (also near sandbags), and to the right near the stairs.

DEFEND EXTRACTION HELICOPTER

More PLR swarm the plaza in hopes of stopping the helicopter. Given that Miller and his crew are stuck without working hydraulics, they have no choice but to continue to push back the enemy from their static position.

PLR continue to advance from the same positions as before, forcing Miller to keep the .50 cal trained on those locations to hold them off for 15 minutes until help can arrive.

HOLD OUT UNTIL QRF ARRIVAL

With no means to move out and heavy resistance, a call is made to check on support’s estimated time of arrival, but it’s not looking good. Continue to pour on the .50 cal diplomacy while holding out for support. Miller and his fellow Marines are literally sitting ducks here, so keep that turret hot. Eventually, the conflict will resolve itself in a surprising—but hardly welcome—way...