Does this scenario sound plausible?

[stridev 0]

I'm in the early stages of planning an SP campaign and was hoping for some feedback.

First thing, the political situation. I'm trying to avoid any "Heroic, Infallible Good Guys" vs "Cartoonishly Evil Bad Guys" scenarios. So I've tried to make a real-world, believable conflict in which there is no clear-cut right side or wrong side. It depends on your perspective.

Here's a timeline:

1991- Chernarus, led by ethnic minority Chernarussians, declares independence from Soviet Union, causing dissatisfaction among ethnic majority Russians. 20 years of ethnic Chernarussian political rule begins.

1994- Ethnic Russians form ChDKZ party in an effort to gain more political representation.

2000- ChDKZ wins first seat in Chernarussian Parliament.

2010- Firebrand ethnic Russian mayor of Berezino, Yan Mihailov, announces campaign to run for President of Chernarus on ChDKZ ticket, pledging reunification with Russia.

April, 2011- Chernarussian incumbent Oleksander Babich of the National Party wins the election by a slim margin against Mihailov (who had a slight lead in the polls in the weeks leading up to the election).

May 18, 2011- Independent election monitors declare the election results legitimate.

May 19, 2011- Protests by ethnic Russians swarm the streets of Chernogorsk, Elektrozavodsk, and Zelenogorsk, culminating in the so-called “Zelen Massacre†during which CDF forces fire into a crowd of unruly protesters, killing two. CDF commander claims his troops were taking fire. Both Washington and Moscow call for an investigation.

July 20, 2011- Ethnic Russian soldiers in CDF, under senior leadership, split to form ChDKZ armed forces and occupy large part of Northeast Chernarus. Simultaneously, ChDKZ forces seize Utes island. There are unconfirmed reports of executions of ethnic Chernarussian CDF prisoners by ChDKZ forces.

August 17, 2011- Skirmishes break out between ChDKZ, calling themselves “The True Patriotsâ€, and the Chernarussian Defense Force (made up primarily of ethnic Chernarussians loyal to Babich’s government). ChDKZ win some early victories.

August 29, 2011- Red Cross workers report violence between ethnic Russian and ethnic Chernarussian civilians.

September 5, 2011- 21st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrives offshore to deliver humanitarian aid, keep the peace and to enforce results of democratic elections.

September 27, 2011- Loyalist NAPA guerrillas attack ChDKZ garrison in Stary Sobor, destroying Moscow-run businesses and killing Russian expats in the process. Moscow denounces “NAPA terroristsâ€.

September 29, 2011- Although stopping short of actually doing so, Moscow hints that it might recognize the legitimacy of a newly-formed ChDKZ Chernarus, paving the way towards eventual reunification with Russia.

September 30, 2011- CDF is isolated at Balota airstrip, with ChDKZ forces occupying the rest of Northeast Chernarus.

As autumn arrives in Chernarus, 21st MEU is afloat near Utes while Russian helicopters are seen landing at Vybor airfield…

I'd like to make it sort of like the CWC campaign with different characters to play. These are the characters I'm thinking of using (you'd be fighting on the USMC side):

1. Rifleman- Starts out as junior member of a squad, probably working his way up to Fire Team leader. (not sure if that's realistic in the scope of the conflict, but not sure I care :p ) basic infantry stuff. Some HMMWV missions.

2. Recon team leader- some Green Ops (recon, BDA) and some Black Ops (DA, FO/FAC)

3. Scout/Sniper- some personnel sniping, some anti-material sniping

4. M1A1 Commander- combined arms missions, etc...

5. AH-1 pilot- escorts, strikes and CAS

6. Harrier pilot- strikes, CAS and CAP

7. LAV squad leader- variety of missions

Thoughts? (including the political situation as written) Note that I removed the ChDKZ communist angle. It seems a little anachronistic to me.

[Tonci87 163]

You took the Story of Harvest red, so yes it is plausible.

A Rifleman becoming a Firetemleader isnt really unusual in war

So all in all it sounds good, already looking forward to a new Campaign

[Royal-Killer 10]

It sounds ok :D

Do it and keep it up

[Imperator[TFD] 444]

Just remember that the area you play in in Arma 2 is not the whole country of Chernarus, but rather just an area known as South Zagoria.

[KronikAlkoholik 0]

Is that story the official events? I remember in Harvest Red the talk about Chernarus having around 80% Chernarussians and 20% ethnic Russians so that other guy coming close to winning the elctions doesn't sound plausable. I might be confused though.

[stridev 0]

wow, i didn't realize how similar it was. i never finished the campaign and don't really remember much of anything of the plot. I pretty much went straight to the editor.

how do the russians fit in story-wise?

edit:

just read the plot on wikipedia. yeah, pretty similar. :banghead:

still, it won't be the same campaign, obviously. I'm aiming for more US vs Russia action, like CWC. most storylines i've seen don't really make a believable case for a US-Russia conflict in today's world. hopefully this will.

Edited June 2, 2010 by stridev