Location                                                -               Jackson City

Forces required                     -               N/A

Mission outline                     -               Jackson City is surrounded. Thousands of Greenbacks lurk in the jungles and hills on the outskirts of the city and we believe they are massing for an attack. There is also evidence that this attack will be co-ordinated and supported by seemingly better equipped and more capable Spinytail forces.

Jackson City is occupied by 15,000 people, many of them key workers for CMC. We have no way of evacuating these people.

Your mission will be to take command of the defence of Jackson City. Major Smithson is in command of the recently reinforced Jackson City Brigade but has no experience of co-ordinating the defence of a City. He will report directly to your nominated commander and turn over the defence of the city to you.

Your priorities are

1)       Protect the civilian population of Jackson City

2)       Protect the manufacturing plants of CMC

3)       Keep the Jackson City Brigade as a viable fighting force

The city is split into 3 zones, the central zone holds the hospital, the cathedral and the main administration centre for CMC.

To the North of this are the manufacturing plants of CMC with the Brigade barracks on the Northern outskirts of the city.

To the South and West of the central zone are the residential areas. These are mostly large apartment blocks.

Running along the Eastern edge of the city is the river. The river creates an impassable barrier due to the cliffs and deep valley that the river runs through at this point.

The area around the city is mostly jungle. No areas have been cleared for farming as this is an industrial city and relies on imports from other parts of the colony for food etc.

Mission requirements          -               The mission priorities are listed above. Primary of these is to protect the civilians.

To this end, the strongest buildings in the city are the new hospital and the cathedral. Both have reinforced walls and would house several hundred civilians easily, possibly as many as 1500 in the cathedral and 2000 in the hospital. A lot more could be squeezed in for very small periods of time.

Unfortunately, no outside help can be expected at this time, due to the situation with  Carson City and the ongoing operations around Peaceful. The hope is that this might change in the next week or so!

Mission reimbursement      -               The Coopers World Military Finance Division will pay all expenses for the duration of the battle (not losses).

In addition to this, all kill bonuses will be doubled and the following bonuses will be awarded.

5Cr per civilian surviving (potential 75,000Cr)

5000 per manufacturing facility kept intact. ( potential 30,000Cr)

Also, Jackson City still has a few vehicles in the barracks and these can be used as replacements should any vehicles be lost during the fighting.

There are 10 Leopards, 4 Cheetahs, 6 Lynx and 2 Tigers.

This equates to over 30,000 credits worth of vehicles.