Raging Dragon – Multiplayer Edition

October 2001

By Case (nick_dowling@hotmail.com)

 

Contents:

 

1.      Installation

2.      Introduction

3.      Historical background

4.      Important units

5.      Hints

6.      Credits

7.      Links

8.      Contact details

9.      Distribution and copyright information

 

1.      Installation

 

PLEASE DON’T READ THE EVENTS FILE – DOING SO WILL SPOIL THE SCENARIO

 

This scenario is for the Multiplayer Gold Edition of Civilisation 2.

 

To install Simply unzip the files into a new subdirectory (called dragon for example) in the scenario directory.

 

I haven’t included any sounds, so you unless you enjoy the idea of 21st century tanks galloping into battle, turn your speakers off before playing the scenario.

 

2.      Introduction

 

This scenario is set at the start of the year 2000. China is attempting to wage an aggressive war against the CIS whilst watching its back for attacks from NATO and the APEC countries.

This scenario should also be playable as the CIS, India, NATO and (maybe) the Arab League and APEC. By selecting one of these countries don’t expect China to do much.

 

This scenario is set over five years, and as such features only a limited number of technologies to develop. As it seems to take most militaries about ten years to develop new weaponry the technological development is  probably still too fast.

 

This file is designed to give you all the information necessary to play this scenario. If you have any further questions see my contact information in Part 8

 

3.      Historical Background

 

This scenario is based around an alternate history.

In 1997 the Asian economic crisis exploded, bringing down many of the ‘Tiger” economies of Asia. In New York Allen Greenspan panics and increases American interest rates. This rise in interest rates puts the United States into a recession (and costs Greenspan his job).

 

            As part of the global financial upheaval associated with the Asian crisis the Russian economy collapsed, sending the Rouble to new all time lows. Taking responsibility for Russia’s poor condition Boris Yeltsin retires, appointing Alexander Putin as his successor. Putin swiftly acts to stabilise the Russian economy.

 

            Meanwhile China has ridden out the Asian Crisis and global economic downturn associated with the recession in the United States. After regaining control of Hong Kong the Chinese government is surprised by a huge nationalist up surge of Chinese citizens keen to reunite the entire country. Attempting to ride this surge the Chinese government organises a “spontaneous” march into Macau, forcing Portugal to hand over this territory two years early.

 

            With Hong Kong and Macau back under Chinese control attention now turns to Taiwan. Tens of thousands of Chinese citizens volunteer to build assault boats and join the Peoples Liberation Army.

 

            However, in July 1998, just weeks before the Chinese assault force is ready to attempt the crossing of the Taiwan straits, Taiwanese commandos and aircraft mount a series of devastating attacks on the Chinese ports, destroying most of the Chinese invasion fleet and humiliating the Chinese government. Seizing on Russian equipment captured from the Tiawanese commandos China blames Russia for the attack and unleashes a serious of air strikes on the Russian port of Vladivostok. These air strikes go perfectly, leaving the Chinese leadership with the impression that the Russian military poses no ability to resist a properly planned attack.

 

Following the Taiwianese attack and China’s attack on Russia the US, APEC and the EU impose trade sanctions on China. These sanctions cut deeply into China’s economy, and force the Chinese leadership to look for scapegoats and new sources of raw materials. In a meeting in October 1998 the Chinese leadership decides that Russia will fit both roles, and instructs the Chinese Military to prepare for war with Russia.

 

            At dawn on the 1st of January 2000 Chinese forces crash across the CIS border, and the Third World War begins.

4.      Important Units

 

Note: Despite what the diplomats say, there are no nuclear weapons in this scenario.

Shared Ground Units

Sappers: Assault troops. Good attack and defence, treats all terrains as roads

Infantry: Every civilisation has its own infantry. The stats vary with the quality of the army.

Advanced Infantry: The soldier of the future. Equipped with sophisticated weaponry and communications equipment.

Conscripts: Can only be built by Nationalist governments

Partisans: Guerilla Warfare is given by events

Heavy Artillery: Heavy, truck pulled artillery. Mainly useful against cities

Shared Naval Units

Missile Boat: A small and cheap warship armed with anti shipping missiles. Good on attack, but these ships are easy kills and aren’t particularly seaworthy.

Destroyer: A general purpose warship. Good against submarines.

Missile Cruiser: A large warship armed with radar guided missiles.

Battle Cruiser: A huge warship that carries hundreds of missiles.

Carrier: An aircraft carrier.

Freighter: A basic civilian cargo ship. The most efficient way to move ground troops, though make sure they have an escort

LPD: Landing Platform Dock. A ship designed to land marines via helicopter and hovercraft. The fastest and toughest means of moving troops.

Diesel Submarine: Cheap, powerful but slow subs.

Nuclear Submarine: An expensive, but very fast and powerful submarine.

Western Units

M1 Abrams: Arguably the worlds best tank. Powerful on attack and defence

M2 Bradley: The standard US Infantry Fighting vehicle (IFV).

M113: Obsolete APC operated by almost everybody

Patriot SAM: US designed SAM. Whilst not as good as the US Army wants you to believe, it’s still a very good system

F-15 Eagle: American designed air superiority and strike aircraft.

Eurofighter: Europe’s next generation fighter. Not as good as the F-22, but a hell of a lot cheaper (and, unlike the F-22, currently in production).

F-16 Falcon: An excellent general purpose fighter. One of the most widely exported aircraft ever.

Mirage 2000: A good French designed fighter/strike aircraft. Widely exported.

IDS Tornado: A superb European designed strike aircraft

B-2 Spirit: Arguably the best, and definitely the most expensive bomber ever.

AEGIS Cruiser: A large, powerful American designed warship with sophisticated anti aircraft missiles and land attack cruise missiles.

CIS/ Ex Soviet units

T-62: Obsolete tank operated by just about everyone. OK against infantry.

T-80: Good Russian tank. Operated by everybody

T-90: The most modern Russian tank in service. Almost as good as a M1 Abrams

BMP-2: The Standard Russian IFV

BMP-3: The most modern Russian IFV. More like a light tank then a traditional IFV. At least a match for the American Bradley.

MiG 29 Fulcrum: The Russian answer to the F-16. A very good aircraft

SU-27 Flanker: The Russian answer to the F-15. An excellent aircraft.

SU-32 Flanker: Based around the SU-27 airframe this aircraft is Russia’s latest bomber. A superb, but expensive aircraft

SU 24 Fencer: A good strike aircraft. Similar to the Tornado or F-111

SU 25 Frogfoot: Russia’s standard close support aircraft.

Chinese Units

Type 85: China’s most modern battle tank. Fairly good.

Type 90: China’s best IFV. Not as good as the BMP-3 or Bradley

YZ-583: China’s equivalent of the M113

HQ-7: China’s main mobile air defence system.

Red Guard: Elite Chinese Infantry. Formed from the best volunteers in the Chinese Army.

J-7 Fishbed: China’s main fighter. Completely obsolete, but available in huge numbers. OK against infantry.

J-12 Founder: China’s next generation fighter. Still in development.

Q-5 Fantan: China’s main attack jet. Not very good.

JH-7: China’s main strike aircraft. Similar in role to the Tornado, but suffers from poor engines and avionics. Mainly used by the Chinese navy.

H-6 Badger: China’s main heavy Bomber. Obsolete, but still packs a punch.

Romeo Class: China still operates nearly 90 of these ancient submarines. Useful only against civilian shipping.

Miscellaneous Units

Arjun: A good Indian designed and built main battle tank. Similar to the German Leopard 2

Type 88: A Korean designed and built tank, similar to the M1 Abrams.

UAAV: Unmanned Arial Attack Vehicle. The future of air warfare.

 

5.      Hints

 

None of the Chinese equipment is as good as the top line CIS or western equivalents. What the Chinese have in their favour is that the Chinese equipment is a lot cheaper, so you can afford to exchange several Chinese units for each foreign unit.

 

You will be rewarded for capturing most of the major cities.

 

Stack fighter aircraft over your ground units to make them less vulnerable to strike aircraft.

 

6.      Credits

 

I’m no artist, so almost all of the graphics used in this scenario have been taken from various sources from around the net.

I created is the LPD (which was improved by Jimmywax), M1 Abrams, Type 88, T-90, Type 85, and Q-5 Fantan,

 

The Heavy Artillery and Transport graphics were taken from Captain Nemo’s scenarios “Red Front” and “Second Front”

 

The following Graphics are taken from Andrew Livings excellent scenario “Crisis of the New World Order”: Mig-29, SU-27/32, SU-25, J-12, Eurofighter, F-15, Mirage 2000, Red Guard, Marines, Advanced Inf, Diesel Submarine, Destroyer and Missile Cruiser. The Tornado graphic was also created by Andrew Livings and was taken from one of his posts on the Apolyton Civilisation Site forums.

 

The Following units were created by Jimmywax: Carrier, BMP-2, BMP-3, T-80,  H-6, J-8, Arab Inf, M2 Bradley, M-113, Type 90 and YW 531.

 

Brebro created the T-62 and J-7 and his MiG-19 provided the basis for my Q-5

 

Tim Smith created the B-2 graphic

 

The units at the bottom of units.bmp were created by Jimmywax (AC), Andrew Livings (APL) and Brebro (BB)

 

All the other units were taken from various scenarios and mod packs whose makers I have forgotten. If you know who made a particular graphic please e-mail me with the author’s name so I can credit them for their work.

 

The icons I used were taken from scenarios and modpacks by Andrew Livings. Captain Nemo and Alex Mor, Tim Smith and Harlan Tompson. I created the icon used for the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

 

The map I used was made by Harlan Tompson (who also made the original of the labourers unit). I’ve included this excellent map with the scenario.

 

Most of the terrain comes from Alex Mor and Captain Nemo’s 2194 Days of War. The sand dunes, village terrain, and most of the cities were also made by Captain Nemo. The Taiga is from Harlan’s Mongols scenario.

The Third World Cities were made by Stefan Hartel

 

I also want to thank Henrik for converting the title picture for this scenario.

 

 

7.      Links

 

Here are some web sites I found useful in researching this scenario:

www.fas.org –features detailed information about almost every weapon system

www.army-technology.com – the URL says it all

www.hazegrey.org – Orders of battle and technical details of all the world’s navies

 

8. Contact Details

 

Feel free to e-mail me at nick_dowling@hotmail.com with any questions, comments and criticisms that you have. I also regularly read the message boards on the Apolyton Civilisation site, so you can leave messages for me there as well.

 

If anyone is interested I have copies of the game saved with only the cites placed. If you think this could prove useful, e-mail me and I’ll be more then happy to send you a copy.

 

9.            Distribution & Copyright Stuff

 

As long as you give me credit for my work, and others credit for their work, feel free to distribute and modify this scenario in any way you choose.

 

Version History:

1.0 Distributed July 2001

Multiplayer Edition – Distributed for PBEM game October 2001