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.
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