Johnson

Mission Name:
Sidestep
 
Server Details: 
IP: 116.202.224.207
Port: 2302
 
Mods Required:
Arma 3 Preset OP Sidestep.html
 
TS address: ts.ahoyworld.net
TEAMSPEAK MISSION BRIEFING FOR ALL PLAYERS WILL BEGIN AT 19:00 UTC
Expected Mission Length: 120+ minutes (may go over or under expected mission length)
 
Player Slots: 36 (5 Squads of 6, 2 Vortex and a 4 man command element)
 
 
Situation
The CHADS are tied down in Finland, they reported and NATO forces have confirmed the detection of some strange signals and even more concerning electrical surges originating from the island of Gogland (Suursaari in finnish) (loc: Gulf of Finland between Finland, Estonia and Russia). SAT imagery is blocked by interference, drone coverage is zero, for unknown reasons our drones went haywire as soon as they approached the island, civilian communication seized to exist. Something is happening on that island, and your job is to find out what. Under the cover of night and with the help on an oil tanker ship your company set up a temporary resupply and command point near the main island, and your job today will be to investigate the sources of the strange signals, approx origin points have been marked on your map. Don't linger around for too long, our presence may be interpreted as an act of war.
 
 
Assets:
3 x MH-6
Various ground support vehicles
 
 
Friendly Forces:
BLUFOR
 
Enemy Forces:
Unknown
 

Civilians:
Civilian presence unknown
 
Mission
Infiltrate the island of Suursaari, investigate the origins of the strange signals and electrical interference in order to reestablish SAT and Drone coverage. Re-establish military communication relay between Finland and NATO forces, if possible, confirm civilian presence and investigate the cause of civilian communication disappearance. The operation is covert, be as silent as possible, direct contact with civilians is to be avoided if possible.
 
 
Execution
Objectives:
1. Infiltrate the island
2. Investigate the source of the strange signals and report
3. Re-establish civilian and military communication (possible signal jamming device must be destroyed or deactivated)
4. Exfil
 
Movement Plan:
At Commanders discretion
 
Rules of Engagement:
Covert operation(!!!), avoid contact engage only if being engaged upon, based on current squad orders, may change if the situation develops
Civilians are present in the area so collateral damage and civilian visual contact is to be kept to a minimum.
 
 
Admin & Logistics
 
Equipment & Resupply:
At the commander’s control, assets are available at base to facilitate this.
 
Reinforcements:
Unlimited
At commanders discretion, transport assets are available.
 
 
Command & Control
 
Command:
Overall command lays with codename "Overlord" who will set objectives and ROE.
Operational control on the ground lies with the Platoon Commander.
 
Communication:
Radio channels are set for each element and can be viewed as part of the Diary accessible through the map . Platoon has limited discretion for change but structure is to be maintained. 

 

AW MVP 2020: @Stanhope (For his "big brain" technical contribution behind the scenes, seriously, this guy needs paid)
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @Norris (The friendliest Canadian abooot)
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @MidnightRunner (Oh merciful overlord)
AW Most Active Staff Member 2020: @LH5 (AW's very own big brother - forever watching chatlogs)
AW Strictest Staff Member 2020: @Admiralbumfluff (For fighting the ever-lasting battle against EU1 trolls)
AW Best Team Player 2020: @Johnson (Squad leading ability second-to-none, absolute meme lord behind the scenes... love it)
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2020: @SiegeSix (For helping break-in the newbloods during the early days)
AW Most Friendly Member 2020: @Sack (, Sergeant.)
AW Tacti-cool member 2020: @Minipily (Drip on point, Steve would be proud.)
AW Underrated Member 2020: @FrOzT (Friendly Nord chap, always appreciated being able to watch stream highlights from your POV, that goes for @Walk'N too!)
AW Most Incoherent Member 2020: @Walk'N  (Absolutely stellar French fella, listening to his callouts always make me chuckle)
AW DAAASSS BOOOOT 2020: N/A
AW Best Pilot 2020: @Gambit (Up there alongside the best pilots I know, zero-tolerance for smart-assery)
AW Worst Pilot 2020: @Xwatt (Best you stay boots on the ground 'ol friend)
AW Best Voice 2020: @Jochem (Confident leader, crystal clear commands, voice of an angel)
AW Funniest Person on Team Speak 2020: @SkullCollector (Fastest one-liners in the west)
AW Worst Joke 2020: (Truly ban worthy)
AW Best Moment 2020 (can be in-game, on Team Speak or Forum): (I still hear that guitar playing whenever I close my eyes... never again.)
AW Best Forum Post (please put URL in): (Glad to see the community expand its reach to new platforms, hopefully we can see more of this in the future)
AW Dankest Meme Post In Discord 2020: (I honestly couldn't pick one, the meme channel just keeps producing the goods)
AW Best Driver 2020:  @WinterMute (You can always count on 'ol willy to safely get you to your destination!)
AW Worst Driver 2020:  @Jenkins (I know @Xwatt tends to get a lot of flak for his driving abilities, but I'd seriously consider myself a strong contender this time around)
AW Best Fail 2020: @kennychr (Bet you thought you had escaped this one huh, but honestly though, I DESERVE IT.)
AW Best Ban of 2020: @MoonFire
AW Team Speak Channel 2020:  SETUP ROOM - AWE  (A true emotional rollercoaster and home to the best memes outside Discord)
AW Best Screen Shot 2020: (Credit to @Johnson and @Karate Pyjamas - Liberation in a nutshell)
AW Best/Worst Call-out 2020:  -REDACTED- / Helmet Cam of Cpl. Xwatt - Alpha Squad / Operation CHADS / Hellanmaa Province West / -REDACTED-
AW Candidate for the Hague 2020: @Sho_Iwaizumi (Every commanders headache, but always in good humour. Pizza connoisseur.)
AW Role Model 2020: @Whigital (Top quality player, rarely ventures outside EU1 but is very friendly and helpful with guiding new players, keep it up dude!)

Fixed
 
 
Also update inbound for the modset.

Mission Name:
Operation Neptune
 
Server Details: 
IP: 116.202.224.207
Port: 2402
 
Mods Required:
 
neptune.html
 
TS address: ts.ahoyworld.net
TEAMSPEAK MISSION BRIEFING FOR ALL PLAYERS WILL BEGIN AT 19:00 UTC
Expected Mission Length: 120+ minutes (may go over or under expected mission length)
 
Player Slots: 38 (3 Squads of 11, Vortex and a 3 man command element)
 
 
Situation
NATO Command has recieved intel about a illegal medical site on the island of Malden. This facilitiy is suspected to be backed by a terrorist faction. NATO has tasked a specops platoon to gather intel and possibly destroy the site after it has been secured.
 
 
Assets:
4 x Assault boats.
 
 
 
Friendly Forces:
None
 
Enemy Forces:
Any forces guarding the objective site.
 
Neutral Forces:
None
 
 
 
Mission
Insert by boat from the USS Liberty during the cover of night. When you have arrived at the island, by foot make your way to the facility located in GRID 042 067 and clear the objective. Any intel found is to be reported back to HQ.
 
 
Execution
Objectives:
1. Clear and search facility for any intel about what they are doing there.
2. Destroy facility if viable.
 
 
Movement Plan:
At Commanders discretion
 
Rules of Engagement:
Enemies may be engaged on sight based on current squad orders
 
 
 
Admin & Logistics
 
Equipment & Resupply:
 
 
Reinforcements:
Unlimited
 
 
 
Command & Control
 
Command:
Overall command lays with codename "Overlord" who will set objectives and ROE.
Operational control on the ground lies with the Platoon Commander.
 
Communication:
Radio channels are set for each element and can be viewed as part of the Diary accessible through the map . Platoon has limited discretion for change but structure is to be maintained.

I have just realised there is a person here called @William that isn't me, but is hoovering up all my votes!

Think I look pretty young for my age tbh
 
 

Think I look pretty young for my age tbh
 
 

Think I look pretty young for my age tbh
 
 

Suppose I'll drop a pic, seeing as I've been here since like 2013 and most people probably think that my Thomas the Tank Engine pic is probably me, or discount Hitler on AWE.
 
Here's some pretty shitty pics of me from 2 years ago working as an Accountant for a small Solicitors Firm. The text on the screen says it all. Ain't really got any recent pics, might get some airsoft ones at some point, but being a doomer and Covid go hand in hand making me a professional loser.
 

Don't have any good pictures but dis is me like ... 5 years ago or so during my first days as firefighter (co-)instructor

AW MVP 2020: @Xwatt
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @Lindi the Gold Standard of friendliness
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @chicken_no6 this one will go far!
AW Most Active Staff Member 2020: @MidnightRunner no idea how you do it all.
AW Strictest Staff Member 2020: @Lindi but fair!
AW Best Team Player 2020: @SkullCollector
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2020: @Gambit - if you even hint about the possibility that you're trying to learn something he knows about he will go out of his way to teach you, and let's not forget the behind the scenes stuff for the CHADS and some liveries for my iracing cars...!
AW Most Friendly Member 2020: @JJ Cakes - going to start a petition to get his bit of the USA on UTC so he can get to more events
AW Tacti-cool member 2020: @Stryker990 
AW Most Incoherent Member 2020: @RiverWolf - https://streamable.com/3oogeb
AW Best Pilot 2020: @Norris for chasing that random dude down in the PMC Ops. Absolute mental stuff - (16 mins in)
 
AW Worst Pilot 2020: @Toasted_Bread_Slice because we stop and watch nowadays... https://www.twitch.tv/ahoyworld/clip/EasyFastRatNinjaGrumpy
AW Best Voice 2020: @Bomer the cleric
AW Funniest Person on Team Speak 2020: @MidnightRunner - https://youtu.be/F3WAEch22N0?t=978
AW Worst Joke 2020: @LH5 https://www.twitch.tv/ahoyworld/clip/GenerousPeacefulApeTheThing
AW Best Moment 2020 (can be in-game, on Team Speak or Forum): @MidnightRunner - see that song about Paddy
AW Best Forum Post (please put URL in): @SkullCollector for this
 
AW Best Fail 2020: @Icze the mine detector
AW Team Speak Channel 2020: EU1 Altis. Just a nice place to hang out and sometimes even to play Arma
AW Best Screen Shot 2020:
AW Candidate for the Hague 2020: @Sho_Iwaizumi records the evidence he then shows at his own trials tbh
AW Role Model 2020: @Lindi

So many comments and none of them asking about the pay...

Guess it's time for
 

AW MVP 2020: @Johnson
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @MidnightRunner
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @MidnightRunner
AW Most Active Staff Member 2020: @MidnightRunner
AW Strictest Staff Member 2020:  
AW Best Team Player 2020: @FrOzT always got your back and I know you'll have mine. If ya know what I mean, *giggity*
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2020: @Stanhope
AW Most Friendly Member 2020: @William
AW Tacti-cool member 2020: @Minipily can't beat that damn stache.
AW Underrated Member 2020: @RiverWolf seriously can't beat this man's drunken giggle.
AW Most Incoherent Member 2020: @RiverWolfand you know why, you idiot
AW DAAASSS BOOOOT 2020:
AW Best Pilot 2020: 
AW Worst Pilot 2020:
AW Best Voice 2020: @Johnson listening to this man on Squad as commander is like wartimes ASMR.
AW Funniest Person on Team Speak 2020:
AW Worst Joke 2020:
AW Best Moment 2020 (can be in-game, on Team Speak or Forum):
AW Best Forum Post (please put URL in):
AW Dankest Meme Post In Discord 2020:
AW Best Driver 2020:
AW Worst Driver 2020:
AW Best Fail 2020: @Jochem During MSO as DEA where we instantly blew the cover of the covert team at the checkpoint. "Sir, these men are with us, let them through."
AW Best Ban of 2020:
AW Team Speak Channel 2020: AWE setup room *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel* *user joined your channel*
AW Best Screen Shot 2020:
AW Best/Worst Call-out 2020:
AW Candidate for the Hague 2020: @Sho_Iwaizumid00d
AW Role Model 2020: @Jochem

AW MVP 2020: @kennychr for MSOs.
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @SkullCollector
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @Stanhope for working on Liberation all the time.
AW Most Active Staff Member 2020: @MidnightRunner for the amount of Zeus-Ops.
AW Strictest Staff Member 2020:  There are?!
AW Best Team Player 2020: @Johnson on Squad.
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2020: @Jochem for showing my roommate Leonie how to play Arma.
AW Most Friendly Member 2020: @JaSmAn who also already won the Los Zetas Cartel awards "friendliest hostage of the year" as well as "most fluent spanish" (on a spanish speaking island).
AW Tacti-cool member 2020: Every AWE-player wearing All-black.
AW Underrated Member 2020: @Sack is a great TL.
AW Most Incoherent Member 2020: @Minipily for either being super enthusiastic or super annoyed and rage-quitting.
AW DAAASSS BOOOOT 2020: I have no clue what this means... but U96 I'd guess
AW Best Pilot 2020: All the people who brought us to where we wanted without crashing.
AW Worst Pilot 2020: @Jochem for wrecking that KA-52 by accidently ejecting himself and @Minipily from it while in a perfect BP on Lythium Liberation...
AW Best Voice 2020: @Jochem according to my roommate Leonie.
AW Funniest Person on Team Speak 2020: @FrOzT
AW Worst Joke 2020: Alpha + Hearts & Minds
AW Best Moment 2020 (can be in-game, on Team Speak or Forum): Doing proper Calls for Fire with @Jochem and @Minipily on Altis-Liberation.
AW Best Forum Post (please put URL in): Liberation Feedback Thread as this improves the mission (https://forums.ahoyworld.net/topic/15253-liberation-feedback-thread/)
AW Dankest Meme Post In Discord 2020: All the USMC Crayon ones.
AW Best Driver 2020: All the people who brought us to where we wanted without crashing.
AW Worst Driver 2020: The people who didn't.
AW Best Fail 2020: Alphas D-Day with @Xwatt, @SkullCollector, @Schubz, @LH5 and @MidnightRunner (https://forums.ahoyworld.net/topic/14780-war-for-altis-act-2-mission-8-modded-zeus-ops-190420-1630-utc/?tab=comments#comment-131344)
AW Best Ban of 2020: @MoonFire it had to happen at some point.
AW Team Speak Channel 2020: AWE-setup room.
AW Best Screen Shot 2020:
AW Best/Worst Call-out 2020: @Jochems Calls for Fire (according to https://forums.ahoyworld.net/topic/14836-calling-in-support-cas-idf-according-to-the-usmc-basic-school/)
AW Candidate for the Hague 2020: Alpha (https://www.twitch.tv/ahoyworld/clip/NiceDreamyJayCoolStoryBob?filter=clips&range=all&sort=time)
AW Role Model 2020: @Jochem he is good at whatever role, frequently steps up and always helps others.

AW MVP 2020: @Ryko - for his continued work on I&A4, a fantastic mission and hopefully the perfect future successor to Lib.
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @Xwatt - A pillar of the community and a wonderful example of how to be a professional, fair and friendly staff member.
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @Norris - Always provide wonderful insight on many subjects and have helped a ton.
AW Most Active Staff Member 2020: Hot dang this is a tough deal. I'd vote for @MidnightRunner for his constant work in providing fun and engaging gamenights.
AW Strictest Staff Member 2020: @LH5 - Always on it, that ban report area do be stacked.
AW Best Team Player 2020: @Karate Pyjamas - Brilliant Squad leader | @Johnson - Superb leader
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2020: It's a tough deal. A lotta good folk around always willing to help, in all corners of this community. If I could, I'd award this to the community itself.
AW Most Friendly Member 2020: @Jochem - Impossible to argue with and always a friendly face.
AW Tacti-cool member 2020: Any and all players that use full black camouflage. You know who you are.
AW Underrated Member 2020: @Sack - A great player and leader, often overshadowed by others.
AW Most Incoherent Member 2020: @Walk'N - Thickest French Accent you've ever heard leaves for some troubling communication issues in combat, and it makes it all the more better.
AW DAAASSS BOOOOT 2020: @Jürgen Prochnow for his stellar performance in Das Boot. No seriously, what is this reward?
AW Best Pilot 2020: Any pilot that gets from point A to point B without feeling the need to express how good a pilot they are.
AW Worst Pilot 2020: Any pilot that flies at tree top level constantly and deafens the entire squad.
AW Best Voice 2020: @Jochem - It's like nectar in the ears.
AW Funniest Person on Team Speak 2020: @Johnson - Always great banter.
AW Worst Joke 2020: Anything involving "Alpha" and "Do this task effectively and with as little collateral as possible."
AW Best Moment 2020 (can be in-game, on Team Speak or Forum): I couldn't possibly give this title to one event.
AW Best Forum Post (please put URL in): There was tears of both sadness and joy as we hear of the departure of Xwatt from staff. It's upsetting to see such a good staff member leave the job but exciting to see that AhoyWorld is still very much alive with much progress to be showcased.
AW Dankest Meme Post In Discord 2020: I couldn't possibly choose the dankest meme in what is essentially an opium field of chat, debate and memes.
AW Best Driver 2020: @Minipily - I've certainly done enough of it and I'm sure people appreciate the adventures of Mini Mac-craycray as I pull some sick stunts.
AW Worst Driver 2020: @Xwatt - I don't know what this is about but I want in on the bandwagon.
AW Best Fail 2020: Any and all that involve a situation of the server going upside down due to someones imcompetence or an accident of epic proportions.
AW Best Ban of 2020: @MoonFire - Oh a ban of epic proportions indeed.
AW Team Speak Channel 2020: AFK and AFK-ish.
AW Best Screen Shot 2020: A great screenshot to close off the fun World War II gamenight campaign series.
AW Best/Worst Call-out 2020: Best callouts: The natural incoportation of good comms into AWE over the recent years. Worst Callouts: Anyone that spends longer than they need to on the radio.
AW Candidate for the Hague 2020: @Sho_Iwaizumi for his blatant German warcrimes on AWE.
AW Role Model 2020: @Johnson for being a good rolemodel in providing good insight and handling arguments professionally.

I want in on that action, driver reporting in!

Ah the newly formed WAR

Not an ideal solution but could it recognise if you kill certain units - say crew members - and have them valued at a much higher score. Obviously not ideal and comes with its own problems, but the vehicles are only as good as the crew inside them after all. If a player disabled a MBT and then killed the crew after they bailed, he would be rewarded for his efforts 

Some ideas:
Remove the perverse incentive from vortex Currently it's in Vortex' best interest to fly leisurely to the AO and speed back to base.  As vortex gets points when flying people around.  Instead have vortex earn points by dropping people of near an objective (maybe with a multiplier for distance to the objective) and for bringing them back to base. 
Introduce a kill assist mechanic Currently you can do 99% of the damage to a vehicle but if it blows up on its own after that you get no points.  At least with an assist mechanic (e.g. a hit event handler that pushes back the players uid into an array that's set on server on the affected object with setvariable) you'd get some points. 
 

@Johnson You should mate, I'd say it's my favourite campaign even though I die a few times 😆

I might have to join the good fight, finally. Better late than never I hope.

Mission Summary
 
This Sunday, we turn a regular bout of Liberation around to show off what we can do when we put our minds to it. Expect a solid experience with high emphasis on teamwork and structure, with an established Chain of Command.  These are the days when we push for harder objectives or complex operations in combined arms, or try things we normally would not.
 
Modset Required
 
The modset, as well as a full explanation on how to join, can be found here:
 
 
Mission Runtime
 
Roughly 2 hours with a chance to carry on open-ended
 
 
Friendly Forces
 
British Armed Forces (MTP)
 
Opposing Forces
 
Sahrani Resistance
 
Mission
 
Clear the region of insurgent forces. Capture strategic objectives. Establish favourable relations with the local populace.
Objective
 
TBD by Acting Command on Sunday
 

 

Probably next Monday.

I might have to join the good fight, finally. Better late than never I hope.