Winter, 2006

     The swift and unexpected attack of the "so-called" Eurasian
Hegemony forces, following the cessation of food aid from North
America has shattered the US med fleet.  A few units centered on
the aircraft carrier John C. Stannis made it through Gibraltar,
with the help of some brilliant diversionary tactics by British
forces, immediately before their own withdrawal.  At this time, all
UK forces have been pulled back to form a cordon about their own
island and are calling themselves neutral in this most sudden war.

     It is unclear how far this assault will be carried, but all
effort must be made to deny the Hegemony control of the North
Atlantic.  If they control the Atlantic they will surely threaten 
the North American continent with sea and air forces in an attempt
to acquire the food they have been denied.  The situation is
expected to become more unstable through the winter, as stock-piled
basic food for the general population will only last until early
March at best (give or take 1 month depending on regional factors). 
Military and government sources in the UK estimate that supplies
for Hegemony military units will last until mid April (from data
gathered through their economic community dealings prior to the EC
collapse in 2003).

     The cause of last summer's unimaginable insect infestation
which resulted in catastrophic crop failures on the Eurasian
continent has been confirmed as pollution related.  Two
entomologists from the Chevalier de Lamarck ecological research
center in Pessac, Bordeaux, France have confirmed that increased
ground level atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone, coupled with a
24% increase in overall ultraviolet radiation levels created a
chain reaction reproduction event in the cicada or locust family of
insects.  The infestation wiped out 43% of grain production and 24%
of vegetable and other agriculture food products.  Also, 41% of the
grazing land was rendered useless, resulting in a 44% decrease in
meat and dairy production.  Additional damage has resulted from
internal conflicts and the general panic which set in as winter
approached.

     Internal redistribution efforts have been choked as of mid-
December due to a number of pseudo-military low intensity regional
disputes.  The largest bottleneck has been passage through the
Mediterranean Sea, where nearly 85% of food has either been stolen
for sale on the black market or destroyed in some very fierce
battles.  Pirate activities from Italy and Greece accounted for 13
missing vessels and an estimated 3600 violent deaths before all
shipping finally stopped.  All areas other than Atlantic, Biscay
and North Sea coastal areas have not had reliable food supplies for
up to a month.

     Food from Canada and the United States began arriving in early
November at a rate which would see most areas back to 75% of need
levels for the entire winter.  However, with distribution to
interior areas cut off by internal disputes, and the sinking of 4
merchant food transports on the same day one week ago, the US and
Canadian governments chose to stop sending food due to unacceptable
losses.  No one has claimed sinking the merchant vessels, which
were all fully loaded and bound for French ports.  It is suspected
that Ukrainian controlled CIS vessels may have been attempting to
stop the flow of food in protest to their inability to supply
themselves.

    The MED fleet was attacked 35 hours ago from multiple
directions in a well planned and executed operation.  Almost
complete surprise was gained, as regular operation duty procedures
had been suspended while the MED fleet was attempting to police the
Mediterranean supply routes.  It was hoped that the food shipments
could be restarted if pirating could be eliminated.  Sea and air
units from France, Spain, Italy, CIS and Greece attacked from close
range and without warning.  Only a chance intercept of coded
messages by UK forces at Gibraltar allowed any of the US MED fleet
to escape.  The intercepted messages, which detailed part of the
combined French-Spanish blockade of the Strait, were received by
COMSURFMED 15 minutes after the attacks began (at which time losses
were as high as 50%).  In addition, the UK unit at Gibraltar sent
false orders to the French-Spanish surface group, ordering them to
intercept the remaining US vessels which had attacked Cartegena
along the Spanish coast.  In truth, the US vessels were 100 miles
south of Cartegena, off the Algerian coast at Oran.  A few had
barely escaped the initial onslaught and lost the enemy vessels by
4 hours of 36 knot steaming straight south toward Bizerte, Tunisia.

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This scenario package for Harpoon NACV HDS2 enhanced battleset 
explores the possibility of a cross Atlantic war, between forces 
which had for many decades been allies.  Unlike traditional NATO 
vs non-NATO northern hemisphere conflict scenarios, the quality of 
weapons advantage always held by NATO forces has been alleviated by
splitting the NATO allies.  In addition, this scenario also allows
for more wide-open sea action, and the very interesting possibility
of invading North America.  You will notice that some leeway has
been taken in outfitting the Eurasian Forces.  But, keep in mind
that this scenario takes place in the first decade of the next
century.

Package includes (so far): Operation CROSS ATLANTIC
                           Operation BENCH PRESS
                           
More to come as time allows!

Good luck, and if you have any comments, suggestions, beefs or
problems get ahold of me on Compuserve:

 Grant R. Cool   72647,1465

