Commanders!
Armored Warfare features a storyline you can participate it by playing the
Special Operations mode.
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The American Dream story arc is now available. Learn what happened in the former United States of America during the events of Moscow Calling.
American Dream
Chapter 1 – Unrest
- Date: June 6, 2043
- Location: Monument Valley, Utah
Europe was not the only territory affected by Enigma’s onslaught. The mysterious organization started actively supporting various insurgency groups and terrorists all across the world, including in what used to be the United States of America.
The most prominent of them were the Lions of Nequiel, a brutal sect of frenzied warriors controlled by fanatical priests. Until recently, they were only a minor nuisance but, in the absence of corporate law, they started taking over Clayburn Industries facilities (a company, which controlled many southern states following the Seahawk affair) and to impose their cruel beliefs upon all who lived in the area.
But the Americans would not be easily subdued. A resistance movement (calling itself simply “the Resistance”) quickly arose in the Arizona badlands under the leadership of Ryan Miller, arming itself with both the leftover National Guard arms and assault rifles held by practically every household, proving once again the old rule that a dictatorship can only flourish amongst the disarmed.
Ryan Miller was a former sheriff turned vigilante after he saw the evils of sectarian extremism in practice. Being a respected member of his community, he quickly convinced others to join the fight.
One hot, dry day in June, Ryan’s unit was patrolling the area when they intercepted a distress call from his men nearby. They quickly proceeded to investigate, only to find the Resistance base as well as all local fighters under a massive attack by Lions’ armored forces with helicopter support. Miller was no stranger to these fanatics but the ferocity of the assault surprised even him. Additionally, the Lions of Nequiel had the support of a large drone of unknown origin.
In the end, the drone was taken out by Miller’s unit and the Lion attempt to destroy the Resistance was thwarted, but not without taking some losses, which left Miller wondering as to what would make the Lions so bold after a couple of months of relatively light skirmishes. What was even more worrying was the fact that the Lions of Nequiel had taken many Resistance fighters prisoner and had hauled them away.
Chapter 2 – Rescue Mission
- Date: June 27, 2043
- Location: Denver, Colorado
Miller’s team learned that the prisoners had been taken to Denver, Colorado, where the sect’s HQ was located. Miller immediately started planning a rescue operation, scraping together as many resources as he could find on short notice. In the end, him, a unit of armored vehicles and a heliborne team of commandos headed out to fight the enemy on his own ground.
They took the Lions of Nequiel by surprise, overwhelming the HQ’s defenses in a matter of minutes. In there, they found out that the prisoners were being sent to a facility of an organization called Enigma – by train, no less. Miller used this opportunity well. His commandos captured the train with the prisoners and, in a daring break-out, managed to clear the city under the cover of the Resistance armor, learning about a secret Enigma facility near Green River in the process.
Chapter 3 – New Enemy
- Date: July 3, 2043
- Location: Green River, Wyoming
The coordinates from Denver pointed towards the town of Green River and to a nearby dam. Arriving there, Ryan Miller and his team found a massive military base with high-tech turrets and Lions of Nequiel forces protecting it, clearly acting as security for the Enigma organization. Pushing into the facility, the Resistance started capturing its buildings one by one using commandos and hacking the Enigma network.
The files obtained from the hack unveiled little about the mysterious nature of the enemy but several important facts came to light. Enigma’s been around for at least two decades, developing technology since the late 2020s and was preparing for the takeover for a very long time, securing the support of every major insurgency in the process while fanning the flames of anti-corporate unrest. Furthermore, the name Magnus Holter popped up in the data several times.
The assault was interrupted by the arrival of enemy reinforcements. These – much to the surprise of Ryan Miller –did not, however, belong to the Lions of Nequiel, but to the NPAA – a former anti-government patriotic American militia that would normally have no common ground with a sect. Seeing these two actually working together made Miller realize the scope of the threat.
But this concern would soon be overshadowed by yet another find. Enigma had a military satellite with an unknown weapon aimed at the main Resistance base in Monument Valley (unbeknownst to Ryan, this was the same weapon that had destroyed the center of Moscow three months prior). This threat could not be ignored. Miller quickly ordered the base evacuated but as it turned out, the satellite could not have been shut down from the spot. Instead, Miller and his team had to race towards the satellite control station located in a place Ryan Miller would have never guessed...
Chapter 4 – Satellite
- Date: July 6, 2043
- Location: Area 51, Nevada
Enigma took over the famous U.S. Air Force Area 51 base and transformed it to its image. As Miller and his team fought their way through the outer defenses, strange, almost alien-looking buildings gave them an oppressive and foreboding feeling. Awaiting them was an entire armada of Enigma forces, ready to protect their masters’ secrets.
After a prolonged and difficult battle, Miller’s troops started capturing one command tower after another in their desperate search for the satellite’s kill switch. Enigma wasn’t idle either, throwing everything they had at Miller, including a fleet of massive aerial carriers. Upon their arrival, Miller realized there would be no escape for him – not this time.
In a last ditch effort, Miller managed to obtain the data needed for the Resistance Officer Austin Harper – his friend and guide – to shut down the satellite, asking him to tell the leader of the European Resistance branch, Hana Buric, everything he had learned before being overwhelmed by Enigma reinforcements and killed. Harper vowed to continue the fight in his name and the data, paid for with Miller’s sacrifice, would eventually allow Hana Buric’s forces to assault the heart of Enigma’s Moscow operation two months later.
The Special Operations story will continue in Update 0.31. Stay tuned!
