The Rise of Phoenix Company

Operation Headhunter

Date: Unknown day in March 2020
Location: 5 miles outside of Verdansk Airspace

The Armistice squad would be flying in on a MH-6 Little Bird as they looked at the destroyed and evacuated city below them as they sat on the benches of the helicopter.

Their mission is to infiltrate the outside of the Stadium, hack and disable the scramblers, and eliminate the commanders in the area for Intel regarding AQ operations in Verdansk.

The squad consisted of several operators from many different countries and factions in the world between Russia and NATO as the both of them had a interest in taking out AQ before they cause significant damage to the rest of the region.

Bilak's squad was in a Blackhawk Helicopter flying to a LZ near the Armistice as his team was supposed to provide support for Armistice forces as they completed their objectives. Bilak and his team landed on a roof across from the stadium as they set up. The team consisted of two snipers, a anti armor specialist, and a man who operated the Reaper drone circling the area. Within the first five minutes, they heard gunshots in the area off as Armistice got engaged by AQ forces.

Bilak setup his SVD on the edge of the roof with his teammate Butter, who was a better sniper than Bilak was.

"Do you have eyes on anything yet?" Butter asked as they both scanned around for targets.

"I have eyes on several AQ targets leaving the building to engage our guys to our west. Adjust sights and engage the targets." Bilak responded.

Both of their rifles being suppressed, it wouldn't be as loud in the middle of the chaos. Bilak would set his sights on a set of hostiles trying to cut off the team.

"Team getting flanked by a five man team, engaging." Bilak would fire the first round sending the 7.62x54R round flying out of the rifle with a powerful crack as hit the first man through the head and sent him falling to the ground. Butter sent another round to hit the next man who tripped over the dead one. As one fired, the other would acquire a target until the team was finished.

"Targets are down, repositioning. Team let's get moving to the next roof." Bilak said as the team climbed on top of the roof next to them. Quickly getting set up on the roof.

The Armistice team would move towards the stadium to destroy the servers.

"I don't have eyes on the team. Get me eyes with the the Reaper." Bilak said as he motioned for the Reaper operator to bring the tablet over.

The drone's camera showed the team getting engaged in danger close combat at the stadium. The Armistice forces would successfully fight their way to the other side of the stadium before getting engaged in sight of the sniper team.

"General, you have a massive force of enemy armor headed towards the Armistice team. How would you like to proceed?" Butter said as he saw the armor rolling in towards the team.

"Raven, start using that launcher on those tanks. Make sure the back blast is clear. Lemon, get the Reaper launching missiles at the armor too. We cannot afford to lose the team. We came here to do our job and get paid. Now let's do it." Bilak ordered as he looked towards the armor.

Within 30 seconds, missiles were being launched at a rapid pace towards the column of armor with each one being destroyed one by one watching the team push around the side of the stadium.

"Watcher, this is Phoenix 0-1; armor is clear and objectives are complete. We will cover the LZ. Get your people out." Bilak reported in the radio.

"Copy Phoenix, Armistice, move to the LZ." Laswell told the team.

Shortly after the team left, Bilak would call in his radio.

"This is Phoenix 0-1, to Phoenix Actual do you read me?"

"Copy 0-1, send traffic"

"Operational objectives are complete and we need extract. How copy?"

"Standby"

A few moments of silence passed as the team packed up their gear and prepared to move.

"Proceed to the primary exfil point and pop a smoke grenade or flare to designate your position. ETA 15 minutes, do not be late. Over."

"Copy, proceeding to primary extract. Over and Out." Bilak would say as he threw a rappel rope off the side of the building. He would slide down the rope and cover the street while he waited for the team to get down.

As they pushed through the street, the drone operator would speak to Bilak.

"General, we have a problem. A heavy hostile presence is on its way to our position."

"Then we have to move fast. We can still take out any armor in our way. Just follow me and stay close. Let's move out." Bilak said as he checked the corners.

The team would move street to street and avoid patrols passing by.

"This is Phoenix 0-1 to Phoenix Actual. Do you read me over?"

"Send traffic 0-1."

"AQ is all over the city. Recommending a secondary extract over."

"Copy, Splinter 1-1 is still inbound. Mark your area with a flare or a color coded smoke grenade over."

"Understood, standby for coordinates."

"We will meet up in the riverbed near the city. I will mark it with a blue smoke upon their arrival." Bilak said as he was just down the road from the LZ as he started to take small amounts of fire.

"This is cutting it really fucking close isn't it General?!" Raven yelled as they ran towards the blue smoke and Bilak took some shots back at the hostiles.

"Yeah, but we just need to hold out here until they arrive! Until then keep your asses silent and eliminate those hostiles! We are out as soon as it lands!" Bilak yelled back to respond.

The four man team killed the small fireteams of hostiles as the helicopter swooped over and sprayed it's door gun at the hostiles before quickly landing.

"Everyone get in now!! We are out of here!" Bilak barked at the team and proceeded to cover the team until he was the last man. He would get inside and the helicopter would quickly speed off as rounds bounced off the hull of the helicopter.

"This is Phoenix 0-1 to Watcher, do you copy?"

"Send traffic Bilak." Watcher AKA Laswell was a CIA handler who worked with TF141 and currently the leader behind the NATO Armistice team. Bilak had offered his help as he knew they were dealing with a large hostile with a massive backing. His group was the backup in case Armistice fell apart but in the days to come would make this a much more difficult task and it would be easier said than done.

"We have safely extracted out of the AO and all objectives have been successfully completed." Bilak said into the radio.

"Understood, when the team returns they will be debriefed. Your team will return and get prepared for our next mission tomorrow. Watcher out." Laswell said as Bilak did a round count and equipment check.

"Copy Watcher, 0-1 Out." Bilak cut off his communications and continued back to base.

As the team landed at the base, they got out of their gear and prepared themselves again for their next mission with Bilak proceeding to the briefing room with Laswell.

"So what's our next mission?" Bilak stared at the table with photos, maps, and diagrams puzzled by what all of it exactly was. Looked like two people meeting for a weapons deal, and a map of some sort of military base.

"Your next mission is Operation Kuvalda, your targets are weapon caches stored in the Arklov Military Base. We want you to go in with the Armistice Teams and marks crates for destruction. You might have to look around for anything else that they might be hiding. Any advantage we gain in this conflict is necessary. Anything not destroyed here is going to be a problem later on. Your team will move out first thing in the morning and provide recon ahead of the teams and await their arrival. air support will be in the area constantly to make sure none of the teams get overwhelmed on the ground. You are dismissed." Laswell said to him, he would nod and leave the room to get some rest before the next mission tomorrow.