User Guide

6: CAMPAIGNS
6.19
DYNAMIC CAMPAIGN
Overview
At the heart of the campaign is the dynamic mission generator (DMG), which
tracks all friendly and enemy units on the battlefield. This system keeps a running
tally on what priority targets have been destroyed, how many friendly casualties
have occurred, how many weapon and aircraft resources remain, and what areas
have been secured. All of your actions during a mission affect the outcome, as
well as everything that happens thereafter. And since the game campaign is
centered around a set of limited weapon and helicopter resources, you must
carefully choose what resources to expend in any given mission.
The DMG formulates a variety of mission types — strike, reconnaissance, close
air support, combat air patrol, escort, special insertion and extraction procedures,
and specialized targets. On any given day and in varying weather conditions, you
may face a mix of target types that requires you to manage several mission types
at once — close-air support in one sector, SAM seek-and-destroy in another, and
recon intelligence in yet another.
Based on cumulative results from all missions, the DMG formulates successive
missions (approximately one per day) that are based on your performance, not on
a static set of data. Each generated mission has random elements as well, giving
every mission the potential for surprise. This allows the campaign to unfold differ-
ently each time you play, producing a different theater with different conditions.
Campaign Goals
The goal of the campaign is to overtake a specific amount of territory by heading
up offensive pushes against enemy lines. (See Criteria for an Offensive
Advance, p. 6.21.) At the same time, you must prevent the enemy from accom-
plishing the same goal. Your duties, all of which impact the success or failure of
the campaign, can be summed up as follows:
♦ Managing limited weapon and helicopter resources
♦ Destroying strategic enemy ground positions
♦ Attacking enemy supply convoys
♦ Escorting supply convoys to friendly forces
♦ Providing air support for friendly ground offensives
♦ Gather intelligence through reconnaissance missions
♦ Perform troop insertion and extraction
♦ Other duties generated by the force commanders as the campaign commences