User Guide

RUSSIA RESURGENT
A new government has come to power in Russia with a promise of restoring the country to
international prominence as a world superpower. Military units are being rebuilt through increased
training, mass production of existing weapons, and research and development to provide new
capabilities.
The leading edge of this activity is the Russian submarine force, which has suffered the least
decline since the end of the cold war. Submarines are engaged in operations to gain intelligence
about U.S. forces and to ensure U.S. submarines are not able to observe Russian exercises.The
Russians are especially keen to enshroud the development of a new anti-air warfare missile.
The U.S. leadership in the Department of Defense, the State Department and the intelligence
agencies has initiated actions to monitor Russian capabilities and determine their intentions.
Submarines are critical assets for covertly gaining the required information.
Peacetime Rules of Engagement are still in force but as the Russians increase preparations, the
encounters between the two countries become more frequent and the possibility of hostilities
intensifies.The risk of an undeclared war beneath the surface increases with every encounter.
To combat the new capabilities of the Russian Improved Akula-I and Akula-II submarines, the U.S.
fleet commissioned the Seawolf class submarine in the late 90s.While quieter and more capable
than any nuclear submarine at sea, construction of the class was canceled for all but three vessels.
Only two Seawolf class submarines are currently deployed.The 688(I) class remains the backbone
of the U.S. submarine fleet.
Tensions are rising, and the premier submarines of the two navies must be the first instruments of
national policy. However, a submarine is merely an extension of the wit,creativity and will to win of
the Commanding Officer. If you have the skill, knowledge and character to command the world’s
elite submarines, step up to the challenge of Sub Command.
CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION
The campaign is divided into fourteen missions.You can elect to play all thirteen missions of the
campaign as the commander of a Russian Akula class, a U.S. 688(I) or Seawolf class submarine.
With minor exceptions (noted in the descriptions), the same missions are present in all three
campaigns; only your perspective and goals and the capabilities of the submarine you command
are changed. In each mission, one submarine has an offensive role and the other has a defensive
role.The opposing force may have several submarines, but you have no friendly submarines.
Regardless of the ship chosen, you have the same required missions, although the order is
somewhat different.
In Sub Command, failure to achieve specific goals need not result in the necessity to replay the
mission.There will, however, be mission-relevant consequences in future missions depending on
whether or not you complete important goals as you go along.
The early missions require support of naval exercises in home waters and missions in enemy
coastal waters for observation of enemy naval operations and insertion of Special Forces. Both
submarine forces focus on an upcoming test of the new Russian anti-air missile in the early
missions. If the Russians can deny U.S. forces’ knowledge of the characteristics of this weapon,
then the Russian Northern Fleet will be much more effective when the battle is eventually joined.
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