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Smokie's Operation Hamilcar

The primary focus of this mission is on large scale battles with freedom of choice. The end goal is to create a sort of campaign with branches of missions depending on if the player lost or won the previous mission.

Premise:
A month ago, the Soviet navy broke out of the Aegean sea. NATO-occupied Malta is now the only thing preventing the Warsaw Pact from attempting to seize Gibraltar. Last week, Soviet marines stationed themselves in Tripoly in order to secure a naval base of operations, and they are now launching an operation against Malta in order to push NATO out of the mediterranean completely. Our forces on Malta are too small to defend the island on their own, consisting of a small USMC battalion and a British garrison. Our task is to defend against this operation with all means available. Satellite images indicate that Soviet Mig-21's and Tu-16's have been rebased to airfields around Tripoli. Be wary of Soviet air patrols along the Lybian coast, as well as Lybian patrol boats. We also cannot rule out airstrikes against Malta to soften our defenses and weaken the morale of our marines stationed on the island. If we succeed, we may yet be able to strike at the Lybian oilfields and deny the communists a major strategic asset. If we loose, we will have to evacuate Malta and establish a defense at Gibraltar. Lybia is aligning itself with the USSR. We cannot afford strict rules of engagement at this time, so assume that we are at war.