MEC beach landing

DarkTalon · Post by **DarkTalon** » 2007-03-28 21:27

This is a little map idea I had of a MEC assault on a US held beach, crazy i know but listen. the MEC will start aboard a medium sized container ship and board RIBs docked on the side of the ship (maybe a container has an APC in it?)
boats will then land on an isolated beach with a small village and a USMC outpost. by far the hardest part of this map would be making the container ship.

note: actual ship should be a little smaller than the one pictured above for optimization purposes.

If you were a MEC general and wanted to regain control of an important section of coast how would you take it? US armor would obliterate a land assault, you don't have sufficient aircraft for an aerial assault, you don't even have a navy, why would the US bother with sea defenses, A container ship is nice and stealthy, and you can hide a number of amphibious vehicles and equipment in the containers.

Post by **Outlawz7** » 2007-03-28 21:29

I had an idea for a map based in Persian Gulf,where US landed in 2003, when they invaded Iraq..maybe MEC would try to smuggle to there and cut off USMC from the sea?

Blackhawk 5 · Post by **Blackhawk 5** » 2007-03-28 21:49

But problem is the USMC is not protecting our borders (aside mexico mabye) but its the job of the coast guard or border patrol to.

Post by **Bob_Marley** » 2007-03-28 21:59

Someone's been watching the "World in Conflict" trailers too much again, havent they?

Cherni · Post by **Cherni** » 2007-03-28 22:02

Bob_Marley wrote:Someone's been watching the "World in Conflict" trailers too much again, havent they?

omg I loved that. The cops liek "OMG WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!!!and then gets pwnt by a M-24 Hind!

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-03-28 22:02

Shouldn't this be in the "MAP IDEAS" thread? (please dont flame me)

Teek · Post by **Teek** » 2007-03-29 04:39

Wait for Coronado naval base WIP
PLA assaults the San diego docks

Post by **Rhino** » 2007-03-29 05:00

hehe, intresting idea with the contanor ship and all but i think its more suited for the Insurgants?

WNxKenwayy · Post by **WNxKenwayy** » 2007-03-29 05:28

Anyone who invades the US without achieving air superiority first wont get beyond the initial wave.

Insurgents possibly, but even then. Insurgents aren't going to have armor/air support, so at the first sign you'd have ~10 million armed citizens looking for an excuse grabbing all the weapons/ammo they could find, myself including, and hauling *** to the attack site.

A true representation would be a fight in a bombed out scortched earth city, because that's what would have to happen before anyone would be crazy enough to invade. There's a reason the US will never go in without air superiority.

Post by **Outlawz7** » 2007-03-29 10:07

Blackhawk 5 wrote:But problem is the USMC is not protecting our borders (aside mexico mabye) but its the job of the coast guard or border patrol to.

Hmm, I was talking about the Persian Gulf...not North America's coastline....

Dyer |3-5| · Post by **Dyer |3-5|** » 2007-03-29 12:42

Teek wrote:Wait for Coronado naval base WIP
PLA assaults the San diego docks

Attacking one of the main bases for Navy SEALs is probably not a smart idea.

Ecko · Post by **Ecko** » 2007-03-29 14:43

Dyer |3-5| wrote:Attacking one of the main bases for Navy SEALs is probably not a smart idea.

Unless it's the brits attacking with the SAS

Viper5 · Post by **Viper5** » 2007-03-29 17:32

Still not a good idea. Everyone back on topic.

DarkTalon · Post by **DarkTalon** » 2007-03-29 21:25

Outlawz wrote:Hmm, I was talking about the Persian Gulf...not North America's coastline....

yeah so was I, bit of a misunderstanding here.

Leo · Post by **Leo** » 2007-03-30 00:11

AFAIK there is already a cargo ship modeled in the Editor.

MMad · Post by **MMad** » 2007-04-01 13:09

I think this kind of map could make a lot of sense, if you think of it as a propaganda mission instead of a serious attempt to conquer anything, similar to the 9/11 attacks. No goals of Al-Qaeda were ultimatelly furthered the those attacks, the twin towers were in no way strategically important targets. The whole point of the attacks was as a display of force, proving to the world that militant islamism could strike overseas, at the enemy's heart. It was no doubt a gigantic short-term propaganda victory.

Any PR faction attempting some kind of military operation on US soil should probably have the same intentions: not to aim for something of proportionate military importance (although it ought to be a legitimate military target to avoid the terrorist connotations) but to show that they're capable of hitting targets far beyond their own borders; that America isn't safe even though the war is happening far away.

I assume everyone can agree that a dedicated special forces unit from any of the PR factions could get into the US if they really wanted.