The following is a series of 'events' that I had always thought about when it came to how the PR universe is. It is of course accepted that there is no universe, and the devs make maps for the pure enjoyment of making maps, with the majority of them not having a major back story. However, I thought up this imaginary universe purely for my own enjoyment and that of my old clanmates who had this discussion a while back.
Unfortunately, I didn't save any of my work from way back when, so I'll try to remake maps/recall events to the best of my memory. In addition, I will try to fit in the many recent additions of factions and maps from the past few patches.
The events start being based on real-life dates, and then slowly diverge more and more from our own universe, culminating with full-blown war between many of the major powers.
2001 - Invasion of Afghanistan. Not too much back-story needed for that. NATO forces, including Germany, The United States, and Great Britain, engage in counter-insurgency warfare to topple the Taliban's hold on the region. Maps include Korengal, Lakshar, etc.
2003 - Invasion of Iraq. Iraqi forces are shattered in days, but a insurgents force NATO forces to engage in a lengthy counter-insurgency. Maps include Karbala, Al Basrah, Fallujah, etc.
2008 - March; The Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia become a center of military action as Russia, Georgia, and Abkhazian separatists build up forces in the region in anticipation of a military conflict. Russia ends economic relations with Georgia and removes itself from the Commonwealth of Independent State's economic plans.
2008 - August; Russian forces invade South Ossetia in an attempt to install a new Ossetic separatist government. The following conflict is brief and ends with a Russian victory.
2008 - September; Ethnic Georgians begin a resistance movement in South Ossetia. Russia fires back a large-scale military action. Russian forces frequently cross into Georgian territory, but the Georgians do not declare war in an attempt to avoid a rerun of their losses the previous month. Maps include Kozelsk and other Russian v Militia maps.
2008 - December; While the insurgency grinds to a halt in South Ossetia, a de-facto government succeeds in establishing itself in the region of Abkhazia. The newfound state breaks its ties with both Russia and Georgia, with the recent counter-insurgency effort in Ossetia largely angering the Ethnic Abkhazians. The unrecognized government immediately seeks aid from many terrorist organizations in an attempt to arm and train itself.
2008 - December; Israeli forces invade the Gaza Strip in Operation Cast Lead in an attempt to end the many terrorist rocket attacks from the region. The invasion sparks violence across the region as Palestinians fight Israeli rule. Map from this attack is Gaza.
2009 - January; NATO intelligence reports that Abkhazian rebels are quickly arming themselves. Ties are quickly made between them and Al-Qaeda, as well as many members from the former Chechen conflict.
2009 - January; In a bid to take out any possible threat, and with permission from the Georgian government, a British expeditionary force lands in the port city of Poti. During the new Operation Raindrop, British forces quickly sweep north to Ochamchira, then west to Mestia. The conflict concludes with the capture of key Abkhazian leaders and the destruction of many tons of insurgent munitions. Maps include Fool's Road, Seige at Ochamchira, and all the other Militia v GB maps.
2009 - February; IDF forces begin to skirmish with Lebanese forces along the Lebanese-Israeli border. While it is unclear who begin the conflict first, the IDF is the clear victor when they successfully occupy the city of Beirut.
So ends the first chapter of my PR history. This pretty much covers all of the insurgent / militia maps. Next up is the beginning of the Manchurian Conflict and the first steps to a world war. I'll post an update later I suppose.
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Also, I made a quick map. Arrows show major offensives/military operations as described in the events. Blue = Blufor, Red = Opfor. The many members of Blufor are not necessarily allies (although it does include NATO), but are simply fighting a common enemy (hence the inclusion of nations like Russia. Their invasion of Georgia gave them a bad name on the political field, sure, but they were caught up in a Counter-Insurgency like the rest of the world). Opfor includes Taliban, Hamas, Militia, Insurgents, etc.
And yes, there is a typo in the picture. =D
Also, to answer some things mentioned earlier in the thread; Kashan is based off a location in, iirc, Sudan or Saudi Arabia. It was based off a google earth view of a power plant. Muttrah City is very much a real city =D
, but anyway, there would be not much to see from Tadzjikistan.
