
				    ARMAGEDDON
				
				   7 June 1991
			         brought to you by
			     Chuck Rouhier & Gary Miller

	Admiral Alistiar Paul Jones stood alone on the bridge wing of the
        U.S.S. Eisenhower staring at the Aurora Borealis.  Usually, he
        enjoyed this splendid sight and would stand watching its hypnotic
	undulations for hours, when time permitted.  Tonight, however, like
        the last three nights, the Aurora was not pretty.  It was angry, 
        with bright flares arcing through the night sky like some dragon
        breathing flame and destruction on its hapless victims.  It had 
        turned night into twilight of the night and had been visible, 
        at times, during the day.

	Admiral Jones was deeply worried.  A descendant of John Paul Jones, 
        he always knew he would be called upon to honor his famous ancestor.  
        He wasn't sure he was going to like it one damn bit.  Communications 
        had been cutoff in mid-sentence the afternoon prior to the aurora 
        activity.  Radar, ECM and just about everything else electronic had 
        ceased to function, or near enough so as to make it useless.  He and 
        his staff had known what had happened even before they had launched 
        the modified weather rocket that afternoon:  someone had denotated a 
        nuclear device in low earth orbit; noone knew effective it had been.

	He might not know who, but he had a pretty good idea and had acted 
        accordingly.  The morning after he had lost his eyes and ears, he had
        dispatched helos and aircraft to all of his available units.  This was 
        the only communications capability he currently possessed.  He had 
        consolidated his surface groups into three units; two large carrier 
        task forces and one small ASW group.  The ASW group was looking for 
        Ivan, but so far no luck.  His own carrier group was situated off the 
        east coast of Iceland and the other was off the northwest coast of 
        Ireland.  He also had some limited air support at Keflavik.  Other 
        than the subs traveling with the battlegroups, he had no idea where 
        the remainder were.  

        Everybody was edgy; all of his units were on red alert and had been 
        for two days, for he knew Ivan was looking for him.  Several Soviet 
        recce flights had come close but had missed his units and his own 
        recce flights.  His pilots had been ordered to avoid detection and 
        tag along to see what they were up to, but so far nothing.  He hoped 
        Ivan was having the same problem. 
 
	"Admiral to communications; Admiral to communications; incoming
	SATCOMM."  The loud hailer startled him.  "At last, something", he
	thought as he raced for the comm center.  It was a repeating burst
	message.  It had taken five attempts before they had received the
	entire message.  Communications might be clearing and at least one
	comm satellite had survived, but it was still garbage.
	
	The OIC of the comm center handed him the decoded message.  After
	reading it he passed it to his other officers and sat down.
	
	Captain Richard Kincaide, skipper of the Eisenhower, had never seen
	such a look on anyone's face.  The Admiral was whiter than a sheet
	and looked like he might pass out.  As an A-6 Intruder pilot in
	Vietnam, he had been scared many times going "feet dry" into North
	Vietnam, but he had never known fear.  Until now.  The look on the
	Admiral's face and then those of the others present as they read the
	message turned his insides to ice and sent a violent chill down his
	spine.  That fear almost turned to panic as he read the message.

        "ALDODACT DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT.  DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT.
        This is a nuclear release authentication message.
        Authentication: TANGO TANGO CHARLIE HOTEL FIVE ALPHA KILO.
        Repeat: TANGO TANGO CHARLIE HOTEL FIVE ALPHA KILO.
        Nuclear hostilities have commenced against the United States.  Extent
        of damage unknown at this time.  Individual commanders of flag rank 
        are hereby granted nuclear release authority, and operational command 
        of their subordinate units.
        JCS OPLAN 4102-91 in effect.
        Repeat JCS OPLAN 4102-91 in effect.
        Good luck.  God bless the United States of America.
        By the Authority of: Sherman K. Leiman, Secretary of Commerce,
        President of the United States/Commander in Chief
        Official:  Elliot G. Hardcastle, ADM, USNR, Acting CNO"

	After everyone had read the message, the Admiral ordered Captain 
        Kincaide and the other officer with a key to the safe to accompany 
        him to the Captain's quarters.  There both men inserted their keys and 
        turned them at the same time.

	Kincaide was clearly shaking as he withdrew the orders from the safe
	and followed the Admiral back to the briefing room.  By the time they
	got back, everybody who needed to know was there.  He broke open the
	code card and verified the authentication code.  The second officer
	did likewise.  There was no mistake; this was for real.  The captain 
        then took out the two sheets of paper from the inner envelope and 
        handed them to the Admiral.

	Admiral Jones read the two sheets and turned to the assembled group.
	"Our orders are simple, gentlemen.  Kill every Ivan in the GIUK.
	Find and kill the amphibs that are undoubtedly heading for Iceland.
	Nuke the following bases inside Russia: Kirovsk, Luostari, Ponoy and
	Kildistenroy.  Find and kill any SAGs and sub groups heading for
	the North Atlantic."  He paused and scanned their faces.  Every face
	was grim, no one spoke.  He continued. "These are my orders.  The
	Eisenhower will hunt down the amphibs, the SAGs and any sub that get
	in her way.  The Roosevelt will head for the Norwegian coast and
	commence the nuclear campaign against the designated land targets.
	The ASW group is to hunt down and shadow any SAGs encountered and
	engage and kill subs.  Keflavik is to conduct ASW patrols and
	protect Iceland.  That's it gentleman.  It's not just the US we're
	protecting now.  It's the whole world.  Good luck and God speed.
	That is all."  With that he spun and left the room.

	Minutes later a helo and two pair of F/A-18's departed to their assigned
	destinations with their orders.


        Game Notes:

        This is a very large scenario, about 598K estimated. We suggest that you
        turn off all animations and free up as much memory as possible.  Let me
        know if you get a memory handle condition that you can't recover from.

        In order to simulate the effects of EMP produced by the nucs detonated in
        near Earth orbit on the radar and electronics of the various units, the
        following is simulated:

        Day one:
        a) The E-2C Hawkeyes on Keflavik are to be used as E-3A AWACS.
        b) The E-2C's on both carriers have been replaced by 5 F/A-18s. Do not use
           them as weapon platforms.  Leave them in ferry mode throughout the game.
        c) Do not use either the air or surface radars on any other platform.  Only 
           the E-2Cs and designated F/A-18s can use radar.

        Day two:
        At this point the radars can be used in intermittent mode with 30 minute
        delays and 5 minute variance.  It doesn't get any better than this for the
        rest of the game.

        You are on your honor to follow these restrictions.  The theory behind the
        electromagnetic pulse produced by detonating a nuke in orbit, is that it 
        either fries or renders useless any electronic device in the affected area
        unless it has been specially hardened to withstand it. The Soviets did it 
        for everything; The US only for some. We decided that the scenario takes place
        far enough away from the US that the devices were only affected, not fried.  

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Estimate Memory

Estimated free memory required to run this scenario : 596K
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ANALYZING VICTORY CONDITIONS:
USSR MINIMUM VICTORY CONDITION (AND) 1:
   40  planes must be killed.
NATO MINIMUM VICTORY CONDITION (AND) 1:
   75 planes must be killed.
USSR TOTAL VICTORY CONDITION (AND) 1:
   2 Imp. Los Angeles subs must be killed.
USSR TOTAL VICTORY CONDITION (AND) 2:
   20 ships must be killed.
USSR TOTAL VICTORY CONDITION (AND) 3:
   5 Amphibious ships must be on station for 6 hrs, 0 min, 0
sec.
USSR TOTAL VICTORY CONDITION (AND) 4:
   1 base must be killed.
NATO TOTAL VICTORY CONDITION (AND) 1:
   10 subs must be killed.
NATO TOTAL VICTORY CONDITION (AND) 2:
   20 ships must be killed.
NATO TOTAL VICTORY CONDITION (AND) 3:
   6 Amphibious ships must be killed.
NATO TOTAL VICTORY CONDITION (AND) 4:
   1 base must be killed OR 2 bases must be damaged at 50%.
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