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Establishing the FSB: Week 1

Insertion Schedule

Insertion will be by Helicopter on 1st September 1967;

  1. Artillery Prep
  2. 1st Platoon: Combat Air Assault
  3. 2nd and 3rd Platoons
  4. Company HQ and Engineers

Insertion by Helicopter on 2nd September

  1. LRRPs
  2. Intelligence Team
  3. Civic Action Team

, FACs will follow when suitable facilities are constructed

Building Objectives

  1. Establish Basic Perimeter Defence (BPD) - built 1st Sept 1967
  2. Build Basic Tactical Operations Centre (BTOC)
  3. Aid Station (Aid) - built 2nd Sept 1967
  4. Basic Supply building and Ammo bunker (BSAB)
  5. Basic Barracks x 4 (BB)
  6. Basic Mess Hall (BMH)
  7. Road Checkpoint (RCH) - built 2nd Sept 1967
  8. FAC POL (FPOL)
  9. FAC Ops FACO)

Schedule of Activity

  1. 1st Platoon starts running OPs
  2. 2nd and 3rd Platoons are detailed to base construction
  3. Engineers are detailed to base construction
  4. Use AAPs for Recon, Hunter Killer etc.
  5. LRRPs start patrolling (break down into 6-man teams). 20-men in the recon platoon = 3 teams + 2 at base.

Enemy Attacks on FSB

  1. Every week that the total EI for the AO is over 400, there is a 1-in-6 chance that the VC/NVA will commit to an attack of some type. Should an attack be called for, roll 1d6 on the Enemy Attack table in FNG:Operations
    1. Should an attack be indicated it will come at a random time in the following week.
    2. At the end of each phase of the following week roll 1d6. If the result is a 1 then the attack is launched immediately.
  2. Occasionally, an enemy unit's plotted operating area will overlap the sector containing the FSB. When this is the case, there is a 1-in-6 chance each turn that the unit will probe the FSB defenses, as above, though with no extra enemy units involved. Probing attempts by the enemy are not serious attacks.
    1. If the plotted enemy is an artillery unit, then they will begin to harass the base with Incoming fire as described FNG:Operations, rather than directly probe the defenses.
    2. At the start of each phase roll 1d6. If the result is a 1-3 then the attack is launched immediately.

Ground Assault Resistance (GAR)

GAR is reduced by -1 due to the constant traffic passing on National Route 9 providing cover for VC activity.

Artillery Bombardment Resistance (ABR).

ABR is currently zero.

Total Resistance (TR) Rating

BPD Completed: Consists of trenches, a defensive berm with fighting positions, and claymore mines and trip flares set farther out.

Aid Station Completed: A basic first aid station in a tent surrounded by a low sandbag wall.

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Game Turn

  1. Check Weather
  2. Determine SP
  3. Determine AAP
  4. Roll for Intel
  5. Roll for Special Events
  6. For each enemy unit that has an operating area overlapping the FSB check for enemy probing attack

Morning

  1. Plan and run ops

Afternoon

  1. Check weather
  2. Plan and run ops

Night

  1. Check weather
  2. Plan and run ops
  3. Adjust EIs

Weekly

  1. Roll for RF/PF operations
  2. Psyops missions
  3. Special Intel missions
  4. Check for Replacements

At the end of each week:

  1. Roll 1d6 for each platoon or attached unit in the AO (not temporary units). On each score of 6, 1d6 replacements arrive on the next supply run. Excess replacements can be used to form new squads for the core Infantry Company.
  2. Check the total EI for the AO. If it is over 400 then check for enemy attack on FSB

Base Stats

  1. GR Rating = -1
  2. ABR Rating = 0
  3. TR Rating = 2