Part 14: Operation War Machine
The following is a timeline of the events that transpired during the build up and highest point of the War of Geneva
January 24:
-Operation War Machine begins
-John Puller contacts various homeless veteran communities and encampments across the US via encrypted radio frequencies.
-Massive crowds of homeless veterans begin to amass around major air force bases
-The Cooper Gang read Sierras message and see her message about Johns weakness and how to use his resolve against him
January 25:
-John temporarily locks the Cooper gang inside the Bunker's main main garage in a proxy attack and lands in Idaho to withdrawal most military assets and special equipment
-John Puller disconnects Hector from Archangel
-John assists in the capture of Camp Pendleton in California with little resistance from active armed forces
-Similar events happen at roughly the same time across the country
-US military powerless to engage the masses or threaten to devastate the morale of the US military
-A total of 50 B-52 cargo aircraft and Archangel take flight from all over the country carrying over 40,000 retired veterans with their own individual gear and weapons, plus various other weapons including 2 MOABs, a cumulative 100 50-pound bombs, 4 M3A3 Bradley IFV's, 3 M777 artillery guns and 6 of the 8 Sentinels
-US veteran homelessness drops by roughly 50%
-The Cooper Gang gather all remaining assets and takes off in Ghost Rider, tracking the fleet of B-52's heading East
-rouge unit designated as the Crusaders
January 26:
-The War for Geniva begins
-Archangel assumes its aerial defence protocol and protects the B-52's from air to air fighters as bombing runs are carried out on major thoroughfares in the city, prioritizing the river that runs through the city as well as streets and buildings immediately surrounding the Headquarters
-most roads were destroyed in bombing runs, making them untraversable to normal city vehicles
-MOAB dropped on Geneva's commercial shipyard
-B-52's Land in Geneva Airport to unload personnel and cargo.
-Ghost Rider arrives, having tipped off the German and British air force
-German armed forces detected approaching from the east
-Crusader artillery strikes commence briefly on incoming German mechanized infantry before M777's are destroyed by British cruise missile from offshore battleship in the Ligurian Sea
-German armored division continues advance
-Sly attempts to board Archangel and in unsuccessful, landing near Geneva Airport undetected
-Sly Steals night vision equipment and begins sabotaging equipment
-Ghost Rider fires on Crusaders in an attempt to allow Geneva civilians to escape the onslaught
-German KSK Special Forces Arrive in Geneva, British SAS en route
January 27:
-KSK attempt rescue operation of FoV officials
-unsuccessfully infiltrated the city and killed by Crusaders at the Botanical Garden near the lake coastline, Sly saves one operative
-Sly nearly killed by operative an hour later for conflicting intentions, Sly is forced to kill the operative
-MOAB is dropped on a German Leopard 2 Tank column
-German infantry arrive in Geneva
-Sly sneaks onboard Archangel when it is landed for refueling and reloading in Geneva Airport
-as jet is taking off, SAS unit infiltrate Archangel and kill its crew when it's airbourne
-Archangel's aerial defense countermeasures are compromised
-B-52's begin taking damage and getting shot down by German fighter aircraft over Geneva, largely destroying what remains of the city. Remaining Crusaders resort to using guerrilla warfare
-John and Sly fight back against SAS unit
-Sly and John successfully fend off against the SAS unit but Archangel is critically damaged and quickly losing altitude
-John shoots Sly in the leg, attaches him to a parachute and kicks him off the back of Archangel.
-Sly passes out in his descent and Archangel crashes at full speed into a hillside to the south east, roughly four miles from Geneva, destroying part of the province of Veyrier and Monnetier
-John survives by equipping Knight Armor and jumping off immediately before impact
-Carmelita picks up Sly in a Sentinel and brings him to Ghostrider at the Geneva airport
-Cooper Gang retreats in Ghost Rider
-intensive urban combat ensues in Geneva
May 14:
-After a long battle costing the lives of most of the Crusaders, the FoV leaders are evacuated through armored transport but are intercepted by John Puller who disables the armored transport with a Carl Gustav rocket launcher in the city of Nyon
May 15:
John Puller kills all FoV leaders in a fortified hotel in Nyon but is mortally wounded by a high level guard by a poisoned tri-blade knife
Sly and Carmelita discover their child's gender at local hospital in Idaho, its a boy
May 16:
John Puller returns home...