The Roots of military SCI-FI are in guys who were autistic enough about the way real war was conducted to imagine the plausibility of a campaign in the stars, here is my minor contribution to that noble spirit, based off of a screenshot of Helldivers 2 provided by my friend.
OPERATION DONKEY KICK
Commanders Intent: Destroy and Demoralize Illuminate Forces IVO OBJ FLAG FOOTBALL and OBJ SPIRE, set conditions for conventional forces reclamation of Urban terrain IVO Planet ZEA RUGOSIA.
Defining the Operational Environment:
Planet ZEA RUGOSIA is located in the Galactic South, captured by ENY forces in the last 14 days. OBJ FLAG FOOTBALL and OBJ SPIRE are located 300m from Helldiver Extraction, nested in Urban Terrain of Super Earth construction. Green Air has been achieved, Green Space has been achieved, Weather assessed as Non-Factor for Helldiver insertion.
Define the Threat:
OBJ FLAG FOOTBALL and OBJ SPIRE are assessed to be defended by 7x Illuminate Mobile Infantry Bn’s (IMIBN) in hasty defense, postured to build combat power IOT support follow-on operations in nearby space. 100x IMIBN IVO ZEA RUGOSIA North Pole act as strategic Reserve.
Friendly OOB:
1x Helldiver Super Carrier: Stallion of the Stars w/ full compliment Helldiver reinforcements: TOS: 40 Mins
1x Pelican Carrier Gunship: TOS: 2 Mins
1x Eagle CAS Strikefighter: TOS: 40 Mins All Munitions
1x Helldiver
DSS:
Helldiver Reinforcement Support / Eagle Strikefighter support
Helldiver Extract Trigger: Secure Channel Plaintext
Helldiver Munitions Access: ALL
ENY OOB:
IMIBN:
approx. 700x Voteless
10-20x Heavy Infantry (IHI)
1-12x Jet-Mobile Infantry (JMI)
1-3x Gravity-Mobile Command Posts (GMCP)
Analyst Comment: Illuminate Heavy Infantry are the only ENY Ground Force Element w/ direct comms to ENY Strategic Reserve.
ENY COA:
ENY Forces respond to Helldiver incursion with all available Ground Forces supported by approx. 100x IMIBN reinforcement constituting strategic reserve, conducting constant FPOL with defending forces. Estimated time to detection for Helldivers after insert: 5 mins.
Analyst Comment: FF advised to prioritize Strategic Reserve Comms Interruption at lowest echelon, assessed to be IHI IVO IMIBN Battle Positions North of OBJ FLAG FOOTBALL.
INTEL GAPS:
Lack of mensurated imagery of OBJ Area leaves Ground Force Commander (Helldiver) to assume risk on approach at OBJ Area post-insertion, and in circumstance of re-insertion via Hellpod.