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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
It still seems a huge waste of resources in my opinion. Even if the 5th remained in one piece as was obviously the intention from the beginning, the massive amount of fuel, parts, ammo, etc expended is just mind boggling for 2000.
They'd have been better off using one of the few planes and fuel left to parachute a team into the area, or use a helicopter or two - we know there were still some left, just look at the OOB for the 8th ID.
No, the Reset mission was essentially an afterthought to what was already happening.
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In my background the theory that the 5th Division was sacrificed for Reset was made public in a book published in 2012 covering conspiracy theories from 1995 onwards. In the background I use these theories to suggest things (most of which are inaccurate) that keep my players (not the characters) paranoid.
The relevant extract from my history is:
2012
Publication of the book “Lies and Deceits: The secret history of the war” is published in the United States. It's author Morgan Pattison argues that many irrational events have a rational explanation. The US Government denies the stories in the book but many gain public acceptance as evidence is hard come by. When Lt Col Bernard McGough late of the 5th Mechanised Division claims that as per Pattison the unit was sacrificed to cover a secret mission his claims are given credence. Gradually these claims become more mainstream despite government denials until by 2018 the story will start to appear in mainstream histories as a possibility. No evidence of this however has ever been found.