[Olefin]

Olefin universe timeline thread

Late November 2000

A commando force of 24 men from the 5th Mech, consisting of the same men who obtained RESET for the US along with three Navy Seals, is embarked on the SSN Corpus Christi to find General Cumming’s granddaughter in Grenada.

The team, along with a small group of US soldiers on board a replica of the USS Constitution which arrived independently in the area around the same time, lands on Grenada and after a few days manages to make an alliance of convenience with a force of Cubans that landed there after the Christi sank their transport.

With them they manage to assault the pirate force on Carriacou and save most of the enslaved population there as well as the girl they came to save while capturing enough transport for the Cubans to go back home. They then come home with the girl and a very large amount of ammunition and weaponry captured from the pirates and from the hold of the half sunken Bulgarian freighter, enough that most of it is brought back to Norfolk by the Constitution. The new government of Grenada signs a friendship agreement with MilGov with the departure of the Cubans for home.

The team returns on December 9, 2000 with 500 AK-74 and M16 rifles, over 300,000 rounds of 5.54mm ammo, 7500 M16 loaded magazines, 40 PPK machine guns with 80,000 rounds, 40 RPG-16 grenade launchers, 200 rocket grenades, 6000 rounds of 9mm ammo, 35 M203 grenade launchers, 750 HE grenades, 4 81mm mortars, 200 81mm rounds, 15 M60 machine guns, 60 belts of M60 ammo, two 106mm recoilless rifles and 24 practice rounds recovered from the pirates and the Bulgarian ship, a priceless treasure trove for MilGov.

Besides the Constitution, three captured pirate schooners that the pirates were forcing the Grenadians to build also arrive back at Norfolk under the command of detachments of sailors from the Constitution, crewed by Grenadians who want to show their appreciation for their liberation. These four ships significantly increase the amount of sail transports available to the USN.

(Corpus Christi has no weapons on board and a non-functioning fire control system)

Dec 11, 2000

A DIA agent report is received at Norfolk detailing reports from the Brownsville area of a working refinery and oil platform that is about go online that potentially could produce as much as half a million gallons of refined petroleum products. MilGov immediately puts together the same team that went to Grenada, along with three Texan Omega evacuees, on the Corpus Christi and sends them to investigate. The 4th US Mechanized Division begins boarding two coal powered freighters at Norfolk while a coal powered car ferry is loaded with 4 M60A4's and 4 Bradleys and readied to sail for Texas.

Dec 14, 2000

The 4th MD sails for Texas escorted by a single Coast Guard vessel.

Dec 16, 2000

The 1st Army is reinforced with the 43rd Infantry Division (still in the Norfolk area) and some 800 replacements and one M60A4 tank being assigned to the 78th Light Infantry Division (transported to Fort Dix by sea).