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April 8, 1998

Nothing in canon for the day. Unofficially,

Soviet forces in British Columbia and Yukon resume their offensive with a landing on Victoria Island by troops of the 76th (my 71st) Tank Division's 415th Tank Regiment and a simultaneous attack southward out of Whitehorse by the 13th Guards Air Assault Division. The Soviet paratroopers face the greatly depleted US 47th Infantry Division and Canadian 40th Brigade, while the 76th (my 71st)'s tanks are faced by poorly equipped and supplied reservists of the Canadian 39th Brigade. The Allied troops are suffering from lack of supplies due to the Albertan government's decision to halt traffic through the province.

After a few months of research and gathering resources, MI5 recruits a volunteer, Martin Russell, to impersonate the late GRU officer Colonel Piotr Bulganin, who killed himself in British Army custody in January.

The French and Belgian armies (now united under a single command but still in the process of integration at the unit level) complete the evacuation of US Army facilities from the occupied areas of Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands that they conquered in January. The return of the last French truck over the Rhine near Karlsruhe marks the end of the controversial agreement reached between the surviving NATO command and the French.

On board the Barrikada, the mutineers continue their efforts to restart the reactors, a task the two 19-year old reactor technicians have only seen done twice before (an evolution in which their responsibility was solely to stay out of the way, standing by to bring the officers tea or any tools needed by the michmany.)

RainbowSix reports that HMS Achilles, carrying evacuees from RAF Machrihanish, is torpedoed by the Soviet Kilo-calss submarine B-888 en route to Portsmouth and goes down with the loss of all hands. The loss of the ship negates the chance for any resolution of rumors that the abandoned airbase harbors a hyper secret US reconnaissance aircraft code named Aurora that made an emergency landing at the base several days before the base was abandoned and remains hidden there. One particular rumor states that the Aurora’s pilot survived the sinking of the ship and after making it to shore is living and working on a small farm somewhere on the Kintyre Peninsula.

Engineers complete the installation of the portable diesel generator at the Shiraz, Iran munitions plant, allowing it to operate multiple machine tools simultaneously. The additional power provided allows the plant to resume production of Land Rover engine pistons, camshafts and brake pads; while seemingly minor the line represents a source of spare parts for tens of thousands of vehicles in IPA service, whose flow of spares has been cut off by the nuclear exchange. It also allows plant engineers to plan for additional production and allows managers to train new machinists to replace those lost in the war.