Pirate Voyage Mission 6 – Bellamy’s Heroes.
The Iranian Government has landed armour and troops in the night, they're heading toward FOB Tortuga.
The Marines are setting up a hasty ambush - go help them stop the tanks!
Updated 6th November 2021 to reflect changes to Harrier ordnance options.
Pirate Voyage Mission 6 – Bellamy’s Heroes
SHORT BRIEFING:
Iranian government forces have landed in the north – get airborne and go stop ‘em!
FULL BRIEFING:
Situation
It’s a couple of days after you helped MFR Barbossa safely back to FOB Tortuga and there was much rejoicing.
Last night was quiet. The weather is closing in a little, but still safe for flying this morning.
Unfortunately, it’s also been a fine night for the Iranian government to land armour in the north of the island.
Rebels in the port town of Dargahan on the north coast are reporting that cargo ships have docked in the night and quietly unloaded a force of armoured vehicles under cover of darkness.
We're assuming that they're planning on asserting their authority on the rebels, and strategically, the airport is the sensible place to head for so they can fly in reinforcements and hinder our ops.
There are two ways they could get here, along the coast road and then turn south, or a shorter route along the centre of the island, which we think is much more likely as there’s more cover from towns along the way.
Objectives
Marines from Tortuga are executing a hasty ambush in open country between the towns of Tourian and Giahdan - point Bellamy.
Hills either side of the road should allow their ATGMs to outrange the government armour.
Cobras and Harriers from Tortuga will support the ground forces and hopefully we’ll remove the threat before they get close to the airport.
An FAC team – callsign Shaba - will fly in with the marine infantry to advise targets in the area – listen out for their radio calls.
SAM batteries on the mainland could add a bit of menace, so 2 flights – Pontiac - will take off from the Black Pearl (Tarawa) to deal with them:
Pontiac 1 - SA2 at Havadarya.
Pontiac 2 - SA6 at Bandar Abbas.
That should give unlimited access to CAP support from the UAE and make attacking the armour much easier too.
Both flights will then return to the Black Pearl or Tortuga, re-arm and support the ambush at Bellamy.
Friendly forces in the area:
Flights:
Dodge flight (flyable)
Type: 2x AV8B
Freq: 243MHz
Task: Assist the ambush at Bellamy (WP1)
Primary targets: Iranian government armour
Secondary targets: Any other hostile forces attempting to assault the airport
Ordnance:
Waypoints:
1. Ambush point Bellamy - between villages inland
2. Dargahan harbour – starting point for hostile forces
3. FOB Tortuga at Qeshm airport
4. Alt landing – Black Pearl (The Tarawa group)
Pontiac flight 1 (flyable)
Type: 2x AV8B
Freq: 243MHz
Primary task: SEAD – SA2 battery at Havadarya
Secondary targets: SA6 battery, plus any other air defences and hostile forces attempting to assault the airport
Ordnance:
2xAGM122, 2xAIM9M, 2xAGM65F, ECM pod
Waypoints:
1. Take off and assemble west of Black Pearl
2. Hills west of Havadarya
3. Primary target – SA2 battery at Havadarya airbase
4. Secondary target – DA6 battery at Bandar Abbas airport
5. Secondary target – AAA and any other air defences at Dargahan port
6. Secondary target – support ambush at point Bellamy
7. FOB Tortuga at Qeshm airport
8. Landing – vicinity of Black Pearl (Tarawa)
Pontiac flight 2
Type: 2x AV8B
Freq: 243MHz
Primary task: SEAD – SA6 battery at Bandar Abbas
Enfield flight
Type: 2x AH1W
Freq: 266MHz
Task: CAS - Assist the ambush at Bellamy
Springfield flight
Type: 3x UH1
Freq: 266MHz
Task: Transport Marine infantry team Dalma and FAC team Shaba to ambush point Bellamy.
Colt flight
Type: 2x UAE Mirage 2000
Freq: 251MHz
Task: CAP
Ford flight
Type: 2x UAE Mirage 2000
Freq: 251MHz
Task: CAP
Darkstar
Type: E3A Sentry
Freq: 257MHz
Task: AWACS
Ground forces:
FAC team Shaba
Type: Infantry FAC
Freq: 133MHz
Task: FAC around ambush area Bellamy
Dalma – 2x Marine infantry and MANPAD platoons
Bootstrap - Marine Light armour 2xATGM / 2xcannon armed Stryker IFVs
Norrington - Marine 4xATGM Humvee team
Other Frequencies:
Tarawa – Black Pearl: 127.5MHz
Qeshm – FARP Tortuga: 38.550MHz, 118.050MHz, 250.150MHz
HOSTILE FORCES
Ground threats:
Unknown, but rumoured to be T55 era tanks, BMP type IFVs.
Anti-Aircraft defences:
None on the island, but there’s reports of AAA with the armour, and they may have brought MANPADS, so keep your eyes open.
SA2 battery at Havadarya - could be a problem – so stay low until you hear that it’s out of action.
SA6 battery Bandar Abbas - is out of range unless you stray too far north east – anywhere past the coast is a risk. It could hamper CAP, so it needs dealing with too.
The air defences at Bandar Lengeh are still out of action after last night’s operation, so won’t present any threat.
Air Threats:
As before, Iranian mainland forces may be patrolling the area to the north – try and stay out of their way if you can. Along with CAP from the UAE, air defences at Qeshm and the Black Pearl group will hopefully keep the Iranians out of the way.
Bullseye:
Ambush point Bellamy.
