BASED ON PRE-REGISTRATION AS OF AUGUST 10th IT LOOKS LIKE 200+ PLAYERS
WILL BE LOCKING HORNS FOR THIS BATTLE.
The game will start with American and VC forces deployed as they were at
about 10:30 a.m. November 14, 1965. The lost platoon will be in its 'lost'
position cut off and surrounded by PAVN troops. The first 2 airlifts of
Americans will have landed at X-Ray and will be starting to consolidate
their lines. Additional copters will be in the air when the horn sounds.
The LZ will be hit on three sides and the lost platoon may be hit from
every point on the compass.
The game will have three objectives. The VC
will need to overrun and eliminate the lost platoon, and overrun LZ X-Ray
and eliminate American Lt. Col. Hal Moore. Once these two objectives are
completed the VC can advance on Firebase Falcon, where the copters and
artillery are located, and destroy it.
Americans will respawn by airlift from the firebase. There will be 4-5
copters ferrying dead troops out of the LZ and fresh troops in. Hal Moore
cannot be eliminated by a paintball. The VC must get close enough to
bayonet him, and once they do, the Americans can no longer respawn by air.
They must fight there way to the LZ. The lost platoon will have only one
respawn by air. They must then either hold out until the Americans rescue
them and win the objective, or be eliminated and have the VC win the
objective.
THERE WILL BE A BREAK AFTER 2+ HOURS SIMULATING NIGHTFALL THE
FIRST DAY. (This will allow each team to resupply and get a burger) The
lost platoon will either have been rescued, eliminated or have held.
Points will be awarded accordingly and the platoon will join LZ X-Ray for
the second phase of the battle.
If the VC appear to be about to overrun the LZ, Hal Moore can call 'Broken
Arrow' which will enable every American aircraft in country to support LZ
X-Ray. Any VC within 100 yards of X-Ray must evacuate in 30 seconds or be
wiped out. This will give the Americans time to regroup, but Hal will no
longer be superman. He can be taken out by a paintball shot and, if the
American flag at LZ X-Ray is down, Firebase Falcon will then be in the
game. (The Firebase cannot be attacked until the VC accomplish the first
two objectives of eliminating the lost platoon and wiping out Moore and LZ
X-Ray)
REMEMBER NVA sappers (yellow armbands) can only be taken out with a head
shot.