Ambush Event (Scenario Battle) 5:00 PM EST Saturday October 22nd

[Mustakrakish]

AMBUSH EVENT

France vs Russia Scenario Battle

Saturday 5:00pm EST (9:00 GMT) Saturday October 22nd

The Story!

The Grand Armee is pushing further into Russia as the temperature steadily drops. The French, only equipped with summer gear, are relying more and more on supply lines while Russia refuses to fight. Instead Russia burns their own lands and falls further into mainland Russia. The Grand Armee cannot use the land to sustain the needs of the soldiers as Napoleon had intended.

    Cossacks and Partisans wage a guerrilla war against supply lines within French-occupied Russia. Word has reached one small contingent of Russian guerrilla fighters that a relatively small French supply line would be marching to Napoleon's Grand Armee through a wooded area that they know well. There are an unknown number of artillery pieces being transported by this force that, if captured, could help the Russian cause. Also being escorted by these soldiers is a valued advisor to Napoleon whose military expertise would aid in a French victory, if captured his insider knowledge could help further hinder the French campaign.

Basics of The Event!

The idea behind this event is to change up the scenario from just a normal linebattle to something more meaningful and different using the majority of linebattle rules. I have created a map specifically for this event that has one main road surrounded by natural cover. One faction will be playing the role of an organized, disciplined, well trained, and larger force while the other will be using guerrilla warfare tactics in order to win. Different objectives are worth a different amount of points for each team. There will be multiple rounds and victory will be decided at the end.

Rules (subject to change)

• Spectating will be locked to friendly players to cut down on “ghosting” to ensure ambushing players can stay hidden.
• Each round will 21 minutes long. 3 minute set up time + 18 minute play time. (this will probably need to be changed to see what is the best amount of time to keep it balanced.)

Rules for France

Spoiler

• France will have2 to 3 times more soldiers than Russia (staying closer to double the amount of Russia)
• France will be line all line infantry with two arty trains, one sapper and one General
• Each regiment needs a standard bearer (Max of three banners for all of France)
• During setup time, France must stay in spawn. This time can be used to formulate a plan just in case an ambush occurs and to form up into one long column including the arty pieces and general
• French soldiers must be in a line of at least three to fire (no firing out of line FOL)
• If in a single line, soldiers must be shoulder to shoulder. Double ranked lines can have a half man spacing between each soldier.
• When charging, they must charge together and only short distances, no “charging” across the map
• If one member of your regiment is in melee, then all members are considered in melee and no one is allowed to fire (no firing in charge FIC)
• France must march (no running) along the road in a double column until combat is started by Russia, or until good number of enemies are spotted.
• Combat is considered to be started when Russia fires at or attacks France
• When in combat France may be in a single or double line
• When in combat only the front rank may crouch, if a regiment is in a single column then they must remain standing unless the entire regiment is behind cover.
• When combat starts the artillery may deploy and fire as they see fit.

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Rules for Russia

Spoiler

• Typical linebattle rules don’t apply to Russia
• Russia will have 1/3 to 1/2 the soldiers France has. Keeping closer to 1/2.
• Russia will be infantry (no riflemen) with one sapper and a few horsemen (Cossacks preferably)
• Russia will have a setup time to prepare the ambush before France can leave spawn

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Objectives

There are multiple objectives that the Russian force is trying to capture in order to earn points, and if France keeps control of those objectives the points will be awarded to France instead.

Artillery Objectives

Spoiler

• France will spawn with 2 artillery pieces
• Each artillery piece is worth 25 points to which ever nation controls it at the end of the round
• Control is determined by which nation has a soldier closest to it within a reasonably small distance. If no one is in the immediate vicinity of an artillery piece than control defaults to Russia. It is considered abandoned by France at that point.
• If any artillery piece makes it to the makeshift fort at the end of the road then France instantly gets awarded the 25 points.

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Banner Objectives

Spoiler

• French regiments will spawn with a flag bearer (max of three for entire nation)
• Each flag is worth 10 points to which ever side holds it by the end of the round
• If the flag despawns or is not held by anyone then the points are lost
• Any flag that is carried by France into the fort at the end of the road immediately awards 10 points to France

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The General

Spoiler

• The general is a special objective that will be played by an admin (for now)
• The general may fight while there are friendlies nearby fighting with them
• If ever the general is surrounded by Russians then they must drop their sword and surrender. The general will then choose the closest Russian player that they must follow
• While following a Russian player the general is considered “captured” by the enemy
• If the Russian that has captured the general is killed or engaged in melee the general may fight. This includes picking up any weapons nearby to help them fight
• If Russia kills the general they get 10 points plus an additional 50% to total points gained
• If Russia captures the general they get 10 points plus an additional 100% to total points gained.
• If the general lives then France gets 10 points plus an additional 50% to total points gained
• If the general lives without being captured then France gets 10 points plus 100% to total points gained
• Depending on the numbers of players attending, the general may have up to 3 heavy cavalry guards
• The general’s guards must stay with the general at all times
• If the guards get dismounted while the general is still riding their horse then the general may continue without them and the guards must join with the closest friendly infantry they can find, or charge the closest enemy
• If both the guards and the general are dismounted then they still must stay together

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How do I sign up?

In order to participate in this event, sign up you regiment on this forum. Use the following format please to sign up.

-Regiment name:
-Regiment Leader (please include steam information):
-Number of members:
-Nation Preference (France or Russia):

Attendance for this event will be a first come first serve with regards to regiments that have helped me test this event out over the past couple months.

Signing up for Russia does not guarantee that your regiment will play as Russia. I intend to switch regiments around during the event to try to give everyone a feel for being ambushed and ambushing.

How to Contact Event Organizer

The event creator / organizer for this even is 19te_Hsr_Lt_Mustakrakish.
Steam - https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197971557593 (19teMusta)
If you have any questions they can be asked through Steam, Private FSE forum message, or on this forum.
If you have any interest in assisting with this event to help make it successful please contact 19te_Hsr_Lt_Mustakrakish.

Assistant Admins
19te_Pfd_Lt_Moldy
19te_Pfd_Fw_Gunman
19te_Uffz_Eternal
19te_Ofr_Zackmadness
32e The Nate Devourer

Disclaimer!

This is a new event and may be subject to some changes. The rules have been tested with lower numbers but may need to be changed in order to balance out depending on how many players we have attending.

Shout Outs!

I would like to thank people who have helped me come up with ideas for this event and also everyone who helped me test out various parts of the event.
- 19te
- 1stEPI
- 1stRddt
- WFI
- the glorious Pub Regiment

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[Mustakrakish]

RULE CHANGES for Oct 22nd
- There will not be a beacon on the General until around the 6 minute mark
- There will be a musician group formed up behind the lead regiment. Each regiment may elect a musican to be a part of this group. This will act as a replacement to the beacon to alert the enemy on the French location.
- Once combat starts musicians should join back up with their own regiments

(one rule being considered)
- France will fire a volley while still in spawn before moving out and not reload. Weapons will then be placed on their backs for marching. This will add a bit to the realism and also add to some of the panic once Russia initiates combat. This is also intended to be a balancing rule to make the initial ambush more effective. (any suspicious activity, such as movement spotted in the wilderness or strange objects placed in the road, is reason enough for regiments to halt and prepare for the worst by shouldering and loading their weapons.)

Regiments signed up for Oct 22nd Ambush

if you plan on attending but don't see your regiment listed below please make a reply to this forum or contact 19teMusta  https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197971557593

Players - 150 + / -

19te - 15

1stEPI - 10

1stRddt - 20

Pub Regiment - 8

49th - 10

74th - 10

32e - 15

2fa - 15

9thRoyal - 10

1stRVP - 15

RG - 10

79th - 15

1stBDC

RegLatino

Tentative Teams for Oct 22nd

FIRST TWO ROUNDS

Russia
1stRddt (guaranteed, did not ambush last event)
79th (guaranteed, first time to event)
2FA
74th (guaranteed, first time to event)
49th
(1st Bdc)

France
19te
1stEPI
Pub Regiment
9thRoyal (vanguard)
1stRVP
RG
32e
RegLatino
(1stBdc)

ROUNDS THREE AND FOUR

Russia
RG (guaranteed, first time to event)
1stRVP
32e (guaranteed, awarded due to high score last event)
9thRoyal
(RegLatino)
(Pub Regiment)

France
19te (Vanguard)
1stEPI
2FA
1stRddt
49th
79th
74th
1stBdc
(RegLatino)
(Pub Regiment)

RULE CHANGES for Oct 1st
- Russia is now allowed in the fort at any time (Remember, once the French art and flag objectives make it into the fort, France automatically gets the points for them.)
- each round will start with 21 minutes, 3 minutes will be allowed for set up time. France will form up in their spawn in one long column and move out when the game timer hits 18 minutes.
- Russia will have 1/3 to 1/2 the soldiers France has. Keeping closer to 1/2

Regiments signed up for Oct 1st Ambush

if you plan on attending but don't see your regiment listed below please make a reply to this forum or contact 19teMusta  https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197971557593

Players - 170 + / -

19te - 15 (178 POINTS)

1stEPI - 10 (178 POINTS)

1stRddt - 20 ( 320 POINTS)

1stRVP - 15 ( 320 POINTS)

9thRoyal - 10  ( 320 POINTS )

1stBdC - 10 (320 POINTS)

2FA - 15 (178 POINTS)

32e - 30 (320 POINTS)

Pub Regiment - 8 (320 POINTS)

49th - 10 (320 POINTS)

29th - 15 (178 POINTS)

Maybe list

53e - 50/100

WFI - 15

Tentative Teams for Oct 1

FIRST TWO ROUNDS

RUSSIA

- 32e

- 9thRoyal

- RegLatino

( 49th )

FRANCE

- 19te

- 1stEPI

- 1stRddt

- 1stRVP

- 2FA

- 29th

( 49th)

- Pub Reg

THIRD AND FOURTH ROUND
RUSSIA
- 19te
- 1stEPI
- 1stRVP
(Pub Reg)
( 29th )

FRANCE
- 1stRddt
- 9thRoyal
- RegLatino
- 2FA
- 32e
- 49th
(PubReg)
(29th)

FIFTH ROUND ( depending on time )
RUSSIA
- 1stRddt
- 2FA
(29th)
(49th)

FRANCE
- 19te
- 1stEPI
- 9thRoyal
- 32e
- 1stRVP
- RegLatino
- Pub Reg
(49th)
(29th)

regiments in parenthesis may end up on either team to keep balance.

[Mustakrakish]

A couple screens of the map when it was about 85% done. First is top view of the road, last is view of the partially built fort at the end.

[Argos]

-Regiment name: 1st Westfalisches Infantrie Regiment
-Regiment Leader: Argos  https://steamcommunity.com/id/comradeargos/
-Number of members: 15
-Nation Preference (France or Russia): France

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gl

[Shadow]

gl

[Mustakrakish]

Bumped the event back one week to provide some time to advertise.

[Coldstreamer]

too spookie 4 me...  too early lol

[LES IS MOREx]

-Regiment name: 2e Dutch Lancer Guards
-Regiment Leader: Argos  https://steamcommunity.com/id/comradeargos/
-Number of members: 15
-Nation Preference (France or Russia): Russia Dont accept us if you wont let us go Russian Cossacks

[Mustakrakish]

-Regiment name: 2e Dutch Lancer Guards
-Regiment Leader: Argos  https://steamcommunity.com/id/comradeargos/
-Number of members: 15
-Nation Preference (France or Russia): Russia Dont accept us if you wont let us go Russian Cossacks

all 15 of you will not be able to be cav, there will likely be 3-5 cav at the most on Russia side used only to chase down the general if he flees or to hit and run. Also no guarantee that you will be Russia.

[Hotjoe]

-Regiment name: 2FA
-Regiment Leader (please include steam information): [2FA] Hotjoe https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198048297696/
-Number of members: 10-15
-Nation Preference (France or Russia): Russia

[Mustakrakish]

Ambush tomorrow! be sure to sign up! I will try to have teams set up before the event
we will meet on the Prussian Army team speak ts3.1stepi.com before the event. I will be around on that server a good bit before to answer questions and everyone will be able to get in before the event to download the map and check it out.

[Mogu]

-Regiment name: 1stEPI
-Regiment Leader (please include steam information): 1stEPI Mogu (not leader).
-Number of members: 5-10
-Nation Preference (France or Russia): Would prefer to be on the same team as the 19te. Other than that no preference.

[Bevramos]

too spookie 4 me...  too early lol

^^

[Savolainen5]

-Regiment name: 1st Reddit Brigade
-Point of contact: Me, I guess. Savs
-Number of members: 5-10 maybe?
-Nation Preference (France or Russia): No preference