Operation RECIPROCITY
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Operation RECIPROCITY was a pan-corporate military operation conducted against the Aztlan/Aztechnology military base at Enseñada in 2048. It was a show of force warning to Aztechnology by the other seven members of the Corporate Court after it was accused of flouting corporate law. The gravest offense was when Aztlan (at the behest of Aztechnology) began nationalizing corporate assets located within the country, and then "reselling" them to Aztechnology. Because Aztechnology could veto any proposal by the court authorizing the use of force against it, the other member corps formed the "Pan-Corporate Security Committee" to plan to send a message to Aztechnology and other corporations.
It was Ares Macrotechnology that determined the best course of action was to strike Enseñada, since most of the forces on the base were Aztechnology corporate forces, and not Aztlan military.
Virtually all of the information comes from a leaked Ares Macrotechnology report that was included among the files provided by the Aztechnology expatriate "Espectro" for the Aztlan sourcebook download submitted to Shadowland.
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[edit] Fully Participating Corporations
- Ares Macrotechnology
- Fuchi Industrial Electronics
- Mitsuhama Computer Technologies
- Saeder-Krupp Corporation
These four AAA megacorporations contributed combat units for the military strike itself.
[edit] Limited Participating Corporations
- Renraku Computer Systems
- Shiawase Corporation
- Yamatetsu Corporation
The other three corporations, "provided logistical support and staging areas." Their forces were not actively involved in the attack. Yamatetsu's support is believed to have included arranging the use of Japanese Imperial State facilities in CFS and the Force KWANTO carrier battle group.
[edit] Operation RECIPROCITY
The actual assault was comprised of three separate components, staging from three sites. It was comprised of a diversionary air strike from the Caribbean League against the east coast of Aztlan, a carrier-based air strike from a position in the Pacific Ocean and an ground-based air strike from a location in western North America.
[edit] Staging Areas
- Site ONE: California coastal area. Suspected to be the Alameda Naval Air Station near San Francisco, CFS.
- Site TWO: Somewhere in the Caribbean League. Suspected to be Mayagúez, Puerto Rico (now-Borinquen)
- Site THREE: Somewhere in the Ute Nation or California Free State. Suspected of being the Desert Range Proving Grounds in the Ute Nation.
Operation RECIPROCITY began with the deployment of a pan-corporate drone squadron being launched from the Caribbean League towards a diversionary target located within Aztlan. The presence of the "bombers" activated Aztlan air defenses, and directed virtually all air interceptors east towards the drones, which were quickly approaching the Aztlan coast. This had the result of distracting aerial interceptors long enough to allow forces from Site ONE and THREE to attack and withdraw relatively safely.
While forces from Site TWO were approaching from the east, the combined Force KWANTO/Pan-Corporate Security Committee ships in the Pacific split up. Force KWANTO turned back and headed north under cover of jamming and at high speed. The corporate naval assets continued heading south, launching their own aircraft towards Enseñada. These forces attacked the base itself with air-to-ground missiles before withdrawing back under the cover of Force KWANTO. By the time aerial interceptors arrived, the air strike element had escaped.
This is when the corporate air units from Site THREE arrived. Unlike the carrier-based ground attack fighters, these ground-based units were air superiority fighters designed for air-to-air combat. They arrived to meet the Aztlan air interceptors, and annihilated the defensive air forces without any casualties.
The strike on the Enseñada military base only reduced its capabilities by 10%, but it was seen as a success by the members of the Pan-Corporate Security Committee. Meanwhile, the seaborne strike element suffered 15% casualties during its assault, mostly from ground-based antiaircraft defenses.
[edit] Aftermath
Following the attack, a covert message was sent from Ares Macrotechnology to Aztechnology ordering them to agree to a set of demands made by the Pan-Corporate Security Committee. The message included a threat of further force, and specifically a contingency plan named "Operation Big Gun" that would be unleashed against the Ensenñ military base if Aztechnology did not comply before the deadline.
Aztechnology did respond, and in subsequent negotiations agreed to the terms of the Veracruz Settlement.
[edit] Reference
Aztlan Sourcebook
