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*******REGISTRATION CLOSED**********effective 13feb04

ELINT MISSION                                         21 February '04

Locate an EM source at Enemy Transmission Site.
Infiltration of enemy's secure data network.
Identify and terminate a deep cover operative.

Join us for a day of combat in the mixed coastal forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
(Special Note:We will be operating on private land and the fee for use of this land is per person.)

Scenario :  Given INTEL gathered from previous ECHELON operations and the success of a deep cover operative planted within the NSA, EUROPA has planned operations to tap into the ECHELON data feed. 

 
The elite US SHADOW unit has been tasked with protecting the ECHELON netwok at all costs.

Camo: Woodland. Teams will be differentiated by Helmets vs Soft Hats (Bring both if you can. This will simplify dividing the teams evenly.)

Loadout: Be prepared for a full day of combat. See Uniforms Section for details. No food, water or other supplies are available at the Staging area. Bio-BBs will be available.

Military Vehicles:  CUCV's will be employed for deployment.

Location:   30-40min driving distance from San Jose in the Sant Cruz mountains.

***  REGISTRATION PROCEDURE ***

If you are a NEW PARTICIPANT and have not operated with the Cimmerains before, go to the SIGN-UP STATION  and follow the instructions.

Participants In Good Standing:
Operators who have participated in a re-enactment with the Cimmerians before please submitt the following to OP-Registration@cimmerians.org :

Name
Operation
Phone Number - (Cell phone is best in case we have to modify the Order of March at the last minute)
Emergency Contact / Phone number
Camo - woodalnd and/or Euro

Be advised, this info goes to a different OpCom's roster each month, so we need you to submit this info each month.

Once your message has been processed, you will be provided with further detailed information on the OP, scenerio, precise location, and required load-out on an as available basis.

SCENARIO BACKGROUND: ECHELON 1, ECHELON 2, ECHELON 3 Operations
Ever since the late 1990s, the United States to created a top secret technological initiative to monitor all the world's communications systems. This program, under the auspice of the National Security Agency (NSA) was codenamed Project Echelon.

Several European countries where not pleased with the pretext that such Echelon intelligence could be used to undermine their security: diplomatic, economic, or otherwise. Under great secrecy, these disgruntled governments within the EU formed the top secret Europa Group and tasked them with the mission of undermining Echelon activities.

Two years ago, an Echelon SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) satellite, codenamed CIRRUS-14, de-orbited and crashed in the remote Canadian wilderness. An elite NSA security unit, codename Shadow Team, was sent to retrieve the crashed satellite under the pretext of Operation Echelon. Unbeknownst to Shadow Team, the Europa Group sent it its own elite cadre of paramilitary operatives to recover the satellite remains. The surprised Shadow Team took heavy looses and lost one of the crucial satellite components in the face of the victorious Europa unit.

Several months later, an additional recovery effort, codenamed Echelon II, resulted in stalemate, as both Shadow and Europa recovered additional components from CIRRUS-14. Then, last year, the final elements of CIRRUS-14 where recovered by a victorious Shadow Team at Operation Echelon III.