Edited 5 years ago by AUTigerGrad
Thought I'd see what the USS Iowa can do on Arma3. ARMA 3: SPECIAL - USS Iowa Under Attack - Duration: 36:51. DangerDeadpan 17,029 views. Overall, Naval on ArmA III seems to be a forgotten front. Most people, particularly folks on AW are just more happy using helicopters and infantry with the occasional land vehicle. It is nice to see that you're interested in the Naval front though, I myself love combining all arms on ArmA 3 to create a large war scenario, it's why I play the game. USS Scott Miller: An Iowa-Class Battleship made from the hull of an incomplete battleship, named after The SBS man himself. USS Freedom: If you have the Jets DLC it's self explanatory. USS Aiden Rudwell: A Ticonderoga-class on Steroids, with double-barrel cannons and 2035-era shit, named after the man who invented the Spectrum Device capable of.
I've made several missions including ALiVE on Steam now. Some of them use the full array of ALiVE modules, while others use several to help aid the storyline.
Spyder..you're more than welcome to include these in the missions section if you wish.
FYI...I'm currently working on several Iron Front ALiVE missions that I hope to have up this week. (For anyone who hasn't picked up Iron Front to convert into ARMA yet, it's 12 bucks on steam right now. I'd HIGHLY recommend grabbing it.)
Operation Reciprocity (4 part campaign in Southern Sahrani): Dictator Farrah Al Madeed is attempting to take control of the small island nation of Southern Sahrani. The United States, unable to declare war outright against Madeed, use covert operations to help the local RACS forces defeat Madeed and his army. Your SEAL team will perform covert missions such as destroying aircraft/radar installations, assassinating a former Spetsnaz arms dealer, and destroying a dirty bomb.
Part 1: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=444671023
Part 2: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=445228866
Part 3: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=447704850
Part 4: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=454700608
MODS required for these: (Joint rails, RH M4 weapons, All in Arma terrain pack, CBA, USS Nimitz, USS Iowa, F-18 Hornet Mod, ALiVE, CAF Aggressors, Massi's Unit Packs (DEVGRU, Spetsnaz/Nato vehicles and weapons, Leights Opfor Pack, RHS Escalation, RHS Insurgents)
Thor's Hammer: This is a full ALiVE experience. In response to Russian forces invading Ukraine, the US has declared War on Russia and has sent a Marine Expeditionary Force into the Black Sea to help aid the Ukranians and stop the Russian advance. This mission uses all ALiVE modules including dynamic weather, combat and logisitics support, and the dynamic task generator of the CISTAR module. You get a full Marine FOB with all kinds of toys to play with including attack helicopters, tanks, APCs, and an A-10 Warthog. There are also several FOBs placed around the Chernaurus map for you to operate from.
Link: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=457848497
Eastern Winds: Part 2 of my Russia vs US campaign. The conflict moves to the precious Oil reserves of Takistan. Both Russian and US forces have moved strong forces into the area to secure the region. Who will win this struggle? Just like Thor's Hammer, this is a full ALiVE experience with all modules being used. Plenty of combat support at your disposal as well as Tanks, APCs, Jeeps, and Helicopters for you to fly.
Link: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=457852262
These 2 missions require the following mods: CBA, RHS Esclation, RH M4 weapons, joint rails, Massi's MARSCOM, Massi's DEVGRU, Massi's Spetsnaz/GRU, Massi's NATO/Spetsnaz weapons/vehicles, All in ARMA terrain pack, ALiVE
Breaker of Chains: Two CIA operatives disguised as UN observers are the lone survivors of a helicopter crash. They have been taken prison by the local African warlord and are being held on the small African prison island of Imrali. Delta Force has been dispatched to rescue the 2 operatives.
Link: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=460800222
Mods required: CBA, Massi's African Conflict mod, Massi's DEVGRU/DELTA unit pack, Massi's NATO/Spetsnaz weapons/vehicles, Massi's MARSCOM/RANGER unit pack, Massi's Spetsnaz/GRU unit pack, Imrali Island Add on.
I welcome all feedback on my missions. Just thought I'd post here if people were looking for more ALiVE missions to play.
Author's notes:
Hai dere, I'm just a newbie on FFnet, and basically, let me give you a TL;DR of the ArmA AU I am using here.
Kerry is abandoned by Miller early on in Stratis, Kerry and Lacey alongside Conway and some poor NATO skrubs defend against the AAF and CSAT using hax and stolen AAF vehicles conveniently left at Agia Marina, Kerry gets promoted straight to Major-General by NATO MEDCOM, and leads his own division based in Stratis against the AAF and CSAT.
Also, thanks to Kerry's division, Miller wasn't able to get the device since Kerry's division pushed CSAT back so hard they had to evacuate the device first, and thus Miller is now under Kerry's division as a Black Ops operator alongside CTRG Group 14.
Also, I made this in surprisingly two days, good for a lazy person like me.
Are they Written in Stone, or in Sand?
The story of the lost Stratis Land Division.
'I am not a hero, nor am I a god, nor am I a deity, I am just a mere footsoldier, for footsoldiers have more brains than the people commanding them.'
-Major-General Ben Kerry, 2036.
It was just a regular, old day in the USS Ben Kerry, its escorts, the Scott Miller, an Iowa-class Guided Missile Battleship, still serving well despite being very well-outdated in this time period, 2037, sailed through the water peacefully alongside the Aiden Rudwell, an Aiden Rudwell-class Aegis Battlecruiser, which was having a party inside its decks, while the Freedom, the first ship of its class, was preparing to launch two F/A-181F Black Wasp II (Block III) fighters, the Ben Kerry itself was having little activity on its decks, with only the Major-General calmly staring at the sea, contrary to the name, the SLD has a whole fleet under its control, though the rest of this fleet was being constructed, only five ships were in active service with the SLD, the Ben Kerry, Scott Miller, Aiden Rudwell, and the Adams, which was still going through its shakedown cruise on Altis, just 50km away from the Ben Kerry's fleet.
'Calming seas, aren't they?' asked Jennifer Alexander, one of the officers in charge of the Ben Kerry's VLS systems, the Major-General calmly turned his head around, 'Indeed, these seas are calmer than the AAF after NATO invaded them.' he joked, Jennifer laughed, 'You know, let me be real here, sometimes the seas are delightful, but other times they're rocky as fuck.' Kerry said, Jennifer nodded, 'The fucking seas keep lashing against the ship in a storm, you still remember that time Jean-Louis got drenched in fucking saltwater when the waves kept hitting?' Jennifer asked, Kerry nodded, 'Unlucky bastard, didn't get to dry quickly.' Kerry said, 'Oof.' Jennifer said, both of them laughed, then a sailor dressed in the 2030 standard NWU, which was basically MTP from the ground troops combined with the fragmented pattern of the British uniforms, walked up to them.
'Speak of the devil, it's Jean-Louis!' the aforementioned person growled at Jennifer, 'Va te faire foutre Jennifer, tu t'es caché dans le pont du destroyer.' Jean-Louis said, Jennifer laughed. 'Shut it, Frenchie.' Jean-Louis rolled his eyes before turning his focus to Major-General Kerry, 'Monsieur, nous avons des rapports sur un orage électrique ... à une dizaine de kilomètres de nous.' Kerry's eyes widened. 'The fuck? Nobody reported a storm prior!' Kerry exclaimed, 'Flash Storms aren't supposed to happen in this season…' Jennifer interjected, 'En effet, même je me demande pourquoi cette tempête est soudainement apparue.' Jean-Louis also interjected.
'Well shit, tell the Freedom to recover its craft, immediately.' Kerry ordered, Jean-Louis nodded. 'Oui monsieur!' Jean-Louis immediately went to the combat information center of the Ben Kerry, which had the communications equipment with it. 'Fuck me, a flash storm in the middle of Altis, just as Freedom launched its CAP!'
The Freedom was calmly sailing until the captain of it, Lacey, a survivor of the Stratis engagement alongside Conway and Kerry, received a message in morse code, 'What is it?' Lacey asked, one person turned his head and calmly stated, 'It's high priority, ordered by Kerry himself.' Lacey sweated bullets, 'That can't be good.' Lacey stated, 'Bring it up.', the message was translated, 'Recover your planes? shit, why?' Lacey asked, 'Hold on, not yet fully translated.' one person on the deck said, 'FLASH STORM?! RECOVER HORNET SQUAD NOW!' Lacey Ordered, 'AYE AYE!' one of the officers on deck said.
Hornet squad was contacted, 'Freedom, what is it?' Hornet-1 asked while flying, 'Hornet-1, I repeat, there is a Flash Storm ten kilometers north of your position, retreat to the Freedom, Immediately.' Lacey stated, 'Wait, weren-' Hornet 1 was about to speak when suddenly his HUD suddenly got distorted and was glitching constantly, 'The fuck? Hornet-1 here, HUD's glitching out, might be the storm.' Hornet-1 responded, 'Hornet Squadron retreating.' Hornet-1 finished, Lacey breathed a sigh of relief, 'Transmit the message to the Rudwell too, it's very fucking urgent.' Lacey stated, adjusting his hat.
The Aiden Rudwell was still having its deck party, while this would be worthy of an NJP, Kerry himself saw no problem, until the message came, 'Attention all personnel on this vessel, this is an important message I am about to read, so pay attention.' the PA system blared without warning, 'The Fuck?' one sailor stated, 'This wasn't announced!' another stated.
'According to the Freedom, there is a flash storm about ten kilometers away, for those who don't know, flash storm means a sudden storm appearance that is not recorded by radar or satellites, this is very close to the fleet, so all sailors on deck must evacuate the deck immediately and enter the bridge, this is not a drill NOR a test, I repeat, evacuate the deck and enter the bridge.' the PA system blared, 'Fuck me, party's cancelled!' one of the sailors said, before they began packing the food, drinks, and decorations used for the party and moving them to storage, then dumping trash into the seas.
'THROW ALL THE FUCKING TRASH, I DON'T CARE WHAT MOTHER NATURE OR THOSE HIPPIES TAUGHT YOU, BUT WE HAVE TO CLEAN THE FUCKING DECKS, NOW!' one of the more...high-ranking sailors stated, to which they complied, 'WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THE FLASH STORM, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, WE CANNOT BE CAUGHT UNPREPARED! PASS THIS MESSAGE ON TO THE SCOTT MILLER TOO!'
Meanwhile, on the Scott Miller, the captain of that ship, the SBS man who was named after this ship, Miller, stared at the screen while Lieutenant James translated the message that they received, 'James, it doesn't make sense, why would there be a flash storm at this season, of all times, now?' Miller said, crossing his arms, James nodded calmly.
'Yes sir, we do not know the cause of the flash storm, but it's true, Ben Kerry launched an F-38F VTOL to see if there was indeed a storm, and guess what, its HUD spazzed out and was forced to land, so yes.' James said, Miller put his hand on his forehead, 'Tell everyone outside the deck to get to the bridge, NOW.' Miller said, James nodded, then came the message, 'All sailors and marines on this ship, you are ordered to…..'
Kerry calmly helped himself to a cup of water as the message was transmitted to the Freedom, which transmitted it to Aiden Rudwell, then transmitted to Scott Miller, 'ALRIGHT, LISTEN UP!' he shouted, 'I WANT ALL SAILORS ON THE BRIDGE IMMEDIATELY, AND THE F-38F STRAPPED TO THE PAD WITH WIRES NOW!' Kerry finished.
'But sir, can't we just transfer the F-38F to the Freedom and have them store it there?' one sailor asked, Kerry wanted to slap himself but insisted on the order, while transferring it to the Freedom was safer, he needed it strapped to the pad via restraining wires, a piece of equipment issued to NATO destroyers in securing their helicopters during a storm, it was also sometimes used on F-38F VTOL fighters when they land on destroyers, albeit rarely, and thus the F-38F was restrained via wires and secured, 'Alright, now we wait out the storm.' Kerry said, he helped himself to another cup of water.
'I hope the storm fucking dies right now.' one sailor said, 'Agreed.' stated Jennifer, downing a bottle of rum, just as Kerry was about to ask if he could have a cup of rum too, he received a sudden message that startled him. 'THIS IS THE USS SCOTT MILLER, THE STORM JUST GOT FUCKING BIGGER INSTANTLY!' Kerry nearly spit out his water, 'WHAT THE FUCK?! STORMS DON'T SUDDENLY GROW! HOW BIG IS IT?!' he asked, 'It's popped up on radar and…...dear god.' Kerry was confused at that last statement, 'Scott Miller, come in!, come in!' Kerry yelled, there was silence for fifty seconds, he almost threw down the radio when the response finally came. 'SHIT! IT'S GROWN TO FIFTEEN KILOMETERS! HOW THE HELL IS THAT POSSIBLE?!' Kerry almost had a stroke, 'Fuck me!' Kerry thought, he responded. 'How many kilometers...or meters...is it close to us?' Kerry asked, 'About...S̴̭̜̤̫̓̆ę̴̬̙͈̓͝͝v̶̼̳͔̟̑é̵̟͇ņ̴̳̙́͂t̵̢̫̹̱̑̄̈͋y̸̟̪͋̐̐-̶̨̗͑̈́͋͠f̵̨͙͈̎͛͘ͅỉ̷̖͑v̸̝́̃è̶̱̬̪͂ ̴͚͉̻͊́͘͝ͅM̵̯̉͗͌̽ͅe̴͙̗̟͛̋́̕t̸̛͉͖̮͆͋̏e̵̫̥͂̓̓̿ͅr̷͕̐̏̿s̷͕̝̆̈͠ ̵̡͍̱͊̓̕f̸͓̫̦̽ͅr̶̛̹̤̀o̴̱̟͖͆̑́m̷̯̼̈́̈ ̶̖͙̜̜̽̈́u̴͓͓̐̾̇͑ͅs̷͉̊̇̈́̚!̵̱̌' The radio was distorted, shit! 'Scott Miller, repeat that?'
'T̶͚̄W̷͍̃E̴̺̐N̶͉͝T̵̳̕Y̴̲̊ ̶̺͂M̵̤̀E̶͎͊Ṯ̵̈́E̵̛̯Ř̶̪S̴̢̕!̸͕͘ ̴̰̒S̵͓̍H̶̼͝I̷͖͐T̶̠̈́!̷̬̒ ̸͚̐T̴̤̔H̶̫̒E̴͍͒ ̷͙̈R̶̗̕A̴̟̚Ḑ̸͝Ȋ̵̳O̴̪̍'̴̪̑S̷̛͈ ̶͖̃G̶̮͛O̸̡͠N̵͈͊È̷̜ ̵͍̐F̴̼̂U̷̘̓Z̷̻͛Ẓ̴̂Y̴̫͂!̷̭̾ ̷̡̾W̴̦̒E̸̻̿ ̸̯̾H̴͎͊Ḁ̴̇V̴̪͘E̵̩͂ ̷̳͋Ṫ̷̜O̶͍̊-̸̙̐-̵̛̛̮̰̇͗͛'
Kerry heard nothing anymore, he ordered one of the sailors to look on the rest of the fleet via bridge, 'Aye aye, checking on the outdated-ass ship.' the sailor said, he moved to check on the ship, and what he saw almost gave him a stroke, 'The lights are spazzing out, the guns are randomly rotating, and there's glass being broken!' the sailor stated, Kerry rushed to the sailor's side and gasped. 'My god….' Kerry put his hands on his eyes. 'EVERYONE GET DOWN!' Jennifer suddenly stated as glass broke, shards hitting Kerry, before he hit his head on a seat, the world went dark from there.
Meanwhile….
'I'm bored!' a certain red-haired wannabe idol yelled as she thrashed around the base, it had been a few hours since the attack by the Sakura Empire, damn Kaga and her sisters, the Azur Lane just got news of the betrayal some minutes after the surprise attack, late, wasn't it? Fucking communications got hit.
'Calm down, at least we're not being firebombed.' another, certain booze-addicted destroyer said, 'Besides, it's stopped, so why bother?' the destroyer finished, 'But there's nothing to do! I want something to do besides fixing the damages!' Laffey sighed. 'I'm off to sleep, my nooze is the only thing keeping me safe.' and just like that, she fucking fell asleep instantly, 'Just like always.' San Diego sighed.
Suddenly, she got a strange chill, then suddenly her thoughts changed, 'I feel as if something is wrong, very, VERY wrong.' San Diego thought, she scanned the area and found nothing, so why'd she get the sudden chill? 'Weird.', she thought, 'Why do I feel as if this has something to do with…...them.' She shuddered at the thought of..them, the Sirens, the one who kicked off this massive war against them, than the subsequent betrayal of the Azur Lane, she was just about to clear her mind when she felt something ring in her head, it was a voice, sounding like something originating from the members of the Royal Navy.
'This is Scott Miller to all ships, we're fine here, just a lot of glass shattered, the guns are working up, the FCS for the missiles hasn't been destroyed yet, and the crewmen are still alive.'
Scott Miller? Was that the name of a Royal Navy Admiral? No, they didn't have a name like that listed on their records, if she recalled correctly, that is, then just as she was about to ask a few more questions, another voice rang in her head.
'Aiden Rudwell reporting, AEGIS system's working, CIWS and VLS systems haven't been damaged by the storm, though the glass on the bridge is, very, lots of shattered glass, not sure on Freedom or Ben Kerry though.'
Aiden Rudwell? Sounded like something from the Eagle Union, an Admiral? 'Nah.' She thought, 'We'd know about it if so.' and just like that she finished her thoughts, but one thing, AEGIS system? She's never heard of something like it, what's an AEGIS system? She'd have to ask Enterprise if she's heard of one, though CIWS and VLS? That was an acronym she never heard of, could it be another weapon system? 'I hope these voices continue...I sound weird saying that, still though, Ineed to know what an AEGIS system is, same with the 'VLS' and 'CIWS' they spoke of.' Speak of the devil, another voice!
'Freedom Reporting, F/A-181Fs are in good condition, same with the V-44Ns, alongside the F-38F VTOLs, thankfully we don't have to repair their engines, long live NATO tech!'
F/A-181Fs? She's never heard of them, perhaps a prototype plane developed by the Eagle Union for experimental purposes? 'Likely.' she thought, 'But the F/A designation confuses me.' She finished, though V-44Ns? Possibly another experimental design, transport craft? She shrugged, maybe nope, maybe so, then came two issues, the F-38F 'VTOL' craft, what was it? Why'd it have the acronyms 'VTOL'? What does it mean honestly? She'll have to ask Enterprise, she might know what type of plane it is, 'Why am I asking about planes again? I'm not a dedicated CV!' San Diego thought, she cleared her thoughts from planes, though NATO was one thought of concern, what does it stand for? Neo-Azur Treaty Organization? 'Don't tell me the Azur Lane got replaced just after it was betrayed.' San Diego thought, though the organization name she thought of was...oddly specific, meh, still concerning if the Azur Lane got replaced, just as she was to ponder on the acronym, there came another voice!
'Ben Kerry rendant compte ici, le major-général a été assommé par la tempête, moi, Jean-Louis, parle à la place du major-général,
Les systèmes de contrôle Aegis fonctionnent, le système Close-In-Weapons, ainsi que les lanceurs de missiles fonctionnent bien, bien qu'il y ait beaucoup de verre brisé sur le pont, dommage.'
Wait, that was the language of the Iris Orthodoxy! That meant they had an Iris ship with them, though having an Eagle Union name? Weird as hell, but now that she mentioned it, Close-In-Weapons System was probably CIWS, what is it and what is it made to do? A question beyond her knowledge, but to be honest, she just wants to sing.
'These names bother me, Scott Miller, Aiden Rudwell, Freedom, and Ben Kerry all sound odd, three-fourths of the name sound like names of Admirals, the other one fits a ship more, but...who exactly built them? The Eagle Union? Iris Orthodoxy? The Royal Navy? What exactly is NATO?' those questions hounded San Diego like criticisms from the other ships about her singing, 'Guess I'll have to find out someday.' San Diego concluded.
'San Diego! There you are!' came a voice from behind her, it was Juneau, 'WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?! WE'VE LOOKED FOR YOU AND LAFFEY FOR HOURS!' Juneau angrily asked, San Diego merely responded with a barrage of questions that surprised Juneau.
'Hey, Juneau, what does NATO mean? What's an F/A-181F? Do we have any ships named Scott Miller, Freedom, Aiden Rudwell, and Ben Kerry? What's a CIWS?'
Juneau remained silent for a while, only responding with:
'W-What?'
CTRG Status Report on SLD fleet
USS Ben Kerry
Status: Missing
USS Scott Miller
Status: Missing
USS Aiden Rudwell
Status: Missing
USS Freedom
Status: Missing
Recover Immediately, they may have fallen into the hands of CSAT Forces, that is unacceptable, they CANNOT get the Aiden Rudwell's Spectrum Technology.
Uss Iowa Arma 3
Group 14 accompanying SLD fleet deemed missing, recover immediately, Captain Miller presumed MIA.
SLD Naval Power as of now deemed unacceptable, recover ASAP.
Watchtower out.
So yeah, that was fun, I also altered some ArmA Lore, I.E. there were seven Iowa-class battleships, the seventh hull being preserved by the USN for future use, forgotten until 2033, and Aiden Rudwell being the inventor of the Spectrum Device from Contact instead of being a smol Linguist.
Index:
V-44N: A Carrier-borne variant of the V-44X, it comes with the same number of variants.
Arma 3 Uss Iowa Battleships
F/A-181F: Two-Seater F/A-181.
F-38F VTOL: Think of the F-35B.
USS Ben Kerry:A Ben-Kerry class Aegis Destroyer, basically a refit of the Arleigh Burke Flight III models put into production, named after the Major-General.
USS Scott Miller: An Iowa-Class Battleship made from the hull of an incomplete battleship, named after The SBS man himself.
USS Freedom: If you have the Jets DLC it's self explanatory.
USS Aiden Rudwell: A Ticonderoga-class on Steroids, with double-barrel cannons and 2035-era shit, named after the man who invented the Spectrum Device capable of mimicking Radio communications.
Upd8: Fixed the monstrous paragraphs lmao.