AAN News, also known as AAN World News, is a news broadcasting company.
Overview[]
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Background[]
AAN is an independent news broadcaster that has provided global coverage of worldwide events and conflicts since its establishment in the early 2000s.[1][2]
Notable wars covered by the network include the Sahrani Conflict in 2006, the Chernarussian Civil War in 2009, as well as the NATO intervention in Takistan (spanning from 2012 to 2013), and all the way to the present day with the peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Altis and Stratis.
Known members[]
AAN has had several correspondents and field staff provide coverage of news and events over the years:
- Marian Quandt (Reporter, ArmA: Armed Assault)[3]
- Arthur Stark (Cameraman, ArmA: Armed Assault)[4]
- Ed (Anchorman, ArmA: Armed Assault)[5]
- Thomas Nordwick (Reporter, ArmA: Armed Assault)[6]
- Tomáš Blofeld (Writer, ArmA 2)[7]
- Mark Arcos (Writer, ArmA 2)[8]
- Priss Fothid (Writer, ArmA 2)[9]
- Rajen Horton (Writer, ArmA 2)[10]
- Jen Middleton (Writer, ArmA 2)[11]
- Joe Harris (Reporter, ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead)[12]
- Jackson Irvine (Writer, ArmA 2: British Armed Forces)[13]
- Mark Cole (Reporter, ArmA 3)[14]
- Paul Goddard (Reporter, ArmA 3)[15]
- Katherine Bishop (Journalist, ArmA 3: Laws of War)[16]
- Sean Bradwell (Correspondent, ArmA 3: Contact)[17]
- Peter Lederman (Writer, ArmA 3: Contact)[18]
Gallery[]
Ed, anchorman for the network in 2006 (Armed Assault)
Marian Quandt in 2006 interviewing U.S. Army soldiers about the SLA's invasion of South Sahrani (Armed Assault)
Reporting on the fifth anniversary of the Jerusalem Cease Fire agreement of 2030 (ArmA 3)
Eyewitness footage of anti-austerity riots in the capital of Rome, Italy, as the EU's economic depression continues to wreak havoc amongst its members (ArmA 3)
Reporting on the downfall of the Attidan government after its overthrow by the Guerrillas (Mobile Ops)
Music[]
| Game | Notes | Track |
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| ArmA: Armed Assault | Jingle, used for regular bulletins and breaking news stories | |
| ArmA 2 | Jingle for televised/livestream broadcasts | |
| ArmA 3 / ArmA: Mobile Ops | Jingle and background theme for televised/livestream broadcasts | |
| ArmA 3 | Only used for AAN broadcasts over the radio |
Video[]
AAN-NEWSFLASH- Leaked Scud Missile Test Footage
AAN-NEWSFLASH- British Armed Forces Explosive Experts Defuse Bomb in Shapur
AAN-NEWSFLASH- Chernarussian Geologist Killed
Arma 3 - Campaign Intro
Trivia[]
- The broadcaster was first introduced into the Armaverse in Armed Assault. Since then, with the sole exception of ARMA Reforger, the organisation has made an appearance in every other main game in the series alongside spin-off titles (such as in Mobile Ops).
- AAN's jingles are excerpts of various music tracks from the series:
- Armed Assault's jingle is titled as "Short: Arma Magna Rock".[19]
- The jingle in ArmA 2 takes the first six seconds of "01 Street Combat"[20], though it is not actually from ArmA 2 but rather from Armed Assault's soundtrack.
- Both ArmA 3 and Mobile Ops' version of the jingle is taken from "Stage A: Event Track 01 (Fragmented - Alternative)".[21]
- The alternate, radio-exclusive variant of ArmA 3's jingle[22][23] is a custom derivative of "Stage C: Event Track 02 (Broken Barricade)".[24] It takes approximately five seconds from full track.
- As the (then-) only native English speaker amongst the team[1], former Bohemia Interactive developer, Jay Crowe, was the main voice actor of several AAN reports in ArmA 2. However, he was not given a fictional in-universe name and remains uncredited on the broadcasts.[25]
- AAN is briefly mentioned by name in Reforger's non-canonical[26] Training mission.[27] This appears to be an unusual attempt at a soft retcon of the organisation's origins, given that it was explicitly started in the 2000s - long after Reforger's time period of 1989 and the end of the Cold War.[1]
References[]
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