War That Never Was

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War That Never Was
Time	04:45 PM
Date	22-10-2009
Location	USS Khe Sanh, off the coast of South Zagoria, Chernarus
Previous	Dogs of War

War That Never Was is the final mission of ArmA 2's Operation Harvest Red campaign.

Diary

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It's hard not to be able to talk about it, but those of us who were there will always know. For us, it was all out war, not some slavic skirmish over borders and leadership. For all the people we met and lost and despite this great thing we achieved, I can never tell my friends or family what happened. But enough people do know, and it seems we're all being well rewarded for our silence, so I can't be too unhappy. But to be honest, all I want now is a shower...

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Overview

The players control the four operatives of USMC Force Recon fireteam callsign Razor. Thanks to Razor Team's efforts, Chernarus has been freed from the menace of the ChDKZ, and Karelin's conspiracy to destabilise the country has been foiled. Meanwhile, the Russian military's peacekeeping mandate has been revoked, whilst the CDF and NAPA stand united and victorious.

As for Marines of Razor Team, they can return at long last to the USS Khe Sanh for a debriefing, rest...and perhaps a shower.

Roles/classes:

• Matthew Cooper
  • Specops / Grenadier
• Randolph Sykes
  • Specops / Marksman
• Chad Rodriguez
  • Specops / Heavy Gunner
• Brian O'Hara
  • Specops / Corpsman

Default loadouts:

• Matthew Cooper
• Randolph Sykes
• Chad Rodriguez
• Brian O'Hara

Initial:

• Primary weapon: None
• Secondary weapon: None
• Equipment: None
• Backpack: None

Initial:

• Primary weapon: None
• Secondary weapon: None
• Equipment: None
• Backpack: None

Initial:

• Primary weapon: None
• Secondary weapon: None
• Equipment: None
• Backpack: None

Initial:

• Primary weapon: None
• Secondary weapon: None
• Equipment: None
• Backpack: None

There are no alternate pieces of equipment to choose from.

Objectives

Primary

N/A

Optional

N/A

Mandatory

N/A

Walkthrough

You don't have to do anything for this "mission".

Captain Shaftoe will drop you off onto the flight deck of the USS Khe Sanh, and everyone will automatically disembark from the helicopter and start walking towards General Armstrong and Begunov. Once their dialogue is over, the campaign will be finished.

Epilogue

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With the help of the Marines, the Chernarussian people were able to quell the local insurgency. Chernarus is free and well on the road to peace and democracy. The involvement of Force Reconnaissance Marines inside Chernarus during the Russian occupation remains classified at the highest level. The Russian government withdrew its forces from Chernarus after receiving conclusive evidence that the Moscow bombing was orchestrated in Russia and executed by 'Chedaki' personnel. Based on an agreement between the Russian and American governments, all events post the US withdrawal were camouflaged as the 'mistakes of low-level commanders' and dismissed as 'border incidents'. Sgt. Matthew Cooper's field promotion to Team Leader was made official following Razor's extraction. After a tour in Takistan he retired from the Corps and became a security consultant for various government agencies. He frequently travels to Chernarus. Sgt. Brian O'Hara stayed in the USMC special forces for some time. He left the Corps a seasoned combat veteran with 6 years of service in 27th MEU to his name. He returned to San Francisco and study, becoming a civilian MD some years later. Sgt. Chad Rodriguez was Killed In Action during Operation Fiery Mountain in 2010. His personal sacrifice in the intense street battles of Zargabad became legendary in the Marine Corps following their involvement in the Takistani conflict. Sgt. Randolph Sykes was severely wounded during Operation Fiery Mountain. Following a slow recovery, he became a special warfare instructor at Marine Special Operations School, Camp Lejeune in 2012.

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Trivia

• In the epilogue, Lopotev is strangely mentioned as having been assassinated in 2014 after "[...] four years of violent rule". This line is actually taken directly from one of the bad endings of the campaign.
  • Logically, this line's inclusion is completely nonsensical given the fact that Lopotev is (canonically) handed over to the Russian government in exchange for their withdrawal from Chernarus.
  • Furthermore, there is no way to obtain this ending without the ChDKZ being defeated in Dogs of War.
    • It would have been impossible for Lopotev to enter politics given his fugitive status and the ChDKZ's destruction. In addition, the legitimate Chernarussian government regains full control over the entirety of South Zagoria.
  • Most of all, both Silver Lion and Operation Arrowhead take place between one-two years after the conclusion of Operation Harvest Red. There is zero mention of Lopotev taking the reins of leadership in news reports throughout the events of both campaigns.
  • Lastly, the post-civil war civilian government is led by members of the Chernarussian New Deal Party, NOT Lopotev's ChDKZ.
• To date, no official Armaverse campaign (nor the timeline) has offered hints or elaborated on Rodriguez' death in Operation Firey Mountain.

The information below details unused, pre-release or removed content.

• An unused mission failure text string ("The war was over for you but the stress was obviously too much. Now was not the time to go for a swim marine...") suggests that the player(s) were intended to be controllable after disembarking from the helicopter and could fall off the flight deck into the water below.
  • This is obviously impossible in the final version of the mission as the player(s) do not have the ability to move any member of Razor Team aside from rotating the camera of their character's first-person view.
• Unused dialogue lines dubbed in text-to-speech and their accompanying subtitles suggest that Maj. Stavovich could originally be spoken to.