Avalanche

E4M1 Avalanche is the first mission of the Second Soviet Campaign in Reds Over World; it takes place in the city of Zabrze in Poland.
==Briefing==
The Allies are pushing us back. We have suffered catastrophical losses, from the loss of our Cuban allies to the death of the head of the Chinese ICBM program. The British Isles and the US have ben re-taken and our presence in mainland Europe weakens.
We fear that the Allies might push us out of Europe before this winter ends. You shall be dispatched to Poland again, to help halt the NATO invasion, or at least postpone it...
You will be send to Zabrze, the city where the US Army has established a base; your goal is to retake the city alongside any comrades you'll find still fighting there, if any. Do svidanya, comrade.
==Plot==
With the winter of 1991 appearing suddenly, the Third World War reached a stalemate in Europe, with Poland being the main battleground between Eastern Bloc forces and NATO forces. One of such cities that was being fought over by the two superpowers was the city of Zabrze in the Upper Silesia region of Poland. Yuri Semashkoshov was dispatched to help halt the NATO conquest of it, or at least postpone it.
The city was crawling with NATO forces, both it's snowy streets and the sewers under it. What's worse, the United States have revealed a new toy of theirs and deployed it in the city - the Paladin lethal autonomous weapons; massive, laser-armed three-meter monstrosities. There was indeed a NATO base in the area - US Army set up one and was conducting operations from it.
Yuri entered the base, and proceeded to kill everone inside, including the Men-In-Black and an American General stationed there. But as he did, Ivan told him that the Soviets are still picking up radio traffic to the NATO base which indicated that a third US army encampment was in the area - Yuri found it in the nearby forest, it was a small metal packaging and smelting facility known as Fest Metal, where Yuri dealt with the remaining Americans, including an American Supersoldier.
Zabrze was once more Soviet for the time being. Ivan warned Yuri that the Soviet government might want to investigate the Paladin matter further...
==Walkthrough==
Jump up the food stand that's next to you, there's a SVD on top of it, it will be very useful in dealing with NATO forces in Zabrze. Go forward and grab the Silver Key, and go through the door of the multifamily residential that was previously locked. Crawl into the vent, and go into the sewers. Dive into the sewer water, the small canal will take you to a room with a lever that will open up the door further into the sewers. Keep going forward in a relatively straightforward path, until you reach a locked door. To open it, you'll have to find a blown up opening in the sewer wall; it will take you into the staircase of a multi-storey building. On the top floor there is a vent leading to the Red Keycard, but feel free to explore the building, as it contains many items. Use it to open the previously locked blast door in the sewers.
Now you'll find yourself inside a labyrynth of trenches. It contains plenty of items and enemy infantry, and the Milkor MGL is a good weapon to use in them. Once you exit it, you'll be on a long street. It's filled with various items, weapons (including a VERY useful Pancor Jackhammer in the elementary school) and areas you can explore, including buildings, but be wary of enemies, especialy Paladins and Minigun Infantry. Your main goal is the elementary school's second story, which you can access using a ladder on it's wall. Inside of it there is the Bomb you'll need to plant on the NATO base's garage door.
The base's layout is rather small, first you should grab a Yellow Keycard from a room with the American General, then use it to open the previously locked door, that'll lead you in a linear path to a courtyard outside where there's a Blue Keycard. Use it to open the previously locked doors, and go inside. Eventually by following the corridors you'll reach a room where you'll have to kill all the Allied Scientists and Men-In-Black. Once you do, you'll have to backtrack to the sewers - be careful, as new NATO soldiers have appeared. A previously locked blast door will now be open, revealing the way outside to a small forest, where a linear path will take you to the Fest Metal building.
Once inside, you will have to find a room with a switch behind a metal desk upstairs (doors upstairs are in the corridor with a hole blasted through the ceiling). This switch opens up previously locked heavy steel doors, behind which there's a battle with an American Supersoldier. Once you defeat him, the mission is finished.
==Secrets==
*SVD on the food booth's roof right when the player starts the level.
*Rifle Ammo and 40mm Grenades in a vent in one of the Paladin-revealing chambers that open up when you grab the Shells in the NATO base.
==Easter Eggs==
*The placement of this level in Zabrze is a reference to the Polish adult animated series "Nudle", which is set in Zabrze.
==Trivia==
*This mission was the first mission to be worked on in history of Reds Over World - some of the first 2020 screenshots from Reds Over World were actually from it. Originally, it took place in Lower Silesia, in the village of Ludwikowice Kłodzkie. The only area that remained intact since 2020 is the school.
*The starting area of this mission is taken from the TITLEMAP of a mod the author cancelled, that took place in the Polish 90s, where the player was a gang member going up against other gangs; the mod was to be stylized after Polish 90s hip-hop, and feature Nagły Atak Spawacza as the soundtrack.
Category:Second Soviet Campaign Maps