Fort Drum

Fort Drum is a semi-fictional map set in the coastal fort with the same name. 
==Description==
Fort Drum
Manilla Bay
Philippines
1942
Japanese forces have taken Manilla and now lay siege to the American defenses of Manilla Bay, US troops hold out in Fort Drum, the "concrete battleship" built in 1909
File:Fort drum description picture 3.png|pre-war Fort Drum with its temporary barracks on top of the deck
File:Fort Drum description picture 2.png|Aerial view of Fort Drum
File:Fort Drum Description picture 1.png|Generators inside Fort Drum
File:Fort drum description picture 4.png|Fort Drum Barracks
File:Fort drum description picture 5.png|14-Inch guns on the Deck of the Fort
==Capture points==
There are 6 capture points in Fort Drum
File:Fort Drum A.png|A: Deck
File:Fort Drum B.png|B: Barracks
File:Fort Drum C new.png|C: Hospital
File:Fort Drum D.png|D: Mess Room
File:Fort Drum E.png|E: Magazine
File:Fort Drum F new.png|F: Generator Room
==History==
====Construction====
Fort Drum is constructed in 1909 in El Fraile Island as one of the four naval fortifications created to defend the Manilla Bay from a naval invasion. During construction El Fraile Island was flattened by the US Army Corps of Engineer to facilitate the concrete structure above the island. Prisoner labor was reportedly used in the creation of the Manilla and Subic bays naval defenses.Feredo, Anthony S. “Coast Artillery: An Overview on the Harbor Defenses of Manila Bay (1898-1945).” Intramuros Administration. n.d. Accessed 29 January 2023. https://intramuros.gov.ph/2022/07/20/coast-artillery-an-overview-on-the-harbor-defenses-of-manila-bay/.
====World War 2====
On 2 January 1942 Japanese forces invading the Philippines entered the city of Manilla and five days later the US and Philippine forces completed the withdrawal to the Bataan peninsula causing the Manilla Bay fortifications to be the only allied units practically left in the Northern Philippines. The naval fortifications are expected to hold out for six months waiting for the relief expedition of US forces as per War Plan Orange-3. The Bataan peninsula eventually falls to Japanese hands and the Naval Fortifications of Manilla are forced to fend for themselves.Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, Wikipedia
On 13 January 1942, Fort Drum became the first US battery of seacoast artillery to open fire on an enemy in World War 2 when it drove off a Japanese-commandeered inter-island steamerKing, Ben E. “Report on Operations and Material, Fort Drum Bataan - Corregidor Campaign 8 December 1941 - 6 May 1942.” The Corregidor Historic Society. n.d. Accessed on 13 July 2023. https://corregidor.org/drum/king/King_02d.htm. 
===Fiction vs Reality===
Unlike what is shown in the game, Fort Drum surrendered to Japanese forces after the Fall of Corregidor on 6 May 1942 and was occupied until it's recapture on 13 April 1945Allen, Francis J. The concrete battleship: Fort Drum, El Fraile Island, Manila Bay. Missoula, MT: Pictorial histories, 1999., the recapture ended Japanese resistance in the Manilla Bay.Robert Ross Smith, and Center Of Military History. 1991. Triumph in the Philippines. Washington, D.C.: Center Of Military History, U.S. Army. https://history.army.mil/html/books/005/5-10-1/CMH_Pub_5-10-1.pdf
==Points of interest==
===Radio===
A Radio can be found which uses the audio of a Radio Archive from April 1942.
===14-inch Guns===
Battery Marshall and Wilson will periodically move back and forth and occasionally fire seemingly at random. It should be noted that bullet decals in the turrets will not move along with Battery Marshall and Wilson.
===Search lights===
At night the search lights on the decks are activated.
===Another way in===
The casemate in the Japanese spawn side is blown open and can be used as an alternate entry way into the interiors of the fort.
===Cheap foods===
A can of the popular brand of salty processed canned pork, "SPAM" can be seen located on the cafeteria's kitchen.
==Easter Eggs==
There are a few Easter Eggs in this map
===Political cartoon===
A paper could be found on top of the Lattice Mast containing a political cartoon about the defense of Corregidor Island.
===A certain author===
An manual can be seen on a table near the air compressors, next to a model of a generator. The book was written by Wilhelm Heinrich, a renowned engineer working at Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The book was originally made to give instructions on how to maintain the relatively old machinery in Fort Drum.
===Secret room===
There is a room hidden somewhere on this map that contains a camera and a T-posing avatar of one of the game's developer, Akkurat.
==Gallery==
===Showcases===
File:Fort Drum flags.png|Showcase of naval signalling flags in the Lattice mastImage originally uploaded by Wilhelm at 1 February 2023 on Discord (GMT+7)
File:Air compressors new update.png|Showcase of air compressors in the generator roomImage originally uploaded by Wilhelm at 3 February 2023 on Discord (GMT+7)
File:Fort Drum miscelanneous 3.png|Showcase of drill press near the engine roomImage originally uploaded by Wilhelm at 19 February 2023 on Discord (GMT+7)
File:Development6.png|Showcase of new kitchen in the mess roomImage originally uploaded by Wilhelm at 22 September 2023 on Discord (GMT+7)
File:Development7.png|Ditto
File:Development17.png|Showcase of gunboats near the fortImage originally uploaded by Akkurat at 9 December 2023 on Discord (GMT+7)
File:Development18.png|Ditto
===Older versions of the map===
File:Fort Drum Christmas.png|Temporary Christmas decorations on the mess roomImage originally uploaded by Wilhelm at 17 December 2022 on Discord (GMT+7)
File:Fort Drum Map.png|Older version of the map seen from the main menu
File:Fort Drum C.png|Older version of the hospital room
File:Fort Drum F.png|Older version of the generator room
===Others===
File:Fort Drum Misc.png|View of Corregidor island from the deck
File:Fort Drum miscellaneous 2.png|View of Mount Palay, Cavite from on top Battery Wilson 
File:Fort Drum foggy.png|Fog seen from the deck
File:Intramuros Easter Egg 4.png|The map seen in a picture frame on the Intramuros map
File:Map showcase.jpeg|Frontlines: Pacific map examples guides for map buildersImage originally uploaded by Akkurat on the Roblox Developer Forums
File:Fort Drum christmas2023.png|2023 Christmas decorations in Mess room
File:Fort Drum christmas2023 2.png|Ditto
==Updates==
*2019
**5/31: Fort Drum map added to Testing place
**6/10: Added Daihatsu model to Fort Drum
**6/11: Multiple spawn areas are now possible (Japanese can start at two locations on Fort Drum)
**6/12: New details in Fort Drum (maps and blueprints)
**7/2: 
***Added the basement water storage area to Fort Drum. This is the new Allied spawn area
***Added capture point in the Mess Room of Fort Drum
**7/3-4: 
***Fort Drum engine room (balcony, diesel engines, pipes, tables, pumps, water tanks)
***Fort Drum lighting rework
**7/17: Fort Drum released to main server
*2020
**3/24: Added hospital and latrine area to Fort Drum map
**4/16: Fort Drum Changes
***Capture points capture quicker
***Brighter nighttime setting
***Rain now splashes on the deck
***Rain sounds, bird/bug sounds disabled when inside fort
***Improved collision on railing
**5/6: 
***Added reverb and muffling to gun sounds inside of Fort Drum
***Added more out-of-bounds areas and sped up the time to die when out of bounds on Fort Drum (to prevent spawnkilling)
**6/13: Improved visibility of weapon in the US customize area on Fort Drum
**6/18: Changed US boundary so they can't enter the back area of the fort (to prevent spawnkilling)
**6/20: Fixed bugs with ladder climbing. Fixes should be most noticeable on tower on Fort Drum
**6/30: Fixed bug on Fort Drum where you could get stuck sprinting up to the ladders on the side
**8/17: Updated lighting on Fort Drum to reduce lag
*2021
**2/5: Visual/collision bug fixes on Fort Drum (deck, engine room, mess room, magazine)
*2022
**Date Undocumented: Added Christmas decorations
*2023
**February: Revamped the generator room
**November: Added Christmas decorations
**9 December: Added Gunboats
==References and Sources==
Category:Maps