Swallowing Dust

E1M3 Swallowing Dust is the third mission of the First Soviet Campaign in Reds Over World; it takes place in the town of Baraki Barak in Afghanistan, and the adjacent NATO military bases.
==Briefing==
Comrade, your recent destruction of Uncle Sam's biggest missile facility has proven to be the turning point of our invasion. Our forces bravely march deeper inside the so-called free world, this gives us some wiggle room to re-settle an old score...
Year ago, we pulled out of Afghanistan. Someone suggested that we should go back there and re-take what is our given right and to make Afghanistan socialist once more. The premier admitted that this sounds like a plan worth putting into action.
You, alongside the 127th Machine-Gun Artillery Division will re-take what is ours. You will not be alone on your mission; expect heavy resistance from the rebels.
If you will retake the town of Baraki Barak, call for reinforcements; we will not fail to subjugate the afghani people this time. Do svidanya, comrade.
==Plot==
The Soviet Union was rused by China to try and re-take Afghanistan once more, using the chaos caused by the Third World War to subdue the country and make it their puppet state once more.
Yuri Semashkoshov and the entire 127th Machine-Gun Artillery Division of the Red Army were deployed in the town of Baraki Barak. Much to their terror, Mujahideen were already ready and waiting, and overrun the Soviets. Yuri's brother-in-arms, Tulyakov yelled at him to run away while he still can. Yuri navigated the streets of Baraki Barak, killing plenty of Mujahideen, including their local leader; Ivan suggested to him that it was practically impossible for Mujahideen to be so prepared and organized, and assumed NATO must be behind this, aiding them.
Soon, Yuri discovered two NATO base in the desert - one was a small Forward Operating Base the tunnels of which led him to the main base, which housed plenty of NATO infantrymen, helicopters and most importantly - Documents. Ivan ordered Yuri to gather documents, and so he did - one of them was guarded by an American General, which he disposed of.
Much to Ivan's shock, the documents were detailing the plans for a. Outraged, Ivan ordered Yuri to slaughter all scientistsin the base before they'll get evacuated.
==Walkthrough==
Exit the kebab bar via the backdoor and go outside; then enter the only open building. Navigate through the basements and exit outside. Go to the village, and enter the Mujahideen base - kill everyone inside and grab the blue keycard. Kill the Mujahideen Leader and enter the NATO base. Press the switch in the building to open the inside of the base. Exit the underground base via vent and navigate through the desert to the main NATO base. Grab the red keycard in one of the smaller buildings, and enter the main building.
In the NATO base, you must find three documents. These can be found in a random pattern, and it's up to player's choice which ones to grab first. One is in a hangar on a pile of green munition boxes, one is reachable through a path leading through a broken vent (this path also leads the player back out of the base). The toughest one to get is the one guarded by a general - to access it, the player must find the golden key and use it to open a door that'll lead to a switch, that upon pressing will open the gates to general's office.
After gathering all three, go through the previously unopened door, navigate to the switch opening up the helicopter pad, and kill all the scientists. Once you killed them all, exit the base (via the broken vent way). The mission is over.
==Secrets==
*Health Hypos, Heavy Armor and Ammo in the basement, guarded by a Mujahideen Sharpshooter.
*Health Hypos and Ammo on a balcony in the village, easily acessible via jumping.
*M16, Heavy Armor and Ammo on the end of a broken vent in the underground American base
==Trivia==
*In the early draft of the game from 2021, back in the "Evil European Union" sub-plot period, the mission originally took place in South Yemen and involved fighting combined forces of Mujahideen and European soldiers.
*The name of the map is based on a song about the Soviet-Afghani war by the same name.
Category:First Soviet Campaign Maps