2002 World Cup Terrorist Plot

SNV Infantry in Wildspitze, Austria.

Combatants|  NATO* Kingship

Strength|  Kingship* Kingship Intelligence Department
	+ I Corps
		- 2nd Intelligence Division
			* Team Blue Jay
		- 5th Intelligence Division
			* Talon Group
			* Fohlen Group
* Autumn Two Alpha
* Winter Six Gamma
* Two Two Echo
* Herron Two

 United States* United States Air Force
	+ 2nd Aviation Regiment

Casualties| Hundreds of Kingship Operatives | * Most of the SNV.
* Moderate-Heavy.

The **2002 World Cup Terrorist Plot**, also known as the **War On The SNV** or the **2002 World Cup Crisis**, was a conflict lasting from the 24th of June to the 2nd of July.

## Background

Prior to the conflict, a Vetlandish man named Roland Soból inherited leadership of an organization named the SNV. The motive of said organization was the freedom of a no-longer existing state of Vetland. In order to get the point across, Soból plans to attack the 2002 World Cup final stadium, and then broadcast his message.

## Events

### June 24th - Discovery of the Problem

After inactivity, Kingship launches a operation in Europe to assist law enforcement in arresting those in possession of illegal narcotics. After discovering the main house of a Croatian gang in the city of Osilnica, A team of Kingship operatives known as "Autumn Two Alpha" are sent to raid the house. The team infiltrate and successfully clear out the house. While investigating the house, The operatives find a radio set, and Croatian Kingship member Luka Jerković is able to translate, and relay to the team that a dangerous gas deal is going to occur in Madan, Syria.

### June 25th to the 26th - Intelligence

Kingship begins to look into both forces involved with the deal. They are able to pinpoint a base in the valley of Rysy in Slovakia. They also find about about the main organization in the deal, the SNV.

### June 27th - Infiltration and First Contact

After discovering the base in Rysy, the 2nd Intelligence Division sends a team to investigate said base. While infiltrating the base. After a messy skirmish, Kingship emerges victorious. They then check the main building of the base and interrogate a SNV member for information on the gas deal. After learning that the leader of the SNV will be there, and learning that the gas is named Heriotza, Blue Jay transfers this information to the Commission, and prepares to leave. However before they can leave, the gas Heriotza is released in the air. The remaining members of Blue Jay are killed in a horrific manner, showing the strength of the chemical.

### June 28th - Breaking Up The Deal

Fireteam Autumn Two Alpha and Winter Six Gamma (along with other units) were sent to Madan in order to crash the gas deal. When finally getting there, an all out fight erupts, and Kingship engages with SNV and members of the Al-Murtaziqa Junud. The battle reaches it's peak when a plan presumably containing the gas takes off, however is shot down and crashes, sending a shock wave across the battlefield, killing many members of the SNV and Junud. The two Fireteams then fight their way into the plane, and discover that there was no gas inside the plane. Baker informs Baltimore about the missing gas, and This angers superintendent Richard Baltimore. It only serves as a drive for Kingship to work harder.

### June 29th - The Truth Comes Out

While looking at plane records, The 2nd Intelligence Division finds out that the gas was shipped from Somalia to an unknown south Asian state. Kingship sets out to find Second-In-Command of the SNV Ørjan Johansen. They discover that he's been striking deals with Norwegian officials in northern Norway, and they once again send Fireteam Autumn Two Alpha to deal with the situation. After tapping into radio communications, Autumn Two Alpha travels to Øksfjord in northern Norway. After eliminating the SNV defenses, Autumn Two Alpha make their way to the building itself to breach and clear. They are able to find and capture Johansen, however he is drunk and unable to answer any questions the team asked him. Also drunk are the Norwegian officials that he partied with. Later that day, Kingship takes Johansen to a cover base of operations in Norway known as Site Hotel Quebec and interrogate him, sober. He refuses to break at first, however because of Kingship's interrogation tactics, he breaks, and exposes the name of the leader of the SNV, and what they were trying to accomplish. He also gives the Asian state the gas was shipped to; Indonesia. He also explains that they planned to ship the chemicals to the 2002 World Cup Final International Stadium in Yokohama, Japan.

### June 30th - The Plan Crashes Down

Now with the leader's name, location, and the established motive, the 2002 World Cup final is delayed and various Kingship units travel to Indonesia. Above the Riau Islands, Autumn Two Alpha deals with the recent shipment. They siege the plane the chemicals are on, and successfully secure the plane. However, a SNV soldier who had played dead the entire time, attached grenades to himself and blew a hole in the plane. Kingship, not being able to save the plane, has to departure with parachutes on the plane, and they land on the island while the plane crashes into the South China Sea.

### July 1st - Looking For Soból

After many more shipments are found and destroyed, the focus shifts on assassinating the SNV leader to put an end to the madness. Second In Command Johansen gives up location of a safehouse located in Montiglio, Italy. The 2nd Aviation Regiment of the USAF is sent in order to completely wipe out the safehouses. After it turns out that Soból wasn't there, Kingship puts even more pressure onto Ørjan, and eventually he breaks and gives up the location of the facility in Wildspitze, Austria. Johansen is then either executed, or left alive.

### July 2nd - Putting An End To The Madness

*Main Article: Assassination of Roland Soból*

On July 2nd, Autumn Two Alpha is sent to put the nail in the coffin. When stealth fails, and the team is discovered. A piece of rubble falls from the ceiling onto Baker. The piece of rubble is pulled off of Baker by Evan Cooper, and Baker is dragged by Cooper into cover. After recovering from his shell shock, Baker and Fireteam Autumn Two Alpha hop into already stored jeeps fit for winter terrain, and chase Soból down. After shooting his tires, he spins and tumbles in the snow. Unfortunately, a stray rock sends Autumn Two Alpha's jeep tumbling as well. Baker wakes up, and sees Soból begin to run away. Baker pulls put his weapon, and fires. He hits Soból in the back of the head, killing him for good, and ending the SNV's plot.

1. ↑ **Operation Kingship: The Basics**, *pg. 24*: "The URC shipped equipment to both the Junud and SNV."
2. ↑ **Sabotage**