The Dark Circle Crisis

Strength| * Sargent Jason O'Niell
* Private Wesley Fields
* five operatives

Casualties| * BINGO Team
	+ Commander Louis
	+ Sargent Jason O'Niell
	+ two operatives

The Dark Circle Crisis was a minor conflict fought shortly before and during The War of the Unknown, carried out between The Purple Arrows and The Dark Circle.

## Prelude

A few days before the conflict, The Dark Circle Mercenary Force kidnapped a young woman, Sarah Scott. They held her at their cliff-side house before transporting her to their facility, enroute to Sector 12. Scott however was reported as missing, which prompted the Purple Arrows to investigate, where they heard rumors as to where she was being held.

## The Battle

Purple Arrows BINGO team was dispatched to investigate the suspected location, where Sargent Jason O'Niell was attacked by a Dark Circle soldier. This prompted the Purple Arrows rules of engagement to change to weapons free, with Medic Harrison arriving to support O'Niell. O'Niell fought his way through the facility, where he found a notice from a Dark Circle operative, Jackson, issuing an alert about needing correct keys to access areas in the facility. O'Niell also found a key in the office of the Dark Circles general that discussed Jacksons feelings on what they were doing. There, O'Niell also found a key that he and Harrison used to free Sarah Scott.

Scott told the Arrows about a cliff-side house she was held at a few days prior, and where she thought it was on a map. Harrison was transferred to SKY Team and personally led the mission. He had Private Fields investigate the house while he and the rest of his men provided sniper over watch. Fields uncovered a series of documents and folders that reveled the location of a storage facility the Mercenaries were using to transport prisoners to their clients. BINGO Team was quickly sent to intercept them.

As BINGO Team begun their attack, they were ambushed by a large force of Dark Circle forces, killing all but Commander Louis. SKY Team attempted to help them, but were too late. Private Fields took a forward assault against Dark Circle forces, and alongside the rest of SKY Team, was able to rescue the prisoners being held by the mercenaries. The prisoners told the Arrows about an outpost at an autobody shop that they were previously held at.

Because the conflict was escalating, the Arrows dispatched a Special Weapons Assault Team, RUBGY, to the autobody shop while their medics looked over Louis. Mason Hawk and his team recovered two laptops that gave them information on Dark Circle Commanders. Two of them were operating out of a trailer park: Major Jackson and Major Dane. Louis, who had been stabilized, sent Inspector Tyler Logan on a stealth mission to try to assassinate Jackson. Jackson and his men anticipated his arrival and surrendered to him, having dyed the circle on their uniforms to purple. Calling themselves The Rouge Circle, they were willing to turn on their former coworkers and help the Arrows in their mission to try to right their wrongs.

As Inspector Logan transferred the contents of a Jacksons laptop to Louis, Jackson alongside RUGBY Team rescued two Rouge Circle operatives and killed Major Dane. After getting the location of General Mannsons location, a combined operation was planned out. Jackson and his men attacked Mannsons location while the Arrows cleared the mansion out. Jackson was able to kill Mannson, ending the crisis. As a result, the Purple Arrows dropped all charges on the Rouge Circle.