Operations

Operations are the large, overarching campaigns the player can fight on each planet in the Wayback System. They each consist of three to five Missions that must be completed as tactical battles. They will appear every time a turn is passed on the strategic layer, the Starmap, and will remain for a set number of turns afterwards. If you allow them to expire you may suffer a penalty to relations with a Faction, but you also may not be able to take every mission every time. It is your job as commander to determine which are most important and which may have to be ignored.

Assets

Each mission in an operation grants/removes a certain strategic or enemy asset. Strategic assets provide additional rewards, buffs or reinforcements for the remainder of the operation. Enemy assets strengthen enemy forces for the remainder of the operation, unless the corresponding mission is successfully completed.

Strategic Assets

Alien Infestation

Asset	Effect	Possible Missions	Description
Battlefield of the Spectacle	Upon completion, +10% Promotion Points for the rest of this operation	Clear Landing Zone	If spared some time, SAGE can review every second of a combat outing – provided it is a successful one, of course. TCR regulations prevent us from maintaining defeats on tape. Fearing the defeatism that harangued many Reunification Campaigns, the concept of "win or learn" did not penetrate the higher echelons of TCR thinktanks
Biological Sampling	Upon completion, increase damage of all weapons against aliens by 15% for the rest of this operation	Collect Samples	In the Wayback, each xeno colony is different from the next. However, securing samples from this particular 'tribe' can help SAGE develop methods to better defeat them
Bug Holes	Upon completion, alien supplies are reduced by 15% for the rest of this operation	Smoke Out Nests	Much of the local fauna operate underground and move in and out via surface nests, colloquially known as bug holes or nests. It is difficult to survey just how deep and industrious these creatures are, but bombing their doorways should be sufficient scientific inquiry for our purposes
Country Code	Upon completion, gain a Supply Crate commodity	Rescue Settlers	Colonists who live in the boondocks often have little to their name – and yet their generosity is such that one would think them drunk off cobra wine. Earning their trust and respect will produce its own rewards, but also some material gain as thanks
Eating on the Wing	Reduce Infantry Unit Supply costs by 15% for this operation	Reclaim Settlement	Many abandoned colonies litter the Wayback’s planets. However, abandoned does not mean unusable. Securing such sites can open throughputs for our adhoc space wharfs, providing easier touch-and-go’s for our inventory teams
Hunting Lodge	Upon completion, gain 2 "Hunter" squads for the final mission of the operation	Protect Settlement	Rural parts of planets are often littered with hunting lodges. While they typically spend their days subsisting off local fauna, your own presence suggests the xeno problem has completely dwarfed the capabilities of a simple game hunt. Doing well by such a place might bring these local hunters out to help with wildlife conservation – so long as they get to haul back what’s edible, of course
Long Sightlines	Upon completion, gain 2 Intelligence	Extermination	Securing the hinterlands allows our scouting complement to efficiently do their jobs. With the wide open landscapes under watch, one can have an easier time spotting alien emergences
Protector of the Wayback	Upon completion, gain 10 Authority	Rescue Settlers	Earning the respect of local Waybackers can manifest itself in curious ways, such as dedicated songs or TV commercials featuring one’s heroics. However, one especially poignant manner is the public recognition of being a Protector of the Wayback. It might sound childish, but it is also a good reminder why the TCR Impetus is in the Wayback to begin with
Settlement Reclamation Projects	Upon completion, gain 15% more OCI Points for this operation	Reclaim Settlement	Many abandoned colonies litter the Wayback’s planets. However, abandoned does not mean unusable. Securing such sites can open throughputs for our adhoc space wharfs, providing easier touch-and-go’s for our inventory teams
Wayward Colonial Labor	Upon completion, gain 5 Trust with the Local Faction	Rescue Settlers	A planet's colonists, even those further afield of the more urban areas, are the lifeblood of any given faction. These miners, farmers, and refiners might not look like much, but saving their hides can have momentous value down the road
Xeno Delicatessens	Upon completion, gain Alien Eggs trading goods	Contain Migration	If forced to move above ground, alien migrations will bring their children with them – albeit in the ‘safe’ form of unhatched eggs. Collecting these could fetch quite a premium on the black market. Apparently, they are quite the delicatessen to those who can afford them

Pirates

Asset	Effect	Possible Missions	Description
Airspace Security	Additional supply drop on each mission for the rest of this operation.	Seize GTAM-Site	Securing AA sites allows for blue air to roam free
Bossman Den	Gain random Pirate Faction Item.	Search Weapon Caches	Pirate leaders tend to hole up in caves or abandoned buildings. Locating one of these haunts after rooting out their forces will likely be bountiful – and no need to go hunting down x’s on dirty maps, either
Bridgeheads	Gain additional $1% Supply Points for the rest of this operation.	Secure Perimeter	We can’t fly everything everywhere – the use of land hardware to move supplies is essential to any fighting force, and so the capture of bridgeheads is crucial to our operations
Cache of Looted Goods	Gain a random Local Forces item.	Break Off Raid	Pirates often stockpile recently looted goods into one place – and not just trinkets, either
CASEVAC Facilities	Gain 1 Medevac Offmap ability use.	Retain Spaceport	CASEVAC Facilities provide a centralized collection point for wounded soldiers
Civilian Trading Post	Gain +1 Trust with Local Faction & +2 Civilian Trading Good.	Stop Extortion	In the Wayback where resources are scarce and piracy common, civilian trading posts are worth infinitely more than their weight in zero-grav gold. Securing such a location would be most favored by both the locals as well as their leadership
Explosive Ordnance Disposal	Gain +$1% Supplies.	Clear IEDs	Once the roads are cleared of threats, EOD teams can move in to disarm mines and IEDs. A few of these can be repurposed for our use or disassembled and spread into our supply chain
Explosive Ordnance Disposal	Gain Anti-Tank Mine.	Clear IEDs	Once the roads are cleared of threats, EOD teams can move in to disarm mines and IEDs. A few of these can be repurposed for our use or disassembled and spread into our supply chain
Fuel Depots	All pirate vehicles have their movement range reduced for the rest of this operation.	Sabotage Supply Infrastructure	Fuel Depots provide the logistical means to get from A to Z. Without a proper POL replacement stream, one might find themselves limping into combat
GTAM Defense Network	Enemy supply points reduced by $1%.	Seize GTAM-Site	GTAM Sites specialize in interdiction and can deal devastating blows to supply lines
High Leverage	Increase Faction Trust gained by $1%	Rescue Authorities	Rescuing highly placed authority figures is one thing. Managing to comb through their homes for compromising materials is another. Whether by gratitude or blackmail, certain sorts of leverage can help ‘improve’ our appeal to faction leaders, as well as help ‘certify’ just how effective we are and can be
Local Clinic	Increases the rescue chance for squaddies by $1% for the rest of this operation.	Protect Town	Local clinics aren’t exactly cutting edge health providers, but an on-spot MASH is vastly more efficient than achieving escape velocity to get back to the Imp
Local Militias	Gain 1 Militia Detachments to help out on the final mission.	Protect Town	Militias are not often able to fight bigger threats on their own, but what they lack in firepower they more than make up for in dedication to defending their homes. On the latter, our tasks can align
Local Workshop	Restores $1% of Vehicle Hitpoints and removes $2 Defect between missions for the rest of this operation.	Protect Town	A civilian garage is located in this settlement and can be turned into an improvised repair shop. Although it is very limited in its capabilities, the garage can offer spot maintenance for our combat vehicles
Military Repair Depot	Vehicles get repaired $1-$2% between missions and $3-$4 defects gets removed.	Secure Repair Depot	Cranes. Forklifts. Nuts, bolts, and even more nuts. A repair depot features everything short of proper TCR paperwork to get our hardware back in the fight as soon as possible
Patrol Base	Gain Rogue Army Item or Vehicle.	Establish Combat Outpost	Like most conventional fighting forces, the Rogue Army stores most of its munitions and armaments inside depots. Capturing one of these could provide us with useful equipment
Pirate Convoys	Gain a random Pirate Vehicle or Vehicle Weapon	Interdict Forces	What is not destroyed by interdiction is often abandoned. Sometimes they'll even leave the keys in the ignition for you
Pirate Hopes and Dreams	Pirate units will receive the "Frustrated" emotional state ($1% reduction in discipline).	Hunt down Saboteurs	Even pirates have plans – and plans can always be disrupted. No plans, no trinkets
Pirate Hostages	Gain 1 Auxiliary Local Forces infantry squads for the final mission.	Rescue and Disengage	Pirates love to take hostages as hostages often lead to more trinkets. Hostages rescued from such piratical plights typically desire to get one over on their former captors
Rogue Army Depots	Gain Rogue Army Item or Vehicle.	Establish Combat Outpost	Like most conventional fighting forces, the Rogue Army stores most of its munitions and armaments inside depots. Capturing one of these could provide us with useful equipment
Saboteur Stockpile	Gain a random Pirate Infantry item.	Hunt down Saboteurs	To repeatedly hit pressure points, clever saboteurs will squirrel away weapons into hidden stockpiles, adding just a pinch of static predictability to an otherwise unpredictable foe
Securing Ordnance	Gain 1 random Explosive Item.	Take Out Bombmaker	Battlefields are littered with munitions. EOD teams can not only help clear out dangers, but occasionally repurpose unexploded ordnance for our own use
Spaceport Access	Gain $1% more supplies for the rest of this operation.	Retain Spaceport	Spaceports allow for higher levels of logistical flexibility, making it much easier to bypass interdiction
Tactical Acceleration	Increase player supply points by $1%.	Rescue Authorities	With the ‘finish line’ in sight, some military planners onboard the Imp prefer to move to maneuver warfare, rapidly hurrying our operation and overwhelming our enemies with speed
TCR Clause 9	Gain a Local Forces vehicle chassis.	Secure Repair Depot	Clause 9 of the EFA (Expeditionary Force Act) allows for any acting TCR commander to deputize, recruit, or commandeer hardware out of local forces. The legal language provides, but does not necessarily stipulate that this be done diplomatically

Rogue Army

Asset	Effect	Possible Missions	Description
Civilian Trading Post	Gain +1 Trust with Local Faction & +2 Civilian Trading Good.	Stop Marauders	In the Wayback where resources are scarce and piracy common, civilian trading posts are worth infinitely more than their weight in zero-grav gold. Securing such a location would be most favored by both the locals as well as their leadership
Daring Raid	Gain 20 additional promotion points Enemy forces have their discipline reduced by 10%	Raid Command Post	The raid into enemy territory and the destruction of the command infrastructure left the enemy in disarray. Also, an operation performed with such audacity warrants additional promotions
Enemy Delayed	The enemy will have its supply points reduced by 15% for the rest of the operation	Delay	Fuel Depots provide the logistical means to get from A to Z. Without a proper POL replacement stream, one might find themselves limping into combat
GLOCS Disrupted	Enemy vehicles and walkers will start battles damaged Enemy Discipline is reduced by 10%	Mine Roads	With the enemy Ground Lines Of Communication disrupted they will be suffering from damaged hardware and will have a hard time keeping organization up
New Recruits	Gain 5 additional squaddies	POW Rescue	The elements rescued from captivity offered to join our effort in the wayback. We welcome them on board!
Patrol Base	Gain Rogue Army Item or Vehicle.	Defend Outpost, Relieve Outpost	Like most conventional fighting forces, the Rogue Army stores most of its munitions and armaments inside depots. Capturing one of these could provide us with useful equipment
Pilots Recovered	Gain 1 minigun strafing run offmap use in each mission of this operation	Search and Rescue	With the pilots returned to duty more airpower to strafe enemy forces came available
Rogue Army Depots	Gain Rogue Army Item or Vehicle.	Defend Outpost, Relieve Outpost	Like most conventional fighting forces, the Rogue Army stores most of its munitions and armaments inside depots. Capturing one of these could provide us with useful equipment
Troops Rescued	Gain 2 allied local forces infantry units for the final mission	POW Rescue	The rescued POWs can now join the fight again and bolster friendly forces

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Asset	Effect	Possible Missions	Description
Adhoc-Construct Communication Towers	Construct Units suffer -$1 Vision and -$2 Detection for the rest of this operation.	Destroy Comms Towers	The Menace’s units appear to communicate through a variety of means, some of which we do not yet understand. However, one thing its Constructs prefer to do is capture local comms towers and repurpose them for faster linking. Disabling said towers could, for a time at least, help interrupt the Constructs’ capabilities on this planet
Anti-Construct Adaptations	Gain $1% increased damage against Constructs for the rest of this operation.	Gather Samples	Repeatedly engaging the Menace can give us briefly valuable battlefield data to better counter its Constructs. Emphasis on “briefly”, as any value-gain made against the Menace is inevitably counteracted by its constantly iterative designs
Anti-Menace Stratagems	Menace presence on this planet is reduced by $1.	Deny Resources	Constant combat with the Menace can give us new methods with which to counteract them. Notably, we can figure out pressure points and insert small infiltration teams to deal damage to their “manufacturing” capabilities. It is unlikely this will work more than once, as the Menace is a fast-learner, but developing such stratagems can be worthwhile all the same
Bridgeheads	Gain additional $1% Supply Points for the rest of this operation.	Secure Landing Pad	We can’t fly everything everywhere – the use of land hardware to move supplies is essential to any fighting force, and so the capture of bridgeheads is crucial to our operations
Checkpoint Stockpiles	Gain a Local Forces item.	Contact Checkpoints	Local Forces tend to stockpile goods around their intra-state checkpoints. Helping defend – or perhaps even conquer – such spots could allow us to ‘tactically acquire’ some gear from the natives
Civilians Saved	Gain 5 Trust with the Local Faction.	Search missing Civilians	Upon completion, gain $1 Trust with the Local Faction
Civilian Trading Post	Gain +1 Trust with Local Faction & +2 Civilian Trading Good.	Terror Attack	In the Wayback where resources are scarce and piracy common, civilian trading posts are worth infinitely more than their weight in zero-grav gold. Securing such a location would be most favored by both the locals as well as their leadership
Construct Threat Profiling	Gain $1 Intelligence.	Recon Patrol	The Menace can never be allowed to gain advantages over us, especially when it can be avoided. Field patrols can always net invaluable intel on our enemies and that goes double for identifying new Constructs and profiling them for future engagements
Expanded LZ	The friendly deployment zone is increased by $1% for the rest of this operation.	Secure Landing Pad	Securing landing zones will substantially increase our freedom of movement going forward
Hearts and Minds	Gain 5 squaddies.	Search missing Civilians	Whenever our friendly Marines complete a task, the first thing they should ask of the liberated locals: do you wish to know more? One would be surprised how often these first impressions lead to natives joining our cause
Lucky Finds	Gain a random Pirate Item reward.	Investigate Attack	Thanks to their marauding and ravaging, even the most pathetic and worthless of pirates will have something valuable on their person. Killing pirates is, therefore, like playing the lottery – you never know what you’re gonna get (off a corpse)

Enemy Assets

The following assets are active enemy assets. They grant their bonus to the enemy faction on the current operation. They will be disabled for the rest of the operation when the corresponding mission is completed.

Asset	Effect
Anti-Tank Weapon Arsenal	All Rogue Army infantry units now carry an RPG
Atmospheric Comms Jammer	Increases the delay on offmap abilities by 1 round
AT-Weapon Arsenal	All Rogue Army infantry units now carry an RPG
Combat Drug Laboratory	Increases hitpoints of all pirate soldiers by 2
Combat Training Center	All Rogue Army infantry units gain the "counter-strike" perk and will shoot back at their attacker if possible
Counter-Intelligence Center	Reduces player intelligence level by 2
Forward Operating Bases	Increases enemy army points by 10%
Hidden Supply Stashes	Increases enemy army points by 10%
Improvised Metal Workshop	Increases armor for all enemy pirate turrets and vehicles by 20%
Insurgents Hideout	Reduces mission supplies by 10%
Interdiction	Reduces player supplies by 10%
Orbital Imaging Relay	Increases detection of all Pirate units by 3
Propaganda Center	Increases Pirate discipline by 10
Raided Armory	All Rogue Army Infantry units now carry Battle Rifles instead of Carbines
Road Blocks	Reduces the players deployment zone by 50%
Satellite Targeting Relay Station	Increases accuracy for all pirates by 5%
Terror Camp	Reduces discipline of all player units by 15%

Rewards

On operation completion, the provided rewards are determined by multiple reward tables. In addition to a generic table, there are different tables depending on the enemy faction and the organisation (e.g. Zayn-Beecher_Corp, The Backbone) involved.

Pirate Reward Table

Type	Reward
Accessories	Incendiary Grenade, Thermite Grenade, Scrap Bomb
Armor	Boarding Commando Jetsuit
Vehicle Modular	Mounted Chaingun, Heavy Flamethrower, Laser Lance, Rocket Organ
Infantry Special	EMP Rifle, Light Chaingun, Workshopped RPG
Infantry Weapon	Corridor Sweeper

Pirates Vehicle or Weapon Reward Table

Type	Reward
Vehicle	Pirate Truck (Modular)
Vehicle Modular	Flamethrower (Vehicle), Rocket Organ, Laser Lance, Heavy Flamethrower, Mounted Chaingun

Rogue Army Reward Table

Type	Reward
Vehicle Modular	120mm Mortar, ATGM Launcher, Auto-Laser, MK20A3 BC Autocannon
Infantry Special	IMX SA-RPG 2, Tripod MK20A3, Tripod CMG50, Zayntech ASGM 2

[REDACTED] Reward Table (Spoilers!)

Type	Reward
Commodity	Construct Alloys, Construct Electronics, Construct Optics, Construct Power Core, Construct Processing Unit