Name of Nation:
The Greater Island Kingdom of New Hayesalia
Name of Warfighter:
14 BASTION -
14th Division, Battlefield Assault, Strategic, Tactical & Innovative Operations Node.
Warfighter:
Lieutenant Jim Rothgow
PATROL POSITION: Patrol Commander
BIOGRAPHY: A graduate of New Hayesalia's Military Academy and a veteran of conflicts in Zellatia and Missouri, Lieutenant Rothgow served as a Lieutenant and Captain in the 3rd Legion's infantry and airborne task forces and as a Captain in the 1st Commando Division and Special Reconnaissance Service. With an excellent example of service and ability, Rothgow successfully applied for and passed BASTION training and became a part of 3 BASTION at the rank of Second Lieutenant. Showing excellence, Rothgow received his re-promotion and was accepted to the 14th Division of BASTION- the most combat capable unit in the New Hayesalian Army.
Equipment: Members of BASTION are issued typically with anything they require or want. Standard equipment includes:
o Wraith Combat Uniform
•
Chameleon Body Armour and
M4A1 Helmet• Warrior Web exoskeletal support structure
• Dogtag
• BLACKHAWK! Compression fit undershirt and long pants
• Notebook and pens
• Watch
• Two 1 Litre canteens and kidney cups or camelback system
• Dixie cups
• Multitool
• Documents applicable to mission usage including maps, photographs, I.D. Stored in a folder which is easy to burn if need be.
• Flexi-cuffs
• Matches and Lighter
• Iodine Tablets
• Compass
• Chemlight
• Flashlight
• GPS
• Whistle
• Lockpick
• Infrared strobe light
• Bolt cutters
• Metal detector
• Flares and flare gun
• Radio system INCLUDING 9LAND BMS
• Individual Combat Medical Kit from HMC.
• Individual Survival Kit with some items replaced.
• 'Blacktalon' Combat Gloves
• 'Mamba' Tactical Boots
• Chameleon Standard Body Armour and Helmet.
• Entrenching tool- Model 23 Mattock
• Cutting tool- Model 7 Combat Utility Tool
• Close-Combat Weapon- Model 13 Bayonet, Model 14 Bayonet, 'Lycos' Combatant Machete, 'Enforcer' Shockmace.
• Boot-knife
• Main rifle
• Secondary weapon
NOTE: 40mm grenades typically have rounds in a seperate pack ready to load.
• Enough ammunition for the intended mission (roughly 270 rounds for assault rifles)
• Roughly six combat grenades, such as the Model 6 Series Grenades, Model 5 Obscurant and Marking Grenades.
• Roughly two non-combat grenades, such as those from the Model 5 Obscurant and Marking Grenades,
• Model 33 Illuminated Tactical Binoculars
• 2400 Calorie ER Bar - Emergency Food Ration
• Rubber gloves
• Other personal items
• Gasmask attachment (in container)
IN ASSAULT BAG
• 500ml intravenous fluids bag with starter kit.
• Two MREs
• Poncho
• Socks, undershirts, underwear
• Spare batteries
• Weapon Cleaning Kit
• Extra Ammunition
• Hygiene Kit
• Hootchie cord
IN MAIN BAG
• Spare uniform kit if needed.
• Lippi Selk’bag with improved military enforcements.
• Undershirts, underwear, socks
• Cold weather gloves
• Ammunition
• MREs
• Claymore mines
Biography on Warfighter:
n amalgamation of the Special Forces of the Hayesalian Union, Amalgamation saw the formation of the 4,000 strong- now 10,000- Battlefield Assault, Strategic, Tactical & Innovative Operations Node or more commonly, BASTION. The unit is named for the Battle of Hollow Bastion, one of the most chaotic and violent in history and a major reason for the formation of the Hayesalian Union and therefore New Hayesalia. In a military of millions of men and women, these few
soldiers are the New Hayesalian Governments high-risk, high-danger mission experts with an unrivaled capacity for warfighting.
In the Missourian Rebels War, the SN were credited with a higher unit effectiveness ratio than any other- neutralizing over a battalion of rebel
soldiers with zero casualties. They also conducted numerous sabotage operations, and gave way to a landslide New Hayesalian coalition victory. The BASTION lifestyle is one of curiosity. Given free reign to do basically whatever they wish and given whatever they need, the BASTION are a highly private force. There is no real way to identify a BASTION soldier, but BASTION
soldiers recognise each other easily. They train under their rank and an assumed name, and their identities are not often revealed. With the highest fitness and educational requirements in the NHM, and the ability to be deployed anywhere on any mission at anytime, the standard of training is as high as can be. When not serving overseas, the BASTION train as the OPFOR, fighting regular NH forces in wargames. To join the BASTION, a candidate must be recommended by a board of officers from the unit and successfully pass initial training of two months long, and train further on probation for three years. Minimum requirements include a length of previous service of over five years, high levels of fitness and intelligence, and an obvious capacity to join the unit. Details are never fully published as to what training involves: this surprise means candidates must be prepared for anything.
BASTION is made up of the top 0.01% of the New Hayesalian Military. While some nations recruit to the top 1%, the New Hayesalian Military was unsatisfied with this and pushed the limits even further. In 2010, BASTION was formed. Made up of approximately 5,000
soldiers, the unit has it's numbers pulled from the instructors and highly performing members of other special units, such as the Army Pararescue, Combat Intelligence Gathering Unit, Marine and Airborne Legions, the SRS, et cetera.
Training is an eight-week course, where mind and body are tested to absolute limits. Candidates are expected to be able to learn anything and remember it well, as well as be able to apply it. In training, textbooks on subjects ranging from nuclear weapons to foreign small arms are issued and must be read and the knowledge practically applied in training sometimes one day later. This is in addition to other training, where food and sleep is little and far between, and candidates have no expectations of what will come next. Training is entirely practical in nature: candidates are expected to be fit enough to perform the training with no PT. Training takes place in locations all around New Hayesalia and Paddy O Fernature, from the alpine mountains of Piltomana to the deserts of Quepasa. OPFOR, usually made up of current BASTION and STU
soldiers, is often present.
Members of BASTION hold a high number of mandatory qualifications. While members of 1 through 9 BASTION have slight differences as to which qualfications are and are not required, members of 14 BASTION are required to maintain most qualifications to a high-level instructor rating at all times in the unit. These qualifications include:
SRS SCHOOL OF RECON
SRS SCHOOL OF MARKSMANSHIP
SRS SCHOOL OF ESCAPE, EVASION
SPECIAL FORCES COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE
PARARESCUE PARAMEDICINE COURSE
RMG CLOSE PROTECTION COURSE
NHNP POLICING COURSE
NHNP DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE
RESCUE COURSE
AMPHIBIOUS EMPLACEMENT COURSE
MARINE EMPLACEMENT COURSE
ROUGH TERRAIN TRAVERSING COURSE
MOUNTAIN COURSE
SURVIVAL SCHOOL
NAVAL SCHOOL OF DIVING
CBRN TRAINING SCHOOL
COMBATANT SURFACE VESSEL COURSE
FORWARD AIR CONTROLLER COURSE
SPECIAL METEOROLOGY
PAIN CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION
MILITARY LANGUAGE SCHOOL (precise languages depend on likely area of deployment)
SPECIAL ENGINEER DEMOLITIONS
EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL COURSE
FOREIGN WEAPONRY COURSES
Courses that do not have to be maintained at an instructor rating are:
BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING SCHOOL
ARTILLERY (HOWITZER AND MORTAR) QUALIFICATION
ARMOURED VEHICLE (TANK and IFV SPEC.) COURSE