![[war-machine-2.png]] *Added to the Codex on* ***March 18th, 2025*** --- ### Quotes "A.O.S. has breached multiple military security systems and exposed a massive vector of intelligence." - US Mission Briefing "Vital resources are up for grabs in this region. This is a bit of a gold rush scenario, No-Pats." - US Mission Briefing "The Forever War is here." - Military Commander <br> ### Description [[Aurora Operating System|A.O.S.'s]] operation had three phases. Phase 1: Chaos. Initiated massive intelligence breaches across the world's militaries, both East and West. With access to [[Arkangel|Arkangel's]] network of organizations around the world, release the intel. Target [[Daesong]] in [[Kaleidoscope|South Korea]], [[Synseco]] in [[Renewal|Egypt]], and the [[No-Pats]] in [[Namaqualand]]. This would send militaries scrambling, to either secure their own intel, or acquire as much as they could of their adversaries. Phase 2: Confusion. Identity and expose classified rare earth mineral projects, with a focus on isolated locations - [[Breakaway|Queen Maud Land]] and [[Hourglass|Doha]]. Trigger the modern day equivalent of a "gold rush." Happening simultaneously with the intelligence breach, this would catch militaries by surprise, and force them to deploy additional forces. Phase 3: Control. With armies caught in multiple active engagements, begin deployment of [[CENTRAL]] units in vulnerable regions. She would start with two strategically critical locations. There was the [[Boreas]] facility in [[Redacted|Scotland]]: her place of birth, with access to a labyrinth of Arkangel systems. Then there was the [[Steadfast Refuge|Steadfast Refuge Operations]] center in [[Codex/Battlefields/Exposure|Canada]]: the facility still had a backdoor into [[Ascension Satellite Network]], thanks in part to the Shearwater II satellite. And then, it would begin.