Op White Orchid 06 - 2025/08/02

Situation

With the successful capture of puppet-President Rivera, the Chucomayo Cartel’s command structure is in disarray. This critical blow has fractured their leadership, creating a window of opportunity to press our advantage and strike at the political and military heart of the narco-state: the capital city of San Antero. Our main offensive will focus on pushing west, seizing the capital, and dismantling the primary military and cartel infrastructure that has allowed them to maintain control.

Intelligence reports indicate the capital is riddled with cartel safehouses, which are likely to be activated as their forces fall back and attempt to regroup. Concurrently, a high-value target has re-emerged: the traitor Osorio (Ross Kurtis). Reports place him within San Antero, and his distinctive black Ferrari is believed to be in the city, providing a key signature for his whereabouts. While the main assault focuses on securing the capital, all units should remain vigilant for any signs of Osorio. His capture remains a top priority.

Acknowledgements

• Refer to the situation report for detailed information on known factions and identification.
• Civilian population are neutral to our activities, though it is likely members of the cartel are among the population.
• Police, while government-funded and cartel-controlled, appear to heavily support the local population. While not overtly hostile, they are unlikely to assist us in anyway and will most likely report our positions if detected.
• Columbian intelligence operatives have been operating in the region against the cartel. We haven't been read into their ongoing operations or locations, keep an eye out and check fire against operatives and/or teams that may be in the region. 

Commanders intent

The current phase of Operation White Orchid focuses on exploiting actionable intelligence—especially through vehicle tracking—to locate and eliminate all viable high-value targets (HVTs) within the Chucomayo Cartel’s leadership and military structure. Our objective is to strike with speed and precision, using real-time intel to disrupt cartel command-and-control and dismantle critical leadership elements before they can recover or mount a coordinated response.

Our approach will exploit the cartel’s overconfidence and operational overstretch, ensuring that every engagement compounds their disarray. Civilian impact will remain minimised, but we anticipate resistance as cartel forces retreat toward bigger population centres and attempt to shield their leadership. The end state is a battlespace shaped for decisive follow-up operations against the remaining leadership cadre, with cartel command fractured and unable to re-establish cohesive control.

Tasking(s)

Map - Overview

Area of Operations - Alpha | Bravo

40 Commando

• [OBJ Mask] Patrol the town and secure the military installation on the east side of Lorica
• [OBJ Snare] Assist 2PARA by clearing the town north of the military installation
• [OBJ Serpent] Secure the capital San Antero's main military garrison
• [OBJ Totem] Patrol through the capital, engage military positions, locate and raid cartel safe houses

2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment

• [OBJ Perch] Dismantle the fortified military observation position
• [OBJ Snare] Secure the military installation and nearby industrial town
• [OBJ Thorn] Patrol through the shanty town and secure the military installation 
• [OBJ Totem] Patrol through the capital, engage military positions, locate and raid cartel safe houses
  

Royal Tank Regiment

• [OBJ Perch] Dismantle the fortified military observation position
  
• [OBJ Snare] Assist 2PARA in securing military installation and nearby industrial town
• [OBJ Mask] Assist 40Cdo in securing military installation and the town of Lorica
• [OBJ Thorn] Assist 2PARA by covering their approach to the outskirts shanty town
• [OBJ Serpent] Assist 40Cdo in securing the San Antero's military garrison

Joint Aviation Command

• [FOB Summit] Transport 2PARA vehicles from FOB Cabro - 5 x Land Rovers (2 x GPMG, 2 x GMG, 1 x Snatch)
• [Port Lorica] Transport 40Cdo & 539RS vehicles from FOB Cabro (4 x Jackal HMG, 1 x Coyote GMG, 1 x Coyote HMG)

Markings - AO Alpha

Markings - AO Bravo