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Tom Clancy's EndWar (novel)
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Tom Clancy's EndWar is the first novel in the Tom Clancy's EndWar
series. It was written under the pseudonym David Michaels
and released on February 4, 2008 by Berkley Books
. It is based on the video game series
of the same name that was published by Ubisoft
and released for the Nintendo DS
, PlayStation 3
, PSP
, PC
and Xbox 360
later that year. The book provides a fictional account of World War III
and switches focus between a United States Joint Strike Force team, and other military groups from the US and the Russian Federation. The majority of the story is set in Canada, specifically the Northwest Territories and Alberta.
and Iran
have destroyed each other. Now, one of the world's leading gas and oil suppliers, Russia
, begins to rebuild its military might with a huge influx of petrodollars, in the hopes of restoring the Motherland to true greatness.
Tipped off by intel from the European Federation, America's Joint Strike Force sends a Special Forces team into the volatile heart of Moscow
to capture Russian Colonel Pavel Doletskaya. An eccentric warrior, Doletskaya holds the key to Russia's next major invasion plan and the answers to the cryptic questions:
What is Operation 2659? Who is Snegurochka?
When those answers come, American and European forces on land, sea, and air will be in for a battle unlike any the world has ever seen..."
David Becerra, President
(“American Eagle”)
Roberta Santiago, National Security Advisor
Mark Hellenberg, White House
Chief of Staff
General Laura Kennedy, Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(JCS)
General Rudolph McDaniel, Vice Chairman
of the JCS
Major
Alice Dennison, USMC JSF Tactical Operations Specialist (“Hammer”)
Charles Shakura (Lead interrogator for JSF)
Joint Strike Force, ODA Special Forces
Team Sergeant Nathan Vatz (“Vortex”;”Bali”)
Captain Tom Gerard, Detachment Commander
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Douglas Barnes, Assistant Detachment Commander
Sergeant Zach Murrow, Weapons Sergeant (“Volcano”)
Captain Mike Godfrey, Detachment Commander (ODA 888, “Berserker Six”)
Captain Manny Rodriguez, Detachment Commander (ODA 897, “Zodiac Six”)
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Samson, Assistant Detachment Commander (ODA 888, “Black Bear”)
Sergeant Jac Sasaki, Senior Medic
(ODA 888, “Band-Aid”)
Staff Sergeant Paul Dresden, Assistant Medic (ODA 888, (Beethoven”)
Joint Strike Force, Marine Expeditionary Forces
Colonel Stack, Company Commander
Staff Sergeant Raymond McAllen, Force Recon Team Leader (“Outlaw One”)
Sergeant Terry Jones, Assistant Team Leader (“Outlaw Two”)
Corporal Palladino, Team Scout/Sniper (“Outlaw Three”)
Corporal Szymanski, Team Scout (“Outlaw Four”)
Lance Corporal Friskis, Radio Operator (“Outlaw Five”)
Navy
Corpsman Gutierrez, Medic (“Outlaw Six”)
Sergeant Scott Rule, New Assistant Team Leader (“Outlaw Two”)
F-35
Detachment, Northwest Territories
Major Stephanie Halverson, USAF (“Siren”)
Captain Jake Boyd, USAF (“Ghost Hawk”)
Captain Lisa Johansson, USAF (“Sapphire”)
Stryker
Brigade Combat Team
Captain Chuck Welch, Company Commander
Staff Sergeant Marc Rakken (“Sparta Six”)
Sergeant Timothy Appleman, Vehicle Commander
Private First Class Penny Hassa, Vehicle Driver
USS Florida SSN-805
Commander Jonathan Andreas
“Jack” (Operations Officer)
Senior Chief Radioman Sheldon
Chief Electronic Technician Burgess
“Dan” (Communications Officer)
JSF Navy High Command, Honolulu
Admiral
Donald Stanton, Commander, Pacific Fleet
(COMPACFLT)
Admiral Charles Harrison, Commander, Submarines, Pacific
“Smitty” USS Floridas Submarine Squadron Commander
Russian Federation
Vsevolod Vsevolodovich Kapalkin, President
General Sergei Izotov, Director of the Glavnoje Razvedyvatel’noje Upravlenije
(GRU)
Colonel
Pavel Doletskaya (GRU)
Major Alexi Noskov, Tactical Operations Officer (“Werewolf”)
Colonel Viktoria Antsyforov (GRU)
Commander Ivan Golova, Commander of the Ulyanovsk
Captain Pravota, Ka-29 chopper pilot
Captain Second Rank Mikhail Anatolyevich Kolosov, Commander of the Romanov
Alexi Vasiliev, aka William Bullard Russian Mole
European Federation
President Nathalie Perreau
General Amadou Bankolé, EF Enforcers Corps
Capitaine Ilaria Cimino, EFEC Executive Officer
Canada
Robert Emerson, Prime Minister
“Khaki”, Chopper pilot and ex-Canadian Special Forces
Terrorist
Green Vox (Symbolic head of the Green Brigade Transnational)
Colonel
named Pavel Doletskaya in Moscow
, Team Victor of the Joint Strike Force (JSF) retreats from Russia, with Sergeant
Nathan Vatz as the sole survivor. Colonel Doletskaya is interrogated by Major
Alice Dennison back in the U.S. The colonel refuses to answer any questions, even under torture. The interrogation is then turned over to Charles Shakura, the JSF's top interrogator. Yet the Colonel still holds out and he is then sent to Cuba
. Meanwhile, Outlaw Team, composed of Marine Force Recon, is dispatched to rescue the Colonel when his plane is shot down in the Cuban jungle
. The team finds only one survivor, Shakura. Outlaw Team's leader, Sergeant McAllen, is told that this was only a decoy, and that Colonel Doletskaya was ferried to Cuba on a submarine.
Prior to this time, all U.S. Special Operations Forces
are merged into one combined task force termed the "Joint Strike Force" (JSF). In 2016, there is a nuclear war between Saudi Arabia
and Iran
, annihilating both countries. This war leads Russia into being the world's leading oil producer. In 2016, Europe becomes one country called the European Federation (EF). The United Nations
is then disbanded. The US and EF are no longer allies. After launching the Freedom Star space station
from the JFK Space Center in 2020, the space station is attacked by the Green Brigade, a powerful and infamous left-wing ecoterrorist group. All Marines aboard are killed and the Russians are blamed for this. The purpose of the space station is to allow the United States
to be able to deploy 3 brigades of U.S. Marines anywhere in the world within 90 minutes.
Meanwhile, Major Stephanie 'Siren' Halverson and her wingman, Captain Jake 'Ghost Hawk' Boyd, observe multiple Russian Ka-29 helos flying over Canadian land. While trying to scare the Russian helicopters back to the border, Captain Boyd's F35
is shot down by rocket fire. Major Halverson then shoots down two-and-a-half dozen more Russian helicopters and tries to land the bird to rescue Jake. He refuses to be rescued because Major Halverson would then run the risk of being captured or killed by the Spetsnaz
forces. After giving her sidearm to Boyd, she returns and takes off in her F35. Soon after, Spetsnaz troops arrive via a Ka-29, and Boyd is killed. Halverson receives a call from the President, and the U.S. fully realizes that Russia is invading Canada. At that time, Canada is the world's second leading oil producer. After refueling and rearming at Igloo Base, which is destroyed seconds after both pilots take off, Major Halverson with her new wingman Captain Lisa 'Sapphire' Johansson and two other F35s attack and destroy a large staging ground with AN-130
super carrier jets. During that engagement, a flight of Russian SU-98 fighter jets shoot down all of the F35s, with Major Halverson being the only survivor. Back in the U.S., Major Dennison figures out the answers to the questions. Operation 2659 is the invasion of Canada, and Snegurockha is Colonel Viktoria Antsyforov. Colonel Doletskaya falls in love with her until she dies.
During that time, Outlaw Team is sent to Canada to find Major Halverson and rescue her, their orders from the President himself. Sergeant Vatz's Team also arrives in Canada to combat Spetsnaz troops in the town of High Level, Alberta. Half of Vatz's team dies when the C-130 is shot down. Khaki, an ex-Canadian Special Forces soldier, is a helicopter pilot responsible for transporting Outlaw team to Major Halverson, lands in the town held by Sgt Vatz in order to refuel. At that point, the Russians stage an assault on the airfield, successfully destroying Khaki's helicopter. Outlaw Team begins to form a plan to take a Russian KA-29 helo, and in doing so, are able to enlist the help of one Captain Pravota. Outlaw team then tells Pravota to fly to the location where they will find Halverson. He agrees but warns that the helo has mechanical problems. Pravota tells them that he wants to go with the US soldiers on the return trip to the United States, and McAllen quickly agrees. After thinking they are Spetsnaz troops, Major Halverson begins to open fire at the helicopter, almost injuring the Outlaw Team. After realizing that is the Outlaw Team, she is rescued. Sergeant Vatz's Team, the Bravo Team, goes into combat with a handful of Spetsnaz, and some of his troops are killed.
Back in Moscow, the president of the Russian Federation, is called. It is Snegurockha and Green Vox. Green Vox is the leader of infamous terrorist group, the Green Brigade Transnational. They tell the president that they have put two nuclear bombs in Calgary and Edmonton and will detonate them in 48 hours. The only catch is that they will wait for most of the citizen to evacuate, and more of the Spetsnaz to move in. The president demands help from the US to defuse it after all attempts on negotiations with the two terrorists fail. The terrorists put the nuclear bombs in the two cities in order to effectifevly turn the world guns on Russia, and bring any neutral countries into war, because the two cities also have large oil refineries. The President charges Sergeant Marc Rakken to send two Nuclear Emergency Support Team
(NEST) teams to defuse it. Marc Rakken leads them to the nuclear bombs and defuses it before it detonates. However, Marc Rakken sacrifices himself to save the entire NEST team when a lone Spetsnaz troop throws a grenade at them. In the end, Snegurockha kills Green Vox because they fail to detonate the nuclear bombs. Spetsnaz troops begin to evacuate from Canada. The Outlaw Team leader gets his legs shot up, but Major Halverson survives. Nathan Vatz is relieved that the war is over, but also finds out that Rakken died to save the entire NEST Team. Major Alice Dennison approached Colonel Doletskaya and tells him that Colonel Viktoria Antsyforov is still alive and currently hiding out in Canada. Colonel Pavel Doletskaya tells her that he will help Dennison to capture Viktoria, and she frees him. Major Dennison later calls President Becerra and tells him that she hasn't told all of the information to Doletskaya, but he's in on their plan.
In the video game, the terrorist organization is called the "Forgotten Army", who are funded by Russia . The book features the "Green Brigade", whose goal is to "save the environment from the super-powers." This discontinuity is explained in the sequel, Tom Clancy's Endwar: The Hunted
, with the former group described as a splinter group of the latter.
Tom Clancy's EndWar
Tom Clancy's EndWar is a real-time tactics game designed by Ubisoft Shanghai for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows platforms. The Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable versions feature turn-based tactics instead of the real-time tactics of their console counterparts...
series. It was written under the pseudonym David Michaels
David Michaels
David Michaels is a pseudonym for the authors of novels in the Splinter Cell, EndWar, H.A.W.X , and Ghost Recon series, all of which were created by Ubisoft Entertainment and developed under Ubisoft's Tom Clancy license...
and released on February 4, 2008 by Berkley Books
Berkley Books
Berkley Books is an imprint of Penguin Group that began as an independent company in 1955. It was established by Charles Byrne and Frederic Klein, who were working for Avon and formed "Chic News Company". They renamed it Berkley Publishing Co. in 1955. They soon found a niche in science fiction...
. It is based on the video game series
Tom Clancy's EndWar
Tom Clancy's EndWar is a real-time tactics game designed by Ubisoft Shanghai for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows platforms. The Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable versions feature turn-based tactics instead of the real-time tactics of their console counterparts...
of the same name that was published by Ubisoft
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries....
and released for the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
, PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
, PSP
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
, PC
Personal computer
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and Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
later that year. The book provides a fictional account of World War III
World War III
World War III denotes a successor to World War II that would be on a global scale, with common speculation that it would be likely nuclear and devastating in nature....
and switches focus between a United States Joint Strike Force team, and other military groups from the US and the Russian Federation. The majority of the story is set in Canada, specifically the Northwest Territories and Alberta.
Back Cover Synopsis
"In a devastating nuclear exchange, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
and Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
have destroyed each other. Now, one of the world's leading gas and oil suppliers, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, begins to rebuild its military might with a huge influx of petrodollars, in the hopes of restoring the Motherland to true greatness.
Tipped off by intel from the European Federation, America's Joint Strike Force sends a Special Forces team into the volatile heart of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
to capture Russian Colonel Pavel Doletskaya. An eccentric warrior, Doletskaya holds the key to Russia's next major invasion plan and the answers to the cryptic questions:
What is Operation 2659? Who is Snegurochka?
When those answers come, American and European forces on land, sea, and air will be in for a battle unlike any the world has ever seen..."
Cast of Characters
Joint Strike Force (JSF) Leadership – U.S.David Becerra, President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
(“American Eagle”)
Roberta Santiago, National Security Advisor
National Security Advisor (United States)
The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor , serves as the chief advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues...
Mark Hellenberg, White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
Chief of Staff
General Laura Kennedy, Chairman
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is by law the highest ranking military officer in the United States Armed Forces, and is the principal military adviser to the President of the United States, the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council and the Secretary of Defense...
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Joint Chiefs of Staff is a body of senior uniformed leaders in the United States Department of Defense who advise the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security Council, the National Security Council and the President on military matters...
(JCS)
General Rudolph McDaniel, Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is by law the second highest ranking military officer in the United States Armed Forces ranking just below the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
of the JCS
Major
Major (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
Alice Dennison, USMC JSF Tactical Operations Specialist (“Hammer”)
Charles Shakura (Lead interrogator for JSF)
Joint Strike Force, ODA Special Forces
Team Sergeant Nathan Vatz (“Vortex”;”Bali”)
Captain Tom Gerard, Detachment Commander
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Douglas Barnes, Assistant Detachment Commander
Sergeant Zach Murrow, Weapons Sergeant (“Volcano”)
Captain Mike Godfrey, Detachment Commander (ODA 888, “Berserker Six”)
Captain Manny Rodriguez, Detachment Commander (ODA 897, “Zodiac Six”)
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Samson, Assistant Detachment Commander (ODA 888, “Black Bear”)
Sergeant Jac Sasaki, Senior Medic
Medic
Medic is a general term for a person involved in medicine, especially emergency or first-response medicine, such as an emergency medical technician, paramedic, or a military member trained in battlefield medicine. Also the term is used toward a Nurse in pre-hospital care and/or emergency...
(ODA 888, “Band-Aid”)
Staff Sergeant Paul Dresden, Assistant Medic (ODA 888, (Beethoven”)
Joint Strike Force, Marine Expeditionary Forces
Marine Expeditionary Force
A Marine Expeditionary Force or MEF is the largest type of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force...
Colonel Stack, Company Commander
Staff Sergeant Raymond McAllen, Force Recon Team Leader (“Outlaw One”)
Sergeant Terry Jones, Assistant Team Leader (“Outlaw Two”)
Corporal Palladino, Team Scout/Sniper (“Outlaw Three”)
Corporal Szymanski, Team Scout (“Outlaw Four”)
Lance Corporal Friskis, Radio Operator (“Outlaw Five”)
Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
Corpsman Gutierrez, Medic (“Outlaw Six”)
Sergeant Scott Rule, New Assistant Team Leader (“Outlaw Two”)
F-35
F-35 Lightning II
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fifth generation multirole fighters under development to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability...
Detachment, Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
Major Stephanie Halverson, USAF (“Siren”)
Captain Jake Boyd, USAF (“Ghost Hawk”)
Captain Lisa Johansson, USAF (“Sapphire”)
Stryker
Stryker
The IAV Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled, 4-wheel-drive , armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III and produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, in use by the United States Army. The vehicle is named for two American servicemen who posthumously received the Medal of Honor:...
Brigade Combat Team
Captain Chuck Welch, Company Commander
Staff Sergeant Marc Rakken (“Sparta Six”)
Sergeant Timothy Appleman, Vehicle Commander
Private First Class Penny Hassa, Vehicle Driver
USS Florida SSN-805
Commander Jonathan Andreas
“Jack” (Operations Officer)
Senior Chief Radioman Sheldon
Chief Electronic Technician Burgess
“Dan” (Communications Officer)
JSF Navy High Command, Honolulu
Admiral
Admiral (United States)
In the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, admiral is a four-star flag officer rank, with the pay grade of O-10. Admiral ranks above vice admiral and below Fleet Admiral in the Navy; the Coast Guard and the Public Health...
Donald Stanton, Commander, Pacific Fleet
United States Pacific Fleet
The United States Pacific Fleet is a Pacific Ocean theater-level component command of the United States Navy that provides naval resources under the operational control of the United States Pacific Command. Its home port is at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii. It is commanded by Admiral Patrick M...
(COMPACFLT)
Admiral Charles Harrison, Commander, Submarines, Pacific
“Smitty” USS Floridas Submarine Squadron Commander
Russian Federation
Vsevolod Vsevolodovich Kapalkin, President
General Sergei Izotov, Director of the Glavnoje Razvedyvatel’noje Upravlenije
GRU
GRU or Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye is the foreign military intelligence directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation...
(GRU)
Colonel
Polkovnik
Polkovnik is often a military rank in Slavic countries which corresponds to a colonel in English-speaking states. However, in the Ukraine, polkovnyk was an administrative rank similar to a governor...
Pavel Doletskaya (GRU)
Major Alexi Noskov, Tactical Operations Officer (“Werewolf”)
Colonel Viktoria Antsyforov (GRU)
Commander Ivan Golova, Commander of the Ulyanovsk
Captain Pravota, Ka-29 chopper pilot
Captain Second Rank Mikhail Anatolyevich Kolosov, Commander of the Romanov
Alexi Vasiliev, aka William Bullard Russian Mole
European Federation
President Nathalie Perreau
General Amadou Bankolé, EF Enforcers Corps
Capitaine Ilaria Cimino, EFEC Executive Officer
Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
Robert Emerson, Prime Minister
“Khaki”, Chopper pilot and ex-Canadian Special Forces
Terrorist
Green Vox (Symbolic head of the Green Brigade Transnational)
Plot
It is the year 2020. After capturing a Russian GRUGRU
GRU or Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye is the foreign military intelligence directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation...
Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
named Pavel Doletskaya in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Team Victor of the Joint Strike Force (JSF) retreats from Russia, with Sergeant
Sergeant
Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
Nathan Vatz as the sole survivor. Colonel Doletskaya is interrogated by Major
Major
Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
Alice Dennison back in the U.S. The colonel refuses to answer any questions, even under torture. The interrogation is then turned over to Charles Shakura, the JSF's top interrogator. Yet the Colonel still holds out and he is then sent to Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. Meanwhile, Outlaw Team, composed of Marine Force Recon, is dispatched to rescue the Colonel when his plane is shot down in the Cuban jungle
Cuban moist forests
The Cuban moist forests are a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion that occupies on Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. The ecoregion receives more than of rainfall annually, and does not have a dry season. Soils are usually derived from quartz, limestone, or serpentinites...
. The team finds only one survivor, Shakura. Outlaw Team's leader, Sergeant McAllen, is told that this was only a decoy, and that Colonel Doletskaya was ferried to Cuba on a submarine.
Prior to this time, all U.S. Special Operations Forces
United States Special Operations Command
The United States Special Operations Command is the Unified Combatant Command charged with overseeing the various Special Operations Commands of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States Armed Forces. The command is part of the Department of Defense...
are merged into one combined task force termed the "Joint Strike Force" (JSF). In 2016, there is a nuclear war between Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
and Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, annihilating both countries. This war leads Russia into being the world's leading oil producer. In 2016, Europe becomes one country called the European Federation (EF). The United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
is then disbanded. The US and EF are no longer allies. After launching the Freedom Star space station
Space station
A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a crew which is designed to remain in space for an extended period of time, and to which other spacecraft can dock. A space station is distinguished from other spacecraft used for human spaceflight by its lack of major propulsion or landing...
from the JFK Space Center in 2020, the space station is attacked by the Green Brigade, a powerful and infamous left-wing ecoterrorist group. All Marines aboard are killed and the Russians are blamed for this. The purpose of the space station is to allow the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to be able to deploy 3 brigades of U.S. Marines anywhere in the world within 90 minutes.
Meanwhile, Major Stephanie 'Siren' Halverson and her wingman, Captain Jake 'Ghost Hawk' Boyd, observe multiple Russian Ka-29 helos flying over Canadian land. While trying to scare the Russian helicopters back to the border, Captain Boyd's F35
F-35 Lightning II
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fifth generation multirole fighters under development to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability...
is shot down by rocket fire. Major Halverson then shoots down two-and-a-half dozen more Russian helicopters and tries to land the bird to rescue Jake. He refuses to be rescued because Major Halverson would then run the risk of being captured or killed by the Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz, Specnaz tr: Voyska specialnogo naznacheniya; ) is an umbrella term for any special forces in Russian, literally "force of special purpose"...
forces. After giving her sidearm to Boyd, she returns and takes off in her F35. Soon after, Spetsnaz troops arrive via a Ka-29, and Boyd is killed. Halverson receives a call from the President, and the U.S. fully realizes that Russia is invading Canada. At that time, Canada is the world's second leading oil producer. After refueling and rearming at Igloo Base, which is destroyed seconds after both pilots take off, Major Halverson with her new wingman Captain Lisa 'Sapphire' Johansson and two other F35s attack and destroy a large staging ground with AN-130
Antonov
Antonov, or Antonov Aeronautical Scientist/Technical Complex , formerly the Antonov Design Bureau, is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company with particular expertise in the field of very large aircraft construction. Antonov ASTC is a state-owned commercial company...
super carrier jets. During that engagement, a flight of Russian SU-98 fighter jets shoot down all of the F35s, with Major Halverson being the only survivor. Back in the U.S., Major Dennison figures out the answers to the questions. Operation 2659 is the invasion of Canada, and Snegurockha is Colonel Viktoria Antsyforov. Colonel Doletskaya falls in love with her until she dies.
During that time, Outlaw Team is sent to Canada to find Major Halverson and rescue her, their orders from the President himself. Sergeant Vatz's Team also arrives in Canada to combat Spetsnaz troops in the town of High Level, Alberta. Half of Vatz's team dies when the C-130 is shot down. Khaki, an ex-Canadian Special Forces soldier, is a helicopter pilot responsible for transporting Outlaw team to Major Halverson, lands in the town held by Sgt Vatz in order to refuel. At that point, the Russians stage an assault on the airfield, successfully destroying Khaki's helicopter. Outlaw Team begins to form a plan to take a Russian KA-29 helo, and in doing so, are able to enlist the help of one Captain Pravota. Outlaw team then tells Pravota to fly to the location where they will find Halverson. He agrees but warns that the helo has mechanical problems. Pravota tells them that he wants to go with the US soldiers on the return trip to the United States, and McAllen quickly agrees. After thinking they are Spetsnaz troops, Major Halverson begins to open fire at the helicopter, almost injuring the Outlaw Team. After realizing that is the Outlaw Team, she is rescued. Sergeant Vatz's Team, the Bravo Team, goes into combat with a handful of Spetsnaz, and some of his troops are killed.
Back in Moscow, the president of the Russian Federation, is called. It is Snegurockha and Green Vox. Green Vox is the leader of infamous terrorist group, the Green Brigade Transnational. They tell the president that they have put two nuclear bombs in Calgary and Edmonton and will detonate them in 48 hours. The only catch is that they will wait for most of the citizen to evacuate, and more of the Spetsnaz to move in. The president demands help from the US to defuse it after all attempts on negotiations with the two terrorists fail. The terrorists put the nuclear bombs in the two cities in order to effectifevly turn the world guns on Russia, and bring any neutral countries into war, because the two cities also have large oil refineries. The President charges Sergeant Marc Rakken to send two Nuclear Emergency Support Team
Nuclear Emergency Support Team
The Nuclear Emergency Support Team is a team of scientists, technicians, and engineers operating under the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration...
(NEST) teams to defuse it. Marc Rakken leads them to the nuclear bombs and defuses it before it detonates. However, Marc Rakken sacrifices himself to save the entire NEST team when a lone Spetsnaz troop throws a grenade at them. In the end, Snegurockha kills Green Vox because they fail to detonate the nuclear bombs. Spetsnaz troops begin to evacuate from Canada. The Outlaw Team leader gets his legs shot up, but Major Halverson survives. Nathan Vatz is relieved that the war is over, but also finds out that Rakken died to save the entire NEST Team. Major Alice Dennison approached Colonel Doletskaya and tells him that Colonel Viktoria Antsyforov is still alive and currently hiding out in Canada. Colonel Pavel Doletskaya tells her that he will help Dennison to capture Viktoria, and she frees him. Major Dennison later calls President Becerra and tells him that she hasn't told all of the information to Doletskaya, but he's in on their plan.
Storyline conflicts with video game
In the video game, the U.S. and the European Federation are enemies who go to war with each other over the European Federation's unintentional destruction of the Freedom 4 space craft. In the book, they are able to figure out who is behind the attack and are allies.In the video game, the terrorist organization is called the "Forgotten Army", who are funded by Russia . The book features the "Green Brigade", whose goal is to "save the environment from the super-powers." This discontinuity is explained in the sequel, Tom Clancy's Endwar: The Hunted
Tom Clancy's EndWar: The Hunted
Tom Clancy's EndWar: The Hunted is the sequel to Tom Clancy's EndWar, a novel featuring a fictional account of World War III and based on a video game published by Ubisoft...
, with the former group described as a splinter group of the latter.