Siege of Maple Town


 * "I need to rest, man. It's too much up there."
 * — A Canadian Army soldier in the bunker at the start of "Of Their Own Accord"

The Siege of Maple Town was one of many battles to occur during the 1993 Pridelander American War.

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 * Date: August 30, 1993 to September 1, 1993

The Invasion of the Maple Region
In the early hours of the battle, Hunter Two-One of the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, led by Sergeant Foley, is tasked with rescuing a VIP known as Raptor from his crashed helicopter in an unnamed suburb of the Maple Region in British Columbia, Canada. After repelling a Pridelander paratrooper assault, Hunter Two-One joins a convoy of Humvees and Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles. The convoy proceeds to Millhaven, British Columbia to assist in the evacuation of approximately 1,200,000 civilians. Assisted by a Stryker APC providing fire support, the team destroys two larger Pridelander anti-aircraft positions, then goes to 1980 Brookmere Road, where a HVI has locked himself in a panic room on the second floor. After finding the VIP dead in the panic room, the team travels to Maple Town, where arguably the deadliest, bloodiest and goriest battle is yet to come.

The Battle of Maple Town
The massive Pridelander military force managed to take control of and enslave much of the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, except Maple Town The main priority of Canadian and U.S. forces in the capital was to evacuate as many civilians and wounded soldiers as possible, then regroup and retake the city to begin their counter-offensive. However, Pridelander armor and SAM sites delay the evacuation. The Canadian and U.S. military forces try desperately to protect the evacuation center at the Maple Town National Mall, but Pridelander gunships, fighter jets, SAM batteries, armor, lionesses and infantry wreak havoc on the evac site and hinder the evacuation of civilians and essential personnel. Hunter Two-One is ordered to protect the evacuation center by first retaking the Maple Town Mega Store and then linking up with a SEAL team and assaulting enemy positions around the evac site.

Hunter Two-One moves to take the Maple Town Mega Store. After destroying two SAMs, they provide fire support for the evacuation site at the Washington Monument with FGM-148 Javelins. Their position is then overrun and the team heads to the roof, where they are extracted by a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. Pvt. Xavier Kimura fires on several fortified Pridelander positions with the Black Hawk's Minigun. Overlord then orders everyone to evacuate the area, declaring "Evacuation Order April", but as they are evacuating, the Black Hawk is shot down by SAM sites from the roof of the Sir John Thompson Building and crashes into the street below.

EMP

 * "This isn't good man! Whoa!"
 * — Cpl. Vuong yelling as Helicopters are falling from the sky

At the crash site, the severely outnumbered and outgunned Rangers Xavier Kimura, Dunn, and Koshiba, find themselves surrounded by Pridelander Forces. They engage the Pridelanders in an intense firefight.

Meanwhile in space, at a largest NATO space station, Sat1 sees an unknown missile coming from the dark side of the Earth (this was the missile that was launched by Captain Kojima over by Petropavlovsk). The missile goes off hundreds of kilometers above Maple Town, where the battle was taking place. The explosion also generates an EMP, which removes all power for most of western Canada and the western United States, destroys the NATO space station and kills Sat1. The EMP also destroys nearly every electronic device on the western seaboard and causes the failure of all aircraft in the area, which seems to quell much of the fighting.

Back at Maple Town, Hunter 2-1 avoiding the falling helicopters rushes to a ruined building, as soon as the crashes and noise stops they start moving on looking for survivors. They soon link up with another surviving Canadian Army soldier who tells them that Colonel Marshall is assembling a task force to retake Whiskey Hotel (the Maple Town Palace). They soon fight their way to the Presidential bunker, which is in ruins, and enters it hoping to regroup with Colonel Marshall and his task force.

The Battle for the Maple Town Palace

 * "You're Looking at the 'high ground' Sergeant! There's still power in the Maple Town Palace! That means we still have a way to talk to Central Command! If We can retake it! Now get your squad movin' up the left flank, go!"
 * — Colonel Marshall Ordering Sergeant Koshiba to retake the Maple Town Palace.

Hunter 2-1 regroups with Colonel Marshall who's overseeing the battle for the Maple Town Palace. Marshall explains to Sgt. Foley that there is still power in the Maple Town Palace which means if they can retake it they can contact central command about their situation. Marshall then orders the team to move inside and eliminate all Pridelander forces. While doing so, the team hears a radio broadcast from the Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. Air Force that as a contingency effort, a "Hammerdown Protocol", will be activated to eliminate all Pridelander forces operating in the city, likely eliminating all Canadian and U.S. forces as well, as the type of ordinance used is never specified. The broadcast mentions that to abort the strike, friendly forces must pop green flares on the roof of all EMP-hardened buildings, such as the Maple Town Palace and apparently, many of Maple Towns historical 1780s, 1790s, 19th century and early 20th century European, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean palaces, Japanese and European castles. Hunter Two-One then fights to the roof of the Maple Town Palace and pops green flares the moment the strike is about to launched, thus aborting it. Other green flares can be seen across the city, showing that a vast majority of the city is back in Canadian control.

Canadian and American Victory and Aftermath

 * Ranger: "So, when are we goin' to the Pride Lands in East Africa?"
 * Vuong: "Not soon enough, man. But I know we're gonna burn it down and destroy Pride Rock when we get there."
 * Koshiba: "When the time's right, Corporal. When the time's right..."
 * — An unknown Ranger, Vuong, and Koshiba after retaking the Maple Town Palace.

With green flares sparked across the town, the Battle of Maple Town proves to be the turning point of the war, as many Canadian and American forces start to push back the Pridelander forces out of Canada and the United States respectively. Many cities in the southeast have been retaken from that point on, but the Northeastern cities were still under Pridelander control, including New York City, the cultural and economic pride of America, as well as the financial capital of the world. New York City is being used as a main supply point for Pridelander forces. The U.S. would soon send their forces to New York City and drive out the Pridelanders out of the North American mainland for good.