This is my exploration of the SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs series, where I will chronicle my playthrough like a text-based Let’s Play. Now let’s continue SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs…
Having dealt with The Iron Brotherhood, we had a couple of months between assignments…
Operation Good Karma: Golden Triangle Holiday had us heading for Thailand, as a terrorist group named Riddah Rouge had stolen data about a biological weapon from a Sri Lankan smuggler. We were deploying to an island staging post as they prepared to head upriver. They were led by Sudarak Thongkon, who was on the Thai government’s most wanted list — and due to the bioweapon data he now possessed, he was a global public enemy number one.
I wasn’t 100% certain about the location, because the mission mentioned the “Golden Triangle”, which is a mountain region of northern Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, but the attack had occurred in the Straits of Malacca, which are off the south coast of the area some 2,000km away. Also, we were going to attack from the water, which is difficult to do in the mountains.
Our objectives were to Secure All Islands, Prevent Enemy Escape, and Reclaim Biological Warfare Data. The map showed a Department of Defence satellite view of the area from 5th of November, and suggested an approach by crossing the islands rather than the open water. Our equipment consisted of M4A1 SDs, an M60E3, and an SR-25 SD, 9mm pistols, C4, frag grenades, flashbangs, and smoke grenades.
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Starting the mission, we arrived in the area by raft, then approached in the chest-high water. Sticking to long grass, we avoided detection by the lone spotter, so I shot him, then we followed the coast around to a hut which was being circled by two terrorists. One must have seen the body we left, so we shot him as he, for some reason, ran towards us. The other curiously followed suit, so I shot him and left Bravo behind as Boomer and I went under the lone hut.
The two terrorists inside were talking about how much better Thongkon was than the royal family, and anyone who didn’t understand their goals were enemies of the people. Coincidentally, those people must be destroyed, along with the monarchy, utilising the bio-data somehow. Neither of them knew Thongkon’s plans, but whatever they were, he’d claimed that they would definitely succeed!
I went up the stairs and shot them both and grabbed a folder from the table, before crossing the water to the next small island and killing a couple more Riddah Rouge. However, they managed to return fire, bringing attention from neighbouring islets as I gunned my way over the next few.
Our objective was to prevent escape, and suddenly the terrorists knew that we were there! Luckily, they only had one avenue of egress — air boats — and I had some C4 charges. I planted them on the two boats and stood well back as we returned fire at the enemies heading for the docks. Once the explosions went off, we cleaned up the Riddah Rouge at our position, then headed up a hill to a hut occupied by a single foe.
Checking the nearby area, we cleared our way towards the buildings being used as barracks and shot a terrorist through the window. I took out another from the steps leading into a nearby hut, which completed the objective to secure the main complex.
Reaching the final checkpoint unopposed, I found the biohazard-marked folder on a table in a hut, so I grabbed it, and we headed for our extraction point. We came under fire on the way, and even found opposition waiting in a (failed) ambush nearby once we arrived. We killed them all and were picked up by helicopter.
It took 00:13:58, my stealth was 70%, accuracy 55%, teamwork 66%, and I completed all primary objectives, gaining a C grade. I had missed two secondary objectives, which were to send Bravo to Juliet (which I did) and breach the final hut (which had no door).
While the mission was mostly a success, the Riddah Rouge had moved the bio-data shortly before our arrival. That meant we’d need to wait for them to make their next move…
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Diaries