Task Force 87 / TF87

ORIGINAL HEADQUARTERS: OUTPOST 36282
ORIGINAL STATUS: ACTIVE DUTY DEFENSEIVE TASK FORCE
ORIGINAL OPERATIONAL AREA: OBERON SYSTEM & SUPPORT SURROUNDING SYSTEMS
ORIGINAL MISSION: POLICING, DEFENSE, AND DEVELOPMENT OF OBERON AND SUROUNDING FRONTIER SYSTEMS

————— FIRST MISSION —————- MISSION TO PROVIDE FOOTHOLD IN SECTOR AND ALLOW FURTHER DEVELOPMENT & EXPANSION [2460+] 2462 GENERATION SHIP FLEET LEAVES FOR OBERON SYSTEM CONTAINING MILITARY FAMILIES AND COLONISTS FLEET ARRIVES COLONIES ARE SET UP TASK FORCE 87 ESTABLISHES OUTPOST 36282 FOR BASE OF OPERATIONS OBERON SYSTEM PROVES TO BE LESS HOSPITABLE THAN EARLIER REPORTS INDICATED TERRAFORMING ACCIDENT ON URIEL FURTHER HINDERED DEVELOPMENT REGION RICH IN MINERALS AND RESOURCES

—————- FIRST TEVARIN WAR ———————
TASK FORCE ELEMENTS REDEPLOYED TO SUPPORT WAR EFFORT
RESERVE FORCES STILL CONTINUED WITH FRONTIER DEFENSE & DEVELOPMENT MISSION
YOUNG LEADERSHIP TESTED AND EXCELLED AT INTERIM DUTIES
UEE WAS UNABLE TO SPARE ASSETS FOR THE REGION. TASK FORCE HAD TO MAKE ADAPT AND OVERCOME

SQUADRON 36 EARNED “HELLJAMMER” CALL SIGN FOR STEALTH & ECM TACTICS
KODIAK WING EARNED REPUTATION OF PROVIDING STRIKES, CLOSE AIR SUPPORT, & PRECISION TARGET KILLS
HUMPBACK DIVISIONS FREIGHTES MADE VITAL SUPPLY RUNS THROUGH BLOCKADES AND PIRATES
PELICAN DIVISION DEPLOYED TROOPS THROUGH THE HEAVIEST OF OPPOSITION
TASK FORCE 87 SQUADRONS & DIVISIONS ACHIEVED A HIGH SUCCESS RATE & SEVERAL DECORATIONS

————- INTER WAR PERIOD ————————
SURPLUS POST WAR GEAR ACCUMILATED IN OUTPOST 36282
MAKE DUE AND PROSPER BECAME THE WAY OF LIFE
LIMITED SUPPORT RESOURCES RESTRICTED CAPABILITIES BUT OUTPOST LEARNED TO ADAPT AND MAKE DO

———-SECOND TEVARIN WAR—————
TASKFORCE AGAIN REDEPLOYED TO SUPPORT WAR EFFORT

DECORATE FOR KEY MISSIONS

————- POST TEVARIN CONFLICTS ————-
ONE OF THE FIRST UNITS TO TAKE TEVARIN RECRUITS AND EQUIPMENT
QUICK STRIKE TACTICS WERE SIMILAR
LEARNED FROM TACTICS TO ENHANCE THEIR OWN

———— VANDUUL THREAT —————
2681 VANDUUL RAIDERS FIRST CONTACT
TASK FORCE 87 ONE OF THE FIRST ON SITE DEFENDING THE FRONTIER AGAINST VANDUUL INVADERS
2712 VANDUUL CONFLICTS REACH A TIPPING POINT AND UEE STARTS ABANDONING SYSTEMS
OUTPOST 36282 USED AS A VITAL LIFELINE AGAINST THE VANDUULS
____ VANDUUL FLEET UNEXPECTANTLY DESCENDS UPON OBERON SYSTEM AND OUTPOST 36282
TASKFORCE 87 WAS PROTECTING RETREATING FORCES IN [VIKING?]
UEE DEFENCE FORCES CHOSE TO NOT RESPOND TO THREAT AND CALLS FOR HELP
OUTPOST 36282 WAS OBLITERATED, THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS
SUROUNDING ASSETS WERE RAIDED AND DEVISTATED

TASK FORCE 87 DOES NOT FORGET THE MASSACRE OF OUTPOST 36282 AND AID NOT RECEIVED
TASK FORCE 87 SEEKS REVENGE FOR OUTPOST 36282 MASSACRE
VANDUUL WARLORD RESPONCIBLE IS ENEMY #1
THOSE WHO CHOSE TO NOT AID ARE ENEMY #2
SO MUCH WAS SACRIFICED FOR OTHERS WHO TURNED A BLIND EYE

———— POST OUTPOST 36282 —————-
TASKFORCE 87 MOVED TO FUNDED PRIVITIZED CIVILIAN DEFENSE FORCE
CONTRACTED TO CONTINUE SAME MISSION
TASKFORCE EMBLEM AND DESIGNATION CHANGED TO REFLECT THE ATTROCITIES
REBUILDING OF ASSETS AND FRONTIER BECAME MAIN PRIORITY
RAIDING AND PILLAGING BECAME RAMPENT, TASKFORCE MUST PROTECT THOSE WHO CANNOT DEFEND THEMSELVES
THE HUNT FOR THE TRAITORS AND WARLORD IS UNDERWAY

——-CURRENT MISSION——

PROTECTING FRONTIER CITIZENS FROM INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL THREATS
REBUILD THE FRONTIER
PROSPER