For testing: Operation Arctic Endurance/Operation Golden Domain 2026

[TBLackey]

link on Steam workshop, I prefer Steam for the easier version control

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 3650135093

August 2026 invasion of Nuuk, Greenland by US forces. Nuuk is defended by NATO forces

Seeking feedback for improvement!

[TBLackey]

By request, here is a non-Steam copy of the scenario

Arctic Endurance Golden Domain version 0.zip

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General update:

Arctic Endurance Golden Domain version 1.zip

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[Nikel]

Thanks for the new scenario, I really wanted to try something related to Greenland.



SPOILER ALERTS.



v0 tested, European Coalition side.

Average results, no points. I remember you do not like points

In this case fortunately, because it was a complete disaster, as the losses indicate.

My strategy was to infiltrate the Agamemnon and perhaps if I was lucky to sink FL, or locate it at least so that it was sunk by the F-35s.

It failed, located it one time but not enough time for the sub or the F-35s.

However the American side was to busy destroying and sinking everything, so did not even try to occupy Nuuk. I did not read the USA side briefing yet, but I suppose they have to conquer Nuuk with land forces to win?


Sirius dog sled patrol Nice incorporation, but has no weapons. What is supposed to happen in the North with them?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius_Dog_Sled_Patrol

Marines around Nuuk, I suppose they are French? For immersion rename them with French names.

Frigate Niels Juel, seems to be the only Denmark presence, besides the Sirius patrol, is it not too few for them?

Sweden Gripen have been sent to Iceland, consider adding Sweden stuff.

I would also add troops prepared for the Arctic, like the Royal Marines, Mountain divisions elements, Special Operations.

Everything is jammed all the time, is it not too much disadvantage for the European side?

The AD Typhoons seems to be located too far away to protect and engage the never ending F-18 attacks. Next time I will retreat the Naval groups north.

I would add political events, X posts, messages, etc for immersion, like you did in Sallyport. If this happened in RL a lot of this would happen.

Probably just 1 sub is too short for the European Coalition.

AS OF: 02-Aug-26 13:00:49

SIDE: NATO
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LOSSES:
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12x Aster TEL
2x D 35 Dragon [Type 45 Batch 2]
1x D 650 Aquitaine [FREMM ASW]
13x EF2000 Typhoon
1x F 215 Brandenburg [Type F123B]
1x F 219 Sachsen [Type F124]
1x F 222 Baden-Wurttemberg [Type F125]
2x F 230 Norfolk [Type 23 Duke]
1x F 310 Fridtjof Nansen
1x F 361 Iver Huitfeldt
1x F 710 La Fayette
1x F 802 De Zeven Provinciën
6x F-35A Lightning II
10x F-35A Lightning II
1x L 9013 Mistral
1x MH-60R Seahawk
1x MH-60R Seahawk
1x NH90 NFH
1x NH90 NFH [Caiman Marine]
2x NH90 NFH [Sea Tiger]
1x P-8A Poseidon
6x R.440 Crotale-2000
3x Vehicle (Ground Fire)
3x Vehicle (Mirador IV)
4x Wildcat HMA.2 [AW.159]


EXPENDITURES:
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4x 100mm/55 Model 1968 PFHE Burst [4 rnds]
14x 114mm/55 Mk8 HE(MP)ER HE
3x 127mm/64 HECVT
3x 127mm/64 Vulcano BER [Ballistic Extended Range]
4x 20mm/100 Mk15 Phalanx Blk 1B Burst [300 rnds]
1x 25mm GAU-22/A Equalizer Burst [30 rnds]
1x 27mm Mauser BK-27 Burst [30 rnds]
36x 27mm MLG-27 Burst [20 rnds]
7x 30mm Goalkeeper Burst [240 rnds]
3x 76mm/62 Compact HE Burst [4 rnds]
41x 76mm/62 Super Rapido HE Burst [2 rnds]
36x AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM P3I.3
2x AIM-2000A IRIS-T
24x AN/SSQ-53E DIFAR
35x AN/SSQ-62D DICASS
16x Aster 15 PAAMS [GWS.45 Sea Viper]
204x Aster 30 Blk 1 NT
56x Aster 30 PAAMS [GWS.45 Sea Viper]
36x Bullfighter Chaff/Flare Seduction
11x CAMM
4x Chimera Chaff/Flare Seduction Round
2x DAGAIE Mk2 LIR Flare
8x DLF(3) Advanced Inflatable Decoy
43x DUAL TRAP Chaff/Flare
3x Generic Chaff Salvo [5x Cartridges]
32x Laser Shot (Solid State Fiber)
171x Meteor
11x Mistral 1
5x Mistral 3
4x Mk182 SRBOC Chaff [Seduction]
8x Mk186 TORCH Flare [Seduction]
31x Mk214 Sea Gnat Chaff [Seduction]
7x Mk245 GIANT Flare
8x Mk245A2 TALOS Flare
8x Mk251 Siren Active Decoy Round
24x R.440 Crotale-2000
22x RIM-116B RAM Blk I
32x RIM-162A ESSM
32x RIM-162B ESSM
1x RIM-162C ESSM
32x RIM-162F ESSM Blk II
56x RIM-66M-2 SM-2MR Blk IIIA
8x SEALEM 08-02 Chaff [SEACLAD]
8x SEALIR 08-01 Flare [SEACLAD]
24x SSQ-926 ALFEA
22x SSQ-955 HIDAR DIFAR
49x TSM 8050B Active RO
38x TSM 8062 DIFAR



SIDE: USA
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LOSSES:
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14x F/A-18E Super Hornet Blk II


EXPENDITURES:
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48x AGM-158C LRASM
114x AGM-88E AARGM
168x AIM-120D AMRAAM P3I.4
1x AIM-9X Sidewinder
2x AN/ALE-55 FOTD
2x AN/ALE-70(V)/T-1687 Expendable Decoy
54x AN/SSQ-53F DIFAR
48x AN/SSQ-62E DICASS
194x GBU-53/B StormBreaker
25x Generic Chaff Salvo [5x Cartridges]
13x RIM-174A ERAM SM-6 Blk IA



SIDE: Nuuk
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:

[Nikel]

SPOILER ALERT




OK, the strategy was correct.

Tried with one of the saves and the British sub is able to infiltrate the destroyers escort and sink USS Fort Lauderdale

Triumph with 100 points, of course with more losses then the Turks at Lepanto as displayed above...

SIDE: USA
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LOSSES:
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15x F/A-18E Super Hornet Blk II
3x Inf Plt (US Marines)
20x Infantry Section [7.62mm MG/Unguided Infantry Anti Tank Weapon]
1x LPD 30 Harrisburg [San Antonio Flight II]
4x MV-22B Osprey

[TBLackey]

Updated based on feedback:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 3650135093

plus non-Steam version:

Arctic Endurance Golden Domain version 1.zip

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[TBLackey]

Nikel, thanks for testing.

Responding to some of your points:


I have added +1/-1 points for aircraft destroyed/lost

I did a general update to the missions of all forces in the scenario. the LPD now sails towards Nuuk propertly.

Sirius Dog Sled Patrol is just for flavour. It is a surveillance unit, it is keeping watch on the Space Base.

Renamed the french marines in Nuuk for immersion.

Denmark military is remarkably small, they don't have a great deal of forces to send, other countries have more/better units.

Kangerlussuaq Airport is practically full no room for Swedish Gripens.

Greenland is a unique challenge for ground forces. There is no infrastructure outside the human settlements. All transport is by air or sea. As a practical matter units must stay close to the settlements for logistics support. I chose the French marines to garrison Nuuk because they are completely independent of civilian infrastructure for logisticis - the LHD they deployed from is anchored a few miles away.

Additional troops would be more mouths to feed with little benefit. This war is determined at sea and in the air.

Yes, the USA has Europe beat hands down when it comes to jamming. Yes, it's not fair

Added a few flavour 'news report' messages.

Add a French SSN to help with the fight.

[Nikel]

v1 tested, thanks for the updated version.

Some notes and suggestions.



SPOILERS ALERT.

Result: Major victory with 95 points.



Regarding the Gripen, perhaps they will be sent to Iceland for that reason

IMO NATO is not a correct name. NATO does not exist without the US. Is it not more adequate to call that side European Coalition (EC) or something like that? In RL NATO right now is wet paper and if the US invades Greenland is effectively over.

This time sent the EC naval groups North to avoid the slaughter, still some of them were sunk. And of course with the same working submarine strategy, this time with 2 bullets

Some of the patrolling Typhoons are diverted to Nuuk for lack of fuel, it is a also Greenland base, is it supplied?

Kindly insist Some action in the North is advisable. The old Thule is part of the early warning defense and important for the US side, and the EC should want to recover it. Send elements of the US Army 11th airborne division from Alaska to Pituffik to secure the base. At the same time the EC should send some forces to recover it: French Chasseurs Alpins, Norway Arctic rangers and the High North-focused Brigade Nord, UK Royal Marines Commandos, German Gebirgsjäger. All these suggestions are Arctic prepared according to Perplexity AI, and would add a lot of immersion.

Only could see 1 special message, perhaps because the scenario ended fast. When the scenario ends and the US is defeated I would expect another juicy SM

Points per AC works, however if you decide to add points, there should be also per ship/sub/land, at least for the more important ones.

I have to try yet the US side, but is the FL really able to arrive to Nuuk in the scenario time?

This time the subs were ready to strike, however they were not needed, to my surprise it was the novice F-35 who managed to sink the FL, so this 2nd way to win the scenario for the EC also works

Perhaps there is something wrong with the destroyers, this time they were not able to stop the barrage of missiles, while in v0 they were.

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The missiles displayed this message, but impacted in the FL, could it be a bug?

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AS OF: 01-Aug-26 06:32:02

SIDE: NATO
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LOSSES:
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8x Aster TEL
1x D 650 Aquitaine [FREMM ASW]
7x EF2000 Typhoon
1x F 219 Sachsen [Type F124]
1x F 361 Iver Huitfeldt
1x F 710 La Fayette
1x L 9013 Mistral
1x MH-60R Seahawk
1x NH90 NFH [Caiman Marine]
1x NH90 NFH [Sea Tiger]
1x P-8A Poseidon
4x R.440 Crotale-2000
2x Vehicle (Ground Fire)
2x Vehicle (Mirador IV)
1x Wildcat HMA.2 [AW.159]


EXPENDITURES:
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2x 100mm/55 Model 1968 PFHE Burst [4 rnds]
4x 27mm MLG-27 Burst [20 rnds]
8x 35mm/79 Oerlikon Millennium GDM-008 AHEAD Burst [24 rnds]
27x 76mm/62 Super Rapido HE Burst [2 rnds]
12x AGM-88G AARGM-ER
11x AIM-2000A IRIS-T
15x AN/SSQ-53E DIFAR
7x AN/SSQ-62D DICASS
6x Aster 15 PAAMS [GWS.45 Sea Viper]
77x Aster 30 Blk 1 NT
53x Aster 30 PAAMS [GWS.45 Sea Viper]
6x Bullfighter Chaff/Flare Seduction
2x CAMM
4x Chimera Chaff/Flare Seduction Round
2x DAGAIE Mk2 LIR Flare
2x Generic Chaff Salvo [5x Cartridges]
6x Joint Strike Missile (JSM)
126x Meteor
8x Mistral 1
10x Mistral 3
20x R.440 Crotale-2000
8x RIM-116B RAM Blk I
17x RIM-162A ESSM
14x RIM-162F ESSM Blk II
14x RIM-66M-2 SM-2MR Blk IIIA
7x SEALIR 08-01 Flare [SEACLAD]
12x SSQ-926 ALFEA
12x SSQ-955 HIDAR DIFAR
15x TSM 8050B Active RO
16x TSM 8062 DIFAR



SIDE: USA
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LOSSES:
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2x F/A-18E Super Hornet Blk II
1x F-35C Lightning II
3x Inf Plt (US Marines)
16x Infantry Section [7.62mm MG/Unguided Infantry Anti Tank Weapon]
1x LPD 30 Harrisburg [San Antonio Flight II]
4x MV-22B Osprey


EXPENDITURES:
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19x AGM-158C LRASM
34x AGM-88E AARGM
60x AIM-120D AMRAAM P3I.4
1x AN/ALE-70(V)/T-1687 Expendable Decoy
25x AN/SSQ-53F DIFAR
28x AN/SSQ-62E DICASS
32x GBU-53/B StormBreaker
5x Generic Chaff Salvo [5x Cartridges]
2x Generic Flare Salvo [3x Cartridges, Dual Spectral]
12x Mk214 Sea Gnat Chaff [Seduction]
6x Mk234 Nulka
15x RIM-174A ERAM SM-6 Blk IA
40x UGM-109J Tomahawk Blk Va MST



SIDE: Greenland
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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[TBLackey]

I'll look into those issues.

As far as a ground assault on Pituffik Space Base - again it's a big logistics problem. How you propose the forces get there?

Even in August ice impedes maritime access that far north. The logical staging point Kangerlussuaq Airport is 700 nautical miles to the south. European forces are not trained for dogsled operations. Too far to walk or helicopter there. The are no roads or railway lines. Snow mobiles and tracked vehicles need fuel. An airborne drop is risky and prone to failure.

If you can suggest how European forces plausibly deploy to the Space Base, I'll implement it


A UK or French SSN popping up through the ice to insert special operations forces could be cool. Though if USA reinforces the Space Base garrison (they have the luxury of flying cargo planes of troops on to a big runway), the SOF would be outnumbered.

[Nikel]

I have imagined it the way described below, but if you limit all the transport possibilities for the EC side, it is impossible...


The US side has the initiative so they are the first to arrive, elements of the 11th airborne are airborne deployed from Alaska to Pituffik to secure the base. ACs escorts to protect them.

When they arrive, the Sirius patrol will notice it and inform to the European Arctic Command in Nuuk, sats communications I suppose. This way you give a real role to the denigrated Sirius Patrol.

German or French A.400s can deploy the troops that Perplexity suggested, or any other paratroopers you may think about, from Nuuk to Pituffik it is possible without refueling. They also should be escorted.

The size or strength of both sides land forces should be similar so that is winnable from any side.


With helicopters, Special Operations Chinooks that can be refueled and could transport SO Teams from Alaska.

The European side is buying them apparently, but could not find them in the db.


https://defensemirror.com/news/36328/U_ ... elicopters



There could be also air battles between escorts and interceptors to hunt down the transports.


Sub deployed RN Marines commandos is another alternative as you said, it is shown in Pole Positions scenario in this case with a SEAL Team.

Too few to take the base back, even for the 150-200 Space Command forces deployed there that I suppose are not crack troops


Well, it is a game, there is no reason to limit the fun with realities

[TBLackey]

I DO want a fun scenario, so maybe pushing realism wouldn't be so bad...