3 teams BACK STORIES
Creating background stories for skirm fractions.
During most airsoft skirms there are generally two fractions: a team Blue and a team Red.
Often a “team Blue” is considered as conventional troop team and a “team Red” as a rebellious team.
For the Tac-Sim (Tactical Simulation) game play for Critical Hit, we created background stories, flags, and patches for each fraction.
Instead of two fractions we added an additional one.
This to create a more dynamic and strategic spin to the Tac-sims game play.
Every fraction had to split up and rethink how to implement their players, because enemy troops could come from any angle.
To build even more depth behind each fraction, additional “off location” storylines were written and shared online on the Critical Hit website and Facebook pages. In both the Tac-Sim events and storylines, additional characters emerged. Phantom Commander being the most infamous of them all.
The result was that many regular players connected even more with “their fraction” and the Critical Hit airsoft organization.
The lycans
motto: Carpe noctem
Background:
Northern European group
Once the elite unit of the UN Blue Helmets who were dropped into the toughest war zones to restore peace and order.
However, political power games and corruption in the highest military circles put an end to this.
During their last peacekeeping mission in a former Soviet country, the Lycans were betrayed and sacrificed by their own generals.
In a nightly air raid from their own side, most of the unit was massacred.
Those who managed to survive the bombardment were shot by enemy troops.
However, part of the unit managed to escape and secretly regroup.
Stronger than ever and broken free of any moral code or ethical conduct, the Lycans went from keepers of the peace to a unit that sees warfare as a sport of blood, with only one goal: revenge!
the reaper squad
motto: victory through violence
Background:
International Grouping
Created through a rigorous selection of the world’s top private military contractors,
this is the best mercenary army money can buy.
Their loyalty is therefore only to the highest bidder.
The Reaper Squadron is very fanatical about what they do; anything is justified to achieve victory.
They make governments fall and whole towns disappear overnight.
They sow death and destruction and reap their considerable profits not only from warfare, but also from trafficking in drugs, people, and weapons.
the phantom platoon
Motto: silent death
Background:
South American group
The Amazon jungle is called the Green Hell for good reason.
It’s not only due to the blistering heat, poisonous plants and deadly animals.
This hell is also the birthplace of the infamous Phantom Platoon.
An extremist split of a group of freedom fighters and deserted commandos, who call the deepest parts of the jungle their home.
Very territorial, they often mark the boundaries of their jungle with the skulls of stray drug cartels or government troops.
The irregular appearance of the faction is only apparent, they are highly organized and trained guerrilla fighters, with stealth as their specialty.
the phantom platoon
Motto: silent death
Background:
South American group
The Amazon jungle is called the Green Hell for good reason.
It’s not only due to the blistering heat, poisonous plants and deadly animals.
This hell is also the birthplace of the infamous Phantom Platoon.
An extremist split of a group of freedom fighters and deserted commandos, who call the deepest parts of the jungle their home.
Very territorial, they often mark the boundaries of their jungle with the skulls of stray drug cartels or government troops.
The irregular appearance of the faction is only apparent, they are highly organized and trained guerrilla fighters, with stealth as their specialty.