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Mission 9 - Design & Production Notes
Fallujah Abizaid Attack

The Abizaid Ambush mission marks the first time we’ve recreated an event featuring a specific, prominent top-ranking US military official. Since the General is a recognizable personality in the Iraq war, we had to treat his model with the utmost respect. He cannot be killed in the mission, even though your objective is to protect him from harm. We maneuvered around this by developing other ways to gauge how effectively you handle the tactical situation of protecting an individual. For example, if one of the General’s personal guards dies, your mission fails.

This ambush took place in Fallujah, a spot that has been flashed all over the media for many months. Having modeled the police station raid prior to this mission, we had the Fallujah map to work with. Luckily, we also had images and video footage of the actual building and area the General was visiting when he was attacked.

Protecting the General from the initial onslaught is just the beginning. You and your forces will head out into the city to flush out the insurgents. We experimented with several ways you could be led through the streets by Iraqi allies but decided an all-out chase was not the way to go. Instead, you’ll use instinct and tactical strategy to find the fleeing enemy. The key is to eye the guys running away from the scene and track them down.

And finally, for the reasons discussed above, General Abizaid will not be a playable character in multiplayer.