Operation Ardent Shield 2030

The world's worst fear just materialised. Open conflict has erupted between the world's two superpowers over the South China Sea. Singapore, as a neutral country but finding many of its fundamental interests in line with upholding the principles of UNCLOS and with keeping the US presence strong in the Pacific, has decided that it will allow US military assets to continue to refuel and resupply in the country, and for limited US military operations to be conducted from the country so long as no direct strikes on Chinese mainland territories are staged from Singapore. Predictably, China conveyed its displeasure vehemently to the Singapore government. The Singapore government insisted that it was just following its principles in honoring previous agreements made with the US and it has not taken the side of any particular party in the US-China conflict. That reply was certainly not acceptable to the CCP, and the subsequent barrage of Chinese rhetoric against Singapore only grew in fervour. However, one recent statement from CCP of particular concern was an ominous threat of "extremely serious repercussions to Singapore's well being" .... Editor notes: This scenario started off as a means to test the upcoming MRCV (Multi Role Combat Vessel) concept which is designed from the start to be a frigate/destroyer sized unmanned mothership combatant. As usual the scenario grew a bit as I fleshed it out. There are a number of extra platforms which are not necessary in this current iteration of the scenario, but I left them inside as I may consider adding extra missions to flesh out the scenario further, and those currently extraneous platforms may come in useful. Special thanks to Nikel for playtesting the scenario and giving feedback to make it better. -Transient