The Science of War

The Science of War was the name by which a Soviet military operation in the WWIII of the Soviet perspective was known.

The Battle
"They were researching some heavy stuff here!"
 * Gregor

Much to the annoyance of the Soviet Premier, the Allies still had technological superiority over the USSR despite the rewriting of history (see main article). The Allied research centre in Mykonos was to be captured and the technology studied to alleviate this problem.

In the early phase of the battle the Soviets were hampered by their lack of resources and fought to take over ore mines on nearby islands. Afterwards the attack on the research facility could began in earnest. This battle saw one of the first large deployments of the Soviet attack helicopter, the Twinblade, and the Soviet jet fighter, the MiG, which quickly made short work of Allied bases. Once the main Allied base was no more, the research facility could be easily captured.

"Did you think we'd just give up?"
 * Giles

The Allies won't give up their prized labs without a fight, however. It was a race against time to retake or destroy the facility before the Soviets could download the necessary information. The Allies, employing cryocopters, guardian tanks and IFVs, were unable to break through the Soviet defences and the Union got what it wanted at Mykonos.

Assassination Attempt
Just before the Soviet invasion force was about to set out to Mykonos, an attempt was made on Premier Cherdenko's life. The would be assassins sprayed the Premier's office with machine guns before being presumably caught and sent to the Gulags. A subsequent investigation revealed that General Krukov masterminded the assassination attempt. A further investigation of the investigation revealed this not to be the case at all. (see The Stone-Faced Witnesses)