Photo Finish - Arma 3 Covert Search & Rescue

[@headrockbeats]

I love how this mission was rebalanced so expertly without the blackhawk. That rule of returning to base may be weird, but it works great. That photo finish shows exactly how BLUFOR and OPFOR were so neck-and-neck, right to the end. Brilliant. Man, Caesar Merlin has become the new Dark Business! _But I do still miss Dark Business very very much._ :)

[@ThatOldGrey]

Well, they are obviously very different missions, but they share an element of bloodless intrigue that other missions don't have. If DB never makes the full transition to A3 (and we have seen at least one play-through), as a viewer, I am perfectly happy with CM. And yes, that bloodless intrigue more often than not turned very bloody in DB! :D

[@headrockbeats]

56:44 *Ghostboots:* "I've been captured from pretty early on." ...rewind to 9:20. *Dslyecxi:* "Phantom 1 marked a strobe, looks like people are being captured there, so MARSOC may be in the process of getting captured." :D EDIT: You should've trusted your instinct, Dslyecxi.

[@dslyecxi]

The general rules of the mission (beyond what's explained in the intro) can be found here: dslyecxi.com/yt/caesar-merlin/

[@colbywhite7198]

I've been wondering this for years but what is the metal pin/meat thermometer looking thing that pokes through the windshield of the littlebird?

[@colbywhite7198]

I just meant it looked like a meat thermometer and I've always thought it was to get air temperature but wouldn't flying around at 130+ mph give you a super inaccurate reading?

[@throngcleaver]

+Colby White You may be thinking of the wind chill effect, which doesn't apply to a dry surface. At the airspeeds of a typical light aircraft, speed won't affect the temperature of the probe. It does matter on high performance aircraft, but those will have a computer to monitor all sorts of things like altitude, airspeed, total temperature probe reading, whether or not the deice elements in all the probes are powered, and will calculate the corrections necessary for the flight control and mission computers and whatever else on the aircraft that uses that data. At lower airspeeds, adiabatic temperature changes (ram airflow over the probe) is very low and not a factor, but friction at high speeds is. If a typical OAT probe is wet, (flight in rain) it will normally show a slightly lower temperature, or at least the temperature of the rain drops, which might be very cold.

[@colbywhite7198]

Okay thanks for the info man! I love learning about this sort of stuff from actual people and not random websites on the web, I appreciate the corrections.

[@throngcleaver]

You're welcome!

[@Radiant969]

TWO one-hour videos, back-to-back, EACH with Dslyecxi flying or FACing! Must be xmas come early! :) Thou art the man, sir!

[@Mike-os3pt]

Most exciting mission in some time! Looking forward to seeing more perspectives from other players. Many memorable moments, even ones we just had audio on.

[@avatarofaiyel]

As always, Caesar Merlin mission is awesome.

[@TheRogueWolf]

Dslyecxi doesn't need fuel. Heck, he doesn't even really need a helicopter, but it's kind of hard for him to carry nine guys AND an umbrella.

[@AFOKHAOS]

No way near seal enough Dslyecxi, you should've been doing shit like turning of the engine and coasting in complete silence, then turning the engines on before hitting the ground to be super covert. That's if you want to be in the highest speeding, low dragging, dark watering category of special forces anyway. Besides that though, it's great watching these Caeser Merlin videos, even simply hearing the radio chat makes the situation sound tense.

[@hitchy98]

+Khaos I heard he's developing a technique that lets him fly his Littlebirds under the water like a submarine

[@AFOKHAOS]

Shieeeeeeeeeeeet

[@jkrwhy]

+callum hitchcock Can you say "Too covert?"

[@MusicMan57081]

Wow, that ending is just....wow!

[@AnotherDying]

I love Caesar Merlin :) Always fun to watch. Nice job

[@PECOSO0]

Just what I was hoping for, more night time Helo. Missions. This was outstand. Love the Raid thing. That's something you need to key on Dslyecxi. The way you fly Brother is awesome. Inserts on Target bldgs., rescue stuff, friggin off the charts.

[@jasonfoster2909]

Awesome gameplay as usual. Thanks.

[@headrockbeats]

39:32 "Copy that, secondary now, we've gotta get MARSOC out first" *Dslyecxi:* "Unless this guy is not actually MARSOC..." I laughed so hard! I was really suspicious of that from the moment the Marines weren't sure whether he was or wasn't MARSOC. You'd think the liaison would be smart enough to make it known that he is who he is. So what was the deal, +Dslyecxi? Was Frag actually pretending to be MARSOC? If not, was it just miscommunication?

[@-ZETA-]

+Headrock It was a miscommunication, to put it simply.

[@headrockbeats]

Zeta Ah! Thank you kindly for the answer! Could I trouble you to explain it further? (only if that's ok...)

[@-ZETA-]

+Headrock When asked if he was the MARSOC liaison, he either misheard or did not understand the question (he was having audio issues, from what I understand), and answered in the affirmative. The enemy was already in close pursuit, so we had no real time to properly verify this. Because of his communication issues, we couldn't seem to redirect his movement, so he just kept running roughly north. This meant that the BLUFOR guys trying to wrangle him kept losing contact with him while they were also trying to evade the OPFOR. It came to a head on that hill you see in the video, where we went hot to take down the pursuing enemy and collect him before he was pulled out of our reach. It didn't become known that he was NOT the liaison until we hit the 15 minute remaining mark (right before Dslyecxi picked him up) and the ACTUAL liaison's marker updated to differentiate him. So, we made a hasty assault on the collection point to recover the actual target.

[@headrockbeats]

Zeta Thank you very much for the detailed answer. From Dslyecxi's POV it certainly did look like he was doing it on purpose for some unfathomable reason, so it's nice to have the record set straight about what was going on there. Though, on second thought, that is a very interesting possibility - to have one of the survivors (at random) receive instructions to pose as the MARSOC, or something similar. This video is a great example of how unexpected events in the scenario can make things so much more tense and interesting...

[@-ZETA-]

+Headrock It worked out well for him in the end, I guess. If I'd known that he wasn't the liaison and was one of the other survivors I would have very quickly abandoned him out there and refocused my teams elsewhere. Too many enemy in the area to try and recover a single guy that isn't the priority objective. There were others we could've been going for at that time, but because we thought he was the VIP we stuck it out.

[@swiftjeff]

I actually had to delay watching this mission because I didn't think I could handle the stress yesterday.

[@Qarlo99]

It's not until the end that the reason for the title becomes "clinchingly" clear . . . and two on the skids "lost by a nose." Also, sorry, Ghostboots, but if you post a video of you singing Journey songs for 40 minutes . . . no comment. : ]

[@headrockbeats]

+Qarlo99 Who are you kidding? You know we'd all watch it obsessively, right? :P

[@cigscwb]

WOW! That was an action movie ending, man... This mission is great!! I saw all your videos of it. Is there a way to download this mission? Or play it with you guys? Anyway, great video as usual, Dslyecxi!

[@tykCypher]

+Cigs4 If you're interested in joining ShackTac check out: dslyecxi.com/shacktac_wp/

[@whaqd76]

Hi, I just subbed that was clutch & enjoyed so much...Thanx for the experience :)

[@CarterDDana]

My favorite mission

[@20valver]

Question! Well questions, why the short refuelling stops as apposed to a longer stop so you can be on station for longer ? What was with one guy pretending to be marsoc ? Is that part of the Misson or am I being generous? And lastly great vid, thanks

[@Xoron]

My guess is that the Littlebird's fuel capacity is limited in this mission for balancing reasons. A chopper that could stay on station for the whole mission would probably be op.

[@pkisbest]

+Xoron or he needs to get back into the AO quickly in order to allow for fast pickups

[@colbywhite7198]

+pkisbest yeah I thought that too but it seemed to stop before he took off so I think it is actually limited, not 100% on that though.

[@Xoron]

+pkisbest If you watch closely, the GUI in the top right says "Refueling completed" (at the same level both times he refuels) which indicates that the game stops the refueling process due to fuel level limitation set by the mission. Otherwise you would fuel up at the stat of the mission and never RTB for fuel during the mission.

[@pkisbest]

+Xoron yeah I noticed that, I think to do a pickup rule wise, they have to RTB after ground fire team makes contact or something

[@merrick3627]

Somebody PLEASE tell me there is a highlight clip of the rescue from the grounds POV!

[@Caparo479]

The GhostHawk thats sitting at base. Are Blufor allowed to use it?

[@TheUnhappyTroll]

Is that a mission Harrier had posted yesterday?

[@pkisbest]

Any word on a Dark Business update for A3 at all Dslyecxi?

[@headrockbeats]

+pkisbest He's said a few times that it's coming. So, start getting excited! :D

[@Hoffie92]

+Headrock Ok, Did i miss something, What is the Dark Business update, Cause i like that title

[@headrockbeats]

Hoffie92 Do a search on KZbin for "Dslyecxi Dark Business". Have fun!! :D (If you want even more, replace "Dslyecxi" with "CHKilroy" and "Beagle". Have even more fun!! :D )

[@AdamFH]

Wasn't there a rule about OPFOR not turning off their lights?

[@zacharymaser2366]

Hey Dslyecxi have a quick question for you. What are the requirements to join your realism unit. thanks

[@s4098055]

+Zachary Maser dslyecxi.com/shacktac_wp/ "Realism unit" doesn't really apply to us.

[@zacharymaser2366]

Oh ok and is it posinke to play with you on a vanilla version of arma 3

[@reap3r540]

Were there any sort of repercussions for Frag pretending to be MARSOC or was it all just a big miscommunication?

[@-ZETA-]

+PorLord - Miscommunication.

[@yjfuykyil]

God that was so cool.

[@originalpastaman5470]

Play Dark business, some of my favorite videos consist of shacktac playing that.

[@CharlesFreck]

Caeser Merlin!!! YESH!!!!

[@iamlink32]

ADMIN STUFF

[@throngcleaver]

+I am Chris I think some of them were changing their underwear...

[@k9transfer444]

Why don't you top off the fuel tank more? The time spent waiting to refuel saves infinite amount of time flying back for a second (or third depending on mission length) refuel. Just drives me crazy when I am watching it.

[@dslyecxi]

The fuel/refuel is limited as part of the actual mission design mechanics.

[@k9transfer444]

+Dslyecxi ahhh. Makes much more sense then. Thanks

[@socail2]

I'm it's a photo finish wouldn't this be a search and Raceque

[@hiago959]

The russians can shoot against the helicopters?