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STA >> ACCESS GRANTED >> DISPLAYING REQUEST >> EYES-ONLY UNDER PENALTY OF LIQUIDATION - SEE GEN.ORDER#5011: SPECIAL/BLACK OPERATIONS INFORMATION SECURITY >> GLORY TO THE MOTHERLAND ![]() PERSONNEL FILE, COMMANDER 242ND FORCE RECONNAISSANCE CAPTAIN KR SUROGDOV Name: Konstantin Rand'lovich Surogdov Codename: ArcusAce Date of Birth: August 1, 1966 (26 years old) Hometown: Vseus District, Vladivostok, Vladivostok Krai Ethnicity: 50% Muscovite Russian, 25% Komi-Perm Mongolian, 25% Hokkaido Japanese Blood Type: A+ Rh.II Ministry of Defense Evaluation: Arrogant, Capable, Sociopathic, Apolitical, Charismatic, Teenage Invincibility Complex, Loyal to strength as both a means and an end Service History: -Far East (5011th Helicopter Naval Infantry Platoon) --1984 - Vladivostok, RSFSR: joined Marine Corps (5011th Helicopter Naval Infantry Platoon), Far East Asia Military District Maritime Defense Forces, as a Leytenant --1985 - voluntarily-transferred to 104th Guards Airborne en route to Afghanistan -Middle East (104th Guards Airborne) --1985 - Bagram, Afghanistan: transferred to VDV (104th Guards Airborne - 104ABN), promoted to Kapitan --1987 - Kabul, Afghanistan: successfully spearheaded multiple advances into difficult mountainous terrain and exposed NATO support, promoted to Mayor --1988 - <REDACTED>, Middle East: <REDACTED>, 104ABN >95% destroyed in combat, demoted to Kapitan, forcibly-transferred to Spetsnaz VYMPEL -Undisclosed black operations missions under GRU and MVD (242nd Force Reconnaissance Detachment (VYMPEL)) --1988 - <REDACTED>, France: Extraction of <REDACTED>'s organization --1988 - <REDACTED>, Sierra Leone: Training and delivery of arms to the <REDACTED> and <REDACTED> factions --1988 - <REDACTED>, Turkey: <REDACTED> Plan --1988 - <REDACTED>, Semipalatinsk: Testing of the <REDACTED> --1989 - <REDACTED>, Panama: <REDACTED> Initiative --1989 - <REDACTED>, Columbia: Operation <REDACTED> --1989 - <REDACTED>, Moscow: Termination of Foreign Affairs Minister <REDACTED> --1989 - <REDACTED>, RSFSR: transferred to European Theater (GSFG) -Europe (242nd Force Reconnaissance Detachment (VYMPEL)) --1989-1992 - Germany: ZHUKOV-2 Offensive (see Battle Reports section for further information) --1992 - Germany: transferred to Korean Theater (GAFK) -Far East (242nd Force Reconnaissance Detachment (VYMPEL)) --1992-present - Korea: Operation MERCURY-1 KGB Evaluation: Loyal only to his own soldiers and who he sees as stronger than he is (the Soviet Army almost seems incidental at times due to him seeing it as stronger/more worthy than NATO), Surogdov is capable and useful tool, although we must be careful not to cut ourselves on this non-Party member (he seems to care more about unifying through the world with said strongest force than advancing Party ideology). Surogdov also holds a significant amount of classified information due to his considerable experience working under various departments of state security, as well as a network of global contacts in areas of political instability (mostly proxy warzones between ourselves and Western powers that the Captain has operated in). Psychiatric Evaluation: Surogdov seems to have little loyalty whatsoever. It is unsurprising, given his history of persecution under the Party regime due to being merely half West Russian, especially with having 25% subhuman genetics. Perhaps this is what leads to his tendency towards sociopathy; Surogdov seems completely unfazed by the concept of pain to anybody but his own soldiers, likely developed when he was growing up as part of a partially-Japanese family in the Far East. In fact, he seems to only serve the Red Army due to it being what he perceives as the force most capable of uniting the world under what he perceives as the government most cold and efficient enough to run it. This follows his Global Federalist tendencies, as opposed to Stalinist/Leninist communistic spread, as Surogdov finds communism to be incidental to his goals as well. Ultimately, he seeks a world without isms and ideologies, where people are free to do as they please without the pressure of external beliefs bearing down on them. History: Surogdov was born in the central districts of Vladivostok to the son of Muscovite machinists and the daughter of a Komi streltsiy and a Japanese communist who fled during the 1940s. He bears a striking dichotomy of both Western Russian features and his Komi (Mongolian) and Japanese Asian characteristics, which caused him much persecution due to his looks in the anti-Japanese Vladivostok community. During this time, he developed what his training officers later described as "an immunity to pain through psychological compartmentalization"; instead of facing the pain, he simply grew up turning them off. Therefore, by the time he enlisted in the Naval Infantry, he was essentially completely without feeling beyond a desire to cause more destruction. However, the Far East Training School quickly beat this mentality out of him, forcing it into a honed nexus. Surogdov proved an excellent officer, leading ship-launched airborne units for raids, ground control, and asset procurement. However, due to his psychological issues and lack of loyalty to the Soviet government, he never was able to navigate the politicking necessary to move up in the Soviet military. Due to his skill with aerial tactics, Surogdov was soon picked out for the VDV and given the rank of Captain in the 104th Guards Airborne. However, he quickly proved unable to work effectively with others, as he tended to view them as less than he was, and his own troops as superior to theirs. He saw himself as one who was a survivor his whole life, one who surmounted challenges long before the other officers left their laps of luxury; Surogdov is one of many who knows that Soviet high officers often get their positions through politics rather than skill, and he avidly resents them for it. Surogdov's beliefs were only reinforced after playing part in the countless defeats suffered by Soviet forces in Afghanistan. Hoping his soldiers would survive, reality proved him wrong. The 104th was lost nearly to a man during a foolishly ordered assault, with only a trace few survivors. Unwilling to allow such a rogue unit free reign in Afghanistan, Surogdov's commanders had had enough. With officers being killed almost constantly in the clandestine Spetsnaz units, the commanders saw a way not only to transfer him out, but also maybe, if they were lucky, get him killed in action with the rest of the survivors of the 104th that transferred with him. He was transferred to the Special Forces Training Center at <REDACTED>, graduating as a Captain in preparation for this new role under the MVD and GRU. Surogdov spent the next two and a half years operating in clandestine actions across the world. After receiving high marks (SF does not require the ability to work well with other commanders, and actually respected the sometimes abject cruelty that Surogdov was capable of to the enemy), he was attached to the GSFG as a detached Company-level Special Forces support group in the hopes that he would help break the stalemate, only using troops that fall under his incredibly high standards (this creates a small, but highly-elite unit, compared to others in the GSFG that utilize larger regiments of less-trained soldiers), which also consequently means Surogdov commands soldiers just like himself, likely the only reason they are loyal to such a man. He has shown excellent ability in combat to skeptical commanders, capable of accomplishing any objective he is given. Often, he credits the success of battles to himself, and the losses to others who did not "operate to his standard". Whether this is true, or simply his arrogance, is undecided. Recently, many of the officers of the GSFG were transferred to GAFK. Surogdov continues largely as he has in the past, however a few things have changed. Having become fed-up with the lockstep style of the replacements sent from Moscow, Surogdov instead taps his extensive network of global contacts that he developed over the years under the MVD and GRU, taking in people he knows and trusts. Their efficacy is enough for him to be left alone for this practice, as well as the inherent secrecy surrounding operations of such a group. Short Version: Surogdov is loyal to the Soviet military based solely on the fact that he sees them as the force that is strong enough to rule the world. He commands some of the best troops in the Soviet military due to his incredibly high standards, these troops looking up to "Kapitan Konstantin" as an older brother figure; in fact, it is this relationship that keeps him in command, as Gen. Birazhvilli is keenly aware that, without Surogdov, this elite unit would likely go renegade. He knows he will not advance in the structure due to his ethnicity (half Asian), his sociopathy, and what he perceives as "threatening levels of skill" (others perceive it as "annoying levels of arrogance"), but he does not care. He will do his part to ensure his beliefs in the strong leading the weak, and will have a damn good time murdering things with his troops while he does so. ————— ![]() UNIT FILE: 242ND FORCE RECONNAISSANCE DETACHMENT, SPETSNAZ VYMPEL, GAFK Official Designation: 242nd Force Reconnaissance Detachment Activated: April 15, 1988, at VYMPEL Site, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR Branch(es): Vozdushno-Desantnye Voyska (VDV), Spetsnaz VYMPEL Engagements (all prior to Korea are sealed): -Operation MERCURY-1: 8 September, 1992 - ongoing --Defense of Chorwon: halting the UN northward advance (8 September, 1992) --Battle of Chorwon Fields: pushing armored EUROCORPS forces back to the Hoeyang River (9 September, 1992) --Battle of Hoeyang Bridge: securing bridges across the Hoeyang River (9/10 September, 1992) --Massacre at Taebaek: crippling defeat of Allied forces (11 September, 1992) -Non-operational: --Conflict Primaris: beginning of the Second Korean War (3 September, 1992) TOTAL: 5 Honors: -Kael Jaegers, WULF Platoon: Order of Aleksandr Nevskey (Post #7), September 12, 1985 (2013) -Guards Status granted, but rejected by Surogdov and his men on grounds of not believing they'd earned it so soon and having a complete disinterest in something in that nature (Post #7), September 12, 1985 (2013) Important People: Philosophy: The 242nd is an interesting batch, with almost every member having some sort of psychological disorder (mostly sociopathy). Its soldiers would likely be known as misfits across the rest of the PACT's armed forces, and really the armed forces of the world at large. They hold no real loyalty to anything but strength as both a means and an end, and they look up to Konstantin Surogdov as their leader in this Cold War politics and conflict-transcending endeavor. To the men, he is the embodiment of their ideology. Strong, self-assured, and completely disinterested in the actual politics of the world. The multinational 242nd seems like a family due to its uniqueness, finding each other to be the only ones who share the same viewpoints. Due to this, the 242nd contains an alarmingly low amount of manpower, although intelligence suggests Surogdov prefers it this way. This causes a familial sort of cult that goes beyond the camaraderie of other units, with each casualty being taken by the rest of the 242nd as heavily as if their own mother had died, if not heavier. Elaborate internal ceremonies and rituals abound due to the secretive and exclusive nature of this unit. The KGB has received reports of ornate funerals for each man who dies in combat, ritualistic scarring, death cultism, ancestral warrior worship, and a practice of referring to one's squadmates and commanders by their informal first name (Surogdov is known as "Konstantin" to almost all of his soldiers). There is likely much more we do not see. What is known, however, is that Surogdov rigidly enforces his soldiers' participation in these activities, which he himself often leads. It is not known if he does so in order to build camaraderie, or if he truly believes some of these rituals to be necessary. As the war has dragged on, more and more of the 242nd seems to be made up of non-Soviet forces. As Konstantin and his soldiers wage war across the theaters of conflict, their ranks seem to always be replenished. Intelligence indicates that the surviving members of the original unit are seen as superiors in every aspect. However, due to their inherent official nature and unofficial policies, replacements for these men are unable to be sent from central depots. Instead, it is believed that those that fight against or alongside the 242nd, as well as soldiers drawn from Surogdov's considerable global network of contacts, actually make up the replacements of the 242nd. The misfits of other armies find a home with the 242nd, creating a unit that is roughly 40%-Soviet, a further 35%-Allied, and ~25% other (including UN). Likely the most alarming factor of this unit involves the fact that none of the hundreds of men in the Company seem to care even the slightest bit for the PACT, or NATO, or any actual governing or political force, regardless of their country of origin. In fact, they often look down on those who swear allegiances what they consider to be pointless politics and flags and not humans of strength and skill, which alienates them from almost the entirety of their fellow Soviet soldiers. They share Surogdov's view involving a world led by the strong, where governments are irrelevant in the face of human ability. We should consider ourselves lucky that the Soviet military is currently who they see as strongest. Battle Doctrine: The 242nd operates on a small unit scale, with squad and platoon leaders encouraged to operate independently from orders. Utilizing mostly infantry, they deploy rapidly to take and hold a critical point along the battle line, essentially creating a wall that the enemy will not pierce. This allows the main force to move without fear of being flanked, focusing their efforts forward for total victory. However, during this time, the attached 8492nd Ground Support Squadron, as well as any of the Hind-24Ps not being used for covering the 242nd, can be utilized for heavy support to the central push, operating from the flank position. However, due to the limited number of soldiers in the Company, as well as their lack of respect for other military units on apolitical and "perceived weakness" grounds, it is rare for them to devote reinforcements to the central push. However, the 242nd has a second tactic, one that is somewhat more difficult and underhanded, as well as risky. Operating some of the best Spetsnaz troops in the Soviet Union, they can move four teams mounted in Hind-24Ps to the enemy's rear. From there, they can operate as scouts, disruption soldiers, or use black operations terror tactics involving feints and use of borderline-war crimes napalm tactics (see Report#3844: K.Jaegers in Battle of Stavanger). ————— DECORATED INDIVIDUALS CAPTAIN Surogdov, Konstantin R. (Command Squad, 1st Platoon, OMEGA Command Company)
SENIOR FLIGHT LIEUTENANT Kitayama, Jun (KATYUSHA Flight, 8492nd Squadron, 56th Wing)
SENIOR LIEUTENANT Zabalnik, Grigori O. (Command Squad, 1st Platoon, JARILO Logistical Company)
MAJOR (MEDICAL) Blankenkamp, Roen H. (Command Squad, 1st Platoon, CARNA Medical Section)
LIEUTENANT Jaegers, Kael N. (HENKER Squad, WULF Platoon, LUPERCUS Assault Company)
LIEUTENANT Renard, Marie F. (PREMIERE Squad, VENTAUX Platoon, AQUILO Deep-Reconnaissance Company)
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