Operation November Blue
November Blue was an operation undertaken in Saturnian and interplanetary space during 2031, it is classified under Case CHICAGO.
Background
See Second Saturn Crisis for the situation that led to November Blue.
Summary: During the Second Saturn Crisis, a group of PMC security personel on Mimas refused to stand down, taking a habitation dome worth of civilians hostage. Their leader, Lars Proen, claimed to have vital information on a Federation project codenamed KRONUS, an attempt to destabilise UN Saturnian holdings. INTEL has not reached a consensus on the likely goals of KRONUS. Considering the pressing nature of the Saturn Crisis, UNEC launched operation November Blue in an attempt to secure Proen's willing cooperation without endangering public opinion or civilian lives.
Goals
-Securing the safety of all civilian hostages
-Securing Lars Proen, preferably with his cooperation
-Maintaining secrecy of UN cooperation with Proen
Operational Planning
Result
Partial success.
-All civilians survived, but the events of the operation required some of them to enter the witness protection program.
-Lars Proen secured, but uncooperative.
-Secrecy maintained in public, but Federation survivors claimed to have seen an empty shuttle.
