Ashika Island, often known as “Isle of the Sea Lion”, is a part of a small archipelago situated in an undisclosed location, someplace within the APAC (Asia Pacific) area. Latest missives point out the isle is getting used as hub for the Ultranationalist Konni Group, together with the transportation of chemical and organic weapons. Current intel obtained by [[REDACTED]], suggests noxious weaponry is being shipped from a suspected BioLab facility in Al Mazrah.
Originally deliberate as a resort vacation spot, growth on Ashika Island was halted within the mid-Nineties resulting from [[REDACTED]] and the sterling work of [[REDACTED]], however publicly the explanations stay undisclosed. Since this time, journey to and from the island has been closely restricted.
Recently intercepted communications recommend that parts of Shadow Company, underneath the management of [[REDACTED]], have taken management of the isle, seemingly on the hunt for members of the Konni Group. While the placement seems deserted, there are whispers on the wires of Konni Operators remaining lively on this battle zone.
Regardless of the place you drop in, excessive warning is suggested.
Point of Interest Ōganikku Farms
The majority of the northwestern sector of Ashika Island consists of combined agricultural, residential and industrial use, together with outdated shoreline defenses.
Lookout and Ruins
The far northwest fringe of the island contains a Comms Tower (considered one of three towers that are easily-spotted landmarks throughout the island) sitting on a slim spit of sand, rocks, and a sea wall. Further in is a big refuse pile of decaying concrete and two wartime constructions present process in depth demolition.
North Beach
A shallow sandy seaside with half-sunk dolos obstacles, scattered boulders, and entry to the principle island, in addition to the Water Treatment Facility to the east.
Greenhouses
A big agricultural facility that includes a yard,loading warehouses, and eight separate greenhouse constructions, all with individually numbered rooftops to assist in location. Various crops (indicated by the cartoon fruit or vegetable on the partitions) are grown right here. Southeast is the principle entrance and extra upkeep warehouses.
Point of Interest: Town Center
The western and elements of the southwestern island comprise a bay with spectacular sea wall defenses. Northwest of the principle submarine canal is a Ferry Terminal and vacationer services. Cross the canal bridges to achieve a resort and market district, with a further Gas Station and the semi-circular City Hall construction.
North Sea Wall
Further into the ocean are a pair of L-shaped concrete obstacles sunk into the ocean ground to stop tidal flooding. These will be accessed, although the hiding potential is restricted until you take pleasure in lurking slightly below the water’s floor. There’s a small boat launch to finish this set up.
Ferry Terminal
A steel-covered jetty permits guests to disembark from the ferries that used to steadily arrive on the island earlier than the current hostilities started. The jetty provides fast entry to the Tourist Center. In addition, you’ll be able to attain the round car parking zone and restrooms (additionally structurally round).
Tourist Center Building
A white concrete constructing stained with precipitation, this constructing provides guests data (together with a map of the island), in addition to a small reward store and kitchens. Operators might discover attention-grabbing sightlines throughout the island in direction of Farms and Town Center.
Event Center Building
Parallel to the light-blue concrete sea-front promenade – which continues roughly east and southeast till it reaches the similarly-hued aquarium – is a medium-sized Event Center constructing, distinguishable by the signage and photo voltaic roof panels. Inside is a reception corridor and a essential ballroom with skylights.
Gas Station
A small fuel station providing all of the vehicle-repairing and refueling capabilities you’re used to, together with glorious roadway entry across the island.
Science Center
Buttressed by a rock wall to the east and near the waterways is a contemporary Science Center with quite a few inside and roof entry factors. This roughly U-shaped construction has two inside flooring (with a mezzanine balcony overlooking a essential lobby, a staircase to the roof, and an easily-access elevator rappel level.
River Channel and Bridges
The western entrance to the inside Waterways underneath the island will be accessed from the canal channel, with two bridges spanning the hole. The sloping concrete banks are additionally simply accessed. Note the steel arch on the footbridge has a lightweight blue hue.
South Sea Wall and Floating Gas Station
The harbor south of the open waterway channel options largely calm waters, a floating Gas Station on a pontoon to refuel and restore your aquatic autos, and entry to the principle island through concrete promenade stairs. Note the ocean wall is a spot you’ll be able to snipe from if you happen to’re not involved about cowl. Check the tidal pool beneath the aquarium for an insertion level beneath the principle entrances.
Market District and Hotel
A small assortment of warehouses with stalls promoting a wide range of native produce. There are quite a few alcoves and rooftops to scramble about, in addition to easy accessibility to the water and canal. East and throughout the principle street is a resort with a ground-floor lobby,sushi bar, elevator rappel to the higher ground inside and two lavish rooms and roof entry.
Gas Station
South of the market is a Gas Station to rapidly refuel and restore, a round restroom by the concrete promenade, and speedy entry into the bay or the adjoining Town Hall.
Town Hall
An spectacular trendy construction inbuilt a semi-circular “slice” when considered from above, this maze of concrete and glass. Inside is an expansive open-plan floor ground, escalators as much as a small kitchen and mezzanine with show circumstances on present, and an higher ground that includes each an inside and exterior Zen backyard. The rocky terrain behind the construction provides cowl choices and entry to the citadel grounds.
Point of Interest: Beach Club
Further southwest of the Town Center and east of the Port is an aquarium and Beach Club and open-air swimming inside the southwestern ocean seaside. Parts of the world are simply noticed from a parachute drop because the pathways are a vivid aquamarine-blue colour.
Aquarium
Most of the pathways north of the aquarium function a painted blue hue, making them straightforward to identify from an incredible top. The aquarium is seemingly drained of life, consisting of a sizeable hall-sized exhibit room, a small car parking zone, and a decrease tidal pool by the ocean underneath the elevated (and grey colour) walkway.
Beach Club and Bath House
Also distinguishable by the colour of the pathways, the burgundy pavement leads you thru a big open barbecue space, a quartet of small, sealed huts, and the principle Club House with partial opening to the weather. This essential construction provides two tub chambers and an higher bar.
Beach and Observation Point
A wave of curved concrete shallow steps results in a small seaside, an ocean bay with a diving board surrounded by seawalls, a small parking space, and a pedestrian bridge resulting in a pier with a round Observation Point construction. What secrets and techniques are hidden beneath the central spiral staircase?
Demolition Site
The picturesque views of the Beach Club are solely considerably ruined by a demolition challenge on the bluffs above the membership. Atop this bluff are the stays of a construction, now a half-destroyed assortment of concrete and rebar. Note the pathways right here to the Town Hall and as much as the Castle.
Point of Interest: Tsuki Castle
The larger floor within the middle of Ashika Island is dominated by an historical citadel with a number of fortifications and a pure defensive hill alongside the southwestern facet of the construction. This is a big plateau with shallow, stepped battlements, cherry blossoms in bloom, and a scattering of secondary constructions all through the grounds. Look excessive for fight alternatives, but in addition look low; there’s a whole underground waterway and submarine base instantly underneath this fortification!
Main Stronghold
Though the traditional partitions of this imposing citadel have been pockmarked by current hostilities, there’s nonetheless a maze of hiding spots, entry factors, and locations to discover, each above and beneath floor. The internal defensive ring of the stronghold begins with a moat on three sides (the hills to the remainder forestall the moat from connecting across the entirety of the bottom). A moat wall provides periodic openings into the bailey, resulting in an internal walled “dojo” courtyard and adjoining construction with a radar trailer.
Back out within the bailey is a small outer constructing not too long ago used as a barracks, and the principle citadel preserve itself towering above the opposite constructions. This roughly L-shaped construction has a central tower and two smaller, outer towers to discover, each alongside the tile roof awnings in addition to the inside. The within the construction options giant chambers linked with wood-walled corridors, a mezzanine degree above the principle operators room within the central tower, and a third-floor rooftop server room with views and exit choices in all instructions.
Northwest of the citadel, above the Power Plant and elements of the Residential district, is a stepped hillside, atop that are a trio of swiftly erected SAM batteries, low defensive partitions which have seen some motion, numerous containers and digging machines, and an outdated effectively. Might it’s price checking to see what’s on the backside of this effectively?
North Museum Grounds
The outdated constructions on the northern fringe of the citadel grounds encompass two essential clusters; a walled museum with a courtyard, a ceremonial hut, two linked buildings with two flooring, and several other (normally ruined) show circumstances scattered all through the corridors. Note the server room on the higher ground of the biggest constructing. Further east is the northern and now essential entrance into the citadel grounds, a customer middle with a raised ground (permitting autos to move underneath it) and fast entry to the moat surrounding the internal citadel grounds.
Southeast Gardens
Prior to the current fight operations, this fringe of the citadel grounds could possibly be thought-about “tranquil”, with Zen gardens, birch bushes, benches and ceremonial huts and bridges. Venture right here to achieve the bottom above Port Ashika, or throughout skirmishes across the citadel.
Waterways (Submarine Base)
Carved from the rock underneath the Castle is a sprawling subterranean tunnel system identified regionally as “waterways”, providing an underground route from the west (Town Center), north (Water Treatment) and east (Port Ashika). Don’t make the error pondering there aren’t many extra insertion factors permitting Operator entry to and from the citadel grounds above. Swim or pilot an aquatic craft by means of the interconnecting canals, with a central submarine dock and plenty of different alcoves and hidden routes to search out and discover.
Point of Interest: Port Ashika
The southwestern edge is dominated by rocky bluffs, and a port named after the island. There’s steep terrain to the north as you enterprise to or from the citadel, and a wide range of industrial warehouses, workplaces, a comms tower as you enterprise in direction of the ocean, in addition to a canal entrance to the subterranean submarine base.
Humpback Bridge
The essential tarmac loop across the perimeter of the island takes the type of a brief, hump-backed bridge because the street leaves the Beach Club and also you attain the doorway to Port Ashika. Watch for foes underneath the bridge!
Dockside and Warehouses
The industrial yard to the west of the canal bridges consists of storage warehouses when you move by means of the principle entrance hut and lined barrier. Close by is a red-roofed construction (boating restore and storage), two dockside boat storage open constructions, a ship launch, and a bigger warehouse with two open bays. A small car parking zone results in a storage container yard and a Comms Tower (considered one of three on the island).
Canal: River Channel and Control
Close to the bridge over the street canal is a harbor grasp’s constructing and a big warehouse with two boat lifts, near the purple pedestrian bridge. This canal separates the 2 sides of the Port, and the canal leads instantly into the sprawling, underground submarine base beneath the Castle. To the northeast of the purple bridge is the Control constructing, with server rooms and workplaces nestled alongside the shoreline.
Ashika Bay and Floating Gas Station
Impressive sea wall defenses restrict the ferocity of the waves and grant this harbor a placid environment… till battle commences. Watercraft can simply refuel right here on the floating pontoon with an connected Gas Station. There are quite a few boarding factors to the principle island, and clearly, the canal allows you to velocity (through aquatic craft) into and out of the submarine base.
Gas Station
Offering good entry from the principle street and poor entry if you happen to’re driving down from the Castle battlements, this Gas Station sits subsequent to the Canal, throughout from the Control constructing.
Mechanics Yard and Oil Vats
The northeastern facet of Ashika Port provides a quartet of medium-sized warehouses primarily full of mechanical elements. The barely elevated constructing has boat elements, a two-floor workplace, an open bay warehouse by the street entrance and barrier, and a decrease, red-roofed construction with oil vats within the exterior car parking zone. Additional vats of oil ready for pumping and seaward transportation are near the water’s edge. Note the grassy bluff and pathways between the sting of those buildings and the rocky seaside.
Rocky Bluffs
A small picnic space and tall rocky bluffs shroud the jap street exit and supply good views of the containers strewn concerning the seaside to the northeast. Watch out for (or turn into) an ambusher in these elements, because the viewing is restricted.
Point of Interest: Residential
On the decrease floor beneath the citadel battlements to the north and east of the Farms and allotments sits some residential housing between a few industrial constructions (a Power Plant and Water Treatment Facility). Easily accessed (and surrounded by) tarmac roads, there are many locations to find, each over and underground.
Apartments
West of the principle Residential houses and surrounded by a low wall is a small residence complicated. Each pair of residence constructions (labeled A and B) rises 4 flooring tall, with a roof, inside stairwell, and inside entry. The grounds are composed of a barbecue space, a swimming pool, and a tennis courtroom.
Power Plant
West of the Castle, in a roughly triangularly formed yard surrounded by a mesh fence, is the Plant offering electrical energy for the complete island. Inside is a large turbine generator. Current cartographical proof suggests an entry tunnel linking the Water Treatment Facility to the northeast.
Water Treatment Facility
In the middle of the northern coast of the island is a small water remedy works, together with a 3rd canal entrance into the subterranean waterways. Up on the floor is a sewage vat, a trio of container and hut-shaped workplaces, and (after crossing the street) are the higher pump works, with a small workplace and an entrance right into a hillside tunnel. This tunnel might supply clandestine to the facility plant and a drop down into the waterways.
Residential District
A sliver of rocky floor north of the citadel has been developed right into a small residential district, sandwiched between the water remedy facility (west) and comms tower, and fuel station (east). Main roads encompass the gathering of modest wood dwellings, all with some inside entry. Some constructions have two flooring, whereas others are single-level. Southeast is a round restroom constructing and a bus cease en path to Shipwreck and Port Ashika. This space of Ashika Island is outlined by a skinny layer of fog, which reduces long-range visibility and sight strains in particular conditions. While it is not going to have an effect on fast-paced, close-quarters fight conditions, snipers ought to plan accordingly.
Point of Interest: Shipwreck
The inclement climate and dangerous shoreline spelled doom for 2 cargo tankers. Both vessels have run aground right here, and the containers they have been carrying have been largely saved and stacked in a lovely method. Further northeast are cliffs and the principle looping tarmac street, in addition to a comms tower and lookout above a fuel station.
Beached Cargo Tanker
Down from the rocky, cliffside crags and throughout the windswept seaside is the primary of two an identical cargo tankers that beached right here and are at the moment rusting away. The vessel is badly itemizing in direction of the ocean, however the hull is undamaged.
Beached Cargo Tanker
The stays of a rusting delivery vessel stay in skeletal kind on this a part of the rocky coast. The delivery containers the tanker was carrying have been largely offloaded. Note the outlet within the hull of the superstructure.
Containers
At the bottom of the rocky cliffs are the empty delivery containers from the 2 tankers which have run aground within the neighborhood. Local haulers have organized the containers in a well-recognized and pleasing sample….
Clifftop Demolition
An outdated concrete constructing is present process demolition, and the place is in ruins, although the peak and views round make this an attention-grabbing place to achieve the excessive floor or ambush foes alongside the principle street.
Lookout Point and Gas Station
The northeastern tip of the island contains a comms tower (considered one of three throughout the island) and spectacular (however uncovered) views throughout in direction of the citadel. Below are the ocean defenses and the rocky ocean shore, and a small fuel station near the Residential District and essential street.
Ashika Island will turn into the DZ for Resurgence Battle Royale and a further DMZ infiltration choice as a part of Season 02 of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II and WarzoneTM 2.0, launching February 15. Prepare to make use of this data of all this island’s factors of curiosity to steer the squad to victory in Resurgence, or tactically extract invaluable objects and Contraband in DMZ, as soon as Season 02 launches.
Expect extra Season 02 intel in a seasonal announcement weblog to be launched on February 8.
Stay frosty.
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