Stirling Airsoft | Operation Highworth 6

Location: Baghdad Iraq Six months after the disappearance of the engineering team near Samarra, the effects of The Broker’s network are no longer subtle, they’re strategic. Baghdad is on edge. As national elections approach, a surge in coordinated low-signature attacks begins to ripple across the capital; These are not the chaotic bombings of years past. Instead, they are precise, disruptive strikes: Power substation failures in key districts hours before political rallies Communications towers targeted during televised debates Key transport routes are intermittently blocked by “spontaneous” civil unrest Each incident appears isolated. Together, they form a pattern, one designed to erode confidence in the governments ability to function. Emerging at the center of this fragile landscape is Niage Al Farrage a controversial populist candidate running for the presidency. A former infrastructure contractor turned political outsider, Al Farage campaigns on a platform of “Security First” and anti-corruption reform. He publicly condemns both insurgent factions and entrenched political elites, gaining rapid support among urban working-class communities frustrated by years of instability. But intelligence analysts are divided, some believe Al Farage is a genuine reformist capitalising on chaos, others suspect his rise is being quietly amplified by The Broker’s network Notably: Districts experiencing the most “managed instability” show the highest polling swings in Al Farage’s favour Disinformation campaigns on encrypted channels subtly reinforce his messaging Tribal disputes previously ignited by Broker-linked intermediaries, are now being “resolved” by figures aligned with Farage’s campaign. New intelligence confirms the missing hydroelectric engineers are alive. Intercepted communications suggest they are being forced to design fail-safes within Iraq’s power grid—not to destroy it outright, but to create controllable points of failur