CQC7

We just finished putting on the latest CQC competition installment at PDX CAGE. All the teams showed a great level of competitiveness and skill.

The story behind the operation is that this is the culmination of a three year FBI investigation into a crime family with three simultaneous takedowns against different mob targets.

CQC7 was hosted by Airsoft Pacific and APST. We did not compete in this event because all available APST members were either Acting or Administering (as FBI special agents).

The Drug Scenario

The CI Nicky Gallo has given the FBI the location of mob boss Rialto’s cocaine processing facility in a warehouse. Rialto himself is on location with his accountant and bodyguard. The entry team must: 1. secure drug lab 2. detain all workers 3. extract CI 4. detain Rialto and his accountant.

One of the doors before the office has an alarm on it, which nearly every team tripped. Then the teams must (fight) move up a narrow staircase to where Rialto is. Most teams bogged down at the stairway which allowed Rialto to escape.

The Kidnapping Scenario

ADA Diane Young has been kidnapped. Info from the CI tells us that she is being held by a professional (ex-military) kidnapping group and being interrogated for information on her case against the Rialto crime family. She is being held in a basement that has two stairway entrances.

Upon entry to the upstairs, the teams meet (and must eliminate) an armed guard, then hit the basement. Once down the stairs there is a claymore mine (which killed large numbers of teams). The last surprise is that the interrogator will kill the ADA if the teams take too long to make entry to the final room.

The Club Scenario

The Rialto crime family launders much of its money through an underground nightclub. Under-boss Salvatore is at this club and must be detained. Designed drug dealer Nathan Taylor is also reported to be there and must be detained.

The twist on this scenario is 1. the loud noise 2. the strobe lights and 3. lots of bar patrons (some of which are armed) and 4. the scantily clad go-go dancer.

Most teams did well with the crowd control aspect of this mission, but detaining Salvatore successfully proved difficult because of the armed men in his office with him (playing poker).

With the success of CQC7 we can’t wait for CQC8.

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