- "In the first days there was no fear – these are the last days. Fear is all we know."
- — Unknown Refugee on the fall of Dubai
Dubai is the capital city of the emirate of the same name within the United Arab Emirates and the main game setting of Spec Ops: The Line.
History[]
Before The Storm[]
Not much known about Dubai but it can be safely assumed that the history of Dubai in Spec Ops world is the same as real world. However, there are key differences between game world and real world. There were several buildings such as The Gate being present in the game world while in the real world does not exist. The biggest difference, however, is Dubai's coastline, which developed far differently than our own, with many more palm islands being created, to the point that a very large one was partially carved into the coastline itself.
6 months before game events, a devastating sandstorm hits Dubai which result in the city being buried in sand and massive casualties on the population. Based on the Radioman's tapes, the wealthy elite of Dubai including the expats secretly evacuated Dubai 2 days before the storm hit the news, effectively leaving the rest of the population behind to die in the sandstorm. Worse off, the elite have been executing foreign aid workers in order to cover the evacuation and use the media to lie the population of the possibility of evacuation.
The fate of the other Emirates cities is unknown. however, considering how close they are to Dubai, it is possible that Ajman and Sharjah also suffered from the storm.
During the Storm[]
This result in the surviving citizens becoming refugees. Soon, the 33rd Infantry Battalion of US Army led by Colonel John Konrad volunteered to evacuate the trapped refugees in Dubai. However, the worsening sandstorm trapped the 33rd instead with high command ordering the battalion to abandon the city. However, the Colonel disobey the command orders and remained in Dubai to evacuate the refugees, this lead to the 33rd to be deserters and traitors to the world.
During the 6 months, the entrapment led the 33rd to establish martial rule upon the refugees in order to ration their supplies in the dying city. This lead to tensions between the military and the civilians as the 33rd carry out a brutal punishment for the law breakers. It made worse when a CIA unit, Grey Fox infiltrate Dubai to search survivors before switching the objectives to kill off the survivors in order to cover up 33rd cruel rule, this lead the refugees to become insurgents and fight against the 33rd in the process.
The martial rule also lead to the rest of the 33rd command to question Konrad ability to lead and stage a munity against Konrad. However, this ultimately failed and Konrad burn his command with white phosphorus. Soon, Konrad decide to stage a last effort attempt to evacuate Dubai, but it ended in a massive failure with nearly 1,300 civilians dead. The whole events had lead Konrad to commit suicide for all the events that happened Dubai and the crimes he commit, he wrote a confession letter to absolve his men deeds, a final orders to the 33rd and an apology letter to his son. After that, the whole Dubai is in a mess with the 33rd and Refugees having an uneasy truce.
Six months later, Captain Martin Walker's team, consisting of himself, Sergeant John Lugo and Lieutenant Alphanso Adams, are sent into Dubai after the catastrophic sandstorm in order to recon and locate survivors. However, after a skirmish with the refugees and the 33rd, Walker decide to locate Konrad instead which lead to further insanity to him and his team. Delta Force team actions, with the Grey Fox, had damned the entrapment people by destroying the water supply and the radio station, and crippling the 33rd in the process.
The fate of Dubai is grim after the game events as the city water supply can only last 4 days and without any effective communication beyond the stormwall, the rest of the survivors would die in the process, helping covering up the history of Dubai during the sandstorm.
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