*! Priority Secured Transmission !*
An unknown number of unidentified assailants have abducted the populace of Abaza at gunpoint {gps coordinates, a small settlement in the southeast territorial holdings of the Zakharovich Shuyona, population 273}
Track the assailants back to where they are holding the civilians, determine their health and safety; identify the assailants numbers and resources; report your plan of action for the safe retrieval of the civilians and what additional resources might be needed to accomplish the mission objective.
The assailants appear to be professional infantry in black military tactical gear and had at least six hover APC's; Maxims and Blizzards have been positively identified from surveillance footage. The current hypothesis is that they are Kokuryu-kai.
It is suspected the populace was targeted for the retired DCMS personnel living in the settlement, several were from a prominent combat engineering unit deployed on Luthien during the Clan Wars.
the attached intelligence packet includes a current list of the missing townspeople and their picture ID's, with the former DCMS personnel highlighted, stills and video from Abaza, tactical and strategic maps of a 1300 sq. km area in and around Abaza, a list of available resources {logistic, police, medical, military} and their expected time for deployment [including but not limited to: local guides and trackers, at least one CROW team, infiltration and retrieval teams, hostage negotiators, Strategic Response Units]