Fao Fortress

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Fao Fortress
Platform
Game	Battlefield 1
Game modes	Conquest Domination Rush Team Deathmatch War Pigeons Operations (Oil of Empires - Map 1)
Setting
Part of	World War I
Music
Teams	British Empire vs. Ottoman Empire
Date	November 6th - 8th 1914
Location	Al-Faw, Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq)
Terrain	Desert Coastline
Singleplayer	Yes (The Runner)

This item has a Codex entry: Al-Faw

Fao Fortress is a map featured in Battlefield 1. Taking place during the British amphibious landings on the Al-Faw peninsula in 1914, it sees the Ottoman Empire defending the hilltop fortress from land and sea attack.

Overview

Within days of the Ottoman Empire joining the war with the Central Powers, the British Empire mounted an amphibious landing on the Turkish-occupied section of the Persian Gulf known as the Al-Faw peninsula. The dim light of the dawn colors the sand and rock of the coastline a dull red, and though not fully risen the pink-orange sun, reflected by the rippling purple waters, causes the air to shimmer hazily. The relatively narrow strip of accessible land along the coast is bordered to the west by tall, impassible cliffs. Around the map center on the west side are lower cliffs that can be scaled, the steep rocky ridges of the range giving way to massive dunes sloping down towards the sea. Close to the water the low ground of the beaches is divided by the tide, forming shallow inlets and canals between several "islands" which can be navigated by small boats, and forded at points by infantry and vehicles. At the end of a spit on land stretching out to the northeast is the fortress itself, its many towers and bastions dominating the region from the high ground.

Further out to sea to the east, a large section of ocean is available for boats and ships to sail in, although map boundaries ineventibly take them close to the fortress walls. There are no obstacles out in the expanse save for a small, featureless island to the northeast of Fao Fortress.

Behemoth

This map features the Dreadnought as its Behemoth. The Dreadnought is potentially able to knock down portions of the fortress walls with its powerful guns, but is vulnerable to torpedo bombers as well as torpedo boats - when the behemoth is deployed, the opposing side gains access to an additional boat spawn.

Control Points

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Control Point	Conquest	Domination	Rush	Operations	Frontline
British Deployment
Beach Outpost			Sector 1	1A
Turtle Hill	A		Sector 2	1B	A
Sunwada Redoubt	B			2B	B
Marsh Village	C		Sector 3B	2A	C
Al Faw Battery	D		Sector 3A
Fao Gate		A
Outer Courtyard	E			3A
Fao Galleries		B	Sector 4A
Inner Courtyard/Fao Bastion	F	C	Sector 4B	3B
Shatt al Arab Post	G
Ottoman Deployment

Operations

Fao Fortress is featured as the first map in Oil of Empires in Operations. The attackers are the British Empire making a beach landing, while the defenders are the Ottoman Empire trying to prevent the attackers from reaching the fortress.

Sector 1

British forces commence their attack by landing at the beach west of the fortress.

Sector 2

Ottoman forces retreat east as the British make their way through a village surrounded by marshland.

Sector 3

British forces advance to the fortress itself with the objective of capturing both the outer and inner courtyard, which would result in them taking over the beach and securing a landing point for more reinforcements before heading to the Suez Canal.

Domination

Domination takes place in Fao Fortress proper.

Gallery

Official map description

Concept art

Mood concept art

Mood concept art

Trivia

• While taking place in completely different engagements, Fort Nöbet seen in The Runner has many similarities with Fao Fortress.
• In the game files this map is named MP_FaoFortress.
• Craters created on the beach will fill up with water if they are in contact with the ocean.
• The Operations intro of Fao Fortress for the British side shows the ship SS River Clyde, which isn't present on this map.