Blauer Nebel

The Blauer Nebel (Blue Mist) were a German special forces unit featured in Front Mission 4.

Overview
The Blauer Nebel operated under the control of General Nikhlas Glaeser. They were based out of an old castle located deep within German territory. The Blauer Nebel seemingly used the best equipment that the German army had available, and presumably had a reputation for being incredibly skilled in battle, so much so that defeat seemed impossible. Their wanzers were painted in a white color scheme with black trim.

In 2090, it would seem that the vast majority of its members were either replaced with Zaftran spies (as in the case of Major Rolf Wagner, a Zaftran agent who assumed the identity of the real Rolf Wagner) or were entirely loyal to their commander and not their country.

The Blauer Nebel would play a prominent role in a secret plot between Glaeser and Zaftra. After a secret Zaftran strikeforce attacked five military bases across Germany and later destroyed the E.C's newest resource base a Zaftran squad fleeing from the Durandal escaped into Germany. The pursuing Durandal units were delayed by a Blauer Nebel unit led by Dominik Dranz, purportedly on the pretense of safeguarding their borders. This unit was quickly defeated and Durandal determined that the units that attacked the resource base may have been hiding in the Blauer Nebel headquarters. Upon arriving, Durandal's request to inspect the base was denied by the commander, Rolf Wagner, and battle quickly ensued. Despite outnumbering the Durandal units, the Blauer Nebel units were defeated by sunrise, with Wagner and the responding German Army commander noting this development with surprise. However, Durandal's efforts were for nought as an inspection of the base turned up no evidence of units that attacked the resource base.

Later, after Durandal was secretly allowed to resume its investigation on the attacks, it was found that there was an underground tunnel leading from the town of Wassau, Germany to Zaftra, which may have been the strikeforce's method of entry into Germany. Upon arriving at Wassau, a Blauer Nebel unit commanded by Wagner and Dranz again attempted stop Durandal again, only to no avail.

After Durandal completed its investigation in Zaftra, it was determined that the attack on the German bases and resource base was part of a plot to incite the U.S.N and E.C into open conflict, allowing for Zaftra to profit from the resulting war. Part of this plot involved the E.C's Megafloat Base off the coast of North Africa, which Durandal headed to in order to stop the plot. Upon arriving, it was found that a Blauer Nebel unit led by Dranz had already taken control of the base from the local garrison and were making preparations to fire cruise missiles at a U.S.N patrol fleet. Durandal engaged in combat with the Blauer Nebel, defeating them and leading to Dranz's death. However, the Blauer Nebel delayed the Durandal long enough for cruise missiles from the base to be fired at the U.S.N fleet, leading to the fleet beginning an invasion of E.C. aligned Madeira Island. War was ultimately avoided after Durandal provided evidence to the U.S.N fleet commander that Zaftra was the true instigator of the war.

While war was temporarily averted between the E.C and U.S.N, Gleaser believed his plan would still come to fruition and so fled to Zaftra to prepare for the inevitable retaliation from Durandal and the British Army. Notably, Glaeser did not bring any of the Blauer Nebel with him into the Zaftran resource terminal that he fled to, whether due to overconfidence on his part or Wagner tiring of Glaeser's plotting. Either way, Glaeser and the Zaftran units he commanded were defeated at the terminal, with Glaeser being arrested by the British Army and Wagner refusing to follow Glaeser's orders any further.

The Blauer Nebel's final action would take place during Zaftra's final attempt to at least strike a crippling blow on the E.C. A secret Zaftran base in Venezuela had successfully launched several transports headed for Paris, the location of the E.C. General Assembly, despite the best attempts of the Venezuelan Freedom Alliance and their allies. Upon hearing of this, Durandal raced to Paris from Zaftra but were stopped on the outlying suburbs of Paris by the seemingly last remnants Blauer Nebel, lead by Wagner in a Gepard Neun wanzer. Before the battle began, Colonel Zeman, the leader of the Zaftrans attacking the assembly, begged for help from Wagner, with Wagner leaving to assist them. The Blauer Nebel units attempted to defeat Durandal in this battle, with several Zeder T3 missileer units preventing air support from Durandal's transport. Despite this, all Blauer Nebel units were successfully destroyed by Durandal. Wagner himself would also be killed and the Zaftran units attacking the assembly defeated through the efforts of Durandal and wanzers from the British Army.

Known Members

 * Rolf Wagner
 * Nikhlas Glaeser
 * Dominik Dranz