Vidyaevo-2. October 1985 ————————— Far to the south, the Tsimlyansk front has completely bogged down in defensive battles. Soviet forces are holding the line, preventing the NATO grouping from exploiting their breakthrough toward the Caucasus, yet they remain unable to dislodge the enemy from captured positions. In the west, the situation is equally dire. The NATO fleet continues to contain Soviet forces in the North and Norwegian Seas, denying them deployment into open waters. In Central Europe, the front has once again frozen into a grueling positional standoff. Given the protracted nature of the war, the Soviet High Command has ordered the establishment of a new missile district on the Kola Peninsula. Here, near the Northern Fleet bases, the war has long ceased to be a distant reality: submarines patrol the depths, airfields operate on high alert, and ships suffer heavy losses in the struggle for control over the northern seas. Deep within the peninsula, the deployment of the R-36M intercontinental ballistic missile systems begins for the first time. During a routine combat shift, weapons of an entirely different magnitude arrive at the positions — complexes freshly delivered to Site 52. Far from the front lines, the Soviet Union is preparing its new argument.