Forced Entry house raid
The Redwood Lane house raid, including the score that produced a rating of A.
- Rescue all civilians
- Secure all hostiles
- Secure all evidence
Enter through the garage, clear the ground floor fully, then take the landing before the bedrooms and re-check downstairs on the way out.
Forced Entry is the Redwood Lane house raid, and it is the first pad where the floor plan is your enemy.
Layout
A two-storey house with a garage, a front door, a stairwell, bedrooms upstairs and a kitchen. The briefing styles it as Operation Night Warrant, a night raid on a property with a lot of people inside.
What the pad asks
- Rescue all civilians
- Secure all hostiles
- Secure all evidence
Route that works
- Take the garage or the side door rather than the front — the front opens onto the widest room in the building.
- Clear the ground floor room by room before you touch the stairs.
- Stack on the stairs and clear the landing before pushing the bedrooms.
- Upstairs bedrooms first, then the bathroom and any storage room you passed.
- Re-check the ground floor. A live suspect who moved while you were upstairs undoes the entire sweep.
The two mistakes that cost the most
- Long optics indoors. A magnified sight in a hallway is slower than iron sights and it is the wrong tool for a room the width of a car.
- Grenade enthusiasm. The house is small, the civilians are behind thin walls, and a frag here is a penalty with extra steps.
Kit for this pad
| Slot | Choice |
|---|---|
| Primary | Shotgun or a short rifle |
| Secondary | Pistol |
| Gadget | Flashbang; C4 if you own it and the door is reinforced |
| Armour | Standard vest is enough until you run it solo on hard |
Debrief maths
A clean run of this pad is the example the rest of the site uses: six civilians at +150, seven hostiles at +175, evidence at +0, and a single officer down at −40, for a total of 285/325 and a rating of A. That is $285 and 143 XP before any doubled rewards.
Common questions
Can the house be cleared solo?
Yes. Solo is slower and the officer-down line is more likely, but nothing in the pad requires a second officer.
Where is the evidence usually?
On and around the bodies and in the rooms where the weapons are being assembled. Mark it as you go rather than at the end.
Does the garage count as an entry?
Yes, and it is quieter than the front door.
