C130 - C17 Airdrop

C-130 AIRDROP - "HERC 2-1"
C-17 AIRDROP - "REACH 4-1"

Call in a C-130 Hercules that flies over your mark and drops supplies, an arsenal crate or a light vehicle on a parachute. The load comes down rigged like the real thing, under a camo net with straps and chute packs, and players unpack it on the ground. No logi run needed to restock a captured point or get back on the road.

See it in action on the Hold The Line server (PvE, US vs Insurgents): search "Hold The Line" in the server browser.

HOW TO CALL IT IN

1. Open the map and place a marker on the drop zone with one of these names:
   - DROP SUPPLY
   - DROP AMMO
   - DROP VEHICLE
2. Herc 2-1 copies your mark on the radio. The drop comes in about 20 seconds later.
3. The load leaves the ramp, the chute opens, and it lands on your marker about 25 seconds later.
4. Walk up to the load and hold the unpack action.

THE DROPS

- Supply drop: a netted supply bundle. Unpacks into a supply crate with 1,000 supplies, enough to start a FOB or restock a point you just captured.
- Ammo drop: unpacks into an arsenal crate for your side. It uses your faction's own arsenal, so it works with vanilla and modded factions (RHS and others). You get your side's weapons, ammo, mines and AT.
- Vehicle drop: a vehicle rigged on a heavy-drop platform (wrapped in camo net, honeycomb padding and tie-down straps). When you unpack it, you choose which vehicle you want:
  - US: open jeep, armed jeep (M2), open Humvee, armed Humvee (M2)
  - Russian: open UAZ, covered UAZ, armed UAZ (PKM), UAZ van
  - Other factions: open UAZ, covered UAZ, armed UAZ (PKM), armed UAZ (UK-59)

THE DROP

- The C-130 flies in straight and level from a random direction, holding one speed the whole way.
- The load leaves the ramp, free-falls for a moment, then the chute opens. Bundles come down on one parachute, vehicles on two.
- On touchdown the canopy collapses and falls over beside the load.
- A thin stream of green smoke marks the load until it's unpacked.

NEW: C-17 HEAVY DROPS
A C-17 Globemaster (Reach 4-1) now flies the heavy drops at 185 knots / 250 m:
• DROP APC - LAV-25 (US) or BTR-70 (others), base game, always available
• DROP JLTV - needs the WCS JLTV mod on the server
• DROP STRYKER - needs the WCS Stryker mod on the server
Pick the variant (gun truck, CROWS, Javelin, Dragoon, MGS...) when you unpack, and switch the paint between Tan and Woodland on the platform.

ACTIVE CAMO
Nets, garnish and tarps match where the drop lands: woodland, desert, snow or urban, picked before the load leaves the ramp.
Admin test: add W / D / S / U after any drop name (e.g. "JLTV DROP S") to force a camo.

RADIO

The player who called the drop and anyone within 2 km of the drop zone hear Herc 2-1 on the radio: copy your mark, load away with a touchdown time, and on the ground.

COOLDOWN

10 minutes per drop type: supply, ammo and vehicle each have their own timer. Only one C-130 flies at a time. Call while it's busy or cooling down and Herc 2-1 tells you how long to wait.

GAME MASTERS
Landed platforms and bundles can be moved or deleted in Game Master. A package deleted before it's unpacked frees that drop to be called again.


SERVER SETTINGS

The first time it runs, the server creates C130_Airdrop.json in its profile folder. Edit it to change the cooldowns, the supply amount, the arsenal crate used, or the four vehicle choices for each side.

COMPATIBILITY

- No dependencies. Uses vanilla map markers and base-game crates and vehicles.
- Works with vanilla and modded factions: the arsenal crate and vehicle take the side of the player who called the drop.
- The server runs the drop and every player sees the aircraft and parachute locally. Built for dedicated servers.

FEEDBACK & BUG REPORTS

Found a bug or have an idea? Join the Hold The Line Discord and post in #mod-feedback:
https://discord.gg/EyRnPsNWjf

CREDITS

- C-130 model: "Lockheed AC-130 Hercules" by helijah, CC BY 4.0 (https://skfb.ly/ASw7). Edited: guns and gunship equipment removed, new propellers.
- Engine sound (Pixabay Content License): "Lockheed Electra Turboprop Flyover" - freesound_community (Pixabay)
- Parachutes, cargo rigging, camo net and textures: made for this mod.
- Crates, vehicles, M1025 model on the vehicle platform and smoke effect: Arma Reforger base game, Bohemia 
-Preview photo: U.S. Air Force (public domain).
CREDITS
C17 Model: "c17 Globemaster with animation" by pilotcandle5470 (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/c17-globemaster-with-animation-809e3e068f324db6b9cfe57611a69726), licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Interactive (License: APL-SA)