Nelson Bay is a multiplayer level in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. It is only available in Rush, though it will appear in Onslaught, and is the only map so far to take place during nighttime. It is also one of the few maps to feature almost no vehicles except for the UAV and the Quad Bike, making it a much more infantry intensive map than others.
Battle plan
Russian Military minds decided to pull out Airborne and Special Forces units from South America to seize Nelson Bay in a nighttime airborne raid to fight the United States on two fronts. Russian Military leaders designated 75 Russian ground troops in the assault. Armor assets could not be deployed as the terrain around Nelson Bay prevented any armor to be deployed. The Russian operators are expected to enter the bay via parachute and capture various US occupied settlements on their way to an extremely heavily defended US Navy submarine base to destroy an American Naval asset.
Rush
Equipment
RU
Light Vehicles
Tanks
- None
Helicopters
Aircraft
- None
Emplacements
- None
US
Light Vehicles
- None
Tanks
- None
Helicopters
- None
Aircraft
- None
Emplacements
Bases
Attackers Deployment
The Russian attackers start off parachuting into the combat zone where a UAV Station and a Quad Bike are available near the landing area. The area is out of bounds to the defenders until the 1st base is lost.
Civilian Area
This area consists of two buildings, both of which contain the M-COM Stations and can be destroyed.
Army Outpost
This next area has two more M-COM stations; one in a wooden, two story barracks area and another in a communications building. The communications building can be destroyed, but it is difficult as it is large.
Submarine Base
Objective Alpha is located in a warehouse and Objective Bravo is located in the COM Station. Both objectives are simple to defend but hard to retake when a charge is set on the crates. If Objective Alpha is lost, it is best to hole up in the COM station. Although the charge in the communications building with Bravo is quite large, it can be destroyed with continuous fire from rockets and grenade launchers, which also has the advantage of exposing enemies holed up inside.
Tactics
Nelson Bay is one of the most difficult maps to defend. The attackers are given cover by the dense forest covering nearly the entire map, allowing them to rush directly to the objectives undetected and arm them within seconds of deployment. Trees can however, be destroyed using various explosives and sniper rifles, leaving them to be held off by friendly snipers. As Attackers, the best strategy is to avoid any encounters with enemies, skirting around edges, until the objective is armed. As Defenders, the best options are either destroying the entire forest as stated before, or holding out within the objective buildings to negate the effects of enemies slipping past defensive lines.
Outcome
US Victory
Russian Airborne and Special Forces units are pushed out of Nelson Bay and 2 US Submarines are deployed from Nelson Bay.
RU Victory
Nelson Bay is seized and the Submarine base and the US Submarines inside it are destroyed.
Trivia
- Nelson Bay is arguably the most difficult for the Defenders side and is extremely difficult to repel the Attackers.
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