Local Rebels have reactivated an abandoned missile launch site in Kazakhstan and plan to launch a missile they have managed to piece together through acquisitions on the black market. The Spetsnaz are moving in to sabotage the launch site and clear out the insurgency.

In a stereo-typical setting where you can almost imagine the Russians going up against a Rebel force, the Russian Spetznaz must take over this launch site to neutralise the threat of WMD’s being launched by the Rebel forces. Despite being quite dirty the map itself is a very stunning map from a graphics point of view.
It has to be said that DICE have done a very good job of setting the theme of this map, as they have done on Mass Destruction as well.

Quite a large, open map featuring a lot of vehicles. Although it includes helicopters on the 64 player version, there is an IGLA at 6 of the 8 flags to counter this with (and a Tunguska M1 for the Spetznaz). Armour does dominante on this map, although the Rebels RPG's do make it hard work for the tanks. The “Checkpoint” flag is more like a chokepoint for armour, which is very dangerous for them. AT mines, C4 and RPG’s work very well for the Rebels in this area, as the tanks cant get a high enough elevation on their gun to shoot at the top of the valley.

The map works well on both vehicles and Infantry Only (IO), although IO tends to end up in a snipe fest on most servers where its seen. Although that sounds a lot like Jalalabad, the Spetznaz have more opportunity to take flags by scaling the cliffs and hills to the rear flags.

Details pertinent to the 16 player version of the map.

The map’s spawn points and some information about each point as it is at the beginning of a round.

	Base Entrance	Launch Pad	Command Bunker
	1 FAV 2 ATV 1 RPK-74 LMG	2 RPK-74 LMG	1 FAV 1 ATV 1 RPK-74 LMG
	1 Pickup Truck 2 ATV 1 RPK-74 LMG	2 RPK-74 LMG	1 Pickup Truck 1 ATV 1 RPK-74 LMG

Where to find the goodies that need some C4’ing.

Arty, UAV & Sat	Arty & UAV	Sat

Details pertinent to the 32 player version of the map.

The map’s spawn points and some information about each point as it is at the beginning of a round.

	Checkpoint	Outer Hill	Inner Ridge	Base Entrance	Supply Depot	Launch Pad	Command Bunker
	1 T90 MBT 1 BMP-3 APC 3 FAV 3 RPK-74 LMG	1 T90 MBT 2 FAV 1 Civilian Car 1 HJ-8 2 RPK-74 LMG	1 Civilian Car 3 RPK-74 LMG	1 FAV 1 ATV 1 TOW 1 RPK-74 LMG	1 BMP-3 APC 1 FAV 1 Civilian Car 1 HJ-8	2 RPK-74 LMG	1 T90 MBT 1 FAV 1 ATV 1 RPK-74 LMG
	NONE	NONE	1 Civilian Car 3 RPK-74 LMG	1 Civilian Car 1 ATV 1 HJ-8 1 RPK-74 LMG	1 BMP-3 APC 1 Pickup Truck 1 Civilian Car 1 HJ-8	2 RPK-74 LMG	1 T90 MBT 1 Pickup Truck 1 ATV 1 RPK-74 LMG

Where to find the goodies that need some C4’ing.

Arty1 & UAV	Arty2 & Sat	Arty & UAV	Sat

Details pertinent to the 64 player version of the map.

The map’s spawn points and some information about each point as it is at the beginning of a round.

	Village	Outer Ridge	Checkpoint	Inner Ridge
	1 Mi-35 HIND E 2 T90 MBT 1 Tunguska M1 1 Vodnik 4 FAV 1 Civilian Car 3 RPK-74 LMG 2 IGLA	1 T90 MBT 1 FAV 1 Civilian Car 1 HJ-8 2 RPK-74 LMG 1 IGLA	1 FAV	1 Civilian Car 3 RPK-74 LMG 1 IGLA
	NONE	1 T90 MBT 1 Pickup Truck 1 Civilian Car 1 HJ-8 2 RPK-74 LMG 1 IGLA	1 Pickup Truck	1 Civilian Car 3 RPK-74 LMG 1 IGLA

	Supply Depot	Fuel Depot	Launch Pad	Command Bunker
	1 BMP-3 APC 1 FAV 1 Civilian Car 1 HJ-8 1 IGLA	1 FAV 1 Civilian Car 1 IGLA	2 ATV 1 HJ-8 2 RPK-74 LMG	1 T90 MBT 1 FAV 1 RPK-74 LMG 1 IGLA
	1 BMP-3 APC 1 Pickup Truck 1 Civilian Car 1 HJ-8 1 IGLA	1 Pickup Truck 1 Civilian Car 1 IGLA	2 ATV 1 HJ-8 2 RPK-74 LMG	1 Mi-35 HIND E 1 T90 MBT 1 Pickup Truck 1 RPK-74 LMG 1 IGLA

Where to find the goodies that need some C4’ing.

Arty 1, UAV & Sat	Arty 2	Arty & UAV	Sat

Compare the following two screenshots:

The official loading screen version of Surge:

Ingame, from the commanders screen:

Looks like they just copied the redzone of the 64player map and forgot to change it for 32!