TheWoWDBNo it is not, it is a direct reference to the Rambo - first blood movie. The names are all the same names from Rambo's squad.
Colonel Troteman = Colonel Troutman from Rambo
John J. Keeshan = John J. RamboCoolest quest line in WoW!
Quest
In Search of Bravo Company
A World of Warcraft quest in Redridge Mountains. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Messner, Jargensen (Jorgensen), Krakauer and Danforth are also identified as members of the Baker Company, which was the name of Rambo's group. I guess that makes the Redridge Orcs the Vietkong.
EPIC quest chain!
Quest facts
LevelLevel 7-30
Quest ID26586
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26586))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
If you and Keeshan are going to defend Lakeshire, we're going to need to find his old battalion. Last I heard all of 'em - Messner, Jorgensen, Krakauer and Danforth - were captured by the Blackrock orcs. Now I don't know where they could possibly be or if they're even alive, but I'd be a damned fool if I didn't ask you to try and find 'em. Search Alther's Mill, east of here, for any clues.
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #49 47.5 42.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inRedridge Mountains 47.5, 42.0
/way #49 47.5 42.0 - Objective areaRedridge Mountains 28.6, 40.7
/way #49 28.6 40.7
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Redridge Mountains map
- Lakeshire's Last Stand about 390 yards
- Lindsay about 410 yards
- Lumber for Lakeshire about 480 yards
- Honor the Flame about 610 yards
- A Day in the Life about 670 yards
- Food on the Table about 670 yards
- Millie's Garden about 700 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Redridge Mountains, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Redridge Mountains:
- Camp Everstill, Redridge
- Lakeshire, Redridge
- Morgan's Vigil, Burning Steppes
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Experience4,100 XP
ReputationStormwind +250
Reward details
Reputation: Stormwind +250
One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Redridge Mountains that reward Stormwind reputation: Hero's Call: Redridge Mountains! (+250), Still Assessing the Threat (+350), WANTED: Redridge Gnolls (+250), Parker's Report (+75), Franks and Beans (+250), Nida's Necklace (+250).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Redridge Mountains
Part 10 of 31.
Previous: His Heart Must Be In It · Next: Breaking Out is Hard to Do
- 5Yowler Must Die!
- 6John J. Keeshan
- 7This Ain't My War
- 8Weapons of War
- 9His Heart Must Be In It
- 10In Search of Bravo Company
- 11Breaking Out is Hard to Do
- 12Jorgensen
- 13Krakauer
- 14And Last But Not Least... Danforth
- 15Return of the Bravo Company
- 16They Drew First Blood
Showing steps 5 to 16 of 31.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- His Heart Must Be In It
<The gnomecorder clicks.> His gear alone won't be enough, <name>. His heart must also be in this battle. To capture that, we need items of sentimental value. The Blackrock orcs of Render's Camp, located in the north, hold two such items that belong to Keeshan.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Breaking Out is Hard to Do
The key to this cage is stored in a pouch over at the worg den, just north of our location. The problem is that the pouch is resting safely atop a tree stump amidst a sea of bloodthirsty man-killing worgs. You've got one shot to get that key without waking up any of those sleeping worgs.
The storyline at a glance
Redridge Mountains has 31 steps, from We Must Prepare! to Triumphant Return.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Redridge Mountains (31).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Redridge Mountains map
- Lost Honor
- Trial of Ascension
- Battle Pet Tamers
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.