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Quest

This Ain't My War

A World of Warcraft quest in Redridge Mountains. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Venombane+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I remember going to see this at the movie theatre when it first came out. Still a great flick!

John J. Rambo ------------> Sylvester Stallone

Col. Samuel Trautman ------------> Richard Crenna

John J. Rambo is a former United States Special Forces soldier who fought in Vietnam and won the Congressional Medal of Honor, but his time in Vietnam still haunts him. He came to Hope, Washington to visit a friend who had unfortately died of cancer due to "Agent Orange" exposure. When he walked into town to simply get something to eat...he was guided out of town by the Sheriff William Teasel who insults Rambo and "Pushes him" to his breaking point.

Teasel arrests Rambo on a charge of "Vagrancy" and during his in-processing to the jail...Rambo flashes back to his tortured past in Vietnam. Rambo fights back, escapes and goes on a rampage destroying the town. The only hope the town and the Sheriff have of surviving Rambo's onslaught is the intervention of Rambo's commanding officer, Colonel Samuel Trautman.

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MidniteStar8+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest line is about the Vietnam war, if you follow it all the way through you will find that, the term "baby killers" were given to our men upon coming home from war, our soldiers were even spit upon. Also it's about our men we left behind MIA's, hope that helps

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 7-30
ZoneRedridge Mountains
Quest ID26568

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26568))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineRedridge Mountains, step 7 of 31
Rewards525 XP

Description

They asked me to fight in those wars. I didn't ask them! I did what I had to do to win. So I end up getting captured by those filthy, crap-swilling, maggot orcs and for five long years they used me as a toilet. Finally I break out and head back to my hometown and what do I get? People spitting on me, protesting me, calling me a baby orc killer and all kinds of vile crap! No, I don't think I'll be helping you. You go back to Troteman and you tell him that this ain't my war.

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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.

Redridge Mountains Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Redridge Mountains map showing where to go for This Ain't My WarTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #49 28.6 40.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inRedridge Mountains 28.6, 40.7/way #49 28.6 40.7
  • Objective areaRedridge Mountains 26.3, 40.1/way #49 26.3 40.1

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

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:

  • Lakeshire, RedridgeAlliance · about 220 yards south
  • Camp Everstill, RedridgeAlliance · about 660 yards east
  • Eastvale Logging Camp, ElwynnAlliance · about 950 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 60 yards west

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.

Related
Experience525 XP
ReputationStormwind +10

Reward details

Reputation: Stormwind +10

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 7 of 31.

Previous: John J. Keeshan · Next: Weapons of War

  1. 2Tuning the Gnomecorder
  2. 3Canyon Romp
  3. 4They've Wised Up...
  4. 5Yowler Must Die!
  5. 6John J. Keeshan
  6. 7This Ain't My War
  7. 8Weapons of War
  8. 9His Heart Must Be In It
  9. 10In Search of Bravo Company
  10. 11Breaking Out is Hard to Do
  11. 12Jorgensen
  12. 13Krakauer

Showing steps 2 to 13 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.

  • John J. KeeshanRedridge Mountains · Level 7-30

    You ever heard of John Keeshan, <name>? I was his commanding officer throughout all three great wars. Let me tell you, that man has killed more orcs than any man alive. If anyone can stop the Blackrock orc invasion, it's JOHN J. KEESHAN.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Weapons of WarRedridge Mountains · Level 7-30

    What I'm about to ask of you isn't going to be easy to accomplish, <name>. Keeshan left everything back there in that orc prison, and I'm not just talking about his soul or his will to live. If we're going to get Johnny ready for war, we need to recover his prized possessions.

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

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.