National Security Council / Operations
The situation room
Two fronts. One connected crisis.
00:00:00
Classroom clock · paused
EXERCISE STANDING BY/12 principals/150 minutes/President decides. Game Master adjudicates.
Regional operations picture
Caribbean theaterEnergy emergency
An escorted oil shipment tests U.S. enforcement and crisis diplomacy.
36 scenario hours to initial visual-range estimateSCENARIO ROUTE · NO LIVE VESSEL TRACKING
Illustrative energy routeNatural Earth geographyPositions are not operational data
The opening situation
A shipment becomes a strategic test.
Venezuela’s transition and Cuba’s energy crisis converge at sea.
01 / 0mPre-brief
02 / 10mScenario introduction
03 / 20mMove One · Assessment
04 / 45mPrincipals meeting
05 / 75mPressure events
06 / 85mMove Two · Implementation
07 / 115mPublic communications
08 / 125mConsequence reveal
09 / 135mAfter-action review