Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory/Siwa Oasis

"Two mighty forces of elite fighting men clash in the desert for the possession of a vital oasis! The Axis has converted this sleepy desert town into a fearsome defensive bastion that has frustrated every Allied attempt to advance! Can the Allies force their way into the heart of the Axis garrison and destroy their anti-tank guns? Can the Axis repel the swarming Allied attackers? Only time...will tell!"

- Briefing announcer

Allied Primary Objectives
 * Capture the Old City.
 * Dynamite the Old City Wall.
 * Destroy the anti-tank guns.

Allied Secondary Objectives
 * Repair the water pumps.
 * Construct the Command Post.

Map Description
Siwa Oasis is a desert town with the Allies spawning in an area littered by ruins. Axis players penetrating the lines often try to camp amidst these ruins. Directly in front of the Allies spawn is a flooded cave with a water pump. An engineer who repairs this water pump can drain the caves, allowing players to pass through them without drowning.

The Allies have two other routes of attack - through some alleyways or by taking the stairs. The alleyway splits up and has two exits on opposite sides of each other, making it difficult for an Axis player to camp both entrances at the same time. The upper route leads past an Allied-only Command Post and directly above the alleyways.

Both routes dump into a street littered with ruins, giving players some cover. Players can continue north and then follow the stairs and reach the Old City spawn point, or dive into a building on the right (from the street) and then appear opposite to the Old City. Across from this area is a ladder leading down to the caves, and a ladder up to the rooftops of some of the buildings. Axis players like to hide in these areas for good cover and good view of the Allied Command Post. The Old City machine gun is on these rooftops.

The Old City consists of two buildings - one containing the capturable spawn point and another containing a health and ammo cabinet. Moving further east is the Old City water pump and the Old City Wall. An Axis team door gives the Axis a way of disabling any dynamite planted near the Old City Wall. Another Axis route exists above the Old City wall, and an Axis team door allows Axis players to reach an area above the water pumps, giving them a chance of surprising Allied players in this otherwise safe area.

Past the Old City Wall is a large building with an upper route and a lower route. Both routes lead to the entrance of the Axis garrison, containing a spawn point just behind the garrison walls. The garrison is in a large pit surrounded by cliffs, and is separated in two parts - the Axis Spawn point area, and the section with the anti-tank guns. The two guns are positioned on the upper floor of the latter section, accessible primarily by stairs. These stairs can be bypassed by taking another route up the garrison (there are a few stairs leading up into it) and then taking the long way.

The section with the anti-tank guns is covered by a 360 degree machine gun, and a command post near the north anti-tank gun. The vulnerability of this machine gun, however, is quite apparent since any Allied players inside the garrison itself can easily come from behind and kill the machine gunner. Additionally there is a ladder leading right up behind the Axis gunner, making it easy to man the machine gun, but also very easy to access for the enemy.

Constructables
Command Post: Located in a room just behind the North Anti-tank gun, this Axis-specific Command Post is often left unattended for most of the game. Since the Allies have their own command post, both sides can cancel each other's command posts out and result in a faster charge time for both sides. A single engineer should spawn here at the start of the match to build this and the Garrison MG, and then spawn at the Old City thenceforth to help with defence.

Command Post: Identical to the Axis Command Post (see above) for pretty much all respects. Like the Axis command post, this can be left alone once built. Very few players will attempt to disable it.

Old City MG: Rarely built, but can provide support fire to the Old City. Especially useful to spawn kill any Axis players spawning out of the Old City, or for defending dynamite at the Old City Wall.

Garrison MG: Often built, but rarely used. This 360 degree machine gun is rather vulnerable. It is open from five areas - a ladder leading right behind the Axis gunner, the buildings from the back, and the three entrances into the base - one between the anti-tank guns, and two on the sides. This makes the Garrison MG pretty much a deathtrap to any players attempting to man it.

] Water Pumps: These water pumps, when repaired by the Allied team, will drain a pair of flooded caves, opening a second route. The Axis can disable these by planting dynamite at them, but considering the pumps are very easily guarded, it is very difficult to disable them once they're online. The only exception, perhaps, is the Old City Water Pump, which can be disabled so long as the Old City spawn point is under Axis control.