Escalation is the fifth and final mission of the DLC campaign Fatal Error. With the successes of the Allied Mobile Force, the Warsaw Pact counteroffensive is repelled and NATO continues its advance, with peace talks beginning in Stockholm, attention is now on the siege of the city of Dresden. Task Force Talon, a unit composed of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the 29th Panzerbrigade and the Allied Mobile Force is tasked with stopping a major Warsaw Pact counteroffensive to relieve the defenders of Dresden.