Partner forces packs and tips in Operation Ocean Shield

What's free

Operation Ocean Shield is free to play, with no ads. Packs are optional and one-time. The game says they add variety, not an edge.

The partner forces packs

They're in the Partner forces section at the bottom of the Task force tab:

• SHADE Partners. The navies that met the coalitions at SHADE in Bahrain join your task force over the years: Indian Talwar-class frigates, Japanese Takanami-class destroyers, Chinese Luyang-class destroyers and Russian Udaloy-class destroyers. Under their own navies' orders, they only escort group transits.
• Eyes over the Basin. Two more patrol aircraft for Operation Atalanta: a German P-3C Orion from Djibouti, and a small chartered Merlin IIIC from the Seychelles that flies short sorties but reaches the far south.
• Maritime Raid Forces. Two amphibious ships with Marines trained for opposed boardings, USS Dubuque and HNLMS Johan de Witt. When you lead their boardings yourself, the teams are sharper and carry more flashbangs. They're slow and short on endurance.
• All Partner Forces. Every partner pack, current and future, including any added later.

Each pack's price is on its Add button before you pay.

Tips

The Desk tab has a Leave a tip button. A tip doesn't unlock anything. It helps keep the game going.

Buying, codes and other devices

• You don't need an account to play, but you sign in with your Earth Ablaze account to buy, to use a code, or to unlock what you bought on another device. See Signing in with an email link.
• To use a code, see Redeeming a code.
• Your purchases work offline for up to 90 days at a time, or a week at a time in the first 30 days after you buy. The game checks again when it's online.

Receipts and refunds

Purchases go through the shared Earth Ablaze accounts service. See Managing purchases and receipts and Refunds. If a pack you bought doesn't show up, contact support and say what you see on the screen.