- Global Biological War
(Note: I haven't had the time to build the fancy device described here, but the same basic game could be played with any old object that we declare to be a "bomb".)
- Participants:
- DML soldiers (armed)
- DML technicians (unarmed)
- Terrorist security detail (armed)
- Terrorist scouts (unarmed)
- Description:
- The short version:
A biological device has been planted by a terrorist group who left
behind a security detail to take out anyone who happens into the
area. The good guys need to find the device and disarm it, either
by inserting a key and turning it off or snipping the proper wires.
The device, a key to the device, and instructions as to which wires
to cut are all hidden on the property, and the good guys have the
approximate coordinates of all of these. The terrorist security detail
doesn't know the location of any of these, just that they need to kill
anyone in the area.
The long version:
A rogue terrorist group
has aquired a black market Soviet biological weapon, which they have
planted near DML HQ. They are just biding their time; waiting for the
right moment; they have the ability to remote detonate the device at any
time. They have placed it such that runoff will cause the chemical to
contaminate the creek that forms the northern boundary of the property,
which in turn will contaminate Silver Creek, then Lake Erie and eventually
all of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence seaway. Much of the northeast
US and southeastern Canada will be uninhabitable. Security leaks have
rendered the US military's special forces units useless; any attempt to
send them after the device will be noticed and (it is assumed), the device
will be immediately detonated rather than risk its being found and disarmed.
The best chance for success is to use the DML (Detached Military Logistics),
an elite, highly skilled private army which uses an Internet truck club as
an elaborate front. With divisions and individual members scattered
throughout the US and Canada, combined with the ability for instantaneous
e-mail/IM communication, this group has the capability to put soldiers
almost anywhere in Northern America within hours, with further reinforcments
just a convoy away. In a stroke of luck, the terrorist group has made the
collosal blunder of placing the device right at the doorstep of DML HQ,
where a large portion of the DML has gathered for Operation Shenanigans;
a series of semi-annual offroad and severe terrain driving/navigation drills.
A private phone call over a secure link directly from the President is all
it takes to shift the DML's focus from training to the real deal. Here
is the situation facing the DML:
- Objective:
- Find and disarm the biological device
- Enemy combatants:
- The members of the terrorist organization who were directly
responsible for planting the device are no longer in the area. However,
they did leave behind a security detail of unknown size. This detail
does not know the location of the device (it is possible that they do
not even know of the existance of the device), they were left with the
simple instructions to secure a certain boundary and eliminate anyone who
enters it. We know that all members of the security detail are in constant
radio communication and that they will be using scouts. Although the
primary objective is to secure the device, it is recommended that any
enemy combatants which are discovered be terminated with extreme prejudice.
- Device location:
- Fortunately, we did get a little help from the inside on this one.
The terrorist group recruited a former KGB agent to set up and install
the device. Before he finished the job however, he managed to leak
some information to the right people which should prove very helpful.
It is unknown wether he was motivated by a guilty conscience or simply a spirit
of revenge after learning that the group intended to liquidate him
when he completed his work. All contact has been lost with this
person, and he is presumed dead. At any rate, we do have the approximate
lattitude and longitude of the device.
- Disarming the device:
- There are two ways to disarm the device. The standard way is to
insert the proper key into the arm/disarm switch and simply turn it off.
If the key is unavailable, an access panel can be removed and the device
can be disarmed by cutting the appropriate wires. Be aware that cutting
the wrong wire will result in instant release of the chemical agent.
The agent left instructions as to which wires should be cut to
disarm the device hidden nearby, and we have the coordinates to that
location.
We have learned that the terrorist group itself has hidden a key to
the device nearby. They did this in case they decided to move the
device to a different location (for greater impact, presumably). In order
to reduce the risk to the high ranking members, rather than coming in
themselves to remove the device, they would merely transmit the coordinates
of the key and device to the security detail and have them bring it back.
Fortunately, we also have the coordinates for the key, although it is likely
to be very well hidden.
- Variations:
- Possibly have the device brought back to a "safe" area to
be disarmed? (Might be able to involve non-masked players.)
- Unarmed "technicians" for the good guys might be required to
disarm the bomb, such that the mission would fail if the
technician were killed. Or, it could be points based such that
having a technician disarm the bomb gives you 10 points, but
naving a non-technician disarm the bomb would only be 5 points.
- Require some sort of puzzle solving ability to determine the
device coordinates? Clues could be radioed back to the
non-masked players where the coordinates are determined
and then relayed back to the team in the field?
- The device could be nuclear, if you prefer, allowing us to play Global Thermonuclear War.
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