In reply to Taras Vladimirovich Shevchenko (msg # 8):
"I wish we had some 152mm howitzers! No, I did get a you four more advanced digital radios, AN/PRC-152s."
"Sorry, these are the only ones in stock. These came all the way from Australia, I hear, and were intended to be isseed to front-line units facing the Soviets on Vancouver island before they were...repurposed."
He passed over a box containing the 4 tactical radios and accessories to Kelsey.
"Enjoy."
Getting back to the task at hand, he continued.
"We're still quite busy dealing with the flood, but can't afford to ignore matters elsewhere. Your next job is what we are well-familiar with in the Canadian Forces: sovereignty patrol. We've had rumours of US troops being seen up the valley, around Aldergrove. So, it's not just the river that's important, but the border as well, which is about 15-20km south of the Fraser. Head upriver, check it out.
"Support where possible will be New West RCMP and the Militia garrison.
"Our ultimate goal is to establish an RCMP detachment and militia base to monitor and control the valley and the border. Once you locate any hostile groups there, like New America, bikers, deserters and so on, we will have a forward base as a jumping-off point on that side of the river. Plus, making contact with the local population will feed us intelligence."
Unlike most countries except the Soviet Union and Australia, Canada was a mostly empty land, a situation the war did not improve. 90% of the pre-war population lived withn a 120km-wide band along the US border, the rest, virtually uninhabited. The few government resources in the North were simply not enough control the vast frozen tundra, so mainly Inuit and Dene militia patrols ("Ranger Patrol Groups") and the odd Forces foray was used to assert sovereignty, on the cheap, instead of a full-time military presence. This was a pattern that followed in some ways the settlement of the west; RCMP and militia forts and detachments were established to "show the flag" in this great, empty nation.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:24, Tue 10 July 2012.