The rules I'm using are basically T2K v2.2 with some tweaks.
These are the character generation modifications we'll be using. Chiefly, Canadian Forces personnel are generated using the equivalent British and not the US template, which makes sense.
http://users.usinternet.com/mitch/t2k/index.htm
I may suggest slightly different takes on characters in light of the mission and your capabilities.
Rae has already proposed a member of the PPCLI. Seeing how snipers operate in RPGs, if he goes with this concept then it would be better for this character to operate more as a sharphooter/marksman (that is, in direct rifle support of the team and not independently). Likewise, a full-fledged doctor probably wouldn't be sent on a reconnaissance mission like this, although a combat medic would be.
Note: there will be NPCs to flesh out skill sets and abilities that the PCs may lack or need doubling-up on.
One thing to keep in mind is that gear selection will be basically as in the rules, including vehicles. This is because this mission is getting a high priority, including the possibility of transport from Vancouver Island, your base of operations. Also, Soviet equipment is readily available due to the presence of several Soviet units in BC (see below).
Possible PC units:
Canadian Forces (CF): 1/Regina Rifle Regiment, 3/Canadian Scottish Regiment (Vancouver Is.), 1/Rocky Mountain Ranger Regiment (the BC Interior).
Note: The Scottish Regiment still has vestiges of Scottish origin, such as kilts (non-combat dress), bagpipes, etc. Since late-2000 supplies are reaching these units from Alberta and Australia/Singapore (via Vancouver Island). By April 2001 1/RRR and 3/CSR have been reconstituted and all units are in the neighborhood of pre-war levels.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP): E Division. Note: during war the RCMP have taken over all policing duties for Canada after absorbing all local, regional and provincial forces. They are far more paramilitary in nature (going back to their roots as army units) and function in the role of
gendarmes, being well-armed with light weapons and equipped with up to armoured vehicles.
US Army: 2nd Infantry Brigade (Alaska and BC), 47th Infantry Division (Washington), 104th Infantry Division (Wyoming).
Note: by early 2001, having to gain full political control of the country, the military junta has become increasingly destabilised through critical food shortagesm rising domestic unrest and a lack of legitimacy internationally. The Canadian government's recent official position on the political split in the USA is that renegade elements of the American military attempted a coup against the legal US government, and therefore has recognized the latter over the former. Regardless, by treaty all US forces in Canada automatically come under Canadian command (I'm not making this us), so the political views of individual American soldiers are irrelevant as long as they follow orders while on Canadian soil.
Soviet Army: 76th Tank Division (BC), 62nd Motor Rifle Division (B,C), 120th Motor Rifle Division (BC).
Note: the 62nd MRD is still loyal to the Soviet Union, and the 76th TD and 120th MRD have dissolved into bands of marauders. The 601 MRR has defected
en masse to the federal government.
Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:19, Wed 26 Dec 2007.