Ha! Too cool. I'm sure the same thing goes with the CF. (Also, I think Enlisted in the CF are called "other ranks" as well.) Ben's skating on thin ice!

Far be it for me to discourage any in-depth RP. I'd also like to get this show on the road. We've got miles to go before we sleep, and promises to keep.

More to the point, we can't interact with my friend Javier's character until we get to the mainland! He's asking me about actually playing, and while I could start a private thread for him alone it seems like the better course would be to have you all join up ASAP.

Unless anyone has any objections, what I'm going to do is basically compress the carousing (likely not too racous), the night, and then casting off the next morning into a post soon. Feel free to make a post of anything salient your charcater says or does.

After drinks, everyone knows the militia a bit better, their skills and such, also their personalities and histories.

This would be a highly appropriate time for Rae and Andrew to complete their own character descriptions.

I'll open a proper equipment thread soon as well. I'll post as the characters, that way you all can edit and modify your own gear lists.


Tony

Yeah, my intention was to skip quickly over the events of the evening. It was basically supposed to provide an oportunity for the six currently in the group to get to know each other before the bullets started flying. To my mind a single post from each of us would be sufficient and also allow me a chance to form Bens personallity in my mind.

With an extremely high Education and very low Intelligence, Ben is going to be a real challenge to play. Many of his decisions will be based on precedences found in the dozen military texts and history books he's stashed away amongst his gear. He's also sure to be leaning heavily on the senior NCO for suggestions if a situation requires immediate action.

That sounds like a plan! On both counts that is, both having everyone make a post, and choosing to play your character in a challenging way.

The "Faculty" at UBC is expecting you, as these plans have been tentatively in the works for a while.

It's up to you if they know exactly when and where you're coming, associate details, etc. You can also just show up at a time and place of your choosing.

Can I scream NOOOOO loudly enough?
I'd rather not have anyone know exactly when we're due to avoid the (admittedly small) chance of a "traitor" letting slip and an ambush being organised to greet us. Although we've only had about $30k to spend, and ourvehcile is about as beat up as they can get, we're still a very, very tasty target for the less desirable elements out there.
Where else are the bike gangs going to find an armoured vehicle, heavy weapons and explosives? Even some of the neighbourhood protection syndicates / vigilantes (the next evolution of neighbourhood watch programs) I'm sure would be quite tempted if given the chance.
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This choice is up to you, and understandable.

The Faculty's top leadership at this point only knows you'll be sending someone to negotiate and perform a reconnaissance, but no idea on the the exact timing or method of insertion. OPSEC (Operational Security) on your side is being maintained as far as you know, but you have no idea regarding theirs, although they were asked to keep this information confidential.

Interesting articles below on recently seized automatic weapons. Other articles specified that this police operation was targeting the Hells Angels.

http://www.canada.com/vancouve...cc-9634-4082c6b86f3d

http://www.yorku.ca/nathanson/...s/2003_Q4.htm#Bikers

The link above has an interesting article on the HAs in BC. They own companies related to the extensive entertainment industry, which allows them to divert explosives (as pyrotechnics) and automatic weapons imported for TV and movie production (to be converted for use as props).


Criminal Intelligence Services Canada report for 2003:

http://www.cisc.gc.ca/annual_r...al_report_2003_e.htm

Courtesy of Javier:

The writer of the first article obviously doesn't know a lot about weapons if they've named the Bren an SMG.
What's really scary though is the 27 Stens on that one raid!
What is and isn't allowed in Canada? I imagine the laws are somewhat less than in the UK but much more than say....Texas or Afganistan (not a lot of difference in those last two).   ;)

Andrew,

In one picture, I counted 21 Stens (4 supressed), 3 Brens, several MAC-10s, and a few AR15s and AK47s. Still, usually it's only the HAs in the US that have gotten busted for possessing M72s, grenades, M60s and M2HBs.

Glad you asked about weapons! Canada has a unified Criminal Code for all jurisdictions.

Rifles and shotguns are almost unrestricted. Pistols are restricted (heavily licensed, locked carry case only) and anything undre .38 calibre is banned. Semi-auto rifles are allowed, but with 5-round magazines, as are semi-auto and pump-action shotguns (magazines are plugged to admit only 3 rounds). Single and double-shot shotguns and bolt and lever-action rifles are the most common long-arms.

Per-capita, Canada has almost as many firearms as the USA, but only 1/4 to 1/3 the homicide rate (depending on the area). Long-arms make up 90% of firearms, compared to 60% in the USA, and firearms are uncommon in urban areas. (Even among street criminals, $2000 for a "gat" is still a lot to pony up). Demographically, rural Canadians actually have more guns-per-capita than the USA. (Which is how we can pretend that we're less well-armed than Americans; we're not taking into account the 90% of the country that's rural.)

There is a semi-implemented registry for long-arms that looks like it will either be scrapped or scaled-back. There was legislation in the 90's that banned most foreign-made semi-auto rifles and shotguns, although curiously this list didn't include US or Canadian-manufactured weapons (possibly due to the NAFTA agreement, which may prohibit such restrictions).

Fully-auto weapons are strictly prohibited unless you are a collector with a "legacy" weapon, period. The only exception is movie companies can import fully-auto weapons from the USA or elsewhere as long as they are made safe. One company with links to the HAs was busted for diverting legally-bought Steyr TMPs, HKMP5Ks, etc. Even so, fully-automatic weapons don't seem to be typical in gang wars out here.