I'll let you choose if they don't know. Christ, even I don't know!

Tony

In reply to helbent4 (msg #95):

"My... is that a case of AN/PRC 148 secure multiband radios?"

In reply to Kelsey Sarah Champlain (msg #96):

Lee,

I'll say it's important enough for everyone to have common comms. So your team had priority on US-issue AN/PRC-148 tactical radios. The CF has a new supplier! (Australia, which is largely intact.) We'll assume everyone has the same type of set.

Tony

In reply to helbent4 (msg #97):

Holy Sh#@!

That's like.. big.

That's like.. awesome.  That's secure, scrambled, channel jumping man portable comms.

I'm in love.

In reply to Kelsey Sarah Champlain (msg #98):

My pleasure. Your team has a high priority for gear. It's a special effect, anyways.

It's natural to want to know what I'm looking for in a gear list. I don't particularly need every button, stitch and band-aid (but be specific as you like). As a GM my priorities are:

1) Shooty things and ammo.
2) Explody things like grenades (frag, WP?) and Claymores.
3) Protective things. (Body armour, gas mask?)
4) Tactical comms, vision aids.
5) Useful non-lethal munitions and devices. (Smoke, tear gas, pepper spray, flex-cuffs)

Tony

Lee,

A couple characters have "Motorola" radios. These are 1km unsecure analog units.

Tony

In reply to helbent4 (msg #100):

yuck.  but their security lies in limited transmission, code,and short range

In reply to Kelsey Sarah Champlain (msg #101):

My current action is "driving."  Unless I get different orders, I'm not stopping for the guy in the road.

Make us an "In Character" post to that effect, then, describing your action, or lack of?

In reply to Kelsey Sarah Champlain (msg #103):

Already done.  Waiting for A-6 to tell me what to do.

In reply to William Hawke (msg #104):

So you did!  Sorry!

In reply to Kelsey Sarah Champlain (msg #105):

No worries.  Just trying to make sure that it didn't get overlooked, or that the CO expected me to stop without being ordered.  It's his decision, after all.  Kind of like what I expect when I'm doing first aid.  :)

no worries!

I think the other two in the vehicle with you take longer to post.

We've got our own drama in the boat, it seems.

In reply to Kelsey Sarah Champlain (msg #107):

Me too, but I'm making sure.  :)

In reply to William Hawke (msg #108):

Yeah, might get lost in the shuffle!  Don't worry, Tony will read it.  I think one of your folks is an NPC?

Oh, I was looking for your post. It never occurred to me Hawke would just drive by. Way to win hearts and minds, there! I reposted the RoEs, you should all have a look at them (for the new players).

Max seems AWOL at the moment. If he doesn't post by later today, Tremblay will take over as vehicle commander for the mean time. Stone has been up for 72 hours, he might just pass out and be an NPC until Max can post.

My apologies, I kind of skipped the end of Wayne and Kel's conversation, it's fine to finish it off.

As well, I realised that the Zodiac crew would all be wearing life vests as SOP. Wayne wouldn't let them on without it. You are far more likely to drown than get shot, so I'll retcon that a little.

Tony

In reply to helbent4 (msg #110):

LOL!  yeah, life vests would be a darn good idea!

In reply to helbent4 (msg #110):

Stopping where an unknown asks you to stop is asking for a rocket in field where the opfor has had time to write up a range card and pick landmarks.

When I worked for State Fire, we were ordered not to stop for disabled vehicles, in our clearly marked cars, because it might be a hit on us.  Never mind that it had never happened before, we could be killed by a terrorist intent on disrupting the State's fire services.  :|

I also recognize that the guy looking to talk to us could be a plot device, which is why I brought the subject up here.  Let the guy who makes more money make the decision.

--Hawk

In reply to William Hawke (msg #112):



Sure, always safest to assume everyone's an enemy unless proved otherwise. Tremblay should light 'im up, just to be sure!

Tony

You mean the guy accruing more backpay?

LOL

-Lee

In reply to Kelsey Sarah Champlain (msg #114):

Note on rank:

Due to the proliferation of Sergeants in the US Army and Marine Corps, a US Sergeant is equivalent to a Canadian/British Corporal under the shared NATO rank scheme. (Canadian OR soldiers also call themselves "Gravel Technicians" because pretty much every American soldier who's not a Sergeant is a "Specialist" of some kind.)

This means that, technically, Sgt. Tremblay and Cpl. Hawke are of equivalent rank.

For purposes of commanding the LAV while the OC, Lt. Stone, is dismounted, in the CF, the VG (Tremblay) then becomes VC.

Important: Can anyone find or point me towards any kind of reaction tables or rules for interacting with NPCs? That is, specific applications of Persuasion, PER attribute, etc.? Thanks!

Mac mocked Kel for saying "Hoo-Ra!". Apparently, CF personnel do use that term... ironically or sarcastically.

Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:48, Sun 20 May 2012.

Found on the net:

So who was Mr. Pitt anyway, for whom Pitt Lake, River, and Meadows are named? William Pitt the Younger, of course, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1783, at the age of 24. The American colonies were just lost, in fact as well as on paper, with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. His father, William Pitt the Elder, had been PM too. He was the beloved "Great Commoner" who helped lose New England, accepted the title of Lord Chatham (some commoner), and died of syphilis. Young Pitt was greeted as "not just a chip off the old block, but the old block himself," in the words of Edmund Burke.

Years after Pitt Jr. died, heartbroken over Napolean’s victories, a fan of his gave us Pitt’s River. James McMillan, founder of Fort Langley, penned it in his journal of 1827 and it stuck.

So who was Mr. Burke anyway, for whom Burke Mountain is named? Edmund Burke was a gift-of-the-gab Irishman who surfaced in the Great Commoner’s era. He served as MP in London for decades, and when he rose to speak, the world listened. We still quote him with such gems as "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."

Burke’s fan here was Captain Richards of the HMS Plumper, who named Burke Mountain while surveying Burrard Inlet in 1860.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:05, Mon 21 May 2012.

In reply to Taras Vladimirovich Shevchenko (msg #116):

Hopefully, Max can post soon! In the mean time, let's continue with the riverine element for now.


Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:34, Wed 23 May 2012.

In reply to helbent4 (msg #117):

Clarification:

1) There's 1 visible farm building within the artificial island.

2) You can see maybe the peaks of a couple roofs, but with 15 feet (5m) of water covering the site, there's not much to see.

3) For possible enemy force radio intercept, if you're using the PRC-68B is that possible? Certainly with the PRC-77. (These sets are scrambled but someone picking up their frequency might be able to hear something.) What about Wayne's digital PRC-152 set?

Tony

In reply to helbent4 (msg #118):

BOOM!  Good thinking!  And the Loving Spoonful has digital sets too!

Updating my last message.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:59, Fri 25 May 2012.