As long as Elliot has the 69, them I'll take the 203.

In reply to Mahalina Rae Powell (msg # 945):

Gotcha.

To clarify, Artillery is a Complex skill that cannot (usually) be used untrained. (This seems odd, in direct fire it could be considered a firearm?) Either way, as a house rule all MP personnel are trained to use grenade launchers and suffer no penalty. (Simple skills can be used at their skill base without training with no penalty, Advanced skills allow use at -10% skill base, Complex skills cannot be used without penalty. MARS has Artillery as a Basic skill, no other branches do.)

Tony

Elliot is definitely using the HK! The two Armbrust rockets and the 203 should help to clear out the guard towers.

I forgot that Captain Kim has an M79. You are well-fixed for GLs!

As team RTO Lina should designate call signs. (I can do this if you like.)

Everyone: if you have not yet done this already, please figure out your carried weight and encumbrance. As a general (but not exclusive) rule if your strength is average you should be able to carry your basic issue and personal weapons load without suffering any loss of Actions. (Captain Kim has a kind of non-standard load so this may not be true for him.) If you want to add in a Nylon helmet and PASGT ballistic vest then that will likely cost you an Action.

Tony

Group Alpha:

Tim (Stoner Mk. 23 LMG, suppressed Para-Ordnance)
Mahalina (M16A1/M203, suppressed Walther PPK)
3x Warriors (M14s, Ka-Bar knives, tomahawks, bows/arrows)
2x Armbrusts

Group Bravo:
El (Suppressed MAC-10, HK69)
Kim (Stoner M22 Rifle, Suppressed Hi-Power)
Leaf (Bow/arrows, knife)
2x Warriors (M14s, Ka-Bar knives, tomahawks, bows/arrows, 2x Gas Mask)
Satchel with 10x M26 frag, 10x M9 CS, 3xAN/M14 Thermite.
Demo charge (8kg C4)

Group Charlie (on Sassy Lass):

Jimmy (Stoner M22 Rifle)
Filat (SVD Sniper Rifle)

Group Delta (Neutralising ship)
Flash (Suppressed MAC-10, Demo charge)

Additional Support: Sea Otter plus 9 braves armed with bows, Ka-Bars and 2x M21 sniper rifles with starlight scopes.

PD Note: ok! Is this acceptable?

Sea Otter is coming as well for additional support. They will guard the Zodiac and some will scale the southern cliffs. They are not planning on intervening until the camp is secure as they will be outside the perimeter wire. As well if they are running around inside they may be misidentified as targets. They have M21s with Starlight scopes but will hold fire unless very sure of their target. I think there may be one last AN/M14 Thermite grenade, a warrior in Group Alpha can carry it just in case you get a good chance to take out some equipment. One warrior is Bravo will carry the satchel, the other is carrying spare 40mm grenades for Captain Kim and will keep close to him.

Tony

Hi,

Please be aware I moved a post from Captain Kim to the correct thread.

Tony

Ok!

At this point everyone should have posted by now. If so tomorrow I'll post in both IC threads to move the game along. As well I'll make both threads private so you will not know what the other group is doing.

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 950):

When did this game become a Live, Action, Role, Play. Bruce said nothing about the Ukraine.

In reply to Captain Ly Cong Kim (msg # 952):

I tell ya, hard to really get into imaginary death and destruction right now! Even in TMP.

Tony

I agree with you. With whats going on in the world its tough to do most gaming.

In reply to Captain Ly Cong Kim (msg # 954):

Main game map has been updated with a prewar Topo map of James Island.

The camp "sand table" map has been moved to Group 0.

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 955):

Groups Alpha and Bravo will be going through the tunnel. Personnel and assignments have been posted to PD Reference.

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 956):

Sorry for the delay in posting!

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 957):

Still here, just fought off a mild case of Covid. Part of what is eating my free time is I am working on a Morrow Project supplement for Timeline Games. Which is fun but a lot of work!

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 958):

Good news on both fronts. Look forward to seeing the finished product !

reply to Tim Charles White (msg # 959):

It will be in .pdf form, released through DriveThruRPG. A friend is working on the rules, I'm working on fleshing out groups and encounters. (Mainly because this set will use D&D 5e.) We discussed which rules to use; the original BRP percentile rules like earlier editions, my suggestion of using the Year Zero Engine (like Mutant Year Zero and the new Twilight 2000 edition) but DnD 5e was chosen for it's wide appeal. An official Morrow Project 5th edition will be coming out later this year from Timeline so this is more of a placeholder project.

At any rate, this part of the adventure ("The Final Watch") received a lot of criticism over the years. The adventure's author, Joe Benedetto, despised it as it was added without his permission. I had help in redesigning this base from Tom Rux, a fellow Traveller player. From 1976 to 1989 Tom served on the USS Thomas A. Edison SSBN 610, USS Sam Rayburn SSBN 635, USS Nathanael Greene SSBN 636, and USS Shark SSN 591. (It's the internet, so I should add "allegedly", but he seems on the up-and-up.) Joe is still kicking around, I helped him on his unpublished Morrow Project Canada supplement. With any luck he can help me out on the above project for Timeline.

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 960):

I'm happy to announce that a new player has graciously agreed to take over "Flash" (Andy). He'll be rping in the "When Two Tribes..." thread.

Tony

For the next week I'll be on the road, then at a wedding, then returning. So I won't be doing a lot of checking on the game. I'll post if I can! (As well, I am having some issues transferrin my files to my tablet so that could be a problem.)

Tony

Enjoy your trip Tony.

This is still a way out but wanted to let y’all know, I will have very limited internet/time from 20 Aug to 5 Sep, 2-week European trip: Austria, Belgium and Netherlands, but most importantly visiting grandkids in Germany. Hopefully fit in a couple of side trips to visit some of my old haunts from the 12 years I was stationed in Germany.

Dave

In reply to Andy Maxwell Flasch (msg # 963):

Sounds great! We should be able to get a bit accomplished in that time. If not, we'll see what happens.

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 964):

I am back from Ontario and now the Alaska cruise. Taking a few days to get back into the swing of things.

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 965):

Welcome back! Hope you had a great time.

In reply to Andy Maxwell Flasch (msg # 966):

I did! And I hope you are having fun in Europe. The Alaska cruise was nice. Aside from whales, not something I'd never seen before or couldn't see with some effort already here in BC. But unlike a road trip through the province, I was staying in a mobile luxury hotel with a bar, pool, fine dining, a movie theatre and a casino that was taking me to where I wanted to go. So definitely some advantage there!

I think all teams are at their LCC (Last Cover and Concealment) points or FUPs (Form Up Points) awaiting Zero-Hour.

The base assault is in two detachments: Alpha and Bravo. Alpha will destroy the western guard posts using Armbrusts, freeing the forced labourers and disabling/destroying the W76 thermonuclear warhead (using Thermite on their electronics to minimise radiation release) and destroy the salvaged Trident missile using demo charges. Bravo will go after the Krell command tents, the eastern guard towers and north gate with the help of CS and HE. There will be a dozen native warriors outside the camp supporting the effort by putting suppressive fire on the guard towers using suppressed M21s. As they lack radios and night-vision (aside from the rifle scopes) they will wait until the shooting starts inside the compound to begin.

The ship assault has Ralph and Flash climbing onto the ship or at least getting up out of the water to avoid their cardiopulmonary systems being turned to jelly when the subsurface demo charge planted on the rudder goes off. If successful they will RV with the Sassy Lass. If not, they board and eliminate or neutralise the crew or at least the 20mm deck gun so the Sassy Lass can close and engage it.

Tony

Group Alpha:

Tim (Stoner Mk. 23 LMG, suppressed Para-Ordnance)
Mahalina (M16A1/M203, suppressed Walther PPK)
3x Warriors (M14s, Ka-Bar knives, tomahawks, bows/arrows)
2x Armbrusts

Group Bravo:
El (Suppressed MAC-10, HK69)
Kim (Stoner M22 Rifle, Suppressed Hi-Power)
Leaf (Bow/arrows, knife)
2x Warriors (M14s, Ka-Bar knives, tomahawks, bows/arrows, 2x Gas Mask)
Satchel with 10x M26 frag, 10x M9 CS, 3xAN/M14 Thermite.
Demo charge (8kg C4)

Group Charlie (on Sassy Lass):

Jimmy (Stoner M22 Rifle)
Filat (SVD Sniper Rifle)

Group Delta (Neutralising ship)
Flash (Suppressed MAC-10)
Ralph (Suppressed MAC-10, Demo charge)

Additional Support: Sea Otter plus 9 braves armed with bows, Ka-Bars and 2x M21 sniper rifles with starlight scopes.

Sea Otter along with additional braves are coming as well for additional support. They will guard the Zodiac and some will scale the southern cliffs. They are not planning on intervening until the camp is secure as they will be outside the perimeter wire. As well if they are running around inside they may be misidentified as targets. They have M21s with Starlight scopes but will hold fire unless very sure of their target. I think there may be one last AN/M14 Thermite grenade, a warrior in Group Alpha can carry it just in case you get a good chance to take out some equipment. One warrior is Bravo will carry the satchel, the other is carrying spare 40mm grenades for Captain Kim and will keep close to him.

Cut our trip a couple of days short due to the drought conditions (river cruising is difficult if there isn't enough water to float the boat). Otherwise, a great trip.