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Originally Posted by Frank Frey
Greetings,
2.) To help secure Kenya from the depradations of any number of warlord armies so that the country could continue to serve as a staging area for operations in the Gulf.
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As far as African militaries go, Kenya really seems to have its stuff squared away. They appear to be better organized, trained, and equipped than most sub-Saharan militaries. I think a larger threat to Kenya and the port/refineries than warlords and insurgencies is needed to justify bringing in an entire U.S. Airborne BCT. From a purely gaming standpoint, the more bad guys arounds the better, and it would be good to offer the PCs more challenging opponents. I'm worried that lightly equipped warlord "armies" wouldn't pose too much of a problem for well trained, well equipped paratroopers.
There are a couple of options to correct this. First is to have the Kenyan military, or a portion thereof, join the bad guys. This would definitely up the threat level as well as justifying the move by Milgov to "secure" (i.e. seize) the refineries in the first place. You could set this up with a coup or succession crisis. I'm kind of reluctant to do this, though, because it would make pretty much the vast majority of Africans in the game into a villain and that smacks of imperialist attitudes.
The second option would be to have Tanzania, having lost their Chinese patrons to WWIII, pushed to invade Kenya and seize the refineries by the Soviets. This would be another threat (in addition to those already identified by Frank) that the already overstretched Kenyan military could not face alone. I'm kind of leaning this way because it keeps the Kenyan military as one of the good guys while still giving the PCs a more well equipped (relatively speaking) adversary to contend with.
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Originally Posted by Frank Frey
3.) MilGov cut a deal with the French. The French supply the vehicles and the equipment and the US supplies the manpower for a cut of the oil. This arrangement, BTW, has led to a number of American paras wearing the famous French "lizard" pattern camo fatigues.
In effect, the 173rd are mercenaries fighting for France. Sort of an American Foreign Legion if you will.
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I'm really looking forward to seeing what equipment the French would be providing- how much, what type, and how do they get it to Kenya?
I also really need to know when and how the 173rd arrives in Kenya.
Thanks!