In order for a fraudulent marauder raid against a Mexican Army installation to be credible, the Mexicans would have to believe that Phoenix-based raiders would cross the distance between Phoenix and the nearest Mexican FOB (which would be in the Yuma area, or Nogales), conduct their raid, and make their getaway. While this is not entirely impossible, the Mexicans are far more likely to believe that Fort Huachuca is complicit, if not entirely responsible. Such a raid, even if it were legitimately bandit activity, would be more likely to stir up trouble between the Mexicans and SAMAD.
The industry of Phoenix all lies within someone’s turf. Heavy industrial machinery is not amenable to removal under combat conditions. It is conceivable that an armed convoy could move through a hostile neighborhood (provided that all of the various preconditions for rapid passage are met) on the way in and egress through a different hostile neighborhood. Moving heavy industrial machinery from a factory floor to a waiting fleet of trucks is difficult enough under the best of conditions. Throw in a mass of territorial marauders and/or the troops of a local warlord, and things get decidedly iffy. It’s hard to imagine that any of the operations officers at Fort Huachuca would sign off on such a scheme willingly. Of course, if the industrial site in question is located within the territory of a government—warlord or otherwise—a deal might be made, in which case the risks of ingress and egress might be deemed tolerable.
In fact, I had planned such an operation for PCs, though I haven’t moved beyond the conceptual phase. In a nutshell, word gets to Huachuca that the machinery needed for fabricating large gas bags can be found in Phoenix. Huachuca wants this because MilGov is planning to construct a fleet of airships. Though Colorado Springs could build their own machines, having existing ones made available will greatly accelerate the process of building a fleet of airships. Huachuca wants to seal the breach between themselves and MilGov because there are things SAMAD needs that MilGov, once its remaining enclaves can be linked by air, can provide. The mission for the PCs, then, is to facilitate removal of the machinery in question. The PCs would have great latitude in how to accomplish this mission.
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