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Originally Posted by Rainbow Six
...Maybe one of their ships sunk en route (I think someone mentioned the possibility of the Soviets torpedoing one in one of the threads about this, but a ship could go down for a number of reasons other than enemy action)...
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As a little twist on this thought, what if a ship carrying replacement vehicles made it through to the docks, just not the right docks?
Maybe they had engine trouble and had to pull into a safe/neutral harbour close by but as the global situation got worse, the crew left the ship to either get to a safer place or to go home.
The ship is still there, unloaded and the locals haven't touched it for fear of reprisals (or maybe they have looted what they could but the vehicles are too big to unload without qualified crane operators).
Or to take it further, perhaps the ship is in the right place but anchored outside the harbour because there was no qualified pilot to bring it in. As the global situation got worse, the crew got tired of waiting and abandoned the ship. There's nobody in the port who knows what's on the ship, it's just sitting there, waiting for a crew and a pilot.
The ship may be French registered or not but the cargo is definitely French and for use only by their military. The French government wants something done about the situation but maybe they don't know exactly where the ship is. They want the cargo, either returned to France or put into the hands of French forces in the region.
Other forces may be aware of the ship and that it carries a slew of armoured vehicles (and whatever else). They want the cargo for themselves. They could be ill-organized pirates looking for some big profits, they could be a local militia looking for some big toys to make them the equal of bigger militias or they could be a foreign military unit that wants the vehicles for their own use (or maybe even just as a bargaining chip?)
Could make for an interesting side adventure for the PCs.