[Adm.Lee]

Ancestor: They don't really know what's in the photo pod, except maybe the pilot. It must have been high-priority, to need one of the last flying planes in NATO. As a GM, I haven't really defined it, beyond it being taken before the 2000 summer offensive. I have the vague idea that it should be of the Pact rear area, perhaps the 4th Guards Tank Army (moving or not?), but more likely the Red Bear's army (moving or not?).

As such, the information is dated by August 2000, but not many people really know that yet. OTOH, a set of pictures of Gen. Chelkov's deployments (defensive & dug in vs. ready to move west) might be very useful to the Soviets. I suspect even the DIA guys in Krakow don't know or weren't briefed on the mission, and certainly don't know the results.

I have ideas about next year's game already, perhaps the same characters will resume the merchant convoy escort job that was their "cover" on the way to Myslenice. They can deal with either marauders south of Krakow, while waiting to return to the city, or maybe the Soviet paras I sent on the same photo-recovery mission will figure it out and track them to the south. I'd like to do something like an extended urban gunbattle, so maybe a ruined
factory complex or apartment/hotel block? I am open to suggestions.

Side note: Since several of the same players come back to the event year after year, and I am using the same pre-gen PCs, I let the players add some % points to skills, in lieu of experience points, and they put their names on (1 each) character sheets. They will get first call on those PCs in future games, so this will be more like a running campaign.