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Originally Posted by wolffhound79
Thank you , that makes alot of sense. Ive been making it up as they go along as the party has been employing scout parties to search out track lines in the tri state area as part of the local rebuilding efforts for the local goverment before they leave. Ive had damaged bridges, broken track lines and abandoned rail cars that need to cleared.
The party is attempting to move there unit from NY area closer to california as the back ground story of the CO is he has a brother last known to be in california. We usually play with large unit battles and objectives. The plan has come down to a armored gun train to move ahead of the main train to search for danger and track problems with the aid of motorized scout units. The main body of the personnel on the second train to provide back up if the encounter requires aid. So far a line has been secured from Buffalo to Columbus before they agreed to help out the Ohio Goverment secure the NW area of the state from the groups of marauders investing the area.
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Wolffhound79 that's very similar to how I ran Going Home using Wayne's mods. The PCs had an ace mechanic who converted a BTR and an LAV with a Vulcan with a modification to run on track as well as on road (just like the BNSF guys I see using pickup trucks on both in my AO).
This RECON element also had a scout group on horseback from the 116th ACR riding cross country. It worked out great - a couple of times (ruins of Berlin comes to mind) there was so much rubble the RECON element had to probe for clear track. Usually when that happened, there was some sort of ambush which required dismounting the heavier forces on the train to engage in the larger engagement.