State Guard Adventure

[rcaf_777]

Here's the opeing to something I have been working on

This adventure begins in October just before the Nuclear Strikes and involves member of the Texas State Guard

The PC’s are member of the Texas State Guard 8th Regiment (Terry's Texas Rangers) and they are from the Beaumont/Port Arthur area. They have been called up as their company drew this month to perform civil defence duty, there mission is to maintain a traffic control point over the Rainbow Bridge, and search person and vehicles of interest who cross the bridge, while watching for possible enemy infiltrators from Mexico.

The Rainbow Bridge is a cantilever bridge crossing the Neches River in Southeast Texas just upstream from Sabine Lake. It allows State Highway 87 and State Highway 73 to connect Port Arthur in Jefferson County on the southwest bank of the river with Bridge City in Orange County on the northeast bank.

The Radio Message: The radio crackles to life, “Elements of Mexican have crossed in force in Texas and part of Arizona. Army units are pulling back and regrouping. All elements of Texas State Guard hearing this message are to abandoned their positions and head to Denton to regroup, pick up any stranglers or state police you may find, GRU and KGB units may have infiltrated key points and”………..Radio goes dead

[Legbreaker]

Sounds fun!
Do the state guardsmen have to supply their own wheelchairs, oxygen tanks and incontinence pads?

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

Sounds fun!
Do the state guardsmen have to supply their own wheelchairs, oxygen tanks and incontinence pads?

Yes, but they do get free beer and beer guts!

[Webstral]

Kudos for using a State Guard basis. Having Mexican forces cross the border in October is a very significant change to the established timeline, though. There isn't a lot of justification for an October 1997 confrontation because North America hasn't been directly affected by the nuclear exchange yet. If the same encounter were to take place in June 1998 the pieces would fit together very nicely indeed.

[rcaf_777]

Originally Posted by Webstral

Kudos for using a State Guard basis. Having Mexican forces cross the border in October is a very significant change to the established timeline, though. There isn't a lot of justification for an October 1997 confrontation because North America hasn't been directly affected by the nuclear exchange yet. If the same encounter were to take place in June 1998 the pieces would fit together very nicely indeed.

My logic for that is the invasion was to happen after the nuclear exchange to make use of the confusion it will cause. however one unit jumps the gun and it starts just few hours before, The player don't really find out about the exchange till they incounter feeing civilians. They do find out through thses meeting that the radio went dead due to EMP effects.

This gives you a seting of radation, panic civilian populations taking to the streets, mexican troops advancing, KGB/GRU Paratroops (Like Red Dawn)

The PC's will have some or no military training (I was in nam in 68 or the governor of the State of Texas made me Captian since he owes me) I will post notes on the State Guard Generation later

[Targan]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

My logic for that is the invasion was to happen after the nuclear exchange to make use of the confusion it will cause. however one unit jumps the gun and it starts just few hours before, The player don't really find out about the exchange till they incounter feeing civilians. They do find out through thses meeting that the radio went dead due to EMP effects.

So you're suggesting that the Mexican military had been told in advance by the Soviets exactly when Soviet nukes would start being launched at targets within the CONUS? With respect, that seems incredibly unlikely to me.

[Griff]

Nice idea (I like the Red Dawn feel/hint). But are these guys Texas Guard or Texas State Defense Force? The difference being if they're Guard they should have the same background as the Army created characters, were as the SDF fellas can have any background you care to create (could be military retired, no other military background, a patriot with a handicap inhibiting Federal service, etc.). It's wide open brother ( I would assume butt loads of civilian skills)....not a bad idea especially with Texas's Maritime SDF units. Not bad at all.

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