The Frozen Watch.

[ArmySGT.]

The Frozen Watch.

Volunteers, within volunteers, cryogenically frozen to be replacements for Morrow Project Team members lost to illness or injury.

How these people were intended to be awoken varies from source to source. Typically the Frozen Watch can be woken by no less than a Combined Group Leader, signal from Prime Base or a Regional Base Commander.

Frozen Watch personnel can be any Morrow Project specialty, and serve a function in game play to replace player characters that have been killed or retired.

In the Module "Operation Final Watch" there is only one Final Watch team and that is six personnel known to the Combined Group Leader. This doesn't go on to say there are no others. This module reinforces the precedent that Final Watch teams do not have a vehicle, only personal equipment, and personal weapons.

Personally, I am looking at change myself.......

First, Two person boltholes. Yes, only two persons in a Final Watch team. After all these a replacements for Teams in the field and not from a pool in a Regional base (large scale Frozen Watch of 50-100, perhaps?). A typical team is 4-6 personnel, so a Frozen Watch of 6-8 would completely replace a Team in the field or have persons without a seat or somewhere to stow their rucksack.

Secondly, both are the same Specialty. Makes sense if your a Science team that both replacements are Science, same for MARS. Now anyone Morrow is certainly a plus but, the Morrow Project has always had massive resources and few personnel. Putting those personnel to work into teams to make the most benefit of their skills has to be a priority. This spins off to another capability. A MARS team may need some Science branch specialists like Psy Ops, Epidemiology, Nuclear power, or more often Trauma Surgery. Picking up a specialists from Frozen Watch fulfills this need.

Third, Wake up. How to do that when there is no Prime Base or Combined Group Leader?........ I am thinking an automated Protocol at a Morrow Project manned or unmanned communication base. A Morrow ID card, a Code (phrase or number) and selection of specialty. This sends a "Wake UP!" signal to a Frozen Watch team who then makes contact with the Commo Base. The location of the Frozen Watch team is not compromised in this way and other link up protocols are worked through.

Fourth, Equipment..... I am ok with personal weapons and rucksack. In other circumstances I think an M-151 jeep converted to methanol or electric hybrid drive, or a 4 wheeler also converted. This transports the Frozen Watch to a link up instead of a FW Team waiting for someone to come get them. This mitigates the danger of a faked signal intended for the killing or capturing a Morrow Project Team. I don't feel that crew served weapons like a Stinger or FN Mag are appropriate for a Frozen Watch team. Equipment like this should already be with the team they are going to. In the case of specialties, tools appropriate to their trade make sense.