Crazy Campaign Idea

[sglancy12]

Originally Posted by kalos72

I like it, something along the lines of "Grenada" in canon then. If its a wreck of a nation then a small US landing force to steal oil reserves won't have much true resistance.

Except those oil reserved would have been used up powering every gas-driven boat on the island, taking refugees away from the island following the '98 hurricane... if you are talking about refined petroleum in tank farms.

But if you are talking about oil reserves along the lines of oil deposits that have yet to be drilled or pumped out then it's a different matter. In that case, pro-Cuban Haitian militias and the Cuban Army are probably competing with pro-French Haitian militias and the Foreign Legion for control of them. And of course... there would nationalistic Haitian militias and criminal gangs harassing both groups.

Well, maybe your guys can play them off each other? It worked for Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars... and Toshiru Mifume in Jojimbo.

A. Scott Glancy, President TCCorp, dba Pagan Publishing

[kalos72]

Haiti doesn't have a refinery I dont think so yeah the crude mostly.

Why would the Foreign Legion be there do you think? Cuban/Haiti militias I get..

[sglancy12]

Originally Posted by kalos72

Haiti doesn't have a refinery I dont think so yeah the crude mostly.

Why would the Foreign Legion be there do you think? Cuban/Haiti militias I get..

I just imagine that the French are trying to secure petroleum resources around the world. Hence their presence in the Persian Gulf. Personally I think if they really needed access to serious oil supplies they'd be mucking around in Libya since it's right across the Med and the French have clearly gone to some lengths to turn the Med into a French lake.

So, working from their Caribbean islands and from French Guyana, they are trying to secure any intact refineries and oil fields in the region. If Haiti (a former French colony) had some reasonably intact fields then the French would investigate the options for controlling it.

I presume the use of the Foreign Legion because I presume a massive build up in the Legion. All that military talent wandering around the planet with little in the way of food & shelter (or national authority to work with) would mean a recruiting bonanza for the Legion. They could be picky and still keep the training grounds filled to bursting. Why send French kids to die overseas when you can get some foreigners to do it for you? Especially when French citizenship may be the most valuable commodity on the planet.

A. Scott Glancy, President TCCorp, dba Pagan Publishing

[pmulcahy11b]

The Legion already has a major training base in French Guyana, as well as a unit to guard the Arianne launch complex. So they already have a presence in that area of the world.

[firewalker]

On the hatit front i only got two things to through in the mix. the first is that hatit and the domican republic don't have the best of history with each other (hatit invaded and occupied the DR for quite a long time...as well as the general friction for the DR of living next to such a basket case). Second hatit is one of those places that would have surprising point's of readiness for the big oppes. Power supplies, you would be surprised how many places have solar power cell's on the roof for example (especially places that have first world partners such as twined parish, aid agencies and such).

Getting a little off topic i'm intrigued by the ideas of the French influence in the era and the resurgences of the forging legion. Frankly it makes good since that they would be after untapped and relatively unguarded oil reserves....if they are going to maintain something even close to modern civilasion there going to need it. There’s not enough done with the deferent survivor states.