You're on your own - UK Edition?

[perardua]

Lots of excellent suggestions, thanks! On a related note, does anyone have any information or suggestions on what the Berlin Brigade was up to during the Twilight War?

[General Pain]

...could be if:
The Party could be journalists or archeologists and stranded long behind enemy lines when the twilight fell....I like the prison story too though...
They could also be :

Working for Red Cross on an humanitarian mission
They could be russian officials trying to defect
They could be a bunch of priests on a religious journey
They could be working for a huge english company/corporation (BP fex...)
They could be astronauts that got stranded in sibir because of a solar storm when entering earths athmosphere
The could work for a circus and touring in Russia

....only your imagination sets the limits here

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by perardua

Lots of excellent suggestions, thanks! On a related note, does anyone have any information or suggestions on what the Berlin Brigade was up to during the Twilight War?

Canon material is reasonably scarce on the Berlin Brigade. From memory I think there are a few references to British troops being involved in the fighting in Berlin in Dec 97 / Jan 97....the Survivor's Guide to the United Kingdom definitely refers to I British Corps linking up with the remnants of the Berlin Brigade at the start of January 1997. I think the SGUK also lists the Berlin Brigade in its British Army orbat for the start of 2001, when it's listed as having a strength of 100 men (or thereabouts). It doesn't mention any specific Battalions being attached to the Brigade.

My own take on the Berlin Brigade is that it would have fought to defend Berlin until relieved by I Corps in January 1997 as per canon. After that I went with the following (all of this is non canon):

1st Battalion, Light Infantry - suffered almost 90% casualties during the Battle of Berlin; survivors withdrawn to the UK and distributed amongst the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, Light Infantry. 1st Battalion removed from the order of battle and its colours placed into suspended animation until such times as it could be feformed from new recruits / recalled reservists etc (up to the individual GM if / when that happens).

1st Battalion, King's Regiment - suffered 60% casualties; survivors amalgamated with 5th/8th Battalion King's Regiment (TA) after British forces reached the Oder. In a nod to tradition, 5th/8th Battalion renumbered as 1st Battalion, King's Regiment shortly before Operation Advent Crown, meaning 1st Kings stays on the order of battle but 5th / 8th is removed. The new 1st Kings proves to be one of the toughest and most effective British formations during the Twilight War

1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment - suffered 35% casualties. Assigned rear area security role in Germany for several months whilst it absorbs replacements. Returns to full strength in time to participate in Siege of Warsaw.

C Squadron, 14th / 20th King's Hussars - loses all of its Chieftains in first day of Battle of Berlin; survivors fight with Infantry Battalions until relieved by I Corps, at which point they rejoin parent Regiment.

Hope that helps....welcome to the boards...

[pmulcahy11b]

In ROTC, one of the instructors, SGM Mills, was part of the SFDB (Special Forces Detachment Berlin) in the late 1970s. He told us, without going into too much detail, that if the balloon went up, part of it would leave Berlin -- to go out into the East German countryside to raise partisan forces and cause general mischief.

[perardua]

Excellent! One of my semi-formed campaign plans revolved around the Berlin Brigade, and I think I shall be pitching it to my players along with the more traditional T2k campaign. The only stipulation they had was that they get to be British troops, which is fine by me, because I feel much more up to the task of running a British based campaign accurately than I do any other nationality!
I'd also like to share some advice with any of you have seen or plan to see Threads. Don't watch it during a thunderstorm. When lightning flashes through your window at the same time as the first nuclear strike, it rattles you just a little.

[Rainbow Six]

Peradua, you may have seen this site already, but if not you might want to check it out - it has good info on the British Army and RAF for T2K

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dh...min/Index6.htm

Cheers

[General Pain]

Originally Posted by Rainbow Six

Peradua, you may have seen this site already, but if not you might want to check it out - it has good info on the British Army and RAF for T2K

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dh...min/Index6.htm

Cheers

Nice one rainbow....didn't know about it...

[perardua]

Originally Posted by Rainbow Six

Peradua, you may have seen this site already, but if not you might want to check it out - it has good info on the British Army and RAF for T2K

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dh...min/Index6.htm

Thanks, I was aware of that site but had somehow completely forgotten about it!