T2000: WHITEOUT (v2.2 PBP Campaign)

[Targan]

Originally Posted by M-Type

of course, having this in AK lets some ugly questions rear their heads:

What the hell do the Russians want with Alaska (Oil? Natural Beauty? Moose?)

They were coming to take out the young Sarah Palin, knowing that she had the potential to become the shining, conservative saviour of the Free World.

[M-Type]

Originally Posted by Targan

They were coming to take out the young Sarah Palin, knowing that she had the potential to become the shining, conservative saviour of the Free World.

*currently re-writing entire campaign

anywho, if things don't get worked out...i've always thought the proposed invasion of Cuba (1962) would be interesting.

I got a solid base idea though.

[M-Type]

I'm still working out "who" the PCs should be. There's the 501st Infantry Regiment (Airborne) or the 207th Infantry Group (Alaska National Guard).

The Airborne boys would certainly be more exciting, and it would easily justify moving rapidly around the state as the situation collapses. And air travel is the easiest way to get around Alaska! Just better hope everyone has their Parachute skills up

[Targan]

This sounds like a great idea for a campaign. I'm not in a position to play but I look forward to seeing how it develops.

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by M-Type

It should be noted I'm using this timeline.

I believe that is essentially just a compilation of all the timeline elements from all the books.
2.x timeline is virtually the same as V1 except in a few small details (such as the German reunification). An examination of all the materials shows us that 2.x is 99% cut and pasted from V1.

Originally Posted by M-Type

What the hell do the Russians want with Alaska (Oil? Natural Beauty? Moose?)

Does it matter? Leave it a mystery for the PCs to mull over and throw in the odd clue here and there (they don't even need to make sense!) to keep them guessing.

Originally Posted by M-Type

How could an invasion survive without roads and such. There's a lot of mountains, and most transport is done by small prop planes. The Soviets are gonna have to blow A LOT of fuel just to move around, and the US troops can just plink away at them with their MGs and ADA.

By boat.
Most of the activity appears to have occurred along the coastline and up rivers. Provided the Soviets could get their hands on a few wells and refinery facility (even just build a small one) they could continue to use their hovercraft to great effect.

Originally Posted by Medic

Probably they would try and take over any major settlement ashore and what they can't take, they nuke. Any major road, they take it over. Once most of the transportation infrastructure is under their thumb, they'll send in airborne and airmobile units to capture the smaller settlements and take down rest of the resistance.

100% agree.

Originally Posted by Targan

Hey, IMO that's a perfectly valid reaction. Bears scare me too. Even "normal" black bears and brown bears can kill you, but then you guys also have grizzlies and friggin' POLAR BEARS! (well, way up north anyways). And for a wild beast they're pretty darned smart, can outrun you, sniff out your hiding place, climb the tree you're hiding up or just tear the damned tree down. What's not to be terrified of that?

Pussies.
They're not Drop Bears....

Originally Posted by M-Type

The Airborne boys would certainly be more exciting, and it would easily justify moving rapidly around the state as the situation collapses. And air travel is the easiest way to get around Alaska! Just better hope everyone has their Parachute skills up

Everything is air-droppable at least once.
http://static.schlockmercenary.com/c...jpg?1297712557

[M-Type]

The only reason I wanted a reason was so I could wrap my head around it. I'll just let my players do the work! Also, does anyone have a good TO&E on a paratrooper regiment? And any sort of standard issue stuff they'd have?

[Legbreaker]

All worth looking over....
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...-92/index.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...0-3/index.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...0-4/index.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...-26/index.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...114/index.html

[Olefin]

By the way do you have "Boomer" - there is a good section there on winter equipment and what kind of equipment that the 10th might have in Alaska.

There is also the one module in the Return to Europe series that takes place during the winter and has good details on equipment there.