Division Cuba Revisited

[Tegyrius]

Instead of invasion during the war, how about Cuba (possibly with the aid of some orphaned Soviet naval assets) making a play for any remaining oil platforms in the Gulf post-2000? This could bring them onto the stage of Red Star, Lone Star and make for the beginnings of a naval campaign off the Texas coast.

Alternately or additionally, they might be interested in helping stomp on the New America cell in Florida (Urban Guerilla) once they became aware of NA's agenda... particularly if NA was subtly targeting Cuban-Americans with its various antics. That could make for a very "strange bedfellows" sort of arrangement.

- C.

[Olefin]

Originally Posted by Tegyrius

Instead of invasion during the war, how about Cuba (possibly with the aid of some orphaned Soviet naval assets) making a play for any remaining oil platforms in the Gulf post-2000? This could bring them onto the stage of Red Star, Lone Star and make for the beginnings of a naval campaign off the Texas coast.

Alternately or additionally, they might be interested in helping stomp on the New America cell in Florida (Urban Guerilla) once they became aware of NA's agenda... particularly if NA was subtly targeting Cuban-Americans with its various antics. That could make for a very "strange bedfellows" sort of arrangement.

- C.

Now that is a great idea - having the Cubans actually help the US out by taking on NA! In my campaign we actually allied with the Cubans on Grenada to take out the NA sponsored pirates off of Grenada and then helped them get home. You could see them getting home and telling their commanders that NA is bad news - that they are a threat to not only the US but to Cuba and that they had to be stopped before they got too strong.

The idea about the oil platforms also is a good one - they are abandoned so the Cubans could salvage them and put them back into operation - maybe even offer MilGov or CivGov a share of the oil in return for the Cubans "protecting" the oil platforms from pirates or marauders.

[Adm.Lee]

Originally Posted by Olefin

Now that is a great idea - having the Cubans actually help the US out by taking on NA! In my campaign we actually allied with the Cubans on Grenada to take out the NA sponsored pirates off of Grenada and then helped them get home. You could see them getting home and telling their commanders that NA is bad news - that they are a threat to not only the US but to Cuba and that they had to be stopped before they got too strong.

The idea about the oil platforms also is a good one - they are abandoned so the Cubans could salvage them and put them back into operation - maybe even offer MilGov or CivGov a share of the oil in return for the Cubans "protecting" the oil platforms from pirates or marauders.

Not to mention the Cubans might have enough boats available to try and start up some influence-building by trading all over Florida. Not conquest, but certainly building friendly ties. We've seen that the post-Castro junta there is not willing to fight the Yankees directly, but maybe a soft approach?

Now, if that carrier hulk that some of us are talking about is still grounded off Key West as a MilGov (Navy) outpost, we have the workings of a Gulf campaign.

[Cdnwolf]

An interesting look at Cuba during a modern war ... try this book



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_(novel))

[Matt Wiser]

An excellent read, Vortex. It's in the suggested fiction thread, btw.