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Hidden 7 yrs ago → 7 yrs ago Post by HeySeuss
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@Byrd Man Also, let's discuss where Billy resides in the hierarchy, if he's bringing some of his loyal guys into the guerrillas. I mean, it might be that they're all working for an Irish mob guy, and that'd be kind of hilarious. Eventually, they'd be more military, but I wanted to start this one doing the murky stuff.
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The way I imagined it, he's a financial baker more than anything. Using his money and connections to help the resistance, but he's just one of what I imagine would be many supporters.
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The way I imagined it, he's a financial baker more than anything. Using his money and connections to help the resistance, but he's just one of what I imagine would be many supporters.


So he's basically working pro-bono for the American resistance in a sense, and is not worrying if guys join cells and run crews or whatever. I'm just figuring that some of these groups are highly militarized and there are probably paramilitary factions as well as officially-run ones that the Special Forces are training. But this group in Vermont might be considerably looser. I also feel like there definitely are not enough Green Berets to go around running things at a cell level.

The French were always a mish-mash of political aims, like armed political parties opposed to the Germans, and I think that's a good model to go on. And, as noted previously, it's practically CIA tradition to work with mob guys.

It also makes the plot murkier than starting with an ambush of Soviets or East Germans or Hungarians or whatever though I used East Germans in the last incarnation with the idea of emphasizing how divergent the history was.
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That's a pretty good idea, one I didn't necessarily think about. There's never just one ordained resistance group. There are always different groups backed by different people with different goals. Could be a potential storyline with this cell competing against a rival group.
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That's a pretty good idea, one I didn't necessarily think about. There's never just one ordained resistance group. There are always different groups backed by different people with different goals. Could be a potential storyline with this cell competing against a rival group.


The honest truth is that the command and control will be hazy just because of the nature of the fighting and that on the spot decisions have to be made. Also, some groups will be gung ho about fighting the Soviets directly and others will be more circumspect in the how and where. About a third of America is invaded, I'd say, with there being a strong possibility of conventional operations against the Soviets and Warsaw Pact. It will be a pretty grinding war and everyone's going to be afraid of using nukes for various reasons...
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Only three targets at the meeting, right? LeBeau, Fitzsimmons, and Stone? Wanted to double check before I posted.
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Only three targets at the meeting, right? LeBeau, Fitzsimmons, and Stone? Wanted to double check before I posted.


Correct.
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Thought so. Working on a post now.
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Awesome. I also posted up. Basically, this activity is the first activity in this region, so it will probably bring in some attention. I think that way, characters can take it seriously that they just offed three guys and they're probably bringing down the KGB.
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I should be able to post sometime tomorrow. /crossesfingers
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@Byrd ManI like the MacArthur avatar. I didn't really care for the man, but this is a good image.
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At this point, we are an RP of three.

I say we just keep on keeping on, we know what to do. If you care to, invent second and third characters. I'll keep the recruiting open in case anyone wants to jump in. If anyone that signed on to do this but never got started wants, you can sliiiiide in. You just have to let us know here and we'll sliiiiiide you in. We're a friendly bunch.

I will post up once the coffee hits.
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@Byrd ManI like the MacArthur avatar. I didn't really care for the man, but this is a good image.


Yeah, I agree. On both accounts.
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I try to put MacArthur in context like Nixon. Talented and brilliant, but hubristic in Mac's case. Paranoid in Nixon's case.
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Pretty much. With both of them those flaws turned out to be their undoing, like a Greek tragedy or something.
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Hey y'all, just letting you know I'm still around, just waiting for a good time to hop in.
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Hey y'all, just letting you know I'm still around, just waiting for a good time to hop in.


This is a good time as a wheelman.
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Well, since Nari isn't a fighter and I don't know much about the base, I thought I would refrain so I don't throw a monkey wrench in things.
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Yeah I have nothing to add if y'all are ready to skip ahead out of the scene.
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Well, since Nari isn't a fighter and I don't know much about the base, I thought I would refrain so I don't throw a monkey wrench in things.


This is why I totally suggested using her as a driver. ;)
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