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Hey gents. As an anon said, this argument is mostly my fault for being a bit cagey on both the composition of the different ground forces and the nature of this quest. To clarify on this point, I don’t purposefully include troll options in my posts (ie. unclear options designed to bait you into a quest failure). All the options are intended to have specific benefits and drawbacks.
And as a consequence of that, its OK if some of you guys have different predictions for what’ll show up on the scopes and what to bring. And this is partly by design – given how little information I tend to give. But please try to keep the arguments classy! We’re all here to shoot some ghosts with interesting weapons, and I do try to keep things somewhat accessible so that people can make choices with the super nitty-gritty /k/ stuff being somewhat optional.
Based on my count:
>QRF-15
>QRF-5A
A short, unassuming man in grey-brown fatigues raises his hand. “Ma’am, given the comms breakdown in recon what kind of interference are we looking at here? Will it mess with Natash…our vehicle’s optical systems? Electricity?"
RD flips back the picture of the map. “Not likely, sergeant. The interference is probably a boundary effect – something partitioning the inside of the occluded area from the outside world. The fact that we recovered the drone suggests that electronic equipment will remain functional even inside the town center.”
“What about short range comms?” asks his taller, older counterpart, as he lights up a cigarette of his own. “Are we going to have to yell to get the flyboys to hear us?”
After shooting him a quick glare, RD responds: “For the same reasons I discussed earlier, short range comms will probably be effective. That’s part of our rationale for pairing you up with the gunship. A vehicle-grade transmit/receive unit – at a higher altitude – might let us get a workable signal.”
Still looking somewhat dissatisfied, he leans back. “And you’re sending my team to search…because satellites don’t work for recon now? Don’t you guys have favors in the intelligence community to call in?”
RD’s glare hardens. “No, captain - and even if we did, I wouldn’t be at liberty to tell someone like you. And we’ve tried to get both high-altitude imaging and satellite surveillance. None of its useful.”
“Fog?”
“Worse. The last few satellite images don’t show a town there at all. Like it was never built. Even though we can still see the outskirts if we approach from the ground. ”
The man sucks in on his cigarette, sighing. “Oh. That doesn’t sound great.”
“It isn’t.”
