Ghosts in the Sand - USA-Russia joint covert-ops vs ISIS !

[Silva]

Brainstorming time!

My Shadowrun group wants to take a break and play covert-ops pawns in the current middle-east geopolitical chess boardgame.

(looose) Premises:

- Group has common mission objectives, but hidden nation agendas to accomplish;

- Each character from a nation (USA, Russia, France, Israel, Turkey)

- Each nation gives different skills, resource and agendas

- Each character picks a background specialty (weapons specialist, infiltration specialist, HUMINT specialist / Face, Driver/Pilot, etc), where each gives different skills

- Each character picks a background corps (Mossad, Seals, Spetsnatz, CIA, etc), each giving some bonuses

- Characters improve by accomplishing mission objectives... but they improve more by accomplishing hidden agendas.

- Group is supposed to be doing missions against not only ISIS but ASSAD, Al-Qaeda, Iraq and even Russian and allied bases too! One never knows what hidden agendas your commanders have!

Need more ideas, and how to make this work.

Fake edit: this is looking obscenelly similar to Cold City, Shinobigami and Paranoia.

 

[Gregz]

Make sure the Spetsnaz get involved, and have them do heinous horrible shit.

Then the other coalition forces will have to make a difficult moral choice (C&C)

Geneva Convention, or flaming kabab in the ass? YOU decide!

 

[udm]

What system are you using? Covert Ops has players rolling against their WIL (Willpower ability) when they want to go against their moral code (and when the GM deems appropriate). If they fail, they don't get to do the action and are forced to deal with the alternative. You could take this idea and implement some sort of moral dilemma in choices, forcing PCs to make decisions that would affect their nations and team mates in adverse ways.

 

[Irenaeus II]

Are you using GURPS or what? That's what I'd use, best system for modern RPGing I've ever played.

Remember that ISIS and other rebel groups in Syria are funded by the US and Saudis on behalf of Israel. Remember also that Russia and China supply puppet Iran. Don't forget that Britain and France governments are also under Zionist control. Don't forget that Israel end game is land expansion and setting up puppet-states like Saudi Arabia to control the region and oil production.

I'd recommend reading these thread for intriguing inspiration about this hullabaloo:

http://mpcdot.com/forums/topic/7133-syria-here-we-go-again/page__st__320#entry228817

http://mpcdot.com/forums/topic/7784...hetic-slav-shithole/page__st__600#entry232618

As an aside, if you actually want to see how different factions with different agendas interact in a gaming context, play AoD for 50+ hours.

Cloaked Doug and Infinitron, as locals, what do you suggest to inspire OP or improve the setting?