FourtyTwo

Year 2058 (Near-Future Military Scifi RP, maybe with mechs)

You can drop with him to join the team. I do love the idea of those space suits capable for orbital drop...though right now, it is science fiction, yet none the less, fucking badass and an idea I think you need to carry forwards Avan (and Napoleon, you too if you want). So far we can jump from almost the edge (120,000ft or so, which is fucking high), but the re-entry would mean that you'd need some clever materials. And because it's aptly 2058, clever materials are probably about. So nanotech has you covered. But it would be a better alternative than a pod, say for example.

Year 2058 (Near-Future Military Scifi RP, maybe with mechs)

You'll get designation, don't worry. In time, my friend. Jan's got a laser designator, it's pretty swag actually when you see it in action.

Lunar Colony Role Play

Ah well, I know the feels- I went through four drafts, just want to fix this one. I feel your pain though, don't worry.

Year 2058 (Near-Future Military Scifi RP, maybe with mechs)

Okay, I'll edit out any huge references to CSTO forces en masse, but the VDV are getting a mention- if that is okay.

NOTE- that has been done, I've got it done in such a way that the GM can go on to make what they want of the situation. So while CSTO is on the ground, it's limited as hell. A Crimea sort of situation- the CSTO forces are paradoxically, there and yet not there. There are unknown soldiers wearing Russian camoflage and AK-12s but no definitive proof that is CSTO. There are Polish vehicles seized on the move with Rebel markings manned by these Green Men, and it so happens that a VDV squad finds it wasn't able to quietly sneak it's way into being a part of that Green Man force, and that CSTO is potentially coming .

Year 2058 (Near-Future Military Scifi RP, maybe with mechs)

I think he was unattached- and even so, he has no Mech, so he could join Blyskawica temporarily before regrouping with them. He has a specialized role after all.

Year 2058 (Near-Future Military Scifi RP, maybe with mechs)

It might be the case that when you wanted a sit-rep, the recon team came up against this. It is literally the first wave of forces- this offensive by the rebels/Green Men has gone on for the last few days in particular, but when you said that everything was kinda collapsing, I assumed that this was the vanguard of an Invasion force. So the VDV you saw and the Mech was literally the first pieces of equipment on the ground- with Jan's intel perhaps being the first that NATO HQ might actually hear that CSTO are involved, being thus far just a massive advance by Green Men/defected forces. I did think you implied it, but none the less, the invasion isn't fully underway- it's mostly how Jan percieves it, and if anything, is the preliminary phase. Paras being dropped in among apparently rebel forces, the smoke stacks of armor and the slow push of CSTO into the area, with this being maybe the absolute first that they'll hear. Apologies if it was a bit too avantgarde- it was just when you mentioned that basically, things had gone to shit, I stepped in and basically went a bit further (sorry). If it's anything, you can make it the first report even received of Russian forces (with the Poles all pretty unanimous about the Green Men and militias being either CSTO-backed and the whole being very fucking shady), and perhaps triggering Alec's deployment as a recon unit, before the main force are deployed en masse to help protect Warsaw. Apologies in advance- but it did raise the stakes, by kinda throwing the idea that Squad One was pretty fucked in Lublin. Then on cue, you can go from there- no more deployment of VDV, the consistent deployment of VDV/Airborne Mechs only, or the full-scale invasion of Poland by CSTO.

Lunar Colony Role Play

Oh, hey McHaggis- you writing something for UCAS? I'm in the same line of work, I've just done mine actually, glad to see someone else in my boat on the guild. Off to Bristol if all goes good :D

Year 2058 (Near-Future Military Scifi RP, maybe with mechs)

It's what I do. But yep, I'd like to see Alec on the ground, it should be interesting to see the first of NATO forces reacting, and I really do enjoy painting the picture that Jan and his men are really losing a lot here, they're fighting valiantly but it isn't going to get them any victories. I really don't want to paint Blyskawica as a special forces unit, but I'd say they are headed in the direction of being one, and in the circumstances that they're flung into, they'll evolve more and more as a deep recon team. Wait till they get dropped Wilk 1A3s with newly-developed optical cloaking and enhanced energy cells from Central Command, and then they'll have fun pissing off Russian Forces :D.

I like the idea that at this sort of time, Poland will have gained ground technologically- right now, many gaming companies and tech firms are setting seeds in Poland, so imagine what it'll be like in fifty years- I can imagine it's pride being actually quite tech related, to that sort of avail. While maybe they aren't a powerhouse, their army has caught up with the West, and the Radom MSBS is a real life rifle that will come into service with the Polish Armed Forces- with the A2 variant that the team uses firing a 6.5mm intermediate cartridge, offering more stopping power than a M4 with more velocity than an M14. They're fielding Exoskeletons that are probably among the best in the world (this is their absolute focus I'd like to think), but very weak in Mechs and general Armored vehicles, as well as Air Support (they'll be flying F16s or even a few outdated F35s against well...very superior CSTO air). It's the beginning of the end for the Poles, and while Jan knows that they'll lose a lot, he has everything to be thankful to the NATO forces.

Year 2058 (Near-Future Military Scifi RP, maybe with mechs)

Also, I should mention- I don't like the idea of Poles on Poles. Those "Little Green Men" that you heard about in Crimea is kinda my interpretation for what Jan and his team are up against, as well as some defectors that are referenced in the radio (ie. the Lieutenant Colonel, and perhaps a minority of forces)- but Polish identity is strong, we've never really let the Soviet culture/Russian language in like parts of Ukraine have, so it's less plausible to me that there would be lots and lots of Polish rebels (and this isn't just bias speaking- us Poles have a genuine hatred of Russia that I think eclipses much of the West, even in Communist times (in a way). I assume this is more of a minority thing, and rather, CSTO is using that to plug in their own "militants" of Russian type, who aren't maybe even Polish, and as you saw, the VDV and various formations that are steamrollering the first line of defense of Polish forces in the east.

Year 2058 (Near-Future Military Scifi RP, maybe with mechs)

BTW, if you want, you could have Alec being dropped quite literally on Squad One, Blyskawica, on his own. Tagging up with Jan's team- to sort of confirm the situation, and help our Recon-wise in scouting out the enemy (though as you see, Lublin just went to shit and Squad One got out of there with their tail on fire). And since they're sort of all quite similar, it works quite well in their operational mandate.

Can I maintain him in charge of his own team? I understand he is a Warrant Officer to Alec's Second Lieutenant, but being a ground asset that knows his team well, as well as generally being a bit more in control of the situation, can he remain at the head of that for the moment? It's your call really.