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[Doubloon-Seven]

Why, under any circumstances, would we have a briefcase inside of a briefcase from the perspective of the Arstotzkans? It just means that the SMG can't be drawn quickly, and our agents are going to have basic packs anyways.

Okay, neat.

[Doomblade187]

Why, under any circumstances, would we have a briefcase inside of a briefcase from the perspective of the Arstotzkans? It just means that the SMG can't be drawn quickly, and our agents are going to have basic packs anyways.

Okay, neat.

I reread, the pop-off addition is more fitting than I first thought. Hence my vote. Also we can beat the other team.

[FallacyofUrist]

Ops Revision: Pop-Off Compartment:
(4+1=5)
We would still have preferred this luck apply to our designs, but this helps.

We started trying to add a compartment to the Briefcase SMG that would let it fake being a real briefcase.

Our subordinate engineers misheard what we asked for, and turned the Briefcase SMG itself into a compartment. The Briefcase SMG now actually works as a briefcase. It can, on the other hand, still be transformed into an SMG. The process requires whatever's inside to be removed first, but another added button can open the bottom and drop everything inside the briefcase out of it. Instantly.

This is much less likely to be found out as a fake than the Pop-Off Compartment, actually. And it stores more.

We've given our subordinate engineers a nice raise.
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Spoiler: Technology and Tactics (click to show/hide)

Weapons:

Briefcase SMG:
It's a small metal briefcase. Apparently, anyways. It can be rapidly reconfigured into a SMG with a 20-round magazine with the press of a button, provided nothing is stored inside. If something is stored inside, a second button can be used to drop whatever's inside to the ground so it can be transformed. Configuring it back takes longer but can still be done in a few seconds with the proper training.

Basic Rifle:
A semi-automatic rifle used by our border guards and bodyguards.

Border Security Technology:

Formerly Homeless Border Officials:
A bunch of formerly homeless people who check documents. The fact that we employed them makes them more loyal, and they're surprisingly talented at finding errors in documents.

Standardized Domestic ID:
Our standard domestic ID card and passport, used by our citizens. Harder to forge than the average document, though not necessarily insurmountable.

Chain Fences With Razor Wire:
Our border is fenced thoroughly with chain fences topped with razor wire.

Agent Training:

Improved Coercion and Charisma Training:
We've trained our Agents in the basics of coercion and charisma. A weapon, real or fake, can be used to intimidate border officials into letting them pass, and Agents can attempt to befriend border officials in order to trick them into letting a few mistakes in paperwork go.

[Doubloon-Seven]

Okay, so we get 10 agents for the first turn. Neat.

Let's assign some guys.

Spoiler: Plan Protect & Serve (click to show/hide)

>Assign 3 Agents as bodyguards to each Minister. They will be armed with the Briefcase SMG in SMG form, without the Pop-Off Compartment.
>Assign six Agents to infiltrate the Arstotzkans, and, if possible, set up a spy ring there to provide an operational base for further infiltration efforts. They will be armed with the Briefcase SMG.

Protect & Serve: (1) Doubloon

[Doomblade187]

Protect & Serve: (2) Doubloon, Doomblade

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[Doubloon-Seven]

Apparently we get fifteen. I edited Proctect and Serve.

[Doomblade187]

I would prefer we send six to infiltrate. I don't want agents involved in border security, in general.

[Rockeater]

Protect & Serve: (3) Doubloon, Doomblade, Rockeater

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[Doubloon-Seven]

Alright. Would everyone be fine with editing the plan in that way?

[Rockeater]

Yea

[FallacyofUrist]

Operation Protect and Serve:
For the first part of our plan, Protect, we assign 3 of our Agents to the Ministers of Information, Trade, and Labor. The Prime Minister has his own bodyguards, after all. Each Agent we sent to a defensive position is equipped with a discreet Briefcase SMG.

For the second part of our plan, serve, we send the remaining 6 Agents to attempt infiltration of Arstotzka's border. As we haven't specified otherwise, and they really don't have much other specialized training, they use their Coercion and Charisma Training.

After the fact, we get a mission report via messenger falcon. Maybe we should get on designing a concealed radio...

Interestingly, the three Agents who tried charisma got through without too much trouble. Sob stories really do work, it seems. As do mentions of anti-Kolechian bias. Even with a ban on Kolechian paperwork. We should really figure out some way to fake the paperwork of other countries.

The three agents who tried coercion? One managed to pull off the threat and get through with approved paperwork. The second managed to use his case to force approval of his paperwork but was chased by the guards after the fact and dropped his case accidentally, though he did manage to escape. The third? It's a miracle he got through. His situation was a little crazy. A heroic border official managed to stall him long enough for the guards to intervene, forcing him to run away. Without any documentation. At least he kept his case. Worryingly, he mentioned that the border official had a clunky camera which she used to photograph him. Any of the other officials could have had one of these cameras and used it.

In the end, though, we do have six Agents past the border, though only five have approved documents to use in the event of an inspection. And only five cases between them all, the remaining one is now in Arstotzkan hands.

Well shoot.

With regard to enemy activity: our border guards noticed suspicious activity happening among the immigrants. They detected some number of enemy Agents stealing from other immigrants. Stealing paperwork. Clearly they're up to no good.

Spoiler: The Strategic Situation (click to show/hide)

Defensive Agents:
4 Bodyguards on Prime Minister
3 Agents on Minister of Information
3 Agents on Minister of Trade
3 Agents on Minister of Labor

Unassigned Agents:
None

Agents in Enemy Territory:
6 Agents. 1 confirmed photographed and also missing authorized documentation. Whether or not the rest are known to the enemy are unknown. Only 5 SMG cases between them.

Enemy Agents:
?!?!?

[Doubloon-Seven]

Not bad, I guess, but now they have our gun and we know they have cameras. Yeowch. Maybe we want to establish something like a discreet delivery service for our agents.

[Rockeater]

We probably also need fake paperwork for our guys, but that after we can send them staff

[Doubloon-Seven]

Package Delivery Protocol
Using a variety of techniques, including false-bottomed packages, disguised materials, and even things such as the 'file in the cake', tools and weapons can be delivered to our operatives in the field without having to act out of normal channels. This will allow covert resupply so that our agents perform long term missions.

Package Delivery Protocols: (1) Doubloon

[Rockeater]

Package Delivery Protocols: (2) Doubloon, Rockeater