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[VoidSlayer]

For the record I do think the ammo thing is a good idea but we may want to see how our agents do in the field before making 3-4 specific types of ammo.  Maybe even spend a whole design for a specific one.  Like a reality anchor one for dealing with potential reality benders the correct Cleft way

[Man of Paper]

Design Phase, January 2020

Proposal: "D-Class" Scouting Drone
Difficulty: Hard
Result: (3+1)-1=3, Buggy Mess

A bulky rotary-blade recon drone controlled by an operator from the ground. It's camera has poor resolution and limited zooming capability. It has very limited range and has trouble compensating for even a mild breeze. If an operator loses contact with the drone it plummets straight to the Earth and control is impossible to regain. It provides an eye in the sky, even if that eye's got glaucoma and severe allergies.

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It is now the Deployment Phase. You are responsible for assigning tasks to your Field Agents at this point in time. You can choose to investigate or attempt to capture/contain an anomaly, and the amount of detail for any plan is up to you. If you decide on a goal other than the two provided (for example, if you wanted to attack a naval base for some reason, or hijack an airplane) you can propose it. If I don't outright say it's not possible then it can be done. I will not give potential effects before the Action Phase's summary.

Spoiler: Human Resources (click to show/hide)

Field Agents: 10/10
Security Personnel: 10/10

Researchers: 5
Class-D Personnel: 3

Spoiler: Armory (click to show/hide)

Future Integrated Soldier Technology Combat Uniform: The FIST is the UK's latest development in infantry equipment. It utilizes a helmet with integrated communications equipment and GPS locators. This allows squad leaders access to real-time positioning of their team through a handheld computer. Each soldier has a receiver computer the size of a cell phone for acquiring orders, images, and video at any time. The uniform is constructed from materials that help prevent the wearer from appearing on thermal imaging devices. Body armor capable of resisting most small arms fire is included in the uniform.

Glock-17 Handgun: A reliable, accurate handgun that utilizes 9x19mm Parabellum ammunition. Has a magazine capacity of 17 rounds.

L85A3 Assault Rifle: An assault rifle with a bullpup design utilizing 5.56x45mm ammunition. A foregrip, laser sight, and flashlight come as standard attachments, and has access to 4x, red dot, and night vision sights. Rate of fire averages around 700 RPM, and has an effective firing range of around 600 meters.

Benelli M4 Shotgun: An Italian design that sees widespread use as the weapon is extremely reliable, capable of operating in all climate conditions. It fires 12-gauge buckshot and slugs, and can hold 7 rounds in the internal tube. Can utilize NV sights and has a collapsible butt-stock.

"D-Class" Scouting Drone: A scouting drone with a shoddy camera, limited range, and little stability. Bulky and cumbersome.

Mastiff PPV: The Mastiff Protected Patrol Vehicle is an armored infantry transport with a capacity of 2 people in the cab and up to 6 in the rear protective pod. It's unarmed, but armor is sufficient to protect those inside from a wide variety of external threats. Can reach 105km/h.

AgustaWestland AW101: A transport and utility helicopter powered by three turboshaft engines and capable of operation in extreme weather conditions. It is capable of transporting 24 personnel, or a mix of men, a (relatively) small vehicle, and/or anomalies. It has a cruising speed of 278km/h.

Airbus A400M Atlas: The Atlas acts to extend the reach of the SCP Society, allowing the deployment of manpower and material across great distances. The massive cargo compartment can transport over 100 men and women, however due to the nature of SCP operations it is often used to transport vehicles and anomalies.

[Naturegirl1999]

Send all researchers to the cassowary island along with D class personnel to try and investigate and learn more about what's going on

[Jilladilla]

Send all researchers to the cassowary island along with D class personnel to try and investigate and learn more about what's going on

Uh... Naturegirl? I don't think our researchers and D-class are exactly equipped or trained to deal with field work against complete unknowns...
That's what we have Field Agents for. Which we have 10 of. And remember, investigations favor small deployments over large ones. Unless we're planning on trying to blitz a containment with no prior knowledge of what exactly we're dealing with, it's likely more efficient to spread out our investigations instead of going all-in on one.

[Naturegirl1999]

ok
I've never played this before, your plan will be better than mine, we will go with your plan.

[Jilladilla]

ok
I've never played this before, your plan will be better than mine, we will go with your plan.

If it makes you feel any better, none of us have played this before. Most Arms Race games have differences between them, making them unique in some way mechanically.

Anyhow, as to a plan (note that I am horrible at naming things):
Plan Alpha
Deploy 3 Agents to Hong Kong's Causeway Bay to investigate the disappearances
Deploy 3 Agents to the Island off the Chilean Coast. Take samples, explore, that sort of thing
Deploy 4 Agents to the Papal City, investigate and track down the mysterious creature. Try to stop it from attacking again, or at least, ensure that its attack stays out of the public's 'view'

Reasoning behind this: it's a balanced approach, with the 4 in the Papal City being due to the fact that we do have proof of a hostile anomaly. While the disappearances in Hong Kong could certainly be classified as 'hostile', we still don't have proof of any anomalies yet. That being said, that could be reason to switch our focus. Or we can 'focus' on the island to try and keep it under wraps I guess.
Or we could do something completely different! MoP has given us freedom in this phase.

Feel free to plan, everyone. Alternatives are never harmful! Or point out flaws in my plan. Like how I'm deploying our entire Field Agent force and as such places them all in some amount of risk when we only recover 1 per turn normally; so if things go wrong across the board....

[Naturegirl1999]

ok
I've never played this before, your plan will be better than mine, we will go with your plan.

If it makes you feel any better, none of us have played this before. Most Arms Race games have differences between them, making them unique in some way mechanically.

Anyhow, as to a plan (note that I am horrible at naming things):
Plan Alpha
Deploy 3 Agents to Hong Kong's Causeway Bay to investigate the disappearances
Deploy 3 Agents to the Island off the Chilean Coast. Take samples, explore, that sort of thing
Deploy 4 Agents to the Papal City, investigate and track down the mysterious creature. Try to stop it from attacking again, or at least, ensure that its attack stays out of the public's 'view'

[The_Two_Eternities]

January 2020 Deployment Plan:
"Plan Alpha": 3 (Jilladilla, Naturegirl, TTE)

[VoidSlayer]

I think we should send 5 agents at 2 locations instead of investigating all 3 and the Hong Kong murders don't seem urgent.  With few agents sending more would be preferable.

Not sure if we should concentrate on securing the island rather then exploring it.

Plan Two
Deploy 5 Agents to the Island off the Chilean Coast. Take samples, explore, that sort of thing
Deploy 5 Agents to the Papal City, investigate and track down the mysterious creature. Try to stop it from attacking again, or at least, ensure that its attack stays out of the public's 'view'

January 2020 Deployment Plan:
"Plan Alpha": 3 (Jilladilla, Naturegirl, TTE)
"Plan Two": 1 (voidslayer)

[Doomblade187]

January 2020 Deployment Plan:
"Plan Alpha": 4 (Jilladilla, Naturegirl, TTE, Doomblade)
"Plan Two": 1 (voidslayer)

[Rockeater]

January 2020 Deployment Plan:
"Plan Alpha": 4 (Jilladilla, Naturegirl, TTE, Doomblade)
"Plan Two": 2 (voidslayer, Rockeater)

[Blood_Librarian]

January 2020 Deployment Plan:
"Plan Alpha": 4 (Jilladilla, Naturegirl, TTE, Doomblade)
"Plan Two": 3 (voidslayer, Rockeater, Blood_Librarian)

[Man of Paper]

Gonna lock votes in, oh, 8 to 10 hours so we can get our first action report out. Make arguments for your plan, them votes are pretty close!

[Rockeater]

Gonna lock votes in, oh, 8 to 10 hours so we can get our first action report out. Make arguments for your plan, them votes are pretty close!

We don't have any kind of special equipment to give our guys, and those guys are pretty expensive, we only get 1 a turn, so I want to reduce the potansial for casuilties.

[VoidSlayer]

I have looked over old logs and it is clear 5 man teams are best.  One to get eaten at first, second to turn on and kill the third, fourth to disappear mysteriously then reappear in a disturbing way later and a 5th to survive and get results with severe mental or physical damage.

Really we do not know what we are facing (as always) but we need some results to start researching right away.  Also knowing what happens when we don't do anything on one of em would be good knowledge.