[SC ONLY] Facility 298

[Greater Slavacia]

SECRET,
URGENT
TO: MAJ-GEN I.K. ███████ GRU
FROM: PROJECT POLARITY HQ, LEONOVO-76

LOST CONTACT WITH FACILITY 278. OVERFLIGHT DRONES DESTROYED. INTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM KILLED ON APPROACH. FACILITY IS HOSTILE TO ALL GOVERNMENT UNITS. REQUEST ASSISTANCE AND DIRECTIONS.

PROJECT DIRECTOR,
ACADEM. ███████

OPERATIONAL REPORT №████ - COLONEL ████████, SERGEI PAVLOVICH

Date: ██/██/1953
Operation Mercury
Report №████

At exactly 15:14 Operational Group ███████ arrived at the preliminary location. No losses reported, new equipment was handling well, with exception to the BT-80BR, crew reported problems with the drive train on three separate occasions. At 16:00, signal “TEREM” was received on the designated frequency, and I gave the order to move out. At 16:02, the 3rd platoon developed a communication problem while entering the compound, no subsequent contact was recorded. A search by the 2nd Platoon and the 1st Tank Platoon did not find any trace of the men. They reported finding: two destroyed BMP-3M armored personnel carriers, thirty-four 30mm shell casings (matching the 30mm autocannon installed on the BMPs), fifty-two 5.56mm round casings (matching the AVK-74U) and twelve 12.7mm round casings (matching the PVK-6), This equipment was salvaged and loaded on the BTR-70 “Zubr” APCs of the engineering platoon. Due to their size, all the notable equipment was stripped off the BMPs, they were left there, and marked for aerial evacuation.

The various elements of the group then converged on the central courtyard of the installation to conduct a ‘council of war’ when they were fired upon, by unidentified hostiles (possibly security staff of the installation) using unknown energy weapons from the central building of the compound. Three of the ShT-72M tanks were knocked out (crew KIA). Owing to his skill, stoicism and exceptional command abilities; Lieutenant Igor ███████████, took command of both his light tanks, as well as the remaining MBT and managed to supress the enemy. I then proceeded to call in an artillery strike on the central building, presumably destroying the assailants. I then made the decision to converge the remainders of the 1st Tank Platoon (Tank number 104) with the 2nd Tank Platoon. We proceeded as planed to secure laboratory №3 and acquire any research information made by the scientists. At 16:33 the tanks lead the attack. As soon as we crossed the 15m line from the laboratory, the scientists inside opened fire using the same energy weapons, knocking the remaining MBT out. The light tanks managed to evade most of the fire, however tank 203 was hit, and lost a drive wheel, crew evacuated, continuing to fight as infantry. By 16:47 we managed to enter the main lobby of the research centre with the 4th Platoon utilizing their BMPs to ram at the wall. However, one of the scientists in the building activated a bomb of unidentified type destroying the entire 4th Platoon along with their vehicles.

The remains of the 2nd and 1st platoons, already having taken heavy casualties were starting to buckle. At 16:52 I gave the order to retreat to the outer perimeter of the installation, rendezvous with the BTRs and transfer the wounded. At 16:56, light tank number 203 broke down under fire while retreating. It was subsequently hit in the motor area causing a fire. Tank number 204 managed to suppress the enemy long enough for the crew to make it to safety. I personally oversaw the evacuation while commanding the 1st Platoon. At 17:27 the column cleared the outer perimeter, I ordered the artillery to bombard the installation, and informed command of the failed operation.

I accept full responsibility for the failure of the operation. I understand that I am to be discharged from the army. I swear to protect the secrets of the Federation of Slavacia. I understand that the penalty for divulging state secrets is death. I vow to protect these secrets with my life and if I am ever captured by an organisation not related to the Federation of Greater Slavacia, I am to attempt sucide at earliest opportunity.

Signed,
████████ SERGEI PAVLOVICH

In the early days of May, 1953 your government detects strange activity in the south of Slavacia. First a massive burst of gamma rays and a violent double flash, indicating a nuclear explosion. Several days later however, a violent glow, reminiscent of aurora borealis magnified hundred fold, appears above a secluded facility. Meanwhile strange radio anomalies plague the southern hemisphere of Origin, with disturbing signals interfering with the operation of medium-wave radio while virtually all long range radio becomes inoperable due to interference. Triangulation puts these anomalies in the vicinity of a secluded facility.

The Slavacian government denies all accusations and explains the radio blackouts and interference as background radiation caused by the sun. Within a week, all activity ceases. Then, on the 15th of May, satellite reconnaissance detects the destruction of the facility, with detailed imagery showing only ruins. Rumors spread despite the best efforts of the MGB and GRU. Many claim secret research on advanced nuclear, plasma and even alien technology. The government denies everything. Several prominent figures in the Army's 5th Research Department - Special Research disappear. Some die in automotive accidents, others vanish while hiking in the mountains. An entire Special Operational Group is killed when a fuel train derails at their barracks. The fire burns for a week. All remains are so disfigured, that some independent researchers claim they are not human remains and instead are animal corpses. These researchers are sentenced to 25 years hard labor for anti-government activity. None survive the first year.

Today is the 7th of June 1953 and the signals have resumed. This time, from a different facility. Your government selects a team for a black-ops operation within Slavacia, a nearly impossible task. Your goals are to infiltrate this facility, avoiding surveillance; obtain information and research data and extract. The code for this facility is 298.

OOC:

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Rules:
1. Fourth Sovereign Charter only.
2. Keep groups between 1-4 as having an army would not be plausible in a closed off communist state.
3. Applications before posting please.
4. Combat (if there is) will be decided by dice roll.
5. One major skill per person.
6. No limitation in means, but actions will result in reactions: you can massacre a village to remove witnesses but that will eventually alert everyone to your presence.
7. Try and keep to stealth where possible, the military are very effective at carpet bombing.
8. As a continuation of the previous - direct confrontations with the army will end in total annihilation of the party with a 80-90% certainty (You theoretically can run away and hide.)
9. This RP is set roughly 70 years before Harren.
10. Questions? TM Greater Slavacia


Application Form:

Code: Select all

Number in group (1-4):
Nationality:
Allegiance:
Currently in Slavacia? Y/N:
If yes, what cover do they have:
Equipment:

Short physical overview:
Core skills (One major proficiency for each character e.g.: A is a sharpshooter, B is charismatic etc. ):
Goals:

Bio (Optional):


[Greater Slavacia]

Accepted

• Praetorian Group from Rome
  
• Auruum
• Skjoldur
  
• Asgareth
• Heartfilia

Applications are now closed.

[Romae in Perpetuum]

Number in group (1-4): 1
Nationality: Roman, Slavacian 2nd Generation
Allegiance: Praetorian Intelligence
Currently in Slavacia? Y/N: N
If yes, what cover do they have: N/A
Equipment: None initially.
Short physical overview: 5’10, light brown hair, slightly underweight, typical ‘slavic’ features, generally clean shaven
Bio:
Name: Doctor Pankratov Alexander (Sasha) Ivanovich, Latininsed: Marcus Ruthenius Alexander, Age: 36.

A child of Slavacian political refugees, who fled their homeland after the collapse of the Czarist regime in 2016 ANUC (1913 by the Slavic Calendar), Alexander Ivanovich was both born and has spent the majority of his life in the Imperium.
His family proved to be somewhat more astute than many of their peers however, and were able to smuggle a significant portion of their material wealth out of Slavacia before the fall, and were therefore primed to take a prominent role in the moderate community of Slavic aristocrats and exiles that established itself in Nova Roma over the next few years.

Their lineage and remaining wealth saw the family assigned Equestrian status, and as such were able to secure a superior education for their offspring, including Alexander. His grandfather pushed him to attend the famed Roman officer academies to prepare him for the inevitable War of Reconquest, and Alexander was enrolled in a military preparatory school, but the overthrow of Galerius Augustus and subsequent Defiance of the Delian League (2034 ANUC) made any serious Roman intervention unlikely and Alexander’s grandfather died the following year.

With familial pressure somewhat abated, a young Alexander suddenly found himself free to pursue his own interests in mathematics and science, winning a partial scholarship to the University of Amphillai. It was during his years at Amphillai that he first truly began to explore the wonders of modern computing, eventually graduating with a double first in Computer Science before going on to complete a doctorate in the same at the Imperial Institute for Technology a few years later.
Currently he holds a junior lecturer position at IIT, and has begun to make a modern name for himself in the Roman computing world.

Core skills (One major proficiency for each character e.g.: A is a sharpshooter, B is charismatic, etc.): Mathematics, specialising in computing.
Goals:Survive.



Number in group (1-4): 2
Nationality: [UNKNOWN]
Allegiance: Praetorian Intelligence
Currently in Slavacia? Y/N: N
If yes, what cover do they have: N/A
Equipment: Various covert devices and gadgets
Short physical overview:

What did she look like?! The fuck am I supposed to know! It was all so fast...no please! Please! Not again!
Indiscernible gibberish cut with screaming
She...she looked, average height, brown hair...I think? There was so much blood and she moved so quick...No! I don’t need help jump starting my memory, please! No discernible features...her face looked totally normal...except.
Audible gulping
Her...her eyes, I’ll remember them until my dying day and if the gods are good that won't be long...her eyes, it was like looking into the stygian pits...please...just...just tell me if my family is safe?
-Interrogation of subject Gamma Theta XII, Recommendation: Termination

Bio:
Name: [REDACTED], Codename: Umbria, Age: Estimated 30-35.

Little to nothing is known about the early life of the woman who would come to be known as Umbria, even her very nationality has been a matter of debate among the junior echelons of the Praetorians- though those few that have encountered her have had markedly little to add. What is known however, is that she is one of the most successful assassins produced by Praetorian Intelligence in the last 20 years,if not longer.

Despite Intelligence being a traditionally male organisation, Umbria has nonetheless been on more missions and has had more confirmed hits than any agent in recent history. Various foriegn intelligence services strongly believe that she was involved in not only the [REDACTED], but the [REDACTED] as well, with some even going as far as suggesting she was behind the elimination of [REDACTED] himself. Though it has been noted on several incident reports that she seems to disdain needless bloodshed.

Regardless of her past, she is unquestionably one of Praetorian Intelligence’s most precise and deadly assets, with most of her marks never even knowing that they had the privilege of being her target

Core skills (One major proficiency for each character e.g.: A is a sharpshooter, B is charismatic, etc.): Stealth Assassinations
Goals: Complete the Mission at all costs.

[Auruum]

Number in group (1-4): 4
Nationality: Aurumite
Allegiance: Special Tactics and Recon. (S.P.E.A.R. before it was S.P.E.A.R.)
Currently in Slavacia? Y/N: Y
If yes, what cover do they have: Stealth, No Cover.
Equipment:
Jaeger Suits: Allows Active camo for a very limited time.
Hecate's Magical Components: Eye of Newt, that sorta thing.
Vector's RIG system: Carries two small robotic drones, capable of shooting, surveillance, And carrying small objects. Also helps him repair equipment, or take things apart.
Covert Weapons and Devices.

Short physical overview: Two Orcs, One Goblin, and one Human. Hecate appears to be a female Orc, While Reaper is Male. Vector is a Male Goblin, and Thanatos appears to also be a male human, though nation of origin is difficult to place. Reaper is the Largest of the group but not overly bulky, still slim enough to be a decent infiltration operator.
Core skills (One major proficiency for each character e.g.: "Hecate": Anti-Paranormal Specialist. "Vector": Combat Engineer. "Reaper": Assault/Squad Leader. "Thanatos": Recon.
Goals:
A. Find and Report Source of signal disruption.
B. Steal any and all relevant Data, Equipment, or Samples.
C. Evaluate the combat effectiveness of Prototype "Thanatos" Unit.
D. If compromised and unable to successfully carry out the above objectives. Terminate "Thanatos" Unit, All Data, Samples, and Equipment, Then Immediate Self-Termination. Absolutely No Evidence is to lead the Slavacian government to Aurum under any circumstances!

[Skjoldur]

Number in Group (1-4): 1

Nationality: Skjoldurian-Slovacia 2nd Generation

Allegiance: Skjoldur

Currently in Slavacia (Y/N): Y

If Yes do they have cover: N/A

What equipment do they have: Various covert equipment and explosives

Short Physical Overview:
Around 6.1, black hair, extremely fit, some Slavic features, clean shaven

Name: Klaus Hargarman- Code name Adrick Alexander: 28 years old
Brief Overview:
Klaus is a decorated agent in the Skjoldurians secret service, having been recruited thanks to his Slovakian heritage he has spent many years in Greater Slovacia on various missions. As Skjoldur’s main threat on the border Klaus has been equipped with the finest equipment and training. He is well versed in Slovacian culture and dialect. His mission is to infiltrate facility 298 and discover what’s going on. If what he discovers is deemed to dangerous or Klaus cannot capture it and return it to Skjoldur he has orders to destroy the facility and kill as many of the people in their as possible where in Skjoldur with send a team to retrieve them and maybe round up survivors.

Number in Group (1-4): 2

Nationality: Greater Slovacian

Allegiance: Skjoldur

Currently in Slavacia (Y/N): Y

If Yes do they have cover: N/A

What equipment do they have: Various scientific instruments and a sat phone

Short Physical Overview:
Around 5.9. Blonde, slightly overweight, Slavic features, unkempt beard

Name: Professor Andrei Oloav- 57 years old
Brief Overview:
Andrei is a former Slovacian scientist who was recruited whilst on a visit to Skjoldur’s new university in Lojha. After been recruited Andrei started to help Skjoldur improve its nuclear capabilities, after helping Skjoldur to the best of his abilities he has been sent by the government to help Klaus identify what is going on in Facility 298. However unbeknown to him Klaus has orders to observe Andrei as if necessary dispose of him as he knows to much and his usefulness has come to an end.

[Asgareth]

Number in group (1-4): 1
Nationality: Asgarthian
Allegiance: Asgar-Rome Space Exploration (A.R.S.E.)
Currently in Slavacia? Y/N: N
If yes, what cover do they have: N/A
Equipment: Handheld pistols, Grenades, Melee Weapons, Various Gadgets and Devices

Short physical overview: 6’4, White, Dark graying hair – balding, Late-Forties, Clean Shaven
Core skills (One major proficiency for each character e.g.: A is a sharpshooter, B is charismatic etc. ): Assault/Squad Leader
Goals:
1. Complete the Mission.
2. See 1.
3. See 2.

Bio (Optional): Commander Gynoc Yultsin was born in the city of Asgar, to Admiral Salca and Jinna Yultsin. Jinna is a Slavacian citizen, and growing up Gynoc was exposed to many elements of Slavacian culture. His father is in charge of the 3rd Naval Force, and spent most of Gynoc's childhood away from the family home. At 12, Gynoc joined the Ground Forces - much to the annoyance of his father who assumed he would venture out into the seas, and was promoted to Captain before the age of 15. He saw action in Iryllia, Drekhi, North Covenant and Shang, before transferring into the 1st Ground Force, where he served for 3 more years. He joined A.R.S.E some 20 years ago, and has ventured into space six times – on the shuttles A.R.S.E Explorer (II, IV, V, VIII), A.R.S.E Champion (I), A.R.S.E. Origin (I), and is waiting for yet another adventure. Yultsin is now a married man, with 8 kids.

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Number in group (1-4): 2
Nationality: Asgarthian
Allegiance: Asgar-Rome Space Exploration (A.R.S.E.)
Currently in Slavacia? Y/N: N
If yes, what cover do they have: N/A
Equipment: Handheld pistols, Grenades, Melee Weapons, Medical kit consisting of bandages, pain relief etc. Cyanide Pills, Rations.

Short physical overview: 6’1, White, Short dark hair, Mid-Thirties, Moustache, but otherwise Clean Shaven
Core skills (One major proficiency for each character e.g.: A is a sharpshooter, B is charismatic etc. ): Medic
Goals:
1. Ensure the safety of the entire team
2. Keep an eye on the mental welfare of Commander Yultsin, and if necessary remove him of command

Bio (Optional): Dr. Mandrei Andronan was born in the city of Pantun, in South-East Asgareth to Mandas, a lawyer, and Esoka, a teacher. After a happy childhood, Andronan studied medicine at the University of New Esgar, and came top of his class in the fields of amputation and euthanasia. He joined A.R.S.E. after they agreed to pay off his entire student loan, and has been working for them for the last 10 years. He has already ventured into space twice, onboard the space shuttle A.R.S.E Explorer (VI, VIII), working alongside Commander Yultsin on his second adventure. Since his return, he has focussed on improving the health of all A.R.S.E. men, and helped to revolutionise the medical centres. Andronan married last year, and his wife gave birth to a son, Mandrak last week.

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Number in group (1-4): 3
Nationality: Roman
Allegiance: Asgar-Rome Space Exploration (A.R.S.E.)
Currently in Slavacia? Y/N: N
If yes, what cover do they have: N/A
Equipment: Handheld pistols, Melee Weapons, Various Gadgets and Devices, Binoculars, Sniper Rifle

Short physical overview: 5’5, White/Mediterranean Complex, Buzzcut, Early Thirties, Clean Shaven
Core skills (One major proficiency for each character e.g.: A is a sharpshooter, B is charismatic etc. ): Recon
Goals:
1. Assist in the retrieval of data and goods
2. Attempt to accomplish mission entirely in stealth mode
3. Failing that, go in all guns blazing.

Bio (Optional): Lieutenant Cassius Granius Vipsanius was born in Roma, to a lawyer and housewife. The third son of five, he has always been desperate to prove himself. He served in the Praetorian Guard for 10 years, before joining A.R.S.E. last year as a security enforcer. He has so far impressed his superiors with his ability to sneak into places, gather intel and get around – largely helped by his surprisingly short statue. He is not averse to a firefight, however, and is always eagerly awaiting his next kill.

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Number in group (1-4): 4
Nationality: Shangese
Allegiance: Asgar-Rome Space Exploration (A.R.S.E.)
Currently in Slavacia? Y/N: N
If yes, what cover do they have: N/A
Equipment: Handheld pistols, Grenades, Melee Weapons, Various Gadgets and Devices

Short physical overview: 5’6, Ethnic Chinese, Short and spiky dark hair, Late-Twenties, Glasses, Goatee
Core skills (One major proficiency for each character e.g.: A is a sharpshooter, B is charismatic etc. ): Technology
Goals:
1. Retrieve valuable data
2. Salvage any useful goods on behalf of A.R.S.E.
3. Explore Slavacian technology, and if applicable alter its development

Bio (Optional): Lieutenant Cai Kang was born on the Isle of Leximus, to parents Song and Dai. He studied mathematics at the University of Lexim, before undertaking a masters in computing. Barely out of university, he was recruited to A.R.S.E. with the promise of future space trips, which have so far failed to materialise.

[Heartfilia]

Number in group (1-4): 2
Nationality: Heartfilian
Allegiance: Heartfilian Intelligence Agency
Currently in Slavacia? Y/N: Y
If yes, what cover do they have: Slavacian Aliases
Equipment: Night/thermal vision glasses, The various melee weapons, various small devices.

Short physical overview:
Heartfilian Name: Sarah Peak
Slavacian Alias: Anežka Mlynkovič
Sex: female
Age: 32
Height: 5’8
Weight: 140 lbs
Hair: brown
Eyes: Brown

partner

Heartfilian name: Theodore Hennen
Slavacian Alias: Ignác Mlynkovič
Sex: male
Age: 32
Height: 6’2
Weight: 183 lbs
Hair: brown
Eyes: blue


The Ulysses project, which is headed by the H.S.S.D. (Heartfilian Special Science Division) abducted 100 orphans ranging from 1-5 to partake in the super-soldier training program. Both Theodore and Sarah endured a great deal of hardship during their first years of training: they were placed into situations and drills that pushed their abilities to their very limit and beyond. Their hard training was complemented with high-level education, which included mathematics, science, physics, reading, writing, and military tactics. After 2 1/2 decades Theodore and Sarah the strongest and most intelligent super-soldier the Ulysses project has produced.

Core skills: Sarah = Intelligence Theodore = Strength
Goal:
1. Test effectiveness of soldiers
2. Steal valuable data and research
3. Steal any experimental sample
4. Steal any developmental equipment

[Greater Slavacia]

Novosergeevsk, 5:20 AM
He was staring at the ceiling. This new habit worried him of course, after all, Leonid was a man of steel discipline. He would never have woken up before the alarm. But today, just like the past three days, Leonid woke up ten minutes before the alarm. He waited, listening to his breathing; watching the strip of light get longer and longer.

The alarm rang 5:30. Leonid sprung up from his bed, and quickly put on his slippers. Turning to look around at his sleeping wife – she always woke up exactly 15 minutes later, much like him, never straying from her regimen. He quietly put on a sports suit and went out onto the balcony. The morning sun shone high over Novosergeevsk and the air was still damp with last night’s storm.
By the time Leonid finished his work out and took a hurried shower, the breakfast was already prepared and sat out on the table. Crepes, tea and jam; just like he always had. But before he could pick up the newspaper to skim the morning’s articles, the smaller of the two telephones on a stand near the door rang, it was red, with a single button. That was unusual. Leonid thought to himself.

He walked over to the stand and picked up the phone.

“Comrade General?” Leonid did not recognise the voice; it must have belonged to a night aide.
“Yes, Lipetskoy on the line.”

There was a brief pause on the other side “Comrade General, a man from a certain organisation is here to see you. He says it’s urgent.”

General Lipetskoy checked his watch, the time was only 6:30. Who would be at the ministry that early? Certain Organisation? When he realised whom the aide was referring to, he nearly hit his palm against his head out frustration. Of course! It was the GRU. Was he getting to old?
“Tell him I will be there shortly. He can wait in my office.”

“Exactly so comrade general, and the car is already waiting.”

The phone clicked and he calmly put it down. He saw his wife’s head poking out of the kitchen, looking at him inquisitively:

“Lenya, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing to worry about Lyuba, but duty calls. Don’t expect me till lunch.”
He hurriedly threw on his suit jacket and picked up his suitcase. Something told him it was going to be a long day.


Slavacia-Slovenia Border Checkpoint, 9:30 AM

A nondescript, boxy white sedan pulled up to the border checkpoint, a young officer approached them, confident but cold. He knocked on the window and asked: “Papers please.”
A pair sat inside, a man and a woman. The man was clearly a Slav of some description. With the woman, it was harder to say. Everything about her appearance was as non-descript as possible. Light brown hair, smooth face, average height. That ‘averageness’ was deeply disturbing. But he had a job to do. He accepted the papers from the smiling man, of course, his mouth did not move an inch. He methodically scanned over the passports. A married pair of course. The man born in Diriv, the woman there too. He looked up to compare her to her passport photo and she looked up at him, for the first time since he asked them. They locked eyes. A chill ran down the back of the border guard and cold sweat beaded at his brow. He was staring into the eyes of death.
Hastily stamping the two passports he handed them back, along with the customary “Welcome to Greater Slavacia”