The Special Services Division Reloaded: Battle For Terra

Yes, that disaster was purged from canon forever. Everything in it, from the opening narrative on.

LOGGING IN.

PLEASE STAND BY.

AUTHORIZATION ACCEPTED. WELCOME BACK, OPERATIVE. SSD MAINFRAME REACTIVATED IN RESPONSE TO XENID INVASION OF GERMANY, APPROX 5 HOURS AGO.

ALL SPECIAL SERVICES DIVISION OPERATIVES TO REPORT TO BASECAMP IN WALES FOR IMMEDIATE BRIEFING. BEGINNING PERSONNEL FILE DOWNLOAD FOR RESUBMISSION UPON SUCCESSFUL REACTIVATION OF MAINFRAME. NEW OPERATIVES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO FILL OUT PERSONNEL FILE.

DOWNLOAD COMPLETE. ACCESSING PERSONNEL FILE.

OPERATIVE NAME:
BACKGROUND:
NATIONALITY:
LEVEL: 1
XP: 0
CLASS:
SKILLS:
COMMANDING OFFICER SIGNATURE: COLONEL Damian Wayne, SSD

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REVIEW LIST: CLASSES:

COMBAT SPECIALIST
TECH SPECIALIST
SUPPORT SPECIALIST

REFRESHER: ALL OPERATIVES CHOOSE ONE SKILL FROM EVERY CATEGORY. AT THIS TIME, YOU ARE THEN CLASSIFIED FOR TWO MORE FROM YOUR CLASS CATEGORY, OR ONE MORE SKILL PLUS AN UPGRADE TO MASTERY FOR ONE. EVERY SECOND LEVEL, YOU GAIN A NEW SKILL FROM YOUR CHOSEN CLASS. IF YOU DO NOT TAKE IT AND WAIT UNTIL THE THIRD LEVEL, YOU MAY TAKE YOUR SKILL FROM ANY CLASS LISTING. YOU MAY ONLY TAKE A MASTERY IN A CLASS SKILL.

COMBAT SKILLS:

- MARTIAL ARTS - HAND TO HAND UNARMED COMBAT.
- FIREARMS - PISTOLS, RIFLES AND LIGHT MACHINEGUNS.
- DEMOLITIONS - EXPLOSIVES AND GRENADES.
- HEAVY WEAPONS - ROCKET LAUNCHERS, HEAVY MACHINEGUNS, ETC.
- MELEE WEAPONS - SWORDS, CLUBS, BAYONETS, KNIVES, ETC.
- SNIPING - SNIPER RIFLES.
- ENERGY WEAPONS - USE OF ADVANCED ENERGY/SONIC WEAPONRY.

TECH SKILLS:

- HACKING - HACK INTO COMPUTER NETWORKS AND STEAL/PLANT INFORMATION.
- FORENSICS - UTILIZE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNIQUES TO RECONSTRUCT PAST EVENTS.
- BATTLESCAPE MONITORING - UTILIZE CBL TECHNOLOGY TO MANAGE 3D BATTLESPACE.
- MEDICAL - ABILITY TO TREAT INJURIES IN THE FIELD.
- LINGUISTICS - ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
- JURY-RIGGING - CREATING USEFUL OBJECTS FROM EFFECTIVELY NOTHING.
- BATTLESUIT OPERATION - POWERED BATTLE ARMOR.

GENERIC SKILLS:

- PILOTING - CAN FLY AIRCRAFT.
- SEAMANSHIP - CAN OPERATE WATERCRAFT.
- HEAVY VEHICLE OPERATION - COMMAND TANKS AND OTHER COMBAT VEHICLES.
- STEALTH TRAINING - AVOID ATTENTION BY HIDING IN THE SHADOWS.
- CHARISMA - DRAW ATTENTION ON YOU AND NEGOTIATE WITH OTHERS.
- XENID FAMILIARITY - FAMILIARITY WITH XENID LANGUAGE AND EQUIPMENT.
- PERSONAL SKILL - CONSULT GM SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZED SKILL OPTION(NO MASTERY ALLOWED)

EQUIPMENT WILL BE ISSUED UPON ARRIVAL AT BASECAMP. PLEASE FILL OUT REQUIRED INFORMATION AND SUBMIT TO SYSTEM.

UPLINK TO SPECIAL SERVICES CHATROOM: http://specservdiv.chatango.com/

UPLINK TO INFORMATION DATABASE: "TVTROPES" - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ActionChatroom

WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL SERVICES DIVISION, OPERATIVE.

PLEASE SEND ALL FURTHER QUERIES TO GM SYSTEM.

LOGGING OFFLINE . . . .

-L

And as one note(and a reserved post) - this DOES take place AFTER the original SSD, but only a couple months instead of the years SSD2 did. BE PREPARED!

Old players may return with their old characters.

NPCs:

SSD Operatives:


Xenid Classes:


Reckoners:


Other:


Order of the Crimson Sphere:

The Masters:


Order Classes:



-L

Not reusing Saari or reviving Hans yet again. Rather have a new character for the SSDverse

OPERATIVE NAME: Yvette Pettigrew
BACKGROUND: TBE
NATIONALITY: Belgian (Walloon)
LEVEL: 5
XP: 6500
CLASS: Support
SKILLS: Sniping
Medical
Stealth Mastery
Charisma
Martial Arts
COMMANDING OFFICER SIGNATURE: COLONEL Damian Wayne, SSD

Item list:
Silenced Sidearm
Chameleon Suit
Smoke Grenade
Distortion Disk
Communications Headset
SSD Insignia(Belgium)
Knife
Light Sniper Rifle w/ Silencer
Medical Kit

OPERATIVE: Yvette Pettigrew

Silenced Sidearm
Chameleon Suit
Smoke Grenade
Distortion Disk
Communications Headset
SSD Insignia(Belgium)
Knife

Light Sniper Rifle w/ Silencer OR Semi-auto Rifle w/ Silencer
Medical Kit OR Hand Grenade

-L

Picking light and medical kit.

OPERATIVE NAME: Lord Hugh Crumpet the Younger
BACKGROUND: Lord Crumpet the younger is the newest member of the ancient Crumpet Family. The family can trace its root back to the celts who inhabitted britain before the Romans came. The Crumpet family is known to be highly eccentric, and the latest Lord does not disappoint. Lord Crumpet follows ancient family tradions to the letter, and as such joined the British army. This is also a role he follows in a pre-determined way, doing his best to remain both an officer and a gentleman and a classic Brit. Crumpet hoped to follow in the footsteps of his revered ancestor Lord Crumpet the 1697th, who had been made a Brigadier fighting against rebelling american Nationalists. Lord Crumpet remains a feverent British Patriot, and Despite his attachment to an international task force is convinced that he is fighting for the greatness of his county. FOR BRITAIN AND THE EMPIRE!!!

During his time in the 2nd SSD Crumpet proved an exceptionally skilled soldier, being considered for promotion at least once. One of the few soldiers there who could be considered only mildly 'irregular', Crumpet was selected to lead the third SSD as a captain. Despite this, when Adropov returned to the SSD as a Major she was granted direct control over the team, relegating Crumpet to a secondary leadership position.

NATIONALITY: English
CLASS: Combat

LEVEL: 7
XP: 12000

SKILLS:

Martial Arts
Sniping
Firearms
Psychic Storm Mastery
Jury-Rigging (Fear The Bottle)
BattleSuit Operation
Stealth Training

EQUIPMENT:

Power Armor (NVG)
Knife
Silenced Sidearm
Silenced Light Sniper Rifle
Tranquilizer Darts
Hand Grenade
Smoke Grenade
Lighter
Duct Tape
Nanoassembeler Kit
Gas Mask
Flashlight
SSD Insignia(Britain)
3 Cloth Rags
Ball of string
Can-opener
Bottle of Urine
Spec's Locket
Energy Carbine
Batman-Style Laser
Pack of Plauge Antidotes
Neural Blocker (not being worn)
Shotgun
Gourmet's Katana
Gourmet's Designator (unknown purpose)
Vial of Christian Dale's Blood with DNA tracker/decoder
5x Vials of the blood of Dale's Agents, with DNA tracker/decoder

Psychic Abilities:

Psychic Plauge
Psychic Interrogation
Psychic Dominate

COMMANDING OFFICER SIGNATURE: COLONEL Damian Wayne, SSD

Other Notable Facts:
-Rank of Captain and Second in Command of the third SSD
-Nimue has taken an Oath of Servitute to him
-Training in Psychic Powers
-Reccomended for Promotion to Major

Question for the Gang: Take Piloting? I know it was horrible last game, but it's still around so PRESUMABLY it will be useful now... Fine, don't awnser!

Question for the GM: Are we allowed to requisition small miscellanious items like in the last game? (I want my bottle back! )

DT

OPERATIVE NAME: Dr. Steven Wefer
BACKGROUND: *Insert Something about Mercenaries & the Wefer Clan*
NATIONALITY: American
LEVEL: 7
XP: 12000
CLASS: COMBAT SPECIALIST
SKILLS:

• DEMOLITIONS (Mastery)
• HEAVY WEAPONS (Mastery)
• MEDICAL
• HEAVY VEHICLE OPERATION
• GRENADIER

COMMANDING OFFICER SIGNATURE: COLONEL Damian Wayne, SSD
EQUIPMENT:

• Body Armor
• Rocket Launcher
• Heavy Machinegun
• 6xHand Grenade
• 6xIncendiary Grenade
• 6xSmoke Grenade
• 6xExplosives
• Detonator
• Medical Kit
• Knife
• SSD Insignia(USA)

@Dem: Yes, you may.

ITEMS:

Operative Name: Lord Crumpet

Body Armor
Knife
Sidearm
Hand Grenade
Smoke Grenade
Lighter
Duct Tape
SSD Insignia(Britain)

Assault Rifle OR Light Sniper Rifle
Submachinegun OR Nanoassembler Kit

Operative Name: Steven Wefer

Body Armor
3xHand Grenade
3xSmoke Grenade
3xExplosives
Detonator
Medical Kit
Knife
SSD Insignia(USA)

Rocket Launcher OR Grenade Launcher
Flamethrower OR Heavy Machinegun

-L

OPERATIVE NAME: Ulrik Svensgaard
BACKGROUND: Massachusetts native and former naval captain turned veteran SSD agent. During his time in the Second Special Services Division, Svensgaard learned much about combat, made several friends, a few archenemies, and he fell in love with the captain. Svensgaard is married to Katrina Andropov, an operative in the First SSD and his superior in the Second, and they have a daughter together, Nadia. While feeling rather hesitant to begin life as a father, Svensgaard became rather comfortable with the role, and was very frustrated when he was recalled to a Third SSD and had to leave his daughter.
NATIONALITY: American
LEVEL: 4
XP: 5200
CLASS: Combat
SKILLS: Firearms, Melee Weapons, Martial Arts, Jury-Rigging, Seamanship
COMMANDING OFFICER SIGNATURE: COLONEL Damian Wayne, SSD

EQUIPMENT:
Body Armor
Sidearm
Knife
Duct Tape
Lighter
Scuba Gear
Smoke Grenade
Flashbang Grenade
SSD Insignia(USA)
Assault Rifle
Sabre

Operative Name: Ulrik Svensgaard

Body Armor
Sidearm
Knife
Duct Tape
Lighter
Scuba Gear
Smoke Grenade
Flashbang Grenade
SSD Insignia(USA)

Assault Rifle OR Shotgun
Sabre OR Stun Baton

-L

Took Assault Rifle and Sabre.

OPERATIVE NAME: Carla Chamomile
BACKGROUND: *DATA CORRUPTED - EATEN BY DOGS*
NATIONALITY: German
LEVEL: 1
XP: 0
CLASS: Tech Specialist
SKILLS:
-Demolitions
-Hacking
-Medical
-Battlesuit Operation

COMMANDING OFFICER SIGNATURE: COLONEL Damian Wayne, SSD

Can I have an "animal affinity" style personal skill?

-Nukeknockout

OPERATIVE NAME: Ambassadeur [Real name Classified]
BACKGROUND: [Classified by the French government]
NATIONALITY: French
LEVEL: 7
XP: 12000
CLASS: Tech
SKILLS:

• Mastery Hacking
• Mastery Medical
• Melee Weapons
• Stealth Training
• Linguistics
• Firearms

Equipment:

• Medical Kit
• Silenced Sidearm
• Knife
• Flashbang Grenade
• SSD Insignia(France)
• Stealth Suit
• Slicer Pack
• Cigarettes
• Lighter
• Translator

COMMANDING OFFICER SIGNATURE: COLONEL Damian Wayne, SSD

Yes, still too lazy to give him a proper name, so his codename just got changed around. Fun.

Edit because a question: Yes, this is the same character as SSD1.

Taking Rocket Launcher & Heavy Machinegun.

Since nobody had an opinion, I decided to take Stealth Training instead of Piloting. Also the Light Sniper Rifle and Nanoassembeler Kit.

Edit: Putting in a request for my old tranquilizer darts.

Also presuming the following items from my original list are all acceptable:

3 Cloth Rags
Ball of string
Can-opener
Bottle of Urine mwaha

DT

Operative Name: Carla Chamomile

Sidearm
Knife
3xHand Grenade
2xSmoke Grenade
2xIncindiary Grenade
3xExplosives
Detonator
SSD Insignia(Germany)

Powered Armor OR Medical Kit
Slicer Pack OR 3xLand Mines

Yes, you can. I'm not sure how useful it would be, but if that's what you want then sure.

Operative Name: Ambassedeur

Medical Kit
Sidearm
Knife
Flashbang Grenade
SSD Insignia(France)

Stealth Suit OR Sword OR Stun Baton
Slicer Pack OR Fusion Treatment Kit OR Distortion Disk

-L

Mission later today if enough people show. Since it's Mission One, I want at least four of ye, preferably more.

Later missions have a 3-player minimum.

-L

I'm picking powered armor and land mines. Also going with Piloting over Animal Affinity.

Full profile:
OPERATIVE NAME: Carla Chamomile
BACKGROUND: *DATA CORRUPTED - EATEN BY DOGS*
NATIONALITY: German
LEVEL: 3
XP: 2700
CLASS: Tech Specialist
SKILLS:
-Demolitions
-Hacking
-Medical(Mastery)
-Battlesuit Operation(Mastery)
-Piloting

Equipment:
-Sidearm
-Knife
-3xLand Mine
-3xHand Grenade
-2xSmoke Grenade
-2xIncindiary Grenade
-3xExplosives
-Detonator
-Heavy Powered Armor
-SSD Insignia(Germany)

COMMANDING OFFICER SIGNATURE: COLONEL Damian Wayne, SSD

-Nukeknockout

Mission One: Hammerdown Debriefing​

The mission began with a quick briefing on the nature of the Xenid threat. In short, all humanity knows is that they wear 12 foot (4 meter) tall suits of powered battle armor, with wrist-mounted stun cannons on one arm and chainsaws on the other.

DUE TO: Lord Crumpet analyzing Xenid power armor(roll of 19) you now know where to target in order to hit their power supply(hips) and that there is a bag of something you feel sure is grenades on their backs.

DUE TO: Corporal Mary Evans' experiences prior to the attack, you know that the armor is weak at the shoulders, knees and groin, the latter of which is apparently a killshot even if the armor will continue to function if the wearer is dead. AI of some sort?

The team landed in a village in the Netherlands, aiming to find out why the Xenid were so focused on attacking it with their strange disc-like ships - reminiscent of President Dale's prototype escape craft in the end of the Atlantic War. The mission began fairly easily, pushing down the town's main street into the central square.

Corporal Evans quickly earned the squad's enmity by calling Andropov a "stupid Russkie" among other less sanitary things while Sven was in earshot. While Sven and Evans were having an argument, Red, Crumpet, Carla and Andropov chased a little girl they saw walking from a nearby building. When they caught up to her, the girl spoke a weird language no one knew, until Andropov finally asked if she was Xenid.

Andropov collapsed to the ground holding her head and screaming at this point. Carla and Crumpet killed the girl, solving whatever Andropov's problem was, while Sven, Evans and new arrival Wefer ran up to join them. Five Xenid battlesuits attacked, one of which used a stun cannon to knock Sven out, but there were no other casualties due to Carla's liberal use of land mines.

Sven, Crumpet and Carla pushed into the building that the girl had come from, scanning a normal house until they found a teenage girl cowering in a study. She called herself Annalies and asked if Crumpet's team was part of "the rebels" and begged for shelter against "the Overlords". After some prodding by Crumpet, she revealed that "the Overlords" are in fact the Xenid, and spoke about them as though they had taken over the Earth long ago. In fact, the very name "Xenid" is one that the aliens apparently hate with a burning passion - similar to a racist slur.

Crumpet tranquilized the girl and brought her with the team as they were making for the escape chopper, but a Xenid ship landed in the town as they tried to escape. Ten Xenid and a strange matronly woman emerged from the ship, forming up to charge. Thanks to a lucky 19 from Wefer's rocket launcher and some incendiaries from Carla, only four made it into combat with the team in melee, while Carla also shot the matronly woman after she started flying and her eyes began to glow.

Evans called an air strike as the fight began, and managed to keep her designator pointed at the ship long enough for the jets to swoop in and destroy it just as the fight finished. Carla and Wefer reacted badly to this, while Sven helped a stunned Andropov into the chopper and Crumpet pulled Annalies in. Everyone entered the helicopter, and when Andropov woke up she seemed sick - something she shared with Annalies.

The team's next mission was then revealed: the Xenid are attacking Florence, Andropov and Sven's home city in Italy. They're going back to ensure the safety of the friends watching their daughter Nadia, and the team is going with them for a slightly more strategically important reason: the aliens are roaming the city demanding "Dale" and saying "he has a debt to pay".

President Christian Dale of the USA has been dead for 11 months.

Your objectives next mission are simple: get little Nadia to safety and find out what they want with a dead president.

XP EARNED:

Carla: 400
Sven: 400
Crumpet: 400
Ambassedeur(Red): 400
Wefer: 400

-L

Well, we're all diving right back into the thick of it again. Since the end of the 2nd SSD we've been doing little odd operations all over, but it looks like things are getting hot again. Was woken up by an emergancy order to head to the breifing room, and who was there but Andropov? Apparently she'd been hauled back in as a Major, and was taking over the SSD again. Bit of a shock really, but nothing compared to what came next.

Turns out that Germany was being hit by 'the Xenid' a bunch of unknown creatures who were going through our defences like a hot knife through butter. We were thrown in to an intelligence gathering op against one of their forward teams in the Netherlands, along with a 'Corpral Evans' from the colonies. She's a bit of a pain to work with, but at least holds her own in a fight.

The Op went fairly well for something like that: we got in and out without much trouble, gathered a little intel, and found a bunch of people acting a bit out of it. 2 of them died, but we brought back one of them pretty much unharmed. Hopefully she'll be able to tell us something.

Next op will be a run down to Florence, where apparently the Xenid are looking for old Dale. Not sure they've quite grasped he was a colonial yet...

-Crumpet

DT