Militia Dawn
Uncovered and Written by James Radcliffe
Introduction
For years now there have been a minority of people in the united states who
have believed that the US government have been hiding things from them. Some
of these people have formed militias ready if necessary to protect their
country from the government. This adventure introduces the threat to Aegis
from the militia movement.
The plot
A local militia in Texas comes into contact with some information that a UFO
will be flying over the area. The leader, Bob Symmons, realises that there
could be a chance of exposing the government. The militia shoots down the
UFO and retrieves 6 dead greys. The militia already knows how it will expose
the government. They decide to use hostages.
1 day after retrieving the greys they take 180 people hostage at the San
Antonio TV studios. Another 50 people are taken hostage around the state.
When Texas Morning TV switches to the Jenny Lake Breakfast Show they are
greeted by the sight of Jenny Lake tied up with a gun to her head. Bob
Symmons then greets the camera and tells Texas TV that if the program is
cut all the studio hostages will die. He also explains that people in his militia are
holding about 50 people hostage in 12 separate households across the state
and if the program is cut they will kill their hostages. He then explains to viewers
what they will be watching this morning.
The Hook
The players wake up 1 morning and when one of them goes to buy a newspaper
the story will tell of a UFO crash. The newspaper is a local one
so. If the players aren't the sort to read tabloid newspapers then news
stands will carry the headline. If the players don't investigate then not
only are they unworthy of Aegis, but they are stupid as well. The GM should
give them enough hints to go and investigate (or they will be sorry).
The Newspaper offices
San Antonio news has its offices on the 3rd floor of Silver Shield
office
corp. The newspaper will give out the following information about the story
to anyone with official identification that wouldn't seem too irrelevant
(Air Force, FBI, local police etc.)
1. The journalists name is Michael Keyton.
2. They have 1 witness to the crash.
3. the area where the crash site is.
Security in the offices is average
Michael Keyton
Michael is a junior journalist with the paper. He always turns up late for
work. He is a conspiracy theorist who thinks that he will be 'taken out' for
writing the story. He therefore travels around in disguise and will act
extremely paranoid. If the players talk to him he will be untrusting for a
while but eventually will tell the truth about the story, in exchange for
exclusives. He will eventually tell the players this:
1. The witness was a farmer- Rodney Freeman
2. He had seen a video of the crash made by the farmer.
3. He had no follow-ups to the story except he was threatened by some men he describes as
"army type"
Rodney Freeman
Rodney has perhaps been listening to too many stories from Michael. He
therefore is paranoid since he told the press. If anyone knocks on his door
he will look out of the window and if he doesn't know them will tell them to
F*** off. He will then get his double barrelled shotgun and has 10 shells.
He has the following skills relevant to fighting.
Small arms:Rifle 2
Brawl:2
Running away: 3
If he is outnumbered at any time by 4:1 he will run away. He is extreemly easy to
interogate
The Crash Site
The UFO crashed in the middle of a forest. The Militia have already
retrieved what they want from the site. Believing that the govt were coming
to the site they left some landmines around the site. When the players visit
the GM should roll 2D for each player. If the players bad luck is rolled
then they have stepped on the mine and will take BL3 damage. The players, if
they get to the site!, will be able to use HERMES to find out that it was a
grey craft and their logic (if they have any) will tell them that it was
shot down by a missile. A quick check on HERMES will tell them that Aegis
didn't shoot it down. Footprints will lead to a disused warehouse 3 miles
from the site.
The Warehouse
The warehouse is being used as a weapons dump by the militia. However when
the players get there they will find hardly any weapons in the place. This
is because by now the militia area getting ready for the hostage taking
stage. This amount of investigating should take up the majority of the day.
The TV Studio
The studio has 10 floors
1st floor:-contains security room, canteen for staff, studio
1, and some offices as well as reception
2nd floor:- contains studio 2 +3 and an executives hall
3rd floor: This is the news room with studio 4 being where
the news is broadcast from.
4th floor:- Contains technology centre and studio 5
5th floor: Contains studio 6+7
6th - 10th floor: Archive Material
The hostages are being held in studio 7.
The militia move around the building in teams of 4.
The 1st floor contains 1 militia in civvies and he will press the alarm if
anyone tries anything. Another member is in the security room which contains
security camera pictures of all floors. Any noticed intruders (i.e.: those
people not wearing the militia uniform of army clothes with a badge on) will
result in 3 teams being sent to deal with the problem.
The players will overhear/watch the following event on TV:
The militia showing everyone his hostages and explaining not to cut it.
He will then announce his timetable of events:
09.00 am - Breakfast show starts
and he will announce his plans now
09.30 am - film of militia shooting down UFO comes on
10.00 am - after the intro. the first alien body will be
brought on and the militia's scientists start the first autopsy.
12.00 am - the scientists should have finished the autopsies.
Militia will then reveal their demands to the world:
1. Immediate resignation of US government to be replaced by Militia's in
each state of the US
2. Full disclosure of all facts about history and apologies from every country in the
world.
3. Amnesty for the militia and prosecution of all those involved in the cover up.
At 9.15 all major news channels will have switched to covering this major
event.
The players cannot just cut the program and let the hostages die because
it will be blindingly obvious to everyone that a cover up had taken place. A
90% survival rate amongst hostages is essential. If any explanations are to
be believed.
Bob Symmons
If the players storm the building (see later ) and fight their way to the
5th floor then an announcement to them will announce that bob wants to talk.
the players will be led into a small office where bob will tell the players this
"Well, I guessed you'd come for me, but before you kill me
there is
something you should know. There is a missile in Mexico belonging to us. If
I do not type in a code to a computer there every half hour then the
computer will fire the missile. I must admit that it is not very powerful
but it is powerful enough. It is aimed at the pentagon!!!. Now I hope you
know what is under the pentagon. for those of you who don't know there is a
nuclear reactor. The missile is powerful enough to hit this reactor. If my
guess is correct the department for defence's computers will detect a
nuclear attack therefore sending our own nuclear weapons at Russia. I think
you can guess the rest ha ha ha."
Bob will then tell the players that he wants in on Aegis together with his
bodyguards.
Stats
Militia Troops
all atts 3
SA rifle 3
Brawl 3
SA pistol 2
Melee weapon 2
They carry assault rifles, autopistols, knifes and frag grenades and wear
kevlar vests.
They patrol the building in teams of 4.
Bob's bodyguards should be harder.
Player options
This appears a very tough mission. They have 3 options to deal with the
situation which might work
Negotiate with the militia who will only negotiate after 12.00
Find out where the families are being held, kill the militia members
there and cut the TV. Storm the building while getting Billy Clinton to explain to the
world about how the militia were wrong and to announce a new
attack on civil liberties to curb terrorism.
Storm the building and get the police to cover up the death of hostages.
They have 2 options to deal with Bob symmons and his missile which might stop the nuclear
holocaust from happening
