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Base Desire Pairs

Many human desires come in opposing pairs, like deceit and honesty.

Most people are sometimes one thing and sometimes another thing, usually between 30-70% one way or the other.

Lots of people have one trait, that is at 75%. For example a person who is "Very Honest", even when they want to lie, feels compelled to tell the truth 75% of the time.

This can make life very hard for them.

But so can being compelled to lie or keep secrets 75% of the time.

Your Base Desire Pairs

You must have at least two strong Desires. Both of them can be on the left, or you can have one of each. You can also have two left and one right.

If you pick a strong desire that makes your life harder or closes doors for you in terms of power and status, you get a secret benefit that will be revealed soon.

* Chaste / Lustful

* Energetic / Lazy

* Forgiving / Vengeful

* Generous / Selfish

* Honest / Deceitful

* Just / Arbitrary

A "Just" persion is considered "fair" or "impartial". while an arbirary person is "partial" and "biased".

* Modest / Proud

* Prudent / Reckless

* Spiritual / Worldly

* Temperate / Indulgent

* Trusting / Suspicious

* Valorous / Cowardly

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I am hoping we can get the votes in quickly and start playing quickly.

Also, just in case anyone was wondering, we will end up having to shoot at someone in this /qst/ or we might get deployed to war.

>>6473282
>Energetic
>Selfish
>Deceitful
>Arbitrary
>Worldly
>Indulgent
>Suspicious

>>6473322
Maybe I didn't explain it that well.

You only pick up to three of these things. Up to two from the left and one from the right.

Any more and you're a crazy person who can't function.

>>6473282
>Valorous
>Just
>Reckless

>>6473332
I think it'd be cool to be a little insane but I understand how that would derail things.

>>6473282
>Temperate
>Valorous
>Lustful

>>6473332
Okay.
>>6473282
>Just
>Valorous
>Suspicious

>>6473360
>>6473345
>>6473342
Valor and Just locked in

>>6473365
Lustful

>>6473282
>Reckless

You can also vote to just have two Base Desires

>>6473282
>Just
>Selfish
>Cowardly

Rolled 17 (1d20)

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You are Alexei Sergeyevich Petrov, also known as Majór Pretrov.

You are in your 30s, and you've been enlisted for the entire history of modern Russian, including a few years during the Soviet Union.

You are a brave and valorous man, who doesn't shy away from danger or adventure, or at least that's who you used to be.

There has been a deep pit in your stomach, in your core, a coldness in your blood, for what feels like a very long time. You weren't supposed to be blind, in any sense of the word, and you were never stupid, but perhaps you had just been more idealistic or self-deluded.

Or you had spent way too much time hooking up with women and spending what money you had to yourself, on prostitutes, or buying women drinks.

Which is why you were positioned in the middle of nowhere. That's how you finally realized something was wrong. That plus the fact that your men started to stop getting their paychecks and started disappearing. You made some desperate moves and made some tough decisions, and well...

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>>6473566
The society that you once loved and knew is very very sick. People are starving and dying. Pensions are gone, wages are always late, and factory workers in their off time try to sell the very things they produce on the streets. Everyone smokes, every man drinks, and many of them drink to death.

Vodka is money. Sometimes even heroin in money.

And that's why you have been able to be at peace for years. That is why you hate the whole corrupt system. That is why you supported Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Lebed when he brokered the ceasefire with the Chechens, that is why you voted for him when he ran for office, and that is why you were disappointed when he sold out to The Alcoholic.

You voted for the Communists. Yes, not your best decision ever, but you lived with it. Just as you lived with being passed over promotion and having to scrape, and sometimes almost steal, to keep your men fed and supplied.

The Movement in Support of the Army, was supposedly led by Lieutenant General and State Duma member Lev Rokhlin, who supposedly had plans to overthrow the Yeltsin regime.

No one knows if you wanted to join him or not.

It doesn't matter now.

You are being ambushed[

You awaken in your bed to the sound of someone trying to sneak into your apartment and crashing into something. You reach for your weapon.

Pick One

>>You reach your pistol, because you are an Officer of the Army
You are trained in firearms, but only military firearms. You are also a man of reflexes and education, which you learned from your time in the service.

>>You reach for your shotgun, because you are an Officer of the Internal Ministry
You were trained to negotiate and threaten others into compliance, but you also were trained in body hardening and melee combat. Of course you can still use firearms as well, including shotguns of all things, just not as well.

Because you lead from the front and treat people equally, without regard for one over another, your men are very loyal to you. The men who stopped showing up because of pay reasons, have worked out a system with you. You help them pretend to work and they show up for refresher training or drill, when you really need them to. They only get part of their pay, so they're only doing part of the work.

But you do have enough semi-professionals around at any given time to keep the conscripts from hazing each other to death, and you've beaten the worst of them to make a point.

The result is that your understrength battalion, more like two companies of 100 or so, are in better condition than 80% of the army or internal forces.

Also you have great reflexes, obviously, otherwise you'd be dead.

But what happened about your whole, being a pervert thing?

Pick One from here too

>>You are more than handsome and not only that, but you are trained in sex appeal, which mostly means that you're more appealing.
The result is that most people view you favorably, and people who could be attracted to you, find you charming. You run the risk of getting in trouble, or heavily offending someone by hitting on them, but your advances are more successful than comparable handsome men.

>>You are just handsome, but you practiced and trained in decorum, public speaking, haggling, being careful with your words, and apologizing.
Everyone likes you a bit more than the average person, and people who think you're hot like you even more. When trying to hit on someone, you are better at romancing and trying to offer something besides your body or sweet talking. If you offend someone, you have a chance to recover and try to have enough self control to move on.

>>6473571
>>You reach for your shotgun, because you are an Officer of the Internal Ministry
>>6473573
>>You are more than handsome and not only that, but you are trained in sex appeal, which mostly means that you're more appealing.

I think we're gonna be close in more than one would like. Don't love that lustful won, but since it did I think this fits with the desire.

>>6473573
>>You reach for your shotgun, because you are an Officer of the Internal Ministry

>>You are more than handsome and not only that, but you are trained in sex appeal, which mostly means that you're more appealing.

People may call me a pervert but the ladies call me Oh God!

Rolled 3, 5, 2, 5, 5, 3, 5, 5, 6, 2 = 41 (10d6)

>>6473714
>>6473582
Rolling for you

>>Six Successes
vs 4 successes

Which equals 2 victories, doubles to four victories for inflicting harm, which stacked with a free stagger effect, results in the target being basically helpless.

Which means they likely will die, despite any attempts by you to keep them alive.

Some say the assassin attacked with a machine pistol, some say an Kalashnikov, and some say it was just a regular pistol. Either way, they didn't stand a chance.

Lieutenant General and State Duma member Lev Rokhlin died in his bed, and you think it was an assassination.

Fast Forward to the Presidential election of 1999/2000

A lot of the main parties begin to consolidate, little by little, and then all at once. All of the new stations begin to get behind this new united party, United Russia. The heir apparent to Yeltsin, a man name Putin positions himself as a man of law and security, of stability during a time of crime.

But Yeltsin is a very unjust man and the nation has been run into the ground under his watch. Or at least, that is your point of view.

Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Lebed had risen into office under Yeltsin, was pushed out of power by a jealous Internal Security man, and then he ran for office to lead a province. He won and is refusing to run for President now, despite all kinds of rumors and visits to the US to talk to this real estate Trump guy.

You are starting to give up hope.

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>>6473906

There is a brothel, a few actually, that are a little out of your way. But if you get something like a Russian equivalent of a "hall pass" or "leave time", this is where you go. There are places where people drink and try to meet others closer, but sometimes you just want to come here, spend some money, not have to work too hard, and get specific sex acts.

"Majór Pretrov," a voice says.

It's a man wearing a Urshanka and a great coat, leaned back and relaxed on a couch. You are in the communal space within the second floor hallway. This is usually where you wait for one of the "girls" to be available, and sometimes a place where you inquire about this woman or that woman.

There is a hammer and sickle on his Urshanka, and he has markings on his great coat.

You can tell his hand is in the pocket of his coat, and likely to be holding a pistol, but he's not brandishing it.

"I was going to play it slick and cool," he says, before letting out a heavy sigh and tilting his head back. "But there is no such thing as the right words. Other people, unlike us, anything they say is acceptable and even positively received, but people like you and me, nothing we say matters."

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The man turns on a light and leans forward, his arms crossed, but with one hand still in his coat. He's annoyed and bitter, grumpy and agitated.

He puts his hand on his chest. "I," he begins introducing himself, "Am Detektiv Pretashinko. I am one of the best of detektivs and in one of the worst sectors of Moscow."

His eyes have an empty and tired look at the floor boards. "At least, until things got out of hand" he says, just loud enough for you to hear.

His eyes return to you and some color returns to his face. "I have the backing of the Liberals in Yabloko, along with the libertarian Union of Right Forces (SPS). I know that would only put me at pace with Unity or OVR, and those two parties have merged."

The man stands up and starts talking with a pointing finger. "But those fuckers can't try any more of their bullshit." He does a dismissive shooing away gesture. "I brush all of that aside, knowing that I have been in secret meetings with socialists and whatnot, people who have given up on the Communist Party of the Russian Federation."

You had voted for Gennady Zyuganov last time.

This man gestures to himself again and again, and then outward as needed. "This Putin fuck, he can try and this law and order this, law and order that bullshit, but I am a proper lawman? Who has this man arrested? Who has he protected and avenged? Who freely informs for him?"

This man steps closer to you and speaks with his voice low. "Half of these women listen and watch for me," he says. "Just as much as they depend on you or anyone else, they depend on me."

He then takes a step back and crosses his arms more.

"That's what it comes down to," he says. "With part of the law and order vote, part of the Left vote, and most of the opposition behind me, I have a fighting chance."

The man offers his hand. "Will you openly support me and can I count on you to provide security during the election? I will accept the latter if I can't get the former. I got my own guys, but I could use more. The fat cats get really jealous of popular people and like to poison them."

He spits on the floor after saying "Fat cats".

"Mother fucker," he says. "I forgot to open things up with flattery and rumors I've heard about your bravery." He rolls his eyes and tilts his head back, groaning like a teenager told by his mom to clean his room. His eyes return to you. "I ask that you please forgive me for that oversight."

DRAMATIC DECISION TIME!?!?!?!?!

Rate the man's speaking ability from F to A

Rate how much you want to support the man from F to A

Do you agree to provide him some security?

Do you agree to publicly endorse him?

What do you want to ask for in return?

Do you instead back someone else? The CPRF (Communists) again?

>>6473916
>Rate the man's speaking ability from F to A
>D
Forgot flattery, doesn't say what is in it for us.
>Rate how much you want to support the man from F to A
>C
I don't want to support a guy who is supported by people who want more shock therapy for the economy. But that's going to happen no matter which way you go. Also, one of the best detectives according to who? Himself? Yeah right. He's probably in his sector because he sucks. At least he is rightly suspicious of Putin and doesn't seem outright evil from the get-go.
>Do you agree to provide him some security?
>If he pays well/provides good benefits, sure.
Do you agree to publicly endorse him?
>Yes
If you are going to do something, don't do it halfway.
What do you want to ask for in return?
>Money, to keep us and our men gainfully employed, political protection from coercion by other political/security/criminal elements, sex. For him not to sell out too much to SPS, they love taking it up the ass so much from the free market, we may as well be supporting NDR, same result in the end.
>Do you instead back someone else? The CPRF (Communists) again?
>No, it didn't work out well last time.

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>>6473935
Pretashinko provides you some of the money up front and then tells you that there are tasks that must be done anyways, as part of your reponsibilities.

Within a week or so you you meet up at an abandoned motor pool on the edge of an industrial area. A lot of contstruction and projects during the Soviet era were abandoned, and this is one of them.

Your men wear balaclavas, steel helmets, 6B3 or 6B5 vests, and uniforms where the insignia are covered or removed. They are equipped with a mixture of AKMs and newer kalahsnikovs.

A group of "GNR" (Group of Immidate Reponse) men meet up with you. Local militsiya (cops) and plainclothes detectives, all wearing 6B2 vests under their armor great coats, and equipped with a mixture of shotguns, AKS-74Us, and sub machine guns. They have different armbands from each other, two or three patterns that you can't quite make out.

Pretashinko told you he isn't announcing he is running just yet and that he needs to protect his main identity.

In other words, someone else will meet you there.

>>6474145
"Taras," one of the detektiv starts. "Is the boss in this area. He runs enough of the local underworld operations that we just assume he runs everything or as much as any one man can control."

A woman steps forward wearing a great coat and balaclava, but otherwise regular street clothing. It's pretty cold this night and a lot of the men are smoking. The woman starts. "He's on the top floor of the 'Metropol', which is a high end restaurant and casino, with some of his top men." She then steps back.

>>How do you orchestrate the strike? (Choose one)

Do a "SWAT" style raid
During peak evening hours you will raid the building with flash bombs and firing blanks as needed, along with kicking in or breaching doors. All of you will swarm the building and in the event of resistant you will use tear gas.

Night Stealth Raid
Sneak in at 4AM, through the top floor after climbing up there. That bypasses all the people and all of the possible security. If needed, you can signal for the power to be cut or not, and then you can grab Taras and whoever is with him, while they are sleeping.

Framing
You will raid his warehouse which is several minutes from him. This will involve gas and flash bombs, followed by holding people at gunpoint.

You then will frame him for domestic terrorism and being Islamic, or some other kind of terrorist. This might involve heavy weapons, bombs, narcotics; and then lots of taking pictures.

You will then black mail him or turn the evidence over to the FSB.

You can also mix and match any of these,
or do a "SWAT" style raid at 4AM with the power cut, through the main or back entrances on the ground floor.

>>6474148
>Night SWAT Raid

Cut the power, go in through the main and back entrances.

By striking with speed and surprise at night, we lower resistance and how much time they have to orientate and equip themselves. It is less complex than the night stealth raid or the framing too, since we don't have to climb to the top floor or arrange a framejob. Framing him also comes with the possibility that he flees instead of having him come to the scene we want him to, plus we'd be facing him fully armed after he has time to prep. Less witnesses at night too.

Rolled 5, 5 = 10 (2d10)

>>6474150

>>6474485
The "SWAT" style raid at 4AM mostly goes as planned. It's not perfect and it's not horrible either. They aren't as sleep we were hoping and cutting the power quickly led to them assuming they were about to be attacked, and on top of that, there was women their and they tried to take hostages.

However, the GNR teams came through the back and we came through the front, at about the same time. Rooms were generally flashbombered before breaching and rooms that produced too much shotgun or automatic fire, were hit with tear gas, even if it had to be fired from a KS-23 shotgun adapter.

A decent number of civilians took minor injuries and a woman almost died, and all of them have serious hearing damage.

Taras was captured, alive, but one of his best men escaped and another one died. His lawyer was about to do bullshit and the authorities for some reason wanted him released, but instead of letting him go or executing him, Gregori turned him over to the Ukrainians. There was real or faked proof tying him to drug and arms smuggling there, and they won't accept his money to release him.

We also took some injured, a few men will be some form of crippled for the rest of their lives, and all of us suffered some level of hearing loss or damage.
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However, everyone involved is more experienced and reasonable stockpiles of money were seized. Drugs were destroyed. Weapons were captured. Low level muscle was captured and we can sentence them to like, doing construction and living conditions as bad or worse than conscripts.

You thought this Gregori guy was a bit of a loser and not very good at speaking, and he didn't have all of the money up front, but his men were pretty solid fighters, and between the two of you, there is enough money seized.

Your unit is now provided with fairly reasonable access to clothing repairs and modifications, along with affordable hot food and storable provisions. In other words, help from grandmas, old women, and farmers.

Your unit has improved access to doctors and nurses, along with medical supplies. The wounded are mostly checked up on by your own, or by "attendants" who are volunteers, mostly women and some men.

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The days pass, the weeks come and go, the seasons change. People try and kill this guy with like poison or whatever, but it doesn't work. A man tries to rush him and draw a gun, but this Gregori guy, naturally, just draws first and shoots him in the face.

There is a late night break in or two, a few assassination attempts on your own life, none of it amounts to much.

Not even a scratch.

It's a long shot. You know it is, but what can you do? It's not like anything is going to happen right?

The election ends up being very competitive? The voting happens and the counting happens, and you don't know what is what.

One mass media station and then another starts going on about how gay this man is, how he's impossibly gay. One goes on about how he can't even get hard with women and another says something about bisexual orgies.

He's a real quiet guy at times. You're amazed that anyone thinks he's that remarkable. He's a quick draw, and he carries around an automatic pistol with an extended magazine, as big as your head the whole thing is... But that's it?

The women seem to like his poetry, or at least some of them do, but you think it's rather lame?

It seems to get more to the point than when he talks to you, when that happens.

The remote providences start saying they have very high voter turnouts and very high vote percentages for Putin.

But the messengers and the news you hear the next day, say that protests and firefights have broken out in the remote provinces. That the minority groups are clashing with the authorities and local units are deserving or trying to come home to desert.

The international media says it can't tell what is what, the election could be so close it needs a recount, but the mass media stations of Russia deny this.

You flip to the BBC one day, and you hear they have been ejected from Moscow. They report they find that very suspicious and that they were thinking the

Wait, what?

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The BBC declares that it's a narrow victory for Gregori Pretashinko and that the Russian regime is ballot stuffing in the remote provinces.

Someone bursts into the barracks and tells you to flip your satellite TV to NTV, one of the independent stations of Russia.

The anchor launches into this angry, spit laden vitriol about how Gregori Pretashink absolutely won and how the world should condemn the Russian state for cheating. The channel flips back and forth between independent and mass media stations, both sides are condemning each other of lying, cheating, stealing, kidnapping, murder, and having STDs. Things are said about peoples mothers.

Welcome

You are not the first and you will not be the last. Are you the fifth actually, the 5th of a string of commanders who all made war for their own reasons and for their own agendas, and often working with or at the bidding of various world powers.

Each of you was at the mercy of those before you, their victories and failures.

Since you decided to walk this path with Gregori, and since he has won the election, but the regime won't give it up, it's time for the Second Constitution Crisis. That means a battle and perhaps even a war. A war for the fate of Russia and perhaps Slavs everywhere.
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To start with, you command a Battalion of Motor Rifle Infantry, a on paper strength of 400-500. You don't have everything you deserve, but it's unlikely the other side or anyone else has everything.

You have two infantry companies of about 100 or so men, an HQ platoon (Literally you, your maps, your radios, and all the help/security you need, and various support platoons that fire various heavy weapons.

You should have another infantry company and some other stuff, but you don't. This is Russia, no one has what they want and those who do, want even more.

Turns

A Long Turn is enough time to check in with all your units/formations, hear back from them, tell them to do something, have them do it, and have them report back. This is about 10 minutes in setting.

We will start with a Long Turn and then as things start heating up, we will swatch to Turns and even Cycles. As things cool down, we will go back to Turns and Long Turns.

A Turn is about a minute and it's the amount of time for you to give an order over the radio, have them, do what you ask, and report back to you. Be aware that when you give an order, you have to call a Kapitan, who has to call his Leytenants, who has to yell and use messengers with his Serzhant , who have to smack upside the head and point with conscripts.

Actual moving and shooting technically happens in ten second, Cycles. Units don't shoot in one cycle and then shoot in the next one, typically.

Unless told otherwise, your men will shoot at targets that are two hexes away from them. This is called "Initiative Distance" and it's because they can think for themselves a little bit.
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>>If more people show up, obviously voting will happen, and you won't roll anything until you come to an agreement or there is a roll off for what happens.
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>>Commands

While I am waiting for you to decide and post your Turn or any Orders, I will decide what the enemy does. When you post what your Orders are, you won't know what I decided. Likewise, I will decide without knowledge of what you will do.

For Turns, when you give a Order, you pick a unit. It can be a platoon or a company, or a series of platoons. You then pick an order from the list below, and then you roll 2d6.

>>Move
You can order a group/unit to move. They move at whatever speeds they can move. Most infantry can move around 30 meters a Cycle, or 1 hex every 4 Cycles. Every minute of moving, units need to rest about a Cycle or two.

Your BTRs move 60 meters a cycle, and they don't need to rest. However they are kinda blind on their own and easy to spot by basically everyone but other vehicles.

>>Attack
This is what you think it is and the rules for it will be explained later.

>>Ambush
A unit will go into Ambush and any unit that gets within Short Range will be attacked. There is a +5 bonus to Firepower/Attacks using Ambush. This does stack with Short Range, but sorta does and doesn't stack with attacking the side of a vehicle.

>>Rally
This is where you try to uplift or yell at your men who are Disrupted. In your case there is a 50/50 chance this will work and it's a 1d10 (Success on a 6 or better). If you Rally them, they return to normal status.

>>Cautious Movement
A unit will move at half speed or slower, perhaps because half of it's manpower is moving and half is ready to fire. The unit will look into each hex it's about to enter, but poorly, and one hex to the right and left, along with some hexes in the direction they are moving.

Basically, they can see about 3 hexes wide and three hexes out, but it's 50/50 if they can see hidden infantry at the edge of that distance.

Finally
>>Search/Look
A unit and whatever it has available will look at a specific given hex to see if something is there.
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>>6474501
Rules 4

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>>6474502
Do you want a training exercise or do you want me to load up the map?
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>>6474499
Holy autismo Batman...

...okay, things are kicking off.

So, do we have all the units in the pictures provided, or is it as the text from >>6474498 describes i.e., two infantry companies, plus a bunch of weapons platoons integrated into the HQ platoon? I hope when you actually post the map we'll be moving on, it isn't so god damned tiny.

>>6474503
Just load up the map and lets get this over with.

>>6474503
These are with the HQ platoon but not integrated.
>>6474548
Uploading map soon.

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Okay, so there have been many attempts at this map, but this is the version we have. I did a lot of work to remove the clutter, but old guys on other websites are telling me I removed a lot of the interesting buildings (Which I found distracting).

The hexes aren't labeled, I am trusting you to save the image and draw on it using the features on /qst/. QST says the map was too big, so it's half size now.

Terrain

Anything that is tan or khaki, according to the terrain map, was a mixture of woods/clearings. If you are stationary in that area, you're -2 to hit or +2 to cohesion.

If you are moving through those areas or along a major road, or along a minor road, you have no protection at all. That means at medium distance any attack has a 50/50 chance to Disrupt you.
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All of the greyish areas appear to be heavy buildings, so if you stop inside of them for a Cycle or two, your men will take up positions in concrete or brick buildings. This will make them -4 to hit and replace their body armor stats with Concrete, which means +4 to Cohesion.

Both of those at the same time. This will force the enemy or you, to use heavy weapons or Short attacks to dig each other out.

>>6474588
Debriefing

Oh great... It's this Grigori guy again.

He is standing on one side of a table and you're standing on another, with a map of the area laid out before you two.

He won't let you smoke unless you step outside. No one gets to smoke within eye-sight of him.

He smells the wrappers of two pieces of gum and closes his eyes, before popping the mint gum into his mouth and chewing it. After a few seconds he is ready to speak.
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"As you likely know," Grigori says. "The vast bulk of the Russian Army and Internal Ministry are made up of conscripts who are hazed and neglected so completely, that they can't show up to this fight even if they were nearby and actually wanted to be here."

He looks around the area and then down at the map, which for him is upside down. He points at this train station in the east. "You will be positioned here, at one of several major train stations that travels to Moscow from other cities. Your job is to protect the station and secure it, so that reinforcements from the East can arrive."

He points at two major roads that are marked in red. "Here and here are two major highways or roadways that lead to the Kremlin. I need you to secure these as well."

The supposed President to be, crosses his arms and stands there in his great coat. His lips are pressed together and he has contemplative frown. There is a silence.

"There are some formations attacking or blockading from other angles, which are in better condition," Gregori says. "You will also likely be reinforced by formations in better condition than your own."

>>You ask him what he knows about the reinforcements, your heart possibly full of doubt.

"Governor and former Lieutenant General, Alexander Ivanovich Lebed," Gregori says. "Isn't taking a side, but he is likely going to if the wind blows enough our way. That means the VDV will sit this out or provide more forces to us than against us."

He points to the West side of a larger map that is hanging. "We are being reinforced by Ukrainians from Donbass," Gregori says. "They will be able to obtain stealth reconnaissance, between them and the GNRs, veterans, we have the ability to do house to house fighting."

>>You had examined and witnessed some of the volunteer forces he talks about.
Generally their morale is higher, they can stealth better, and they can "assault", but they have shorter range. If they find, buy, or steal hard armor meant for the infantry, they have equal protection to your men.

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I forgot three times to tell you your mortars can target your own hexes with smoke, which causes a 50% chance to ignore all successful Disruptions or Kills by the enemy. Units in smoke also have higher Morale, so they Rally more easily.

>>6474593
>>You ask him what the enemy will be like.

He blows out like a smoker and paces a few time, rubbing his chin and thinking. Eventually, he comes to a stop. "There will absolutely be OMON (better trained versions of yourself that do SWAT stuff and Riot Police. There should be 10,000 of them stationed somewhere in the city."

The two of you share intel and ask your own staff, friends what they know. You are both informed and inform each other that you hear a mixture of things.

OMON units usually move as smaller platoon units, which are harder to spot and harder to command. The sometimes have slighter better or the same armor as you, and sometimes they wear way less armor in order to carry way more ammo and explosives.

They also can fire while at a Half Move, with close to no penalty.

Generally, they have more Firepower due to training and are very deadly if they get close.

>>You hope you get a lot of reinforcements.

I forgot to outright say that you are free to give your first orders.

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>>6474588
Khaki/tan? I see beige spots, is that what you mean? Then what are the green bits? Forests/parks?

>>6474652
Only doing a turn's worth of commands since >>6474499 indicates we're supposed to write only a turn or so.

>pic related
North group
Pink= BTR
Salmon/eraser pink= 1 platoon of "S" infantry mounts/dismounts
Teal= Other platoon of "S" infantry
Yellow= Rifle/PKM company

South group
Blue= BTR
Maroon/brown= 1 platoon of "S" infantry mounts/dismounts
Green= Rifle/PKM company
Orange= Other platoon of "S" infantry

One "manpower" of salmon/eraser pink "S" platoon is to mount in pink BTR, take the major road onto the 1 tile north OBJ highway, 2 tiles west, exit the major road into the urban sprawl of the tile itself to set up observation/firing positions. Salmon/eraser pink are to dismount and clear the tile around the BTRs of hostile forces, in other words a "look" action, and provide 360 security. Teal moves northwest and uses its remaining 2 cycles to move as much as it can towards the next tile northwest of the one it ends up in. Likewise the same for yellow going west.

South group does the same thing as north regarding splitting their "S" platoon as mounts/dismounts and using their remaining 2 cycles after moving 4 cycles, etc. Blue heads south, crosses the bridge, exits onto the road along the river bank, shits out its dismounts to look around and provide security while they get comfy. Both green and orange head southwest, with green continuing to head west, and orange turning south with their remaining cycles after entering their new tile.

Rolled 6, 4 = 10 (2d6)

>>6474652
>>6474761
Oh, forgot my 2d6.

Rolled 6, 9, 4, 3 = 22 (4d10)

Rolling for both of your look actions.

Rolled 3, 2 = 5 (2d6)

Rolling for the speed of their commands and if their commands went through.

Rolled 8, 6 = 14 (2d10)

Rolling to see if the enemy can see.

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Rolled 10, 4 = 14 (2d10)

"This is бaлeт (balet) Actual (Company 2, Platoon 1), we are being ambushed across the river.

Your Long Turn was interrupted and now we are going into Cycles. It has been about a minute, less than two minutes.

Combat is somewhat simultaneous and the enemy unit is within the initiative range of "Balet", so they will be returning fire.

You are attacking with 15 Firepower and they are attacking with 17 Firepower, both sides are in heavy cover, which reduces Firepower to 11 and 13, respectfully. Their cohesion also goes up to 19

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>6474773
"This is Ballet Actual, enemy target is being suppressed by Pah Kah Em fire. Hostiles appear to have blue uniforms, no effect on us. We are received some impacts, but it was very quiet.

"This is вaгoн (pronounced va-gon) [Boxcar, Second Company BTRs] Actual, we can't actually see the target, but we are going to follow the tracers.

"This is Boxcar Actual, the enemy isn't putting out any resistance. They could be dead or heavily wounded, or it could be a trick, or perhaps they retreated.

I need to clarify that I slightly mislabeled some chits and you got confused. The "S" means small arms for the Infantry companies, which were mislabeled as platoons. The PKMs are inside the squads of the Infantry companies.

You basically cut both companies into thirds, spread them out, and had their powerful transports positioned out front watching the major roads.

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I am now looking at charts and trying to decide what the enemy is doing + going to do.

Turn Number Two

Be aware that at any point the enemy could show up, try an ambush, or either side's units could react to enemy units too close to them.

I would advise giving your orders in order of importance.
>>6474499
Your options are here.

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Rolled 6, 2 = 8 (2d6)

>>6474781
Center
>1st order (black line): 120mm mortars and 73mm tank guns fire on that OMON unit's position.
I assume they were getting setup on solid ground/rooftops respectively last turn.

South
>2nd order (maroon brown): Leave the PKMs in a dedicated weapons team at their current position firing on the enemy in their sights/on their last known location. The PKM teams are to entrench in what waterfront buildings they have available. The rest of the platoon is to move cautiously south, looking for enemy on the OBJ road, or in the buildings to their immediate south waiting to strike the rest of their unit. BTRs are to find what cover they can, but otherwise continue to follow the PKM tracers.

>3rd order (green): The platoon is to move cautiously west/southwest.

>4th order (orange): Platoon moves south one tile.

North
>5th order (N/A): BTR and dismounted platoon is to entrench and look west along the major OBJ road.

>6th order (Yellow): Platoon moves cautiously west/southwest, looks around for enemy in tile they arrive in.

>7th order (teal): Platoon moves cautiously northwest, looks around in tile for enemy, orients and looks west if they don't find anything.

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>>6474803
"This is Tpyбa (Truba) [Trumpet: 73mm Recoilless Rifles], we don't have line of sight of the target."

"This Lapta (Old fashioned Russian baseball like sport), we don't have a spotter and the math to coordinate fires using a spotter is something we never actually learned. It's going to take us a minute to fire at that spot and do it accurately."

"Truba again, we see it now. Confirm target is four story hotel?"

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A lot of games get this wrong and your unit is using old equipment, so I'm going to clarify this to prevent more confusion.

Your PKMs are within your infantry squads. They don't separate, each squad is mostly built around the PKM.

The weapons used are older and more worn out, but they are something like this.
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Your NCOs (Serzhants) are a mixture of conscripts and poorly paid professionals. Unlike NATO, you only have one per squad of seven men. That means these squads can't be split up, even to put the long range weapons 50 meters away from the AK-74s, like you are French.

In fact, the quality of your NCOs is bad enough, that these men don't actually do anything but yell and repeat whatever the Leytenant says.
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Since your character knows this, I am going to presume you will await for reinforcements and your BTRs will find enough bumps or shacks to get -2 (To hit them) Cover.

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This is Биc (bis) [Encore] Actual [Green, Company 2, Platoon 3]. We are slowly doing our movement, as we hear the movement of vehicles and we might've seen some people on the main road. We are going to be cautious and take up positions watching the main road. We're not firing unless spotted.

[First Company has names that start with A, Second with B, each platoon is A-A, AB, AC than BA, B-B, B-C]

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Majór Pretrov was about to finish giving his orders, and it had been about a minute or so. He had just finished giving his fifth order, when he was interrupted.

This is aгaт (agat – agate) [Russian Gemstone, N/A, Company One, Platoon One]! We got hostiles with vehicles! We're spotted and we're engaging!

This is экcпpecc (ekspress) [Company One BTRs, we don't see the target, standby, we are looking!

Rolled 1, 8, 2, 6 = 17 (4d10)

>>6474911
Rolling for you and then for them.

"Ekspress here, this is some bad shit. We have the enemy vehicles suppressed, but they're a whole company of BTRs of unknown make, and they're really close to us.

"Under no circumstances am I laying off the fire. Agate! Agate! We need some RPGs! Careful!"

"Agate here, the enemy isn't putting out a lot of fire, but our bullets are bouncing off their vehicles. We'll try and get onto the roofs or floors."

Rolled 6, 1 = 7 (2d10)

Rolled 4, 4 = 8 (2d10)

>>6474919
"Ekspress here, some of our vehicles are getting buttoned up and blinded by incoming fire. We are shooting with more accuracy and urgency than they are, but it's getting toasty."

"Agate here, we got some burning wrecks among the enemy. We're just a platoon and there is like a dozen BTRs, so we're going to run out of rockets soon.

>>Turns are now in Cycles.

Pick a few units to give orders to, but be aware that orders might be interrupted. You can command a platoon or a company. Simpler orders are better. Don't forget to roll 2d6

No detailed orders for the whole force, or a map from me today, I don't have the time. At least not for 10-12 hours, maybe a little less/more.

If you're gonna be processing a turn regardless of whether anyone votes or not, then my quick orders for the north are that they are to give us the coordinates of the enemy BTR company, and their own coords, pronto. The BTRs are to move such that they are no longer taking accurate fire. If unable, then say so, we'll smoke them off. Depending on their reply our next immediate order to to smoke them off, or tell them to get back into the fight from less zeroed in positions as able. The rest of the split infantry company is to cautiously maneuver on the enemy at their discretion to get RPGs on target/search for enemy dismounts around the enemy BTR company. Also get another spotter on the BTRs so we can get updated coordinates as they move, just in case the other spotter is displacing/suppressed, fire incoming. Then we mortar the enemy BTR company, as coords become available. Hit 'em with the tank guns too, if we have line of sight.

Rolled 1, 5, 1, 2, 3, 1, 4, 3 = 20 (8d6)

Rolling for chaos.

>>6475019
"Ekspress here, I don't know shit. Commencing fighting repositioning. Vehicles! Keep forward hull facing the enemy as much as possible, keep up the fire as well."

It is two or three Cycles, before the rest of the split company can be ordered to move. They begin to move and move for three Cycles. While that is happening:

"Agate here. RPG-7 scope measures vehicles out to around 200 meters, slightly more. We can give you the closest intersection to us, and they are southwest of us, where three or four roads meet. That's the best we can do.

"This is Lapta, we know where that is. We can fire ranging shells in about a Minute, standby.

"This is Truba, we can't see anything but up and down the road. It's going to take us three minutes to reposition, to the north major road to major road intersection. Confirm movement?"

Rolled 4, 6, 1, 6 = 17 (4d6)

Rolling for chaos and then rolling for both sides.

Rolled 7, 5, 2, 5 = 19 (4d10)

Friendly, then hostile.

Rolled 6, 3, 3, 4 = 16 (4d6)

Rolling for enemy morale.

Rolled 5, 3 = 8 (2d6)

Chaos roll

Rolled 2, 3, 4, 5 = 14 (4d6)

Rolling for own Morale

"Ekspress popping smoke, Ekspress popping smoke!"

"Ekspress here, we only have some new vehicles with smoke, we're popping smoke grenades out the hatches. We have four burning vehicles! We need more smoke!"

"Agate here, we are almost out of rockets. We count six burning wrecks among the enemy, but all the white smoke and black smoke is ruining our agility to see. Trying to not get jumped out here."

Rolled 3, 2 = 5 (2d10)

"Agate here, we see flares and some red smoke landing among the target.

Rolled 3, 1, 6, 3 = 13 (4d6)

Rolling for collateral damage.

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"Agate here, we're out of rockets but the enemy has been more quiet."

"Agate here, rounds on target have good effect. We're seeing some black smoke and it's gotten even more quiet."

"Agate here, we think you just flattened a store. Hope there were no civilians inside."

"This is Ekspress Actual, Kapitan of the company. Company is whole again, BTRs have moved back. Second and third platoons state they can't see the enemy through all the smoke. Don't fire any smoke on us just yet, belay earlier request, belay belay. Have our location locked in please and be ready to pivot to assist us."
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That's enough Cycles for now.

Afla Company (Under Ekspress Actual) can only see the targets by looking down the road in red or looking from the buildings around the curve, just southwest of it. That latter position puts them so close to the enemy, they could be easily ambushed.

As such the men refused to go there.

However, your forces are clustered within a 150 meter hexgrid, more or less. A lot of them are in alleyways or roof tops to get good RPG-7 shots. That leaves them exposed.

Their PKMs are able to fire and engage the enemy at almost all approaches that are west, southwest, or west, however.

Your units have moved around, but not enough that I want to adjust this map, so use this as a reference please.