Message no. 1

From:	WILLIAM FRIERSON <will1am@*****.ASU.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Operation Orders
Date:	Mon, 29 May 1995 03:50:57 -0700

From: pfinch@****.EDU (Paul Finch)
Subject: Opperation Orders

>OK all. Im doing a new project and I need all your help. In the
>military we have a series of protocols in which we determine and plan on
>how to conduct various types of missions. Well I have just recently gone
>back to playing a PC and not running a campaign. Some of my group went
>home for the semester and Im planning a major campaign right now. Anyway

Well, Op Orders are all different. The main thing about them is that they
are always presented using standard terminology and in a standard format.
They all have different items, because they each describe a different
situation (ex: today's attack against a Soviet Motorized Rifle Regiment
to seize Objective Dogfood, vs yesterday's mission defending Muhlberg
against a Tank Regiment).

>Mission: facility raid
>Personell: (minimum) 2 sams, 1 mage/shaman, 1 decker, 1 rigger
>Equipment:
> Vehicles: (list of rigged vehicle)
> Weapons: (list of weapons needed)
> Outfielding(cant use equipment since its been stated above): all
> types of equipment need to do the run.
> Magical: (list of magical stuff)
> Staging: (locations of and types of locations for staging for the
> run from).
>Planning Concerns: (list of concerns-protocols for doing the run-are
> listed here.)
>Inteligence Concerns: (what information to get via decking and or
>contacts befor the run)

Yes, this is sort of like the Op Orders that would come down from brigade
once a day or so.

>I think you get the idea. So Im tossing this out to 1) build this
>collection of protocols, and 2) to see how other players make the same
>runs. So give it a tought and have some fun. Also note its not for just
>the facility raid too. For all the various types of "Standard" runs.

I don't think that individual Shadow Runners would have anything like this.
Some teams _might_ develop SOP for certain situations, maybe rehearsed actions
in case of XX happening. Mercenary units would probably have Op orders and
formal SOP's drawn up. You are positing a level of organization that
probably doesn't exist in the underworld of the runners. (Note that all of
this is just my HO :) ).

But it does sound interesting. I'll work out some SOP's and post them.

Later

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