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Welcome to James Kemp's Wiki
This is a collaborative web platform that allows people to edit1) the web pages to provide additional content for some of the stories I have written and the roleplaying games that I am involved in, whether as a player or GM.
There are several namespaces operating slightly different wiki subjects. These are, in no particular order:
- Skyss - Story Background - a fantasy novel I wrote for NaNoWriMo 2016.
- Perfects - background for the near future story and some police roleplaying that I ran in that universe
- Theocracy of Daprav - A D&D campaign that I ran with Glasgow University Games Society around 2002-3.
- Jim Wallman's Universe - a roleplaying by e-mail campaign that I play in, this is an unofficial wiki and none of it is canon unless Jim says it is.
- Interstellar Freelance Unlimited - subset of the Universe pages covering the activities of a mercenary company that we are currently roleplaying every Full Moon.
- Earth Imperium pages. These cover the activities of the Government of the Solar republic (aka Earth Empire) in Jim's Humanity Will Prevail campaign, including the Earth Imperium News Items.
- Free Worlds Alliance - covering the activities of another emerging polity in the Humanity Will Prevail campaign. Mostly contributed by Eric Moroney.
- Universe Background - page collecting the various bits of background info that have come up in various e-mail discussions for the campaigns set in Jim Wallman's Universe.
- Master map of the Universe (6Mb PDF, as at 3212).
- Delta Green - some roleplaying campaigns about horror and conspiracy. The main one was set in Berlin in 1953.
- Free games rules - a collection of free rules for wargames and other sorts of face to face games that I have designed or run.
- Wargames rules - I'm not just a player of games, I also do rules for them from time to time as well as one-off games. A primary outlet for this is through Chestnut Lodge Wargames Group.
- Other free rules - at the moment just those for the 1689 (Orange or Lemon? and Bonnie Dundee, respectively about the debates in the Scots Parliament and then the military campaign of Viscount Dundee during 1689) and The Other Side of the COIN (about what makes people become insurgents). All games that I have have produced for Chestnut Lodge Wargames Group.
- Background for a near future universe where I have written some fiction and also run some roleplaying games in.
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Operation Hawkeye
Operation Hawkeye is classified TOP SECRET and was authorised personally by the previous Home Secretary shortly after the Hephaestus Scandal broke. Chief Inspector Sophia Young, leader of a specialist counter GM branch (CT12G) set up in 2046, was personally briefed by the Home Secretary in the presence of katy_coalfield.
[more background…]
Targets
Those responsible for the disappearance of known Genetically Modified subjects from surveillance. It is not clear exactly who these people are or how they are operating.
Timeline
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 23:00 21 April 2046 | Gare du Nord, Paris | French police pick up three UK nationals behaving suspiciously at the Eurostar terminal. |
| 10:00 22 April | Folkestone | Border Command run biometrics and identify the three as GM subjects. CT12G are alerted and they are detained at Folkestone pending interrogation by CT12G. |
| 14:00 | Bedford | Three suspects brought to CT12G station for interrogation. They are identified as Gertrude Schepping, richard_coutts, and mackay-chan |
| 17:25 | Bedford | mackay-chan is arrested as a suspected facilitator of human trafficking. A search warrant is requested for his residence. |
| 17:45 | North London | Inspector Howard arrives with a constable at the Schepping residence to implicate or eliminate Mrs Schepping from the enquiry. |
| 18:30 | Bedford | A second search warrant is requested for the Schepping residence, and drone surveillance put over both addresses. CT12G mobilised on overtime, three full serials on duty. |
| 20:00 | East London | Drone operators report six heat signatures at the Chan address, with unusually high levels of thermal insulation on the house. |
| 21:15 | Westminster | National Police duty magistrate authorises the search warrants |
| 22:30 | Bedford | CT12G move off ready for the searches. |
| 23:30 22 April | East London | A further update from drone operations informs the team that there is a high bandwidth satellite uplink coming from the roof space of the Chan address. This is encrypted. |
| 00:01 23 April | East London | More drone units deployed in support of the searches at both locations. |
| 00:15 | Stratford | CT12G arrive at staging area before deploying to each of the search areas. |
| 02:50 | North London | Local police put cordon around Schepping residence. CT12G serial 2 (Insp. Hallam) searching. |
| 02:50 | Silverton | Local police put cordon around Chan address. Ch. Insp. Young leading CT12G serials 1 & 3 searching. |
| 02:59 | Silverton | Chief Inspector Sophia Young orders break in. |
| 03:00 | North London | Entry to Schepping residence is unimpeded. |
| 03:00 | Silverton | Initial attempts to force entry fail. The doors are reinforced. |
| 03:03 | Silverton | CT12G gains entry to the house and comes under automatic gunfire, one officer is down. |
| 03:03 | North London | peter_hallam reports Schepping residence uninhabited. Detailed search started. |
| 03:04 | Silverton | After an exchange of fire Chief Inspector Sophia Young shoots dead an armed man. |
| 03:05 | Silverton | An explosion occurs in the roof space of the house. |
| 03:14 | Silverton | After much shooting inside the house a second explosion occurs in the basement area. |
| 03:16 | Silverton | Chief Inspector Sophia Young calls cease firing to CT12G. London Fire Brigade are requested to provide assistance rescuing a CT12G officer trapped in the basement and putting out the fire. |
| 03:17 | Silverton | LFB and ambulance service on scene (prep work had parked them two streets away as a precaution). |
| 04:00 | Silverton | CT12G hand over the scene to forensics and leave for Bedford. |
| 04:20 | Westminster | Chief Inspector Sophia Young reports in person to the duty officer at National Police HQ. |
| 05:40 | Westminster | katy_coalfield briefs Home Secretary in person. |
| 05:15 | Silverton | The forensics team identify the armed man shot dead as Mark Whitely, a Canadian mercenary. |
| 06:30 | Westminster | National Police release entry footage of Silverton raid. |
| 08:00 | Bedford | Overtime for CT12G finishes, serials 2 & 3 knock off (less the five members of serial 3 that are still in hospital for treatment). |
| 09:30 | Westminster | katy_coalfield conducts press briefing on camera |
NOW - the following are expected future events.
| 12:00 | Bedford | Serial 4 come on duty, relieving serial 1. |
| 16:00 | Silverton | Preliminary forensics reports. |
| 16:30 | Bedford | resumption of normal shift patterns |
Eurostar Arrests
On 23rd April French police picked up three people acting suspiciously at Gare du Nord having come off the Eurostar. On questioning them it became clear that they were travelling as UK nationals, however their stories didn't make sense to the Gendarmerie and the documents looked suspicious.
On being detained for further questioning all three readily admitted that they were travelling on false identities and they attempted to claim asylum.
This claim was refused and the three suspects have been returned to the Border Command of the National Police. Running Biometrics they have been identified as GM subjects. They are currently in detention at Folkestone pending interrogation by CT12G.
Operation Hawkeye
Origins
In 2044 the then Home Secretary (Chastity Woodham, CON) brought up the matter of the genetically modified children with the National Police Commissioner. She said that while they were an abomination in the eyes of God there was a duty on us to take care of them to show our compassion for sinners. However, a careful eye should be kept on them, and if the caused trouble they needed to be removed from society immediately.
The result of this was surveillance of known GM people, using powers in the Genetically Modified Humans Act 2044. Any offences that they commited were logged and used against them if they caused any trouble.
The current Home Secretary (Rupert Goodenough, UKIP) is in the coalition government that was elected on the wave of public horror that Hephaestus had got away with things, and had even had the research approved, under the previous government. He took a much more hard-line approach. He directed that it would be appropriate for those confirmed as persistent troublemakers to be taken into preventative detention. In such cases arrest warrants could be issued ‘dead or alive’. Only the Organised Crime & Terrorism Group would deal with these people. A specialist counter GM branch (CT12G) was set up in 2046.
Targets
Those responsible for the disappearance of known Genetically Modified subjects from surveillance. It is not clear exactly who these people are or how they are operating.
Recent Intelligence
Since 2046 there has been a steady loss of contact with those known to be GM. All UK residents that are GM are supposed to register their current address with the police (in the same way that foriegn visa nationals do). In addition their citizen cards are endorsed with their GM status and interactions with local police and goverment services are supposed to flag on the national infrastructure. Exit records do not show that missing GM subjects have left the country, although some social media intelligence has suggested that a number of them have done that.
Scouting the outlying sectors
The following is the current state of scouting (3216.300) - assume logs GREEN unless otherwise stated (it is assumed that cargo vessels such as a C5S can self-support for some time):
- AF - MSN (ST3): 2C5A-S, 1SCI, 1C5 (Logs) IEN (AF Scouts): 5C5-S (logs self-support)
- AG - MSN (ST1,ST2,ST4): 6C5A-S, 3SCI, 3C5 (Logs)
- AH - RNV (TFS5+6): 6SCI, 2C5-S (logs part-time) GFA (15th Scout Fleet): 12C1-S, 1LSSI (logs)
- AI - RNV (TFS7+8): 6SCI, 2C5-S (logs part-time), RWN: 3DDI
- AJ - MSN (ST8): 2C5A-S, 1SCI, 1C5 (Logs) IEN (AJ Scouts): 5C5-S (logs self-support)
- BF - IEN (BF Scouts): 5C5-S (logs self-support)
- BJ - IEN (BJ Scouts): 4C5-S (logs self-support) FWAN: 8C1AS, 1CLI, C5 (logs)
- CF - IEN (CF Scouts): 5C5-S (logs self-support) RWN/UXN : 1CVXI (logs self-support)
- CJ - MSN (ST10): 2C5A-S, 1SCI, 1C5 (Logs) UXN (18th Watch(I)): 1DDI, 2SCI, 1AMI (logs POOR) LONAW: 1AMI, 2C5A (logs self-support)
- DF - RNV (TFS2): 3SCI, 1C5-S (logs POOR) UXN (Issachar Scouts): 3SCI, 1AMI (logs POOR)
- DJ - UXN (Issachar Scouts): 6SCI, 2AMI (logs POOR)
- EF - GFA: 8th Scout Fleet 12C1-S, 1LSSI (logs)
- EG - GFA: 7th Scout Fleet 12C1-S, 1LSSI (logs) MPS (Scout Fleet 6): 6DDI, SSI, 2LSSI (logs GREEN)
- EH - GFA: 6th Scout Fleet 12C1-S, 1LSSI (logs) RNV (TFS1): 3SCI, 1C5-S (logs POOR)
- EI - GFA: 5th Scout Fleet 12C1-S, 1LSSI (logs) NRN: 1CLI, 1DDI, 1AMI (logs POOR)
- EJ - GFA: 4th Scout Fleet 12C1-S, 1LSSI (logs) RNV (TFS3): 3SCI, 1C5-S (logs POOR)
Each sector requires at least 8 scouting vessels to visit all inhabitable systems once every 4 octants. This permits the detection of a significant base (JIM0000 “Pretty much any ship will detect an Exterminator construction base because it is big and doing hi-visibility things like strip-mining resources”). For smaller objects, the spotting rules in the rulebook are relevant. These vessels require Logs support if they are to maintain their patrols indefinitely.
History
During the Exterminator War, Humanity agreed to start a program of scouting the “eastern” sectors; DF, DJ, EF, EG, EH, EI and EJ. Details of these efforts, AT A POINT IN THE PAST, can be found at Martyn Pott's IISS page (the NSC, ESC and SSC links). At the inter-polity summit at NEW MARS in 3211, it was agreed that this program be extended to all adjacent sectors as it was appreciated that an enemy could come from any direction.
Hostile Exterminator Builder (HEB) space
From an examination of destroyed Exterminator brains it was deduced that these implacable machine destroyers originated from approximately 5 hyperyears distance. The larger Human polities in conference agreed that the war must be taken to where it was believed these machines had been constructed and the enemy defeated.
Mission Forces
Force Compositions compiled from current known commitments.
Command Profile
As agreed at Summit, the mission plan was purposely set at a high level, being overall guidance rather than detail. It was noted that it would be impossible to micro-manage at such a distance. Therefore, the structure of the command organisation was specified, but it is up to that structure to decide how to use the resources sent. (And up to them whether they want to follow our suggested command structure.)
Long Range Reconnaissance Group
Coordination: by Solar Republic and Empire
Mission Statement: To provide further details of the putative HEB worlds, including assessments of economic and military capabilities for long range planning purposes. Outline plan: establish a science colony with supporting scouts and survey vessels as a forward operating base (FOB) located 0.5HY (200 days transit) from HEB Central.
Reconnaissance Resources
First arrival
Initial order to scout for a viable system for Science Colony / LRDG Forward Operating Base (FOB), then survey for potential S&B worlds
- SSXI Strangeness (RNV) Arrived round 3210.106 and messages received successfully from 3212.304
Second arrival
Recce HEB worlds - all arived 3211.001 and commenced recce of HEB space
- SSXI Uranus (SRE)
- SSXI Orcus (SRE)
- SCI Gefjon (MSN)
- SCI Bishojo (RNV)
- LSSI Ejura (RNV) - providing logistic support to scouts
Reports received are summarised as “The Hostile Exterminator Builder (HEB) civilisation covers an extant of around 100 occupied systems. Of these only 20 have any significant technological artifacts and could be regarded as 'developed' systems, and they are spread across an 80 parsec diameter disc - more widely spread than an equivalent human civilisation would be. There are two large settlements near the centre of the spread which appear to be major/home worlds. Fastball reconaissance passes showed ship types whose external appearance and drive signatures seem to correlate closely with known Roach ship signatures, and the hypothesis that the HEBs and the Roaches are one and the same seems to be confirmed to about 90% probability.”
Third arrival
Provide additional survey resources as required
- 2 x SCI (RNV) Arrived around 3212.101
LRDG Operational Orders
Putative modus-operandum, subject to change in the light of local conditions:
Phase One - First SSXI identified site for FOB.
Phase Two - Two SSXI conducted maximum stealth M25 surveillance of the two Key HEB Systems, monitoring any broadcasts and in-system burns. Initial surveillance for 100 days. These will be reported back to the FOB. Phase one reporting should therefore be back with the FOB at 3212.001.
Phase Three -
- 3212.001 Two SCI were detached to replace the SSXI at the KHEB Systems (eta 3212.200). These two SCI remain on station on a rolling schedule by further vessels as they become available.
- 3212.001 Two further SCI started conducting crawling recce inwards from the FOB spending 200 days on the M25 of each system to build up a data picture.
Phase Four - 3212.200 The two SSXI are being utilised for ad-hoc recce and surveillance.
Phase Five Beyond this initial start up tasking the local on scene commander was ordered to conduct the operation as he deems most productive (and always ensuring the security of the colony) but the following were considered advisory objectives. Priority One FOB Security Priority Two Data on HEBs Broadcast Signals analysis Traffic Analysis – based on burns Economic Estimates System Astrographical Structure
LRRG Supply Train
30 logs per year (= 1 rohlbahn of 10 LSSI equivalents at 5 HY) are required in a continuing resupply chain to support a Scientific colony. The RVN Ejura then distributes supplies locally to the scouting vessels.
Currently only 6 LSSI equivalents have been assigned, so the effort is operating below optimal efficiency:
- LSSI Yakutia (MSN) Arrived on first supply run 3211.001 and returned to NEW MARS 3216.050. Replaced by 2 x C5
- LSSI Telios (MSN) Arrived on first supply run 3211.001 and returned to NEW MARS 3216.150. Replaced by 2 x C5
- LSSI Helm (MSN) Arrived on first supply run 3211.001 and returned to NEW MARS 3216.250. Replaced by 2 x C5
- LSSI Xingu (SRE) Arrived on first supply run 3212.001 and now on return
- LSSI Yamana (SRE) Arrived on first supply run 3213.001 and now on return
- LSSI Hanukkah (UoXN) Arrived on first supply run 3214.001 and now on return
Scientific Colony Establishment
Working in conjunction with the LRRG, the SRE has established a scientific base.
- CSSI Brue (SRE) Arrived 3211.018
- CSSI Clare (SRE) Arrived 3211.018
- SCICOL (SRE) Arrived 3211.018
Full establishment of base completed by 3212.005 (5SV long term costs paid by SRE). Role is to evaluate local conditions and coordinate and aggregate intelligence.
The SCICOL shares logistical support with LRRG.
Colonial Outpost Establishment Group
Coordination: by Republic of New Venus
Mission Statement: To establish colonies near to the HEB homeworlds from which to develop a military capability.
Outline plan: establish three colonies (HAVEN, GOLD and JUNO) with semi-automated shipyards.
Operational Outpost HAVEN system (founded 3215.001)
Wolfer settlement
Reinforced by 1 CSSI per year
Starting to assemble a semi-automatic manufactory using components provided by local RNV colony.
Operational Outpost GOLD system (founded 3215.001)
Venerian Settlement
Reinforced by 1 CSSI per year
Operational semi-automatic manufactory x3
- 6 DB (Drone Battleship)
Operational Outpost JUNO system (founded 3217.001)
Venerian Settlement
Reinforced by 1 CSSI per year
Venerian Local Interstellar Fleet
- 3 AMI
- 2 MDSI
Venerian Interstellar Logistics Train
As at 3216, the RNV has 3 LSSI (one per year) in a logistics train to support GOLD and JUNO. This will be extended by 1 per year until a full train of 10 has been reached.
