MISSIONS CAMPAIGN SYSTEM Idea: The main idea is to make the campaigns more fluff oriented and in the original spirit of Infinity, i.e. special operations of small commandos, but still keep a certain connection with the ITS rules. As in any campaign, every army has to face different opponents but, instead of simply looking for larger amounts of points, each team has its own objective that must be achieved facing some different enemies. Every army has two roles: 1/ As special operations group (mission owner). In that role, experience points (XP) of previous campaigns can be used for team enhancement or spec-op characters and more XP will be collected for future campaigns. 2/ As opponent force: In this case, a plain list will be used as per the given scenario, with no XP-gain and no usage of spec-ops. The only target as opponent force is to prevent that the enemy spec-team achieves its goals. Every team has to play at least one mission as mission owner and will play several times as opponent force for other mission owners depending on the number of teams and of the number of parts of each mission. Success Criteria: The first goal are not the points but achieve your individual objective. For that you, following criteria are applied based on the three parts of the mission (being part3 the mission final and the most relevant part): · Winning all three mission parts: Total accomplishment --> XP gained: all collected victory points in the three games + 8XP · Winning part1 or part2 AND part3: Partial accomplishment --> XP gained: all collected victory points in the three games + 4XP · Winning only part3: Minimum accomplishment --> XP gained: all collected victory points in the three games · Any other case: Mission failed --> XP gained: all collected victory points in the three games minus the victory points gained by your enemies. If the result is negative, 0 XP are won. Open & “fluff-oriented" objectives: The classified objectives are no longer secret. Depending on the background of each part of the missions certain classified objectives will be pre-determined. Campaign Example: Let us begin with one example for eight factions, with one mission each and three parts for each mission.
Mission 1: The shields of Shinozuka Mission Owner: Yu Jing Background: September of 2186 Planet: Svalarheima Region: Huangdi (Yu Jing State) It was very close. Only few more days and the Japanese secessionists of Koritawa would have fallen. The signing of the ceasefire of the Uprising War arrived like a frustrating curse to the brave Yu Jing army. They had been fighting for almost half a year to face the Japanese terrorists, whose Kempeitai Operatives had killed all Imperial Service troops in Koritawa to declare the province independent from Yu Jing. They had to fight in open field, suffering the terrible Svalarheima winter storms that killed almost as many StateEmpire soldiers as the Japanese traitors. Furthermore, the Panoceanian government of Solokov had granted airborne artillery and defense support to the rebels, as part of the of the so-called Steel Wall strategy, inexplicably accepted by O-12. Despite all these adverse conditions, the Yu Jing army really could have won in the Svalarheiman theater of operations. The ceasefire demoralized the imperial soldiers for several months but the Kurage Crisis fired the hope in their hearts again and that hope came from a planet far far away. In Novy Cimmeria, an island of Dawn that was governed completely by Yu Jing but which was split as a consequence of the Japanese uprising, the apparent presence of alien forces of the Combined Army had triggered an international conflict that broke the apparently stable peace after the Uprising War. Yu Jing forces attacked Kurage, the province of the island stolen by the Japanese, and were able to partially take it back. If that had been possible, in such a complicated international environment and so many actors involved, the reconquering of Koritawa should be much easier to take. But the operation had to be planned carefully. The Koritawa province had four borders. The western and southern limits were the borders with the Panoceanian State of Solokov and the northern and eastern limits were the borders with Huangdi. The Japanese defenses of the northern border were hidden in the underground town of Iwamura, a position difficult to take. Therefore, the border town of Shinozuka on the east border should be the perfect theater for the first step. Of course, the weakness of that side was also clear to the defenders and a post-war agreement and Panoceanian state-of-the-art reaction shields are being installed along that border. Removing those shields before the get active had to be the very first move. Mission Part 1: The patrols along the border. “While the shields are being setup, the secessionist authorities have asked for credits to hire mercenary forces to patrol this area. The size of the Japanese army was never large and was significantly reduced during the war. Therefore, they keep them for the capital and the key defense enclaves. Furthermore, patrols in the extreme cold of Svalarheima is the most hated duty. Thus, they pay large sums so that the human scum known as Ikari Mercenary Company freeze their asses as a first protection to the border. You can see our Ikari platoon down there. Let us send them with their ancestors and make a favor to the universe.” Spec-Op Agent Wolfgang Sim Thian Eastern Border of the Koritawa Province Scenario/Rules: Frostbite ITS10 · Classified Objective for Ikari: Mapping · Classified Objective for Yu Jing: Extreme Prejudice Mission Part2: Captain Mariana Olson “We are already in but still far again from achieving the goal. We still have to access the shields area and that is why are a fully non-asian race special operations team but, additionally one of our officers must be subject to a full-body multiorgan scan at the Shinozuka Shield Facility gates. To pass it we need 100% multiorgan correspondence with the authorized officers list and no one of us can pass it. But we are lucky. Our secret service recently found out that, since due to its topology Shinozuka has no landing port, a ship with the replacement officer Mariana Olson and her group will be landing in a small base some kilometers to the south. We are now heading to that place, kidnap the officer and go fast to the Shield Facility before anyone can now what happened. On our way to the facility, doctor Chong will lobotomize captain Olson with the state-of-the-art tools of the Imperial Service, so that she is a marionette in our hands. Let us make the Emperor and our great nation proud!” Spec-Op Agent Wolfgang Sim Thian Southern Planes of Shinozuka Scenario/Rules: Highly Classified ITS10 · Classified Objectives for Panoceania: Identity check, telemetry, follow-up, in extremis recovery and rescue. · Classified Objectives for Yu Jing: Identity check, designation, inoculation, capture and kidnapping. Mission Part3: Shinozuka Shield Facility “We have done already the most difficult part: We are in thanks to our dear “zombie” Mariana. Now. You all have been studying the maps of this base for weeks and know perfectly where does each one of you have to place the detonation charges in the facility. Remember, we brought special material and it must look like an accident! I know that you are thinking that most of us will die today and the idea of dying in the uniform of a Panoceanian trooper is disgusting, but do not forget that we do it for a greater good and the glory of our millenary nation. If the destiny gives anyone of us the fortune to escape, honor your dead comrades as they deserve. For the Emperor!!” Spec-Op Agent Wolfgang Sim Thian Shinozuka Shield Facility Scenario/Rules: Looting & Sabotage ITS10 · Classified Objectives for Panoceania: Test Run · Classified Objectives for Yu Jing: Sabotage (D-Charges)
Since this Campaign is the continuation of previous campaigns, the normalized scored XPs can be used by the different players. New players begin with 0 XPs.
MISSION-1: OUTCOME It was so close! The YuJing troopers fought hard and focused. The specialist blew up some minor facilities while the warriors eliminated one by one the Panoceanian soldiers that tried to stop them. But it was not enough. The fighters of the hyperpower were prepared to sacrifice their lives until the last man to avoid the sabotage of the shields and were able to prevent the advance of the servants of the Emperor long enough to receive reinforcements and force the yujingians to retreat. However, if the reinforcements had needed a little longer the victory would have been for the imperial troopers. The mission had failed for just few minutes. This was frustrating but, at the same time, encouraging because it meant that they had the tools and capability break the Shinozuka defenses. There will be another chance soon.
Mission 2: The assault of the refinery WR-179 Mission Owner: Navandra Mercs (based on Ikari Sectorial List) Background: August of 2186 (Earth Calender) System: Human Edge Region: Asteroids region HE-324 “I am not going to lie to you. If there was a ranking of places to be nominated as “ass of the universe”, the region we are going to would be in the top 3… for sure. The outer ring of Human Edge are the leftovers of that system. The best planetoids and asteroids are in the core of the system and are being exploited by the superpowers of the Human Sphere, the minor powers and companies with bad lobby relationships are condemned to look for their fortune in the outer ring. Our customer, Mythril Aerospace, is a small European company that invested almost all its money in an advance space refinery to extract iron, cobalt and low quality tesseum from small asteroids. The lack of contacts and relevance left them without Panocenian military protection and this has caused a big trouble. Apparently, a ship of Combined Army alien forces from Paradiso has sneaked in and taken control of the refinery. We don´t know how many survivors there will be, but they expect us to go there and clean up the mess… They are paying extremely well. Anyway, I will tell you more details when we are closer to our destination” Spec-Op Agent of Red Navandra, Javier Moreno Spaceship “Amadis de Gaula” coming out of the Circular in Human Edge Mission Part 1: The boarding of the imperial troopers. “Yes, yes… we are talking about aliens of the Combined Army. It looks that the alien “leakage” to Dawn was not the only one and some few forces were able to cross from Paradiso to Human Edge. But, apparently, they were not many. In our case, there were just enough to conquer the refinery which, as I explained days ago, had no real protection. Our customer lost contact with the facility and doesn´t know what happen to all men and women that were living and working there. That is why we are here: To go there, find out what happened, clean the alien mess – with all respect to our Krakot friend Gorak – and rescue the hostages. For that we have to analyze the set of tunnels and corridors that… What!! An Imperial patrol spaceship!? This far!? Do they think that the whole Human Edge is theirs!? They still must be frustrated because of the outcome of the Uprinsing War. Anyway… Guys, we have an unexpected and ugly visit from our Yu Jing “friends”. The fire power of their ship is much larger than ours, so we will let them board us and then kick their asses. It is our only chance. Keep focused and go for them!” Spec-Op Agent of Red Navandra, Javier Moreno Spaceship “Amadis de Gaula” Outer Ring in Human Edge Scenario/Rules: Show of Force ITS10 · Classified Objective for Navandra (Ikari): None · Classified Objective for Yu Jing: None Result · Navandra (Ikari): 10 Point (Victory) · Yu Jing: 0 Points Mission Part 2: The infested nest “Hey, new guys! Do you know why the call us Red Navandra? It is quite easy: Blood! Our colleagues from the regular Navandra forces wear these nice white uniforms. The pretty boys always ready to show off before the customers. They protect fabs, secure zones, do bodyguarding and, to be fair, sometimes some also tougher situations facing heavy weaponry. But, in any case, they always follow the code of honor of the company and come home with clean hands. But, when Navandra entered the war in Paradiso, they began to realize that this strategy could not be successful in that environment. Therefore, a group of black operations was created unofficially. It was formed not only by some of the best Navandra regulars but also by anyone whose skills could be useful for the final goal, independently of where this people came from or their moral standards. They were not much better than Ikari. They got brutally effective and began to come back from their missions with impressive success… but also with blood, a lot of blood in their hands that could not be washed. That is why they… I mean, we became Red Navandra. Of course, unofficially, because we actually do not exist. Enough History!… Now, I expect you to go into that infested nest of aliens and come back covered in xeno-blood to honor our regiment” Spec-Op Agent of Red Navandra, Javier Moreno Spaceship “Amadis de Gaula” Outer Ring in Human Edge Scenario/Rules: Ahhihilation ITS10 · Classified Objective for Navandra (Ikari): None · Classified Objective for Combined Army: None https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...ANdCvgvnfCN4b4vwOZltY-LOOQmCPNCGoTKMi8ydaH-kA OUTCOME – Mission 2 - Lieutenant Salas, react!! What has happened in the upper section!? - I am sorry, sir! It has been a massacre. Our first advance attempts were soon stopped by heavy fire from unidron formations, so stepped back but it was worse. Sygmaa units appeared from outside the orbital station chasing our teams from the back and causing chaos, then hidden thermo-optical camos appeared from nowhere, fired missiles and blew up most of our key troops. We still tried to advance with our heavy armors but were pushed back by unidron teams. They are no crazy aliens! They are an elite army! There were very few survivors. - Keep calm, lieutenant! We cannot leave the hostages behind. I´ll send the rest of the forces in our ship to eliminate the bastard invaders. Only then we can leave. Get your weapons and join the team of Captain Urrutia. Result · Navandra (Ikari): 1 point · Combined Army: 9 points (Victory)
Mission Part 3: It is going to explode!! “- Sir, the corridors are cleaned up and the survivors have been brought to the upper section. But we have a situation here at the main hangar. The core of the alien forces has gathered here and are trying to… BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!! Noooo! The life-support system and vacuum seal have been destroyed!! Run for your lives!!" Main hangar of the refinery WR-179 Outer Ring in Human Edge Scenario/Rules: Biotechvore ITS10 (But they get killed by the explosion/vacuum instead of Biotechvore) · Classified Objective for Navandra (Ikari): None · Classified Objective for Combined Army: None
Mission 3: The rests of the Dusk Star Mission Owner: Haqqislam Background: June of 2186 (Earth Calender) System: Paradiso Continent: Septentria Region: Waters around the Kohaku Peninsula (JSA territory) “Ayhan could not believe it. Everything was true. The neoboat began to slow down as it approached those rests floating on the Southern Sea. In the middle of those different pieces moving up and dawn by the waves, there was a quite large scientific ship, but a closer look made clear that it was not a normal ship, since heavily armed mercenaries were defending it. Ayhan had been infiltrated for six months, impersonating a Japanese captain fallen in the Uprising war. As a well-trained Hassassin, it had not been hard to spend that long time among those traitors. Traitors because, not much more than half a year ago, they had been helped by the Haqqislamist government of Asyut in their war against YuJing and few months later, they made a crucial discovery and kept it secret and isolated from their allies. The Sword of Allah had been right not trusting these secessionists. Looking for survivors from the naval combats, the JSA had found a strange object at the bottom of the sea. Closer investigations showed that there were some rests of the O-12 orbital station Dusk Star that had been shot down by the Combined Army in the first offensive and which everyone thought that has been disintegrated when crossing the atmosphere. Apparently, not completely. In order not to catch too much attention with a military operation of their army, the JSA of Kohaku hired some Ikari mercenaries to protect a fake scientific ship while they analyzed the rests. Most of the rests were useless but an intact safe memory unit was found among them and was going to be extracted that day. A safe memory unit of O-12!! This could be an incredible source of intel!! And, of course, it should not end up in the hands of those traitors but be with wise Haqqislamist council of Asyut.” Mission Part 1: Boarding the ship “The moment has come. The military presence is as low as never before. But be it does not mean that it is low. The deck has still a significant amount of undercover JSA troops but mainly of these mercenary dogs of Ikari. They all seem to find the situation uncomfortable, since it is taking too long and four days ago a group of Aleph OSS agents arrived to the ship. My impression is that the troopers feel threatened by these unidentified authorities. They all want to finish all of this as soon as possible. In summary, come at dawn and be prepared for a tough firefight aboard.” Infiltrated Spec-Op Agent, Ayhan Kaplantas Deck of Scientific Ship “Liquid Horizon” Scenario/Rules: Firefight ITS10 · Classified Objective for Haqqislam: hvt:espionage, mapping · Classified Objective for Ikari: telemetry, net undermine Mission Part 2: The ALEPH interference “Good job! The fight on the deck was hard and we made it, but we still have to face the forces within the ship. As already mentioned, few days ago Aleph troops showed up. They did identify themselves with official protocol but still the JSA officers were so scared of being investigated while looking for the O-12 device that accepted all their conditions. I have a bad feeling about this: The O-12 memory will probably contain classified information about Bureau Toth, thus, why would ALEPH like to watch her watchers? And moreover, unofficially? But let us focus, enough speculation. The good thing is that this agents are doing a dirty unofficial job and ALEPH will not have a chance to complain if we eliminate them. ” Infiltrated Spec-Op Agent, Ayhan Kaplantas Engineering Deck of the Scientific Ship “Liquid Horizon” Scenario/Rules: Engineering Deck ITS10 · Classified Objective for Haqqislam: hvt:retroengineering · Classified Objective for Aleph: hvt:retroengineering Mission Part 3: Recovering the O-12 safe memory “We did the most difficult part. Do you see the horizontal gates down there? The submarine vehicle with the O12-memory will come in few seconds through them. That is why is so well protected by JSA and Ikari forces. Let us be patient. Once the vehicle arrives, the gates are closed and the device is safe, we will launch our attack.” Infiltrated Spec-Op Agent, Ayhan Kaplantas Submarine Deck of the Scientific Ship “Liquid Horizon” Scenario/Rules: Capture and Protect ITS10 · Classified Objective for Haqqislam: in extremis recovery · Classified Objective for Ikari: in extremis recovery Special rules: Submarine Deck no kind of airborne deployment is allowed. Those figures with the aquatic terrain special skill have +2 inches MOV in their first attribute.
