Blackhawk748
2015-12-04, 10:05 PM
I will be utilizing a tweaked version of the Armageddon 2089 setting. America declared Irag and Afghanistan territories instead of glassing most of the Middle East, though on average the US is far more willing to resort to violence. Other than this its the same, the US and the European Federation are going at it around the world in proxy wars while Russian and the Tiger Combine look on and wait for a good time to sucker punch someone.
Enter the PCs.
The PCs will be working for Askari Gullet a Somalian Warlord who despises the interference of the US and the EF in Africa. His dream is to forge a United Africa and to have it stand on the world stage as a superpower. This is where the PCs come in. Askari regularly hires Mek Jockeys to fight for him, as he finds that War Meks tend to lower the number of casualties as his opponents are more likely to surrender. While Askari has the UAL Warmek core, it is a horrendously under tech'ed group of mechs, most of which are early line models. This is where the PCs come in, while not piloting the best units, the PCs are definitely higher tech than just about anything in Africa and so will be sent on some of the worst missions.
Askari is a legitimately nice guy, he would much prefer to win over people with diplomacy rather then have to shoot his way to a United Africa, but he knows he will have to fight. The two big contenders in Africa are: South Africa, backed by the EF, and Nigeria backed by the US. Askari leads the third faction, the United African League. The PCs will probably start out by fighting insurgents in the Somalian borderlands and eventually move into Ethiopia or Kenya.
So what do i need? Help with missions and just general ideas. Ive never ran a Near Future campaign like this before and the kind of political shenanigans possible are new to me.
Enter the PCs.
The PCs will be working for Askari Gullet a Somalian Warlord who despises the interference of the US and the EF in Africa. His dream is to forge a United Africa and to have it stand on the world stage as a superpower. This is where the PCs come in. Askari regularly hires Mek Jockeys to fight for him, as he finds that War Meks tend to lower the number of casualties as his opponents are more likely to surrender. While Askari has the UAL Warmek core, it is a horrendously under tech'ed group of mechs, most of which are early line models. This is where the PCs come in, while not piloting the best units, the PCs are definitely higher tech than just about anything in Africa and so will be sent on some of the worst missions.
Askari is a legitimately nice guy, he would much prefer to win over people with diplomacy rather then have to shoot his way to a United Africa, but he knows he will have to fight. The two big contenders in Africa are: South Africa, backed by the EF, and Nigeria backed by the US. Askari leads the third faction, the United African League. The PCs will probably start out by fighting insurgents in the Somalian borderlands and eventually move into Ethiopia or Kenya.
So what do i need? Help with missions and just general ideas. Ive never ran a Near Future campaign like this before and the kind of political shenanigans possible are new to me.