Mission for Spec Ops - Opinions?

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by mook

The primary objective is to take out a chemical weapons storage facility within Syria

Um, blowing up a chemical weapons storage facility will spread the contents all over the area, and depending on what the weather does, may kill a load of people. Blowing up a production facility that hasn't started up yet makes more sense.

After destroying their chutes (thermite? just bury them?)

Burry them. Thermite generates bright lights and bright lights at night are a really bad idea for a covert mission.

Only about 30-40 remain ... they will make their way (hopefully) undetected to the facility, neutralize any defenders they encounter there, photograph whatever they can/grab hard drives etc., and use Semtex charges at two foundation locations to collapse the building.

They need to make very sure that the site's communications are taken out, as one phone call saying there are foreign attackers makes life much harder for the politicians. So that's jammers for the Syrian army's radios and for soldiers' own cellphones, and cutting all the telephone and long-distance networking cables, before anyone at the facility knows anything's up. If this is insufficiently Action!, or too much complexity for the timeslot, add an NPC support team to do it.

Would the facility defenders be using Night Vision goggles at all times, or just if they were put on alert for some reason?

Depends on how much budget they have, and how well organised their supply officer is.

I'm think a squad of gear-laden spec ops can hump about 5 mph on foot if they can't commandeer a vehicle?

Not for very far at that pace.

Just walk over the border into Israel? (I imagine that border is pretty well militarized)

It's a bit less militarised than the DMZ in Korea. But only a bit.

Maybe Turkey?

Less militarised, but still significantly. Lebanon will be a better bet, but is not terribly safe territory. The CIA can probably provide routes that will work, but that information would be terribly embarrassing if it was captured.

Steal a boat to Cyprus?

The ex-SEAL will be up for that, but it's not a short voyage. If they are being chased, they'll be in dead trouble once day breaks at sea.

Tunnel deep into the earth and seek assistance from the Mole People?

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