Ideas Are Easy

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by ericthered

A Military Unit dropped a short distance behind enemy lines, with orders to take some vital piece of infrastructure like a bridge or mountain pass, and to hold it for a short time (like 36 hours).

Mech's airdropped to take a hold a pass sounds particularly cool.

If you want to get really wild with it, consider an orbital drop, like the Mobile Infantry in Starship Troopers (book, not movie), the ODST's in Halo, or the HEAT in Deathworlders.