Q4 2009 - Turn 0.5

December 2009
While billions of people around the world celebrate the beginning of a new decade, world leaders, UN- and military officials come together at an undisclosed location to discuss the establishment of a new organisation under the banner of the UN to investigate and prepare for a matter of utmost secrecy, far away from the eyes of the public. Built upon the UN Task Force Middle East, it will encompass all the forces put under the UN peacekeeper program during the 2008 revision.

What was the incident that provoked the creation of the Organisation:

[ ]The Nuclear Anomaly - Initial Threat Assessment: High
First documented by the USA in 1946 during their pacific nuclear tests, the Nuclear anomaly was a sonar presence roughly 200 meter in length, occasionally picked up in the aftermath of bomb tests by patrolling navy vessels. The anomaly emitted high amount of gamma radiation, but stopped being documented as soon as tests were ceased and the all documents regarding the anomaly were locked away until two months ago, when a US navy aircraft carrier and its escorting fleet was lost with all hands out in the open paacific, the radio transmission and the data recovered from the blackboxes implying a return of the anomaly.

[ ]The Dead Sea Archives - Initial Threat Assessment: Low
Discovered by archeologists in temple ruins seemingly older than thought possible near the Dead Sea, the Archive is a cubical artifact of, as of now, unknown composition. Preliminary analysis of the writing on the temple walls suggest the existence of an as of yet undiscovered advanced human civilisation around 5000 B.C who seemingly revered the Archive as part of their religion. Further deciphering of the temple texts however led to the findings being classified, the writing on the walls seemingly recounting major events in the last 7000 years.

[ ]Dead Tundra - Initial Threat Assessment: High
In July of last year someone ignited a nuclear warhead at an air force base deep in the russian tundra, after which the russian military stumbled to explain the situation to the security council. Soldier sent to investigate a gas prospecting outpost that the employer in Moscow had lost contact with, returned afflicted with a mysterious illness. HQ was informed over radio of the escalating situation, the infected turning violent and feral and the infection spreading. Pleas to firebomb the base by the commander were denied, as he told of horrors of flesh romancing the buildings, before contact was lost and a warhead detonated 15 minutes later. The area has now been quarantined, officially for nuclear cleaning operations.

[ ]Visitors from the Stars - Initial Threat Assessment: Moderate
Last month German authorities uncovered a subterranean WW2 bunker complex during routine bomb defusal operations. What was truly unusual however, was the content. Remains of an alien aircraft and two alien corpses preserved in ethanol that crashed in southern Germany at some point in 1935 according to the research notes found. The Third Reich began a secret program to try and reverse engineer technologies, but got nowhere before the end of the war. It is not clear what happened, but the current leading theory is that a failure in the power systems locked the researchers in the bunker, where they died from lack of oxygen.

[ ]The Convergence - Initial Threat Assessment: Low
The last few months has seen an increase in reports of supernatural sightings of an undeniable and documented nature. A UN Convoy attacked by "werewolves" led to 25 KIA, 15 wounded and both attackers dead. A "unicorn" reported by Polish authorities after having been brought by a local hunter. Incidents have been relatively minor but increasingly widespread and frequent with little sign of relenting. These sightings come from all over the world but the security council wants to control this developing situation before it escalates.


And who was chosen to manage this organisation for the years to come?
[ ]General Sonya Merin
US Army General Sonya Merin was put in command of the Nato forces sent to bring control of the developing situation in the Middle East at the end 2003. Despite, or perhaps because of, her best efforts the situation continued to deteriorate, culminating in the 2008 Teheran standoff where US and Russian forces almost started firing at each other, a situation that was resolved more or less peacefully in large parts thanks to the generals unique style of diplomacy. In late 2008 Merin was put in charge of the UN Task Forces' military where she finally saw successes in somewhat pacifying the region.
-Peacekeeping Veteran: +15 to all Military Dice, +1 Military Dice
-Averse to Politics: Less Council Support Gain and Loss
-Blunt Force: -5 to Service Dice

[ ]Nobuo Saito
Before 2008 Saito worked as a high ranking administrator in the Japanese bureaucracy, before he was reassigned to the Japanese contribution to the UN Taskforce. Despite the occasionally horrenous supply and material situation everyone agreed he did a good job in managing the needs of an army conglomerated from a dozen different nations.
-Good Administrator: +5 to all Dice
-Efficient Staffing: +2 Dice Capacity
-Military Freshling: -10 to Military Dice.

[ ]Leonti Sokolov
Sokolov was one of the more western-friendly politicians active after the quiet disbandment of the Soviet Union in 1995. Known for his well spoken and friendly nature he served as the russian ambassador between 2005 and 2008 at the height of the Great Oil Crisis. It is largely attributed to him that Russia and China agreed to a reform of the UN security council and the formation of the Peacekeeping Task Force.
-Politically Savvy: More Council Support Gain
-Well Connected: +1 Die for all categories
-Broad Focus: No more than 4 Dice can be assigned to one project in one turn.

[ ]Karoline Becker
The continued Oil Crisis combined with the Financial Crisis of 2006 nearly led to collapse of the Eurozone. Becker was put in charge of the manufacturing industry part of the trillion euro bailing fund and by various measures, including selling or nationalising certain industries as she saw fit. The result was around 20% less jobs lost across the whole Eurozone, but with huge regional differences. After 2008 she became part of the team managing the supply of industrial goods, munitions and replacement parts to the UN taskforce.
-Metal and Concrete: +10 to Industry Dice and +5 to Infrastructure Dice
-Industrial Cooperation: +2 Industry Dice, +1 Infrastructure Die
-Headstrong: -5 on Administration Dice

Be aware, a random one from those not chosen will become your boss.


And what is the name of this new organisation?

-[]Global Defense Organisation GDO
-[]United Nations Armed Forces UNAF
-[]Write in. Must both sound cool and have a cool acronym.