"WHAT THE -?"

THERE you are, sitting in your comfy chair in the orderly room, daily
dump done, coffee cup and doughuts at hand, scanning the  morning report
hard copy.

another day on the  job, training local yokels at  this  remote sensor
site for one of the massive planetary defense meson gun complexes
knocking down good money and thinking about your impending retirement.

ah, the mercenary life,  that is the life for me!

or so you thought until the **** hit the fan  and splattered everywhere
. . . .

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you are the NCOIC of a detachment of mercs hired by the local government
to  train the local forces in the use of  the planetary defense
installations  that are being turned over to them by rapidly departing
UN forces.

as NCOIC of the mercs, you are also wearing the hat  of first sergeant
in the local militia assigned to this  sensor  station, advising the
militia CO and officers, and reporting to your own chain of command.

there are 24 mercs, and 60 militia assigned to the  station.  all have
personal weaponry, body armor, personal comms, and heated  (but
shielded) cold weather clothing  that allows activities outside the
sensor station.  the arms room (2 of them) contains  support weaponry
(machineguns , anti-amor weapons, light SAMs and  two light mortars that
is not mounted in the defensive bunkers topside (heavy or light
machineguns are assigned to each  contin - uosly manned  bunker.

the station is located in the north polar region of the planet, so it is
not exactly considered a  great assignment by the local  officers and
troops. the majority of the  station is located deep below ground,  with
a perimeter fence, retractable sensor and commo arrays, a few surface
buildings and defensive  positions.
there are a few  vehicles assigned to the  station motor pool, as well
as two light aircraft used   transport.  monthly flights  by larger
aricraft are for resupply and personnel  transport.

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well, you ask, exactly WHAT HAS HIT THE FAN AND SPLATTERED EVERY-
WHERE??????/

well here are some ideas  . . .

a. the local militia  rank and file has mutinied in support of an on
going coup by  enemies of the  lawful government.
the ercs and loyalists are taken compleely by surprise, doing wotever
they were doing when the mutiny began, and must  restore order asap.

b.  the  installation is  unexpectedly attacked by  previously unkown
rebel forces in the area, light infantry with a full array of  support
weaponry .

c.  a traitor assigned to the  station	has planted numerous explosive
devices, before being caught by security personnel.
among the  first  places to be wrecked by the bombs is	the TACTICAL
OPERATIONS CENTER and the station POWER PLANT. auxiliary power plant has
been damaged and will take hours to repair. you must find and prevent
the other bombs from going off!

d. a traitor assigned to the  station has released a  fast acting and
deadly disease into the lifesupport system, infecting  some of the
personnel with	"the bug".  the bug causes victims to run amok after 48
hours of fever and chills.  only  1 person in four is not effected by
"the bug" for unkown reasons, and it is up to them to survive and  bring
the station back on line asap!	(the first amoks  have burst from their
sick beds and are running wild, right now! 

e.  a routine patrol is missing and long overdue?  what does this mean?

f.  a routine  patrol has located the wreck of an alien spacecraft,
buried in the  ice for only God knows how long.  sevral of the troops
that entered were injured and returned to the station for medical
treatment . . .LOL, can you guess wot appens  next??????

g.  a "MAYDAY" has  been recieved by the  duty watch in the TOC.   the
distress signal is from a civvie oil  drilling	operation abour 250
clicks	away. details are confusing but the civvies  need  rescue and
medical help asap!

h.  same as g.	above except the MAYDAY is from a scientific
expedition..

i. a really nasty mix of any of the above suggested plot lines!

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anyway, those are some ideas for y'all to run with in the GZG Universe.

DAWGIE