To recap on what happened last time:
President Fred was - dead! After over a decade of surviving various assassination attempts and battlefield fire the great Fred - blessed be his name - was gone.
Captain D'eath made it to the Capital and featured in some very positive news footage. He hasn't become the new president. Yet....
The P.O.O.F.S. - Managed to find a few bits of new kit and are well placed to take power (with L.A.D.A. support).
Col. Incognito - Was militarily successful and expects to be able to manipulate the future government of Ph'tang.
Roger Mellie - Got some great footage on prime time TV and took full advantage of Capt. D'eath's well stocked drinks cabinet.
Hertz Van Rental - successfully evacuated the wounded from the airport - but didn't feature in any TV coverage.
Personal
briefing – Mrs Fred
You
are the widow of the late President Fred (blessed be his name), the democratically
elected and benign ruler of the small African state of Ph’tang, his party
P.O.N.G. (the Ph’tangi Organisation for National Glorification) having swept to
victory at the last election. And the
one before that.
Under
your direct command is your devoted (and well remunerated) bodyguard, The
Purple Helmets.
Objectives:
- Ensure Fred has
an honourable and dignified send off.
- Position yourself
as his successor.
- Use the
advantages that nature has conferred to advance your cause.
Personal
briefing – Captain D’eath
You were until recently are the
loyal and trusted sidekick to President Fred of Ph’tang. In the aftermath of Fred’s death you featured
in some very positive TV news coverage, having saved the life (or so you say)
of ace reporter, the rather tipsy Roger Mellie.
Objectives:
- Develop your
media career.
- Emerge as a
lifelong supporter of whichever faction looks most likely to control
Ph’tang.
- Quietly commit
an atrocity, preferable one involving an endangered species of wildlife.
Personal
briefing – The Limp Wrist
You are the shadowy and mysterious
leader of a popular (well not that popular) uprising against the evil
dictatorship of President Fred. Your organisation, The Peoples Organisation For
Socialism (P.O.O.F.S.) is covertly backed by the Cuban sponsored Leftist Army
of Darkest Africa (L.A.D.A.) which has invaded Ph’tang in support of your
cause.
Objectives:
- Position
yourself as Fred’s successor.
- Include a load
of Marxist claptrap in every argument.
- Retain the
support of L.A.D.A.
Personal
briefing – Colonel Incognito
You are the Cuban ‘adviser’ to and
thus de facto commander of L.A.D.A. (the Leftist Army of Darkest Africa).
Having assembled your forces in nearby Zoone, you have invaded Ph’tang and put
the country to the fire and sword in the interests of peace and stability. You have orders ‘from the highest level’ that
the P.O.O.F.S. must not gain power in Ph’tang.
Objectives:
- Keep the peace
during the funeral.
- Give the
P.O.O.F.S. plenty of verbal support but no material help at all.
- Eliminate any
remaining Fredist support.
- Include a load
of Marxist claptrap in every argument.
We also had two 'non player' roles:
Personal
briefing – Roger Mellie (the man on the telly…)
You are a hard-drinking veteran
journalist and were in Ph’tang a few months ago to cover the election (and the
subsequent unrest). You have recenty flown
back to cover the expected invasion of the country by the Cuban-backed Leftist
Army of Darkest Africa. Then you got a
bit pissed. In the aftermath of
President Fred’s death you were ‘rescued’ by Captain D’eath and said a load of
nice stuff about him on TV. But you
really can’t remember what happened…
Objectives:
- Secure an exclusive interview
with Mrs Fred, the late President’s grieving widow.
- Present a dramatic 30-60 second
report each turn.
- Avoid Captain D’eath.
- Emerge alive (and preferably
drunk) with your reputation enhanced.
Personal
briefing – Captain Hertz Van Rental
You are a young officer of the Royal
Dutch Marines currently on UN peacekeeping duty in Ph’tang.
Objectives:
- Keep the peace
during the late President’s funeral.
- Avoid becoming
involved in any factional fighting in Ph’tang.
- Ensure you
feature prominently and positively in any TV coverage.
