Thorns

Mission Briefing

Welcome to 2024, soldiers.

You are soldiers of a multinational elite task force officially operating under the UN mandate. You're the best damn group of operators that the governments of the world managed to pull together, dedicated to protecting the peace of the world - and, often, the interests of the Security Council nations, with that pleasant shroud of deniability that your status offers.

They call you Thorns. Spines upon which those willing to harm the world shall impale themselves.

You are the Delta Squad of the Second Platoon, B Company. This time, you have been deployed into New York, straight into Manhattan. Apparently, a research facility of some sort went dark, and you are the ones chosen to clean that mess up.

You are to enter the facility, get to the mainframe in its centre and recover the data. The facility's staff is to be considered expendable.

Get it done.
Mission accomplished!! Tier Zero forever!

Chargen

The system is standard #lords d10 affair.

There are four stats to track:

• Physical
• Mental
• Social
• Integrity

Perception is handled via Physical or Mental rolls, depending on the situation. Social is also the leadership stat and responsible for getting command stuff done. Love cannot bloom on the battlefield, soldier.

You have 20 dice to assign overall to your stats of choice. You're elite operators, you're hardcore like that.

In addition to that, pick one speciality and your role in the squad. They can complement each other, but that is not necessary. You probably want something more immediately useful than elite operational knitting skills, though.

Your role will determine your equipped. At least one (combat) engineer is suggested, but beyond that, feel free to just pick whatever feels appropriate.

Specialities lower the difficulty number for relevant rolls by one. (so the success number is 5)

Maximum tacticool is considered to be in effect. Bring your own holographic sight.