Outline

The characters are called in by their superior officer and briefed for a mission. Immediately after their briefing, the characters are loaded into an air transport and flown to the drop site.

Game Notes

The characters' superior officer will tell them that Cynthia James, the personal secretary of Brigadier Gibbons and the daughter of Colonel James, was kidnapped by a band of rovers five days ago. Earlier today, the rovers, who have identified themselves as Gaia's Vengeance, announced that they were holding the girl for a ransom of 10 million marks.

Should their demands not be met in two days, they will kill Cynthia and kidnap another daughter of the military brass until they get what they want.

Since Cynthia is the daughter of a highly respected field commander and, as Brigadier Gibbons' personal secretary, is privy to some sensitive material, the military has decided to act swiftly. Colonel James has taken the initiative and ordered a squad of Gears - the characters - to rescue her immediately. Normally, the military would frown on James being involved in this operation, but an exception seems to have been made....

Satellite surveillance has discovered the rover camp and identified Gears in the vicinity. Due to cloudy weather, they are unable to confirm the exact number or make of the Gears present. With this knowledge, James has decided to use a Gear team rather than a commando squad for fear of the squad being out-gunned and jeopardizing his daughter's life.

The camp is located about 170 kin into the Westridge Trench, west of the Great White Desert and about 300 kin north of Prince Gable. There is a clearing 43 kin northwest of the camp that is suitable for use as a drop zone. From there, the characters are to make their way to the camp, rescue Cynthia and, should the opportunity present itself, apprehend or cripple Gaia's Vengeance. After their briefing, the characters are rushed to their transport and begin the flight to the drop site.

En route to the drop site, a member of the flight crew informs the characters that a severe storm has made a safe drop nearly impossible. They will adjust their flight path to a backup drop zone roughly 100 km east of the camp, in the savanna of the Great White Desert, knowing that the storm will not hit there until the characters are safely on the ground.

Objective

The characters must be informed of their mission and plan the rescue. With the sudden change in drop site, they will be forced to adjust their plans quickly.

Potential Complications

The characters encounter a pack of Desert Wolves, rovers that operate in the Westridge Trench region. They will primarily be driving desert vehicles, but they also have a few small, older Gears. If attacked, they will act only in selfdefense and will open communications with the characters to ask why they are attacking.

Once the Wolves have cleared up the confusion, they will point the characters in the direction they were already heading, but they will reveal that they do not know the exact location of Gaia's Vengeance. If the characters continue to attack, the rovers will attempt to retreat. If they cannot retreat, they will fight viciously and exact their vengeance in true rover fashion.

Gaia's Vengeance Heavy Gear RPG Adventure

Introduction
Sequence 1: Drop Zone
Sequence 2: Best Laid Plans
Sequence 3: Endgame
Debriefing