RADIO WATCH

Expanded radio chatter chart

BY James Langham

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“Listening in on the radio is known as radio watch, it’s 1- Nothing
a bit like Baywatch but with less bikinis and more
static. While we are moving it can get a bit boring in 2 Nothing
the track so at least I can sit there frequency hopping
listening for transmissions and it looks like I’m
3 Nothing
working! Occassionally we pick up something
interesting, most of the time it’s gibberish though. It
4 Nothing
helps if you have someone who speaks the language so
I tnd to get Boris our tame Russia sat next to me in case
I don’t undertsand what’s being said. Worst case at 5 Nothing
least I can sometimes pick up some decent music.”
6 Nothing

RADIO USE 7 Nothing

This booklet is intended to expand upon the radio

8 1 message
chatter chart on page 51 of the Referee’s Manual as this
chart will quickly be used up II have expanded it to use
9 1 message
a 1D100 chart with a few ideas how to develop the
material once you have used those up.
10 1 messages

It is worth remembering a number of things:

 Many radios were destroyed by the effects of
EMP reducing how many transmissions are
made.
 If the PCs are using radios themselves, they will
be creating their own signals footprint f they
transmit.
 Most signals will be short ranged so within 1-3
hexes although sometimes freak atmospheric
conditions can vastly extend this.
 Note the frequency ranges given for the
equipment in the rulebook, certain radios are
incapable of talking to each other. This is
especially true of air to ground
communications.
 Things can go wrong, even the SAS
encountered the problem in 1991 when the
Bravo 20 patrol were given the wrong
frequencies.
In creating the chart, I have tried to create a mix of
serious, fun, plain weird and occasionally silly
messages. If you don’t like the message don’t use it! I
have not included mundane conversations or things like
music unless there is a specific reason. These are
intended as the sort of information that would stand
out after listening for a few hours.
Regarding the frequency of rolls, I would suggest rolling
1D10 per shift of listening:
11 2 messages
12+ 3 messages
Modifiers:
Short range radio (5km or less) -1
Long range radio (16k, or more) +1
Each success on a tech roll (comms gives a +1 to the roll)
+1
Note that longer range radios will mean that the
transmission may be further away and of less use to the
PCs.
Advice on using
Rather than rolling real time to decide which messages
to use it makes a lot more sense to roll in advance (or
choose the ones you like, don’t worry I won’t tell), flesh
it out, rework it to suit your campaign and be ready to
run it. Have a few picked out and ready (enterprising
referees could even recruit friends and family to record
the message to play back during the game!).
As an example, I roll and get a 52. The language is
German, if no PC speaks German I would reroll but
fortunately one of them does. So, what does the
message say:
““This is the voice of the New German Democratic
Republic, the time to rise again is now.” Communist
propaganda follows.”
Ok, this is intriguing, what do the notes say?
Who are the New German Democratic Republic and
what do they plan?
So, time to flesh it out. I decide that this is actually a unit
made up of German PoWs who to escape harsh
treatment and neglect in PoW camps have volunteered
to fight for the Warsaw Pact. The more politically reliable
senior officers were Russian and the junior officers
mainly ex-DDR officers who resented the reduction in
rank on re-unification and the way that as Ossies
(Easterners) they were treated as second class soldiers
by their new comrades. Many left the service but were
recalled when war broke out. Which further fuelled
resentment.
They were barely trusted by their new masters but were
mainly used as a propaganda unit (PCs may vaguely
remember seeing something about this). They were
never intended to be on the front line but in the
aftermath of the last offensive they were thrown in as a
desperation measure.
I decide that they are not the largest of units, now
having a strength of around 100. Equipment wise they
are a strange mix, they have some of the latest issue kit
for propaganda photographs (but these are kept
desperately short of spares), a few German items from
captured stocks that they were familiar with and then
kit that category 3 divisions would look down their
noses at (this gives me a change to chuck in completely
random items).
Vehicle wise I decide that they have a single tank, a T44
(because I can!). Supplementing this are a captured
BMP1 Ost (now with reversing mirrors and better
brakes), a BTR152 and a recently captured HMMWV
which is full of small arms bullet holes. Small arms wise
they have everything from a couple of G11s, a mix of
AKs in a range of calibres (including a few in 5.56
captured from German units), SKS carbines and quite a
few PPSh41 SMGs. Support weapons are primarily
RPG7s (with at least one RPG2). I also add in a couple of
Thompson SMGs that were found at the back of a
warehouse alongside some Lend-Lease M4A2(76)
Shermans (I might even chuck one of these in once they
cannibalise them for spares).
Activity wise I decide that while they remained loyal for
a while they have now decided to strike for home. The
commanding German officer (the Russian officer had
died) and the Russian commissar both met with an
“accident” when the knives they were cleaning went off
killing them.
Now the unit is commanded by “Simon” a veteran of 40
Fallschirmjagerbatalion Willi Sanger (40th Parachute
Battalion) which was tasked with special forces
missions. He is sick of the war and is making every effort
to get as many of his men home as he can. As they mark
west he plans to gradually build up stockpiles of
western uniforms so they can escape any repercussions
of having fought on the Pact side. If there is a chance to
acquire a bit of money on the way to set them up when
they get back all the better. Simon is no barbarian but
he does value to lives of his men (and women) above
those of anyone he encounters.
“I’m sick of war, even of being in a peacetime
army. I just want to go home and live in peace,
I want a nice place to live in, nothing fancy,
just soewhere safe where I can find a wife and
live in peace. I’m just good at killing, very
good and if I need to kill people to get myself
and my unit there, then so be it.”
The communist propaganda is a deliberate ploy to
make the unit seem loyal to the Soviets. As he moves
west (having found fuel which is one of his many current
problems) he will be changing the message to one of a
pro-western stance and play on the escaped PoW story
(he feels it unrealistic to expect many PoWs to turn up
to contradict him.
PCs who come into contact with the unit may well find a
useful ally to help them move west provided they can
help with the difficulties Simon is currently experiencing
(lack of resources especially fuel and a Pact commander
demanding he follows his orders).
Hopefully this shows the sort of twist that you can place
on what looks a simple message.
A final tip is not to get annoyed if the PCs completely
ignore your preparation and go elsewhere, you will be
able to rework it easily enough in a new location in most
cases.
How to speak proper This is [callsign] – your callsign
A few notes on military voice procedure. When spelling [message]
out things the phonetic alphabet is use: [ending as above]
A – Alpha
B – Bravo When replying this is cut back to
C – Charlie [callsign] – your callsign
D – Delta [message]
E – Echo [ending as above]
F – Foxtrot
G – Golf If something isn’t heard or understood, the proword
H – Hotel “say again” is used, the proword “repeat” is only used
I – India when calling in artillery fire and means fire the same
J – Juliet mission again. To emphasise something the caller can
K – Kilo state “I say again,” e.g. “Observing four Tango Seven
L – Lima Twos, I say again four Tango Seven Twos.”
M – Mike British Voice Procedure and Call Signs
N – November
O – Oscar The procedure for callsigns can vary between militaries,
P – Papa the following notes apply to British voice procedure:
Q – Quebec 0 – Command station on the net
R – Romeo 0A – The commander
S – Sierra 0B – The second in command
T – Tango
U – Uniform Call signs then take the format:
V – Victor Letter – two-digit number – letter (depending on call
W – Whiskey sign)
X – X-Ray
Y – Yankee The letter will vary by the day and makes it harder to
Z – Zulu identify who is speaking. The two-digit number is fixed
but because of the different letter can refer to a variety
Numbers are usually pronounced singly so 42 would be of levels and units. The suffix letter is used to indicate
pronounced four-two. subunits. For example:
Nine is pronounced as niner and zero is used for nil. 11 – 1 Section
11A – 1 Section commander
When ending a message, a number of endings can be 11B – 1 Section vehicle
used: 11C – 1 Section Charlie fire team
Over – I have finished speaking and expect a reply 11D – 1 Section Delta fire team
Out – I have finished speaking and no reply is expected
Out to you – I have finished speaking to you but others When referring to a commander the term “sunray” is
are expected to reply used, so when the commander is speaking he will add
Wait Out – I have finished speaking for now but will this to the message e.g. “Hello, M21 this is T11, sunray
come back shortly (often used when information needs speaking, fetch your sunray, over.”
to be found out before responding
Over and out is NEVER used as it is contradictory Sometimes the term Charlie Charlie [number] is used.
This is to limit the enemy’s ability to identify units as only
When starting a conversation, the following format is the stations on the net will know who is included in the
used: list. This is used as much as possible instead of the “all
Hello – warns that there is a message to follow stations” term. A sample list could be:
[callsign] – the station you are speaking to CC1 – T10, T11, T12, T13, T14
CC2 – O11, O12, O13
CC3 – K10, N10, T10, W42D
CC4 – CC1 plus 0, W42D
A few notes on Russian radio use
In contrast to NATO practice, Russian units actually have
three call signs, a primary, a spare for special situations
and a reserve when the first two can not be used. These
call signs are a word followed by a two-digit number. For
example, a unit might be allocated the following:
Primary – Kalina-54
Secondary – Venets-12
Reserve – Bankir-32
Unlike in NATO, there are a number of words that start
with the same letter but each has been chosen to be
distinctive when spoken.
There will also be a circularly call sign which is the
equivalent of the all stations used by NATO (there is no
equivalent of the Charlie Charlie call.
On the same issued communications sheet there will be
the required frequencies. These will be broken down
into:
Short wave main (day and night)
Short wave spare (day and night)
Short wave reserve (day and night)
VHF main
VHF spare
VHF reserve
Codes and frequencies are rotated on a regular basis,
Aircraft often use a letter followed by the three-digit
(really five but usually only the last three are used) tail
number but this frequently is unofficially abandoned for
callsigns (Maverikski anyone?). This seems to date from
Afghanistan.
“I spend a lot of time sat by Boris in the track and as I
grew up reading Popular Electronics and he was a
signals specialist I figured that we would both have
about the same knowledge. Turns out we both ended up
teaching each other. Lots of Russian radios still use
valves! End result while they are bulkier and prone to
failure they have survived the EMP better. He’s taught
me about them and I’ve taught him a bit about circuit
boards while I’ve been bodging them back together.”
Additional Soviet radios
R-105D: This was the earlier version of the R-105M
which was still occasionally found in mobilisation only
units in some Pact countries. It is an older single-
channel FM manpack radio system that uses valves. It
operates in the lower middle range of most FM radios,
from 36 to 46 MHz It can be found in use only in third
line units and among some former Warsaw Pact allied
forces. Reliability is very poor and spares now next to
impossible to find
Range: 8 km. Rel: 1. Weight: 3. Price 100.
R-123: A vehicle mounted HF/VHF radio that was
introduced in the 1960s and is generally only found on
older Soviet and allied vehicles (although some have
been used to replaced destroyed more modern sets. It
uses valves making it unreliable but functional.
It has a frequency range of 20 to 51.5 MHz.
Range: 10 km. Rel: 1. Weight 3 Price 200
R-158: A smaller radiotelephone for use at the platoon
level introduced in 1979. It is a single channel
FM radio with a range of 30 – 79 MHz in 25KHz steps.
Range: 4 km. Rel: 2. Weight: 1. Price 150.
R-350M: A very specialised radio used by spetznaz
teams to burst transmit making it hard to locate the
transmitter. It had the unique encoding method of
converting 35mm film to create a punch card type
message which was then fed through the radio by use
of a hand crank. A tape recording was made at the
receiving end and then this was played back slowed
down to decode the message. It can also be used for
voice transmissions but is unreliable due to the valve
usage. It also limited by a lack of 35mm film (although
this can be spoiled or used film as it relies only on the
perforations. It works on the 1.8-12 MHz range and
requires a 21m antenna. If used in groundwave it has
a=the range reduced to 50km (this includes the
extended antenna) but can also be used in the far less
reliable skywave (especially with current conditions) for
50 – 1000 km.
Range: see above Rel: 1. Weight: . Price 500.
Note that there are additional British radios
listed in Cold War Goes Hot vol 1.1 available
on DriveThru RPG
(https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/3704
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11?affiliate_id=892077).

Figure 1 Royal Union Rifles re-enactment group command post photographed at Tankfest 2021
Roll Language Transmission Notes and complications
“This is Major Tom to ground control.”
A bored signaller is just having fun and quoting David Bowie’s “A
1 English The station will not answer any
Space Oddity”
attempts at contact
A unit is reporting that they have
found a number of intact chemical
2 Any
weapons but the grid reference is
coded.
The station warns of severe weather This can be a useful way of encouraging players to move towards a
3 Any
closing in towards the players. scenario location which offers shelter.
4 Any A lone soldier is begging for help as he
is lost in the woods and the enemy Did he or she give a location? If so do the players try and help? Is it a
are closing in. Optionally the final trap?
transmission ends mid-sentence
5 English A headquarters unit broadcasts it is
forming a rallying point for survivors
of the battle. They will not give a Maybe a Russian unit hears this and uses a captive to discover the
location without the user answering a location. Cautious players may listen in to see what is said.
series of questions about pre-war
American life.
6 Polish A village is begging for medical
Maybe they offer something in return that the PCs need or a clue on
supplies as they have a disease
something they are looking for.
outbreak.
7 Any “I have eyes on them,” the operator
then goes on to describe the PC’s Who can see them and what is their intention?
actions.
8 Russian Two Soviet units are discussing the
The PCs may gain info regarding a movement that may affect them
logistics of a road move covering
and either evade or ambush it.
aspects such as fuel and routes.
9 Welsh or any This is a fairly mundane military
While most people think of the Navaho Wind Talkers of World War
similar transmission where the unit has used
Two, the same trick was used in World War One and by the Queen’s
minority native speakers to reduce the ability
Dragoon Guards (using Welsh) in the Former Yugoslavia in real life.
language of others to intercept.
10 Russian “This is Radio Free Europe, here is the
news,” there follows a broadcast of
news designed to degrade Russian
Radio Free Europe broadcasts from Germany and is supported by
morale and obviously a few weeks out
the CIA. They will not respond to any messages as it is a transmitter
of date (although it will be more
only.
current than anything the PCs are
likely to know excepting their personal
experiences).
11 English “This is the BBC World Service,” there
follows a series of gibberish messages These messages are to resistance groups that understand what the
such as “John has a red moustache” in codes mean,. They will be gibberish to the players. As the radio uses
a variety of languages but mainly rebroadcast stations this will not be answerable.
Polish and Swedish.
12 Local language “And the Lord looked upon this
modern world and turned his face
away in anger and he gave the world
How big is this group? What is the aim of their crusade?
to the Devil to punish the ungodly.
Only the just will survive, the crusade
has started.” Similar messages follow.
13 Local language The station broadcasts educational
information regarding topics such as
farming, basic first aid and sanitation Is this altruistic or part of a plot to spread a certain world view by
(aimed at adults) and history, maths whoever is broadcasting?
and how to spot mines (aimed at
children).
14 Swedish A collection of music the PCs have not
heard before that somehow fits their
 environment. In between tracks the
composer (Andreas Lundstrom) talks
about them.
15 Any “They are overrunning us, fire on my
position, I say again fire on my
position. Happy ****ing war! Out”
16 English The voices both have a strong
(Australian Australian accent and one is reporting
Inspired by the Twilight Encounters “What’s the Polish for G’day?”
accent) a contact with the enemy and reports
one missing after the withdrawal
17 Any A supply vehicle reports a breakdown How close is the vehicle, could the PCs get there and away before
and asks for help help shows up?
18 Any NATO What appears to be a special forces The broadcast could suddenly cut off after gunfire or the radio
team is talking in a helicopter operator shouts a warning to the helicopter to abort or to evade a
reassuring them they have the missile (after which there is an ominous “oh ******” before the
package broadcast stops
19 Russian The PCs hear part of an argument
between two Russian officers during
which it becomes obvious that one is This might indicate a possible danger area to avoid or a possible
refusing his orders and no longer ally.
regards himself under Stavka
command.
20 Any A station is demanding a sub-unit
accounts for something minor such as
demanding 21 rations when the unit
It is possible that listening to this conversation may provide
strength return is 20 or why Private
intelligence on the unit such as strengths, vehicles, etc.
Ivanov’s rifle is here at headquarters
also showing as issued to Private
Tuchevski.
21 Any (Morse) A Morse message asks the recipient to
resend the information on Op Reset
Given it is in morse this could be longer ranged
which precedes a lengthy coded
message in reply.
22 English “Hello, 0, I’m bored over”
“Unknown callsign this is 0, say again
Genuine Cold War transmission…
call sign over”
“Hello 0 I’m not that bored”
23 Local (child’s “Help me I’m lost and all alone” This will not be an easy conversation in gathering info as to where
voice” the child is as he/she will be very careful of strange voices, especially
if they do not have a local accent.
24 Local A person begs for help for their village
which is being held hostage by
marauders. They promise a reward.
25 Unknown A computer-generated signal that
This is unlikely to ever be explained. If it is rolled again however the
keeps repeating over and over as if it
station might get a reply and it then changes the base signal.
is waiting for a reply
26 Any An automated signal broadcasts a
location over and over. The location is
reasonably near the PCs; current
location. There is no clue as to what
the location contains.
27 Old Irish “Anáil nathrach, ortha bháis is beatha,
do chéal déanaimh” chanted over and If you don’t know what this means go watch the film Excalibur…
over again
28 PCs’ unit “Hello all call signs this is Mike 42 The PCs recognise the voice as the genuine M42D having been
Delta, report location, over,” previously under his/her command. They thought he/she had been
captured. Have they escaped or is this a trap?
29 PCs’ unit The PCs hear a conversation they
recognise, in fact their voices actually It is obviously a recording but why?
appear in the message.
30 Any A unit is reporting to their What information (if any) does the satellite hold? It could be
headquarters that they have found a anything from mundane photos (which may be very useful as they
crashed satellite. will be more up to date than the PCs’ maps) through to very useful
metrological surveys.
31 ? Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh
Repeats continuously in a strange voice
wgah'nagl fhtagn
32 Russian A unit gives details of what supplies
To really complicate this one, the Soviet unit is using this to trap a
are being sent to a subunit, the route
Polish partisan unit that has been a thorn in their side. The Soviets
looks like it will pass relatively close to
have a reaction force not far behind and plan to trap the partisans.
the PCs who might decide to ambush
The PCs might trigger the trap or might arrive as it is being sprung.
it.
33 Any A recce unit is reporting that a bridge
If this is an enemy unit the PCs could use this to look at what route
not far ahead of the PCs is badly
the enemy are following to either attack or avoid them.
damaged.
34 Russian “Hello, Sever 43, this is Dunai 14, fire
mission, grid 629827 (this is where the Switched on players will react (assuming they have a Russian map
PCs are), vehicles (describes number as the grid system is different) and get out of the area ASAP
and actions, e.g. 2 soft skins in the resulting in them fleeing (safely) the fire. Tracking down the
open), neutralise, over.” This is read observer (who obviously does not have the strength to take on the
back and confirmed by the artillery PCs) may be an option.
battery before firing.
35 Any The station is reporting sighting an
aircraft that they do not recognise by
To up the tension on this have the unit describe am aircraft that
type that passed overhead before
does not fit the profile of any known to be in use.
they could react. They are asking for
advice of it is seen again.
36 Any A unit is reporting that they have lost
This FASCAM field (and the still burning vehicle) is soon encountered
a vehicle to a FASCAM minefield and
by the PCs who hopefully put two and two together.
are diverting around it.
37 Latin A mass is being broadcast. The voice
with its Polish accent seems somehow
Hopefully will link to Frank Frey’s Black Madonna!
familiar. Could it be from the missing
Pope John Paul II?
38 Local The PCs hear a marauder group
Smart PCs might recognise it as they approach, really smart PCs
describing a location where they have
might use a map to identify it first.
set an IED.
39 English (with a “Broadsword calling Danny Boy,
strong Welsh Broadsword calling Danny Boy.” The
accent) signal is faint and the PCs will be
Yes I do like old war films…
surprised that a signal that appears to
be being sent from a long distance is
reaching them.
40 English with a A station is broadcasting propaganda
strong Russian stating that a Soviet Air Assault and
accent Naval Infantry force has landed in Surely the logistic ability to do this is beyond the Soviets? Isn’t it?
Northern England and is pushing for
London.
41 None/any An unidentified “numbers” station
If the British are using this then it will tend to start with the first two
broadcasts the opening bars of a song
bars of “The Lincolnshire Poacher,” A real broadcast of this type can
or a phrase followed by a series of
be found here:
numbers (either in Morse or as plain
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Poacher.ogg
text). This may repeat for some time.
42 English THX1138 come in, THX1138 come in…. George Lucas fans will recognise this. Feel free to add an NPC
comment that it is a boring conversation anyway.
43 Russian A Soviet unit is asked to move to block
an escape route. The commander
refuses and tells the higher command This can be used either to escape a trap or maybe sneak in to lead
to go away and stop bothering them others out. Smart referees can use this to move players towards a
as he lost enough of the unit following desired location.
the last command based on dodgy
intelligence.
44 Sindarin A female elven voice sings a lament
This will link into an NPC who will appear in Cold War Goes Hot vol
(Tolkien’s softly in Sindarin through what she
2.1
Elvish) refers to as a Palantir.
45 Russian A station broadcasts the final message
accented of the 5th Division followed by a
English commentary that the war is over.
46 Russian Every ten seconds an American soldier
accented dies in Kalisz 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 every
Inspired by a similar broadcast in Stalingrad in 1942.
English ten seconds an American soldier dies
in Kalisz 1 2…
47 Polish This is the League of Freedom calling
all bandits. This is your fate if you
continue to oppress the people.
[sounds of someone begging and Who are the League of Freedom? Where are they based?
whimpering in
English/Russian/German followed by a
gunshot] Remember this warning.
48 Any “Help, something is killing my men.”
The headquarters replies asking for
clarification, the voice repeats the Inspired by F Paul Wilson’s The Keep. This is a great way to
message emphasising the incorporate a supernatural presence, an alien such as the Predator
someTHING. The remainder of the or it could be something mundane such as an infectious disease.
conversation is too broken to be
understood.
49 Any Two stations keep sending back and
forth what appears to be a code with
a short delay between each
E2E4
These are actually chess moves as players send moves back and
E7E5
fore.
B1C3
F7F6
G1F3
And so on
50 English (US “This is Recon Team A32 calling Prime
If your players have played the Morrow Project this should hit them
accent) Base over.” Repeats two or three
hard,
times without any reply
51 Any NATO “Hello 0 this is J20, contact, wait out.” A
few minutes later J20 comes back on
and advises that they are in contact
with a large enemy unit, have taken
heavy loses and are retiring. This is
located on the route the PCs are
taking and is about two hours drive
ahead.
52 German “This is the voice of the New German
Democratic Republic, the time to rise Who are the New German Democratic Republic and what do they
again is now.” Communist plan?
propaganda follows.
53 Local “War breeds war, come join the
Who are the group? What are their aims? How do they plan to
benefits of peace, come join the order
defend what they have?
of the New Dawn.”
54 German “Brothers, now is the time to complete
the unification of our country by
retaking the land we lost in 1945.”
55 Any A village near the PCs is identified and
is stated as holding stocks of
Do the PCs race them to steal it or do they try and help the villagers
something the PCs need desperately.
protect it?
The reply indicates that a marauder or
enemy group is moving to seize it.
56 Any A headquarters unit demands that a
unit replies to its continued requests This happens far more often than people want to admit.
to confirm a serial number on a
 weapon as there is a discrepancy with
the paperwork. The unit tries to
explain it is busy but the headquarters
is insistent. After a delay the unit
makes an obvious attempt to pretend
they can’t hear clearly and stops
responding.
57 Any A barely audible transmission
“…[location about 4 hexes
While this is probably not enough for the PCs to find out much
away]…have sighted…guards…approx.
about Op Reset it should remind them it exists.
3 km…T64…eration Reset has…green,
out.”
58 Any A unit reports it has had to abandon
it’s vehicle and gives a grid reference
fairly near the PCs. They state that
What is the package? Is the vehicle guarded? Is it booby trapped?
they need a part that the PCs have in
Can the PCs even find it?
spares. They state they are moving
the package to the HQ location on
foot (location not given).
59 Any A patrol is reporting that they have
Who has been dropped and where from? Were they on their own or
found a parachute. The chute appears
are other chutes nearby? Maybe the drop wasn’t people but
to have been dropped recently and is
equipment.
partially hidden.
60 Local The speaker is broadcasting a
message of unification against all
foreigners in the area. They ask all Is this the start of a new faction?
communities to support them in
regaining independence.
61 Any A unit reports that they are observing This is a chance to work in an encounter with a piece of
and haven’t been seen by an unknown experimental equipment (maybe something written up for the
vehicle with enemy markings. previous editions that never made it into service).
62 Any A unit boasts that they have found a
cache of a luxury item (pre-war
alcohol, chocolate, cigarettes, etc) and Is this a trick? Can the players resist?
is offering a trade for something the
PCs have in abundance.
63 English A unit that appears to be a Green
(American Beret ODA is reporting that they have
accented) a lead on the location of Sgt Cuttler See The Prison scenario site. Alternatively have this be a spetznaz
and the zip drive. The HQ advises unit and the message be in Russian.
them that this takes priority over their
current mission.
64 English (British Over the sounds of a firefight can be
or American heard, “for **** sake beam me up
accent) Scotty!”
65 Russian A unit reports that a general is
heading from their location to another Can the PCs set up an ambush and impact on the local Russian
unit and warning them he is in a bad command and control?
mood.
66 Russian A helicopter crew report that they are
sweeping the area for suspected
American guerrillas. The location is
near the PCs and they can soon hear
the sounds of rotor blades.
67 Russian A spetznaz unit reports that they have
the package but are being chased by
What is the package? Are the bandits marauders or partisans>? Can
Polish bandits. They give a pickup
the PCs get in and out before the Hind arrives?
location for their helicopter not far
from the PCs.
68 Russian A unit reports it has found a German Players may realise the ammunition referred to is 4.7mm caseless.
vehicle with cases of square bullets. Ig players have a G11 this is a treasure trove for them.
69 Russian A unit asks what the recognition
symbol they should be using this week
is. An irate intelligence officer tells
them not to ask questions like that The PCs could use this to help infiltrate a Russian position.
over the air. After this, another unit
takes pity and informs them to paint
the letter K on the vehicles.
70 Local A young male voice pleads for medical
If talked through what to do he will be very helpful giving local
advice as his wife is pregnant and has
information that will be of big help. He may even offer sanctuary.
gone into labour.
71 Local The station gives advice on how to
create IEDs and conduct an ambush Could this lead to a new ally?
against the Communist aggressors.
72 Any A station is giving advice on how to
Where is this group? Watch the paranoia increase when the group
cook human flesh interspersed with
are invited to share a meal with a group!
justification for cannibalism.
73 Any Screams and begging for help as a
tank crewman burns to death trapped
inside a vehicle.
74 Russian Two commissars are discussing the
state of their units and the difficulties
Hopefully the unit will now have an idea where a unit might change
they are having. One expresses
sides. Can they exploit this?
concern that his unit may have tried
to kill him and are close to mutiny.
75 Any A unit reports that the unit they have
ambushed are from a specific unit.
Good examples in Poland would be
This unit was not believed to be in the
area.
76 English Hello 3ACR this is Mr Black. General
This is repeated until an unknown voice comes on stating that the
(American Strafe has been relieved of command;
CIA can undertake some anatomically impossible task if they think
accent) you are to resume your mission to
they will lose any more men doing their dirty work.
take Kielce. Acknowledge over.
77 Polish Polish martial and nationalist music
play behind a broadcast stating that
the Silesian Defence Force welcomes A few weeks later a similar broadcast announces that foreigners
Poles who have skills in distilling and who wish to become Polish citizens will also be accepted.
machine shops as they are expanding
their output. It promises high wages.
78 Polish “The Jagged Sword has defended our
borders throughout the war.
Foreigners are a disease and the body
See the faction in the Referee’s Guide
of Poland must cleanse itself. Help us
rebuild the Third Republic. Poland for
Poland!”
79 English/Russian “The Jagged Sword has had enough of
(alternating) you fighting over our country, the time
has come for you to leave us. Hand Can they be trusted once they have your weapons or will those who
yourself over to us and in return for surrender end up as slave labour?
your weapons and vehicles we will
help you leave Poland.”
80 Russian A Russian officer is reprimanded for
the overzealous treatment Swedes
(including the execution of hostages
The admiral is of course admiral Vladimir Yegorov
after a partisan attack). The phrase
“the admiral will not be pleased with
you,” sticks in the mind
81 Swedish A partisan unit reports that the 76th
VDV Division has launched a surprise
attack on a unit that was mutinying, Will this lead to a new local Soviet offensive in Sweden?
killing the leaders and bringing the
unit back under command.
82 English (US “The Kingdom of Heaven will arrive at
accented) the end of this Third Age. I was an
army chaplain but didn’t believe,
Adelbert (Ansgar) has opened my This refers to the Shepherd’s Flock.
eyes. We are the chosen of God, we
can do no wrong, nobody can stand
against us. Convert or die.”
83 Any What appears to be a spy is reporting
that they have successfully infiltrated
Sanctuary and now are in a position to
work their way into Grażyna
Jarosińska [Asa Larsson]’s confidence.
The reply is garbled and the agent
repeatedly asks for clarification if are
to assassinate her. Unfortunately, the
signal is too poor for them (or the
players) to get a clear answer.
84 Russian A GRU/KGB officer repeatedly asks the The Oktober Guard have learned not to use radios as they can be
Oktober Guard to undertake the intercepted. Alternatively, a voice comes on that replies “send it by
mission sent to them. No reply is pigeon so they can’t locate us as we told you.” No further reply is
made. given to the exasperated GRU/KGB operator.
85 Russian A GRU/KGB operator reports that he
has a lead on Turner and his
bodyguards. He states that they are
operating near Krakow (Karlsborg). He
states that he believes they are
Turner is the CIA chief in Europe and his loss will disrupt the
operating disguised as a travelling
network badly.
Polish trader. He is told to identify
them and report back when a strike
team will try and snatch them. He is
told to liaise with Sparrow (Ada
Nowak)
86 Russian A Soviet artillery strike being called in
on an American headquarters is
This could refer to Captain Gerard Gerrad or could actually be an
rapidly cancelled by a voice breaking
attempt to sow paranoia in American units (these may well include a
in, identifying themselves as GRU.
clearly identifiable unit).
They state that they have an asset in
the HQ and it is not to be targeted.
87 Russian A KGB agent is given an order to
eliminate a GRU agent to stop an
intelligence coup against a US unit.
88 Any A conversation between either two
army units or two local ham radio
stations informs of a location that has See The Prison scenario site or create your own
started to produce a large amount of
alcohol fuel.
89 Any When discussing an injured person,
one of the parties advises the location See the Prison scenario site or create your own
of a high ability military surgeon.
90 English An American on the run from the
(American Soviets is given advice of a town to
See Americatown scenario site or create your own
accent) head for that is held by an American
unit.
91 Polish A series of young voices are co-
(Swedish) ordinating an attack on a military unit.
Once the shock of youngsters carrying
out the attack wears off it becomes See The Children’s Crusade scenario site or create your own
apparent that the youngsters are (perhaps around a Boy Scout unit for maximum effect).
hardened killers and ruthless (at one
point an order is given to kill all the
prisoners).
92 Any A military unit reports they are under
attack. As the attack develops it
becomes clear that the attack is being Use The Children’s Crusade scenario site or create your own.
carried out by children who are
ruthless in their attack.
93 Local A marauder band leader demands to
know if a unit has found the
Have they not found anything and are trying to buy time or have
underground cache he has sent them
they found something and are trying to conceal it?
to find. The unit is very hesitant and
evasive in their reply.
94 Any A person is being talked through how
Do the players realise and if they do, do they break in and tell the
to defuse a device. On a successful
defuser? The item being defused could be a mine, an unexploded
TECH (Combat Engineer) roll it is
shell or bomb or even a chemical or nuclear warhead (in this case
obvious that the instructions will set
maybe the motive is to deliberately set it off).
off the device.
95 Any A unit reports that it is under air This is ideally sprung when the PCs are in open terrain with limited
attack and it ends with a report that cover. Even if friendly the aircraft is friendly, the PCs are probably
the aircraft/helicopter is headed up behind Soviet lines and blue on blue is a common problem anyway.
and the PCs realise it is headed in Do they hide and if spotted be at greater risk of attack or try and
their direction. identify themselves with air recognition panels, etc?
96 Numerous A broadcast is repeated in multiple
This could be used in multiple ways; it could be a marauder group
languages offering shelter, food and
or a local village or a faction.
pay in return for allegiance.
97 Any A marauder group is discussing a
forthcoming attack on a village. A few
Will they try and help? Will they be believed if they do?
hours later the PCs spot a sign for the
village.
98 Any Someone is asking for help regarding
fixing an item they have. They offer to What info do they have that the PCs want?
trade information for advice.
99 Russian A unit reports that their vehicles are This is a good way to introduce laser vehicles (if you are a fan of v2).
exploding for no reason. The higher Alternatively, it could just be a rumour put out by local Polish
command orders them to move into fighters that is used as a cover for the fact that they are leaving
cover as the Americans have a laser explosives on the vehicles (I am not responsible for how the players
weapon. react on finding this out after a big search for the weapon.)
100 - Freak signal – roll again This time the signal is from Sweden if in Poland and vice versa
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