Difference between revisions of "Marine Special Covert Recon Unit"
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| − | The Marine Special Covert Recon Unit is a special unit currently attached to CAS intelligence operations, | + | The Marine Special Covert Recon Unit is a special unit currently attached to [[CAS]] intelligence operations, and operating in the [[Norfolk Hampton Metroplex]]. The MSCRU was the brain of some unknown [[CAS]] intelligence officer. The problem was the need for completely deniable yet often short notice, low key (and relatively low budget) black and grey ops. Like many organizations the various branches of [[CAS]]) intelligence used Shadowrunners for this kind of operation, and like many organizations they had some times been betrayed or misled or simply let down by there "employees" almost as often as they did the betraying and missleading. The proposed solution was to "create" a shadowrunning team, one composed of military personnel, specificaly members of the [[CAS]] Marine corp. Given new identitys Marines assigned to a MSCRU unit would live life in the shadows, living as runners they would engage in the normal run of criminal activity and shady dealings. But they would exist as an asset for CAS intelligence to call on. Since they would be constantly and permanently "on the streets" they would establish contacts, networks and a reputation as "real shadowrunners" which would give them a level of plausible deniability (and resources) far greater than any normal team simply posing as shadowrunners. While the knowledge they were actually ordering a covert military unit into operation, rather than dealing with criminals made the Intel deskjockys feel a lot more secure as well as providing a team whose level of skill loyalty and reliblility where known quantitys. |
| − | Candidates for the MSCR units were carefully and rigorously screened. They need marines that were loyal, skilled and competent, yet had sufficiently marginal personalities that they could both pass and operate in the criminal underworld. Juggling these traits, | + | Candidates for the MSCR units were carefully and rigorously screened. They need marines that were loyal, skilled and competent, yet had sufficiently marginal personalities that they could both pass and operate in the criminal underworld. Juggling these traits, MSCRU Team A has been assembled and activated. Extension of the program is pending evaluation. |
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Revision as of 16:51, 11 October 2004
=== Marine Special Covert Recon Unit ===
The Marine Special Covert Recon Unit is a special unit currently attached to CAS intelligence operations, and operating in the Norfolk Hampton Metroplex. The MSCRU was the brain of some unknown CAS intelligence officer. The problem was the need for completely deniable yet often short notice, low key (and relatively low budget) black and grey ops. Like many organizations the various branches of CAS) intelligence used Shadowrunners for this kind of operation, and like many organizations they had some times been betrayed or misled or simply let down by there "employees" almost as often as they did the betraying and missleading. The proposed solution was to "create" a shadowrunning team, one composed of military personnel, specificaly members of the CAS Marine corp. Given new identitys Marines assigned to a MSCRU unit would live life in the shadows, living as runners they would engage in the normal run of criminal activity and shady dealings. But they would exist as an asset for CAS intelligence to call on. Since they would be constantly and permanently "on the streets" they would establish contacts, networks and a reputation as "real shadowrunners" which would give them a level of plausible deniability (and resources) far greater than any normal team simply posing as shadowrunners. While the knowledge they were actually ordering a covert military unit into operation, rather than dealing with criminals made the Intel deskjockys feel a lot more secure as well as providing a team whose level of skill loyalty and reliblility where known quantitys.
Candidates for the MSCR units were carefully and rigorously screened. They need marines that were loyal, skilled and competent, yet had sufficiently marginal personalities that they could both pass and operate in the criminal underworld. Juggling these traits, MSCRU Team A has been assembled and activated. Extension of the program is pending evaluation.
