conversations.from: system
conversations.value: *Barcelona, Spain* - **Nordatlantikpakt Organisation HQ**
  
  *1980, April*
  
  You are a member of an elite paramilitary organization: part-spook, part-analyst, part-commando. You find your own information, you figure out what it means, and you do what's necessary to make sure the people back home never suffer for it. It's not exactly fun & games, but when things get dirty, your country calls on you to help mop things up.
  
  Just as well. As an elite veteran of at least 10 years from the North American or European military, proficient in at least two other languages, and well-versed in both combat and spy-craft, you represent some of the best that your nation has to offer. If the Kyzyl Pact tanks start rolling over the old Polish border, you're the best shot at stopping the war with as few casualties as possible.
  
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  **Setting**
  
  *Bottom Line:* Following World War II (America vs Japan; Germany vs Europe), Europe is under German rule either directly or by satellite nations... but the banner of the Third Reich is now a symbol of equality and anti-communist sentiment. Mao dies before Stalin, and the Sino-Soviet split never happens. The two communist superpowers bind together in what is later called the Kyzyl Pact, after the capitol in Tanna Tuva, a former Russian protectorate that now serves as a middle ground between the USSR and the PRC. This forces the United States (& Canada) to ally with Germany and its satellites, forming the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
  
  You'll probably absorb the rest of the alternate history during the game, so further knowledge, while optional, is not entirely necessary. If you want a truly in-depth character and want to do the reading, however, here it is: 
  
  **Full Backstory** (Warning: about 2 pages long): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XJ10U13UfOghIQ3N2G3yYnFTYvf4ZHuJk_4FaQ6f5uc/ 
  
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  **Notes**: I'm looking for some mature players that can commit to keeping the game going. I understand life happens, but I'd appreciate nobody joining on a whim. If you join, please be ready to see it through.
  
  The Nature cards are only to denote your secondary role and/or specialty. Unless a Weakness is introduced to indicate otherwise, all characters are trained and well-versed in espionage, assassination, and sabotage.
  
  Also, due to the nature of the game, any female character will have to be German (But keep in mind, that Germany & its satellites occupy almost all of Europe). The US & Canada still have reservations about arming women and sending them into combat, but the Germans are all about equality... except for Communists.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: By playing this card, you relinquish your control of the situation, and invite the narrator to significantly make the situation worse.
conversations.prefix: Disaster!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: As a bilingual (and dual-citizenship) German-American, Chris was the natural choice for Covert Allied Taskforce Alpha Team's handler. Responsible for the squad's secure comms, Chris is also your conduit to your governments as he has fully accredited credentials as a diplomat to both your embassies.
conversations.prefix: Christopher Schmidt:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A magazine loaded with 5.56x45mm NATO Full Metal Jacket rounds.
conversations.prefix: Magazine - 5.56 NATO:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've seen the emergency landing videos and demonstrations dozens of times, but you never really thought you'd need to remember them. Now you do.
conversations.prefix: Brace for Impact!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have parachutes on this particular military transport just in case of contingencies, but the tailspin makes jumping both difficult and dangerous, not to mention the flickering lights.
conversations.prefix: Parachute:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have parachutes on this particular military transport, but the tailspin makes jumping both difficult and dangerous, not to mention the flickering lights.
conversations.prefix: Parachute (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a few emergency parachutes on this particular military transport, but the tailspin makes jumping both difficult and dangerous, not to mention the flickering lights.
conversations.prefix: Parachute:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have parachutes on this particular military transport, but the tailspin makes jumping both difficult and dangerous, not to mention the flickering lights.
conversations.prefix: Parachute:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've seen the emergency landing videos and demonstrations dozens of times, but you never really thought you'd need to remember them. Now you do.
conversations.prefix: Brace for Impact! (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The current commanding officer of NATO HQ. Tentatively in command of the combined Allied Forces, when he wants something impossible done, it usually rolls downhill to you guys.
conversations.prefix: General Bostrom:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Time to find out what you can about the subject.
conversations.prefix: Intelligence Gathering (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: From what you know, you attempt to posit where the insurgents might be and propose an idea to both evaluate & prosecute.
conversations.prefix: Inductive Reasoning (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A box of 200 linked 5.56x45mm NATO Full Metal Jacket rounds, for use in Light Machine Guns.
conversations.prefix: Box - 5.56 NATO:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A magazine loaded with 7.62x51mm Full Metal Jacket rounds, the ammunition for a NATO heavy rifle.
conversations.prefix: Magazine - 7.62 NATO:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Standard grenade, 4 second delay. Pull the pin, throw, & take cover.
conversations.prefix: M67 Fragmentation Grenade:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A magazine loaded with 9x19mm ball ammunition, the standard for NATO pistols.
conversations.prefix: Magazine - 9mm Parabellum:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A magazine loaded with 5.56x45mm NATO Full Metal Jacket rounds, the standard for NATO assault rifles.
conversations.prefix: Magazine - 5.56 NATO:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Double-action .22 Magnum revolver. Roughly 10 centimeters in length. Foldable grip for easy concealment.
conversations.prefix: .22 Magnum Derringer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Time to find out what you can about the subject.
conversations.prefix: Intelligence Gathering:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your assigned handler. A dual-citizenship holder and your conduit to higher command & NATO HQ.
conversations.prefix: Christopher Schmidt:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Home of the HQ for NATO. Barcelona boasts both a safe distance from the potential invading Russians, and easy access to both the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. It is the nerve center for all NATO forces.
conversations.prefix: Barcelona:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The center of Asia, and the heart of the Kyzyl Pact. Several combined projects are headquartered here, as well as various cooperation offices between the two Communist powers.
conversations.prefix: Kyzyl:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Home of the US government in Washington D.C. and various related organizations, not the least of which include the CIA, NSA, & DIA. Seat of power for the leading world economy.
conversations.prefix: Maryland, USA:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether it's using or defusing, if it explodes, the team turns to you. From professional wall breaching charges to improvised devices are all part of your trade.
conversations.prefix: Demolitions Expert:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: From communications systems to electronic security systems, you are at home with anything that has a current. You may have a specialty, but you can probably figure out any gizmo you lay your hands on, provided you have enough time.
conversations.prefix: Electronics Expert:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: From LMGs to shoulder-launched weaponry, if it's larger than a rifle, chances are that you're familiar with it. While your role is a reluctant addition that most only begrudgingly admit is necessary, when all goes to hell, they often look to you for sheer firepower.
conversations.prefix: Heavy Weapons Expert:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Although your tasks may bring you close up, when the job calls for a distance shot, your team looks to you to make it.
conversations.prefix: Marksman:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Although the battlefield hardly affords you the peace and time to work your trade undisturbed, you charge in anyway. Death grants no favors, but is sometimes postponed because of you.
conversations.prefix: Medic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's not that violence is your specialty, but you find it assists in many of your intelligence endeavors. When a spy job has a good chance of going loud, they call you in, but your primary job description is still being a spook.
conversations.prefix: Special Agent:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Long nights on standby left you plenty of time to absorb all sorts of random information. As a result, you tend to know at least *something* about everything. 
conversations.prefix: Encyclopedic Knowledge:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whether it's gathering intel or in the heat of a firefight, you're quick to improvise and quicker to get things rolling again in the right direction.
conversations.prefix: Quick Thinker:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether it's the result of spending half your day at the gym, or just good genetics, you could always demand of your body physical feats that would make others pass out. When the going gets tough, you don't notice.
conversations.prefix: Ridiculously Fit:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You practically wrote the book on fast-talking and bluffs. When it comes to saying anything and making others believe anything, you do it with more than a straight face, but a face people want to trust.
conversations.prefix: Silvertongued:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: From seizing a target in a convoy to assaulting a fortified position, you know the most practical & efficient methods.
conversations.prefix: Tactical Expertise:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whether it be because of stoicism, or just unwavering determination, you never miss a beat and always roll with the punches. 
conversations.prefix: Unshakeable:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Throughout your long career, you've come to meet and work with a lot of various people. As a result, no matter where you go, you tend to know a someone, or even a someone that knows a someone. And you're always willing to make new friends.
conversations.prefix: Well-Connected:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes you really don't like having to talk your way through things. You'd rather just shoot and be done with it. This tends to foul up covert operations when the job calls for a quiet in-and-out.
conversations.prefix: Impatient:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You may be good at certain parts of your job, but you really don't care for the rest of it and tend to let others take care of things. This means sometimes, you miss important details that may have helped the team.
conversations.prefix: Indifferent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Capitol of the Third Reich. Beacon of equality, technology, and hate of communism. Home of the Abwehr (German Intelligence), the Schutzstaffel (German Special Operations),  & Silicium-Urstromtal (a bastion of German R&D)
conversations.prefix: Berlin:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Cold War has taken its toll on you with its almost constant proxy wars. The things you've seen have made you hesitant about engaging in combat again.
conversations.prefix: Weary:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whether from combat, torture, or whatever, you have been around long enough that it's taken a toll on your body. And your body is starting to complain about it, loudly.
conversations.prefix: Old Wounds:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whatever the reason, you feel like you don't just represent the best, you *are* the best. Whether that assumption is at all accurate has yet to be substantiated in any way.
conversations.prefix: Overconfident:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Not necessarily racial, but you have a distinct dislike for certain things. Maybe you're just strongly opinionated. Maybe you really hate the Red Sox. But sometimes this gets in the way of your job when you only see what you want to see.
conversations.prefix: Prejudiced:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You prefer to think that you simply insist on doing things "by the numbers," but when a change in plans is called for, you are slow to adapt to new ideas.
conversations.prefix: Stubborn:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Yes, you're good at the job, but that's because you love the job. Whether it's stealing secrets right under the nose of the KGB or destroying ICBMs in the Taihang Mountains, you love the thrill of it and can't wait for next time.
conversations.prefix: Adrenaline Junkie:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Before dispatching you to the Joint Special Activities Task Force, your parent organization gave you a special directive to conduct a separate covert task against your American 'allies'. It was left to you to decide whether this took priority or not over whatever task might be at hand.
  
  This came as a pleasant bonus. You've never liked your alleged allies. 
conversations.prefix: For the Fatherland!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Before dispatching you to the Joint Special Activities Task Force, your parent organization gave you a special directive to conduct a separate covert task against your German 'allies'. It was left to you to decide whether this took priority or not over whatever task might be at hand.
  
  This came as a pleasant bonus. You've never liked your alleged allies. 
conversations.prefix: For the Republic!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a personal stake in the fight against Communism. Maybe you barely escaped past the Iron Curtain with your life. Maybe someone dear to your heart was 'purified'. Whatever the reason, you are convinced you will only rest when every last one of them is dead.
conversations.prefix: Personal Vendetta:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You like nothing more than a job well done. It doesn't matter how you ended up doing this job, what's important is that it's done right. 
conversations.prefix: Professional:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're in it simply because it's the right thing to do. You know full well that in this world of shadows and silence, sometimes people forget that. You don't, and you make sure that the point of it all isn't forgotten by those around you.
conversations.prefix: Sense of Duty:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The current commanding officer of NATO HQ. Tentatively in command of the combined Allied Forces, when he wants something impossible done, it usually rolls downhill to you guys. A quick judge of character, the first person to speak up will probably set the tone for his evaluation of the team.
conversations.prefix: Meeting Gen. Bostrom:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The nerve center for all NATO forces in Europe, this place has a constant hum of energy flowing not just through the computers and phones, but the personnel that monitor updates around the clock.
conversations.prefix: NATO HQ:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your assigned handler. He seems professional enough, but what does he think about this special operations business? It didn't work as well as hoped in Vietnam, but maybe that was the fault of leadership, not soldiers.
conversations.prefix: Meeting Christopher Schmidt:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You just jumped into unsecured territory and you can hear gunfire in the distance. Time to make sure that if they find you, they'll wish they hadn't.
conversations.prefix: Prepare:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You just jumped into unsecured territory, and you can hear gunfire in the distance. Time to make yourself scarce until the cavalry arrives.
conversations.prefix: Hide:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Home of Oberkommando Ost and a major military-industrial complex for Das Dritte Reich. 
conversations.prefix: Königsberg:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A group of insurgents sped off for Isole & Leonard's position. If allowed to leave, they may overwhelm your two teammates.
conversations.prefix: Hunting Party:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You just jumped into unsecured territory and you can hear gunfire in the distance. Time to make sure that if they find you, they'll wish they hadn't.
conversations.prefix: Prepare:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Clearly not the group that shot down your plane. Still, amateurs though they may be, their bullets are deadly enough. You need to neutralize them.
conversations.prefix: Snipers:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You need to hold out until your teammates arrive. How long and with what is anyone's guess.
conversations.prefix: Stay Alive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: By playing this card, you relinquish your control of the situation, and invite the narrator to make the situation significantly worse.
conversations.prefix: Disaster!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You need to find your teammates before it's too late.
conversations.prefix: Search for your teammates:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: From what you know, you attempt to ascertain some sort of clue as to the whereabouts of the remaining insurgent cells.
conversations.prefix: Inductive Reasoning:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You need to hold out until your teammates arrive. How long and with what is anyone’s guess. 
conversations.prefix: Stay Alive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A small band of insurgents stands between the two separated troops and the rest of the team. They seem to possess both weapons and an ample supply of ammunition.
conversations.prefix: Insurgents:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are the most dangerous spy of all: completely above board, overt, and respectable.
  
  You serve as the voice and ears of the Reich abroad, representing German values and interests.
conversations.prefix: Diplomat:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Some women are beautiful enough to attract men.
  
  You, on the other hand, are intimidatingly so.  Men realize they are dealing with a woman of power -- and all the snake venom that goes with it.  Women tend to treat you with jealous spite.
  
  Projecting weakness (a key trait for female spies) is generally very difficult.
conversations.prefix: Looks That Kill:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have very big shoes to fill.  Your grandfather was one of the founders of the Third Reich, Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop.  His was a mixed legacy in the remembrance of Germany, and you set out to restore his place--and your own--in the history of the Reich.
conversations.prefix: Legacy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: In spite of your skill, talent, and all your best efforts, sometimes things just go wrong for the pretty princess.
  
  Perhaps a gallant knight of the *Wehrmacht* will come save you.
conversations.prefix: Damsel In Distress:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You come from a military upbringing and could probably march before you could crawl.  You are familiar with military customs and procedures.
conversations.prefix: Bred for the Deutsches Heer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were trained, just in case something of this nature were to happen.
conversations.prefix: Prepared:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Knives and fists are for the other guys.  You may have been trained to fight up close but you just don't feel comfortable without a gun in your hand.
conversations.prefix: Naked Without A Gun:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Target practice, fitness training, triage, evasion--it's all been drilled in 'til Kandred can do his job in his sleep. 
conversations.prefix: Endless Training: