Joint Task Force- special operations
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 7:03 am
Hey Folks-
So I have been thinking about running a game that involves federal agents but not necessarily delta green. The group would be comprised of agents from a number of varied government agencies who are being coordinated by an Assistant Attorney General out of the Southern District of New York (basically Manhattan). The Joint Task Force teams are usually comprised of representatives of different agencies so as to pool the varied talents and resources of those agencies together, but they work directly for an Assistant Attorney General. If you know X-Files lore, think of the AAG as something of a Skinner type character. The Task Forces are usually given a number of different investigations that can concern any of a host of different issue areas (intelligence/counter-intelligence, organize crime, RICO, taxation, immigration) but one group is the Special Investigation's Unit, which deals with varied "odd" occurrences as necessary. Usually these Special Investigation cases are mundane, but sometimes they are a bit odd. Ideally agents would be attached to the Joint Task Force for an extended period of time.
This game isn't really Delta Green because it's all official and there is no reason to think there exists a Delta Green in this particular universe, so we are not caught up in the Delta Green Canon. But there might be Mythos-esque cross-overs here, and I've been thinking of one particular adventure that is definitely based on Delta Green (but I am not revealing it now). In fact, there may be some Mythos canon involved and I might borrow some elements. Overall this is a more investigative procedural crime game with occasional, perhaps rare, horror/sci-fi elements.
Among the elements of the game-
Was the death of a Turkish Tycoon murder and why are his family members disappearing?
Is there really something living under the subways?
Is the mysterious death of an international art historical connected to a recently discovered Rothko painting?
Who is stealing rare books out of Colombia University?
Is there a murderer moving through the tunnels of New York City?
What is causing homeless people to fall into a deep coma?
Are suicides in Greenland related to global climate change?
Why did the Iranians send Quds team to NY?
Did a plane flying in from Canada crash in the Long Island South, or was it brought down?
Was the disappearance of a priest in Colombia related to his work with the CIA, because he stumbled on a radical faction of FARC guerrillas or because of something more primitive?
Why are people disappearing near the harbor?
Why did a group of children go missing during a meteor shower?
Are gangsters dealing in black magic?
Are the police involved in a series of arsons?
Where did the missing DEA agent go?
Is there hidden treasure in that old Indian holy site besides copper?
As you can guess, this is really a campaign game or a series of stories, that are somewhat connected. While I expect players to come and go, serious players can expect these games to take awhile.
Interested?
So I have been thinking about running a game that involves federal agents but not necessarily delta green. The group would be comprised of agents from a number of varied government agencies who are being coordinated by an Assistant Attorney General out of the Southern District of New York (basically Manhattan). The Joint Task Force teams are usually comprised of representatives of different agencies so as to pool the varied talents and resources of those agencies together, but they work directly for an Assistant Attorney General. If you know X-Files lore, think of the AAG as something of a Skinner type character. The Task Forces are usually given a number of different investigations that can concern any of a host of different issue areas (intelligence/counter-intelligence, organize crime, RICO, taxation, immigration) but one group is the Special Investigation's Unit, which deals with varied "odd" occurrences as necessary. Usually these Special Investigation cases are mundane, but sometimes they are a bit odd. Ideally agents would be attached to the Joint Task Force for an extended period of time.
This game isn't really Delta Green because it's all official and there is no reason to think there exists a Delta Green in this particular universe, so we are not caught up in the Delta Green Canon. But there might be Mythos-esque cross-overs here, and I've been thinking of one particular adventure that is definitely based on Delta Green (but I am not revealing it now). In fact, there may be some Mythos canon involved and I might borrow some elements. Overall this is a more investigative procedural crime game with occasional, perhaps rare, horror/sci-fi elements.
Among the elements of the game-
Was the death of a Turkish Tycoon murder and why are his family members disappearing?
Is there really something living under the subways?
Is the mysterious death of an international art historical connected to a recently discovered Rothko painting?
Who is stealing rare books out of Colombia University?
Is there a murderer moving through the tunnels of New York City?
What is causing homeless people to fall into a deep coma?
Are suicides in Greenland related to global climate change?
Why did the Iranians send Quds team to NY?
Did a plane flying in from Canada crash in the Long Island South, or was it brought down?
Was the disappearance of a priest in Colombia related to his work with the CIA, because he stumbled on a radical faction of FARC guerrillas or because of something more primitive?
Why are people disappearing near the harbor?
Why did a group of children go missing during a meteor shower?
Are gangsters dealing in black magic?
Are the police involved in a series of arsons?
Where did the missing DEA agent go?
Is there hidden treasure in that old Indian holy site besides copper?
As you can guess, this is really a campaign game or a series of stories, that are somewhat connected. While I expect players to come and go, serious players can expect these games to take awhile.
Interested?