This is another type of war, new in its intensity, ancient in its origins – war by guerrillas, subversives, insurgents, assassins…seeking victory by eroding and exhausting the enemy instead of engaging him.
-U.S. President John F. Kennedy, 1962
Introduction: Mission Briefing
3.3.5. PINNACLE EMPTY QUIVER (OPREP-3PEQ) reports the seizure, theft, or loss of a nuclear weapon or nuclear component.
-From the Air Force Manual 10-206 which implements AFPD 10-2, Readiness.
Situation Pinnacle: A terror organization has infiltrated an overseas military base in an occupied country, secured a SADM (Special Atomic Demolition Munitions), a suitcase nuke, and has taken hostages. The military base is the home base of an elite anti-terror special force, which will be used in this engagement. If this nuclear device is detonated the local city will be destroyed, but all of the bases population has been evacuated except for the hostages. Evacuation of our citizens from the local city will be complete shortly. Failure of mission could result in the destabilization of the international community and the dissolving of the UN and all international laws. Situation is dire.
The Mission: After insertion, the team will infiltrate, subdue the enemy, defuse the weapon, and secure the compound.
Title: Chaucer’s Daughter Lost
Link: Chaucer’s Daughter Lost [pdf]
Elevator Pitch: Time-traveling Shakespeare kidnaps Chaucer’s daughter. As ransom Chaucer must put down his pen. Help in a quest to find Chaucer’s daughter.
Word Count: 2,304
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