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MARS Team M82

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Team Members

 

Gregg

name:   Gregg L. Osborn                  education:  B.A. History 1970

military experience:  USCG 1970-1985, final rank BM1

birthdate:  5 Mar 1948                      birthplace:  Claremont, SD

age:   39 when frozen                       gender:  male

blood type:   B+                                height:   1.84 m               weight:  76 kg   

hair:  brown                                       eyes:     brown                 handedness:  right

position in team:  leader/pilot           security rating:  13          kit: #11 rifleman

 

Served in the USCG Air Cushion Vehicle Evaluation Unit 1971-1972 at St. Ignace MI (part of the Traverse City CG Air Station). He was an instructor in hovercraft piloting for the Project from mid-1986 to September of 1987. SIZ 12.

frozen October, 1987                        player:  NPC, deceased

Julian

name:   Julian T. Myers                     education:  B.S. Astronomy 1972

military experience:  USAF Rescue Specialist, final rank Sergeant

birthdate:     18 October 1950           birthplace:  Lexington, KY

age:  30 when frozen                         gender:  male

blood type:   AB-                              height:  1.82 m               weight:  98 kg   

hair:   blond                                       eyes:  blue                       handedness:  right

position in team:  waist gunner         security rating:  22          kit:  medic kit

 

was in the USAF 1968-1972 as a helicopter crewman in an Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron. Employed 1973-1977 at a record and tape store. SIZ 15.

frozen 1980                                        player:  NPC, deceased 

 

Bob

name:   Robert S. Washington           education:  B.A. English 1976

military experience:  US Army infantry NCO during Vietnam War

birthdate:   4 March 1949                 birthplace:  San Luis Opispo, CA

age:   was 32 when frozen                gender:  male

blood type:   O+                                height:  1.87 m                weight: 88 kg   

hair:   black                                       eyes:    brown                  handedness:  right

position in team:  observer               security rating:  22          kit:  #2 grenadier

 

Was a high school teacher 1977 - 1980. SIZ 14.

frozen 1981                                       player:  NPC, deceased 

 

Dennis

name:   Dennis S. Franklin                education:  Ph.D. Mathematics 1978

military experience:   USMC 1965-1969, final rank Staff Sergeant

birthdate:     25 May 1946                  birthplace:  Scottsdale, AZ

age:     was 37 when frozen               gender:  male

blood type: A+                                  height:  1.7  m                weight:  80 kg   

hair:  brown                                       eyes:   gray                    handedness:  right

position in team:  waist gunner         security rating:  22         kit:  #10 close assault

 

saw combat in South Vietnam 1968-69 (usually in a weapons platoon); instructor at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 1978 to 1981. SIZ 13.

frozen 1983                                      player:  NPC 

 

Matt

name:   Matthew P. North                 education:   B.S. Aeronautical Engineering 1983

military experience:   U.S. Army 1975-1978, Army Reserve to 1983

birthdate:   1957                                birthplace:  Ann Arbor, MI

age:    was 27 when frozen               gender:  male

blood type:    O+                               height:  1.85 m               weight: 66 kg   

hair:   brown                                     eyes:   brown                   handedness:  right

position in team:  turret gunner        security rating: 22           kit:  #11 rifleman

 

was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne, never saw combat duty. SIZ 11.

frozen 1984                                        player:  NPC

 

 

 

     Their vehicle was the assault version of the SK-5.

     The team leader was frozen, and the bolthole closed, in October of 1987. None of the team members had ever met each other before the team was frozen.

     In December of 2140 the bolthole was discovered and opened by R-101. The cryoberths of Osborn and Washington had failed decades before; Myers was not revived for some reason.

 

Standing Orders

 

     You expect to be awakened a very few years after the War.  

     The goal of the Project is the continued survival of human civilization after the War. The standing orders for every team are to:

    • assist the population in recovering in any way you can

    • reunite with the rest of the Morrow Project

    • survive!

     The team leader probably knew some things about MARS teams in the Great Lakes area, number of depots, etc.

     All the team members know that the Project has large amounts of "reconstruction supplies" stashed in various places.

     In essence the plan is:  Recon teams will scout around, mapping the good and bad things; MARS teams suppress some of the bad things, Science teams look into and solve the other bad things.

 

Facilities

 

     Their bolthole was in Michigan, near the town of Pentwater (Oceana county), under a faux toxic waste disposal structure. The front hatch hinges at the top; the first time it's opened a pair of powerful gas generator pistons can push the ~100 tons of dirt out of the way (it's mostly gravel, actually). There is an electric motor which can open and close the hatch afterwards. A vertical escape trunk, and a "back door", allow the team to leave the bolthole without opening the main hatch.

 

 

     The interior is 14.2 meters wide, 17.5 meters long, and 5 meters tall (and thus over 1200 cubic meters of air volume). The main door is 8.5 meter wide, 4.9 meters tall, and 10 cm thick (armor value 42); it is steel, and weighs 32 tons. Examining it on-site, it was clearly welded together from three separate panels.

     For security purposes, they only knew the location of their own bolthole and of their team's six supply caches. Keep in mind that the Project might have to change the team's location, vehicles, equipment, or even membership after they'd entered cryosleep. 

     A US Coast Guard SK-5 sank in November of 1971 about 3 km northwest of Martin's Reef Light. It's still there (45° 57' .2 N, 84° 07' .9 W, upside down in 33 meters of water.

     Unlike the Recon teams, MARS teams knew the (planned) contents of most of their caches. The caches were:

 

    • MI05:  MARS cache, contains supplies for SK-5 repair. 7 km southeast of Traverse City, MI.

    • NY03:  a general MARS cache; on the Lake Erie shore 

    • OH06:  a general MARS cache, near Put-In-Bay, Ohio (on South Bass Island, in Lake Erie)

    • WI05:  a general MARS cache, in cliffs at Cave Point, near Jacksonport, Wisconsin (on the Door Peninsula) 

    • ID08:  south of Twin Falls, Idaho

    • TX03:  south of Odessa, Texas

 

Equipment

 

     The team has typical MARS person equipment:  a PASGT helmet with black Resistweave cover; a Resistweave armored vest; and an encryption module for their radios. The vehicle and "team" equipment is listed here.

 

Radio Frequencies

 

     The team is assigned ten FM voice communication frequencies:

 

  • channel 1:  31.1 MHz - Zone 8 common tactical channel

  • channel 2:  31.1 MHz - team primary channel

  • channel 3:  34.8 MHz

  • channel 4:  36.6 MHz

  • channel 5:  37.5 MHz

  • channel 6:  33.0 MHz - also MARS general

  • channel 7:  41.2 MHz

  • channel 8:  41.3 MHz

  • channel 9:  45.0 MHz

  • channel 10:  47.9 MHz

 

A couple of other important FM channels:

 

  • 34.0 MHz - Recon common channel

  • 31.0 MHz - Science common channel

 

     Note that changing these frequencies on their PRC-68 radios will require a successful Electronics skill roll if your skill is less than 40%; a failed roll (especially a fumbled roll) will result in channels not being usable. The PRC-70 vehicle/backpack radio is much more flexible; the HF band covers a lot of aircraft and marine channels, though it requires a long antenna to be really useful. 

     HF channels to watch:

 

  • 2.182 MHz:  international distress and emergency

  • 7.0 to 7.3 MHz:  the "long range" channels for the Project (one for each Zone, plus a couple of general purpose channels)

  • 14.06 MHz:  a common amateur radio channel

  • 26.617 MHz:  Civil Air Patrol common channel

  • 26.96 to 27.41 MHz:  CB radios on 40 channels. CB channel 11 (general calls) is 27.085 MHz; channel 9 (emergencies) is 27.065 MHz

  • 27.87, 27.92, 27.97 MHz:  US Navy-MARS (Military Affiliate Radio System)

 

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