Byakko Squads

[Kaiu Yosai]

More like Li Shang, thank you very much.

And I'll have you know that "I'll Make a Man Out of You" is the second manliest song ever recorded.

The first, of course, being this.

Could name the movie not the character

[Evil Bob]

It's all up in the air for the moment, and will actually need GM consent before we go forward with it.

All sounds great to me.  As for Black Ops being a modern thing, I think Rokugan is fairly fantasy enough that it could be included.  I mean even Naruto has Anbu Black Ops... mind you I have no idea what their technology level is.  Sometime it seem very feudal but then they have TVs at other times.  Ah well... that's a discussion for another forum.

[Yoritomo Amano]

If Squad 2 is black ops, we need a grizzled older fellow to command it, a handsome con man, a burly bruiser and a wacky pilot.  I can handle either of the last two.

[Seppun Shin]

I meant the term "black operations" is a relatively modern one It's the kind of job Scorpion shinobi and Crane Harriers excelled at. But that doesn't mean other clans or even the Imperial Legions didn't have their own alternative.

And I love the idea of Rokugan A Team I still think that there shouldn't be an entire squad dedicated to black ops though. Think of the A Team itself. Those guys were more like a special team formed of volunteers from different squads that acted kinda outside the hierarchy.

[Yoritomo Amano]

That's why I've been using the term 'clandestine'.

You're an old guy, you can be Hannibal.

[Seppun Shin]

Oh, no way I'm taking a part in this. I'm the old mayor giving orders. What I meant is, of course it would be clandestine, but to have a whole squad dedicated to something clandestine feels kinda wrong to me. Personally I think it's best to have a smaller group of soldiers outside normal military hierarchy to take care of clandestine operations. It's easier to deny their existence as a group, and also doesn't mean we'd have thirty or so assassins/spies/saboteurs running around the camp Suppose we'll have to wait a bit for more people to join and then decide as a company whether we want it to be a squad in it's own right or a smaller paramilitary group.

[Yoritomo Amano]

Then I suppose a possible move would be to have those outside the 'black ops group' only believe we had 1 squad and all members of Byakko were members said single squad.  Members of the black ops group would function and appear as normal members of that squad (even to members of squad 1) until such time as their services in less honorable matters were required.

[Shosuro Zhelazo]

I shall be the handsome con man, as I am handsome. But who shall be our gold-bedecked muscle? Ostentatious and strong. That can't possibly be anyone at all. 

[Akodo Inuichi]

Well lion's colors are gold and brown. I pity the fools.

[Yoritomo Amano]

That makes me the slightly off-kilter (kobune) pilot.  AWESOME.

[Shosuro Zhelazo]

I do not think you can beat the bad guys by cuddling them, Akodo-gunso.

[Seppun Shin]

But why limit ourselves to one official squad when we could have two squads (which implies more people and possible gunso/nikutai) and an unofficial structure for those few (and I hope you'll be few, folks) who want to have taken part in the less... discussed assignments.

[Shosuro Zhelazo]

Amano has politely informed me that I have done a grave dishonor. I referred to you as Akodo-Inuichi as Cuddles-gunso. I meant no disrespect to Cuddles-gunso. It's a shame, with your dull colors and and dreadfully boring adherence to to duty, is it any wonder I cannot tell you two apart?

[Kitsune Hajime]

Work keeps eating my soul, but I'm pretty grizzled, if not terribly old.

Also horribly antisocial, if it helps!

[Akodo Inuichi]

Hey Inuichi is antisocial too. We could talk and our penalties would offset.