CIA Training Like Jason Bourne
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Dark Jezter
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True, Red Rabbit is perhaps even more realistic than the Cardinal of the Kremlin in terms of how it depicts a realistic intelligence operation. Unfortunately, it also has very slow pacing and, as you mentioned already, is rather anticlimactic.Rel said:
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AIM-54
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If they're covert ops, they've generally gone through some sort of military training, whether basic infantry or one of the many varieties of special forces. This is before they ever are recruited for CIA work. So much of they're actual skills such as weapons, unarmed combat, survival and the like come from that training. Beyond that CIA probably mostly teaches the variety of ways to learn information on the ground, where these guys operate. Recall the officer that was killed in the Afghanistan prison riot. For a game, you probably want to jazz it up, so feel free to be creative.
And remember, Jason Bourne uses a military martial arts style.
Otherwise, it's much as Dark Jezter described it: meeting people and getting them to give you info. It's a long and tedious process and not really suited for an exciting RPG adventure, though it can certainly be an element of a campaign.
Hope some of that might come across as useful.
And remember, Jason Bourne uses a military martial arts style.
Otherwise, it's much as Dark Jezter described it: meeting people and getting them to give you info. It's a long and tedious process and not really suited for an exciting RPG adventure, though it can certainly be an element of a campaign.
Hope some of that might come across as useful.
Dark Jezter
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Just so you have an idea of what's required, here are the requirements for becoming a CIA Field Officer (referred to here as an Operations Officer), taken from the CIA's Web Site:
Many Operations Officers are recruited during college. Some have military training, although they're very unlikely to actually use their combat skills doing intelligence gathering work.
The Central Intelligence Agency said:
Many Operations Officers are recruited during college. Some have military training, although they're very unlikely to actually use their combat skills doing intelligence gathering work.
Testament
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Realistic intelligence operations would indeed make for dodgy gaming. Thats why I think they want to run with Bourne style action.
That said, Spy Game is also a good movie, more realistic but still entertaining.
And for conspiracy, you can't beat that masterpiece of a game, Deus Ex.
That said, Spy Game is also a good movie, more realistic but still entertaining.
And for conspiracy, you can't beat that masterpiece of a game, Deus Ex.
In the book Jason Bourne was recruited out of a black ops team in Cambodia called Medusa. This was during the Vietnam war. They assasinated officers and disrupted the enemies supply chains. Medusa personal were ex criminals, french natives, US military, and even some Viet Kong deserters.
He was surgically altered to make him the typical anglo-saxon male and could alter his appearance with a pair of glasses, hair dye, and mannerisms. In the book he was a lot less physical and more scheming and intelligent.
His real training was the hundreds of black ops missions - I do not think CIA gave much training with regards to languages, survival, weapons and martial arts. I expect they trained him in politics, the spy game, surveillance etc.
I left alot of out of my brief summary - in case you ever wanted to read the book.
He was surgically altered to make him the typical anglo-saxon male and could alter his appearance with a pair of glasses, hair dye, and mannerisms. In the book he was a lot less physical and more scheming and intelligent.
His real training was the hundreds of black ops missions - I do not think CIA gave much training with regards to languages, survival, weapons and martial arts. I expect they trained him in politics, the spy game, surveillance etc.
I left alot of out of my brief summary - in case you ever wanted to read the book.
Modin Godstalker said:
Do they really teach that any place other then Hollyweird?
I would think playing Bourne you would need incrediably smart players (I think that excludes me), a GM that is more will ing to accept outlandish plans or courses of action- Player- "I will shot the steel propane tank with bird shot to make it explode and hopefully distract the assassin." GM- "Realistically bird shot won't go through a steel tank, but okay, it works for the game."
Then there is the whole leap of- the dog is missing, so automatically assume that the assassins have found you- okay so Jason has a Danger Sense thing going, I can see that, but still big leap so did the Player pick up on that or was that the Player being a but head- "the GM had me roll intitive, so there must be something happening."
Had a GURPs Cyberpunk campaign a while back, one of the Players was playing an assassin- the Player, not the most imaginitive person needed and got "cool ideas" from the GM as little suggestions, worked for the character and the visual of the campaign. THe Player eventually started catching on and used that to her benifit, but not so much.
To answer your question- there are lots of CIA books out there but none that will help you duplicate the feel of a Bourne type movie.
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