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Cacique Caribe01 Nov 2007 11:41 a.m. PST

If you were given a go at every single vault, room and closet of Area 51 (or similar "secret" government facility) . . .

What would thrill you to find?

Alien bodies? Crashed UFO parts? Bizarre animal/genetic experiments? Hidden documents? Missing persons? Something else?

I'm really trying to find scenarios for my new Agents:
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Condottiere01 Nov 2007 11:47 a.m. PST

Lots of sand.

CLDISME01 Nov 2007 11:51 a.m. PST

I would expect to find a library of 3-ring binders full of secret documents.

That, and a wearhouse similar to the ending scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Garand01 Nov 2007 11:53 a.m. PST

Elvis. And King Tut.

Damon.

rdjktjrfdj01 Nov 2007 11:54 a.m. PST

I am much more earthly. I would try to steal anything I can carry away. If you have use for such a character, you'd make me a proud thief.

CPBelt01 Nov 2007 11:57 a.m. PST

The secret documents would detail worker abuse leading to serious illnesses, EPA violations out the ying-yang, and other assorted federal violations because Area 51 felt it could get away with it as a black program. The real truth about Area 51 is far more serious than the fantasy people like to make up. Do some reading about the recent employee lawsuits and you'll come to realize that there are no aliens--only corrupt and abusive government officials.

Sorry to burst the bubble, but Area 51 alien Bleeped text gets on my nerves when many men and women have been seriously suffering. Same with the Acoma Indians in the uranium mines. (Read Simon Oriz for more info.)

RubberRonnie01 Nov 2007 11:59 a.m. PST

Nothing. Area 51 is a decoy, all the good stuff is in Area 50 (but don't tell anyone).

Cacique Caribe01 Nov 2007 12:01 p.m. PST

"the Lost Ark"

There ya go. Now we're talking!

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Cacique Caribe01 Nov 2007 12:22 p.m. PST

This is interesting:

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I'd never heard of that "Area 51" game before.

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aercdr01 Nov 2007 12:38 p.m. PST

JFK, Judge Crater, Jimmy Hoffa, and, the perfect set of Napoleonic Wargame Rules that seamlessly blend playability and realism in an easy to understand format.

Personal logo Murphy Sponsoring Member of TMP01 Nov 2007 12:40 p.m. PST

PM me and I'll tell you.

Condottiere01 Nov 2007 12:41 p.m. PST

Missing left socks.

Only Warlock01 Nov 2007 12:46 p.m. PST

I think we will find…Murphy

Cacique Caribe01 Nov 2007 12:47 p.m. PST

I hadn't seen this before:

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Condottiere01 Nov 2007 12:54 p.m. PST

Been asleep at the wheel, then CC, eh?

Personal logo Doms Decals Sponsoring Member of TMP01 Nov 2007 1:02 p.m. PST

Lord Lucan riding Shergar….

Conquest Miniatures01 Nov 2007 1:25 p.m. PST

My winning lottery ticket.

Cacique Caribe01 Nov 2007 1:26 p.m. PST

For Greys, Alien-Human Hybrids and Chupacabra "Hounds", LOSM might just be the answer:

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Gaijin7901 Nov 2007 1:29 p.m. PST

A bunch of confused air force types.

The Tin Dictator01 Nov 2007 1:42 p.m. PST

I know a guy, I'll call him "Joe", who talked to his 3rd cousin in Idaho ("Sam") who said that he once saw a man in a black suit carrying a 3-ring binder into an office building where a blonde receptionist named "Tammy" put the binder into an envelope marked "URGENT" and then gave it to a postal worker who took the package out of the building and it was never seen again.

He found this suspicious since the post office actually appeared to be picking up and delivering mail.
So, there you have it. Definitive proof !

BlackSpotDesign01 Nov 2007 1:49 p.m. PST

…all the biros that mysteriously disappear off my desk.

Cacique Caribe01 Nov 2007 1:50 p.m. PST

"biros"?

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Personal logo miniMo Supporting Member of TMP01 Nov 2007 1:51 p.m. PST

There's nothing in Area 51 anymore.

It's all in Fort Knox.

The 'West Wing' covered that pretty well in an episode.

The Tin Dictator01 Nov 2007 1:57 p.m. PST

"biros"?

There were NEVER any biros on your desk.
You must have been mistaken….

raylev301 Nov 2007 2:00 p.m. PST

There is no area 51…say after me…there is no area 51…and again….repeat after me….

Personal logo BrigadeGames Sponsoring Member of TMP01 Nov 2007 2:03 p.m. PST

Alien cavemen wink

Cacique Caribe01 Nov 2007 2:05 p.m. PST

Would that "Area 51" PC game make a good miniatures game?

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Hundvig Fezian01 Nov 2007 2:50 p.m. PST

A big empty warehouse that hasn't been used since the 50's.

Zephyr101 Nov 2007 3:15 p.m. PST

Area 51 used to be the depot for recovered UFO's, but now it is just a place where they test high-performance aircraft. The real "Area 51" was moved into the wilderness of northwest Canada decades ago. Most UFO junkies aren't going to hike 600 miles through bears and mosquitoes to find it. (They'd run out of beer long before reaching it…. ;)

Cacique Caribe01 Nov 2007 3:21 p.m. PST

"The real "Area 51" was moved into the wilderness of northwest Canada decades ago."

Way to go, Canadians!!!

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Personal logo Saber6 Supporting Member of TMP Fezian01 Nov 2007 3:28 p.m. PST

Warehouse 23

Coelacanth193801 Nov 2007 5:10 p.m. PST

Someone wandered onto the base a few years ago and discovered all these half-buried experimental aircraft sticking out of the sand. Some of them, fairy large, and more than a few circular in design.

You've got to remember that Area 51 (now mostly closed) is only the tip of the iceberg. The government owns most of Nevada and they can have entire cities hidden up there for all we know.

Space Monkey01 Nov 2007 5:27 p.m. PST

Years ago my Botany professor at UNLV told us a story…
The summer before he and another professor and some grad students were out in the desert collecting specimens, driving in a university van. They were kind of camping it out over the weekend and just wandering on all the dirt roads that are all over the desert here…
So, he says that at one point they came over a hill and saw… something…
He said they saw it and it was VERY cool… and strange… and then they were suddenly surrounded by security guys on motorcycles and trucks and spent the next several hours in a metal shack somewhere.
He said he was forbidden to say what he saw for 5 years… but did say that it was a very impressive sight to see.

For whatever reason I've never tracked him down again to find out if he could finally tell me what they saw.

When I worked on the Nevada test site our boss made a point to show us the road to 'area 51' and warn us never to go down that road. He said they'd open fire on us before we ever saw the guardhouse.

Cacique Caribe01 Nov 2007 5:52 p.m. PST

Your botany professor might soon get a visit . . .

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Personal logo FingerandToeGlenn Sponsoring Member of TMP01 Nov 2007 7:25 p.m. PST

Thirty crates of 8x11" paper from the Hoover Commssion days, sixty-four trash bags of used coffee filters, and a camera that links directly to an IRS face recognition/audit trigger. Oh, and a dirty dust mop.

The G Dog Fezian02 Nov 2007 4:47 a.m. PST

The real Abraham Lincoln.

Not his corpse…the real Abraham Lincoln.

An early model ZebraTech barcode printer.

The key to decrypting UPC barcodes.

Vosper02 Nov 2007 5:00 a.m. PST

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Enjoy!

EagleSixFive02 Nov 2007 5:30 a.m. PST

answer

Brent Spiner dressed up as a geeky scientist!

Vermis02 Nov 2007 7:38 a.m. PST

A janitor's closet.

StarfuryXL502 Nov 2007 9:17 a.m. PST

biro = ball point pen

miscmini Fezian02 Nov 2007 5:20 p.m. PST

very hazardous waste.

Hundvig Fezian02 Nov 2007 5:30 p.m. PST

The real Abraham Lincoln.

Not his corpse…the real Abraham Lincoln.

Which one, the Lincoln they used in that OS Star Trek episode or the 27 foot tall version from the Land of the Giants universe that they based the Memorial on?

Actually, they're probably both there, now that I think of it.

The G Dog Fezian02 Nov 2007 6:10 p.m. PST

Don't forget "Evil Lincoln".

tyrruss02 Nov 2007 10:12 p.m. PST

i recon there in greater wepons like plasma guns and all that, new big fancey tanks, dead mutated creatures and the chocolate penut bag that never empties

Personal logo Dances With Words Supporting Member of TMP Fezian03 Nov 2007 11:39 a.m. PST

Warehouse 23 suppliment would be a good start as Sabre suggested, (also a couple of other SJG suppliments in the list)

As to what's REALLY at area 51, probably a lot of hazardous waste now and out of date 'classified' stuff that wouldn't be of much use to anybody but historians…maybe.

The 'good stuff' is probably at S-9 further south/hangers/Papoose Lake/in the side of the mountains near dry lakebed…etc.

The 'classification' system is so…'out of date'…and IMHO is used to 'block' access to information that is more 'embarrassing' than 'crucial' to 'national security'.

IF all the 'high-tech stuff' was REALLY there…(anti-gravity/alien bodies, etc)…or 'cheap/unlimited power' not reliant on fossile fuels, etc…anything really 'revolutionary' that would 'hurt' a major industry/lobby group…THAT would be 'classified' but not because it would 'damage' our security….only the 'security' of someone's bank-book! (like the 100 mile per gallon of gas 'carburator' of urban legend).

I really don't care if there are some of J.Edgar's 'dresses' stored there, or 'secret sex tapes' of Marilyn M and JFK or etc.

Every new PRESIDENT we've gotten from Carter on? has 'promised' to 'open the books'…etc on stuff like Area 51 and other 'black projects' and either NOTHING further is ever said…or they say simply, 'nothing to see, move along, move along'.

Maybe there really ISN'T anything to see per se…it's like 'Wag the Dog'…it's a 'ruse' to misdirect folks from the REAL 'faux paux's'…like budgetary indiscretions, health/safety issues/complaints, or even a REAL 'war'.

All sorts of good 'Illuminati' stuff….

We might have even SEEN the truth on tv and the movies but presented in such a way as NO-one would believe it..(another form of misdirection)…

The 'warehouse' scene at end of 'Lost Ark' might be 'more true' than anyone wants to believe…and it will take another 'Indy' in 2000 years to 'find' out what was really there…(or National Treasure/The DaVinci Code etc)..

Have fun! Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it's stranger than we CAN imagine!

*slish…slish*

Cacique Caribe03 Nov 2007 10:29 p.m. PST

Scientist types like these sound nice for Area 51's cloning labs:

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Cacique Caribe24 Jun 2008 3:16 p.m. PST

The agents going into Area-51 may end up having to deal with this situation . . .

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joedog24 Jun 2008 10:33 p.m. PST

A bunch of unfriendly USAF SF and DOD Security personnel.

Cacique Caribe18 Dec 2008 1:16 p.m. PST

For figures of agents:

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Cacique Caribe18 Dec 2008 1:58 p.m. PST

What if you found something like this?

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