Plan
Plan noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.
Spec
Spec noun - A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
Nearby Word: specification
Both words in one sentence
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This plan doesn't go to spec, so Wedge ends up furiously improvising a strategy that uses an orbital mirror satellite, a giant floating construction robot, and a bunch of black-market starfighters.
Source: A Simple Plan -
Despite that, he comes up with enough military-grade hardware and a plan worthy of a spec-ops team that could take them out with relative ease, even if he's rather blasé about hostage casualties.
Source: Literature / Blood Rites - Like The Gargoyles Saga recommended below, Spec Gargs was inspired by Greg Weisman's master plan, and while this is their interpretation, it deviates far less.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Gargoyles
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