Classic X-COM: UFO Defense AAR - "Languish Force"

[Tonitrus]

Notes: Names for female soldiers might soon become a problem.  Also, if the death toll gets heavy, I am reserving the right to bring back people from the dead (i.e. "Ed Anger mk.2)

WTF, I never get on these lists.

Me neither.  C'est la guerre.

And besides...I forgot to add myself yet as well. 

[PDH]

PDH is one of the scientists trying to figure out the secrets of the plasma rifle.

[jimmy olsen]

Berkut shouldn't have tried to put the zombies on ignore.

Lol 

[Sophie Scholl]

Nice.  I hope to see more amusing updates, sir.

[Admiral Yi]

What's the back story on this game? 

Post apocalyptic break down in society, followed by alien invasion?

The Department of Defense sells alien-fighting franchises?

[Tonitrus]

What's the back story on this game? 

Post apocalyptic break down in society, followed by alien invasion?

The Department of Defense sells alien-fighting franchises?

Most powerful nations on Earth, in response to a growing alien threat, create a multi-national military organization known as X-COM to fight the invasion.  Must maintain funding support from said nations.

[Admiral Yi]

So the franchise guess was pretty close. 

[CountDeMoney]

Ed Anger then bravely moves forward under the hail of fire...which kills the soldier behind him(later found to be Siege).  Ed is able to get a couple shots off, but is himself quickly killed.  Finally, CdM moves up and gives the evil sectoid the coup-de-grace.

CdM rolls left out of the Skyranger after it, opening fire on a flanking sectoid before being forced to take cover.

Merithyn then follows him up, firing on full auto to bring it down.

Then katmai deploys right, spotting an hostile on the far side of the downed craft, taking it down with a very well placed shot.

Being that the alien craft is so close to the LZ, the team moves into position...

Brazen, backed up by CdM, move to the far side of the craft, Valmy, Neil and MiM prepare to breach the alien craft while katmai covers their flank.

MiM takes the point on the breach, a grazing shot of plasma from the lone sectoid inside has no effect, and he quickly puts it down.

After clearing the craft, they almost thought this mission was over, but the first sectoid brought down by CdM seemed to have survived.  CdM himself promptly dispatched the unarmed hostile.

After the mission, a few are recognized for promotion...

...and the fallen are mourned.

KIA:
Ed Anger
Monoriu
Siege

Notes: I think I jinxed Ed with that "mk.2" example earlier. 

  Mono got waxed.

[FunkMonk]

katmai sends Caliga in on point....



....uh oh....

Katmai has to make the big decisions.

"Uhh, you go first."

[Cecil]

I actually never played UFO. I managed to finish TFTD though and I count that as a fine accomplishment. 

[CountDeMoney]

Katmai has to make the big decisions.

"Uhh, you go first."

He would make a great Sallah.

[Jacob]

Did Caliga make it?

[Habbaku]

  Mono got waxed.

I wonder if the Chi-Coms charged his family for the burial.

[Tonitrus]

Continued....

Caliga, seeing his dangerous position, decides to duck back out the hatch, fortunate in not taking any reaction fire.  Valmy then feeds them a grenade, and the insertion team readies for a second attempt.  The grenade did not kill either, but Cal storms in, taking one down, and Brazen, right behind him, dispatches the second.



Raz then leads the breach into the control room, blasting away...



Though ultimately, Brazen and Valmy take the next two down.

The craft is cleared, and katmai's "courage" leads to promotion to Captain, and current leader of X-COM...



And Meri gets a well-deserved promotion.

[Tonitrus]

Later in the month, another craft drops screaming out of orbit in the vicinity of the Vagina Wall in North America....



Taken down over Wisconsin, the response team waits for daylight before deploying to the scene, now partially equipped with some new laser pistols...



And the team for this mission:



...whoops, hit "post" prematurely, mission details coming right up.