Not going to start this until tomorrow, but for now I've been playing a Languish-themed game of Organ Trail... (consider it like the cartoon before the feature)
http://hatsproductions.com/organtrail.html
So far, while fending off zombie hordes...CdM has been in perfect health, Ed Anger has broken his leg twice, Berkut keeps getting bitten by zombies, MiM wandered off and presumably died, and Monoriu has dysentry.
Berkut shouldn't have tried to put the zombies on ignore.
QuoteEd Anger has broken his leg twice
LOL
And so it begins...
The main base is built...in Ohio(approximately), The Heart of it All.
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Using my basic(and expensive) starting base strategy...replace the hanger setup to maximize base defense.
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The starting rookie team...
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...my initial idea was to have the teams be region specific, but I decided to make Mono an honorary "North American" this time, since that guys' bravery was "10" (normally I'd trash those soldiers, or use them as "scouts"). But lets see if he survives without killing off his teammates. :P
Let the bug hunt begin...
:lol:
SitRep - 7 JAN 1999
Intel reports showed alien activity in North Africa, interceptor sent to investigate.
Our first catch(?) of the day...
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A light scout craft, that managed to elude our interceptors over North American, and after leading them on a chase as far as the Andes, escaped by breaking out into orbit.
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Meanwhile, new recruits for the ground teams came in...
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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)
Pretty quick, another alien aircraft is picked up on radar, screaming over the Canadian north headed for Alaska...
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An interceptor is launched, and the UFO is quickly taken down in the vicinity of Yellowknife. The Skyranger is launched, and the Languish Force rookies prepare to get their first taste of action!
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Immediately upon hitting the dirt, a hostile is sited...LZ is hot!
The HWP/Rocket platform inches up and opens fire, but as usual, the HWP fails...two missile strikes missing by a mile.
Monoriu heads to the end of the gangplank and opens fire, but after grazing the enemy, is killed by it's return fire...
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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.
The HWP deploys fully outside of the Skyranger, taking fire from multiple directions. Spotting one of the enemy, it fires, finally scoring a hit.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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...and the fallen are mourned.
KIA:
Ed Anger
Monoriu
Siege
Notes: I think I jinxed Ed with that "mk.2" example earlier. :P
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 06, 2012, 06:29:07 PM
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.
Quote from: Viking on June 06, 2012, 07:27:28 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 06, 2012, 06:29:07 PM
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.
Quote from: Scipio on June 06, 2012, 07:40:32 PM
Quote from: Viking on June 06, 2012, 07:27:28 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 06, 2012, 06:29:07 PM
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.
I don't insist that I have a right to be picked before Ed Anger (mk.1), but duude, It insults my languish bona fides if I don't rate above Ed Anger mk.2
QuoteNotes: I think I jinxed Ed with that "mk.2" example earlier.
His mentor Monc E. butt is always available, along with his evil twin Biff.
Whiners. :rolleyes:
If I can scrounge up original names, I'd use them before a "mk.2"...but a man has gotta be prepared.
I am thoroughly amused. :)
My dude was walking around on the beach holding his severed arm. :lol:
Figures Siege would go out like a bitch.
Intel gets reports of more activity in North Africa, so an Interceptor is deployed to patrol while the Skyranger heads to the area to stand on-station.
Soon, a hostile craft is located on the ground in vicinity of Tripoli...we always knew Ghadafi was not of this world...
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The HWP is deployed to scout around the LZ...
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A floater is sighted not far from the LZ, and CdM rolls out and shoots it down. But...another floater emerges from a nearby barn, gunning down Neil...
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CdM and katmai return fire, wounding the floater, but a well placed sniper-shot from Merithyn takes it down.
The HWP scouts around the far side of the alien craft...finding one floater and planting a missile down its throat at point-blank range...meanwhile, the squad divides into two fire teams...
Team 1: Sgt CdM, Garbon, Meri, and Jaron to sweep and clear the buildings.
Team 2: Sgt katmai leading Brazen, Caliga, Valmy and Raz will breach and storm the alien craft.
Team 2 gets ready to breach....
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katmai sends Caliga in on point....
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....uh oh....
Quote from: Scipio on June 06, 2012, 07:40:32 PM
Quote from: Viking on June 06, 2012, 07:27:28 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 06, 2012, 06:29:07 PM
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. :lol:
PDH is one of the scientists trying to figure out the secrets of the plasma rifle.
Quote from: Razgovory on June 06, 2012, 06:31:19 AM
Berkut shouldn't have tried to put the zombies on ignore.
Lol :D
Nice. I hope to see more amusing updates, sir. :lol:
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?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 07, 2012, 12:57:09 AM
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.
So the franchise guess was pretty close. :D
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 06, 2012, 07:19:14 PM
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. :P
:lol: Mono got waxed.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 06, 2012, 09:50:50 PM
katmai sends Caliga in on point....
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....uh oh....
Katmai has to make the big decisions.
"Uhh, you go first."
I actually never played UFO. I managed to finish TFTD though and I count that as a fine accomplishment. :)
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 07, 2012, 06:22:37 AM
Katmai has to make the big decisions.
"Uhh, you go first."
He would make a great Sallah.
Did Caliga make it?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 07, 2012, 06:09:12 AM
:lol: Mono got waxed.
I wonder if the Chi-Coms charged his family for the burial.
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.
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Raz then leads the breach into the control room, blasting away...
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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...
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And Meri gets a well-deserved promotion.
Later in the month, another craft drops screaming out of orbit in the vicinity of the Vagina Wall in North America....
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Taken down over Wisconsin, the response team waits for daylight before deploying to the scene, now partially equipped with some new laser pistols...
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And the team for this mission:
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...whoops, hit "post" prematurely, mission details coming right up.
Call me Captain Courageous?
Lady Europa gets a shot before me? :mad:
Tonto is now off the Christmas mailing list.
Once again, the sectoid LZ is hot. The HWP takes down one in the nearby field (you just see the tip of the gangway plank there), and exposes another in a nearby barn.
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Meanwhile, the HWP starts taking heavy from, again from multiple directions....
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MiM guns down the sectoid in the barn, and as the squad rolls out of the Skyranger, Meri takes down another sectoid near the downed spacecraft (located just off the side of the Skyranger).
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Again, the squad divides into two teams, Meri, Jaron, Raz, 11B4V, Caliga will breach the craft while MiM, Lusti, Hans, grumbler, Garbon will sweep the exterior.
This time, Jaron takes point on the breach, running right into two sectoids. He takes one down and dives right while 11B4V, armed with one of the new laser pistols, follows up the second.
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Meanwhile, outside....
Man down! An unseen hostile guns down MiM!
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...and then Team 2 is in trouble...already down a man, Lusti spots MiM's killer on the right flank, and Hans spots another on the left...
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...but Garbon snipes down MiM's killer, and Hans readily dispatches his target. The rest of the spacecraft turns up clear.
But after a week of relaxation, reports come in an alien terror attack:
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After taking a few minutes to decide if they care about saving Lagos, the team mounts up for a terror mission. The new HWP is still on backorder, so an expanded-squad mounts up and heads out for Africa....
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 07, 2012, 06:26:36 PM
Lady Europa gets a shot before me? :mad:
Tonto is now off the Christmas mailing list.
Do you want to be a woman? :P
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 07, 2012, 06:33:00 PM
Do you want to be a woman? :P
Don't try to make all kissy face now. You've burned your bridges.
If it is any consolation, I had to resort to naming one of the newer female recruits "Too old, too fat". :lol:
It's some consolation. :weep:
You should name your next chick Hillary. :D
Great game Tonitrus! How did you load it? Through a DOS box kind of setup I assume? I wouldn't think it runs on modern systems. I used to have it loaded, but I think it was on Win98 or something.
Quote from: KRonn on June 07, 2012, 08:31:38 PM
Great game Tonitrus! How did you load it? Through a DOS box kind of setup I assume? I wouldn't think it runs on modern systems. I used to have it loaded, but I think it was on Win98 or something.
It's on Steam for 5 bucks. It works pretty well, at least on my box.
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 07, 2012, 08:39:00 PM
Quote from: KRonn on June 07, 2012, 08:31:38 PM
Great game Tonitrus! How did you load it? Through a DOS box kind of setup I assume? I wouldn't think it runs on modern systems. I used to have it loaded, but I think it was on Win98 or something.
It's on Steam for 5 bucks. It works pretty well, at least on my box.
Thanks. Good to know. Tempted to play it again.
Yeah i bought the whole series on sale from Steam for like $7.99 a few months back. Hell X-Com was reason i bought a PC back in the day :lol:
Playing with Steam, which appears to use an automated Dosbox.
The version on GamersGate also uses DOSbox.
Why am I the first :weep:
Quote from: Monoriu on June 07, 2012, 11:39:29 PM
Why am I the first :weep:
Because there's a billion more where you came from.
What button do you push to shoot Hans in the back with a untraceable drop piece?
:rolleyes: I would have hired a consultant to do the breach for me. Tonitrus doesn't know me. :(
Anyway, this reminds me how X-Com was one of the greatest games of all time. I remember playing it in my freshman dorm while eating pizza combos. :cool:
Suggestion: use the names of gay posters for female soldiers.
Quote from: The Brain on June 08, 2012, 12:26:21 PM
Suggestion: use the names of gay posters for female soldiers.
He already used me up. Though I do think I'm registered on languish as a female.
The Skyranger touches down in Lagos, unfortunately in the darkness. Night fights in the city are never pretty....
First hostile spotted is a reaper...this is good, only in that it means sectoids won't be mind-fucking our non-HWP supported squadron.
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The team opens up on the target with the new rookie Barrister Boy taking it down. Numerous screams are heard in the dark, and one floater is spotted nearby shooting down civilians...
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The Skyranger's LZ is an opening on the left side of the map, with a warehouse off the nose, and small store off the back (as seen above). A street separates the LZ from a line of of buildings on the opposite side...Too Old & Too Fat spots another reaper and floater on that far side, and is shot dead, but the rest of the team guns them down at long range:
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Half the squad prepares to advance cautiously across the road, while Lusti leads a small team to clear the warehouse adjacent to the LZ. Lusti spots a hostile in the warehouse, but like a typical Navy puke, can't score a hit...Prinseca follows up with the kill shot.
While advancing across the road, FunkMunk spots a floater through a grocery via a blown-out wall, and window, and scores a lucky shot, killing it.
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Clearing the outside of the warehouse, Raz spots another reaper...with an innocent bystander in the way...
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Raz opens fire on it anyway, but only hits it once, not enough for a reaper. The reaper then plows through the civilian, forcing Raz to back off, but grumbler moves in and dispatches it.
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Lucky Funk! While continuing to advance across the road, he takes fire at close range from a hidden floater near the small store...BB, his back-up man, takes it down.
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Meanwhile, Raz spots another floater in the street, and is forced to take cover behind the dead reaper...but Korea comes out, firing on it at full auto from long range and only manages to shoot Raz in the back, killing him. Murphy says...friendly fire, isn't.
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Things continue going downhill....while advancing across the wide-open road, Hans and Lady Europa are killed by floaters hiding among the tangle of buildings on the far side. Korea manages to flush one out for 11B4V to shoot down.
Lusti's team, having cleared the first warehouse, advance across the road to another one. There, Princesca recklessly storms in, killing a reaper...only to then be shot down by another hidden floater. An enraged Lusti eventually avenges his fallen teammate.
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5 X-COM troopers dead, as well as 9 civilians. Not the best of outcomes.
It's a massacree!
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 08, 2012, 03:56:41 PM
It's a massacree!
Well maybe there'll be room on the squad for the two of us, then.
Floaters. :x
Quote from: Jacob on June 08, 2012, 04:06:46 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 08, 2012, 03:56:41 PM
It's a massacree!
Well maybe there'll be room on the squad for the two of us, then.
Jacob was on that last mission, just didn't meet any direct action. I think he was the rear guy on Lusti's team.
And I need to start keeping a running KIA tally, or I might easily accidentally repeat some names.
Terror attacks early in the game are hell. Hopefull Scientist PDH will have plasma guns in short order (before he gets drafted) for our fighting men and women.
Quote from: PDH on June 08, 2012, 04:29:13 PM
Terror attacks early in the game are hell. Hopefull Scientist PDH will have plasma guns in short order for our fighting men and women.
He only just now perfected the laser rifle. What the troops really want is for him to finish the alien alloys so he can get some personal armor rolling off the line. And he is slacking on the medkits. :mad:
I'm an ace shot, bitches. All that time in Team Fortress Classic paid off. :cool:
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 08, 2012, 04:55:01 PM
I'm an ace shot, bitches. All that time in Team Fortress Classic paid off. :cool:
watch you get killed next mission. :lol:
I am enjoying this, Tonitrus. Thanks for posting it.
Quote from: katmai on June 08, 2012, 05:08:30 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 08, 2012, 04:55:01 PM
I'm an ace shot, bitches. All that time in Team Fortress Classic paid off. :cool:
watch you get killed next mission. :lol:
All too likely. :(
Soon, another alien scout appears over North America, headed for Mexico. After it is taken down...
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...Captain katmai orders the Skyranger to load up, making sure Jaron is onboard as they go to cleanse their ancestral homeland of the alien menace...
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The squad deploys...unusual this time, not a sectoid in sight. Katmai divides them up into three teams, CdM leading his team to clear a barn and sweep the left flank, Meri leading another team to sweep right, while Katmai leads the bulk of the force up the middle towards the downed craft.
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One hostile is spotted, and katmai snipes it down from long range...
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The area around the downed craft is cleared by the other teams without incident, nor any further hostiles. They then move to breach the spacecraft, the rookie Viking taking point...
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...he takes down one hostile inside, and grumbler spots another soon after that Funk takes down with a precision shot from one of the new laser rifles they got for this mission.
A nice clean operation, that results in a promotion for 11B4V to Sergeant.
January soon comes to a close...
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Ahem it is Funk's ancestral homeland too. :contract:
And as I'm too lazy to find your other thread Toni.
:blush:
X-Com Unknown, October 9th! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9i6X5fgaCE&feature=player_embedded)
I expect everyone to defend the Vagina Wall to the death when the alien attacks start coming. NOT ONE STEP BACK
How can we? the Vagina wall is no more!
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 08, 2012, 07:47:51 PMThey then move to breach the spacecraft, the rookie Viking taking point...
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and there I was thinking I was the ideal candidate for the Red Shirt #1 role.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 08, 2012, 08:08:31 PM
I expect everyone to defend the Vagina Wall to the death when the alien attacks start coming. NOT ONE STEP BACK
X-COM: NKVD Division
Construction of the foundation for the European base, located on the outskirts of Budapest, gets underway...
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One alien scout was spotted and chased from North America to Europe, where it was taken down near the new base site.
It took a hard landing, and only one survivor remained, who was easily eliminated.
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February starts off slow, but soon there are rampant intel reports coming from East Asia...alien activity is afoot, but we cannot get any reading on it. Along with that, one large alien ship was spotted over Europe, but being far too dangerous for the Interceptors to challange, they could only shadow it, along with the Skyranger, hoping to catch it on the ground...but it ended up escaping.
Southeast Asia is too far away for the Interceptors to patrol...so the Skyranger had to be sent out to hope and get lucky...and soon it is able to catch a scout on the ground in the forests of northern Japan....
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Though being forced to approach the landing zone of the alien craft in the dark, the squad combed the forest quickly, finding and taking out two hostiles as the HWP quickly secured the hatch of the spacecraft for the insertion team to get into position.
This time, Martinus took point...dropping one sectoid, and Tamas followed that up with another kill...
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Alas, not all was without incident...as the squad prepared to storm the bridge, a sectoid burst out...sprinting past Martinus and capturedfairy, shooting rookie Alcibiades dead before being taken down.
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Martinus then stormed the bridge...the last sectoid shooting him in the face with a stun/anti-gay bomb....NO EFFECT! Martinus easily dispatches the last enemy....and keeps his gayness intact.
Though poor Alcibiades joins the Wall of Honor, a slew of promotions come from this mission:
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A full bird Colonel :o
Beet Field :lol:
Quote from: katmai on June 08, 2012, 09:29:00 PM
A full bird Colonel :o
In this game, once you get on that fast-track, even if you just sit your ass on base...you go all the way to the top.
QuoteBeet Field :lol:
When the time comes for the East Asia base, I am going to need ideas. :P
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 08, 2012, 09:44:40 PM
Quote from: katmai on June 08, 2012, 09:29:00 PM
A full bird Colonel :o
In this game, once you get on that fast-track, even if you just sit your ass on base...you going all the way to the top.
It was all luck. :goodboy:
I played this game a lot! But I only had one instance of Aliens attacking a base. Kind of a bummer as that was a fun battle, and it adds a lot of challenge to the game. I think also that the game doesn't play at the harder levels even if selected. Does anyone remember reading that about the game? I never really knew if that's true as it's a pretty challenging game anyway.
Great work Tonitrus :lol:
I have never played any X-Com game. :Embarrass: I will have to look for it cheap sometime after I finish my Colonization game.
February was not a good month...with all the reported activity in Asia, being only able to bag one scout craft left the Chinese displeased with X-COM's efforts...
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X-COM leadership decides, since a new base in Asia will be needed anyway, decide to try and placate China, and select the site near the hometown, and named in honor of, the first X-COM soldier killed in action...
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Monoriu: Gone, but not forgotten...
Better him than me.
Just noticed how pale and wan the Nigerians were.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 09, 2012, 02:41:53 PM
Better him than me.
Just noticed how pale and wan the Nigerians were.
Lagos here probably looked nicer and more modern in 16-bit than it does in real life. :hmm:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 09, 2012, 02:41:53 PM
Just noticed how pale and wan the Nigerians were.
Yes, I thought that was quite inappropriate.
Quote from: The Brain on June 08, 2012, 12:26:21 PM
Suggestion: use the names of gay posters for female soldiers.
That's what I did in my X-Com Apocalypse game. :yes:
Things are not quiet long...
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As is typical for the Languish crew, they land right in the thick of it...
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The HWP opens up on the hostiles, killing one, and Yi jumps out to take down the second...but then takes fire from a Cyberdisc hiding in the shadows...
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Yi tosses a flare, and then gets out of the way for BB to take it out. Strangely, the disc doesn't detonate after going down, so BB put a grenade on it...it's the only way to be sure.
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After quieting down the LZ, the squad gets ready to deploy...
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...the small store near the LZ is pretty much secure. Funk will lead his team (Brazen, Garbon, The Brain, and Peter Wiggin) to secure the large 3-story apartments by the Skyranger, while Col. katmai (leading Meri, BB, Yi, and jimmy olsen) will advance across the road towards a warehouse.
The HWP, heading out to clear the open road, spots a target...
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...and opens up on it....Cyberdisc kills are never pretty....
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Meanwhile, Funk's team splits up to work their way around the apartment block, Funk, Brazen and Brain taking the street side; Garbon and Wiggen going around back. But then Wiggen runs into trouble....
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It's never a good idea to come that close to a Cyberdisc...dead, or alive.
Alas Teach we barely knew ye.
Continued....
It was Garbon that had actually spotted the Cyberdisc (through the windows) before Wiggin had rounded the corner. Fortunately, Wiggin is able to duck back out of the way, while Garbon plants a proximity grenade in front of the disc. Katmai's team, still close to the Skyranger, halts, and they blow through that weak fence...BB and Katmai pouring fire onto the disc, taking it down...
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That pesky disc out of the way, Funk's team continues around the apartment building, knowing that at least one sectoid is on the far side...and then seeing one toss a grenade onto the third floor above Funk, Brazen and The Brain(that could be the name of a band :P )...
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...this means there are at least two sectoids over there.
The HWP spots one a field in front to the apartments, and plants a missile down its throat, while Brain rounds the corner, killing the grenadier.
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Meanwhile, having advanced across the road without incident, katmai and Tim clear the warehouse, getting ready to go out the back door when a sectoid stumbles in on them..Timmah instantly filling it with laser....
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Hunting down the last sectoid, Yi spots it from behind it's position in a damaged building, while Funk's team across the street, having a better bead on him, opens fire...Brazen killing it a well-targeted shot.
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Turns out to be a textbook terror mission. No friendly casualties, and only 2 civilians lost.
I threw a flare and spotted something. I demand medals and some pussy.
Just wait until we see how Yi's fate turns in the upcoming chapter... :menace:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 09, 2012, 08:12:09 PM
I threw a flare and spotted something. I demand medals and some pussy.
Maybe learn how to throw a grenade next time.
In that case, Yi did all right. He didn't have enough TUs to prime a grenade (not very effective against discs anyway), but he was able to light it up(literally) for the rest of the team coming out of the Skyranger to light it up(figuratively).
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 09, 2012, 08:12:09 PM
I threw a flare and spotted something. I demand medals and some pussy.
Weekend pass revoked!
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 09, 2012, 08:23:28 PM
In that case, Yi did all right. He didn't have enough TUs to prime a grenade (not very effective against discs anyway), but he was able to light it up(literally) for the rest of the team coming out of the Skyranger to light it up(figuratively).
In your face grabon. :punk:
More intel reports come in of alien activity in China...we cannot let them down again, so the new Interceptor in Europe heads out to investigate while the Skyranger from NA head takes off to provide quick support if needed. The Beet Fighter spots a medium-sized abductor on the ground scooping up Chinese cattle and civilians, so it patrols on station overhead while the Skyranger and two back-up Interceptors from NA come screaming over the North Pole....
(Gameplay note: One bad thing about X-COM, is it does a bad job simulating saving fuel but having aircraft auto-navigate over the Pole, so doing a little manual control helps quite a bit over just having it go automatically on the target.)
The alien abductors take off, hoping to escape with their booty, and knowing one Interceptor might not be able to handle a medium-sized craft, the Beet Fighter waits for backup, and the three craft engage the enemy, bringing it down...
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The Skyranger quickly follows up to clean out the crash site...but as the HWP rolls out, it quickly spots a group of survivors holed up in a nearby barn...
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That group of sectoids is quickly eliminated, and the squad fans out to clear the area around the craft...with Yi taking down one sectoid, and Caliga another.
A team, lead by Merithyn get ready to storm the wreckage...
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With Korea taking point, they quickly move the craft...Yi takes down one sectoid on the lower floor, and Tim on the second...
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...but unfortunaely, Korea gets too far ahead and caught without backup...
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And soon, things take a turn for the worse....
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Never trust a chinaman.
They're not such bad guys once you get to know them. :)
Its the Manchurian Candidate!
I haven't read this in a few days....is Jaron....d-dead?
Quote from: Jaron on June 09, 2012, 09:01:03 PM
I haven't read this in a few days....is Jaron....d-dead?
He was on this mission, but was mostly in the rear, as I forgot to switch out body armor for a few guys, and he was one of the naked. :P
Before switching sides...Yi and Wiggin were on one side of the 3rd-level bridge, Timmah and Merithyn on the other, getting ready to storm the sectoid's last stand.
But alas, Evil Yi would cowardly cut down his buddy, Wiggin, and Meri had also been psi-hit into a panic, dropping her weapon.
The rest of the squadron was still outside the spacecraft, clearing farm buildings...only Timmah remained to save the day.
He would make a suicidal charge onto the bridge, finding Evil Yi there consorting with the enemy...Timmah shoots down one alien before ducking back into the elevator shaft with Meri. Then Evil Yi storms after Tim, killing the defenseless Merithyn before retreating back onto the bridge.
Tim courageously puts it all on the line, confronting Evil Yi....
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...and Tim is victorious! With Evil Yi dead, he finishes off the Sectoid Leader, and Languish Force comes out on top once again!
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Yi had it coming. Never trust in Yellow.
Languish Force Roll of Honor:
Monoriu
Ed Anger
Siege
Neil
MadImmortalMan
Too Old, too fat
Razgovory
Hansmeister
Lady Europa
Princesca
Alcibiades
Korea
Peter Wiggin
Merithyn
Admiral Yi
Never trust a harvard man. And weekend passes still revoked!
Fuck.
Offed by Timmy too.
:lol:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 09, 2012, 08:33:09 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 09, 2012, 08:23:28 PM
In that case, Yi did all right. He didn't have enough TUs to prime a grenade (not very effective against discs anyway), but he was able to light it up(literally) for the rest of the team coming out of the Skyranger to light it up(figuratively).
In your face grabon. :punk:
How's my face now?
Yi controlled by aliens? How could you tell?
Hehe, funny AAR! Yi, how could you be so easily duped! ;)
After reading some of this AAR, I got the XCOM bug again. So I downloaded this game from Steam this weekend. Having a blast with it! This must have been one of my most played games. Loving it. :)
Yi - "Is it mind control or are these aliens just enhancing the pre-existing notions in the brain? Are we ever fully in control?"
Tim - "I don't understand! You are one of them!" (guns him down)
Quote from: PDH on June 10, 2012, 10:23:44 AM
Yi - "Is it mind control or are these aliens just enhancing the pre-existing notions in the brain? Are we ever fully in control?"
Tim - "I don't understand! You are one of them!" (guns him down)
Get back in your lab and hurry up getting those plasma cannons online. :mad:
As radar coverage over Asia is still being built, a random patrol picks up a hostile over Mongolia...
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It is finally caught by the Interceptor over Iran, and after a brief fight, breaks contact and makes for China...but the Interceptor catches it again, and after an intense dogfight, brings it down over the deserts of western China...
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CdM leads his team to comb the desert for the craft....
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They eventually make contact with the enemy, Brain takes one down...
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...Tim another. Funk also proves to be as expert a tosser as he is a shooter, flipping a grenade over the entire enemy craft to land one right next to a sectoid...
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And even Sgt. Jaron gets in on the turkey shoot...
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The mission is an easy success, and results in a slew of promotions...
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Fuck yeah. Only made private IRL.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 10, 2012, 11:51:07 AM
Get back in your lab and hurry up getting those plasma cannons online. :mad:
I demand more scientists...and sammiches
Quote from: PDH on June 10, 2012, 01:10:17 PM
I demand more scientists...and sammiches
Not enough female interns?
March continues on quietly...once scout is spotted over Russia, but eludes pursuit...later, another is caught on the ground in Siberia.
One of the team getting ready for the ground assault...
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BB spots a hostile right by the spacecraft, but cannot finish it, leaving the job to Jaron:
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Ide takes point storming the ship...
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Viking and Berkut finishing off the last holdouts...
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Another textbook mission.
The next two weeks go quietly. CdM is transferred to Europe to stand up the new Skyranger assault team in Europe, and PdH finally completes and delivers the new plasma beams, making our Interceptors a much more potent threat.
And then March starts turning active....
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A massive alien ship is spotted in central China...our interceptors are no match for this craft, except in large numbers. And likely means the aliens already have established a base among the Chi-Coms.
Dammit, I broke down and bought it.
Okay guys, we're going to have to stop doing AARs of classic games. I've been obsessively playing FreeCol (which I don't have any problems with :hmm: ), and I just bought X-Com.
One of the latest recruits had a Japanese female name...I figured it was ok to use Lettow. :P
Quote from: Fireblade on June 10, 2012, 02:49:36 PM
Okay guys, we're going to have to stop doing AARs of classic games. I've been obsessively playing FreeCol (which I don't have any problems with :hmm: ), and I just bought X-Com.
:D
At least they are cheaper (and usually better) than modern games. I paid $6 for Colonization and $5 for XCom, I would rather have those two than most of CdM's crappy $60 games.
Of course, X-COM was forced to let the Very Large craft get away, but one of the Interceptors, equipped with PDH's new plasma beams, bagged a medium support craft...
Malthus downs one target...
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...and Jaron picks one off on a rooftop...
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While clearing a house, Garbon stumbles on a hostile, taking it down, while Berkut nabs one spotted in the doorway behind it.
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Suddenly, BB, the squad leader, gets a funny feeling in his head, and is recalled back to the rear...but before he can be disarmed...
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...alas, his fellow countrymen, Malthus and Grey Fox take the sad duty of putting him down. :(
Jaron, grumbler, and OttoVonBismarck then take the lead in storming the craft...Jaron and grumbler spot a hostile, but fail to kill it before it guns down OvB.
Jaron kills another target up the lift...
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Grumbler leading the team onto the second level...
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Storming the bridge...Jaron expertly takes down both remaining holdouts.
Unfortunately, before he could do so, Malthus was also taken under alien control; and disappears into the Chinese countryside...
Jaron receives promotion to Captain for his heroics on this mission...
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Roll of Honor (updated)
Monoriu
Ed Anger
Siege
Neil
MiM
Razgovory
Hansmeister
Lady Europa
Princesca
Alcibiades
Korea
Peter Wiggin
Admiral Yi*
Merithyn
Barrister Boy*
Malthus - MIA
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Soo.. what does this stuff mean, I see right hand something that looks like a big gun, in my left something that looks like a spherical IPhone. What does the rest mean.
Never played this...
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 10, 2012, 02:11:52 PM
Viking and Berkut finishing off the last holdouts...
Me and Berk cooperating? Now I know this is fiction.
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Soo.. what does this stuff mean, I see right hand something that looks like a big gun, in my left something that looks like a spherical IPhone. What does the rest mean.
Never played this...
He has a laser rifle...the thing in his left hand is an electroflare (as this was a night mission). On his belt are a medkit, two regular grenades and a proximity grenade.
Of course the white boy going Borg passes completely without comment. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 10, 2012, 04:37:47 PM
He has a laser rifle...the thing in his left hand is an electroflare (as this was a night mission). On his belt are a medkit, two regular grenades and a proximity grenade.
I assume you're tossing the electroflares well before firing, since having anything in the off hand gives a to-hit penalty for rifles etc.?
I guess X-Com isn't screening new recruits for mental toughness...
Barrister and Malthus were lured to the dark side with incentives of unlimited hourly billing privileges if they work for the bad guys.
Quote from: ulmont on June 10, 2012, 04:45:42 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 10, 2012, 04:37:47 PM
He has a laser rifle...the thing in his left hand is an electroflare (as this was a night mission). On his belt are a medkit, two regular grenades and a proximity grenade.
I assume you're tossing the electroflares well before firing, since having anything in the off hand gives a to-hit penalty for rifles etc.?
I try to...but sometimes circumstances (usually when coming off the Skyranger into a hot LZ) make firing more important.
X-COM was/is a badass game. Nice AAR.
Last night, I watched a trailer for the new, probably lame FPS version of X-COM, and nearly lost my mind when I read the single comment that was on there: "Looks like a Halo ripoff"
In this episode...Terror in Bombay
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Jaron, the recent promotee to Captain, leads this squad to save the poor souls of the Indian subcontinent. Immediately, things don't look very good...
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...the HWP drops one of the pair of discs, Jaron takes the other. Garbon also manages to kill another (unpictured) sectoid hiding in a nearby garden. Then things go bad...
grumbler moves to fire on the sectoid and kills it, but is struck down by a hidden enemy in the darkness. Ide moves out and avenges grumbler. But then Grey Fox moves to fire on the disc off the nose of the Skyranger, but it returns a hail of fire, killing him and striking Ide in the back of the head. Berkut moves up to support and is shot dead as well.
Crazy canuck heals Ide's head injury...
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...and he is back in the fight, striking down the murderous Cyberdisc, but despite this, derspiess begins to panic as Jaron has already lost a third of his team.
Can Captain Jaron pull his squad back together?
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on June 10, 2012, 05:07:14 PM
X-COM was/is a badass game. Nice AAR.
Last night, I watched a trailer for the new, probably lame FPS version of X-COM, and nearly lost my mind when I read the single comment that was on there: "Looks like a Halo ripoff"
Well there's the strategy re-make in the works for fall.
Quote from: garbon on June 10, 2012, 06:14:50 PM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on June 10, 2012, 05:07:14 PM
X-COM was/is a badass game. Nice AAR.
Last night, I watched a trailer for the new, probably lame FPS version of X-COM, and nearly lost my mind when I read the single comment that was on there: "Looks like a Halo ripoff"
Well there's the strategy re-make in the works for fall.
http://www.xcom.com/enemyunknown/ (http://www.xcom.com/enemyunknown/)
After clearing a warehouse, Valmy spots another cyberdisc...but between him and it, is an innocent bystander...
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He radios Capt. Jaron asking what should he do?
"Kill them all."
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Another successful mission...
Capt. Jaron is sent to command the fledgling Monoriu station(with Timmah as his NCOIC).
Despite constant patrols and aerial searches, no alien base is found in China or Siberia, and March ends with no complaints from the Chinese (nor defection either)...
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Quote from: Malicious Intent on June 10, 2012, 06:52:40 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 10, 2012, 06:14:50 PM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on June 10, 2012, 05:07:14 PM
X-COM was/is a badass game. Nice AAR.
Last night, I watched a trailer for the new, probably lame FPS version of X-COM, and nearly lost my mind when I read the single comment that was on there: "Looks like a Halo ripoff"
Well there's the strategy re-make in the works for fall.
http://www.xcom.com/enemyunknown/ (http://www.xcom.com/enemyunknown/)
Sorry that was more of a - don't be so sad about the FPS as there is a strategy game on the way. :)
Which i hope turns out well, firaxis has track record for decent games iirc.
Quote from: garbon on June 10, 2012, 06:14:50 PM
Well there's the strategy re-make in the works for fall.
The fall?
This fall?! :w00t: I didn't know it was going to be out so soon, although I suppose its been in development for a while.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on June 10, 2012, 07:57:00 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 10, 2012, 06:14:50 PM
Well there's the strategy re-make in the works for fall.
The fall? This fall?! :w00t: I didn't know it was going to be out so soon, although I suppose its been in development for a while.
Yo doofus i have link in this very thread to their E3 trailer which posts Oct 9th release.
:P
Stopping plugging modern games in my Classic thread. :mad:
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 10, 2012, 08:43:36 PM
Stopping plugging modern games in my Classic thread. :mad:
Only plugging the modern game of the classic!
March continues fairly quietly, including virtually no reported activity for two weeks.
Finally, a scout is spotted on Hawaii, and destroyed, and another is downed later on over Australia...
A new enemy is encountered...Snakes. Syt takes one down...
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This mission is executed quickly, followed by a couple more small ones, such as a scout over Borneo...
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Here is CdM taking up Martinus's rear as they work their way around the spacecraft...
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Brazen takes down a snake...
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sbr on point...
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Later, another scout craft is taken down on the Big Island of Hawaii...Funk leads a team that cleans it up nice and neat. Later a large alien craft is spotted over Canada...
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But it evades pursuit, running at high speed over Asia before disappearing somewhere over the Indian Ocean.
And thus ends another good month, without major incident. Things are starting to get a little too boring....
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Silly Seedster. Marti doesn't like it up the rear.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 11, 2012, 01:19:46 PM
Here is CdM taking up Martinus's rear as they work their way around the spacecraft...
Had to go there, didn't you.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 11, 2012, 03:16:41 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 11, 2012, 01:19:46 PM
Here is CdM taking up Martinus's rear as they work their way around the spacecraft...
Had to go there, didn't you.
I was starting to sense a decline in ratings. :(
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 11, 2012, 06:35:32 PM
I was starting to sense a decline in ratings. :(
Not in the retired naval officer demographic! :lol:
Finally, things start picking up...an alien craft taken down over central Africa will have to wait...
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It seems the aliens figured China wasn't the way to go, when you can set up shot on Maui.
Katmai decides to lead this mission himself, setting up an elite team and making for the Islands. But en route, a massive alien ship is spotted parked nearby...bases can wait, Katmai leads them in to bag the big prize...
They hit the dirt...the HWP spotting a sectoid inside a barn, and opens it up for katmai to shoot down:
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Only one other cyberdisc is spotted outside the craft, the squad sets up to penetrate the battleship...
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The HWP leads the way, blasting its way through three sectoids, moving to the second level:
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The second level is cleared without incident, and they move on to the command deck. Luckily, Valmy gets the jump on a sectoid, who appears to be carrying the blaster launcher(that is a very bad thing)....
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Valmy resisted a few psi-probe attempts, but 11B4V is not so lucky, being sent into a panic...he'll need to be watched in the future. Ide, who is carrying our stun weapon, hopes to get in position to take a sectoid leader alive...but preservation of life trumps all, and fahdiz takes down the last hostile...
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Katmai and his elite team take down a Sectoid battleship with no casualties, using relatively modest technology. Not a small feat.
Oh the things I can study from that! Put the Inter-base Call of Duty Deathmatch Tourney on hold, ready the science guys!
As katmai's team heads home from taking down the battleship, CdM's squad is rerouted (they were headed for the downed craft in Africa) to take down the alien base on Maui.
Inside the base, the squad is separated into two distant teams, and as Lusti takes the lead for his group, is the first to encounter the enemy, and is shot down...
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...though Brazen is able to take down the sectoid, and Tamas detonates that Cyberdisc, and another shortly afterwords.
CdM's team is more successful, as they take town two Sectoids in their "Trophy Room":
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In the meantime, sbr gets hit by a psychic assault and panics. CdM's team advances into the Trophy room, and Tyr is killed, though teammate capturedfairy avenges him.
While backing up the HWP to sweep out the area behind the base's command center...CdM starts getting hit by psychic attacks, and drops his rifle, but soon recovers.
sbr starts taking heavy fire from hostiles pouring out of the command center, and heavily wounded, goes berserk...rushing in and killing one...but is soon racked with psi-attacks and is taken under control by the enemy. CdM himself puts him down:
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As the HWP, CdM, Martinus, Viking, and capturedfairy advance into the lower level of the command center, charliebear is suddenly, and quite easily taken over the enemy, dropping a grenade at Viking's feet, killing both herself and Viking. CdM goes berserk.
Martinus decides that swift action is needed, taking the HWP...they storm the command center as fast as possible, the HWP firing in a missile, which causes a massive chain-reaction explosion...but the team evacs before the base is destroyed.
The mission is a mixed success, but now knowing he is unfit to command missions against Sectoids...Commander katmai must decide whether to send Colonel CdM into retirement, or leave him to only command a desk.
The updated Roll of Honor
Monoriu
Ed Anger
Siege
Neil
MiM
Razgovory
Hansmeister
Lady Europa
Princesca
Alcibiades
Korea
Peter Wiggin
Admiral Yi*
Merithyn
Barrister Boy*
Malthus - MIA
grumbler
Grey Fox
Berkut
LustInDarkness
Tyr
capturedfairy*
sbr*
Viking
I died? I don't even remember being alive. :lol:
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 11, 2012, 07:45:57 PM
I died? I don't even remember being alive. :lol:
You need to pay more attention...you got a brief mention of being KIA defending the citizens of Bombay.
Oh, and you "put down" a traitorous BarristerBoy. :P
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 11, 2012, 07:21:23 PM
The mission is a mixed success, but now knowing he is unfit to command missions against Sectoids...Commander katmai must decide whether to send Colonel CdM into retirement, or leave him to only command a desk.
:shifty:
Desk Commander CdM :lol:
A quick, current troop roster/base overview...
Base: Vagina Wall (HQ, Dayton Ohio)
Commander: Commander katmai (also overall X-COM Commander)
XO: Capt. FunkMunk
NCOIC: Sgt. The Brain
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Base: Beet Field (Budapest)
Commander: Colonel "Jessup" CountDeMoney
XO: Captain "Markison" Valmy
NCOIC: Sgt. "Galloway" Brazen
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Base: Monoriu Station (Hong Kong)
Commander: Captain Jaron
XO: -vacant-
NCOIC: Sgt. 11B4V
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11BV4 is my BITCH
As is Derspicy and Garbo :P
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 11, 2012, 08:42:12 PM
A quick, current troop roster/base overview...
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Y'all are doomed now!
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 11, 2012, 08:19:23 PM
Desk Commander CdM :lol:
:lol:
If that's the case, I'm taking early retirement. :mad:
Quote from: PDH on June 11, 2012, 07:06:19 PM
Oh the things I can study from that! Put the Inter-base Call of Duty Deathmatch Tourney on hold, ready the science guys!
If anything, Head Scientist PDH should be throwing a fit that Commander katmai has forgotten to build an alien containment facility until now. :blush:
And some fun stats:
Languish Force Aces:
Jaron: 13 kills/8 missions
katmai: 8 kills/6 missions
Tamas: 7 kills/5 missions
Valmy: 7 kills/9 missions
Garbon: 6 kills/6 mission
FunkMunk: 6 kills/8 missions
Idealogue: 6 kills/8 missions
CdM: 6 kills/9 missions
jimmy olsen: 5 kills/3 missions
Martinus: 5 kills/5 missions
Brazen: 5 kills/7 missions
Stone cold Killer Jaron.
And Cmdr. Katmai forgot? I think General Toni forgot <_<
Quote from: katmai on June 12, 2012, 01:01:54 AM
Stone cold Killer Jaron.
And Cmdr. Katmai forgot? I think General Toni forgot <_<
Toni is a newb currently posted at Monoriu station. :goodboy:
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 09, 2012, 09:12:08 PM
Before switching sides...Yi and Wiggin were on one side of the 3rd-level bridge, Timmah and Merithyn on the other, getting ready to storm the sectoid's last stand.
But alas, Evil Yi would cowardly cut down his buddy, Wiggin, and Meri had also been psi-hit into a panic, dropping her weapon.
The rest of the squadron was still outside the spacecraft, clearing farm buildings...only Timmah remained to save the day.
He would make a suicidal charge onto the bridge, finding Evil Yi there consorting with the enemy...Timmah shoots down one alien before ducking back into the elevator shaft with Meri. Then Evil Yi storms after Tim, killing the defenseless Merithyn before retreating back onto the bridge.
Tim courageously puts it all on the line, confronting Evil Yi....
...and Tim is victorious! With Evil Yi dead, he finishes off the Sectoid Leader, and Languish Force comes out on top once again!
Yippie Kay Yay Motherfucker! :ccr
Ki-yay you dumbfuck.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 12, 2012, 12:59:32 AM
And some fun stats:
Languish Force Aces:
Jaron: 13 kills/8 missions
katmai: 8 kills/6 missions
Tamas: 7 kills/5 missions
Valmy: 7 kills/9 missions
Garbon: 6 kills/6 mission
FunkMunk: 6 kills/8 missions
Idealogue: 6 kills/8 missions
CdM: 6 kills/9 missions
jimmy olsen: 5 kills/3 missions
Martinus: 5 kills/5 missions
Brazen: 5 kills/7 missions
I have the highest kill ratio on the list! :showoff:
I must have awful kills to still be so low. :(
Nice. Must have played this game a hundred times. Every computer I've ever owned had a copy of UFO on it.
Quote from: garbon on June 12, 2012, 06:44:05 AM
I must have awful kills to still be so low. :(
Frag Jaron.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 12, 2012, 12:41:14 AM
If anything, Head Scientist PDH should be throwing a fit that Commander katmai has forgotten to build an alien containment facility until now. :blush:
Yep, need to start dissecting and interrogating the aliens.
I've played games before where, just for fun, I'd try and see how well I could do with Human tech alone. :P
After the Hawaii invasion had settled down, Capt. FunkMunk led a rookie training squad to clean up that African wreck...uneventful.
But then another terror attack...
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FunkMunk volunteers to roll it over with a squad of mostly rookies...a new alien life form is encountered...
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It shrugs off a rocket strike from the HWP, but Brain finishes it off.
But it turns out the Skyranger is surrounded by these xenomorphs...
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...and it seems poor ulmont is about to have a close encounter....
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"Game over, man?"
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 12, 2012, 03:00:26 PM...and it seems poor ulmont is about to have a close encounter....
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"Game over, man?"
With 58 TUs left and a laser rifle? Eat flaming death, Chrysalid scum!
(even as a rookie, I should be able to auto-fire 2 or 3 times at that Chrysalid. The one behind him will get me as soon as I turn a corner, of course)
The Chrysalid was, however, apparently unable to zombify ulmont, and he opens up on it...
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Subsequent kills come from Wags...
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DontSayBanana....
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And Funk himself...
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Shortly after...ulmont is alone scoping out a house that is believed most likely vacant...but runs into a stealthy snakeman, who opens up on him at point-blank range. Somehow escaping without injury, ulmont dishes out the death yet again...
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The Rocket-HWP showing why you always pack one of those along....
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Once again, FunkMunk leads another flawless, bloodless mission, even with a buttload of rookies.
After this mission, Lettow (who was not even along, and only had one mission and no kills) is somehow promoted to Sergeant. How the hell did that happen?
My team is ace. :cool:
Crap. I was counting on the Chrisalid Effect to get onboard. :P
Soon, two scout craft are intercepted and destroyed over North Africa and Spain...then one is brought down over Germany. Valmy's team investigates...the first sighting of big, green men...
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...alas, during this mission, Syt was caught out in the open and killed.
Then...
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...Valmy's team responds from Beet Field and hits the dirt inside the city...again, it seems like they landed in a swarm of Chrysalids...
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...Valmy takes out the first, Brazen follows up on another...
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...but the aliens look to expand their numbers...
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A mutoid and Chrysalid are spotted in this convenience store...Valmy gives to order to light it up from long range.
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But under heavy fire, the mutoids rush out at X-COM team:
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And mutoids don't stay mutoids for long....
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But Valmy's cautious tactics pay off, and there are no casualties from this mission. Valmy also receives promotion to Colonel, and will probably take command of Monoriu Station from Jaron (budging him to XO).
Inexplicably, Lettow seems to be on the promotion fast-track. Officers... :rolleyes:
Suddenly, an enemy attack force must have slipped under our radar, as out of nowhere, Beet Field comes under attack!
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Though previously removed from combat duty, Col. "Jessup" CountDeMoney sees this as his chance at redemption...
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"Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns....deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall."
As could have been, base design had been intentionally setup to create a choke-point between the hangers (the usual point of alien-entry), and the rest of the base. Then, just keep guys ready to feed that choke-point with proximity grenades...
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Our first catch of the day....
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The Mutons keep pouring in, and eventually even the HWP is taken down...
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But eventually the enemy stops coming, and Col. CdM declares victory over the invaders, with no losses besides the tank.
:lol:
Doing a great job!
Wait, what, I'm dead? :(
Quote from: Syt on June 14, 2012, 08:19:54 AM
Wait, what, I'm dead? :(
Languish Force will live forever, which means you will live forever.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 14, 2012, 08:41:16 AM
Languish Force will live forever, which means you will live forever.
True, but Col CdM blew his opportunity to gain immortality by shouting "Broken Arrow! BROKEN! ARROW!" during the base overrun. :console:
Quote from: Syt on June 14, 2012, 08:19:54 AM
Wait, what, I'm dead? :(
You might get a Monitoring Station/Interceptor base named after you. :P
Since, I don't think I mentioned it...
Two new radar station/interceptor bases have been built over the last couple months, Ed Anger Station in the Andes of South America, and MiM Station on lemur-infested Madagascar.
Also, after many closed door meetings, and much controversy, Col. CdM was transferred to take command of Monoriu Station outside of Hong Kong, nudging Jaron down to fill the vacant XO slot.
Not much significant activity over the last while, and May end as another successful month...
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So far, mostly cleaning up the odd alien scout that appears...here is one such mission, with katmai fielding one of PDH's new Power Suits...
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The biggest activity, and alien supply ship over North Africa (a subsequent search for a possible base turned up nothing):
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One casualty to report during all this time...Savonarola was KIA by a Snakeman while cleaning up after a downed scout in the Amazonian jungle...
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Noooo, Savronela! :o
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 14, 2012, 12:58:15 PM
Also, after many closed door meetings, and much controversy, Col. CdM was transferred to take command of Monoriu Station outside of Hong Kong,
What, Ice Station Zebra or Diego Garcia wasn't available? :mad:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 14, 2012, 01:14:28 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 14, 2012, 12:58:15 PM
Also, after many closed door meetings, and much controversy, Col. CdM was transferred to take command of Monoriu Station outside of Hong Kong,
What, Ice Station Zebra or Diego Garcia wasn't available? :mad:
You can give shelter to scared Chinese teenage girls in your quarter, though.
Alien activity slowly begins to rise...as do losses...
During a mission to clean up a scout wreckage taken down over Belgium,
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...Lettow, and The Larch not longer after this...
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...are added to the Roll of Honor. Not all missions are routine.
Then signs that a large alien invasion operation is underway; an alien battleship...
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...is spotted over the Sahara, and Interceptors from all over scramble to assemble enough numbers to combat the threat. After intense aerial combat, four Interceptors (both those from Beet Field, and both from Ed Anger & MiM stations) are destroyed before the battleship is finally brought down.
An accompanying transport craft is also taken down, and quickly, the scope of the invasion is revealed...
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Skyrangers from all three major bases deploy: Funk's team from Vagina Wall hits the base first, and in another textbook, casualty-free operation, takes down the alien base before it becomes fully operational.
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Now, the other two teams from Beet Field, and Monoriu station move in clean up the ship wreckage.
It was a good run. I'm glad I got to Be The Little Girl.
Tamas gearing up with his tame to clean up the battleship wreckage:
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Clearing the exterior...
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Minsky taking point on moving into the interior of the ship:
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...only later to be slain by an unexpected Muton...
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Tamas' team clears the third level and the remaining enemies without further casualties.
Onto Jaron's team taking down the transport...
Agelastus is killed when a hostile pops out while the team gets ready to breech the first level:
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DGuller taking down a hostile:
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This Muton walked right by a few troopers, seemingly having a thing for HMB:
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Timmah and fahdiz finished up by clearing the third level.
Roll of Honor (updated)
Monoriu
Ed Anger
Siege
Neil
MiM
Razgovory
Hansmeister
Lady Europa
Princesca
Alcibiades
Korea
Peter Wiggin
Admiral Yi*
Merithyn
Barrister Boy*
Malthus - MIA
grumbler
Grey Fox
Berkut
LustInDarkness
Tyr
capturedfairy*
sbr*
Viking
Syt
Savonarola
Lettow77
The Larch
The Minsky Moment
Agelastus
Time for PDH to start working on those fancy new transports.
Quote from: PDH on June 15, 2012, 06:00:36 PM
Time for PDH to start working on those fancy new transports.
We'd be happy with some hover tanks.
Still not on roster. Fuck you guys.
Quote from: Scipio on June 15, 2012, 07:31:14 PM
Still not on roster. Fuck you guys.
You are. That there above is the "dead list"
Yeah, but he wants to be on that one.
Quote from: Habbaku on June 15, 2012, 08:02:38 PM
Yeah, but he wants to be on that one.
I'll add him to my game.
Six weeks into my first game I had a terror in Delhi, 4 of my 7 soldiers were killed and the other 3 ran for their lives. Couple of weeks later had another terror, I lost 5 more including 3 to one alien thrown grenade but I finished the mission. Next week aliens invade my one base. Quit game.
Your ex wife sent them.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 15, 2012, 07:46:36 PM
Quote from: Scipio on June 15, 2012, 07:31:14 PM
Still not on roster. Fuck you guys.
You are. That there above is the "dead list"
My bad.
I just haven't done anything.
Quote from: Scipio on June 15, 2012, 10:34:14 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 15, 2012, 07:46:36 PM
Quote from: Scipio on June 15, 2012, 07:31:14 PM
Still not on roster. Fuck you guys.
You are. That there above is the "dead list"
My bad.
I just haven't done anything.
I'd have to double check, but I may have sent you to garrison duty at one of the monitoring stations. :P
As I always say, routine missions are never routine...
While leading a mission to investigate the wreckage of yet another downed scout, Col. Valmy is struck down before he can even get off the Skyranger...
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And later in the same mission, his XO Capt. Tamas is also killed.
But, death leads the way to career advancement for others...
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FunkMunk is transferred from Vagina Wall to take the lead over at Beet Field, and June ends as one of X-COM's most successful months in the eyes of the funding council...
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I'm an officer! Fuck all you doubters.
Quote from: The Brain on June 16, 2012, 04:04:37 AM
I'm an officer! Fuck all you doubters.
Pfft so is Ide and Lettow, not to mention i'm HWIC.
Quote from: katmai on June 16, 2012, 04:15:59 AM
Quote from: The Brain on June 16, 2012, 04:04:37 AM
I'm an officer! Fuck all you doubters.
Pfft so is Ide and Lettow, not to mention i'm HWIC.
Go fuck a piñata or something.
More up your alley aren't they?
Quote from: katmai on June 16, 2012, 04:30:24 AM
More up your alley aren't they?
I don't masturbate.
Colonel Funkmonk... I've always wanted to be Colonel...
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Colonel Klutz?
Quote from: The Brain on June 16, 2012, 07:21:50 AM
Colonel Klutz?
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Some light activity, katmai leading new recruits in cleaning up a scout in the Nevada desert...
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And then a terror ship taken down in Patagonia...
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More recent promotions...
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Some day I'll get drafted. Some day. :(
You'll get shot in the foxhole.
Alas, unless I build more radar stations that need a minimal garrison, it's kinda "dead-man's-boots" at this point. :P
Later, an alien harvester is taken down over the Himalayas. (mountain missions are pretty rare, so always a treat)
DGuller taking down a hostile...
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Fahdiz clearing some caves...
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More kills...
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Not much later, an alien BB is spotted over North America:
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It is finally downed, by the necessary quartet of Interceptors(only one just heavily damaged this time!), on the outskirts of Moscow:
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viper37 leads his squad in clearing the area surrounding the BB wreckage...
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Having cleared the area around the ship, the team gets ready to penetrate the wreckage...but a massive explosion is heard, and as the HWP moves in...it is apparent that one of the Mutons misfired its blaster launcher...
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Tragedy, as Maximus is killed while taking point on entering the craft via one of the wrecked engines...
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Sgt. ulmont takes down the last hostile on the 3rd level...
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Quote from: Benedict Arnold on June 16, 2012, 02:58:18 PM
Some day I'll get drafted. Some day. :(
I thought I hadn't gotten you yet, then noticed your name on the current mission I am running...I'll take a screenshot if you die. :D
Indeed DSB.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 16, 2012, 07:32:28 PM
Sgt. ulmont takes down the last hostile on the 3rd level...
I'm the man!
:ultra:
Quote from: Berkut on June 16, 2012, 08:05:27 PM
:ultra:
Dude, you got a shoutout on page 3, although you did have to work with Viking. Several updates before I showed up.
Quote from: Berkut on June 16, 2012, 08:05:27 PM
:ultra:
You had a heroic death defending the citizens of Bombay. Better to go out that way, rather than the way Yi went down. :P
An alien harvester is spotted on Sri Lanka! Jaron and co. speed out to investigate....hitting the landed craft in the middle of the night...
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Capt. "Cold Stone" Jaron doing what he does best...
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Zoups taking down two levels of floaters...
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Moving in...
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...oops, forgot interior shots...but Jaron would take multiple hits storming the control room, yet come out unscathed...another flawless mission.
Commander katmai's mission would not be quite as flawless...Kleves caught in the open, and gunned down from a floater hidden inside a nearby house. Capt. Idealogue orders the building demolished:
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Capt. Idealogue orders the building demolished:
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Then Gups is killed by a sniper on a rooftop...AnchorClanker gets revenge:
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Quote from: Tonitrus on June 16, 2012, 07:44:27 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on June 16, 2012, 02:58:18 PM
Some day I'll get drafted. Some day. :(
I thought I hadn't gotten you yet, then noticed your name on the current mission I am running...I'll take a screenshot if you die. :D
:cheers: "I understand. In death, a member of X-COM: UFO Defense has a name. His name is Benedict Arnold."
That's what I get for following Katmai's orders. <_<
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 15, 2012, 04:32:22 PM
This Muton walked right by a few troopers, seemingly having a thing for HMB:
:perv:
Am I still alive in this thing?
When do I get mind controlled by the aliens and start building a bridge for them?
Quote from: Jacob on June 18, 2012, 05:34:32 PM
Am I still alive in this thing?
Yes...on garrison duty at one of the monitoring stations.
And, while I don't reference every recruit, I will always make a reference to everyone's demise. ;)
A battleship is found on the ground in India, Jaron's team moves in for the kill...
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BA dispatches a reaper hiding in the shadows...
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Getting ready to move in...
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Clearing the third level...it looks like these floaters had a blaster launcher accident as well...
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Timmah with the last kill...
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Only the HWP was lost on this mission.
Gameplay note: Either I've been pretty lucky, or I am just too good at XCOM. Yes, I have been playing a strict hard-core, no-reloading-saves-game, and usually I get a couple mission disasters by now. :unsure:
But then, we haven't gotten Elementals yet.
I've been playing this game since reading this AAR. This was one of my favorite games, played it a lot. Having a lot of fun with it now! I remember most of it but still having to relearn and remember some of it. Great game! :)
Tonitrus, you are doing well if you've had no disasters. I'm playing at Veteran level I think it was, a fairly difficult level but there are two levels harder.
The closest I got to disaster, Tim ended up saving the day. :P
Now, to be fair, technology development has been slacking. To keep costs down, I'd not bothered to build more than one lab with 50 scientists, so tech progress is a little slow...and I have slacked on concentrating on catching an alien navigator alive for the Hyperwave decoder, or a Sectoid leader for the psi-labs(and to be fair, Sectoids have been absent for a awhile)...so Elemental disaster is almost inevitable.
In most of my games, I've gotten those guys simply by accident.
I made an appearance that didn't result in my death! :showoff: I admit, I was a little afraid when I saw my name pop up. Now... time to kill some more alien scum.
PDH demands more labs, top researchers, some female Chinese grad-student assistants, and maybe a cool company car. He is not putting his life on the line to be forgotten, mister.
Quote from: PDH on June 19, 2012, 07:25:55 AM
PDH demands more labs, top researchers, some female Chinese grad-student assistants, and maybe a cool company car. He is not putting his life on the line to be forgotten, mister.
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Exactly.
Quote from: PDH on June 19, 2012, 07:25:55 AM
PDH demands more labs, top researchers, some female Chinese grad-student assistants, and maybe a cool company car. He is not putting his life on the line to be forgotten, mister.
Request denied. The other option is duty on the front lines. :contract:
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 19, 2012, 05:16:09 PM
Quote from: PDH on June 19, 2012, 07:25:55 AM
PDH demands more labs, top researchers, some female Chinese grad-student assistants, and maybe a cool company car. He is not putting his life on the line to be forgotten, mister.
Request denied. The other option is duty on the front lines. :contract:
Ok, I caved. :(
Note: As some of you know, I'm in the process of getting ready to move/moving inside the next couple weeks...so don't be surprised if this AAR is suddenly suspended for...um, probably a couple months.
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