[Mika]

After a bit of get together with the nurse in the sick bay, Mika is back in the action. Or back in the military action. And if that's the outcome, hell, I'll shave with plasma bolts any day.

Huh, so the worms have finally turned on us, had to go fight those damn alien sym-pat-hiz-ers. Mika 3, sym-pat-hiz-ers 0. But not gonna stop there, we're gonna root them all . They are gonna eat **** and die anyways.

Now gotta remember to take my medicine, otherwise I start forgetting things again

[deathfun]

This entire mission is basically irrelevant to anyone here: It's nothing but the new recruits. I ran out of people to spare and it was just an abduction mission

"This is different"
"Looks like Command figures we can all handle our own"
"Bull****, we're expendable and we all know it. Command doesn't give a damn if we die"
"Fodder... makes sense"
"Gallo, you've been on more missions than any of us, thoughts?"
"I'm the pointman who goes right up into the enemies face to taze them... yeah we're ****ing expendable"





"This ought to be fairly easy, reports indicated a low enough alien count"
"Cloakers"







"Two snipers, this isn't usual deployment"
"Guess we have a surplus"
"Stack up on the building"


"Enemy contacts, dammit, more than I can handle, could use some more support here"








"Someone get this damned thing off me!"
"Not a problem"




"Your support has arrived, we're flanking the bastards"


^{THE PICTURE STARES INTO YOUR SOUL}


"Grenade out"




^{Dem pics}


"These guys won't have many more places to run"







"End of the line you Muton prick"


"Last one, nice and easy"


"Looks like that's it. Pack it up folks, we're clear"

[crizza]

These thing...coming out of whales and sharks...
Would love to see the face of that fekking whalers as the Lids carved them up...

[TrashMan]

You weren't kidding when you said you were runnign out of bodies....damn. Wounded, wounded everywhere!

[DireWolf]

Damn, that's a lot of EXALT troops for just one mission. With any luck it'll take them at least as long as the HLP research team to reverse engineer and manufacture laser tech. Take it from me, the fun stops when you're the focus of a PPC rave.

[Mongoose]

The last page had enough images that my browser just decided to say NOPE and stop loading them.

[deathfun]

These thing...coming out of whales and sharks...
Would love to see the face of that fekking whalers as the Lids carved them up...

What will we do with the Drunken Whaler... what will we do with the Drunken Whaler...
Feed them to hungry 'lids for dinner...

Damn, that's a lot of EXALT troops for just one mission. With any luck it'll take them at least as long as the HLP research team to reverse engineer and manufacture laser tech. Take it from me, the fun stops when you're the focus of a PPC rave.

Against Scotty's suggestions, I will be doing EXALT despite their difficulty. I did afterall alter the original troop deployments for regular missions so that should offset the difficulty somewhat

You weren't kidding when you said you were runnign out of bodies....damn. Wounded, wounded everywhere!

I need less missions and better nurses
Using fatigued soldiers is just not my idea of a good time as it puts me in a little bit of a bind

The last page had enough images that my browser just decided to say NOPE and stop loading them.

Welcome to the game deciding they'd give me two hour long missions in a row!

The troops will be happy to know that the things they take alive will now be able to actually be *kept* alive

So will Vahlen. One, she'll have subjects to do **** to and two, there won't be anymore injured scientists from aliens waking up and expiring shortly after

Short, succinct, ignores the dead troops, perfect

You all know the drill

"First day out of the infirmary and I get deployed to get shot again... woooo"
"GETTING SHOT IS FUN SOMETIMES"
"I'll get shot if it's for FREEDOOOOOOM"
"I never even notice getting shot because I AM A MAN"
"I rather enjoy getting shot"
"Can we just get this over with? I have a couch with my name on it"





"This area is dangerously boring"
"Yes, I'm sure that's the reason it's dangerous"



"These guys are starting to bore me"



"And with that brief moment, we proceed"
"THERE'S THE SHIP"




"Alright, small team takes the left, the rest to the right"






"My pills are harder to take than it was to dispatch that"
"You take at least twenty, I'm not surprised"
"WE'VE GOT THIN MEN ON THE RIGHT"




"Oh goody, more people to shoot me!"
"I might need to transfer to NA, all the aerial action is here"



"Got some guys flanking"
"Looks like you've got more of a challenge there crizza"
"TAKING FIRE"






"Three targets, Mika, take them out. Medic, get to Rheyah"
"I AM FINE. WAIT, IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE DANGLING?"






"I only missed because of my biceps! They got in the way! I'll just punch this bastard!"


"SUPPRESSING FIRE!"







"Told you all I'd get shot"


"Told you I'm glad to be delivering freedom again!"



"Getting real close again"





"For someone who doesn't know what reality is anymore, you're not a bad shot"



"REVENGE IS GREAT"


"So are shotguns. Seriously, I hate that Marksman rifle"
"**** Mika! He's on the move!"
"He thinks he can take on the MAN? HE'S GOT ANOTHER THING COMI-"


"Oh... oh god... I will NOT die... NOT NOW... TOO MANLY"



"I got you Mika... this fascist has another thing coming!"
"I... I think my intestines disagree"


"I don't like the look in this one's eyes... it's like he knows!"



"OH YEAH THAT'S THE STUFF. Shoot me some more! COME ON!"
"Let's take this one alive"


"I AM COMING"


"...NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE"
"I've got it"


"Now that's a solid win. Patch Mika back up, he's probably yelling at his intestines to get back in right now"

More and more that lost days to fatigue. That also concludes that batch of missions, more to come!

[Mika]

Yeah, getting mouth to mouth resuscitation from specialist Vinogradova was almost worth getting my ass plasma'd. Had to say to her that I ain't got no time to bleed when the lights returned. Seriously, I gotta thing with those Eastern European chicks. And if I'm not mistaken, there's plenty of them in the sick bay just now. So it looks like the ward time is not necessarily gonna be that bad if you know what I mean...

[deathfun]

"Welcome back there Scotty"
"It's good to be back... man I've been gone a while"
"No kidding, it's about time you got off your ass and helped out!"
"Says the lazy one"







"Well ****, I did not see that coming"


"We've got you Lepanto"
"Dropping a sick beat right here!"



"Omni, means I'm good at everything"
"Down the alley they go, maybe they'll find a ho!"
"Like the shovel thing?"




"More behind the building"




"Protip: Don't get flanked *****"
"It's good to have you back Scotty"







"You're blind mother****ers!"
"Let's remix your face a little bit"



"It is time for you to nap, we'll make sure you won't snap"


"I've got the last one"




"Quick and easy, let's do that again"

[deathfun]

We need more troops Commander

Then well... get some

I like lasers

And with the Foundry complete, we'll be able to make our troops even more effective with them, or anything really

"Where the hell is everybody?"
"They're either wounded, tired, or missing limbs"
"****... Freedom has its cost..."
"Let's hurry this up eh? I'm missing out on a Attack on Titan episode"




"Anyone want me to grab any drinks while we're here?"
"They got any scotch?"
"Let's find out"




"Jesus, look at the damage this thing caused"
"They just don't know when to give into the fact freedom will prevail!"



"I haven't seen these little guys in a while"




"And just like that, they were gone"
"Freedom will consume them all"




"I remember those guys being more of a pain"
"Well we do have these awesome laser weapons"
"Shh... looks like we've got cloakers inbound"



"Karlsen, get your ass over here, we can't help you if you end up getting strangled on the rooftop!"
"Moving"




"Did I call it or did I call it?"

[deathfun]

Leave it be, we don't have the ability to take it out

"Looks like we're babysitters today. Fantastic"
"I can hardly babysit myself... the things they did to me man... I see it all the time... the horror"
"Deployment in fifteen. Strap it on"





"This should be pretty standard, let's get to it"
"Sure, we'll all just die from assumptions"
"Sectoids detected"




"We're in a pretty ****ty spot here"
"Make due"




"Engaging target, shot probability moderate"





"Of course I ****ing missed AND discovered more ****ty things to shoot me"
"God dammit, more of them!"







"****, these pills are making me see doubles... is that normal?"


"Well... okay that worked"
"Could use some help over here but I know you won't"







"Eat **** and die you ****"


"Hostile much Guy?"
"Yes"





"God... dammit..."
"Hold on there Guy"





"Can anyone deal this thing some damage?"





"Thanks... *cough*"





"**** everything"




"**** YOU"


"I may be seeing double but I think I got you... ****... is he supposed to be a giant unicorn?..."

[crizza]

Again lost one of the rooks. Took almost a full load of pills...
Poor girl, took plasma straight into the face, she never stood a chance...
I never told psychatrist... but when I wake up at night, I swear by god, I see all those fallen comrades right next to my bunk...

[Mika]

Why is it so that those who deserve to die, live, and those who deserve to live, die?

Gotta give the next alien the hard good bye

[deathfun]

These guys just don't stop, what is their unhealthy obsession with NA?

"Splash another UFO mother****er! Get out of my airspace!"
"Man, after having been shot, I'm down for another round"
"Still no pink lasers"
"Look at that, we've got the two lady snipers with us again!"
"We're the best looking ones here too"





"Right by the mall"
"Let's loot the place!"



"I like it when they just show up early"




"Should've just let us ladies take care of it"
"You just called MP-Ryan not a lady..."
"I will remember that, considering how you look fat"
"Ouch"





"God damn they're everywhere"
"Take the flanks out first"



"I can't say eat lead mother****er anymore..."
"Engaging Mutons"







"Running out of people to shoot these ****s with"


"God damn, we can't hit **** right now"
"Looks like it's their turn to shoot back"


"Oh yeah, TAKE THE PAIN"



"I had to climb all the way up this you bastards. **** you"



"I rather like being higher than everything"






"Oh god... oh god... oh god"
"Thought you were into this ****"


"I wish one of these aliens had pink blood. What's with the stereotypical green?"
"This mother****er is primed for stunning"






"I will rather enjoy killing the pilot"


"Damn Phantom"
"Alright, this Muton is surrounded... he's ours"
"Wait... why is Scotty there?"



"...Dammit Scotty"
"****, I forgot about my urges to shoot things that are close to me"

[deathfun]

We have more lasers available? Now that's just frigging awesome

I'll take twenty

Who's good on their feet? Send them

They just don't stop do they

Foundry thing is done eh? What does that give us

Phantom is going to love her new toy

A week of calm... nearly unheard of

"****, four people to this one?"
"Big Sky needs the extra fuel much like I need the extra bass"
"Well **** these mother****ers"
"They're impeding our freedom, let's go impede their lives"





"It's like they were expecting us"
"See this yellow? SLIPPERY WHEN DEAD"



"Not bad Commander"
"Focus people, to our side!"





"**** man, just can't win here"



"Who brought the medkits?"
"Uhh..."
"DID YOU ****ING FORGET THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES MOTHER****ER?!"



"Remind me never to piss you off"




"I'm not going to be able to hit anything with this blood loss going on"
"Just focus on your music, you'll be alright"



"Patriot, cover our exit and help DJ"
"Affirmative, we've got you all covered"



"Time for you to motor Maria, we'll meet you halfway"
"Roger that, moving"







"Comm Relays hacked, now let's get the **** out of here on the double"




"Hate to pressure you guys, but we've got a few more incoming than I'd like"
"Hold your ground, we'll be there soon"








"They're right on us lead"



"Big Sky, we need immediate evac here"

En route, I've got you

"Intel secure and not a moment too soon, nicely done everyone"
"I sure as hell wanted to shoot more of the bastards"
"Another time mother****er"

[TrashMan]

Advanced Aerospace concepts gives you several foundry projects that buff your fighters...a LOT. You get another weapon slot (fixed with missiles), extra HP and stuff.

Personally, I hate the un-logic on rearming taking days, so I just edited my files to set it to 1 hour. Suggest you do that too. Together with cutting down some other times (like fatigue)

[deathfun]

I am considering the rearming bit to be cut down, but not the fatigue. Fatigue keeps it interesting for me given how I've raised the sortie default to ten and can still make it twelve

We can make our men better... or our interceptors...

Tough call. Our pilots have been telling us they're a little outgunned as of late, but soldier fatalities are on the rise and only going to get higher. Research the armour, we'll get the aircraft upgrades afterwards

We'll probably need those ship upgrades sooner than later

Least they'll be coming a little faster with the gene lab complete

Our cash reserves sir... they've just been depleted!

We'll worry about that later, INCOMING VERY LARGE CONTACT

Prep the troops! We knows what's coming...

"Let's go people! Time is not a luxury here!"
"That's odd coming from you Lepanto"
"I had coffee this time"
"Alright mother****er, let's do this!"
"I think I'm seeing dead people..."
"We are already dead, but this might be in your head"





"Chryssalid presence is highly likely, let's keep a tight formation and make sure they can't breach the bubble"
"I see something new mother****ers"



"It's a mother****ing squad of zombies..."
"The fascists know no bounds when they impede our freedoms!"





"God damn these scatter laser shotgun things are awesome"
"Lids inbound"




"****, two packs right on us"
"Keep it together, we've got this"









"**** that was tense"
"It isn't over yet, we've got reports civilians are dropping all over the place"




"They're ****ing everywhere!"
"I have prepared for this day... the day zombies would invade!"



"Nobody cares about your obsession with zombies"



"This gun is awesome, they best act like possums"
"He's on the move... albeit slowly... hey, did anyone see the one wearing the pink shirt?"
"What about it?"
"Think I could take it and wash off the blood?"







"We've still got more somewhere"
"I doubt they're chryss' "
"Then let's hurry the **** up"








"Girl, I need to know where you got those shoes"




"Inside is clear, I could use a beer"
"We're not done yet..."








"I never really want to see this again"
"Man that was fun! I really was seeing dead people, it was almost like I wasn't even crazy!"

[deathfun]

Incoming transmission from the Council

Bomb disposal eh? Well this should be interesting

"Putting a bomb in the middle of a damned city? What the hell does this accomplish?"
"No bloody clue"
"Well hopefully it doesn't blow up before my nails get done"




"Let's get a move on"


"Down the alleys!"
"Snipers, each to their own, even spread"





"I'll see about getting behind them"



"Nevermind, got my hands full over here now"
"Dammit, looks like we're doing this side on our own for now"




"Tentacle bastards incoming"




"Give them our regards Gallo"
"Give me a moment... he's on the move"


"Alright ****ers, my turn"





"Scotty, get right underneath them, you ought to be good there"
"Moving"



"Ahaha, didn't even know what hit him"
"I've got the other one"


"Man, I am glad I'm no longer missing out on the laser tech"
"I've got eyes on the bomb, as well as several more thin men"




"The idiots got themselves cornered"
"Keep them in there"






"Bomb is diffused"
"Nicely done, but Big Sky reports additional alien movement incoming"
"We're about to get hit guys, hold your ground"


"I'm going to see about tazing this guy"
"Gallo! Hold on!"



"****! Gallo has been hit!"
"Vitals... has he got vitals!?"


"He's dead Jim"


"Alien is trying to escape his hole"
"Don't let it!"


"They're dropping in!"






"Keep it together guys! Watch their overwatch dammit!"




"It's going to ****! It's all going to ****ing ****!"


"**** you"


"I hate ****ing aliens"


"Now are you saying you hate aliens, or you hate having sex with them?"
"Shut up"



"**** you"
"Bomb has been neutralized... but we've lost a good man"
"Win some, lose some"
"Really seems like we're losing more than we're winning"

[TrashMan]

I am considering the rearming bit to be cut down, but not the fatigue. Fatigue keeps it interesting for me given how I've raised the sortie default to ten and can still make it twelve

I just bring everything to more realistic levels.
I know repairs can be done overnight in emergencies. There are plenty of stories of engineering crews doing far more impossible things, so a fighter being reparoed for 2 weeks is a big no-no.
Rearming is done in minutes.

I also use the 75-50% setting for fatigue time. 2 days is more than enough rest between missions.

[Gortef]

Oh no the casualities are starting to pile up. Hopefully the new armor is going to help at least a little bit.


And look good in the process.