I'll go as a dark haired female Gunner. Having "Rheyah" above the eyes of some hypermasculine roidasaurus just feels.. wrong :p
Long War trend to choose able for you by default. Rookies wear red. Of course.
Count me in. Sniper, please.
BTW, what difficulty are you playing at?
Don't listen to PH, he's just bitter that someone improved on something he already thought was good in a way he doesn't agree with.
Also don't play EXALT missions. They're not fun. Just pay the Intel sweep twice a month and never deal with them. It's less frustrating.
Who cares, adds a crapton of content to muck around with!QuoteAlso don't play EXALT missions. They're not fun. Just pay the Intel sweep twice a month and never deal with them. It's less frustrating.
Decided to read up on this
Holy **** that sounds like a pain in the ass
But apparently it was also a bug?
http://www.reddit.com/r/Xcom/comments/25rzwz/long_war_psa_a_bug_was_discovered_that_makes/
Cinematic mode turns the game into a Hollywood action movie, but you *will*still lose folks. If you want to play more gritty and "realistic"go with aiming angles and red fog. Red fog is really fun.
That was four versions ago. EXALT is a ****ing pain for entirely different reasons than that.
Cinematic mode turns the game into a Hollywood action movie, but you *will*still lose folks. If you want to play more gritty and "realistic"go with aiming angles and red fog. Red fog is really fun.
My go-to Second Wave combo is actually Aiming Angles and Absolutely Critical, personally. Red Fog makes the game far too likely to downward spiral.
Well as everyone very well may know, soldier type assignments are random so I'll do the best I can with that.
Isn't there an option for all soldiers to start with the first promotion (thus you already seeing their class?)
Or was that a mod?
XCOM is really ****ing hard to mod and involves deliberately going into .ini files to alter every single thing you want to edit.
Also please note that you don't get 12 guys all the time. You start with 6, can upgrade that to 8 for most normal missions, get an extra 2 for assaulting enemy base(s), and up to 12 for the final mission.
Sez video is blocked...by Acun Media????
Also in case I'm a woman - I refuse being a woman. Pick another backup solider.
Commander to the research room. Commander to the research room
Commander to the situation room
This is Overwatch, good job out there. There's new equipment in the barracks for when you return
jr2, the walking health hazard. If you see this yellow bastard up front, you know he's got your back. Just make sure you say his name right, otherwise there might be a friendly fire incident(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10636515_10154500372450167_8386668782225611751_o.jpg)
'Ello myte. Or in this case Miss. Lepanto might be lazy and hang back, but that doesn't mean that the bullets whizzing over your head aren't going to find their mark. Dressed for a safari or raiding a tomb, whichever suits your fancy(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10661955_10154500372470167_7741952094358006507_o.jpg)
Those aren't for listening to what his squadmates are saying, it's for working out the kinks in his latest club mix! He'll be up in your face just as much as the alien's. Let's just hope he doesn't break out into his latest dance moves(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/1655482_10154500372565167_40656849160269900_o.jpg)
If you need someone to back you up and give you accurate covering fire, this here is your woman. The green won't blend in many places, but what would fit better than that for such a position?(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/10608272_10154500372660167_5849996008828301527_o.jpg)
He may be old, he may be balding, but he's far from what his name implies. This is your heavy hitter and he'll make damn sure any alien stupid enough to be in his field of view will eat plenty of their share of lead before anyone else has to move(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10668868_10154500372780167_3701757402451724436_o.jpg)
I'M NOT ON STEROIDS! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. IS MY HAIR GREEN? THAT MEANS I'M MEAN MOTHER****ER! MEAN, LEAN, GREEN AND READY TO BRING PURPLE DEATH TO MY ENEMIES. I'M REALLY CUTE. MY NAME IS RHEYAH. WHAT IS YOURS?(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10515185_10154500373015167_2922375244191755405_o.jpg)
It might not be able to convey comforting comfort as you're dying, but it'll patch you up better than any human would ever be able to. With an ability to move quickly and far on the battlefield, this is exactly who you'll need on your side if you end up eating a faceful of plasma(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/1606530_10154500373120167_6974323087369898431_o.jpg)
Girl, you pink. You fabulous. You Engineer. You... Sappulous! NGTM might spend her time worrying too much about how some of her outfits just don't clash with the best colour ever, but the aliens won't be able to resist gawking as more grenades than you'll ever need come flying their way(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10658672_10154500373295167_1875487853255509660_o.jpg)
When Phantom isn't flying around in her Raven-1 interceptor, she's in the field bringing the pain. This is definitely one talented individual and will spend downtime fixing up her plane to get that extra edge(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10560475_10154500373365167_3532814100958964285_o.jpg)
Everything this man says is generally followed by "mother****er". That rocket on his back probably carries that very pet name! If you see him coming around the corner, expect some fireworks to soon follow(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10631071_10154500373615167_402218829739147392_o.jpg)
She spends so much time worrying about how she looks Command decided to just give her a sniper rifle with a makeup kit. Gortef will never be anything but gorgeous on and off the battlefield. Just look at that hair! Ask what conditioner she uses(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/10556910_10154500373775167_4258882824726457411_o.jpg)
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon you! Rockets and bullets will be that vengeance. 'Nuff said(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10623504_10154500373810167_5240179745145882294_o.jpg)
Roses are red, aliens are dead. She's in blue., going after you! There are many puns, to go with her great buns. MP-Ryan is packing, and makes sure you won't be slacking. Buckshot is the name, faceful is the game. Aliens are ****ed, they're out of luck!(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/10668996_10154500373905167_5006292075508480519_o.jpg)
Will the following soldiers report to the Skyranger, abduction in process
This is Big Sky, we've arrived at target area, deploying troops
Copy that, good luck out there
Area is clear of hostiles. Spooling the engines
Hey, I'm just honoring the memory of FABULOUS deathfun from my own game.
Commander, you might want to take a look at this
What have you got for me?
News sir, it would appear that Japan has withdrawn from supporting the XCOM project
What? We've only just begun...(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/10560323_10154500970350167_2003158341346533478_o.jpg)
UFO spotted over the Atlantic heading towards Nigeria!
Scramble Phantom!(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10608337_10154500970340167_6392820976836290705_o.jpg)
This is Phantom, closing in on target. Damn he's fast!(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/q81/p417x417/10655338_10154500970535167_1596266524018765444_o.jpg)
Get another one in the air, take this thing down(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10521546_10154500970715167_3688873171072822203_o.jpg)
You're telling me we need to take one of these things... alive?His face tells you everything you need to know
I agree with the doctor, it would be well worth it(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10541065_10154500971120167_1280304201996679421_o.jpg)
Another abduction site Commander
Send them our regards
Protip: movement speed is one of several minor deities in this mod. Flanking is wonderful, and the lighter armor you wear, combined with the less items you bring along, the faster you move.
I respectfully request a non-blading, young head with military hair....or a helmet. Preferably a helmet. A cool one. Failing that a berret.
Praise be to Hobbie, the most fabulous of ladypopes.
I demand constant inappropriate evangelism, a lot of explosions, and a reverence for the God Emperor of Mankind. :P
Everyone wants our corpses
Well, give it to them, they're giving us something we definitely needThis was one of I believe three instances in a row
Commander, Engineering would like to report that we have an additional uplink ready to go
Good, Will be able to give the Council what they're asking us for constantly(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10623903_10154501133695167_2499831219973597662_o.jpg)
Speaking of the Council sir... your presence is being asked for(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10655208_10154501134030167_6168967709959007103_o.jpg)
Commander, there is a matter that requires your immediate attention. There is a VIP we need you to extract safely
Give me the location, I'll send a full team right away
VIP safely aboard Big Sky. Mop up the rest and extract"Rookies, get me eyes, I don't want to move from this spot"
Because of his mid life crisis, Trashman had decided to pay a visit to the medical facility at the base and request that he was made to look younger. A little plastic surgery later, some happy thoughts and anti-balding cream, he got what he wanted! Now he's still an old man, but looks spry and ten years younger. Show them how it's done back in your day!(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/10633355_10154504944915167_7300138407189246797_o.jpg)
This man took his Second Amendment rights very seriously as he was growing up in a little town nowhere related to the United States. In fact, he's not even eligible under that constitution! That didn't stop this man from being a tad too melodramatic about it all though. (There's a hidden reference in his name too if anyone can find it)(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10655441_10154504944935167_1521404599616086461_o.jpg)
A little bit of overhaul was done with Scouting Scotty during her time in Med Bay. Instead of focusing on taking the hits, she decided that it was time to be a little more aggressive. She'll be leading a pack whenever on mission where there is no flank she won't eventually exploit(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10496246_10154504944930167_687426146002252770_o.jpg)
UFO Contact heading towards Nigeria!
Do we have any interceptors available?
Just one sir
Send it, hopefully it'll be enough(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10604733_10154504945970167_3193924379160019843_o.jpg)
Taking heavy fire! I've got to pull back
Roger that, pull out pilot(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/1973359_10154504946040167_1057091562947964512_o.jpg)
Third contact sir
Engage and take it downSeems to be a trend that I will always need to use two to take UFOs down
Commander to the situation room, Commander to the situation room(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10648380_10154504947895167_5243512827891840686_o.jpg)
Commander, the workshop you requested has been completed. It should make our projects go a lot easier now(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10469314_10154504948395167_6522101563271618262_o.jpg)
Commander to Mission Control
Can't I just sit down and drink a coffee without being bloody called places over and over?!(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10655289_10154504948570167_941568779565550679_o.jpg)
This is Maverick, engaging the target!
****! I'm hit! I'm hit! I can't take much more of thi-
Get out of there! Retreat!(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10460565_10154504948730167_752963281005395440_o.jpg)
We lost contact with our pilot...
Was there chute deployment?
Negative sir...
Send the third interceptor, take that bastard down(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10575404_10154504948825167_4791223590092908634_o.jpg)
Looks like it's still in one piece... what are your orders?
Send Big Sky, we'll want to take a good look at this(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10460565_10154504949095167_6632505042716744087_o.jpg)
I wasn't piloting that dead interceptor, was I?
What the hell kind of reference did you make deathfun :(
If theres still a place...sign me in, name Crizza, class...something heavy hitting, if possible, a MEC someday :)
A knight in shiny armour, he's got the looks, the charm and a voice that'll sooth you into his bedroom later that evening. He's everything you could ever want in a man who saves you and carries you off into the sunset. Yeah, this isn't him. This is Guyinshinyarmour. He's just a guy, who generally hates life and those within it. Dark, pessimistic, and definitely not a charmer. His demeanor will make you wonder why he ever bothered to fight aliens(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/1548085_10154505456565167_1873799026065117848_o.jpg)
We've got a large bogey on our scanners, what are your orders sir?
Nothing we can do, I'm not risking an interceptor and good pilot without backup(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/1529723_10154504967005167_2983295708982272573_o.jpg)
Hold on, looks like we've got another abduction site. Send the team
Docks are in sight, approaching the LZ(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10562517_10154504967425167_5912229268046661218_o.jpg)
You rang Doctor Shen?
Yes I wanted to discuss with you my thoughts on man, and machine...(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/10608264_10154504977915167_979115143490355921_o.jpg)
*Aside*: Whatever, don't care, giant death robots are awesome even if they are partially human(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10636938_10154504977960167_162922979948361646_o.jpg)
Moving to intercept target UFO... taking some hits but I'm okay... **** this guy is good... dammit!
Get out of there Raven, reinforcements are en routeI never quite understood why two interceptors at once isn't a thing
He's limping Command, finishing him off(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10533943_10154504978735167_3378845179982615758_o.jpg)
Looks like it's still in one *relative* piece
Prep the ground crew
Proximity alert! Close the hatch! Close the ****ing hatch!"Taste the Freedom!"
I would like to express my annoyance I'm not attractive enough for the tentacle monsters.
...my wife is a bad influence on me.
based on recent events i would like to lodge a request with the cybernetics lab to have all my limbs replaced with jet engines asap. we cannot allow ourselves to become complacent in the face of this jetpack gap
What do you mean we don't have anything available right now?
We've been getting hit constantly in that area sir, we just don't have the interceptors to take down each contact
Dammit... alright, let's hope it doesn't cause too much damage(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10608264_10154505002220167_827509760042340070_o.jpg)
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that obviously the aliens hate Canada
Must've been mad at the Maple Syrup shortage. Man, could you imagine if that was why this war was going on?(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t31.0-8/10661994_10154505047860167_7460642994248386606_o.jpg)
This is Voodoo Three Seven, moving in to engage the target... these folks are terrible shots... Fox One... Fox Two... solid hits, looks like she's going down... returning to base(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10658612_10154505047620167_8356054814955038385_o.jpg)
Keep the satellite tasked to the crashsite and send the team
This is Big Sky, we're reading something out there
Squad, make sure your flanks are clear(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/1399050_10154505052460167_258599475384639103_o.jpg)
based on recent events i would like to lodge a request with the cybernetics lab to have all my limbs replaced with jet engines asap. we cannot allow ourselves to become complacent in the face of this jetpack gap
Cybernetics lab won't be arriving for another oh, month and a half? It'll be even more interesting depending on how long it'll take to amass enough Meld to make it so
If you ever need someone to mock, humiliate, downplay or just overall make your life seem unbearable and useless, Animaze will ensure you feel that way as often as possible. He's an ass, plain and simple, but he's also going to be what keeps you alive and in good shape on the battlefield. That is if you don't shoot him first(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10623454_10154505456605167_8984376180730253950_o.jpg)
Fifteen years ago he had a CIA chip planted inside his brain and subsequently was abducted by aliens. Or at least, that's what he believes. There isn't a conspiracy this man hasn't come up with or a tin foil hat he hasn't offered someone. Who would have thought that he actually held any merit? Unless of course this is all some elaborate hallucination and we're not actually being invaded...(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10636828_10154515763195167_2612534489044903631_o.jpg)
...Nope we definitely are being invaded
Daishi aka Great Death. This trooper didn't earn that name by mistake. She's cunning and well suited for any combat scenario you can throw at her... in a board game that is. However, just because the recreation room was one day turned into a massive map filled with Mechs and Tanks doesn't make her any less useful against the aliens. Tactics are her strong suit, and she'll deliver death(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10658819_10154515763220167_1018691698244354324_o.jpg)
One look at this guy's "mustache" and you'll see why he's called greasy. It hardly passes as actual facial hair. Regardless of his white trash appearance, Plumguy will do what he can to patch you up if you get shot. That is of course, if he doesn't take a bong frick first. There isn't a mission he goes on without puffing some of that magic dragon(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/1500811_10154515763295167_3408341057869006167_o.jpg)
Yari is a tough sonuva***** and knows more about guns than some Quartermasters do. Spending a lifetime learning and building an arsenal of her own, it only made sense that she ends up wielding the SAW against the aliens. Just be sure to brush up on your anime as any conversation will inevitably wind up talking about one she saw yesterday(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10363425_10154515763450167_391279443449944120_o.jpg)
Abduction in South America, you all know the drill
Commander, report to the situation room. We have a situation
...You don't say(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/10662199_10154515764275167_6228588534593960600_o.jpg)
This is Command to Big Sky, get that situation in Brazil under control ASAP(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/1606489_10154515764520167_7559289070631954359_o.jpg)
This is Command, return to base immediately. You're not done yet(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10582800_10154515769955167_5529403481017442978_o.jpg)
Let's go people! We don't have any time to waste. Big Sky, get yourself fueled and ready to go in fifteen minutes(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10633223_10154515774945167_7111325342494191005_o.jpg)
Civilians are in there area. Your objective is to secure and extract all non-combatants from the area
Copy that, deploying troops
YARG 'Crash' BLARGHERThis game knows what's up
Things you need to know about TrashMan:
- he likes anime
- he hates aliens
- his nickname is either "Exterminatus", "Anal Probe" or "Phoenix". Take a pick.
I don't change the randomly generated callsigns
I don't change the randomly generated callsigns
why not?
Incoming Council transmission(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10648422_10154515960855167_4057723495314343573_o.jpg)
Can't do it, we don't have the soldiers(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10548077_10154515961185167_7919326942062671613_o.jpg)
Still nope
Incoming report from Germany(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/1890520_10154515964075167_3128168707865568436_o.jpg)
Another UFO, little bigger than we're used to
Let's see about taking it down(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10620490_10154515962235167_6826575581933356671_o.jpg)
Well that didn't go as planned. Least the lab has been completed(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10608573_10154515962760167_7175546279486195072_o.jpg)
The better these countries can defend themselves the betterNeat little thing about Long War is that each country has their own little "defense" rating which from what I can guess is how well they can resist panic
Month two... we really need some better equipped interceptors(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10682389_10154515965365167_4197690036712577740_o.jpg)
Alright Dr. Vahlen, what'd you drag me down here for
I'd like to report that we have functional laser weapons ready to be manufactured
...Now that was definitely worth the walk down here. Get the plans to Engineering and get me some of those(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t31.0-8/10548777_10154515965290167_3363675973215760393_o.jpg)
Man we need to find ways to fix these faster(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/1540394_10154515967920167_4672147287002240674_o.jpg)
Soon... we shall see just what Meld can do...
Yessssss.... we are coming up on GIANT ROBOTS!
YOU SHALL BE BORN AGAIN
SOMETHING SOMETHING SECOND COMING SOMETHING SOMETHING SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE
Alright, let's give this a test go
But we don't have anywhere to house them
No, but we might be able to take their weapons. Might be worth our while to have some that *aren't* in fragments
You know you're a man! A manly man man! This man doesn't know how else to show off his manliness than a jarhead haircut and a beard that screams "I'M A MAN". Watch as he flexes his biceps while charging towards the enemy without fear or regret! Observe this manly man of a Mika as he forgets why we invented tactics(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10697188_10154532896125167_1961903723214585567_o.jpg)
What better way to spend your day than deliberately trying to get yourself shot? It's not like it's a big deal for Mongoose who lives and breathes on pain. Suitable considering he's the front line runner and a personal choice for when we need something taken alive instead of dead. Works everytime, nine times out of ten(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/1501649_10154532896100167_6301666593830993259_o.jpg)
Like clockwork
We've got another one on the scopes! This one is huge!(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t31.0-8/10633146_10154532896330167_4983739940763872082_o.jpg)
Commander, the UFO has landed within South Africa
This is an opportunity we can't pass up, prep the troops
Casualty ratings are on the rise Commander, we'll need additional troops if we're going to win this war(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10514154_10154532906190167_6897391163572360545_o.jpg)
What the ****edy ****?Look at it this way- they took down an Abductor. It IS a win for mankind, albeit a somewhat painful one.
Two men down for a little bit of alien tech?
That's so crazy, no pills could help justify that...
They are the first, but they won't be the last
Commander, we've got another large contact touching down in Mexico
Class?
Unknown, we haven't come up against one of these before(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10514258_10154532938430167_4760874512370674791_o.jpg)
This is Big Sky, we've just touched down beside the alien craft. This thing is bloody massive
Looks like some sort of supply barge, I can only imagine this means they're ramping up the scale of the invasion(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10669245_10154532939045167_723111926630087449_o.jpg)
Those appear to be... holding tanks for test subjects(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t31.0-8/10683643_10154532938990167_5616652082577734256_o.jpg)
We'd like to report that the Thermo Generator is up and running
Good, let's put it to use as soon as we can(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/10629483_10154539047005167_8976677778155538250_o.jpg)
I believe it's time for some promotions. Welcome to life as an Officer, Lt. Trashman, Lt. Droid803 and Lt. Lepanto(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t31.0-8/10680122_10154539047680167_2855211312867957086_o.jpg)
Commander to the Labs, Commander to the Research Labs(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10648890_10154539048220167_8263411343029737769_o.jpg)
This ought to make things a little easier for our pilots
I don't know if it'll help against this monstrosity(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10658945_10154539048420167_5172731144798928561_o.jpg)
Let's see what it does... we don't have the capabilities to take that thing out(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10551434_10154539048315167_860504021826340365_o.jpg)
This might just make our lives a little bit easier, prep the troops and the rookies. They're about to see just what it's like down there
We've got an odd contact, looks like it's scanning or something(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/l/t31.0-8/10548197_10154539050910167_2792851929378372381_o.jpg)
Lets up that whatever it was doing died with it
You're required in the situation room(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10446251_10154539055990167_3834177886653698110_o.jpg)
Fantastic, an alien threat as well as a human one. It's great to know crazies exist like this
We'll have to worry about that later, we've got abductions ongoing
Commander, the Council has an urgent request
Go ahead(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10659119_10154539074475167_2280231752999754698_o.jpg)
This doesn't sound good
We're deploying your squad to Newfoundland. The situation is that we've lost contact with both the village and the team that was sent in before you to check it out. Recon the area and try to figure out what happened. Objective updates will follow. Good luck
Commander, our operative is requesting an immediate extraction. Orders?
Send the damned extraction!(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/10582974_10154539177050167_1515886082980263481_o.jpg)
These thing...coming out of whales and sharks...
Would love to see the face of that fekking whalers as the Lids carved them up...
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.
You weren't kidding when you said you were runnign out of bodies....damn. Wounded, wounded everywhere!
The last page had enough images that my browser just decided to say NOPE and stop loading them. :p
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(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10514349_10154539179615167_3358607614037551287_o.jpg)
Short, succinct, ignores the dead troops, perfect(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/10688175_10154539180015167_3443520298812262307_o.jpg)
You all know the drill
We need more troops Commander
Then well... get some(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/906398_10154555482545167_4129011959287274109_o.jpg)
I like lasers
And with the Foundry complete, we'll be able to make our troops even more effective with them, or anything really(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/10604600_10154555477115167_4544903296693022339_o.jpg)
Leave it be, we don't have the ability to take it out(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10658567_10154555478165167_6452026958339555622_o.jpg)
These guys just don't stop, what is their unhealthy obsession with NA?(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t31.0-8/10708625_10154555485825167_4603401310571838996_o.jpg)
We have more lasers available? Now that's just frigging awesome(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10708499_10154555511955167_7883081447699958496_o.jpg)
I'll take twenty(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10557064_10154555511695167_3747635715139467293_o.jpg)
Who's good on their feet? Send them(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10687432_10154555512040167_4564876989150331660_o.jpg)
They just don't stop do they(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10682274_10154555512315167_4361914401923441570_o.jpg)
Foundry thing is done eh? What does that give us(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10537191_10154555515170167_3485856782619046190_o.jpg)
Phantom is going to love her new toy(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10659038_10154555514700167_1149603608098495659_o.jpg)
A week of calm... nearly unheard of(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10687462_10154555517710167_7946717072554455049_o.jpg)
En route, I've got you(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10687906_10154555533290167_8169162067515187739_o.jpg)
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(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/857644_10154555513275167_5343498534009396567_o.jpg)
We'll probably need those ship upgrades sooner than later
Least they'll be coming a little faster with the gene lab complete(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10679534_10154555515410167_4013187774705473234_o.jpg)
Our cash reserves sir... they've just been depleted!(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10648461_10154555516725167_8258671527634611606_o.jpg)
We'll worry about that later, INCOMING VERY LARGE CONTACT
Prep the troops! We knows what's coming...(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10550095_10154555517445167_4997939849238497392_o.jpg)
Incoming transmission from the Council(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10636805_10154555513790167_4334393764643165276_o.jpg)
Bomb disposal eh? Well this should be interesting
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
Incoming message Commander, it's from our soldier out in the field
Prep the extraction now, get people off their asses if we need to(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/1978492_10154582604890167_3548635520541418921_o.jpg)
Looks like we've splashed another small one
Send a small team, no need to go crazy with this one
Lt. Mother****ing Blargher(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10688175_10154582605700167_2532240683907747030_o.jpg)
Every pilot is supposed to be an officer! Lt. Phantom(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/1412271_10154582605810167_3016166972524478722_o.jpg)
Because droids are better than humans and understand what it takes to be a leader. Capt. Droid803(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t31.0-8/10549035_10154582609330167_7144110615332256194_o.jpg)
She may be lazy, but knows how to observe the battlefield before make calls. Capt. Lepanto(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10373014_10154582612610167_186069817999808024_o.jpg)
Send a seven man team, we don't need to go crazy with this one
We've got new armour pieces ready for Engineering Commander
These things aren't cheap... get a few going for the soldiers in the field. Some is better than none(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/1669930_10154589632605167_3700390965899820096_o.jpg)
Incoming Transport class UFO! Orders Commander?
We can't shoot it down, so let it land(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10571967_10154589632985167_8718320227136341493_o.jpg)
This is Big Sky, we've reached the AO. Good luck out there
This is Big Sky... you've got massive incoming
Overwatch here, we've got another new contact... keep yourselves prepared(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10603879_10154589640285167_4135077690982021675_o.jpg)
Commander, this is the lab... we've been hacked
What? How!?
I don't know Commander, but my guess would be EXALT(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10626399_10154597380110167_7884549429880540339_o.jpg)
Patch the hole in our security, I don't want this to happen again
We've got another abduction site coming up on the hologlobe(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/1956681_10154597378295167_4316993106442008313_o.jpg)
Incoming transmission... seems like our operative is ready to be extracted Commander(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10682232_10154597380560167_3091314906615243950_o.jpg)
Perfect... we'll get to test out how well our new armour holds up(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10448593_10154597379300167_698195412324990251_o.jpg)
This is definitely good news, once we get the resources we'll commence research on some armour and better targeting
What should we be researching next?
Better damned guns(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10275540_10154597425085167_1724623108152233667_o.jpg)
Incoming Trasport class UFO, wait for it to land?
Affirmative, no sense wasting resources trying to shoot it down(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10669032_10154597425100167_4815143868935258001_o.jpg)
Engineering... what will it cost us to get some of these manufactured?
More than we can afford right now Commander... I suggest we improve our armour reserves before we move on to more weaponry
Noted, it'll be better to have our troops take more hits than being glass cannons
Bomb disposal again... well isn't this just dandy
How's the labwork going Doctor?
Exceptional Commander, the new recruits provided by the nations are really making use of their time. Research is progressively getting more efficient
Glad to hear it(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/10679900_10154597447660167_641232848807196711_o.jpg)
UFO on the hologlobe
Lets see how well the laser cannon holds up(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10005840_10154597448135167_5033851428336236415_o.jpg)
**** yeah
Sir?
What, can't a guy enjoy it when his fighters can slice into UFOs like nothing?
Alien grenades eh... well these will certainly come in handy
We might be better off just capturing them in the field, hardly any of our troops even use grenades(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10700174_10154597448515167_658359291742558984_o.jpg)
Two projects done in such short time, I'm actually impressed
Vahlen extends her regards to the team you've provided, though some more labs are in order
This facility is missing a few generators(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10321584_10154597448670167_2919829578832841924_o.jpg) YESSSH FINALLY MECS oh wait I still need more generators and a lab... but soon... SOON
Much needed funds, lets not waste any time here
That might have to wait Commander, EXALT cell is inbound on our operative
Get the team prepped and ready to go(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/458734_10154597449155167_7855476117112764615_o.jpg)
This is Dr. Vahlen, the incoming EXALT forces appear to have undergone extensive genetic enhancements, watch out(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/10679923_10154597459325167_7447045871909009533_o.jpg)
These damned projects need a **** ton of alloys
Let us hope for more landings in that case(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/1487971_10154597463725167_6962250722110873958_o.jpg)
Beam cannon, best thing ever
Unidentified large target over South America
I don't think we're equipped to handle that... see what it does...(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10476566_10154597463640167_6426173047054664057_o.jpg)
Can't tell if related to UFO or not...
This is Big Sky, I've got eyes on the location, seems like the dam is about to collapse here
Roger that Big Sky, team, you're on a small timeframe here. Get in and get out ASAPNot actually a time limit
Fast mover over China
Are those interceptors ready to go?
They just arrived, but they ought to be good to go(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10688154_10154597464920167_2806287049536392707_o.jpg)
Close one, send a team, priority is to capture
Damn I looked good in that new armor.
And +1 for better arc throwers, those things look like they suck big time. They even look horrible.
Soon.
I'm still alive.
That's surprising.
I'm usually dead or up to TrashMan Mk3 by this point.
Dammit, I was going to buy a Porsche
There's time enough to just build one with elerium powering it. Imagine that, an elerium powered car, fuel of the future!
I like the sound of that... get engineering on the line, I want this done
Transport class UFO has landed in South America, prepping team for deployment(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10700649_10154605739725167_3052778472171145404_o.jpg)
Prepare the team for captures, we've got to take the opportunities while we can
Well Commander, I've got good news and some bad news
As far as I'm concerned the world is going to **** therefore *everything* is bad news
Uh... well... okay(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/1888897_10154698826650167_1103079759233793340_o.jpg)
The good news is that we've finished the Elerium research. The bad news is that we are unable to manufacture it
However Commander, Engineering would like to report that we now have the funds to be able to build the Cybernetics Lab
YES MECHANIZED INFANTRY UNITS BADASS OH YES(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/10257488_10154698826615167_383526916088489420_o.jpg)
Oh, and Dr. Vahlen, I believe it's time we tapped into the heads of our friends in Containment. Begin interrogation as soon as your team is ready(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10733760_10154698827205167_2065747566520943477_o.jpg)
This is Big Sky, team has been deployed. Heavy enemy troop movement is inbound, let's not stick around too long folks
The creature expired, but not without giving us some pretty cool images and ****(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10533300_10154785013655167_7071106874977685806_o.jpg)
Exactly. I want inside that things head
But we've already got one and it turns out it isn't a head
Shush, these cutscenes don't make sense if that already happened
So where to from here?
I need to begin interrogation of all the other aliens we've captured thus far(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/1599275_10154785013910167_3496599616913184889_o.jpg)
We've got an incoming contact blah blah, whatever, shoot it down etc(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10608342_10154785014030167_1320297564387016713_o.jpg)
Those laser cannons are certainly effective
We've got another contact inbound, large one
Get the crew ready and pack medical supplies, this is going to be a heavy one
Basically, someone gets hit, goes down critically wounded, and there is no way that I can save them because apparently the circle of life is nowhere to be found to prompt the stabilize function on my medkits
I've encountered that bug a few times, and not just on transport missions. If you save and reload, the wounded soldier will show up where they should be.Spoiler:It's a bit gruesome: You load the game, and then the soldier drops out of the sky and flops on the ground. But you can save 'em.
Ooooo this looks pretty(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10945717_10155095094530167_4634428751894907511_o.jpg)
And these just look downright useful(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10636423_10155095094605167_4446048648865054574_o.jpg)
Oh yeah, look at that scaaaary face. He's death glaring you Doctor. He wants to murder you
I believe it's more accurate to say 'it'
UWULR HUWURR UWAARRRLARLRRLWAAA!(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/1397778_10155095095065167_4667744351329589323_o.jpg)
Well would you look at that, they've delayed the research by a day. How long was that research going to take anyhow?
A day(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10623639_10155095095395167_5556863839669264511_o.jpg)
We've got another large one on our scopes Commander
Again? God damn, haven't these aliens learned anything yet? Alert the Barracks(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10648962_10155095095705167_8680784141168032322_o.jpg)
Incoming transmission from the Council!
The hell do they want? It's still another few days before our evaluation...(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/1911057_10155134377125167_1534175624022241648_o.jpg)
So that we may speak with him?
I'm starting to think we're being led by some shady people
Big Sky here... we've got proximity alerts off our tail, you've got enemies blockading your approach, over"Copy that"
I love the smell of information in the morning(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10861114_10155134389900167_1801947732504014168_o.jpg)
Looks like Guy is ready to be extracted
Send the team, small footprint
So... I'm not entirely sure, but I our scopes have been clear for a while now
AUTOPSY TIIIIIIIME(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/1781067_10155166545230167_5071672515803315632_o.jpg)
I think that just about does it. What else can we pass the time with?
MECS!
Who is our first volunteer?
We still have Hobbies brain?
You... are you serious?(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10989198_10155166546020167_4406319936908147521_o.jpg)
Glorious... GLORIOUS. LIIIIIIIIIIIVE. LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE
Not Frakenstein in the sleightest
We'd be chopping off soldier's arms and legs and putting them in basically a meld suit interfaced with their nervous system
...Touche(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10542674_10155166545640167_5080187039354295093_o.jpg)
Oh hey a UFO(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/10530510_10155166546850167_6290575192509533173_o.jpg)
Abductions popping up on scopes
Send a team! Finally some action(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10998895_10155166546965167_8186034002330410184_o.jpg)
Another UFO on our scopes
That's a big one... call off Phantom, we don't need to send her to her death on this one
Looks like it's heading just North of us
Abductor Class
Get the team ready
How many large ones are we going to come across in a span of a couple months?
I have a feeling it'll only get worse
We've got a call here, it's from our operative(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/11037997_10155177694030167_5605752146057972945_o.jpg)
Contact! We've got a contact!
Intercept!(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10866278_10155177695225167_7681809259508483761_o.jpg)
Commander... your presence is requested in the Cybernetics Lab
Oooooooh shiiiiit(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/11035463_10155177695470167_6082511470270528832_o.jpg)
Sweet holy mother of frigging awesome
We've got an incoming transmission from the Coucil
A perfect time to send in our newly built suit of woman
Who sounds like a robotic male
Eh, se"man"tics. Eh? Ehhhhh?
Kill yourself(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/11021434_10155177696055167_1977554505594089139_o.jpg)
Raven-11... I think it was 11. Maybe it was twelve? Whatever, one of our birds splashed a tango and we've got movement on the ground(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/11034441_10155177697280167_3933763649076977183_o.jpg)
Must... resist... the... urge...
FAILED (99%)
Mechanical Man (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-nNchLkej0)
Been playing vanilla I/I myself, I'm starting to think anything below 75 % from a heavy is a guaranteed miss.
New weapon technology? Didn't we just get Gauss weapons?
Who the hell cares, MORE DAKKA(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10998879_10155200569295167_5839102159212285607_o.jpg)
EXALT is really starting to get on my nerves
We'll be able to deal with them soon, we've narrowed it down to 50% of the countries there was originally
Why can't we find any intel going "HEY I'M MR MESEEKS LOOK AT MEEEE" and shoot the annoying bastards(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10834871_10155200572615167_3182635940973432651_o.jpg)
OH DOES IT FEEL GOOD TO BE BACK *****ES. Time to kick some ASS AND CHEW SOME DAMNED GUM. AND I HAVE GUM. Whoo, Cole-Train baby!(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/11044611_10155200569735167_8126920900477893545_o.jpg)
Welcome Scourge, you are as timeless as you are forgetful. Apparently you had applied for XCOM a while back but went off somewhere to do things and stuff. Okay, so the paperwork on our end was lost but you're still forgetful in your old age. Comes with being ageless. Wait, what?(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/11001542_10155200569590167_4801603770053456800_o.jpg)
No one is entirely sure what's ironic about Ironbeer, but for some odd reason he's earned the nickname. Perhaps it was when he pointed out the irony in the fact that the aliens are actually fueling their own demise by providing us with the tools to kill them with. How hilarious is that? Well, probably the fact he pumps iron while drinking profuse amounts of beer. Hence Ironbeer. Or was it beer that has high iron content... who the hell knows he drinks a lot(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10982763_10155200737135167_1854028300447147858_o.jpg)
He's not a full fledged Colonel, at least, not in the XCOM Project. That didn't stop this once Colonel from failing to catch the A-Team and signing up to fight aliens! Maybe he'll have better luck taking down the alien scourge that plagues this planet. It'd be rather hilarious if at some point he comes across the A-Team in the process...(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/1654876_10155200737130167_8636792241501989588_o.jpg)
...or if the A-Team joins the XCOM project
No one is entirely sure what's ironic about Ironbeer, but for some odd reason he's earned the nickname. Perhaps it was when he pointed out the irony in the fact that the aliens are actually fueling their own demise by providing us with the tools to kill them with. How hilarious is that? Well, probably the fact he pumps iron while drinking profuse amounts of beer. Hence Ironbeer. Or was it beer that has high iron content... who the hell knows he drinks a lot
[Off-character: Hell, I'll need to think of puns related to bigger guns and more related one-liners. And it would be freaking awesome if the transformation to MECs was actually by soldier deaths in XCOM]
deathfun someday this thread will not utterly destroy my browser to open, but this is not this day. I guess the fact that I keep reading it regardless makes me a legit masochist. :D
Welcome jr2, you've successfully been promoted throughout the entirety of the ranking system and are basically a resident badass. Some tough calls on your training, but I hope you'll be able to put it to excellent use(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10856502_10155204839165167_468976588070796429_o.jpg)
Lieutenant Trashman, we've got no more training to provide for you so may you deliver and show the new faces here how's it done back in your day!(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/11034352_10155204839160167_5049417075338332162_o.jpg)
Why didn't anyone tell me that we could've had these damned arc throwers twenty missions ago? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME
Sir we did, we even directed you to the wiki
What?
It's true, while back we showed you the stuff and you went all "Hurr durr we don't need that quite yet" so yeah
...****(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/11038132_10155204839170167_4667920374239955590_o.jpg)
We've got a large UFO sighting... he's hugging the ground
Prepare the Skyranger... looks like he'll be landing in South Africa
am i still alive
am i top gun yet
Lt. Jr2, Lt. Direwolf, Capt. Trashman, Maj. Lepanto(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11034302_10155205472940167_338617744663327015_n.jpg?oh=e72bedd57013e4c7198ed2194e793fec&oe=55728771&__gda__=1433794337_3ba1fcbaf6da8b7c9ccb59c905528bf6)
Another UFO in our scopes
Almost too easy(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/l/t1.0-9/10451652_10155207677850167_2120792544592730357_n.jpg?oh=117533e8e4556dedea443f413ea9a822&oe=55946DE0)
Oh look, another opportunity to nab an alien
GORTINA, CHECK OUT MY NEW GUN
You can sign me up... just keep in mind last time I was mind controlled on my first mission and shot, I think it was, The E in the back
So I was KIA. Just so we are aware
When there's just not enough bloodlust, Veers will definitely be able to fill the void. Sure, the XCOM project has their fair share of the more eccentric types, the ones who take alien's arms and beat their corpses with them... but none are quite as vivid in their descriptions as Veers. The sheer amount of detail that goes into some of her fantasies are... well simply put, visceral in nature
Wow, I'm still alive :D
What is my intended role apart from carrying stun guns?^^
We've got another abduction, India this time
The barracks is starting to get a little short handed, send who you can and get some others if you need to(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10917163_10155213242060167_3209176519338267058_o.jpg)
Heh, "Operation Morbid Serpent".
Fitting.
Endless amounts of these god damned UFOs. You'd think they would eventually learn to do more than one at a time
You would think... we'd have to send more than one interceptor into the air and possibly lose more than we could handle
Why can't we do that for large UFOs?
I don't know. You'd think that we ought to be able to send our fleet to take down an abductor if need be
Course, that would mean they could do the same
Fair point... you know what, lets stick with one on one combat(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/11025684_10155213248715167_8442262708735160307_o.jpg)
EXALT again? Bloody hell these guys are getting annoying
Well there's seven possible countries that they could be from, we could always start guessing
Yeah, that'll go well... lets keep it safe, no sense pissing off Council members yet(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/11016834_10155217297910167_3319284545568404706_o.jpg)
*Entire intercom starts singing Kumbaya*(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/10848553_10155217298065167_5759126143112945258_o.jpg)
An entire week of nothing?
Are we complaining?
Send our best
I don't know. I just don't know anything at this point. We deploy, we shoot up another horde of aliens who outgun us eight-to-one but wouldn't know squad tactics or strategy if it bit them in the mandibles, we win, we sometimes lose guys, we go out and do it again. What's the big picture here? Is it ever going to end?
OOC: If possible, please put me in the line to become a MEC. Drunken Robocop-2-style killbot rampages sound fun, right? Of course they do.
Frankly I'm amazed I'm alive. I never survive in LP's.
And here I am with only 4 HP and somehow still alive.
Commander, there is an urgent request that you may attend to
Whatever, lets do it(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11015807_10155244405870167_1797817065056709447_n.jpg?oh=380dae1ec9dadce2ae8c88d25350400f&oe=5582BF74&__gda__=1434866449_76ac066941f0e04870d3dd4879dbe3ec)
Commander to the research labs, commander to the research labs
If this isn't good news...(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10830503_10155247943515167_7658183972783666389_o.jpg)
I am legitimately excited now. Engineering! Get me all that you can get me of these!
We can reasonably afford two
Good enough!
I AM BACK AND READY TO MURDER THE DAMNED PEOPLE WHO SHOT ME. WHO SHOT ME. I WILL MURDER THEM. I WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING THEY LOVE. I AM COMPLETELY SANE AND NOT ON A PERMANENT ROID RAGE. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING HUH? YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY? YOU THINK MY PURPLE MEC IS FUNNY? I WILL CUT YOU INTO OBLIVION(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/11034325_10155247943680167_1358764883838631872_o.jpg)
Commander, we've recently completed the task you want from us
What did we learn?
We can use this shard to make a skeleton key, probably to enter something the aliens would otherwise not want us to
Like a base?
Precisely(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10011620_10155247943775167_8077821976748189750_o.jpg)
Prep the A-Team
WHERE ARE THEY! LET ME AT THEM!
Dekker, not that one
So with Double tap being the last perk Gortina gets, she is now the ultimate and most badass sniper I have. Obviously because she can shoot two people in one turn, then disable someone the next, then proceed to shoot two people again!(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xat1/t31.0-8/11075128_10155248608470167_380232926890773067_o.jpg)
Crizza may be crazy, but he's certainly effective. More so now that he can finally move three bloody tiles. Sure, it was between that and rapid fire, but rapid fire wouldn't do as well if he couldn't get up close like he can now!(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10373033_10155248608485167_1858355940888126018_o.jpg)
Commander, we're ready to build the key
What's this thing for?
So we can get into the base
But where's the base?
I don't know
So how do we know there's a base if we don't know where it is?
I DON'T KNOW BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY THAT I CAN MAKE A KEY TO GET US IN THE BASE(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/11053271_10155248608500167_825362545741920847_o.jpg)
**** it, do an intel sweep(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/11074305_10155248608745167_2018593707892418592_o.jpg)
Get new armour sets build ASAP, we're severely behind in that regards, and with the base coming up we'll need to be prepared(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/l/t31.0-8/11066657_10155248608830167_1454720764857467626_o.jpg)
How many UFOs have passed over China?
No idea, but we can't intercept any of them
God dammit. Alright, someone get more laser cannons built, they're effective against the small ones
Commander! Large one has just crossed over Nigeria, abductor it seems(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10847209_10155248608840167_190176081850421978_o.jpg)
I don't know if this was by design, or some hilarious disproportionate glitch, but I don't like it. Mongoose was taken down *through* the wall by *melee*Yeah that sounds like something that'd happen to me.
QuoteI don't know if this was by design, or some hilarious disproportionate glitch, but I don't like it. Mongoose was taken down *through* the wall by *melee*Yeah that sounds like something that'd happen to me.
PLEASE NOTIFY DR. SHEN OF AN ED-209 INCIDENT
MAKE SURE HE IS NOT LIKE THIS
(http://www.omf2097.com/pub/pic/head/plug.gif)
TRYING TO KEEP MY BOYS BUSY, EH?
Yeah that sounds like something that'd happen to me.
That looked like a Berserker's bullrush to me. I guess the game glitched at not breaking the wall.
The Council has been making an awful lot of requests for these things
We've got lots to spare, and they do pay a pretty penny(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10841842_10155257417395167_4871891325476571770_o.jpg)
Commander, we've got Mission Failure here
Now is not the time for mistakes... it was a bad mission either way, nothing could be done
We need to find these EXALT bastards and wipe them out
Where's that other cell located?
Japan
Send another one, and hope we don't cock it up this time(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/11043412_10155257420490167_8854057251863008265_o.jpg)
Well that's entirely handy for us to keep on hand more often than not
I agree(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/11053363_10155257420495167_5990888667899540455_o.jpg)
Dr. Vahlen... you're sure that it won't get through that... right?
Ninety percent sure, yes
I don't like those numbers
Commander! We've got another large UFO on our scopes
Nothing we can do about it... where's it heading?(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/11080894_10155257420555167_556319010374466592_o.jpg)
Prep the team for capture, and send in some of the rookies
Well... that would've been useful a while ago when we were researching the heavy armour...
Hey, least we finally caught one
Our operative is ready to get the hell out of dodge
Skies have been busy(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/t31.0-8/11073523_10155257424340167_2988582712610232990_o.jpg)
Lets test out our new armour
Major Lepanto, seems like you've achieved all that you could from the training programs here at XCOM. We congratulate you on your ability to basically do nothing and get something out of it. With the final upgrade of double tap, you'll now be able to stand your ground and wipe out anything that might come your way(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10295509_10155261919670167_6296049940347699236_o.jpg)
With the costs of plasma weapons, it's definitely worth it to have these as options wouldn't you agree?(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/11070084_10155261919650167_1227281626537339961_o.jpg)
Another one bites the dust. Oh, Commander, the Elerium generator was also finished. Dr. Shen wants to know what's next
Probably going to dismantle one of the fission generators and replacing it with a satellite nexus
Skies are nothing but busy these days... specifically over Asia...
It's why we equipped all the interceptors there with laser cannons
So... I just did a search of this topic to see how I died. ... Am I still alive??? :wtf:
The amount of times I've had to critically revive people is too damned high
[Just before throwing the grenade] LIVE LONG AND PROSPER
I ESTIMATE GORTINA TO BE FOUND ATTRACTIVE BY THE MALE SEX OF 321,423 SEPARATE INDIVIDUALS. GIVE OR TAKE FIVE.
[I assure you'll have a bit harder time figuring the second quote out. Besides, I had difficulties in deciding whether the just earned nickname referred to the poor hit rate with the Volcan cannon in the earlier mission or to something more clever. Guess which one I picked]
Ah yeah, finally out of the medbay and back on the chain gang!
Poor Mills though, I wish I could remember something about him...
Those arsewipes MESSED MY HAIR! Oh the game is on now!
But at least I managed to climb up to the master sniper by looking good. Sniping skills had nothing to do in it.
RIP Mills and Ironbeer though. Poor Ironbeer, that's the worst way to go.
What do they want this time?
Something to do with an extraction, nothing really all that crazy
I like easy(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/11220786_10155461434970167_102278899705221691_o.jpg)
Excellent news from the Labs Commander
Yeah, I saw the report. When will Engineering be able to get this built?
Next Council report, we lack funds(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xat1/t31.0-8/11165073_10155464777635167_5469274140355825886_o.jpg)
Our MEC soldiers are going to love this. We've also got one built for the Gunners as well(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/11187366_10155464777630167_7527089527956876161_o.jpg/img]
looks like I really AM a lucky sonuvab***h
Another Transport UFO?
Last one was just a couple days ago too(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/t31.0-8/11112963_10155464779485167_4500637623181279802_o.jpg)
Blargher has finally reached his maximum potential in the XCOM project! With an impressive armament, he serves the world well while blowing up every mother****ing alien he can with his trusted rocket. With Will to Survive and Extra Conditioning, he's certainly a formidable opponent!(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/11194452_10155464779510167_8826815323091341967_o.jpg)
Am I alive, do I get first dibs on the firestorm
So many landings, so few soldiers.
"I'm BACK, figli di putanna!"
"Digging the new body, Commander. It's just like that old fortune-teller lady said, except for the part where booze would lead me to a bad end. I'm just glad to still be out there kicking ass."
"Though we will need to make delivery proxy arrangements for a particular type of rum- who knows what might happen if I get cut off...."
(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/robocop/images/c/c7/352490191_2cd3e2681d.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110518201850)
Seems like we've got an odd request on our inventory
What's that?
Some several gallons of rum...
But why the rum?
Since his initial mission, Patriot has made it his sworn duty to ensure that every single alien would fear his ideology and the swiftness of his delivery system. Course, he couldn't do that without making a big deal out of everything, but it's the thought that counts! He's a tough bastard to take down with his final perk adding Will to Survive(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/11155153_10155467166845167_3555436518607534915_o.jpg)
Another autopsy done and done, now to interrogate(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/t31.0-8/11070504_10155467166835167_1950685270056959855_o.jpg)
A smaller UFO is on our scopes here
Intercept as per usual(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/11013576_10155467167105167_8532854229329832258_o.jpg)
Suppose the bright side to having all of these landings is that we certainly get a plethora of supplies from them. Makes providing assistance much easier(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/1502468_10155467167155167_6228179353433538512_o.jpg)
Hold on... we're getting a live feed from on of our Sats
Well, don't keep us waiting
You're not going to like it, another Transport has landed somewhere in France(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/11053313_10155467167385167_2399532969724996245_o.jpg)
Promote jr2 to Captain and prep the team(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/11212622_10155467167395167_2061042478161458925_o.jpg)
Big Sky is in the zone, deploying the team. Good luck out there
Tell the soldiers that what they're doing at there, whatever the cost, brings us closer to a victory over an enemy that only we can fight... that only we can win against. Those we lose, must not be lost for nothing(https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/10985062_10155467180895167_5459028304464988126_o.jpg)
Oh no Blargher! :(
But on the bright side (if there is any in this), the stunner WORKED and even 2 times. That's quite a miracle. :eek:
53 aliens? Long. War. Is. Insane.
Congrats on clearing all those transports with so few deaths!
Good to see this is still running. :)
Commander, we've got some serious maintenance costs. 50% of our monthly goes towards that
Not like we have a choice in the matter, but at least Engineering is starting to make better use of the space down below(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/11116402_10155490008210167_3120532392350971497_o.jpg)
Raven-2 is currently the top fighter pilot in our hangar with Phantom Hoover being four kills behind. Not her fault anyhow, there really isn't as many UFOs flying over Africa these days(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/t31.0-8/11263108_10155490008215167_355475540888800088_o.jpg)
Transport or that other one?
Looks like the other one... it's heading towards the U.K.(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/t31.0-8/11217602_10155490008430167_1701250839965423937_o.jpg)
Fuel that Skyranger up! Come on people lets move move move!
What's the status on the soldiers?
They're hustling(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/t31.0-8/10446130_10155490009715167_8723087131016399657_o.jpg)
Moving in for extraction, coming in hot!(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/10298603_10155490012900167_4520640951884613630_o.jpg)
Well we learned a thing or two about Psionics... not entirely sure when we'll actually get around to *using* said information
Better than nothing, another check off the list
Quite true. Prop the Elite on the table, time to take a look inside him(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/11312827_10155495974200167_4738261961245215333_o.jpg)
Are you frigging... can't we just develop something to shoot these god damned UFOs out of the sky?
Soon
You see, this is what happens when I get put in charge. There's a lot of explosions and someone ends up dead.
That last transport was intense...
Holy hell that Exalt mission! That's the craziest MEC charge I've seen. Which funnily reflects actually my real life, I've actually been in a slogging fest against three people alone...
Am I dead or in medbay?^^
Holy **** that was insane. I think I got a few grey hairs from that.
Yup. See, here they are. Now it takes me at least a week to get my hair back to it's previous condition.
So you need to think something else to do Mika.
Suppose having random captives of random species does actually come in handy
Looks like Guyinshinyarmour has finally learned all he could learn. With the ability to traverse terrain quickly and efficiently as well as being able to reload and shoot in the same turn *on top* of having a **** ton of health... it's no wonder this bastard is still alive! Short of being wounded for 35 days, he's a force to be reckoned with and one of our best scouts currently(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/11312799_10155496939960167_4065822012977975117_o.jpg)
I'm starting to hate it when they do that...(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/11270247_10155496940060167_3444185641214718670_o.jpg)
I thought they weren't able to bring armour with them?
Can't tell if he is... or he's just a tank...Anyone notice that +12 to his 7 HP? I really hope that sticks around for the actual mission
Oooo money
Contact over NA!(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/10845672_10155496940175167_6175318359358144090_o.jpg)
He's down, but there's another tango in the South
Size?
Abductor class most likely, looks like they're making a drop(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/11312824_10155496940250167_9007072688824002243_o.jpg)
More heavy armour for the soldiers... precisely what we'll need before making our assault
We don't even know where we are assaulting yet
Soon... I think
Of course it was because of the one remaining gray hair. You know my great sniping powers come from my hairdo.
He got away from our first interceptor
Send another!(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/t31.0-8/11406294_10155586386670167_6705445507990739435_o.jpg)
Another one!
How many of these things are there?(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/t31.0-8/11105244_10155586386665167_5453086847821325483_o.jpg)
Commander! Third tango, he's moving in
The Raven's are all down, we can't take him out!(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/10648432_10155586386775167_2815198562261830340_o.jpg)
Why the hell do they want China so badly?
No idea
Commander, our operative is ready for extraction but we've got inbound EXALT moving to his position(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/11010538_10155586386825167_4215847941734173576_o.jpg)
Seems we've got a live one this time
Should be an easy sortie, send them in with arc throwers... might get lucky
An assault man that has the reflexes of a scout? Well I'll be damned. CommanderDJ is certainly not someone you want to mess around with as he comes barreling down towards you ready to perforate your body with holes. Not to forget how he can take a beating, and still stay on beat(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10339262_10155651223610167_5190646298077897242_o.jpg)
Congratulations Patriot, you've been PROMOTED to Lieutenant(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/t31.0-8/11537617_10155651223615167_14092518658672023_o.jpg)
We're one step closer to being on par with the aliens
Only difference being, is it'll cost us a pretty penny to get there(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/885583_10155652856435167_6223157791097887288_o.jpg)
Guess what we've got once again
Prep the team and get the Skyranger in the air before they land, we'll meet them when they land(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/t31.0-8/11406189_10155652856575167_3880948756360070863_o.jpg)
killcount = ++7;
Are they trying to overflow the buffer? Have to consult with Vahlen about the bit depths in the registers...
Poor Astrid. She was fun to talk to.
On other hand I think I found some nice sap from that downed tree. Natures own beauty gel.
Splash yet another UFO. We might want to consider upgrading our weapons at some point for these things
Put it on the shopping list
Speaking of lists, the Council has a task for us. It's coming on screen now(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/t31.0-8/11537829_10155653339250167_5258507882362815749_o.jpg)
While she's pretty good in the pilot seat, the ground game pays off with the main focus being on overwatch, tazing, and being able to lob explosive halfway across the field. Definitely not someone you want to be near, or far, or just anywhere in the vicinity of... as your cover won't last the turn(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/11116456_10155653352870167_4845355533427630345_o.jpg)
Nice, 100 psi score!
They set us up the bomb, but it was nothing our mates couldn't handle.
Do we have the satellite prepped?
Affirmative Commander. We are preparing to launch it momentarily
Get it over Japan... we need to figure out where that signal is coming from(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/981364_10155653355075167_1731260492050991941_o.jpg)
Soon. Soon.
The labs would also like to report the completion of the Antigrav Systems. Should be able to field a new set of armour which allows flight(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/1795808_10155653355080167_7661675926950068160_o.jpg)
While Scotty might not have the speed of a scout, she certainly has the ability to take a punch or two required of one! Accurate, while being able to deliver more than one consecutive shot is one helluva combination. Not to mention being able to dodge whatever is being shot at you(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/t31.0-8/10987707_10155653362165167_4790800719109416924_o.jpg)
Robotic in nature, and simply not the best medic to comfort you as you die, it won't matter since this series of medical droids will ensure that you just won't die. While unimpressive itself, you'll be glad to have this model on the field specially since it'll probably be what keeps you from the brink of death(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/11537256_10155653362175167_2624157817460802458_o.jpg)
Etc etc
We stopped caring about the shooting down of the UFOs haven't we
Given this one is number... 95? 96?(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/1891521_10155657035570167_69086897176910352_o.jpg)
How much more intel do we need Commander?
Given our current numbers... this next mission should get us a fifty-fifty change our accusation is the right one(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/11253985_10155657036125167_4688345773092396224_o.jpg)
Commander to the situation room, Commander to the situation room(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/t31.0-8/11539004_10155657036120167_734921586876823648_o.jpg)
The location of the alien base? What sort of numbers are we looking at here
Unknown, but the resistance should be more than we've encountered yet
When can we get a team out there?
Majority of our heavy hitters are still in medical, would you like to send the rookies?
No, we'll have to hold off until we're damned prepared. They've had as much time as we have to bolster their defenses... we need to make sure our team is able to punch through(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/11011043_10155657037115167_3305958262434469604_o.jpg)
Pun intended(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/l/t31.0-8/11411156_10155657037250167_8417664484154367603_o.jpg)
Has the new intel been cross referenced?
Affirmative Commander... it's between Egypt and Nigeria
If we accuse the wrong country so be it. We'll be one step closer to ridding ourselves of this pestilence(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/11022513_10155657043895167_935445875919466599_o.jpg)
It's time we paid our little friends a visit
Are we prepared Commander?
Absolutely. Lets end this. Those traitors will meet their untimely end(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/1900234_10155657043900167_7596678885932158265_o.jpg?oh=937d34346c0789da12a37b56b657d2d6&oe=596C82DE)
It would appear we have to mulligan our first attempts at assaulting the Exalt base...I hate this glitch
Command hears you loud and clear, good luck Alpha Team(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/1799107_10155657044205167_4603541024261846808_o.jpg?oh=15e3acfacf817db4d60e339f63f527ff&oe=59395B8E)
"Mecs moving up! Oh yeah look at these muscles"
Still in medbay I guess?
But great you're finishing this.
Welcome back to the fight, Commander!
Quote"Mecs moving up! Oh yeah look at these muscles"
Muscles? Muscles.... Muscle Powah!
Droid also got to probe Gortina.
On a side note, it seems the Long War MECs are far more sturdier than the vanilla MECs when faced with such an enemy count.
Commander, this is the most recent report from the Research Labs. Great progress is being made towards being able to utilize the very plasma weapons the aliens use against them!(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17159270_10158249755795167_792869112320550147_o.jpg?oh=fd4d4f7cba2883ef4cfeb833f2d5b71e&oe=592767F6)
Well that's good news
Another one of our Interceptors shot down a UFO as well. Seems we've got another intact wreck to handle(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17239842_10158249757300167_8561169238710280996_o.jpg?oh=1d4f28e7e7e023a732a2189d6c0ac793&oe=5961CCC7)
With any luck, we'll be able to find fulfill the request Australia has for us(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17157581_10158249759300167_4804843234052125236_o.jpg?oh=27551ccdd06530890ba30de25ca6c174&oe=596548F8)
And it shall be known, that the last thing the alien shall see is the barrel and plasma diffusion being delivered unto their face. It will be done freely and in style, for they will know The Great Death is coming for them. In the form of a masked, unfeeling individual who in his spare time plays a table top game(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17240517_10158249765070167_9206556978216218438_o.jpg?oh=46602ad2ffd9b331d67d34287a353feb&oe=595E6FF6)
Hey Commander, Russia wants some stuff from our storage
Don't they always... send it their way, we could always use the money and extra hands(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17159312_10158249769775167_6883576885633963206_o.jpg?oh=4bc7c97f22a6c7462f202d5c11a1b33d&oe=596D76F8)
Commander! Vahlen wants to personally see you immediately
Can't... she just call? I'm having my coffee(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17191943_10158249767240167_5017409769020113346_o.jpg?oh=85c3b2161e3c20c5dd7235564eaa27fb&oe=59614D36)
Okay Vahlen, you are forgiven. This is bloody awesome(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17310171_10158249762745167_2450640493531425433_o.jpg?oh=f2fc31ffd57c53be291fa1090289f811&oe=595C4319)
Command-
For the love of god can I not just sit down and have my damned coffee without you constantly INTERRUPTING ME
...You've been drinking that coffee over the course of three days
EXACTLY MY POINT
Just look at your screen(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17192314_10158249762890167_5397881110788027871_o.jpg?oh=1375a70144e440290e820210ba4c3102&oe=592A5B05)
Prep the team, we've got an abduction inbound(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17212185_10158249762925167_3363140388893594098_o.jpg?oh=9314ec033c021516872844c0e7b5619e&oe=5963EDBD)
This is Big Sky, deploying team on rooftop location
Honestly thought that a bunch of heavy floaters and a mechtoid on a rampage catching the squad from two sides and with an elevation bonus would have been curtains for somebody.
It wasn't, so all praise the armor!
Makes me wonder whether I should do a community Ironman Impossible run of XCOM:EW (Vanilla). Third time's the charm, right?
Crizza's log:
Finally... after being in medbay for what felt like ages, I got out to do what I do best.
Getting **** done and with a shiny new weapon on top of that.
Feels like home already!
Pretty standard week we've been having. I wonder where the hell all the alien activity is...
Honestly Commander, having the downtime has been excellent for morale. Well deserved rest is finally being had. Also, this just came in from Engineering(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17310227_10158249766035167_5984837509753619982_o.jpg?oh=51edf2d106c234538c2aaf7ef3f427ed&oe=5965D0D2)
Welcome back Blargher, how are you feeling soldier?
Itching to get back into the fight and blow something up sir
Commander, sorry to interrupt but Vahlen wanted me to get this report to you ASAP(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17192279_10158249767250167_3993090194706262432_o.jpg?oh=7e3ec9027a5b28b1728023eef3251810&oe=595D162B)
Now we just need to get Engineering the parts they need...I am not looking forward to capturing aliens who are carrying around BGF 9000s
By the way Commander, we do have quite a bit of EXALT equipment still laying around. Should we sell them?(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17239996_10158249768070167_1391574604955470728_o.jpg?oh=2c22c8595fb925ccc55101fc66c03214&oe=5925D02C)
With that, we should be able to easily build the Psionic labs as well as getting some bigger equipment for our soldiers. Engineering, you are free to get started on the Novaguns(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17218485_10158249781895167_1582333727694463487_o.jpg?oh=2dc99bacc515c0bfbd4f1b9229cd62fb&oe=59607D20)
Finally some action. Prep the team, let them know their priority is to capture
It is with honour that we bestow this promotion to Trashman! May your leadership not get too many people killed in action
Way to put on the pressure(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17159192_10158250060585167_6411032152114111817_o.jpg?oh=6d18ee8dcb3f5378fd3e7958f88f8cbe&oe=596E4E2B)
While we're at it, put in an order for a MEC upgrade(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17159110_10158250061850167_3761080512568974734_o.jpg?oh=3cbe43c7cbb48d0e37d2ea79d442d8ac&oe=59580059)
...Well god dammit, terrible timing on that MEC suit upgrade. No matter, prep the team, they're going to have to be fully stocked on this one
Welcome back Commander!
I hope they picked up all the strands of my hair before heading home. I want to have my hair just like before the "incident".
So many request we can fulfill, all at the same time. I'd prefer money though
Vahlen will be happy with the sheer amount of recruits we're sending her way however(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17436258_10158299292990167_1625547762330178552_o.jpg?oh=043833df4fce53ba29154de6730814b9&oe=59595241)
UFO-100 eh? Jesus we've encountered a few of them. Why the hell are the obsessed with Asia thoughThere's a reason I have three fights all with laser cannons over Asia... THEY JUST DON'T STOP FLYING OVER ASIA. Also Laser Cannons are surprisingly effective, for the time being. I suspect this will change Post Base Assault
Commander, you've got an urgent incoming message from the Council
On screen! (Always wanted to say that)
...You say that basically every chance you get sir(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17434868_10158299293420167_5689185408087978653_o.jpg?oh=7af78b7a3ef499a7f503fcb1a0359dff&oe=5970E760)
Prep the rookies on this one. Should be a piece of cake
Another recruit? Just how many do we need?
I've got a bad feeling things might end up changing Commander...
Well, the more they ask us for stuff, the easier it is for them to resist the aliens so I guess win-win! Would still prefer outright money though(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17311236_10158299280515167_6484874611350362542_o.jpg?oh=681ae3bcf362ac37da45f5c46e92358c&oe=595532B1)
Phantom Hoover, how does it feel to know that you haven't actually shot anything down recently?
Just please, PLEASE transfer me to Asia! Just for a moment!(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17493016_10158299280505167_5381598948809213718_o.jpg?oh=2fbbbc8ee3f182b40af0f688c5d6b77a&oe=595AF5F7)
Now that, is incredibly useful. We need to get working on those as soon as possible(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17390613_10158299283775167_7816959078303121148_o.jpg?oh=422153642705a1c66d84565e6e170340&oe=596CCDC5)
Jesus they're relentless. Get a team down there, prep them for capture if possible
Much to the dismay of the salvage team
You know the entire place was burning and they did that for you still, right? God, you are like, SO demanding!
Hey you know how much effort it takes to keep it in that perfect shape. Losing any would be like losing half of your life.
Good god it has been a busy week
Two UFOs over Europe, yet another over Asia... and seems like we've another big one coming up in South America
Get the team prepped ASAP, we'll meet them halfway
I'll inform the troops. Who are we sending out?
Take the second best... we've got a very important mission for our top troops immediately after their return
This is Command... seems EXALT isn't quite as eradicated as we thought. Proceed with caution(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/17359027_10158299325445167_8512563179056701556_o.jpg?oh=3b1a1def7e6304b96e6389fc3d2f8fb1&oe=5986D5F0)
This is Big Sky, I am detecting no more hostiles on target location"Solid bloody effort people"