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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 19, 2010 4:24:35 GMT -5
 I'm back baby, always bet on Untouchable. As Leaf Green kinda petered out, we're going to try something different. That is UFO: Enemy Unknown (or XCOM: UFO Defense as it is known in America) one of the greatest science fiction games of all time and one of the greatest strategy games of all time. Yeah, so Starcraft can suck on that one. For those who haven't seen an XCOM LP before, you can reserve a soldier, which will be named after you. Then you get to watch as I kill you all through horrible planning and poor tactics. Marvel as a single Chryssalid tears through an entire squad within a single turn Simply submit an application like this: Name: xxxxxxx Age/Gender/Race/whatever: Bio: (optional, but I'll write your character based on this) Preferred Weapons: (don't include stupid things like stun rods being only weapon) I'll take the first seven people, but others will have to wait for me to order more recruits, which takes three days or so. Don't forget that you can also have other important people like the scientists, Interceptor pilots and engineers. |
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Post by The Tank on Sept 19, 2010 20:16:41 GMT -5
I guess I'm in.
I've never played XCOM style games before, but I've heard nothing but good.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 19, 2010 21:40:18 GMT -5
   The base received a tank within a couple of days. It would accompany us on missions as a Heavy Weapons Platform.  Our radars picked up a small UFO flying to the east of Italy. We mobilized our two Interceptors with orders to shoot it down.  It was bought down over the Mediterranean Sea. We lack the equipment required to recover debris underwater so it'll have to stay there for now.  Success! The researchers have designed a Laser Pistol to replace our current pistols. It'll take about a week to produce enough to replace them but we shouldn't suffer any setbacks. We're also starting work on researching Laser Rifles to also replace the current sucky rifles.  I jinxed it. We've reported a UFO landed in Iceland and have sent out the Interceptor to handle it.  And here we go! Colonel Mitchell: Look alive ladies. We have reported hostiles about. Henri Gueren: Wait... what kind of hostiles? Dylan Johnson: Over there jackass.  Ray Mattner: You have to be kidding me? Little grey men? I thought that this was all about a high tech enemy. Not f****** Aliens!  Oscar Hudson: Target down. You guys mind actually getting to work out there instead of having the guy with the pistol be the sharpshooter? F***  Oscar Hudson: Seriously guys, getting old. *THWIP*  Mattner: WHAT THE SHIT WAS THAT? OH GOD.... Jacques... dammit.  Sigourney: Maybe he's still alive! Mattner: HE'S MISSING HALF HIS CHEST.   Gaston: And that's how we humble them, OLD COUNTRY STYLE HA HA!  Johnson: Another one near the ship  Shigeru: ラフォーレのITドライ愚痴！ (Suck it dry bitches!)  Then disaster. An Alien hiding around the corner picked off three operatives in quick succession. We need to invest in some armour or something as it doesn't take much for a fatal hit.  Sigourney Bradley: The boss was right, huh? Welcome to hell indeed.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One mission in and already four deaths. I blame myself for forgetting to pack in the HWP. |
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 19, 2010 23:54:20 GMT -5
Weapons Guide The standard issue X-COM pistol is a one-handed handgun that is light, compact and has a high single-shot rate of fire. It features a 12-round magazine. However, the pistol has been rendered obsolete with the introduction of the Laser Pistol.  The standard X-COM Rifle is designed to be a sniping weapon that is also good at short range combat thanks to its three-round auto mode. It is X-COM's standard issue rifle at this moment. The Rifle is not a very powerful weapon, with only a slight increase in stopping power over the standard Pistol. Despite this it is a well balanced weapon that can be adapted to a variety of roles and works well at all ranges. Additionally, it benefits greatly from having a large 20-round ammunition clip. However, we plan to replace the standard rifle with the laser rifles that are currently being researched.  The Heavy Cannon is one of our current options for heavy weaponry. It lacks the auto fire capabilities of the Auto Cannon but it more than makes up for it in firepower.  Our second option is the Auto Cannon. Unlike it's heavy cousin, it trades firepower for auto-firing capabilities.  Our heaviest weapon is the Rocket Launcher. There are three rocket types, each with their own pros and cons. The launcher may only be loaded with one rocket at a time.
Small Rockets are the lightest in weight of the three types of rockets and well suited for weak recruits. Unfortunately, Small Rockets do not work very well against heavily armoured units, like the Cyberdisc.
Large rockets are the mainstay ammunition for the rocket launcher. They are identical in function to the small rocket, but have twice the firepower and are slightly heavier. Strong soldiers should be equipped with a launcher and a full complement of large rockets (three in backpack, one in tube). If the soldier is mobile, then another soldier can carry another four for the heavy weapon soldier.
Incendiary rockets serve a variety of purposes, depending on the situation and the tactics employed. One of the most common uses is to illuminate a battlefield at night, the other primary use is to set fire to an area. The one thing the incendiary rocket cannot do is provide instant kills on most enemies. The Large Rocket serves that role a lot better.
 The Stun Rod is a modified cattle prod. Invaluable to capture live specimens, it still requires being in a close combat situation.  The Laser Pistol is the first weapon in X-COM's laser weapon series, researched prior to the Laser Rifle. Like all lasers, the Laser Pistol features an efficient miniature power plant built into the gun that provides limitless firepower for the duration of any ground skirmish.  This tank fires explosive rockets toward the enemy that will explode on contact with a solid object - be it an enemy unit or a wall. These rockets lack the strength of the Large Rockets used in the Rocket Launcher but are moderate in strength and provide a considerable punch. Each tank can carry 8 rockets at a time.  The Tank/Cannon is the first of two HWPs available to new X-COM Commanders. The Tank/Cannon carries a cannon that fires powerful armour-piercing rounds. Up to 30 rounds can be loaded for a single mission.  The Interceptor is the best combat aircraft that Earth technology can offer. Powered by dual pulse detonation engines, and with specially shielded electronic systems, the Interceptor is one of X-COM's most valuable assets in the fight against the alien threat.  The Skyranger is a troop transporter with Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) capabilities. It is one of our most critical assets, as it the only way to get soldiers to the scene of any Alien Missions. The Skyranger is also the only way to retrieve all the Alien Artefacts.     The Explosives are self-explanatory. However, the High Explosives can be used to penetrate walls and to create a secondary route.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 20, 2010 10:54:38 GMT -5
Our new people  Jason "Sticky" Wegner | RatedGDR| Heavy Weapons Guy| Still Alive El Gran Tanque (The Great Tank) | The Tank| No bloody idea| Blown to pieces CJ "Demented" Hunter| Demented| Soldier| Still Alive Chris "The Snake" Burton| SsnakeBite| Soldier| Zombified Thom Bibboid| Bibboid| Foot Soldier Come on in and sing along. And die to Aliens but it's not like that would ever happen while I'm in charge. |
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 21, 2010 3:41:15 GMT -5
-------------- First and last time I use Greenshot to take screenshots. You guys will have to put up with the smaller ones that I used the first time. I've spoilered the mission to avoid some problems. ------------ Following our first mission, we were hoping for some reprieve. A new squad shipped in to fill some of the vacancies and I just hoped that we could get some rest.  No rest for the wicked. We were called to the Skyranger and quickly set off. The Aliens hadn't shown open hostility towards us but they'd launched an attack of Chicago. {Spoiler}   Base Command: We have reached the objective. Keep with the HWP to provide fire support and watch your fire. Your primary mission is to drive off the aliens and protect the citizens.  Tank Operator: We've got hostiles... wait, they're nothing like the specimens we have back at base. Bryant: We're the first encounter? Let's send them packing guys.  Tank Operator: Targets down. I'm moving the tank up to clear the ramp.  Mattner: Spotted another.  Mattner: STUPID PIECE OF CRAP GUN, DESTROY THE WALL WITHOUT KILLING HIM. (Next shot hit though)  Guerich: Another of the big ones! I've got it.  Guerich: or not...  Wegner: Boom! Headshot! How did you guys survive the last mission? You couldn't hit the broadside of Bryants mom!  Mattner: Dropped another one. They drop like flies at least.  Civilian: What the f*** is- Wegner: GET BACK INSIDE!  Sigourney Bradley: Another big one! Coming out of the smoke.  Tank Command: ****. I hit that one dead on. (Someone else killed it)  Wegner: They're big targets at least.  Wegner: Crap, it pulled to the right!   Tank Operator: Watch out guys, they can float. Didn't save him though!  Yoko Koyama: Breaching.  El Gran Tanque: THE TANQUE HAS FOUND YOU!  El Gran Tanque: WHO CAUSED THESE OBNOXIOUS FIRES? LU BU SHALL BE CROSS! CJ Hunter: I saw an Alien. Koyama: IT WAS A CIVILLIAN. AND SHE WAS ALREADY DEAD. Hgggrkkkk. CJ Hunter: And now you see what happens when you disagree with my call. You get killed by the goddamn aliens.  El Gran Tanque: YOU DAMN ALIENS! I AM THE TANK.  El Gran Tanque: WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?  Gaston: Nailed another one.   El Gran Tanque: EL GRAN TANQUE TWO! ELECTRIC BOOGALOU BITCHES!  Tank Operator: Another one was hiding in the house. Command: Have you guys considered not causing countless property damage? CJ Hunter: ...... Tank Operator: ....... Wegner: ...... Command: *sigh* thought as much.  Command: And the petrol station? CJ Hunter: I took a shot at the huge critter. Sigourney Bradley: My ass you did.  Wegner: Looks like this is the last one.  Wegner: I ****ing love this Autocannon!  It was a good feeling. We fought off the aliens with minimal losses and somehow managed to capture four live aliens. What happened next horrified me.  The man who torched a house and blew up a petrol station is joint highest field commander with a man whose grasp of sanity is minute at best. God help us. |
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Post by Demented on Sept 21, 2010 5:42:25 GMT -5
.... That was awesome *Clap Clap ClapClapClap*
Sergeant Demented. ;D
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Sept 21, 2010 8:30:59 GMT -5
Ooooh! I want in too! I'll bring the Dakkas!
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Sept 21, 2010 22:14:00 GMT -5
wait. i sound a bit too tame there....
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 21, 2010 23:48:17 GMT -5
-The Scotland Mission- Before we'd even arrived at our destination, we'd received a report of another UFO landing in Scotland. We barely had enough time to resupply and pick up another rookie to replace our lost.   Wegner: I can't see shit our there. Base Command: Keep with the Heavy Weapons Platform. Move with it and stay alert.  Tank Command: Located the tank sir, no external damage and no hostiles spotted.  CJ Hunter: They had an hour on us, you'd think they'd cause a little mayhem. Mattner: Whatever you say "Sergeant" CJ Hunter: That is what I am saying! These aliens are very disappointing!  Miller: Keep calm people, they're still in the damn UFO. Wegner: Stops us from searching for them. This is getting very boring!  Tank Command: Kill it next time Miller. I can't cover for you all the time.  CJ "Demented" Hunter: Very nice, I think it might have wet itself then.  Miller: Found another one.  CJ Hunter: Can't run from me!   Miller: Oh god damn, I'm going to die now.  Gaston: And this is how it's done bitches!  Gaston: That's the best damn shot you'll ever see.
El Gran Tanque: YOU ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THE TANK LORD! Gaston: Sorry Sarge, your shot was pretty go-
El Gran Tanque: KNEEL BEFORE THE TANK LORD! Wegner: I love this autocannon. They'll be cleaning chunks off this place for weeks!  We completed a mission without any casualties. It was a dull and tedious mission for the most part, there were only a handful of aliens that kept within the ship. There is something that worries me though.  Hunter somehow managed to be promoted to Captain. I'm not going to forget the sick grin on his face after he left the commanders office. I tried to get some information from him about how such a sociopath could be our highest ranking field operative but the only thing that I was told was that it was classified information. ----------------------- What to Research next ----------------------- As there is plenty of stuff to research in game, I'll be needing your input on this. - Alien Alloys (lets us research armour) - Heavy Laser (Powerful gun with unlimited ammo. Can then use to research the laser cannon tank) - Plasma Weapons (Stronger than the lasers and dropped like candy from enemies) - Alien Autopsy - The various stuff needed for UFOs. - Elerium-115 You should just let me know. Also, continue signing up with characters as that would be cool. I'll bring in SsnakeBites character next time. |
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Post by Demented on Sept 22, 2010 3:38:51 GMT -5
Only CJ's second mission and he's already Captain. ;D
As for the research, uh, while Alien Autopsy sounds delightful, I gotta go with Plasma Weapons. You can never have too many weapons.
I'm going to change my answer. Having reread what each research provides (what I get for trying to read while being half asleep), I'll go with Ssnakebite and pick Heavy Laser. Unlimited ammo swayed it.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Sept 22, 2010 10:25:18 GMT -5
- Heavy Laser (Powerful gun with unlimited ammo. Can then use to research the laser cannon tank) . We need more dakka. We don't have nearly enough of it. |
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 23, 2010 2:50:03 GMT -5
 We received our financial report for January with good signs. Our backers were pleased with our ability to combat the aliens. However, we needed to get to work improving our facilities.  We began construction of a larger radar system. Our command center has trouble picking up UFO's outside of Europe so we'd have to construct additional facilities.  The labs completed work on the research of the Laser Rifle. They are significantly more reliable than our regular rifles and should be more than useful. We began production on the rifle as well as researching an even more powerful variation of the Laser Rifle. The Heavy Laser possesses stopping power similar to that of the auto cannons armor piercing rounds. Towards the end of the month, we finally received a report of a UFO. However, it was larger than any of the others that we had encountered and was moving far too fast to the south west for us to intercept.  We lost track of it over the ocean and decided to cut our losses, returning the Interceptors to base and planning for the next strike. Why can't waiting ever work for us?  Once more the PA crackled to life and called us to the Interceptor. The aliens had struck once more but this time in Venezuela. We sortied immediately, passing by the latest batch of recruits arriving. It always unnerved me watching them arrive. We were expendable to XCOM, they could always call in additional resources as I'd learned following the horrific Iceland mission.  I knew one thing though. We were arriving over ten hours after the report so it was clear that we were wandering into a trap.  Tank Operator: Welcome Wagon has arrived gents. CJ Hunter: You're going out there first Mattner.  Mattner: Very well then "Captain". Taking the shot.  Mattner: That's dead.  Mattner: Damn. They were ready for us!   Demented: Where there's one target there's always another.  Sigourney Bradley: Another one! We walked into a ****ing ambush!  Sigourney: Perfect shot. At least these things are morons.  Wegner: What are you all waiting for? Do I have to hold your ****ing hand while I end up killing everything?  Tank Operator: I found another  Tank Operator: Dammit, shot was off target.  Gaston: It's entered the house. If someone creates a breaching point then I'll try and capture it alive. Henri: Wait Gaston, what happened? You're bleeding! Gaston: Heh, it's a lucky little bastard. I'll give it that much.  Gaston: SUCK STUN WHOREBISCUT!  Tank Operator: Wait, what the hell is happening?  Tank Operator: The.... the crap?  El Gran Tanque: THE TANK SEES WHAT YOU DID THERE!  The line is the shot that Tanque made. He nailed the alien from half the map away but didn't finish him.   Wegner: Damn, you suck Sarge. Can't anyone else kill anything?  Gaston: Guy's... losing a lot of blood here. Someone just.... go there and kill it. CJ Hunter: Oh this will do very nicely.  Tank Operator: Is that a minature UFO?  Tank Operator: Firing  Tank Operator: It's still standing? That armour must be thick as hell.  Tank Operator: Got it dead on.  Tank Operator: Crap, the techies aren't going to be happy about this. The UFO exploded.  Gaston: f*** you all  Sigourney: Miller! Watch your damn back. That Sectoid was lining up the shot.  The mission was completed but it was bittersweet. Gaston had been serving XCOM since our initial mission and we'd been unable to save his life. We've enlisted a man known as Chris Burton to act as his replacement. He is certainly more stable than certain members of XCOM and he seems to actively care about and protect others. Here's hoping that such an attitude is able to survive this conflict. |
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Sept 23, 2010 7:39:06 GMT -5
So does that mean that I'll be the new recruit everybody hates because "I'm not Gaston" but then earns the respect of my teammates after I perform an impressive act of bravery that saves the whole team, and the episode ends with a dramatic shot of me and one of the other guys shaking hands in front of the sundown as he says "congrats... partner"?
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Post by Demented on Sept 23, 2010 15:23:28 GMT -5
A moment of silence for our fallen comrade, Gaston. *Under breath* Pansy.
Alright, who's next in line to die... err... fight Aliens?
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 24, 2010 3:43:21 GMT -5
This is sort of a filler thing, written from the viewpoint of one of the scientists handling the aliens. Hopefully it does it's job.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 25, 2010 4:26:32 GMT -5
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Australian Bound
--------------------------------- We received our monthly report. Brazil was understandably pissed that an alien attack occured so close to their borders but we couldn't understand Australias problem. Then we received the report.  Scouts had located a base in the area of Launceston, Tasmania. We couldn't allow the Aliens to establish such a base in a populated area so preparations were made and we set out immediately. We had reached Darwin when we located a UFO.  It was the biggest UFO I had ever seen, three stories high and heading towards the alien base. It had to have been a supply ship and it would prove to be useful. We pursued it to Tasmania and began the assault when it had landed. It would be coming with us, no matter how many aliens we had to kill.  Tank Operator: Would you look at this thing? How the hell am I going to get the tank in there?  Miller: Are those Snakes? Relatives of yours rookie? Burton: Miller, your nickname amongst everyone else is Little Bitch. Please don't try and start anything that you won't be able to finish.  A new alien species. Snakemen. Wegner tore it to shreds with the Auto Cannon before it could attack.   CJ Hunter: Can't hide from me.  Miller: Nice shooting captain... oh wait, I killed it. CJ Hunter: Do I look like I care? You would have shot the wall a little.   Wegner: Why do you bother with the rocket launcher? This kills things even better.  Crossett: Why was the captain calling me Meat Shield on the flight over? Miller: Oh this is going to hurt very badly.  Miller: I.... I think I need to ring my parents.   Burton: That can wait. You can't let the rookie pull you out of the fire every single time that you nearly die.   The new guy, Chris Burton, is a hell of a shot. We don't use regulation weaponry but he was able to pull of a one handed head shot from the Skyranger ramp.   Tank Operator: Another one blown away.  Crossett: Nothing in here.   Bryant: This is pretty easy huh. Slow and methodical.  Crossett: Oh shit I found one.  Crossett: I'll just pop around the corner and hgggggrk.   Wegner: Radio back to base- we need a new rookie.  Wegner: Dammit rookie.   Bryant: And they line up to be killed. Hunter: How very convenient.  Bradley: What do you suppose these things are? Hunter: Do we have a rookie handy?  Guerin: Looks like an elevator.  Mattner: Heading up.  Mattner: What the... I don't want to know.  Guerin: I can hear one on the other side of the wall.   Wegner: Boom. Headsplatter.  Sigourney: Don't pass over rooms guys. You'll f*** all of us.  Bryant: We've found the command room. Hunter: Wegner, light a match.  Wegner: Why not.  Snakeman: *OH CRAP, I'M ON FIRE! IN SPACE!*  CJ Hunter: Hiss off slimy.  Mattner: God, that hurt my brain from down here.  The mission was a success. We lost another rookie but they have been deemed replaceable by Command. We have thought of a possible revenue raising device. We could raid any of the supply ships as they reached the base and sell off any surplus weaponry. God help me. I'm beginning to see the new soldiers as expendable, nothing more than pawns in this chess game of a war.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Sept 25, 2010 7:02:32 GMT -5
Yay! My guy's first appearance was relatively short, but still remarkable. Hoorah for godly headshots from across the battlefield! ;D
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 26, 2010 7:38:34 GMT -5
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A very special mission
-------------------------------- We completed development of the prototype of the Heavy Laser. We have sent a production order to the engineers who should get out half-a-dozen in a fortnight. They began studying the Alien Alloys.  It was beginning to get quiet. Our interceptors were sent out to pick off some scouts.  Another successful end of month report.   There was an incident during this recovery mission. Captain Hunter misfired a rocket which led to Hunter and Sigourney Bradley being put on the injury reserve list for over a month. Henri Guerin also received multiple plasma burns to the arm and will be sidelined for at least a fortnight.   We've been losing a lot of rookies lately. I'm not sure why but I suspect that the aliens have begun to attack with full force. It remained quiet for another week. The heavy lasers were produced and the examination of the Alien Alloys was completed. 
Alien craft are constructed from special alloys with unique properties. They are extremely light and durable, and can be moulded by electro-magnetic methods. This material can be reproduced and used in many kinds of manufacturing processes. I remembered hearing something from them about being able to create armour with it. Research commenced once more and it looked like all of our problems were complete.  Sirens went off all around the Last Dawn as the non-combatants were evacuated. Aliens had struck our base of operations and it was time for the war to come to our doors.  Wegner: Dammit! Aren't the Interceptors supposed to shoot these things down?  Okamota: Looks like the Floaters are attacking. This shouldn't be too *HGGGRK*  Plasma burnt into his chest as he crumpled to the ground. Okamota had only survived a few UFO recovery missions but he had looked like a good soldier. Nothing more than a smuldering heap on the floor.  Cannon Tank: We've got Reapers also.  James Jonlan: I'm only a scientist, I'm not even supposed to be here.  Sgt. Gran Tanque: NEVER FEAR! THE TANK HAS ARRIVED! WE ARE THE BIG DAMN HEROES!  Wegner: I'd be doing a lot better if someone didn't take my f***ing gun!  Burton: Easy... easy.... BOO YA MOTHERf***ER!  Floater Soldier: No Gargshhlkmek. I never told you how I felt about you.  Jonlan: Thanks Sarge, they're running off. Tanque: AND NOW I OWN YOU!  Tanque: What's that glowing thing? Jonlan: Oh no.  Jonlan and Tanque were reduced to ashes in seconds as some form of plasma bomb rocked the section. We had lost one of our top soldiers, mad as he was, and now we wouldn't stop.  Miller: DIE YOU FLOATER BASTARD!  Burton: Who the hell do you think we are?  Burton struck the alien in the head from halfway across the battlefield once more. He seemed to be fashioning himself as a protector of the soldiers and Jonlan was someone that he should have protected.  The deed was done. The Floaters had been driven off and X-COM survived to fight another day. But at what cost? We had lost a promising soldier, a scientist and a talented officer in an attack that we should have prevented before it had even occured. We decided that, once we bury our dead and prepare ourselves, we would engage in a base assault of our own. We were attacking the Launceston base.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Sept 26, 2010 19:28:29 GMT -5
sergeant wegner is very pleased.
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