Maidens of the Kaleidoscope
~Beyond the Border~ => Rumia's Party Games => Topic started by: Tamer Anode/Cathode on July 05, 2010, 12:56:00 AM
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X-COM: UFO Defense (also known as UFO: Enemy Unknown and X-COM: Enemy Unknown in Europe) is a turn-based tactics game released by Microprose in 1994. Due to its atmosphere and unique gameplay aspects, it became a quick bestseller and garnered several sequels and spinoffs during the rest of the 1990s, although none are considered to have surpassed the original. Even today, the original X-COM finds its place on top ten lists by gaming publications and websites, and rights-holder 2K is planning a reboot (cue the RUINED FOREVER).
Welcome to the global Extraterrestrial Combat Unit, also known as X-COM.
Let me tell you right now: aliens exist, and they are active on our planet right now. Abductions, mutilations, strange airborne activity; some would be content to call this coincidence or conspiracy theory, but we have confirmed something is out there, although we aren't clear on the what. Several nations have attempted to tackle this threat on their own to no avail; the most prolific failure was Japan's Kiryu-Kai force, which was active for six months without a single successful intercept.
With it obvious that no one nation could handle the alien activity on their own, several representatives met near the end of 1998 to fund an international organization. The scope of our mission goes beyond any government (and before any of you refer to those useless schmucks in Wales in my presence, keep in mind that I have my sidearm with me and you haven't been assigned a weapon yet).
As we approach the new millenium, we are in the beginning stages of a war; a war for humanity. To suffer defeat is to suffer extinction; for the sake of mankind, we must not fail.
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I will now provide information about X-COM's current arsenal.
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The Interceptor is the result of cooperation between the aeronautic firms of multiple nations and the backing nations of the X-COM project. Powered by pulse-detonation technology, the Interceptor can remain airborne for hours. With the most advanced electronic systems to date and long-range Stingray and Avalanche missiles, the Interceptor should have little problem detecting, pursuing, and bringing down anything that comes our way.
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The Skyranger is X-COM's primary transport craft, used to deploy to sites of confirmed or suspected alien activity. Its size allows it to carry up to fourteen field operatives along with their equipment. While unarmed, it is equipped with a communications suite that allows it to detect potential threats while airborne.
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X-COM heavy weapons platforms are remote-operated combat vehicles designed to provide support to field operatives. While bulky and difficult to maneuver in tight quarters, HWPs can take a significant beating and still function. Two variants are available at this time: one with a 20mm anti-armor cannon and one with a rocket launcher.
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This 5.56x45mm semiautomatic is the standard-issue X-COM rifle. It's lightweight, fairly accurate, and has respectable firepower for its size. While it's the most reliable weapon we have at this current time, there is concern that conventional firearms may not be enough to deal with potential threats. We are currently looking into developing more advanced weapons systems, but this is the best we have so far.
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9x19mm pistols are the current sidearm for X-COM field operatives. While it lacks the accuracy or rate of fire of the rifle, it can be fired with one hand with no loss of accuracy, allowing a free hand for the use of grenades or other field equipment.
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More affectionately known as the ?heavy cannon?, this man-portable weapon fires 12.7x99mm ammunition of armor-piercing, high-explosive (?black sabot?), or incendiary (?yellow-tip?) variants. It is ideal in a support role for destroying enemy cover.
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This automatic variant of the ?heavy cannon? is slightly more cumbersome and less accurate, but has a significantly greater ammo capacity and rate of fire, allowing it to raze anything between it and the enemy. These advantages have allowed it to effectively supplant the original weapon it was based on.
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This rocket launcher is designed to use either two different sizes of high-explosive rocket or an incendiary rocket. Due to the difficulty of supplying it with ammunition on the battlefield, it is not expected to see much use. We will instead use heavy weapons platforms in order to deploy rockets on the battlefield.
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Grenades are a small but significant addition to the X-COM arsenal. There are three types of grenade in service; a standard explosive with a time-delay, a smoke grenade designed to provide cover, and a grenade that, when armed, detonates when triggered by nearby motion.
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Time-delay high-explosive packs are available for use in demolition of cover.
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The so-called ?stun rod? disrupts the nervous system of the target using an electrical charge. It is designed as a nonlethal weapon for use in live capture.
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?Electro-flares? are portable lights used for nighttime operations. When thrown, they illuminate a small portion of the surrounding area.
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Our current base of operations is Firstlight, an underground facility in the Swiss Alps. Its location is designed to provide optimal defense of population centers in Europe.
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...it's entirely coincidence that Europe provides roughly a third of our operating budget. We honestly expected the United States, and the world in general to be more supportive of the agency financially. We do have several private backers as well, including a South African conglomerate named Multinational United and several unnamed investors who have funneled their funds through the Brazilian government. Just shy of six million dollars a month isn't much to run an organization on; we're expecting at least a quarter of that to pay for the lease of aircraft, leaving us approximately $4.3 million for the purchase of equipment and the recruitment of staff.
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Firstlight's facilities are fairly modest, but sufficient for our current scale of operations. The base contains hangars for three aircraft, living quarters for up to fifty people, storage for weapons and equipment, research and development facilities, and radar with a 300-mile range. Access to the surface is controlled by a heavy-duty elevator.
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This is the initial proposal for upgrades to Firstlight. Our engineers have proposed the addition of additional radar with a 450-mile range, more storage facilities, and a life support/containment facility for captured extraterrestrials.
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Additional changes were made to this proposal when concerns were made about the security of Firstlight. It was suggested that if an attack were made on the base, intruders would enter through the hangars and access elevator. These plans relocate the hangars to one side of the lift, creating a single point of entry into the main base and making Firstlight easier to defend. The living quarters will be relocated to further bottleneck the entrance. In all, these upgrades will take roughly twenty-five days.
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Our R&D division is currently 20 people; ten scientists of various fields and ten engineers. We have currently assigned the research team to two proposals; the development of laser-based weaponry which we hope will outperform conventional firearms on the field, and a portable medical kit which can diagnose and treat injuries on the battlefield. A third proposal for a motion scanner was rejected; to quote one scientist, ?We already have motion scanners, they're called eyes?.
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I haven't had time to meet our field agents in person, but they have undergone physical and psychological tests and evaluations of their skill, which I have quantified and summarized.
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This agent scored well in our evaluations. I expect that under proper command, he shall be extremely reliable.
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While this agent scored somewhat below par in marksmanship test, he showed competence with throwing, both with distance and accuracy. These skills will be important when the use of grenades is required on a mission.
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This agent did well in the physical evaluations and skill tests, although there is concern about his psychological record; I'm worried about how he will react under pressure.
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Our only female agent so far, she scored well in marksmanship tests.
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This agent did extremely well in his physical examination, but scored poorly with marksmanship. He is likely to do well with heavy weapons, where accuracy is not as important.
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This agent's skill assessment is questionable at best. He does show admirable reaction time, however. He will likely be assigned to a support role.
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This agent also did extremely well with throwing tests, but his performance in the other tests was below par.
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This agent scored poorly in most of the tests in comparison to the rest of the team. He will also likely be kept in a support role.
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Both Interceptor craft on lease to Firstlight have been equipped with Stingray and Avalanche long-range air-to-air missiles.
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All eight available field agents, along with a heavy weapons platform and a significant amount of equipment have been loaded onto the Skyranger.
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The first few days of operations were uneventful; we've detected nothing of note despite sending an Interceptor up to do patrols.
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About three days after we assigned R&D to the laser project, they informed us they had a breakthrough; they've tested various methods and seem to have found one which can be reliably made into a weapon. The research head says that with a little more time, they should have a prototype ready.
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At about 4PM GMT on January 6, Firstlight detected its first UFO; a small craft flying near the Russian border. Approximately half an hour later, one of our interceptors caught up to it a few miles from the Baltic Sea and shot it down.
This directly led to the first X-COM field operation. Firstlight's Skyranger transport was dispatched to the crash site in order to recover the craft.
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Unfortunately, we arrived late, and the operation had to be conducted at night. ?Good Throwing Arm? was given flares and ?All Muscles? was given an autocannon with incendiary ammunition. All other agents were given a standard loadout of a rifle, spare clip, grenade, and emergency pistol.
What follows next is a log of transmissions from the operation. We apologize for the complications with the visual feed; we are working on improving our video systems.
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SKYRANGER: Skyranger-1 to Firstlight, we are at deployment zone.
?PROMISE?: Send the HWP out to do recon.
HWP OPERATOR: Moving out... area is clear.
?THROWING ARM?: Going down to set up flares.
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?THROWING ARM?: We've got some burn marks here... potential hostiles.
?PROMISE?: Confirmed. Move with caution, everybody.
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?THROWING ARM?: We've spotted something, sir. Looks like the craft.
?PROMISE?: Confirmed. Me and Throws Like A Girl here are coming down to check it out.
?LIKE A GIRL?: I hate that nickname SO much. Say, you hear something? Sounded like a door.
FIRSTLIGHT: ...we've already confirmed the occupants of the property vacated after the crash. Likely hostiles.
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HWP OPERATOR: They've got insurance... I'll handle this.
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HWP OPERATOR: Don't see a body, sir.
?MUSCLES?: I'll get the other end of the building.
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?MUSCLES?: Okay, so that didn't work. Don't see anything on this end either.
?WIMPY?: Going all the way around to see if there's anything at that back door.
?PROMISE?: Okay, watch yourselves. I'm going to check out the ship.
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?PROMISE?: Okay, we've got the door secured, ready to move in!
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?LIKE A GIRL?: We've got two hostiles!
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?LIKE A GIRL?: Make that one hostile!
?PROMISE?: Get out of the way before it fires on you, I'll handle the rest!
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?PROMISE?: Okay, ship's clear! Are you sure there wasn't anything in that house?
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HWP OPERATOR: Don't see anything here.
?MUSCLES?: Don't see anything here.
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?WIMPY?: Uh, guys? I think I got this one.
[END TRANSMISSION]
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The mission was successful. Despite some collateral property damage, there were no casualties to X-COM agents or civilians. The alien craft, while disabled, took little damage from either the aerial engagement with the Interceptor or the crash; it has been recovered effectively intact. The bodies of the aliens and their equipment will be taken for study by R&D.
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?Shows Promise? has been promoted for his efforts on the battlefield.
After only one mission, representatives of our backing nations are already congratulating us for how the operation has been handled. It is too soon to see if this praise is deserved or not, or if this is the full extent of the alien threat.
Want to be a part of this LP? Just say so in the comments and I'll name an X-COM agent or other organization member after you.
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I should play X-Com for reals someday.
Make me some person you find fitting, please~
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This looks cool.
I'd like to be someone as well please.
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x-com hell yeah
This game kicked ass back then, and it still does.
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I should play X-Com for reals someday.
This is true for me too. Calling strong arm~
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Following the recent successful operation, I've gotten to know a few of the agents better.
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Purvis, known as ?Shows Promise? in my initial reports, took point on the field. He has been promoted to the rank of Sergeant for his efforts, and I expect many more promotions to come. Talking to him in person, I found out prior to his assignment to X-COM he had significant medical training as well as a doctorate degree. I expect he shall do well with the ?medikit? R&D is developing, although putting him in a support role seems like it would be a waste of his skills.
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I sincerely apologize to Agent Zombolt; my initial assessment dubbing him ?Wimpy? was poorly-founded. He not only remained calm when confronted with an alien, but survived and won a firefight. I attribute this to his reflexes; a less agile agent may not have survived when taken by surprise. I still take some question with his mental state though; going through psychological records shows numerous references to ?cleaving evil?, which concerns me.
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While his performance rating is less than stellar, Agent Kusanagi showed courage in his storming the alien craft. (NOTICE: anyone making Ghost in the Shell jokes in reference to this agent's name will be disciplined)
The craft has been brought back to Firstlight and disassembled. We have taken the reactor and navigation systems and placed them in storage. The hull has been broken down into plates for easier storage. The remaining fuel has been placed in containment until we can determine its chemical composition. R&D wants to analyze all of it as soon as possible to see if we can use the materials for ourselves.
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We retrieved several objects from the aliens, which we believe to be weapons. We recovered two items which resemble pistols, and a large weapon which appears to resemble some sort of portable cannon. R&D believes the remaining items are ammunition clips. R&D also informs us they will only need one of the alien bodies for autopsy; we have decided to sell the other two we recovered to private collectors.
Firstlight has decided to procure more staff, requesting ten scientists for the R&D division and eight more personnel to act as field agents. They should be here in approximately three days.
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The engineering reports we've been given tell us that there's twenty more days until the upgrades to Firstlight are completely done; however, we should have the expansion to the storage facilities done in less than a week.
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Throw me in as whoever you want as "Anthony"
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Three days have passed since the recovery operation. Since then, we've received several new staff.
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?Manly Arms? is our second female agent. Apart from her low shooting scores, she shows adequate skill, and shows incredible arm strength.
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This agent's reactions are extremely good, although we are concerned about his poor accuracy. He will be kept in a minimal combat role to reduce the risk of friendly fire.
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This agent's physical and skill records are satisfactory, although like Zengar, we are worried about how he will perform under pressure. However, Zengar has performed will in his initial mission, so these concerns may be unfounded.
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This agent's evaluation was less than satisfactory. He will be kept on reserve; if our financial situation requires it, his employment will be terminated.
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This agent performed well in all of her skill evaluations, although we have the same concerns with her that we do with Zengar and ?Compensating?.
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Twitch's throwing accuracy is better than Fumbles, although the same concerns about friendly fire exist.
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This agent scored extremely well in all evaluations.
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This agent's evaluation results proved to be satisfactory.
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We also received additional research staff; they have been assigned to studying the material from the alien ship's hull, as well as its fuel, which has been initially dubbed ?Elerium-115?. Work is still continuing on the laser and medikit projects.
I've also had a chance to talk to our heavy weapons platform operator, Anthony. I'm slightly concerned about him; he seems to have a lack of concern for collateral damage, as his levelling of the farmhouse during the previous operation seems to indicate. While our field agents are taking all possible precautions with the HWPs to avoid friendly fire incidents, we're extremely concerned about what will happen if we're required to deploy in an area where civilians are present.
The radar hasn't spotted anything in a few days, but nonetheless we should be ready to mobilize at any time.
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For about eight or so days, activity at Firstlight was fairly low.
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We ordered more ammunition for our interceptors and HWP, as well as a second tank to keep in reserve.
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Nine days after initial contact, we detected a second UFO, this time in the Sahara. Our radar had determined it was at ground level. Had it crashed, or had it landed on its own? Firstlight's Skyranger was immediately deployed to the site.
The same agents that were deployed in the previous operation were deployed here as well. The autocannon was given to Zengar this time. ?Throwing Arm? was again given flares, and all other operatives were assigned the standard loadout of a rifle, spare clip, grenade, and emergency pistol.
What follows is the transmission log for the operation.
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PURVIS: Skyranger at deployment zone, ready to move out. Anthony, send the HWP out to do recon.
ANTHONY: Confirmed. Moving out.
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ANTHONY: I've got an ET, sir. Looks different from the ones we encountered last time. Permission to fire?
PURVIS: Negative, you might hit the Skyranger from that angle.
ANTHONY: Changing position, then.
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ANTHONY: I'm going to need a bit more time to get a lock.
?TOKEN WOMAN?: I'm going down to back up the HWP.
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?TOKEN WOMAN?: Missed...
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?TOKEN WOMAN?: ET is opening fire, I repeat, ET is openi-
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PURVIS: What's going on down there? Anthony, you got a read on the situation?
ANTHONY: Don't see any wounds, sir, I think whatever that was only knocked her out.
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ANTHONY: Should be locked on in about a second, I've got a clear shot.
PURVIS: All right then, fire at will.
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ANTHONY: Got it, sir.
PURVIS: All right, we're clear to deploy.
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?THROWING ARM?: Confirmed. Setting out flares.
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?THROWING ARM?: We've found the ship, sir. Looks bigger than the last one.
PURVIS: All right, then. The area looks clear, prepare to advance.
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ZENGAR: I'll light up the surrounding area.
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ZENGAR: ...how the hell does sand burn?
?THROWING ARM?: We've found the entrance to the ship, looks clear.
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ANTHONY: I've got the HWP overlooking the ship, ready to provide fire support.
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PURVIS: Got it. Kusanagi, Shrimp and I will circle around the back. Zengar, Throwing Arm, you hold your current position. Muscles, provide backup for Zengar and Arm. Pitching, you keep an eye on Token.
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ZENGAR: Muscles is here, we're ready to move on the ship when you arrive.
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PURVIS: Okay, we're ready to move in on this end. Anthony, you may stand down now.
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PURVIS: Okay, we're ready to move in on the ship. Shrimp, Muscles, you go in first, then Kusanagi and I will provide support.
?SHRIMP?: This isn't because we're the rookies, is it?
PURVIS: No.
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?MUSCLES?: I've spotted something on the left side of the ship, sir.
PURVIS: Fire at will.
?MUSCLES?: Damn it, missed!
PURVIS: Kusanagi, what about you?
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KUSANAGI: I can't get a clear shot... it's firing at me, sir.
PURVIS: You okay?
KUSANAGI: Yeah, it missed.
PURVIS: Okay. Throwing Arm, toss a grenade in there.
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?THROWING ARM?: All right. Fire in the hole!
PURVIS: Sounded like you got it. Shrimp, go confirm the kill.
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?SHRIMP?: I don't see a body, sir. I see something on the floor that might have been a body... can I get new boots when we're done this mission?
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?MUSCLES?: That'll have to wait, me and Throwing Arm are under fire on this end... I think they hit my arm.
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?MUSCLES?: Okay, ET here is down. My arm's messed up pretty bad, I don't think I'll be able to shoot properly with it. You'll have to clear the rest of the ship without me.
PURVIS: Confirmed, take care of yourself over there.
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?THROWING ARM?: We've got another ET in the cockpit.
PURVIS: I'll go around and try and get it from behind... not enough time to get a clear shot, sorry.
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?THROWING ARM?: Never mind, I got it.
[END TRANSMISSION]
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Despite some injuries, we successfully recovered this alien craft completely intact. ?Token Woman? regained consciousness during the return to Firstlight. ?Muscles? is receiving medical treatment, and is expected to return to service in eleven days.
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Several agents involved in the operation have been promoted. Kusanagi, ?Throwing Arm?, and ?Muscles? have been promoted to Sergeant. Purvis has been further promoted to the rank of Captain.
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We have obtained more unknown equipment from the recovery operation. Unlike the previous batch, which clearly appeared to be weapons of some sort, the purpose of these objects are unclear.
(http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2250/geoscape075.png)(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5853/geoscape076.png)
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3298/geoscape077.png)
Shortly after the operation, R&D informed us that they had completed the development of the laser pistol and it is ready to go into production. They also further informed us that they could develop a rifle from the same technology; research already began on that project.
(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5789/geoscape078.png)
An order was immediately sent in to our in-house manufacturing division at Firstlight for laser pistols to equip all of our currently active agents.
...while this second mission was successful, it raises extremely troubling questions. Why have we encountered two different kinds of alien, both using what appears to be roughly the same technology? Are we facing an invasion from a biologically diverse alien world, or an alliance of multiple alien species plotting against us? Are there species active on Earth that we haven't detected yet, and if so, how many? The battle for humanity is becoming more complex than we could ever assume. If we are to win, we must find out everything we can about our enemy; who they are, how their technology works, and where they are striking from.
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Hooray for laser pistols!
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So I'm going to need a bit of time to fix the image links in the previous few posts, a lot of the screenshots aren't showing up properly.
By the way, would it be possible to move this to Akyu's Arcade?
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Firstlight decided to rotate the active duty roster. ?Muscles? has been replaced by Acidus (previously known as ?Manly Arms?) while he recovers from his injuries. Purvis and ?Throwing Arm? have been temporarily taken off duty to meet with various representatives; ?Competent? and ?Compensating? are being deployed in their stead. Command of field operations has been handed over to Tsurugi Kusanagi in Purvis' absence.
With more than one alien race having appeared on Earth, we have decided on a system of callsigns to differentiate between them. The aliens that appeared at the Baltic crash site have been designated ?Gray?, and the aliens encountered at the Sahara have been designated ?Indigo?.
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Less than 24 hours after the Sahara operation, we got another signal on the radar; this time in Spain.
Zengar has once again been given the autocannon loaded with incendiary ammunition. ?Token Woman? has been given flares. Acidus has been given explosives and a proximity grenade. Everyone else has the standard equipment.
Now starting the transmission log.
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KUSANAGI: We're ready to deploy. Anthony, send the HWP to scout.
ANTHONY: Okay, moving out.
(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3096/tactical065.png)
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ANTHONY: All clea ? wait, I can see the ship from here. Don't see any hostiles yet, though.
?TOKEN WOMAN?: Going down to set up flares.
KUSANAGI: Be careful down there. We don't want a repeat of last mission.
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?TOKEN WOMAN?: All clear.
ANTHONY: Moving up.
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ZENGAR: I'm going to illuminate some of the surrounding area.
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2500/tactical074.png)
ZENGAR: Other side of the UFO's lit up. Nothing's there, nothing's gonna make it through there.
KUSANAGI: Okay, coming down.
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ANTHONY: We've got some burn marks over here, potential hostiles in the area.
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ANTHONY: Ship looks clear.
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?PITCHING?: We've spotted something sir. Looks like a single Gray.
KUSANAGI: Open fire.
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?TOKEN WOMAN?: Why won't this thing die?
(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/7563/tactical086.png)
KUSANAGI: Looks like it's going down now. Get ready to move toward the ship.
(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9241/tactical088.png)
?PITCHING?: I'm at the door, sir.
KUSANAGI: Confirmed. We'll be right behind you.
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KUSANAGI: Okay. Get ready to move in. Shrimp, Pitching, you go in first.
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?SHRIMP?: Entrance is clear.
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KUSANAGI: Okay. Shrimp, Competent, you take the left side. Pitching, Token, you come over to the right side with me.
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KUSANAGI: Okay, get ready to move toward the cockpit.
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?SHRIMP?: Left door secured.
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?PITCHING?: Right door secured.
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?PITCHING?: Two Grays in the cockpit area.
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?SHRIMP?: The smoke from that fire outside's blowing in through here. Damn it, Zengar, be more careful with those things!
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3895/tactical100.png)
?PITCHING?: Shrimp and I have the Grays in our sights.
KUSANAGI: Fire at will.
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?PITCHING?: One down, one to go.
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?PITCHING?: Damn, it's firing back... it got my arm!
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?SHRIMP?: I've got the other one.
(http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/4061/tactical107.png)
?SHRIMP?: Wait, there's something coming from the engine room... Pitchiiiiing!
(http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/4108/tactical108.png)
?SHRIMP?: ...shit, Pitching's dead! Grey went back into the engine room, I'm holding the door in case it comes back out!
KUSANAGI: Acidus, you still have that prox grenade? We're going to be needing it about now.
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7687/tactical109.png)
ACIDUS: I'm coming as fast as I can!
?COMPETENT?: There's too much smoke in here, I'm going around to the other side of the ship!
(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1158/tactical110.png)
?SHRIMP?: It's come back out of the engine room, it's--
KUSANAGI: Shrimp? Shrimp?
ACIDUS: ...damn it, not another one! I've just arrived at the ship now.
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2852/tactical111.png)
KUSANAGI: Damn it, we've got one over here now!
?TOKEN WOMAN?: I've got it!
(http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/1447/tactical112.png)
ACIDUS: Competent, behind you!
(http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/5605/tactical114.png)
ACIDUS: Damn, it's coming closer!
(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/425/tactical115.png)
COMPETENT: I'm taking the shot!
[END TRANSMISSION]
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This mission went poorly, especially in comparison to the previous two. While we did recover the alien craft intact, we lost ?Shrimp? and ?Pitching?, and came dangerously close to losing even more agents. Changes will have to be made to tactical doctrine in order to prevent future casualties.
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?Will Kill Us All? and ?Twitch? have been assigned to active duty, replacing the late ?Scrawny Shrimp? and ?Stick to Pitching?.
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After about a week of inactivity, we detected an alien craft above the UK. While extraterrestrial affairs in that country were usually handled by... other agencies I will not comment on, jurisdiction has been ceded to us.
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7729/geoscape093.png)
An interceptor immediately brought it down. However, the crash landed in the Atlantic, preventing us from recovering it. Perhaps at some later date, X-COM will have the equipment for underwater operations, but that is not our concern at this time.
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We have been informed that the requested upgrading and restructuring of Firstlight is complete.
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4615/geoscape096.png)
There is now only a single point of entry into the main base from the hangars and access elevator, improving security.
(http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/2887/geoscape097.png)
Our manufacturing wing has completed half of the order for laser pistols; this is currently enough to equip the active squad. The finished lasers have been loaded on board the Skyranger for immediate battlefield deployment.
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9120/geoscape098.png)
Near the end of January, our scanners picked up an extremely large object above Egypt. An interceptor was immediately scrambled.
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/272/geoscape099.png)
The visual we received from the interceptor was extremely troubling; this UFO was at least twice the size of the ships we had encountered previously.
What followed next was even more troubling.
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At 2:30 PM on January 27, 1999, Interceptor-1 and its crew were lost over Northern Africa engaging an alien craft.
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1487/geoscape103.png)
Interceptor-2 was deployed, with orders to keep at a distance and immediately return to base once it had exhausted its supply of long-range missiles.
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/8965/geoscape104.png)
Interceptor-2 was able to successfully shoot down the alien craft.
Firstlight is deploying the Skyranger to the crash site. However, we don't know what was on board the craft, and night is falling soon, so the recovery operation may be temporarily postponed until tomorrow. However, the government of Britain is placing enormous pressure on us to act as soon as possible; the crash is close to their territory of Gibraltar, and if they believe we have failed to secure the area, they will send in their own forces to destroy the ship.
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Bloody hell.
It figures the crap would hit the fan whenever I lead...
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I would like to be someone
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X-com looks interesting.
So, can I be either 'Competent' or 'Compensating'? Or 'Token Women', I kinda of feel sorry for her being called that.
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I would like to be someone
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X-com looks interesting.
So, can I be either 'Competent' or 'Compensating'? Or 'Token Women', I kinda of feel sorry for her being called that.
You two will get brought in on the after the upcoming update; you posted after I started getting it ready. Sorry.
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Ah don't worry, I'm fine waiting.
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The Skyranger arrived at the site just before nightfall. With the field unit able to operate in daylight, flares or incendiaries would not be required for the mission. Zengar has been given the autocannon, this time loaded with high-explosive ammunition. Acidus has been again assigned high-explosive packs and a proximity grenade. ?Twitch? has been given a stun rod. All field agents have been given the new laser pistols to use in addition to their other weapons.
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2699/tactical284.png)
KUSANAGI: Ready to deploy. Anthony, what's our situation?
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/1087/tactical285.png)
ANTHONY: There's an Indigo just outside.
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7209/tactical287.png)
ANTHONY: And now there isn't.
(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5476/tactical288.png)
ANTHONY: There's something off to the right here, not a Gray or an Indigo... remember those bull-demon things from DOOM?
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8056/tactical290.png)
ANTHONY: Moving up. This thing maneuvers pretty well, I didn't think I'd be able to get it on top of haystacks like this.
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/7841/tactical292.png)
ANTHONY: That bull thing's down. All clear.
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/6738/tactical294.png)
?TOKEN WOMAN?: Me and Competent are moving out.
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/9202/tactical297.png)
KUSANAGI: What the hell was that?
ANTHONY: Looked like some sort of explosive, sir. Not one of ours.
(http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/9987/tactical298.png)
ANTHONY: We've got another Indigo!
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ANTHONY: Target is down!
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KUSANAGI: Me and Twitch are moving out.
(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/686/tactical307.png)
?COMPETENT?: I'm going to check out these buildings out here.
(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/5489/tactical308.png)
?TOKEN WOMAN?: Me and Compensating are at the side of the ship.
KUSANAGI: Hold position, wait for backup before you go in.
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ANTHONY: I'm at the other end of the ship.
(http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/7021/tactical313.png)
(http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2342/tactical314.png)
?COMPETENT?: Buildings look clear so far.
(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4124/tactical317.png)
?TOKEN WOMAN?: Okay, Twitch and Will Kill are here, ready to move in.
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2912/tactical318.png)
?TWITCH?: Looks clear.
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/158/tactical319.png)
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/369/tactical321.png)
?TWITCH?: We've got an Indigo here. Time to see if these new laser pistols work... okay, target's down, move up.
(http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8092/tactical325.png)
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ANTHONY: The doors are fairly wide, I might be able to get the HWP through here.
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6420/tactical328.png)
ANTHONY: Indigo spotted, opening fire.
KUSANAGI: You're going to fire the HWP inside the ship?!
(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9131/tactical329.png)
?TWITCH?: We're fine, the Indigo is down.
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?TWITCH?: This looks like some sort of elevator, we should be able to get to the upper level of the ship from here.
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?TWITCH?: We've got another of those bull things...
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?TWITCH?: It's down, I'm getting back into cover!
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?TOKEN WOMAN?: Okay, everybody search the ship... what is this thing?
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/128/tactical340.png)
?COMPENSATING?: Another one of those things, I've got it taken care of.
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1114/tactical342.png)
?TWITCH?: Indigo in the cockpit area... damn, it got my arm!
(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/7121/tactical344.png)
?TWITCH?: Indigo's down, stray shot blew up something in the cockpit. No idea what, you might not want to inhale when you're in there. There's a bit of bleeding coming from my arm, I can get it fixed up when we get back to base.
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ANTHONY: I just got another of those demons out here.
?COMPETENT?: This building looks clear so far, I'm going to check upsta--
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KUSANAGI: Damn, we've lost Competent. Acidus, go check out the building he was at. Zengar, go and provide backup. Anthony, if you've got a clear shot in that direction, blow the side of the building off so we can get a look in there.
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1426/tactical354.png)
ANTHONY: I've put a hole in the building, but I don't see anything... I'm out of ammo so I can't be much more help to you.
ZENGAR: It's no good! These rounds aren't doing anything to the wall!
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2716/tactical357.png)
ACIDUS: I managed to get some explosives through the side window.
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/21/tactical359.png)
ACIDUS: I'm spotting two Indigoes... and it looks like one of them is floating in midair.
(http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/9184/tactical362.png)
ACIDUS: I managed to get one of them...
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3198/tactical365.png)
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ACIDUS: Damn it, the other one's firing on me and there's no cover here!
(http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/272/tactical367.png)
ACIDUS: ...that was close, just barely missed me. I've got a clear shot now.
The last few minutes of the recording were lost due to a mishap with the tapes, but during debriefing we were informed that one more Indigo was found on the top floor of a barn and eliminated by Acidus.
(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6527/geoscape106.png)
While we lost one agent and had another injured, Purvis has informed us that representatives from the funding nations highly regard this mission as a success. While the alien ship was heavily damaged, we were able to salvage the hull and most of the cockpit systems. More importantly, we were able to capture a live specimen; one of the orange bull-like aliens was found alive but unconscious and injured. It has been brought to Firstlight for containment and study; we may be able to obtain useful intelligence about the origins of the aliens by examining it.
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Well it looks like I was on a rampage till I ran out of ammo, it's sweet that we caught one though.
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Well it looks like I was on a rampage till I ran out of ammo, it's sweet that we caught one though.
The fact that we lose at least one agent whenever I lead isn't exactly helping my confidence though. :ohdear:
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The fact that we lose at least one agent whenever I lead isn't exactly helping my confidence though. :ohdear:
Don't worry, these things happen, its more circumstances then your leading skill.
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High Explosives aren't high enough, man. Unless the walls were reinforced with something.
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Ooh, now this, this, I like.
Brings back memories.....I really should track down a copy of it, or a ROM again, I really like this kinda game.
I'd probably be a sniper type character though.
Given that I have good accuracy.....but I don't do all too well under extreme pressure.
Well, using an HWP (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TankGoodness) would be my kinda thing too, just be sure to not get in my way, I tend to Drive Like Crazy (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DrivesLikeCrazy).
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At the end of the January, representatives from the funding nations sent a report. They are extremely satisfied with our performance so far, and have decided to raise our operating budget for the new month. Most of this money has gone to the hiring of new personnel and the replacement of Interceptor-1.
(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6734/geoscape113.png)
We've decided to make some upgrades to Firstlight, expanding the living quarters and storage facilities to accommodate more personnel and equipment. This should be done in approximately sixteen days.
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8379/geoscape114.png)
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Our radar detected a UFO that had landed in central Russia.
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1271/geoscape117.png)
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/420/geoscape118.png)
The Skyranger was deployed with Interceptor-2 to provide air cover, but the craft took off and flew out of detection range.
We've recruited some new agents, and I've gotten to know some of the ones we have a bit better.
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1459/geoscape132.png)
This agent performed adequately in our skill evaluations.
(http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/5637/geoscape133.png)
This agent had excellent scores in throwing tests, but had poorer physical results than Acidus.
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3663/geoscape134.png)
This agent performed fairly well in evaluations.
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7826/geoscape135.png)
This agent performed very well in shooting accuracy tests.
(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/8936/geoscape108.png)
I previously knew this agent as ?Token Woman?. Now that I think about it, the new name isn't much more appropriate, but anyway. She spearheaded the storming of the alien crash during the previous ground operation, and has been a crucial part of all of the other deployments.
(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/9822/geoscape109.png)
Previously known as ?Compensating?, Madness Chaser was responsible for wounding the alien we brought in as a live specimen.
(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5413/geoscape110.png)
?Twitch? brought down several aliens during the storming of the crash site, although this led to him being injured. He is currently recovering.
(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6601/geoscape123.png)
?Good Enough? and ?Mr. Average? have been placed on active duty. ?Benchwarmer? and ?Fumbles? have had their employment with X-COM terminated; to prevent them from leaking information, they have been given memory-altering medication.
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/5323/geoscape124.png)
We've received a new Interceptor to replace the one that was destroyed engaging the large alien craft. It has been equipped with a Stingray and Avalanche launcher.
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Research division has informed us that the medikit project has been completed. The data has been giving to our manufacturing wing for immediate production.
(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2820/geoscape131.png)
The scientists no longer working on that project, along with additional scientists that have been hired, have been assigned to researching the alien materials.
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Well now, This looks interesting. Don't suppose I'm too late to see if I can get an agent named after me? :V
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Hopefully these MediKits will turn down the expiry rate of the agents.
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Hopefully I wouldn't really need them.
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A routine aerial patrol had spotted a UFO over central Asia.
(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2528/geoscape139.png)
(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3155/geoscape140.png)
(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3923/geoscape141.png)
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While it initially outran our detection range Interceptor-2 caught up with it in eastern Russia and shot it down. The Skyranger, which was already deployed on patrol, was rerouted to examine the wreckage.
The autocannon was given to Kusanagi instead of Zengar this time, and Acidus retained the use of explosives.
The transmission log did not start recording until shortly after the deployment, due to technical errors.
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ANTHONY: Don't see anything out here, although it's hard to tell. There's a lot of trees, it's a bit difficult to get a visual.
DOLL SOLDIER: Zengar, Chaser, Enough and I are moving out.
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DOLL SOLDIER: Anthony's got a point here, these trees are really impeding visibility.
DOLL SOLDIER: We've spotted the ship, though.
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KUSANAGI: Okay. Proceed with caution.
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DOLL SOLDIER: We're advancing toward the ship, using the HWP as cover.
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DOLL SOLDIER: We're ready to move on the ship. Good Enough, take point.
?GOOD ENOUGH?: Got it.
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?GOOD ENOUGH?: We're clear.
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DOLL SOLDIER: Okay, Zengar and I will take the right side. Chaser, Good Enough, take the left.
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?GOOD ENOUGH?: Indigo on the left side!
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?GOOD ENOUGH?: It's down, move up!
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?GOOD ENOUGH?: Cockpit looks clear so far, moving into cover.
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?GOOD ENOUGH?: Indigo on the right side of the cockpit, didn't see it earlier.
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?GOOD ENOUGH?: It's down, I'm back in cover until further instructions.
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DOLL SOLDIER: Me and Zengar will move in on the other side.
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ZENGAR: Indigo coming out of the engine room!
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MADNESS CHASER: I've got this one. Didn't exactly get to kill anything last time, so...
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ZENGAR: Another Indigo, I've got this one!
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[END TRANSMISSION]
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While what we have obtained from this mission is nowhere near as exciting as the recovery of a large craft and a live alien, we were able to retrieve this ship without any casualties on our side.
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WHOOOOOOOOOO! No casualties. :3
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Chaore, previously known as ?Throwing Arm?, has returned from his diplomatic tour visiting representatives, as has Purvis.
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Our research team has had a major breakthrough, finishing analysis of the materials recovered from the alien crafts' hulls. There are two details of particular interest to us. First, these metals can be processed into a variety of forms, meaning we can use it to manufacture armor, weapons, and vehicles with further research. Secondly, now that we have fully determined the chemical structure of the alloy, our manufacturing division can reproduce it; this will likely be unnecessary, as we have a significant stockpile at Firstlight, and the likeliness is that we will obtain more from further operations.
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The research team has set to work on developing armor derived from the alien alloy, which we hope will reduce casualties in the field. Work also continues on the laser rifle and ?Elerium? projects.
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Firstlight's living quarters and storage facilities have been expanded. We are taking advantage of the expanded living space to hire more research and manufacturing staff; they should arrive in a few days.
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Awesome. Can't wait to get that armour.
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We received a significant addition to our research and manufacturing staff. The engineers were assigned to the continued production of medikits. The scientists would be placed on the laser and armour projects, as well as the beginning stages of analysis into the alien craft components.
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After approximately two weeks of radar silence, we detected a large craft in eastern Europe. An interceptor was sent in pursuit, but the craft lost track of it. We spotted two more craft; one of them was a routine small UFO, while one was massive; like nothing we'd ever spotted before.
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We were able to shoot the small craft down over the Sea of Japan and relocate the craft we had originally spotted. However, we were unable to shoot it down.
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The interceptor was ordered to break off before it went down. Our other interceptor was forced to return to base due to low fuel. Both remaining craft escaped, disappearing from detection range.
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Despite our failure to completely stop the alien activity in their airspace, Russia and Japan were satisfied with our attempts and have agreed to provide additional funding for March.
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Only a few hours after March began, we spotted yet another UFO, which had landed in Central Asia. With the Skyranger still refueling from its aerial patrol and one interceptor heavily damaged, we only had Interceptor-2 available to pursue it. It did a flyover of where the UFO had landed, but due to the yields of our missiles, we are not allowed to make air-to-ground attacks. Instead, we maintained a patrol of the area. We hoped the UFO would take off again before Interceptor-2 ran out of fuel.
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Our hopes were quickly answered.
The Skyranger would be sent a few hours later as dawn broke.
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KUSANAGI: Ready to deploy. Anthony, deploy the HWP.
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ANTHONY: I've spotted the ship and two Grays, opening fire.
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ANTHONY: We've got a problem. I clearly hit two Grays, but I'm only seeing one body here. Couldn't have blown it away entirely, its weapon's still here.
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/2854/tactical434.png)
ANTHONY: We've got another Gray off to the side here.
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ANTHONY: ?Good Enough? and ?Mr. Average? are moving toward the ship behind the HWP, I'm sending it to scout ahead.
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?MR. AVERAGE?: We're ready to move in on the ship.
KUSANAGI: Confirmed.
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/2889/tactical438.png)
?MR. AVERAGE?: There's pretty much nothing left of the ship's interior here... there's an unarmed Gray here, I'm using the stun rod.
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ANTHONY: We've got a Gray around the corner of this building.
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ANTHONY: First shot went off course.
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ANTHONY: Gray's firing on the HWP... some minor damage to the armor and targeting systems, but it should still work. I'm backing up until it's rearmed... okay, firing again.
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ANTHONY: Target down.
[END TRANSMISSION]
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This mission went extraordinarily well. In addition to no casualties, we were able to recover another live alien specimen, this time of a Gray. While it's a minor disappointment that there wasn't more of the ship to salvage, we already have enough components to analyze as it stands.
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Have we any idea what the craft that escaped were up to?
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Why the hell did I not read this before
X-Com is one awesome game
Good work chap many people try to LP X-Com but I've only seen a handful that are actually worth their salt
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Have we any idea what the craft that escaped were up to?
Unfortunately, not as of yet. Our scientists are working on finding a way to communicate with the live aliens we have captured; they speculate we may be able to get valuable intelligence from them, such as information on the alien species we have encountered, their craft, and their activities on Earth.
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How're the various research subjects coming?
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How're the various research subjects coming?
No major progress has been made on the analysis of the "Elerium" or the development on the laser rifle, and research of the UFO components is going extremely slowly due to a lack of staff. However, the armor research appears to be making significant progress, and should hopefully be done by halfway through March.
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The active duty roster has been rotated again. Purvis has returned to active duty, and is again leading operations. I believe he said something about ?pecking order? to Kusanagi, but I can't be sure. Other rotations have also been made.
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It's starting to become apparent that alien activity has extended beyond Firstlight's range, so we have started construction on a new base.
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Construction on the intercept base ?Pacific Eye? has begun on the Korean peninsula. Work crews are currently assembling a hangar and storage facilities there; we do not expect that it will reach full operational capacity for at least a month.
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R&D informs us they've finished work on a rifle variant of the laser; it should be more powerful and more accurate than the both our conventional rifles and the laser pistols.
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Further, we're told that the research team has plans for a larger variant of the laser. A small team has been assigned to investigating this; other staff have been assigned to the ?Elerium? analysis and continued work on armor development.
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Manufacturing of the laser rifles has commenced, and the order should be completed in less than two weeks.
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Aw yeah. We're getting better stuff soon. :3
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Laser Rifles. Delicious~
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The research division informs us they've completed work on the advanced body armor that has been under development for the past few weeks.
(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4069/geoscape200.png)
While nowhere as resilient as the armor used in our heavy weapons platforms, the personal armor is lightweight and unobtrusive, and should help reduce casualties. Our scientists also noted that ?that metallic blue looks really nifty?. With several researchers freed up from the completion of the armor project, work has now begun on reverse-engineering of alien weapons andequipment we have recovered over the past few months.
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We have begun manufacturing of this armor; it requires some alloy to produce, but we have a large stockpile. Some engineers have been transferred from the development of laser rifles to make armor; it will take significant time for either order to be finished. We are hiring additional staff to speed up production and get the new armor and weapons into service as soon as possible.
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The interceptor that was damaged at the end of February has been repaired and returned to service. We are considering transferring it to Pacific Watch once a hangar becomes available for use there.
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Sweetness. Everything seems to be going pretty well right now.
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The additional engineering staff arrived a short while ago; all of them have been assigned to the armor project. Without additional workspace or living quarters, it is unlikely we will be able to increase our staffing levels for manufacturing projects much further.
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One of our interceptors on patrol spotted a large ship over central Asia, but it would evade tracking.
We'd soon find out where it had gone.
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We never wanted this to happen, but at the same time, we're surprised it took so long. An alien force has landed in a populated area and launched a direct assault on civilians.
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Our best available personnel available have been deployed. This attack came so soon, and the manufacturing division has only completed five laser rifles and two sets of armor of the requested sixteen. The armor has been given to Kusanagi and Chaore, who will direct combat operations once we arrive at the site. The laser rifles will be assigned once we have arrived in the field.
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The entire world will be watching us at Novosibirsk, and watching our performance. If we succeed, we will obtain increased public support, along with further funding and resources. If we fail, our backers may reconsider the X-COM initiative and withdraw, leaving humanity at the mercy of unknown forces.
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Shit just got real. Strife!
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Let's do this thang.
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LETS SHOW THEM THE POWER OF EARTH!
And by that, I mean the barrel of the cannon on my tank HWP
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Oh damn. It is so on you wish it wasn't so on.
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PURVIS: Firstlight, this is Captain Purvis. We've arrived in Novosibirsk, we're ready to deploy.
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ANTHONY: We've got an Indigo outside.
PURVIS: Fire with extreme caution, we can't risk hitting civilians.
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ANTHONY: Another Indigo spotted across the road here.
(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7037/tactical452.png)
CHAORE: Moving out to take the shot.
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CHAORE: Nailed it. These new laser rifles are incredible. Rest of the street looks clear.
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PURVIS: We've spotted an Indigo off to the side here.
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CHAORE: We've got a Bull down the street here.
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ANTHONY: See a crater off in the distance. Looks like an Indigo tried to use an explosive and blew itself up.
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CHAORE: Bull is down.
DOLL SOLDIER: I've got the Indigo.
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DOLL SOLDIER: Chaore's definitely right about the laser rifles.
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ANTHONY: There's another Bull here, looks like I can hit it without too much collateral damage.
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ANTHONY: Shot just hit the HWP from the side... nothing major, just a few paint scratches. Checking it out.
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ANTHONY: It's another Indigo. I don't think I can safely hit it.
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ZENGAR: I'll take the shot.
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ZENGAR: Indigo is down.
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PURVIS: We've spotted another Bull on the far end here.
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PURVIS: Got it.
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ANTHONY: There's an Indigo on the other end of the street.
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PURVIS: Got this one too.
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CHAORE: I've spotted another Bull, bringing it down.
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ANTHONY: There's two bodies here, sending the HWP to search the area.
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ANTHONY: There's still someone alive here!
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ANTHONY: No...
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ANTHONY: Indigo spotted!
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ANTHONY: DAMN IT! A civilian's in the way, but if I don't fire...
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ANTHONY: Forgive me... oh God, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry...
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PURVIS: It looks like there's one more Indigo here.
PURVIS: Careful with your shots, we can't risk setting off the gas tanks.
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PURVIS: Okay, that should be the last of them.
[END TRANSMISSION]
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This mission went very well. While we were unable to completely stop civilian casualties from the attack, we were able to repel the aliens and contain the damage to a small portion of the city, without any casualties to our own side. However, this was not a flawless operation. We have received heavy criticism from the media for a collateral death caused by use of an HWP. Early reports we have received from the site state that Anthony, our remote operator, was acting in good faith; however, we have decided to temporarily remove him from duty for counseling.
We still do not know the purpose of the attack on Novosibirsk, and it is unlikely we will find out soon. We can only hope that further attacks of this nature do not happen soon.
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Ouch. Damn media, he was in the way!
Guess that means we're not getting that massive media support, then?
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Fuck the media, it's the money what we need. Maybe we'll get sweet laser sniper rifles to avoid all collateral damage later on?
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Well at least the operation was successful in stopping the aliens.
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Hooray.jpeg I'm gonna be traumatized for live :VV:
Either that or I'll just get more pissed off and start killing more aliens, either way works.
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Aww, didn't get to do anything, oh well at least the mission was a success.
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Zengar, Doll Soldier, and Kusanagi have been deployed to every ground mission that has been carried out by X-COM so far. It's been decided to temporarily rotate them out of active duty.
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...we've received unfortunate news about Pacific Watch. An alien ship attacked the base, which was still under construction. With no armed personnel to defend the facility, it was quickly destroyed. We are currently considering that this a retaliatory strike for our defeat of the aliens at Novosibirsk.
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One of our aerial patrols has spotted some sort of alien outpost in the Philippines. We now believe the large spike in alien activity at the end of February was for the purpose of establishing this base. It is unlikely we are prepared for a direct assault on the aliens at this point, but leaving something like this unchecked could have severe political consequences for the organization. We will wait until the manufacturing of armor and laser rifles is completed, and then deploy.
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Bloody hell. It seems like things are starting to get a whole lot worse.
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I think this (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrap) trope applies, yes?
But YMMV, am I right?
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Can people be sent to guard bases under construction?
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and now, I demand to be put back in for the fact of I must get back at those rat alien bastards.
(not really but then it's your choice if you want someone raeging through an alien base with a HWP I'm always available :VV:)
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Can people be sent to guard bases under construction?
If there's no living quarters available, personnel cannot be stationed there. Pacific Watch was attacked during the gap of time between when construction started and when we were able to send people to handle security.
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Our radar detected another alien ship over North Africa. It was quickly dispatched by an interceptor; the damage was so severe that nothing was left of the craft.
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We've hired a few more engineers for the armor project at the engineering division. Everything should be completed in about two weeks.
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Another UFO was spotted in the Middle East, where it landed a short while later. The Skyranger was sent to the site to neutralize the aliens there. Hanzo is temporarily replacing Anthony as our remote operator for the heavy weapons platform.
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PURVIS: Okay, we're at the site.
CHAORE: I'm setting out a flare.
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CHAORE: Area immediately outside looks clear.
HANZO: I'm sending the HWP out to scout.
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HANZO: It's hard to tell at this distance, but I think I've spotted the craft.
CHAORE: Throwing out another flare.
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HANZO: Okay, it's definitely the ship.
?MUSCLES?: Using some incendiary rounds to light the surrounding area.
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?MUSCLES?: Looks clear.
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MADNESS CHASER: Me and a few other agents are moving out toward the ship.
PURVIS: Confirmed. Advance with caution.
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CHAORE: Hey, where'd that Gray come from? Hang on, I've got this!
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?GOOD SHOOTIN'?: We've got another Gray up here.
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MADNESS CHASER: Okay, we're ready to move in on the ship.
?TWITCH?: All right, I'm going in.
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?TWITCH?: Okay, all clear.
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MADNESS CHASER: Good Shootin' and I will take the right, you and Good Enough take the left.
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?GOOD ENOUGH?: We're ready to move into position here.
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MADNESS CHASER: We're ready to move into position here.
?GOOD SHOOTIN'?: Okay, going in and ? SON OF A ?
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MADNESS CHASER: Damn it, they got Good Shootin'. I'm seeing three Grays in the cockpit area.
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MADNESS CHASER: That's one!
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MADNESS CHASER: That's TWO!
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MADNESS CHASER: THAT'S THREE!
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?TWITCH?: There's another Gray here, I've got the shot.
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?TWITCH?: I'm pretty close to this Gray, I'm going to try and stun it... Damn, didn't work!
?GOOD ENOUGH?: I'm coming in to back you up... damn it, can't get a clear shot!
[the transmission cuts out at this point; we determined during the debriefing that there was a firefight, in which both ?Twitch? and the Gray were killed. Another Gray, which was in the engine room, ambushed and fatally shot ?Good Enough?. That alien was neutralized by Madness Chaser.]
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Following up on our performance at Novosibirsk, this is dismal in comparison. We had a record number of casualties during this operation. The armor we have developed has been shown to be grossly insufficient for protecting our operatives; this does not bode well for our plans for an assault on the recently-discovered alien base.
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There is good news, however. The research team has completed work on the analysis of the ?Elerium?. While we cannot replicate it like we could with the alien metals, its unique physical properties make it ideal for powering weapons and equipment made from reverse-engineered alien technology.
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-
That didn't go well.
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...damn, there go the extras. This keeps up and I'll be the next dead!
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Sounds like me, Doll, and Zengar picked a good time to vacation.
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I got four! But that was so many casualties.
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Mr. Bob requests for who else but Mr. Average. May his career be served well to the protection of Earth and fellow X-Com operatives.
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Since Bob is joining in that means that most of the operatives have names don't they? Which also means that the next person to die COULD be one of us... :ohdear:
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Fucking faulty armors. I hope we can use the Elerium to do a good one!
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I have but a single, minor complaint.
MY LINES AREN'T HOTBLOODED ENOUGH.
I'm the kinda guy that gets into what he does, and loves it. Ya know?
Of course, they have to have liberal doses of Snark too, for example.......
>Upon Engaging a Grey: "Well, I always knew they looked like that."
>Upon downing a Grey: "Looks like it really IS only Black and White.
>Upon Engaging an Indigo: "Well, aren't you just a vision of loveliness?" (Meant to be sarcasm, obviously.)
>Upon downing an Indigo: "Hmm....It looks like the boys back at the base'll have to do some assembly. Hope they like jigsaw puzzles!" (Think TF2's Demoman.)
>Upon engaging a Bull: "Oh-ho! You wanna tangle with me? I'll show you who's got the harder head here, BRING IT ON!"
>Upon downing a Bull: "Hah! That'll teach ya!"
>Upon Defeat: "Outta credits eh...?"
>Injured: "Damn, they're pretty good!"
But yeah, the armor's crap, I'm lucky i had that HWP to protect me.
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We've lost too many field agents lately from botched missions. There isn't enough in the budget to hire replacements until next month, and I've gotten to know the current ones too well to risk their lives recklessly.
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Radar detected two alien craft; one above Scandinavia heading south at a high rate of speed, and one in Northern Africa. We were able to send one interceptor to immediately pursue the smaller craft; the second, which had been on patrol over Asia, was forced to return due to low fuel.
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We were able to bring the small craft down in Cameroon. However, the second, larger craft escaped pursuit. It was last seen heading eastward over Asia; we believe it is somehow related to the base in the Phillipines.
With our limited resources, we can not risk further casualties in the field. Until our situation improves, night missions will not be carried out unless absolutely necessary. A recovery team will be deployed at daylight to examine the crash site.
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No more night missions eh?
Best course of action that.
I see nothing wrong with that, as it's quite sound.
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The Skyranger arrived at the crash site shortly after dawn.
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PURVIS: We're at the crash site.
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HANZO: We've got a Gray inside that farmhouse.
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HANZO: I hope they're insured.
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HANZO: We're also fairly close to the ship.
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CHAORE: I'm spotting a Gray off in the distance. I'm firing at it, but it's hard to hit at this range.
HANZO: I'll take a shot as well.
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HANZO: Missed and hit the side of the ship. What's that thing made out of, anyway?
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CHAORE: I can see it clearly now, I've got the shot!
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?NOT ACIDUS?: I'm in the ship, there's a single Gray. Opening fire!
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[END TRANSMISSION]
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This operation went well. We were able to retrieve the craft in pristine condition and without casualties. While not the most impressive victory we've had, its importance for morale right now can not be overstated.
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> Sweet. Looks like things went well for once.
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Another month has passed, and we've received over half a million of additional funding per month, bringing the total to over seven million.
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We've used some of this funding to begin reconstruction of Pacific Watch. This time, we're using an expedited construction plan to get personnel and equipment to the base as soon as possible for security.
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We have also begun construction on a base in Central America in order to provide intercept capability to the Western hemisphere. This base should be online at approximately the same time as Pacific Watch.
After a difficult month, it appears things are finally starting to improve.
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Those lines were more me, good job on everything.
Though I would've said something like...."Damn, missed that one......Just what the hell's that ship made of anyhow?"
Just make sure you keep me at Firstlight, Jungles and me don't mix, nor does the idea of being on an island out in the ocean.
Maybe when you get around to putting a base somewhere in Europe?
Preferably in Greece, or Italy.
The food from that region is so damn good...
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Just make sure you keep me at Firstlight, Jungles and me don't mix, nor does the idea of being on an island out in the ocean.
Maybe when you get around to putting a base somewhere in Europe?
Preferably in Greece, or Italy.
The food from that region is so damn good...
Firstlight is in Europe, in the Swiss Alps between France, Germany, and Italy.
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Things seem to be going well for now. Maybe we'll get the bases online without incident.
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Yeah... maybe getting security first could have prevented the first destruction of Pacific Watch. :derp:
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Our research division has had their first success in a few weeks, and it's a fairly impressive one. They have managed to reverse-engineer the alien explosives. They appear to use a small Elerium core, which creates an antimatter detonation when set off by internal timing and triggering mechanisms. Their use is not significantly different from human-made grenades, apart from the explosive yield.
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We can reproduce these grenades using our own Elerium stockpile. In addition, we have several of these recovered from field operations.
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Radar spotted an alien craft above the Middle East.
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Both interceptors were sent to try and shoot it down, but were forced to return to base due to severe damage.
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Despite our best attempts, the craft landed in Ankara. Although our current tactical doctrine is to avoid night missions to reduce casualties, we have no choice here. Leaving the aliens unchecked in a major populated area will lead to mass civilian casualties and severe political consequences.
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We have prepared our best available agents out of the few we have available for deployment. The utmost care will be required during this mission; we must balance the lives of our agents against protecting the civilian population.
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Here's hoping for a successful, no-casualty mission.
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For once, even.
It'd be nice to make this a flawless mission. Support from all over the world!
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I guess I'll still be in the loony bin for this one, and I was hoping to have some rage induced taking down of all these punks that are aliens.
Oh well it'll come eventually :derp:
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While X-Com was nice, i find that the Real-Time engine of Xcom3 was much more fun. if you finish this game, lets do an X-com3 self inserts!
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Heh, even though it's a night mission.....
But it looks like it's time to go bust some heads!
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I'm Ready and Waiting
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The team sent on this mission was given as much equipment as we had available; we sent laser weapons (both pistols and rifles), the alien grenades, autocannons with all three types of ammunition, flares, armor, and an HWP. If anything, the team arrived over-equipped; the debriefing states it took a significant amount of time to sort through the equipment prior to arrival at Ankara.
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PURVIS: Get ready to deploy.
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HANZO: I'm spotting a Gray in the alley...
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HANZO: ...and one across the street. Permission to open fire?
PURVIS: Granted, but exercise caution not to hit civilians.
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HANZO: Got the first one, going for the second one... Damn, missed and hit the wall. Looks like there's a civilian in there, requesting backup.
CHAORE: Got it.
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HANZO: Nice shot.
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ZENGAR: Me and ?Muscles? are moving out.
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HANZO: We've spotted a survivor over... damn it! I spotted the Gray that fired, I'm taking the shot!
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HANZO: Okay, we're clear. Gray tried to use a grenade before it went down, definitely not the best throwing arm.
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?MUSCLES?: I've spotted something... looks like a floating disc or something.
HANZO: I've got it.
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HANZO: There's another one there. Kinda figures, that.
ZENGAR: I've got a clear shot at this one.
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ZENGAR: Whoa. These disc things don't go quietly. Make sure to keep your distance when fighting them.
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?MUSCLES?: The door's open here, keep an eye out for potential survivors or hostiles.
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HANZO: We've got a Gray at the edge of the blast area. Shouldn't be a problem, although ?edge of the blast area? is going to have probably changed the next time I check in.
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HANZO: Another survivor down here.
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HANZO: Another Gray... don't have a clear shot.
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CHAORE: It's going to be a long shot, but I think I've got this.
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ZENGAR: We've got a Gray over here, it's behind cover.
PURVIS: Well then, time to try out these new grenades.
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?NOT ACIDUS?: I just checked, we've got another survivor back there.
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ZENGAR: We've got a Gray in that store over there.
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CHAORE: I'm going to check it out.
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CHAORE: Huh, there was two of them. By the way, this laser pistol's pretty impress
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HANZO: The HWP's taking a hit from the side, there's something over there... the HWP's not responding. There goes the rest of this month's budget, huh?
PURVIS: Okay, there's something down there, but without the HWP it's going to be too dangerous to scout.
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KUSANAGI: Well, we'll just have to get a look from here. Switching to incendiary rounds.
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KUSANAGI: We've got another of those disc things.
PURVIS: Okay. Open fire!
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The outcome of this mission was not necessarily perfect, but we're generally satisfied with the outcome. While we did lose an HWP in combat, losing a remotely-operated machine is much preferable to losing a field agent, and a replacement is already prepared for deployment.
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Well, coulda gone better, but at least I blew shit up real good! :D
How many kills did I get anyhow? I lost track.
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WOOOOOOOO! NO OPERATIVE CASUALTIES!
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Well, coulda gone better, but at least I blew shit up real good! :D
How many kills did I get anyhow? I lost track.
MMMMYYYY TAAAANNNK
THOSE ALIEN BASTARDS ARE GONNA DIIIIE. After I suplex hanzo for letting it get busted up.
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Well, we can always get a new one, maybe a stronger one?
Isn't there a way to apply what we learned from the personal armor projects to enhamcing the HWP's armor?
Adding lasers wouldn't go wrong either though.
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Well, we can always get a new one, maybe a stronger one?
Isn't there a way to apply what we learned from the personal armor projects to enhamcing the HWP's armor?
Adding lasers wouldn't go wrong either though.
The research division has considered the concept of an HWP using a laser cannon, but at this point they haven't developed anything large or powerful enough to justify using it as a craft-mounted weapon rather than a man-portable one. I'm also told that after seeing recovered footage of the "discs" in Andora, that there's the idea of using technology reverse-engineered from the alien craft to create a new type of HWP. However, it'll take significant time and research before either idea becomes tangible. Don't get your hopes up for a better model of HWP anytime soon.
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I just want some revenge on those aliens who blew up my HWP man, they deserve a licking and I'm here to give it to them. So yea I'm asking for an early release from the psycho ward to get back at those greys and indigos and what nots.
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The research division has considered the concept of an HWP using a laser cannon, but at this point they haven't developed anything large or powerful enough to justify using it as a craft-mounted weapon rather than a man-portable one. I'm also told that after seeing recovered footage of the "discs" in Andora, that there's the idea of using technology reverse-engineered from the alien craft to create a new type of HWP. However, it'll take significant time and research before either idea becomes tangible. Don't get your hopes up for a better model of HWP anytime soon.
Well if anything we'd need a live disc, and seeing how sensible are these fucks... yeah sure.
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Does equipping a first-aid kit require a free hand?
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Does equipping a first-aid kit require a free hand?
Yes, but a weapon can be used in the opposite hand. Larger weapons such as rifles suffer some accuracy loss, but pistols do not. This means pistols are ideal for when an agent needs to have other equipment ready, such as medi-kits, grenades, or flares.
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Heh, it's as I assumed then.
It would appear that my calculations were correct on this factor.
So the only thing stopping up is snagging a live Disc eh?
I can see where that'd be troublesome, given as how they like to, uh, blow up.
But an HWP-mounted laser would have considerably more punch than the handhelds though, given that it'd have a stronger reactor to draw on.
The real problem there would be scaling up the handhelds, which would most likely cost a lot of time and effort.
And given that the aliens just introduced their version of the HWP(more-or-less), we're gonna need to up our game if we wanna win.
Worst-case scenario, the aftermath of that really big battle in the first Macross series.
Yeah....Don't wanna see that happen, eh?
So we gotta up our game guys!
Is there a way to add the lasers to an Interceptor?
Because if the Interceptors had Lasers, then they'd be able to knock those bastards right outta the sky!
....Unless the Interceptors already have 'em, in which case.......The Interceptors need a total design plan overhaul, because they're not cutting it anymore.
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Heh, it's as I assumed then.
It would appear that my calculations were correct on this factor.
So the only thing stopping up is snagging a live Disc eh?
I can see where that'd be troublesome, given as how they like to, uh, blow up.
But an HWP-mounted laser would have considerably more punch than the handhelds though, given that it'd have a stronger reactor to draw on.
The real problem there would be scaling up the handhelds, which would most likely cost a lot of time and effort.
And given that the aliens just introduced their version of the HWP(more-or-less), we're gonna need to up our game if we wanna win.
Worst-case scenario, the aftermath of that really big battle in the first Macross series.
Yeah....Don't wanna see that happen, eh?
So we gotta up our game guys!
Is there a way to add the lasers to an Interceptor?
Because if the Interceptors had Lasers, then they'd be able to knock those bastards right outta the sky!
....Unless the Interceptors already have 'em, in which case.......The Interceptors need a total design plan overhaul, because they're not cutting it anymore.
It appears there has been a slight misunderstanding. While the idea for more advanced HWPs was inspired by seeing the Discs, we do not need to capture one live (and frankly, attempting to do so would be a suicidal endeavor).
There are three primary projects the research division is working on right now.
The first is improvements on the laser weaponry. At our current stage, they are currently working on a "heavy laser", which would have power on par with the autocannon's armor-piercing rounds. Following that, they believe they would be able to create a vehicle-sized laser, which could be used for HWPs and Interceptors.
The second is reverse-engineering of the alien craft. While we have had success in analysis of the alloys used in their construction and the Elerium fuel, we still need work on understanding how the engines and navigation systems work. Once that is complete, we could replicate the designs of alien craft to create new, more advanced HWPs and aircraft.
The third project is analysis of the alien weapons and equipment. We have had a minor success in this regard, with the alien grenades being the first extraterrestrial weapon we have been able to repurpose for our own use. Work is still in progress on the alien firearms; once the research division has been able to understand how a weapon and its ammunition works, we will be able to use it for ourselves.
Minor projects, such as autopsy, have been postponed indefinitely.
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Hmm.....I see.
Well, that makes things easier, we just have to hold out until we can do almost all the stuff they can do, then we can take the fight to them.
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After the failure to bring down the ship that attacked Ankara, it's been decided to switch our interceptors over to using a full payload of Avalanche missiles until we can find a better weapon. While the launchers have a significantly reduced ammunition capacity compared to the Stingrays, their long range should help reduce the risk to our craft.
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We've recieved another HWP, this time with an armor-piercing cannon. It's been decided that for the time being, we will handle field combat operations with a six-person team alongside a pair of HWPs. Anthony has recovered well from Novosibirsk, and is anxious to get back to work.
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Pacific Watch and Americom are now at preliminary operational capacity, with living quarters and storage facilities online. We've sent weapons and equipment over from Firstlight; the agents we have hired for security should arrive in roughly three days. Once we have more financial resources available, we will construct radar systems to expand our global detection range.
For once, things seem to be going well.
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*high-fives Anthony*
Things are lookin' up.
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Sweet, and now we wait for the doom of my rage that shall come \m/
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Heh....now we can dish out more damage.
Here's hoping we can take the fight to the alien scum when we get the tech!
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The personnel we requisitioned for our new bases has arrived.
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Pacific Watch and Americom each have six combat personnel. Pacific Watch, in addition to the head of security and second-in-command, has two male and two female agents. Americom's agents are all male, apart from a female second-in-command.
Despite their lack of combat experience, many of these agents show significant promise, especially the ones stationed at Americom. If necessary, we will transfer them to Firstlight.
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The active duty roster at Firstlight has been changed again. Many of the veteran agents are now on leave until they are needed for major operations again. The second HWP has been loaded onto the Skyranger, and our communications room has been prepared for both Anthony and Hanzo to operate from at once.
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A small alien craft was spotted in Northern Africa, and quickly brought down by a pair of Avalanches. Once daylight hits, we will send a team to inspect the crash, although given the yield of the Avalanche there isn't expected to be much left.
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And so it begins, or in other terms.
TAKIN' YOU PUNKS DOWN RAAAAA
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PURVIS: Okay, we're landed. Hanzo, Anthony, get ready to move out.
HANZO: Got it.
ANTHONY: No problem.
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HANZO: I'm spotting two Grays.
ANTHONY: Perfect. Hey, assholes, guess what?
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ANTHONY: I'm baaaack!
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HANZO: Okay, outside's clear.
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PURVIS: Get ready to storm the ship.
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?NOT ACIDUS?: I'm spotting three Grays in the ship. We'll quickly fire into the ship then get back behind cover.
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?MORE MUSCLES?: Got one.
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?WILL KILL?: Got another.
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MR. BOB: Got the last one.
[END TRANSMISSION]
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This was another successful routine operation. There was heavy damage to the alien craft; the engine was entirely destroyed by the Avalanche salvo, taking a portion of the crew with it. However, we were able to recover the navigation systems.
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For the first time in a while, there has been a round of promotions for agents at Firstlight. Purvis has been promoted to the rank of Colonel. Kusanagi and Chaore have been promoted to Captain. Long-standing veterans Zengar, Acidus, and Doll Soldier have been promoted to Sergeant.
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Oh God. I cracked up at Anthony's line.
Also, promotions are awesome.
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And that shall be only the first of many I'll get back at. :3
ALIEN BLOOD FOR THE EARTH BLOOD GOD
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BLOCK
ALIEN KICK
PROMOTIOOOOOOOOOOOOONS
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Heh, we sure did thrash 'em good didn't we?
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Our research division has had continued success with the laser weapons projects; their newest prototype is on par with the armor-piercing ammunition used by some of our older weaponry. It is unable to completely replace the laser rifle due to a slow rate of fire, and cannot replace the autocannon's capacity for high-explosive or incendiary ammunition, but the heavy laser should find a niche in our arsenal.
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More importantly, the project team believes they can make a final iteration of the laser weaponry; a vehicle-mounted laser beam that would entirely replace conventional armor-piercing cannons on our HWPs and interceptors.
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With the manufacturing division having little else to do, production on the new laser weapons has begun.
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We detected a large craft in Eastern Europe. Both interceptors were deployed in case it headed for a major city, but we lost track of the ship. We've had no reports of incidents since; it's possible the ship was going to the alien outpost.
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The research team has also finished their study of the reactors we have recovered. This leaves only one major component left to analyze; once we have reverse-engineered the navigation systems, we should be able to develop new craft based on the alien ships.
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Additionally, the research team proposes a miniaturized version of the reactor for use in battlefield armor. The reactor would produce a gravity field to offset the weight of the armor, making it feel no heavier than current personal armor while providing significantly more protection.
With our advantage against the enemy growing by the day, the tide in the war for humanity is turning in our favor.
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Awesome. The research division is really goin' at it.
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That's some hardcore researching.
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Heh, they're finally getting off their cans and really gettin' to it, eh chief?
Of course, even with the new tech, I'm content with just using an HWP, I'll stick with that until the end.
Simply because it blows stuff up good, Y'know?
I'm just glad that the Vehicle Lasers are gonna get researched, because that means more firepower, and more firepower equals better odds of either driving the enemy away, or taking the fight to their world.
Personally, I'm in strong favor of the latter.
They don't mess with Earth and expect to get away with it, right?
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Construction work continues at Pacific Watch and Americom. The first of several hangars at each base has been completed, and work has begun on additional storage facilities and radar systems. While we cannot afford to purchase new interceptors for these bases right now, they should be available by the time the radar is active.
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An alien craft was spotted over Eastern Europe; while it evaded interception, it is too small to pose a significant threat. We are hoping that the research division is able to develop faster interception craft, and that the expanded radar coverage from the new bases will assist us.
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The month ended without any further incident. Our backers are satisfied with how well we're doing so far; while they have declined to increase our budget, our funding is being maintained. While this funding may seem paltry, we have been able to supplement it by selling recovered alien equipment to collectors; a single device can net our agency up to a quarter of a million dollars.
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Seems like we got a bit of a break at the end of the month.
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If we have a need of a designated medic / support, Mr. Bob volunteers to fulfill those duties, unless Mr. Bob would be best put to use elsewhere.
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The month of May had barely began when we spotted a large craft on the radar. Despite our best efforts, it evaded interception, eventually landing in the African city of Kinshasa.
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We were able to intercept a second, smaller ship, but all efforts must currently be focused on halting the alien attack. Our best personnel and equipment has been deployed.
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PURVIS: Okay, we've arrived. Get ready to move out.
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ANTHONY: Spotting one... this is new. It looks like some... snake... man... thing.
PURVIS: I'm backing you up on this one.
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ANTHONY: Spotting a blast crater, looks like one of them botched trying to throw a grenade.
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ANTHONY: We've got another one over here!
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PURVIS: Got it.
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DOLL SOLDIER: Enemy off to the side!
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PURVIS: Grenade... that was close. Everybody all right?
DOLL SOLDIER: Yes.
ANTHONY: HWP seems to be fine.
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PURVIS: Okay, got the son of a bitch who threw that grenade. We're clear.
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ANTHONY: I'm spotting a black alien on the other side of the building. It doesn't look like it's carrying a weapon, we can probably ignore it for now.
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ANTHONY: Spotting another Snakeman down here.
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CHAORE: I've got this one.
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CHAORE: Do I ever.
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KUSANAGI: My god... that... thing, it's attacked somebody. It just bit down and turned that guy into a zombie or something...
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DOLL SOLDIER: There's two of those things over here!
KUSANAGI: Get back! Put some distance between you and them!
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ZENGAR: That black thing's down. What do we do about the civilian?
PURVIS: We'll worry about that later. Just focus on the aliens for now.
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ANTHONY: One of those things is attacking the HWP.
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ANTHONY: Sorry, pal. No meat in this can.
KUSANAGI: Uh, remember that civilian? I think it's... hatching.
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PURVIS: ...fuck.
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CHAORE: It's down.
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ANTHONY: We've got another Snakeman here.
DOLL SOLDIER: I've got this one.
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CHAORE: We've got another of those things.
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MADNESS CHASER: It's down.
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ANTHONY: HWP's taking fire. The armor's holding up fine for now, but can somebody get whoever's shooting?
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MADNESS CHASER: Got it.
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ANTHONY: Great, yet another of those things, and it looks like it already got somebody.
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ANTHONY: It didn't work last time, it's not going to work now.
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ANTHONY: Take that, you half-assed facehugger.
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ANTHONY: Two infected? This isn't good. We're going to have to find a way to stop them before they hatch.
PURVIS: We might be able to burn the eggs or whatever these use up... try incendiary rounds.
ZENGAR: Too late, one of them's already hatched!
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CHAORE: It's down, focus on the other one!
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?MUSCLES?: The other one's lit up... this better work.
[END TRANSMISSION]
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This mission was only successful by the narrowest of margins. While we experienced no casualties on our side, the alien force wiped out almost all of the civilians in the area.
Our momentum against the enemy has been suddenly brought to a halt. Just as we were starting to obtain a significant technological advantage, new alien variants have emerged. The so-called ?Snakemen? are merely more durable than our previous enemies... but the black aliens that accompany are more threatening than anything we have fought before.
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.......I'd say that the shit's pretty much hit the fan, eh guys?
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FFFFFFF ZOMBIES
Either way those zombies are gonna go down even harder now.
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Agreed.
...We need a Super Robot or something.
Like Mazinger Z or something.
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...We need a Super Robot or something.
Like Mazinger Z or something.
If we needed mecha that'd already happen :VV:
Also with that, we now must dub our HWP really awesome.
like, The alpha striker, or something like that.
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Hmm...Alpha Striker and Beta Striker.......I like that.
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Oh yay. Snakemen and Zombie-makers. This just keeps getting better and better.
At least the HWPs are doing well.
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Perhaps we need more of 'em then?
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Perhaps we need more of 'em then?
Nah. I'd say we're good where we are right now. Might wanna keep the money for base upgrades and the stuff that the R&D department come up with anyway.
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> We'd need better armor just in case things get dicey, also better weapons wouldn't hurt
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Perhaps we need more of 'em then?
We can only fit up three HWPs on a Skyranger when deploying on a mission, and in addition, they require significant expenditure and storage space, both for the vehicles themselves and the ammunition.
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After returning from Kinshasa, a brief rotation of staff was made to allow more fatigued agents to rest. The HWPs were swapped, and the mobile rocket launcher, christened ?Alpha Striker? by the remote operators, was loaded.
Once dawn broke, the Skyranger was deployed to the crash site of the medium-sized craft we intercepted.
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PURVIS: Okay, we're landed. Anthony, what's our situation?
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ANTHONY: We've got one Gray.
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ANTHONY: Perfect shot.
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ANTHONY: We've got two more Grays. Take this nice and slow, wait for me to give the all clear.
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ANTHONY: Okay, that's one down.
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ANTHONY: Hmm, where'd that other one come from?
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ANTHONY: Okay, we seem to have an extra body there...
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ANTHONY: Oh, sorry, I forgot to knock...
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ANTHONY: Knock, knock.
Large portions of the tape are missing, but what I have heard is extremely troubling. Shortly after entering the ship, ?All Muscles? was shot and killed by Purvis. After the ship was cleared out, he was found curled up and incoherent next to the body.
We have lost agents in the field before, but never before have we lost one to another agent. Interviews conducted during the debriefing describe Purvis as ?possessed?, as if he were under some sort of mental control. I do not know which is more troubling; that our highest-ranking officer could attack and kill another agent, or that he could be forced to do it against his will. He has been placed under watch at Firstlight until we complete our investigation into the incident.
I will make this clear right now; the situation is getting worse, and now more than ever you are at risk when you go out into the field. I will not hold it against any of you if you decide to leave. You may request to be transferred to security duty at Pacific Watch or Americom, or to leave the agency altogether. In either case, the Firstlight staff will see to it that a suitable replacement is found.
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I demand to have my seat upgraded, and my HWP controller extend to the entire globe, also I demand a cooler be installed next to said seat cause I'm not leaving till all them aliens are dead.
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Our investigation into the shooting during the previous operation continues; efforts are hampered by the loss of the mission recording. Preliminary reports imply that Purvis was under alien control when he fired on the other agents. Until we can find a countermeasure to whatever method of control is being used, agents who appear to show signs of vulnerability to it will be equipped with nonlethal weaponry only.
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Construction at Pacific Watch and Americom continues unabated. The short-range radar systems have been completed, and work is now starting on long-range detection.
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We've also received two new Interceptors, one for each of the new bases. This means our detection and interception capacity now extends to the Western Hemisphere.
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The research division has finished analyzing the alien craft navigation. We may now start on replicating the design and function of alien craft.
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Three new agents have been brought in to replace our losses. Strongarm shows exceptional physical strength, Longshot shows extreme proficiency at shooting, and Unbreakable scored extremely well on her physical and psychological endurance tests.
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OH FUCK CHRYSALIDS
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The duty roster has been rotated again. Command has been returned to Kusanagi until our investigation into what happened with Purvis is complete.
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We spotted a small craft over the southern United States. The interceptor from Americon was sent. The alien ship was shot down over Cuba, but landed in the ocean and can not be recovered.
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Research division has completed work on an Elerium-powered armor. It provides roughly twice the protection as our existing armor, with no impediment to mobility.
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They believe with what we're learning from the reverse-engineering of the alien craft, we should be able to refine the armor's reactor to provide flight capability.
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Manufacturing has started production of the armor, using our metal and Elerium stockpile.
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Radar spotted a medium-size craft over the Iberian peninsula.
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Shortly after that craft escaped radar range, another craft appeared.
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We were able to relocate the first ship, and both were shot down over the Sahara.
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Oh God. The aliens can possess now? That ain't good.
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This just keeps getting better and better, eh comrades?
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A team was sent to one of the crash sites at daybreak.
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KUSANAGI: Okay, we're landed.
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ANTHONY: We're right next to the ship, and we've got two Grays here.
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ANTHONY: One Gray down.
KUSANAGI: I've got a perfect line of fire to get the other one.
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ANTHONY: Looks like the hull held up. We're going to have to go in the old-fashioned way.
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?WILL KILL?: I've got a team ready to go here.
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?WILL KILL?: Damn it!
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?WILL KILL?: We walked right into an ambush!
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ANTHONY: Another Gray outside the ship.
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?UNBREAKABLE? Okay, we're in the center of the ship and ?
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ANTHONY: Are you still there?
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?MORE MUSCLES?: This is bad... she just snapped and open fire and... there's a Gray coming in... damn, it's spotted me!
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KUSANAGI: This is bad... it looks like we're going to have to abort the mission.
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?WILL KILL?: Wh... where am I?
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?WILL KILL?: What's going on?
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KUSANAGI: You were under mind control... we're preparing to abort the mission. Recover everything you can and prepare to retreat.
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This is the largest failure we have ever had during a field operation. Even when outnumbered, X-COM agents have been able to succeed with minimal casualties. The fact that our enemy now seems to be capable of mind control forces us to completely redefine our tactical doctrine.
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CRAP.
Who all died?
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CRAP.
Who all died?
Longshot, More Muscles, Not Acidus, and Unbreakable. Mostly rookies.
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Longshot, More Muscles, Not Acidus, and Unbreakable. Mostly rookies.
Great. So all of the newbies and a regular got themselves killed.
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Well, this is just ducky now isn't it?
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God drat these aliens I'm tempted to just ride right into their base on top of a HWP going rambo :V
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Darn it, this is bad
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It sucks, but you really had a good naming intuition for Will Kill Us All, Colossal.
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We've decided not to go after the second crash site. After the failed operation at the first, we have neither the manpower or equipment to risk on another boondoggle. Several of our backers were satisfied that we at the least shot down the craft; they will neutralize the site in a few days.
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Manufacturing has been ordered to produce some new laser pistols to replace the ones we lost during the failed recovery mission. While this is slowing down the production of the new armor, these pistols are a mainstay of our arsenal.
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With it obvious that our advantage is gone, the decision has been made to expand the research division at Firstlight. A second laboratory is under construction, as well as additional living quarters for staff. It will be a month until the lab is ready, but once it is we should be able to develop new weapons faster.
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Good. The thing we need right now is better equipment. Maybe we can get something to neutralize the possessors?
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Radar at Americom picked up a massive craft over the United States. An attempt was made to attack it, but our weapons were outranged by those of the alien ship and the interceptor was forced to disengage.
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We then detected two more craft, at which point we realized the true gravity of the situation.
Alien ships had landed in Dallas and New York. Unlike before, the aliens were not attacking the population. Without any reports of civilian casualties and no idea what the aliens were trying to accomplish, we had no choice but to wait and watch.
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A few days later, an aerial patrol spotted an alien base on the Florida panhandle.
The conclusion we have to draw from this is that the aliens have somehow secured the cooperation of the United States, either through manipulation or intimidation.
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The United States provides over a tenth of our funding. If they have abandoned us, this will severely affect our ability to hire personnel and procure equipment.
With us now facing enemies capable of using our bodies as hosts for reproduction, controlling our minds, and sabotaging our political and financial support, this may be our darkest hour.
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PLEASE tell me we have the resources needed for a base raid.
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Agreed, we gotta take out their base, ASAP.
We take out the base, and the US will go back to paying us.
And if that's no good, call in an airstrike.
BOMB THOSE GUYS!
SHOOT AND BOMB! SHOOT AND BOMB!
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Can we air- strike it before we enter or is it ground only?
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Can we air- strike it before we enter or is it ground only?
It looks like the base is subterranean and sheltered against air attacks; additionally, we do not have any aircraft with air-to-ground capability, and it's unlikely we're going to be able to obtain the assistance of other nations for such an attack.
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Research division has just finished work on one of our most significant projects, the vehicle-mounted laser cannon.
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The laser cannon doesn't require ammunition like conventional armor-piercing cannons. However, its limited range makes it a poor weapon in air-to-air combat, meaning it will not replace the Avalanche.
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In ground combat, however, the new weapon excels. The laser cannon is more powerful than either the armor-piercing cannon or the rocket launcher used by our HWPs, without the need for expensive and space-consuming ammunition and the risk of collateral damage.
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Plans for both the interceptor-based and HWP-based laser systems have been given to manufacturing division. They are currently occupied, but work will begin on at least one laser-based HWP as soon as possible.
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Research division believes they can make one more variation of the laser weapon to create an anti-air defense for our bases. This is not being pursued right now; right now, we need to be on the offensive, and this requires us to reverse-engineer alien equipment and develop new weapons.
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HELL YEAH.
You got yer wish Hanzo.
*high-fives*
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An alien craft was detected by radar over the Atlantic. Multiple interceptors were scrambled, bringing it down on the shores of Brazil.
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Another small craft was spotted over the Atlantic. It was too small to pose any threat, so rather than shoot it down, it was decided to pursue it with the Skyranger and wait for it to land. However, we lost tracking west of South America.
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Manufacturing division was able to start on the new laser-based HWPs, and completed them in a surprising four days.
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Research division has also been busy, reverse-engineering one of the alien weapons. From their summary, it appears to propel superheated matter using an Elerium-powered antigravity field. However, we will not be able to use or manufacture these for ourselves until we finish analyzing the ammunition system.
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Radar picked up a large craft at both of the alien bases; they seem to provide supplies. If we are able to time our raids based on these supply shipments, we may be able to obtain significant amounts of alien technology for ourselves.
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What we had already assumed partway through the month was confirmed at the beginning of June; the United States had allied with the aliens and withdrawn their support from the project. However, the rest of the world is willing to continue assisting us.
With us now starting to understand the alien weapons and our own weapons becoming more advanced, everything is starting to fall into place for an assault on one or both of the alien bases. At long last, we will be able to strike a major blow against the invaders.
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Sweet. Things seem to be going well.
In all honesty though, I think we should target the U.S. base first.
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Sweet. Things seem to be going well.
In all honesty though, I think we should target the U.S. base first.
I agree with this, also I'm renaming my tank to Gainger Zeta
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The new HWPs (dubbed Alpha Striker and Gainger Zeta by our operators) have been sent on their first field operation.
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Judging by these results, they seem to be doing very well.
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Pacific Watch and Americom have received additional interceptors. We can now regularly patrol both the Atlantic and Pacific.
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The new lab at Firstlight is complete. However, we do not have the money to procure new research staff.
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To cover our funding shortfalls, we have decided to start the manufacture and sale of advanced weapons systems. As the aircraft-based laser cannon is otherwise useless to us, we are producing it for sale to interested parties.
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Wait... Two aliens killed with three corpses recovered?
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Wait... Two aliens killed with three corpses recovered?
One was killed by the crash of the craft. It tends to happen when our Interceptors blow up the engine.
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One was killed by the crash of the craft. It tends to happen when our Interceptors blow up the engine.
Oh. I got a little confused there. :3
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We continue to recover crashed alien craft with little problem.
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Research division has finished reverse-engineering another alien weapon. While the ?plasma pistol? is more powerful and accurate than the laser pistol we currently use, this does not outweigh the laser's extremely rapid rate of fire and the fact it does not require ammunition.
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We encountered a new alien species, tentatively referred to as ?Jade?. We were able to capture the sole specimen we encountered alive, with no casualties other than a downed HWP. Manufacturing division has already prepared its replacement.
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Downed HWP? What happened?
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Hey what difficulty are you playing this on?
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Downed HWP? What happened?
We were using it as cover to move agents in towards the Jade and it got shot at.
Hey what difficulty are you playing this on?
Due to a bug in the game, it defaults to the easiest difficulty regardless of which one you actually select.
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We continue to detect, shoot down, and recover alien crafts without incident.
In addition, our research division has made two significant accomplishments.
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While it's referred to by the ?heavy plasma? due to its relative size in comparison to the plasma pistol and rifle, this weapon is actually remarkably lightweight, weighing similarly to rifles of Earth origin. Its power, accuracy, lightweight size, and rate of fire means it will likely become our new primary weapon, replacing the laser rifle.
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Research division has also finished replicating the design of alien spacecraft. They plan to develop a new interceptor craft from this design.
With us gaining a greater knowledge of the alien weapons and technology, our advantage is growing larger. We should be ready to make an assault on one of the alien bases by the end of this month.
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HELL YEAH INTERCEPTORS!
I hope we get some of those clips for all the great weaponry we're researching.
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Our interceptors, field agents, and HWP operators continue to work reliably on bringing down and bringing in alien ships.
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We've received two new batches of research staff, doubling the size of our research division.
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Research division has compiled a report based on interrogation and observation of one of the aliens we have captured.
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The aliens we know as ?Grays? refer to themselves as Sectoids. They operate in a hierarchy, with rank determined by one's psychic abilities; we can now confirm that higher-ranking ones are capable of mind control.
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Using the intelligence we have obtained, research division hopes to find the source of the alien invasion.
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A supply ship has landed at the alien base in the Phillipines. Despite the best work of our scientists, the reverse-engineered alien weapons are not yet ready for battlefield deployment and the month is almost over.
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Even though our advantage is not as large as it could be, we are going after the aliens on their turf. We're sending the best personnel and the best equipment we have available.
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And so it begins.
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Lets hope all goes well here.
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The team from Firstlight arrived at the base shortly after the supply ship left, splitting into two groups.
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KUSANAGI: I'm on the east side of the base with Zengar and Anthony's HWP. I take it everyone else is at the west entrance?
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CHAORE: Correct.
HANZO: I'm moving out.
KUSANAGI: Confirmed.
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HANZO: We've got an Indigo over here... damn, missed.
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ANTHONY: What the HELL is with these caves?
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HANZO: We've got a Bull here too, looks like it's far enough away that it's not a real threat.
CHAORE: Okay, Chaser and I are coming down.
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CHAORE: Okay, Bull is down.
KUSANAGI: Anthony, are we clear on our end?
ANTHONY: Yeah, it's safe to move out.
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CHAORE: I took care of that Indigo that got away for you, Hanzo.
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HANZO: Are you sure it wasn't this one?
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DOLL SOLDIER: Hey, what about this one?
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CHAORE: Okay, looks like we're clear, prepare to advance.
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HANZO: Damn, I think something snuck up on me. Turret and targeting system seem to be pretty messed up.
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CHAORE: I think I found that ?something?.
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HANZO: Careful, something almost snuck up on you there.
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CHAORE: Okay, so this must be the control center. Proceed with caution.
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ANTHONY: I've already fired so many rockets in this corridor I think I blew aliens up after they were already dead, so what's one more?
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HANZO: Okay, I'm sending the HWP into the center. Who knows what's in here... aliens that make zombies, aliens with mind control, maybe aliens that make zombies that can mind control...
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HANZO: Or maaaybe just aliens with a ton of explosives. What's plan B?
MADNESS CHASER: Kill them before they reload.
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MADNESS CHASER: This one has the biggest gun, I'm taking it down first!
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ACIDUS: To your right!
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CHAORE: Okay, we're clear up here. Mop up any survivors and we'll get a team to blow the place up.
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ANTHONY: I got your survivors riiiiight heeere...
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DOLL SOLDIER: Damn, one of them's still alive!
CHAORE: Hold on. It's dropped it's weapon and it's too wounded to put up much resistance. Just wait for Zengar to get here with the stun rod and we'll take it into custody.
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ANTHONY: Well, one of them just blew itself up. Way to kill my fun.
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ZENGAR: Sorry to keep you waiting! There was so much smoke downstairs, it's like the whole place just blew up or something...
[END TRANSMISSION]
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This mission was an unprecedented success. Not only have we shut down the alien base, we have recovered a significant amount of alien technology and captured another live alien.
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We have also recovered what appears to be another alien weapon and its ammunition. Judging by its size, it looks to be incredibly powerful.
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Needless to say, our backers are incredibly satisfied. While the United States is still committed to its pact with the aliens, everyone else has upped our funding. And in just in time too, since the research division takes a LOT of money to operate now.
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Heh. Hell yeah.
I'm so glad we have the HWPs.
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Yep, this is what those alien scumbags get for messing with EARTH. Also Gainger Zeta is awesome and needs a paintjob BV
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Dibs on the Blaster Launcher.
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Heh, I vanish from the site for a few days and things go swimmingly.
I'm glad that we got the HWP-mounted lasers. :D
But that new weapon we found has me interested....I wnder if there's a way to use it to make our HWPs even more powerful?
And the lines I had in the last mission? Perfect.
" Who knows what's in here... aliens that make zombies, aliens with mind control, maybe aliens that make zombies that can mind control..."
*insert beat panel here*
" Or maaaybe just aliens with a ton of explosives. What's plan B?"
I'd say that perfectly showcases my personality, but we could do with more bizarre observations on my part though.
But whatever works folks.
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Even after our victory in the Philippines, we haven't had much time to relax.
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Research division's produced an upgraded power suit. The enhanced Elerium core means we can make the armor slightly heavier with no loss in mobility, and incorporating bits of our knowledge of the alien craft means we've been able to add flight capability.
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We've established a new base, this time in Africa. Savannah should provide coverage to the southern hemisphere, as well as reinforcing our intercept capability from Firstlight and other bases.
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With plans for new interceptor in development, we've decided to retrofit one of our bases to produce them. A manufacturing division is being set up at Americom to produce new craft in-house.
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The interception and recovery of alien craft has become effectively routine.]
We're waiting for research division to finish analyzing the alien weapons before going after the alien base in the United States.
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SWEET. We can fly now!
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Research division has finished reverse-engineering the power supply for the plasma rifle.
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This means two things. First, we can use and produce our own plasma weaponry.
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Secondly, now that we know how these weapons work, we can produce a vehicular variant for interceptors and HWPs.
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Firstlight's manufacturing division has started production on the new armor.
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Hey Hanzo. You gettin' ready for an awesome upgrade?
Also, plasma weapons for the win.
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We've shot down and recovered another alien craft.
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In addition, we've neutralized a ship which appears to be the same type as the one used for attacks on cities. The ship crashed in Siberia, far from civilization; recovery is not a priority.
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Research division has finished analyzing another piece of alien munitions. It appears to use a combination of concussive force and gases to knock out targets. We're still working on studying the accompanying launcher.
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Construction work at Savannah continues. We should be ready to launch intercepts from there in roughly a month.
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An alien craft we were pursuing landed in Central Asia. It's been a long time since deployed ground forces to a ship without shooting it down first; hopefully we're still prepared.
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The UFO we planned to intercept on the ground took off before we could land, but was quickly shot down by interceptors overhead. It was recovered in good condition (?good condition? meaning we didn't blow the hell out of the engine like we usually do).
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Another UFO was shot down over the ocean, where we can't recover it.
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In the meantime, we appear to have a problem. Two UFOs have landed in Washington, DC. As the United States has already made a pact with the aliens, we believe that this is an attempt to extract more from the deal, possibly to obtain another base.
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I'm wondering if we should take this chance to destroy their American base.
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Shortly after the alien envoys in Washington departed, we spotted two more ships.
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One was a small surveillance craft that was quickly destroyed. The second, an unidentified medium-sized ship, was shot down over the southern tip of South America.
A team consisting of Kusanagi, Mr. Bob, Anthony and Hanzo's HWPs, and several rookies was deployed to the crash site.
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KUSANAGI: Okay, we're ready to deploy.
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ANTHONY: Looks like the ship has two entrances. There's a Jade in front of one of them.
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ANTHONY: That wasn't exactly a direct hit, but still, how is something STILL standing after that?
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ANTHONY: And of course, there HAS to be one in the blind spot. HWP's taken a bit of damage, but it's still running.
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HANZO: I've got this one.
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STRONGARM: I've got this one.
ANTHONY: Wai ? wha? A rocket didn't do anything and you bring it down with one of those puny HE rounds?
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KUSANAGI: I'm spotting another Jade from overhead.
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ANTHONY: Oh, this is just wonderful. I'm stuck in the god damned sand here.
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STRONGARM: We've got another Jade over here!
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HAWKEYE: One down!
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KUSANAGI: The one here's down too.
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HANZO: Spotted another Jade. Just how many are they packing into the ship, is it like some interstellar tin of anchovies?
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HAWKEYE: Got it.
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HAWKEYE: Hm, another one.
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HANZO: Again, how many of these are there?
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HANZO: Looks clear outside. Anthony's HWP is stuck in the sand and neither of us can get them in the ship, so it's up to you from here.
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KUSANAGI: Bottom level of the ship looks clear. Looks like the interceptors blew out the engine again and...
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KUSANAGI: Is that what I think it is?
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MR. BOB: We're at the other end, and I think it is.
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KUSANAGI: Okay, get ready to move up to the upper levels of the ship.
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STRONGARM: We've got a Jade up here.
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STRONGARM: It's down. Heavyset and Hawkeye are coming up after me.
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HEAVYSET: Damn it! Hawkeye and Strongarm are down!
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HEAVYSET: Hey, you!
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QUICKDRAW: You too!
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Despite two casualties, we were able to recover the ship. In addition, we have recovered weapons and ammunition for our use from the crew.
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Sucks about the casualties, but at least we got some more stuff.
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Cows, seriously :/
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I want to get flight, if my stats support that.
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I want to get flight, if my stats support that.
We'll get the flying suits to all high-ranking agents as soon as we can, it's just a matter of how quickly we can produce them.
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>Nooo! Hawkeye! Strongarm! You may not have been very memorable, but Mr. Bob will remember you. Rest well comrades. *Salute*
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We've received four new agents at Firstlight to replace our combat losses. Americom and Pacific Watch should be receiving additional personnel as well; ideally, they should eventually be able to carry out field operations as well.
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Some of the engineers from Firstlight's manufacturing division have been transferred to Americom to prepare for craft production there.
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We've finished analyzing the power supply for the ?heavy plasma?, giving us access to one of the most powerful alien weapons.
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A medium-sized ship was shot down over South America; we're preparing for recovery operations.
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Aw yeah. Now we can use some epic plasma based stuff.
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After equipping the Firstlight team with new agents and equipment, we moved out to the crashed ship in Brazil.
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KUSANAGI: Okay, we're ready to move.
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HANZO: Can't see jack down here. Hopefully their vision isn't any better than ours.
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?MULE?: I've got incendiary rounds ready to go.
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HANZO: Grenade hit the HWP. It's damaged but still running.
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HANZO: Hard to tell, but it looks like I'm picking up a Jade. It's like they have camouflage or something.
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KUSANAGI: I can't get a clear shot through all the foliage.
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?MULE?: Deadeye's in position to take the shot.
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HANZO: Target confirmed down.
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?PANIC ATTACKER?: Setting out flares.
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?MULE?: Spotting another Jade.
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?DEADEYE?: Got it.
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HANZO: Picking up multiple targets!
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KUSANAGI: One down!
MADNESS CHASER: I've got the other one!
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?PANIC ATTACKER?: Another Jade coming this way!
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KUSANAGI: We don't have a clear shot yet. Get behind cover!
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KUSANAGI: Mule!
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KUSANAGI: We've got a clear shot now... WHY WON'T YOU DIE?
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HANZO: Another Jade down!
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MADNESS CHASER: And another!
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HANZO: HWP's down. Research division STILL doesn't have those better ones ready yet?
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MADNESS CHASER: Yet another Jade down. These things don't stop coming!
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?IRON LADY? I've set a proximity grenade next to the door. Something comes through there, we'll know.
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?DEADEYE?: Looks like that ?something? showed up pretty fast. I got this one.
?PANIC ATTACKER?: That explosion knocked out the flares, I'm setting up a new one!
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?PANIC ATTACKER?: Hoo boy.
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?DEADEYE?: Got this one too. Hold on, another one's coming out!
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?DEADEYE?: Damn it, Panic Attacker's down!
?IRON LADY?: Don't stop firing!
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?IRON LADY?: There's another one!
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?IRON LADY?: Stun bomb, huh. Stop wasting my time.
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MADNESS CHASER: Sometimes I impress myself, even.
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KUSANAGI: All right, does it look like there's any more?
[END TRANSMISSION]
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Despite the loss of two rookies and a HWP, we did fairly well here, recovering several live aliens and alien craft parts. Selling the excess equipment we've recovered from crash sites recently has netted us large amounts of money, roughly on par with the money we receive from the international community. And to think, if we were doing this to humans it would be called ?piracy?.
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A good amount of our field staff have been promoted. Purvis is now the commander of field combat operations for all of X-COM. Several other agents have also received promotions.
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Friggin' Jades always seem to show up in large numbers.
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Pacific Watch and Americom have received new personnel; for now they're merely on security detail, but eventually they should be able to supplement Firstlight's field operations.
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We've also received an influx of new rookies at Firstlight.
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Research division's finished reverse-engineering the stun bomb launcher we've recovered from the aliens. We should have a lot less trouble capturing live aliens when we need to.
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More important than our weapons development, research division has finally managed to obtain some intelligence from interrogating captured aliens. Coincidentally, one of the aliens we captured from the Phillipines base happens to be some type of high-ranking leader; interrogating it should net us further information on the source of the invasion.
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Two superheavy alien ships appeared in American airspace. We don't have the firepower to bring one of them down, let alone two. We can only assume they're here to act as envoys to try and force a pact with another nation or to continue contact with the US.
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We got two more agents at Firstlight.
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Research division's finished the plasma cannon. At first I thought it would be a disappointment like the laser was, but I'm amazed. Superior range and power to even our Avalanches, and doesn't require reloading like conventional weapons. All I can say is it would have been nice to have this earlier.
While the plasma beam would make an ideal HWP weapon, it's simply too heavy. We'd have to design a new chassis outright if we'd want to use it on the battlefield.
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We've had manufacturing at Firstlight cancel all other projects to focus on making the new plasma beams. Unfortunately, they require a significant quantity of Elerium, most of which we transferred to Americom to save space.
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On the other hand, we know exactly where to get more.
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Who's ready for a base raid?
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Me
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A six-person team with HWP backup was sent to the American base. Kusanagi was put in charge of the ground team, Purvis overseeing the operation from Firstlight.
PURVIS: What's your situation?
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DOLL SOLDIER: Deadeye and Anthony's HWP are on the east side with me, everyone else is on the west.
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ANTHONY: I'm scouting the place out... looks like some sort of warehouse.
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ANTHONY: Whoa... scanners are lighting up. Looks like snakemen. Knowing our luck, those OTHER aliens are going to be here too...
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ANTHONY: Well, that's one down. Going to give the aliens credit for not storing anything too volatile down here.
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DEADEYE: That's another one.
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CHAORE: Okay, got it. We're moving out over here.
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ANTHONY: I totally saw this coming, by the way.
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ANTHONY: Hopefully the HWP can take the rocket's blast at this range.
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ANTHONY: Well, on the other hand, we know who can't.
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ANTHONY: Wait, another one?
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ANTHONY: GET. OFF.
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ANTHONY: Eh, I'm not going to miss that tank.
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ACIDUS: Looks like there's some elevators back there. I'm setting a proximity grenade in case they try to ambush us.
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HANZO: Well, judging by the the funky lights and the increase in things trying to kill us, I think I'm getting close to the core.
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?DEADEYE?: Damn I'm good.
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ACIDUS: Looks like there's a snakeman overseeing the warehouse.
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?DEADEYE?: I've got the door if it comes back down.
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ACIDUS: That won't be necessary.
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DOLL SOLDIER: Another snakeman down.
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HANZO: Continuing forward and ?
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HANZO: Acidus, what was that about making sure we don't get ambushed?
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DOLL SOLDIER: Snakeman at close range!
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CHAORE: Snakeman's in the open... damn, missed!
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KUSANAGI: I've got this one.
PURVIS: Not picking up many more life signs... proceed to the core.
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KUSANAGI: Acidus brought down what looks to be the leader here, I've got the other one in my sights.
PURVIS: Scanners are still picking up something in the base. Proceed with caution.
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?DEADEYE?: I'm seeing something above me in the gravlift here, bringing it down.
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This mission was a grand success. Other than the destruction of two nearly-obsolete tanks, we suffered no combat losses during this mission.
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While we recovered less Elerium than we hoped to, it's still enough to start production of enough plasma cannons for two interceptors. We're bringing some more Elerium back from Americom to build more.
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Gaginger Zeta you shall be missed ;_;
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That went better then expected.
Does that mean the base is gone, or was that only a warehouse?
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That went better then expected.
Does that mean the base is gone, or was that only a warehouse?
The warehouse was only a small portion of the base; the whole thing's been demolished.
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The warehouse was only a small portion of the base; the whole thing's been demolished.
Do we know how the Americans took to the news?
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Do we know how the Americans took to the news?
Unfortunately, they're still committed to that pact with the aliens and denying us funding.
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Enough work's been completed at Savannah that we can start moving personnel in soon.
We've started equipping the interceptors with the plasma beams as they come off the assembly line.
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Research division's been busy at work. They've finally finished their work on designing a new interceptor craft.
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The so-called ?Firestorm? is an Elerium-powered craft built from reverse-engineered alien technology. It is significantly faster and more durable than our current interceptors, but has a smaller operational range.
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They believe they should be able to develop a combination interceptor-transport by combining elements of the Firestorm and Skyranger designs.
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In addition to the Firestorm, we've combined the concepts from the alien craft designs to design a new HWP chassis. With an Elerium-based engine and antigravity capability, it's easily capable of using the plasma cannons. In other words, Anthony and Hanzo have a kickass new toy.
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In addition, we've finished interrogating the Indigo leader. Turns out they're called ?Floaters?. Hmm. We still need a bit of time to analyze the information we obtained.
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Hurray for new toys!
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I wished the Firestorm craft looked better.
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Several agents at Firstlight have been further promoted following a routine field operation.
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Savannah has received their first batch of personnel. Once radar comes online, it will be fully functional.
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As predicted, another nation has made a pact with the aliens, effectively leaving North America in extraterrestrial control. Americom will now focus mainly on operations in South America.
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Another base has been discovered in the United States, not far from the one we previously shut down. Once we have rearmed with new HWPs and other weapons, we will go after this facility.
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Dammit Canada. What the hell.
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Radar spotted an alien craft which had landed near Gibraltar; we recovered it completely intact.
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We've retrofitted a few more interceptors with the new plasma beams.
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A workshop at Americom is now functional, meaning we can start manufacturing Firestorm craft.
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With the pricetag for building our new equipment, though, we should wait until we've salvaged and sold some more alien devices.
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After losing several agents to ambushes, research division decided to go ahead with the motion scanner project they'd suggested early on. Its range is small, making it ineffective on open terrain; however, when investigating a building or alien craft it should prove valuable.
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Despite our best efforts to intercept the attack craft, alien forces have launched a strike on Karachi. We are immediately deploying to the city.
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PURVIS: What's your situation on the ground?
ANTHONY: Looks clear so far.
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ANTHONY: Still clear.
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ANTHONY: Hang on, I'm spotting something. Some weird purple blob thing.
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ANTHONY: Whoa, sensors are lighting up. We've got Jades too.
?DEADEYE?: I've got this one.
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ANTHONY: Picking up another one.
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?DEADEYE?: This one's also down.
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ANTHONY: Spotting a few more yet.
KUSANAGI: Got it. Use the HWP to spot the enemy and we'll snipe them from here.
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ACIDUS: I'll try and get a better view from up here.
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DOLL SOLDIER: One hostile down!
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?DEADEYE?: Spotting something off to the side here. Looks like a blob... different from the other ones.
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?DEADEYE?: Another Jade down.
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CHAORE: I got that blob thing.
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KUSANAGI: That weird flying bean thing is down. I'd hate to be the guy on the recovery team who has to clean that up.
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CHAORE: Another Jade down.
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ANTHONY: Another blob here. I've got it blocked in, requesting backup.
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MADNESS CHASER: No problem.
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CHAORE: Another Jade, look out!
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?DEADEYE?: Madness Chaser is down, repeat, Madness Chaser is down!
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ANTHONY: You're not getting away!
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DOLL SOLDIER: I've got the shot.
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ANTHONY: We don't care WHO you are or WHAT you're armed with...
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CHAORE: This time, you've gone too far!
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[END TRANSMISSON]
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We were able to save Karachi, but at a high cost. Madness Chaser was an extremely skilled and adept agent, and his loss will never be replaced. The Jade responsible for his death has been captured alive, and is awaiting interrogation by Firstlight's research division.
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MMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!
;_;
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I'm dead? damn. I want to come back. Avenge me my comrades! Burn their world to naught.
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I'm dead? damn. I want to come back. Avenge me my comrades! Burn their world to naught.
You are the first of the forum-users to die.
We will wash our hands with their blood.
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I love how everyone just goes 'Oh -fuck- no, You killed one of US this time. You will wish you were a dead man.'
That said, I salute to you...you fought well, Madness.
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Dammit......they got one of us.
They're just lucky we don't send a meteor or five at their homeworld.
...Well, we would if we could, amirite?
But aside from that, I can't believe they got my tank too!
They will burn for that.
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Poor Madness, we knew well (sort of).
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I love how everyone just goes 'Oh -fuck- no, You killed one of US this time. You will wish you were a dead man.'
:3
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Despite the loss of Madness Chaser, we have to move on.
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We've been using the new rookies to handle the recovery of crash sites. We did lose one of them, Ice Queen, but did manage to retrieve a large quantity of weapons, ammunition, alien metal, and Elerium.
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Several of the rookies have received promotions.
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Two other ships, which appeared to be small probes (okay, not the best choice of words), broke up in midair after being hit by interceptor fire.
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We've spotted a superheavy alien ship in Australia. It's likely that once again they're trying to force a pact with a nation. This is too far from Firstlight for us to intervene in time; we must prepare for the worst.
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Might want to consider a base around that area eventually. Here's hoping the Australians don't give in to the aliens though.
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Research division has finished studying a Jade we recovered from a crashed ship. This so-called ?Muton? appeared to be some sort of engineer, and we obtained valuable information about one of the types of alien ships we've encountered.
Two of the other aliens we have in containment have been identified as another engineer and a navigator; we are commencing interrogation at once.
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The new-model HWPs have been completed and are ready for deployment at any time.
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Aw yeah, time to let Hanzo and Anthony loose.
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The new HWPs have performed extremely well, cleaning out one crash site singlehandedly. Their enhanced maneuverability, accuracy, and armor makes them superior to the previous models by leaps and bounds.
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We've been doing quite a bit of cleaning out crash sites, coincidentally.
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Savannah's radar is online, making it ready to handle interceptions for the African continent. We'll likely be shipping Interceptors from our other bases here rather than leasing new ones outright.
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Research division's given us valuable intelligence concerning the location of the alien headquarters; it's much closer than we anticipated. We'll have to go after alien bases as we locate them and capture the alien commanders to get further information.
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Once again, we know exactly where to look. Last time we attacked an alien base, the battle was well in our favor, and this time our weapons and equipment are even more advanced. We have plenty of reasons to raze it, taking no prisoners and leaving no survivors.
However, we have an important reason to bring at least some of the aliens back alive; they know where the base on Mars is, and if we want to win the war for humanity, we need to know as well.
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Another raid eh?
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We were going all out on this mission (we go all out on pretty much every mission, but it just seemed to deserve emphasis here). A team of our highest-ranking, most competent agents was deployed with the best equipment we could muster.
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Chaore was given a plasma rifle to take advantage of his skills at sniping.
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Kusanagi and Doll Soldier, two all-around skilled agents, were given the ?heavy plasma? cannons, our best available general-purpose weapons.
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Zengar was given a rapid-firing laser pistol to take advantage of his quick reaction times, in addition to a medikit to take advantage of the free hand.
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Acidus was given a pistol to leave a hand free for throwing grenades or explosives.
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?Will Kill? was given the stun bomb launcher, partially because we need the means to bring in aliens alive, and partially because we don't really trust her with a powerful weapon after she's shown vulnerability to psychic attack.
In addition, both new-model HWPs have been deployed with Anthony and Hanzo at the controls.
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ZENGAR: I'm in the southeast with Doll Soldier and Hanzo. I take it you're all together?
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KUSANAGI: Yeah, we're all at the extreme northwest of the base. Anthony's already through the gravlift ready to scout.
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ANTHONY: Hard to tell in the darkness, but looks like one of those black things. We're probably dealing with Snakemen like last time we were here. Proceed with caution.
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KUSANAGI: I've got a perimeter set up. No way we're getting ambushed.
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DOLL SOLDIER: We've got our own perimeter set up here.
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ANTHONY: Snakemen confirmed.
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ANTHONY: That's one!
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ANTHONY: That's two! Sorry Chaser, no three. Huh, looks like the control room was pretty close to the entrance this time.
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HANZO: Guys, there's a Snakeman heading toward your position.
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CHAORE: Got this one taken care of.
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ACIDUS: Got another one here.
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HANZO: This area over here looks clear.
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ZENGAR: We've got another Snakeman.
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DOLL SOLDIER: I can't get a clear shot at it! Keep in cover!
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ANTHONY: Okay, I guess we can make that three.
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ZENGAR: Okay, got that Snakeman taken care of and ?
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ZENGAR: Look out, behind you!
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ZENGAR: That was way too close.
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KUSANAGI: We've made it into the control center and...
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CHAORE: What happened to ?no way we're getting ambushed??
KUSANAGI: There's a reason we deploy in teams, you know.
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ANTHONY: I'm going around to scout, just hang on.
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DOLL SOLDIER: We've got another Snakeman here.
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ZENGAR: I'm going around to back you up.
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DOLL SOLDIER: Doesn't matter, I've got this.
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ACIDUS: I've entered the control center through a breach in the wall. By the way, Hanzo, if you're done sightseeing, you want to back us up?
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HANZO: Fine, the engine was starting to get cold here.
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KUSANAGI: Okay, we've got the stun launcher here, we can proceed now. Anthony, open the door.
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ANTHONY: We're in the core spotting something upstairs.
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?WILL KILL?: Detecting two lifeforms above us. Firing stun laucher.
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ANTHONY: Confirming the control center is clear. Both occupants are unconscious.
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HANZO: Target spotted!
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HANZO: I've blocked off the exit, it's going to be heading in your direction!
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HANZO: When I said it was going to be heading in your direction... it decided to try and go through me instead.
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HANZO: And of course, try and succeed are two different things.
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DOLL SOLDIER: Found a survivor here, just let me mop up.
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Despite some close calls, we were able to complete this mission without casualties. However, we failed to retrieve a commander; the two aliens retrieved from the control center were identified only as low-ranking leaders. On the other hand, we did obtain a large quantity of weapons and technology to supply our operations with.
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You should apply the patch to play on harder difficulties. :V It's more fun with a 65% casualty rate on average!
X-COM is good. More is even better. It has been an interesting read so far.
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With the resources we obtained from the raid on the alien base, we're finally able to start work on the Firestorm craft. We're still keeping the older interceptors around, as the Firestorm's reliance on Elerium makes it unreliable for long aerial patrols.
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We've finished retrofitting our interceptors with plasma beams. The now-obsolete Avalanches have been sold off, no longer taking up space in our storage facilities.
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We were able to recover a small-sized craft; while the engine had been completely destroyed, the rest of the ship was intact.
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Unfortunately, Zengar was severely wounded during this operation. His recovery will take roughly two months. Looking over his personnel file, I had no idea his shooting skill had improved to the point where it was on par with that of Kusanagi and Chaore; if a new colonel becomes necessary, I wouldn't be surpised to see Zengar promoted.
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In the meantime, he's been brought to Savannah, where he will be heading up a new combat team when he recovers. The personnel stationed there earlier have been brought to Firstlight to train under Kusanagi and Chaore.
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Interrogation of an alien navigator has netted us some very useful results.
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First, we have obtained data confirming that the alien bases do rely on supply ships in order to remain operational. Locating and tracking these supply shipments should allow us to locate more lien bases.
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Second, we've obtained data on the alien communication frequencies. This information means we can intercept and decode alien transmissions, and determine the nature of alien operations on Earth at any given time.
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Since bringing down the alien outpost in the US, we've been conducting patrols to locate other bases. We assume there is one in Canada following their pact, but nothing has turned up so far.
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We've sent an interceptor to Savannah from Firstlight, giving us slightly larger operational range.
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The recovery team is going to be busy for the next little while. A medium-size craft has landed in Central America, while another ship was shot down over Cuba. We're going to use this opportunity to train the Savannah personnel.
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We're going after the medium ship first.
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Haha!
Gentlemen, I love my new tank.
It really gets the job done!
Hmm...but they'll need names won't they comrade?
Hmm.......Perhaps.....nah, that one's too cheesy.
But as TV Tropes says, "Blessed Are The Cheesemakers".....but who cares about tropes right now? We've got invaders to waste!
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So yeah, it looks like this is going to be on indefinite hiatus while I'm busy with things like "college" and "social life". Sorry.