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MEC troops are going to be fun.

I volunteer for speedball duty once we have some good ones.

MEC troops are going to be fun.

I volunteer for speedball duty once we have some good ones.

But you previously said you wanted Rigel to not be a MEC/Genemodded, only Officer or Psionic?

Also Imgur upload times are suddenly slow for me

Operation Noob Herder

This was an easy mission, so the Commander saw fit to send in a few rookies for what Wilson calls "Noob Herding". Thankfully, none of my fellow men died.


Soldiers: Lee Hanson(Operating HANSON-1), Van Doorn, Wilson the douchebag Medic, Run N Fun(forgot to rename), Koto Toshiko, George Washington, Rook40



Wilson: Listen up, Rookies! There will be real, live ALIENS! Standard X-COM procedure is to let the handicapped Rookies like YOU get shot first! Don't worry about After Action Reports, Command doesn't expect Rookies to survive.



Rook40: Men In Black spotted carrying plasma guns! Are they friendly?
Wilson: These are THIN MEN, you godamn Rookie! They're reptile bastards!



Wilson: Rookie, one of our more experienced troops is taking fire! Run out into the open and provide a distraction!



Rook40: Help! These laser rifles suck at accuracy!



Run N Fun: Critical Hit! Floater down!
Wilson: Rook40, you see that shot our Assault just made? If Run N Fun can make a shot at that distance, so can you!



Rook40: Ow! That stings and feels extremely weird at the same time!
Koto Toshiko: If this was World War 1, I would be "healing" you by chopping off your limbs. You'll be fine.



Van Doorn: Drones are down! One less threat to the men!



Wilson: Eat that, Muton!



Rook40: Holy crap! I actually killed one!
Wilson: Watch out, its the world's #1 Badass over here!



Panic around the world was mostly under control, except for in Australia.



Next update: The Great EXALT Massacre


But you previously said you wanted Rigel to not be a MEC/Genemodded, only Officer or Psionic?
24. MEC Troopers are advised to stop throwing other Operatives and S.H.I.V. units, regardless of the tactic’s effectiveness.

24a. Other MEC Troopers are still operatives.

24b. Even if the Operatives volunteer for ‘Fastball duty’.

24c. MEC Troopers claiming that S.H.I.V. units are able to volunteer or communicate are to report to Medical immediately.

24. MEC Troopers are advised to stop throwing other Operatives and S.H.I.V. units, regardless of the tactic’s effectiveness.

24a. Other MEC Troopers are still operatives.

24b. Even if the Operatives volunteer for ‘Fastball duty’.

24c. MEC Troopers claiming that S.H.I.V. units are able to volunteer or communicate are to report to Medical immediately.

I haven't gotten to MECs yet, so I was going to hold off on quoting Things X-COM Operatives Are Not Allowed To Do until I got MECs. Fastball Special it is.

Next update preview, since Its 8:00 PM here and I'm not staying up all night to wait for all the images to upload.



Rigel shotguns a stuffton of EXALT terrorists, since he can't actually punch them in the face until he becomes a MEC!



The power of Squad Sight turns the entire mission into a godamn cakewalk!



Talia racks up the kills with a Laser Machine Pistol!

Rigel shotguns a stuffton of EXALT terrorists, since he can't actually punch them in the face until he becomes a MEC!
wait wat

I was saying that I'm willing to be thrown by a MEC, not become one! I would love to keep my limbs.

The great EXALT Massacre


Badasses attending: Mr. Gutsy(TANK AI), Wei Shen, Highway Robbery, Rigel Hernandez, Redshirt Charlie, Revolver Rookie, Heavy Weapons Guy
Covert Operative: Talia


Wei Shen: This machine kills terrorists!
Highway Robbery: You can utter badass one liners later! Let's hurry up and kill those godamn EXALTs!
Revolver Rookie: Awaiting orders.
Mr. Gutsy: THIS UNIT IS READY TO KILL COMMIE BASTARDS.


Revolver Rookie: Battle scanner operational. EXALTs by the encoder.

*BEWM*



EXALT: Oh stuff! Its X-COM!
Another EXALT: X-COM is a bunch of puppets! Only seven of them and 21 of us!
A different EXALT: ZERG RUSH! KEKEEKEKEKEKE!


Redshirt Charlie: Kill the EXALT infidels! The voice of the Great Commandey One tells me to!
Rigel: The X-COM Commander's divine will compels me to knock some teeth out!
Mr. Gutsy: READY TO DIE FOR YOUR COUNTRY, YOU COMMIE SONS OF BITCHES?
Revolver Rookie: Cold War already over. Please fix the SHIV when we get back to base.


Talia: Hacking!


Rigel: There they are! FIRE!
EXALT: BLAGH!
Some other EXALT: NO! BROTHER DOWN!
Third EXALT: ETHEREAL ACKBAR! ETHEREAL ACKBAR! EAT LEAD, INFIDELS!


EXALT: Need help capping this point!
Mr. Gutsy: COMING ALONE WAS YOUR BIGGEST MISTAKE, COMMUNIST!
EXALT: I'm not alone! EXALT! ZERG RUSH!



Redshirt Charlie: More worshippers of a false god! Sacrifice them all to appease the Commander of X-COM!
Rigel: <Run and Gun Activated> Going in for the kill!



Talia: Moving to hack second Encoder! Cover me!



Highway Robbery: Cmon, you EXALT Insurgents! Hurry up so I can kill you all already!



Revolver Rookie: Lots of hostiles.
Wei Shen: The power of Squad Sight blesses us. We are out of effective range.
Heavy Weapons Guy: What's that, Sandvich? Kill them all?



Mr. Gutsy: ADMINISTERING POINT BLANK EUTHANASIA WITHOUT ANESTHESIA. COMMUNISTS DO NOT DESERVE PAINLESS EXECUTION.



Rigel: Gonna beat you like a red headed stepchild.....



EXALT: Silly X-COM! I know how to dodge bullets because I play Touhou!



EXALT: Look out, brothers! The snipers are firing again!



*BOOM NUTSHOT*

EXALT 2: NO! I'M INFERTILE NOW!
EXALT 3: This is not your path, X-COM! You are not prepared for What Lies Ahead!



Revolver Rookie: Center of mass.

*BEWM*



EXALT 2: Tell my wife.... She's a.... Whore..................................



EXALT: Not the critical hit to the face! IT BURNS!



Rigel: Set em up to knock em down.......
EXALT: NO! I know CQC! I played Metal Gear Solid 3!
Rigel: Let go of my gun!

*Sound effects: Intense fist fight*


MEANWHILE




EXALT: Fear not, brothers! I've dropped from the sky to provide overwatch!
Heavy Weapons Guy: Another easy kill!



Heavy Weapons Guy: 80% Chance To Hit and I miss? What is this BS?



Revolver Rookie: Random Number Generator in my favor tonight. He's down.



EXALT Medic: Christ, that..... Hurts....



EXALT Medic: God, that stings. Cmon, Fatal Wounds..... HEAL!
Heavy Weapons Guy: SHOOT THE MEDIC FIRST!



EXALT Medic: Holy crap, I'm dead!



Wei Shen: More point and click. Except with heads exploding when you click.



EXALT: Who's the idiot that made our guns use Always On DRM? Has the EXALT Quartermaster learned nothing from loving Microsof--- AAAAGH I'M SHOT!
Talia: Encoder hacked again. EXALT Communications down. Proceeding to finish off last hostile!



Talia: Job well done. Let's go home.

Needless to say, this operation went really smoothly. All the troops came home alive today.



Talia became even better at watching our flanks and guarding against ambushes.



Redshirt Charlie was a natural when it came to throwing grenades, since he loved to play Baseball.



handicap Convention got promoted to Officer. Things were running smoothly for X-COM.

Next Update: Tonight Someone Dies

Things X-COM Operatives Are Not Allowed To Do, a list from Reddit and Space Battles
119. Personnel are to stop worshipping the Commander as if he were some god of war. Please refer to him as 'Commander' or 'Sir'. Not as 'Master Commander', 'the Man with the Plan' or 'the Great Commandy One'.
119a. Operatives claiming to hear the Commander's divine will are to be reminded that they have all received subdermal radio implants during their first week of induction at X-COM.
119ai. Similarly, Operatives are to be reminded that increased accuracy is more likely the result of the improved barrel linings and plasma confinement electromagnetic arrays than 'the Blessing of the Great Commandy One'.
119b. Despite the increased enthusiasm, Operatives are to stop referring to EXALT Insurgents as 'heretics', 'infidels' or 'worshippers of a false god'. You should be aware of the irony of that last statement.
119c. Even if he were a god of war, attempting 'appeasement sacrifices' of half a dozen women sneaking into his room is not appreciated.
119ci. Even if they were all volunteers.
119cii. Even if the brunettes all dressed up like Dr. Vahlen sans turtle neck (or only in the turtleneck).
119ciii.Even if the second group found out how to make Carapace Armor 'look so lovey it should be illegal'.
« Last Edit: March 11, 2015, 10:38:28 PM by tber123 »

We are doing so much better than we did in that classic playthrough.

Tonight someone dies


Cortana(TANK AI), Van Doorn, 9MM, two nameless redshirts, Wei Shen, RASL attending this op.

This operation was a cruel reminder to X-COM that anyone can and will die.



9MM: Floaters spotted!



RASL: This is revenge for the bombing of D.C!



*CHOOM*



rookie 1: Holy stuff, I actually HIT SOMETHING!



rookie 2: HELP. SURROUNDED.



RASL: Solving problems with lasers!



RASL: Those Sectoids are going to mind fray! ROOKIE! DUCK---



rookie 2: BLEH.

RASL: NOOOOOOO!



Poor rookie didn't make it. She charged ahead too fast and was quickly killed.



Wei Shen got promoted to another level of Officer.


MEANWHILE AT THE X-COM BASE




Sniopeh GoodJob: I'm the first man in X-COM to ever get superpowers. Gene Modding is a godsend.



Sniopeh GoodJob: I can leap a godamn building and regenerate.




Alien Interrogation Chamber



Scientist: Is Dr. Vahlen at it again with her sadistic and immorally cruel interrogations?
Scientist 2: You mean the kinky stuff? What do you think, Sherlock?



Muton: You cannot break a proud warrior, puny Earthlings!
Scientist 3: Say...... Do you think Mutons make good sushi?


Barracks




Sniopeh GoodJob: .....World's first superhero right here, Rookies. Wanna see how far I can leap?



Wilson: What are you in here for, Carter?
Carter: Tried to hit on Dr. Vahlen and she tased me with the ARC Thrower. Several times. And then she threw me into interrogation and waterboarded me for 48 hours straight.





Next Update: Zombie Apocalypse

I love every bit of this playthrough.

Even your very misplaced emotions.

Major dies? Who gives a forget.

Rookie dies? 4 day funeral.

I love every bit of this playthrough.

Even your very misplaced emotions.

Major dies? Who gives a forget.

Rookie dies? 4 day funeral.

Which Major died?

Calm before the Zombie Apocalypse

I'm actually FURTHER into the game than the screenshots suggest. I play for maybe a half hour or so, spam the screenshot button, and update the LP one mission or two at a time.



We shoot down a UFO and kill some floaters, and Zhang levels up.



A battleship lands. Unfortunately, I had to abort the mission to prevent a total party kill. Dr. Krieger is critically wounded.



More research completed and the zombie apocalypse terror mission is here.

Next update: Zombie Apocalypse

Laser Shotguns

Hurray!

okay so ive recently started my own long war campaign and i really need some help with this landed large ufo
what am i even supposed to do? i go inside and i get forgeted and if I stay outside i still get forgeted but it takes an hour longer. im in june and I don't have lasers or armor yet and mutons have just now shown up. im also like 99 sure there was a space-frisbee i saw in my first attempt inside

okay so ive recently started my own long war campaign and i really need some help with this landed large ufo
what am i even supposed to do? i go inside and i get forgeted and if I stay outside i still get forgeted but it takes an hour longer. im in june and I don't have lasers or armor yet and mutons have just now shown up. im also like 99 sure there was a space-frisbee i saw in my first attempt inside
its okay guys i figured it out
what you have to do it wait outside the ufo for months until your minor war of attrition forces the aliens from their spacecraft to fight your entrenched positions
then you move in and try to take out the outsider and have one of your best engineers crit out of full cover. very important

its okay guys i figured it out
what you have to do it wait outside the ufo for months until your minor war of attrition forces the aliens from their spacecraft to fight your entrenched positions
then you move in and try to take out the outsider and have one of your best engineers crit out of full cover. very important
I think the computer cheats after 20 or so rounds and the map is revealed to the aliens.

That might just be UFO Defense, though.