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A statistical analysis of X-Com Contact Team Forces after six months of combat
Prepared on request
As many of you know, during the course of X-Com's tenure our engagement troops have been thoroughly evaluated and tested in a wide range of combat abilities. These evaluations have, until know, been kept restricted to command-level operatives for a variety of reasons, but the primary one is this: they are not that important.
Personally, from a managerial perspective, I think there is some value to a soldier not knowing various limitations they might have. They should try to achieve whatever they can with what they have got. In not knowing their weaknesses, a soldier can do great things.
I also am hesitant to release soldier details because these statistics are constantly changing. Every mission, every action, every encounter with Alpha forces, our soldier abilities improve, and change, and get better. If these were freely available all the time it would literally be the only thing I had time to do. I have no wish or desire to have my job function reduced to that of regurgitating a dozen spreadsheets every week.
Additionally, releasing personal stats sheets to individual soldiers was seen as being of limited value, as without having access to any other soldiers data, there would be no basis for comparison and no way to put an isolated set of data into context.
So for all these reasons, this data has been kept restricted, despite ongoing requests for access.
However, as some of you have pointed out, there may also be some value to the other side of the argument; finding out what a particular soldiers strengths and weaknesses are, whatever they may be. Having just completed six months of active duty, now has been deemed an appropriate end point marking a significant period of activity. Given the continued requests for this data, I have seen fit to indulge this argument this one time and one time only.
Make no mistake, I still believe that for some, preserving the mystery would be preferable, but for those who wish to know their abilities, they may make a request for their Individual soldier assessments.
However, as an additional source of information, various data streams and reports will be made available; not only to provide some necessary context to any data requested, but also to highlight any interesting statistical anomalies.
This is a open review process and while certain elements may be withheld from publication owing to security concerns, the opportunity for providing feedback and requests to the evaluators is permitted. Should anyone wish request publication of certain traits or analysis, submit your request using regular channels.
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Most Experienced Soldiers:
Name_________# Miss___# Kills
Bedlam..................24............25
Karl........................23............19
Moriveth.................20............23
Fallout....................19............11
Synthetic Orange...17............12
msuitepyon............15............18
Veretas..................13..............8
I.H.N.I.W.T.R..........13..............8
Burning Organ........13..............5
Nartwak..................12..............1
RabidDeathMoose...11..............7
Rankenphile............10............11
gurusloth................10..............5
Ivar...........................9............10
NotACrook.................8............10
Volyu.........................8..............8
Woodroez.................8..............5
Dubh.........................7..............6
Jedoc.........................7..............4
snap..........................7..............2
tech_hunter...............4..............5
Dux............................4..............2
Echilda.......................4..............2
DracoGriffon...............4..............1
Caulk Bite 6................4..............1
Just_Bri_Thanks.........4..............1
Qonas........................4...............0
Campion.....................3...............2
Corporal Carl..............3...............2
Mr Mojo Risin..............3...............1
Viscount Islands.........3...............0
Dr. Monsterror............1...............0
Iolo.............................1...............0
rantlar.........................0...............0
Staleghoti....................0...............0
Tommy2Hands.............0...............0
Especially since I'm the only non-soldier on the list.
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Also, i'd rather not know my individual stats. I'm either good enough to make it or i'll eat plasma.
Lemme see those stats
Stats Requested
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Soldiers ranked by lethality:
Name_________# Miss_____# Kills______KpM
NotACrook...............8................10...............1.25
tech_hunter.............4..................5...............1.25
msuitepyon............15................18...............1.2
Moriveth.................20................23...............1.15
Ivar..........................9................10...............1.11
Rankenphile...........10................11...............1.1
Bedlam...................24................25...............1.04
Volyu........................8..................8...............1
Dubh........................7...................6..............0.86
Karl........................23.................19...............0.83
Synthetic Orange...17.................12...............0.71
Campion..................3...................2................0.67
Corporal Carl...........3...................2................0.67
RabidDeathMoose..11...................7................0.64
Woodroez................8...................5.................0.63
Veretas..................13...................8.................0.62
I.H.N.I.W.T.R...........13..................8.................0.62
Fallout.....................19................11.................0.58
Jedoc.........................7..................4.................0.57
gurusloth.................10..................5.................0.5
Dux............................4..................2.................0.5
Echilda.......................4..................2.................0.5
Burning Organ.........13..................5..................0.38
Mr Mojo Risin.............3..................1..................0.33
snap..........................7..................2..................0.29
DracoGriffon...............4..................1..................0.25
Caulk Bite 6................4..................1..................0.25
Just_Bri_Thanks.........4..................1..................0.25
Nartwak...................12..................1..................0.08
Qonas........................4..................0..................0
Viscount Islands.........3..................0..................0
Dr. Monsterror............1..................0..................0
Iolo.............................1..................0..................0
rantlar.........................0..................0.................N/A
Staleghoti....................0..................0.................N/A
Tommy2Hands.............0..................0.................N/A
Couple of interesting points to highlight here: one is the rising ability of tech_hunter, who despite less than a handful of missions has placed himself at the very top of this list, marking himself as possibly being one to watch in future.
Another is the feats of msuitepyon and Moriveth, who have managed to maintain very high kill ratios across a long period of engagement (marking msuitepyon's recent injury as a significant blow to X-Com capability).
One last note is that of Nartwak: despite a being considered an able soldier and long-serving member of Team Ratio, to date he has managed only one confirmed kill. The dimple explanation for this is as one of the more nimble soldiers in Team Ratio, Nartwak often serves in a forward observation role, marking targets for other sharpshooters to bring down. It is because of contributions to the team like this that lethality alone should not and will not be considered the sole measure of a soldiers value to the X-Com effort.
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Requesting statistics.
One of two actually. At least as far as field operations go.
And think of how many more bodies you can examine when we have better plasma weapons?
And the added influx of enemy corpses for you to dissect will be nice too.
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Speed, measuring both their running ability and their ability to perform numerous actions within a certain time
Stamina, measuring their ability to maintain high output of actions over a sustained period
Health, measuring how much injury or impediment a soldier can withstain before being incapacitated
Bravery, a measure related to the morale of the soldier
Reactions, or how swiftly the soldier can respond to stimuli
Firing Accuracy, a measure of a soldiers accuracy with direct fire weapons
Throwing Accuracy, a measure of a soldier accuracy at throwing objects (including explosives and grenades)
Strength, a measure of both a soldier's carrying capacity and the distance they can throw objects
The following is a table listing the overall average of all soldiers in X-Com, as well as a breakdown in each category of the the average results for new recruits, enlisted soldiers, Non-commisioned Officers (Sergeants) and Officers, including a final tally of the total of all these values. The results are protected to avoid possible exposure to unsecured recipients.
Average....62.......63.......40.......36......45.......60.......65......40......411
Recruit......55.......55.......33.......38......41.......53.......66......30......371
Enlisted.....60.......57.......37.......27......44.......54.......60......38......377
NCO ..........67.......73.......44.......40......49.......67.......70......44......453
Officer.......75.......81.......54.......47......50.......81.......67......61......517
Individual Soldier assessments are measured against these values and will be sent by private communique to requesting soldiers. Further analysis of these statistics is included below.
Analysis:
The clearest development can be seen in the areas of Speed, Stamina Strength and Firing Accuracy. These statistics all show a marked progression, indicating that these statistics receive the most benefit from X-Com training and experience. With time, even poor performers in these skills will could develop into formidable warriors. Conversely, Bravery and Throwing Accuracy have a much more random distribution, indicating that these statistics are more reliant on natural ability than experience, although there is still a weighting towards more experienced soldiers performing better. As for the remaining skills, Health and Reactions, the progression is present, but not as marked as with the more dramatic skills.
Again, it should be noted that measure in a particular skill is not necessary a good indicator of a soldiers worth or performance. The obvious case for this would be Vivixenne, who, despite having one of the lowest evaluations on record as a recruit, went on to become one of the most deadly operatives in the history of X-Com.
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I still think it'll be funny when your psy rating turns out to be 1 and you murder your whole team. The only other option is that you have the highest psy rating of all and the rest of your team gets controlled to try and kill you so you have to kill them all.
While stats are fun, in teh real world they mean exactly nothing when you're facing down a room full of mutons with nothing but a laser rifle in one hand and your balls in the other.
Because that happened and I'm still here mo'fuckers!
That said, I'm an egomaniac, so what the hell.
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From: X-Com Operational Command
Subject: Re: X-Com Pilot transfer application
This offer has now expired. We are now moving on to the next applicant.
Thank you for your time.
X-Com Operational Command
From: X-Com Operational Command
Subject: X-Com Pilot transfer application
Your recruitment application for a top-secret multi-national military task force has been approved. The X-Com engagement force has expanded, and the Pilot Corps are at the forefront of our first responder and interdiction strategy.
To accept this transfer, reply to this message through standard channels.
Thank you for your time.
X-Com Operational Command
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Accepted!
This is great timing. Fedora's been looking at me weird all week.
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Whilst waiting for my chance to serve my planet by destroying the orifices of varied and gruesome selection of alien creatures, I've taken up many hobbies. While basket weaving and concert violin playing don't seem to be valuable assets to the objectives of X-Com, one of my hobbies might be of interest. I've taken up flying, and have discovered I'm actually rather good at it. Not quite Maverick level, but definitely up there with Goose. So with that in mind, I'd also like to throw my hat into the bin for pilots. !signup for Pilots Reserve.
I humbly await your grand reply and approval of my joining the pool.
I remain,
Decius (applicant)
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The operations team has received much feedback on the proposals tabled before the science committee. We have collated the results to date and fed them into the computational algorithms; and we are prepared to release provisional results.
The projects likely to receive immediate approval (in order of research priority) are:
1*. Applied Sciences - Armour Enhancement
1*. Weapons Research - Plasma Rifle/Clip
3. Xenotechnology - Alien Origins
4. Xenology - Sectoid Engineer
*tied first place
Note that these are provisional results, and should further feedback be received from outstanding members of X-Com or the Science Team these results may change.
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