Why do I get the worrying feeling that Rank still managed to survive the final explosion? "Anti-doesn't-fucking-matter, more like. Is that the best you bastards can do?"
I dare say he's currently sailing the world on a raft made of aquatoid corpses.
On the positive side, looks like North America's being targetted by zombifying assholes and I'm having to shoot them down for the surface division. Out of the frying pan, into the fire...
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Phew they made it. Good thing I thought to divert to the far closer Linksville base. I had to pull some major string with Wubble Woo to get X-Com forces sent out, but it was worth it.
Now back to sitting around here at Linksville waiting for nothing to happen.
Wow I cant believe I lived start to finish, I mean yeah I was a spineless whiny bitch the whole time but I survived.... on second thought maybe thats not such a good thing.
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chiasaur11Never doubt a raccoon.Do you think it's trademarked?Registered Userregular
X-Com aquatic internal memorandum
As of today, the Aquatic division, as a separate entity, is officially disbanded.
All surviving members are entitled to pension benefits, counseling, and medical. As long as no-one asks questions, the benefits, I assure you, are generous.
If gainful employment would be the preferred option compared to retirement, Extra-stellar Communications is hiring dive teams for salvage work. Legitimate salvage work this time. Good hours, good pay, and access to what remains of our more... unique technology. No power armor or sonic weapons, but you'll be better off than any other divers on Earth. Or, I could pull some strings, and ensure a posting with almost any army or private military company you would care to join. Playing soldier until such time as the issues the surface division is dealing with end us all.
As for a posting to the surface division, that is, quite frankly, out of the question.
The Director and I discussed the possibility. He stated, and I agreed, that every last one of you would be psychologically unfit for duty. That you had, in all likelihood, from the fragmented reports (although nothing could be proven to the satisfaction of the courts, no need to thank me, I was just doing my job) committed war crimes. That we would, if we took such action, destroy the reputation he has spent months building, and endanger the war effort.
I may have suggested some of those, actually. And that brings us to another question you may have.
The Acheron science team is currently being held in an undisclosed location.
The reasoning behind the decision should be simple. Leaving them unchecked would be... risky. We are talking about individuals with questionable ethics and knowledge of weapons that could, given a replacement power source, outpower conventional atomic systems. However, execution would mean the loss of that talent permanently.
A trial at the Hague, as satisfying as that may be to the more idealistic, would run a risk of exposing all of us to trial. And we would all be sentenced, as we are all, and I do not say this lightly, guilty as sin.
So, we put them in a pleasant, secure private facility until someone has a better idea.
In less pleasant news, we've had some recent news on the aftereffects of T'leth's detonation. On the upside, every weapon the invaders had, and every single terror organism powered by Zrbite is now inert, and the surviving hostiles have lost all higher mental facilities.
On the downside, the detonation is causing untold ecological damage. Within, at an estimate, eighty years, the majority of aquatic life will be extinct, and with that, well... Soylent Green comes to mind.
And there is a possibility a number of Tentaculats survived.
Still, one thing is certain.
It has been a privilege serving with you all. The casualty and kill listings are still being sorted, but they should be available shortly.
The Acheron science team is currently being held in an undisclosed location.
The reasoning behind the decision should be simple. Leaving them unchecked would be... risky. We are talking about individuals with questionable ethics and knowledge of weapons that could, given a replacement power source, outpower conventional atomic systems. However, execution would mean the loss of that talent permanently.
A trial at the Hague, as satisfying as that may be to the more idealistic, would run a risk of exposing all of us to trial. And we would all be sentenced, as we are all, and I do not say this lightly, guilty as sin.
So, we put them in a pleasant, secure private facility until someone has a better idea.
It is one-hundred percent safe to release the science team.
P.S. Send more car batteries, paper clips, and coffee.
(This is one of the most fantastic LPs with one of the most fantastic endings I have ever read. Well done everyone, especially you Chia. My only regret is that I didn't try to get involved sooner.)
The Acheron science team is currently being held in an undisclosed location.
The reasoning behind the decision should be simple. Leaving them unchecked would be... risky. We are talking about individuals with questionable ethics and knowledge of weapons that could, given a replacement power source, outpower conventional atomic systems. However, execution would mean the loss of that talent permanently.
A trial at the Hague, as satisfying as that may be to the more idealistic, would run a risk of exposing all of us to trial. And we would all be sentenced, as we are all, and I do not say this lightly, guilty as sin.
So, we put them in a pleasant, secure private facility until someone has a better idea.
My Dear Director,
We've been civil so far. I enjoy the bond of companionship we've built over the duration of our time together, always being nearly killed by aliens and the pressures of the deep. But I simply must implore you to let my people go. I, of course, mean the other scientists.
By now, the call has gone out from whatever draconian facility you sent them, that my QuikClone has dissolved into a pile of mush and disassociatied fibers. If he hasn't yet, don't bother trying to negotiate my location from him, he doesn't have it. Quite frankly, he's barely sentient. And don't bother checking into the "Lair in Mt Logan" business either, not because it was a screen, but rather I've long since abandoned it. Though if you find yourself there at any point, I can have the defense systems allow you and one guest in, as the view from the guest quarters window is just spectacular. The automated systems will provide for most of your needs. They will also let you leave, I assure you.
Where was I? Oh yes. I'm out of your clutches, you'll never catch me, yadda yadda yadda, and kindly let the others out of their cages, no matter how well appointed they may be.
Sincerely,
Caulk Bite 6
P.S.: I borrowed some funds from your Cayman Islands account. I will pay it back in time, but the "Paycheck" I was promised never materialised. I'm sure you understand.
Caulk Bite 6 on
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chiasaur11Never doubt a raccoon.Do you think it's trademarked?Registered Userregular
edited April 2012
Final killcount
Lt. Raneados-7
Ensign EnglishBob-7
AB Elliottw2-6
Ensign Mr. Mojo-6
AB Starkiller-5
Ensign Imperfect-3
AB Popesnax-3
AB Decius-2
Recruit Pieman-2
AB Amp'd-1
Recruit Yermum-1
Recruit 13th Legion-1
Lt. Nocren(dec)-25
Commander Rankenphile(?)-20
Captain Campion(dec)-11
AB Bursar(dec)-11
AB Zahrkon (dec) - 8
AB VirgilLeadsYou(dec)-3
AB Docken (dec)-2
Recruit Melding (dec)-2
AB Phoenix-D (dec)-2
AB AnteCantelope(dec)-2
Ensign BloodySloth(dec)-1
Petty Officer OnTheLastCastle (dec)-1
AB Rainfall(dec) -1
AB Orikashagae (dec)-1
Recruit Staleghoti(dec)-1
Recruit Adman B(dec)-1
AB Rhan 9(dec)-1
Ensign RabidDeathMoose(dec)-1
Recruit Mvrck(dec)-1
LostProphet AI platform (destroyed)-12
Tofystedeth AI platform (destroyed)-8
Wavecutter AI (non-functional)-1
Petty Officer OnTheLastCastle
Recruit Carthage
Recruit MrMonroe
AB Rainfall
Recruit Phoenix D
AB Docken
AB Orikaeshigitae
AB Zahrkon
Recruit Smaug6
Ensign BloodySloth
Recruit Melding
Recruit Klyka
Recruit Schuss
Recruit Witchdoctor DBM
Recruit Staleghoti
Recruit See317
Lt. Nocren
AB Smokestacks
AB Ante Cantelope
Commander Rankenphile (?)
Captain Campion
Recruit Elvanshae
Recruit Adman B
Ensign Iron Weasel
Ensign Bursar
AB RabidDeathMoose
AB Jaramr
Recruit Mvrck
Recruit cheeseliker
AB VirgilLeadsYou
Ensign Iolo
Corporal Carl
Recruit Raiden 333
AB Rhan 9
SGKLP Hullis
_________________________________________
And that's it for Terror From the Deep.
First, I'd like to thank everyone who read and contributed, and Fishman for providing both inspiration and permission.
It's been fun.
And, in general? You've been as good an audience as anyone could ask for and I'm glad I had the privilege of entertaining you.
Might even have gotten some people to pick up X-Com. Fine game, good choice.
However, some of you may have decided to buy TFTD. This is less ideal.
Don't get me wrong, the core of the game is still good. Just all the rest is long and tedious. Last mission is three parts. All of them involve huge walks from point to point to complete unless you want to ferret out every enemy hiding in a cupboard.
The third level is easier than the previous 2 by a huge margin, but it has an even longer walk with no saving and no shortcuts because, as far as I can tell, the devs hate happiness.
What I'm saying is, if you have a choice, play the first one first. Play terror only if you're feeling masochistic, or you decide UFO Defense isn't providing a challenge at all.
Caulk Bite 6One of the multitude of Dans infesting this placeRegistered Userregular
edited September 2011
Well done, Chiasaur. I've very much enjoyed not only your storytelling, but the opportunity to role play a scientist super villain who's working for a better cause for once.
No promises, and if it looks like I can't do it right, I won't do it at all, but...
Looking at Fallout Tactics.
Good game. As long as you're prepared for the switch in difficulty later in the game it should be a blast. If you aren't then it's going to be tedious trying the kill the later enemies with the wrong weapons :P
FishmanPut your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain.Registered Userregular
Director,
I apologise for the tardiness of my reply to your final report. The paperwork has a way of building up, as you well know, and there are certain... inconsistencies that it seemed I should not be too familiar with. Time makes paupers of us all, etc. etc. and I'm sure you, better than anyone, understand the requirements of command. It isn't always pretty, but at the end of the day, you were assigned to this post to get results.
And you delivered.
And delivered, and delivered. Your strategy and tactics were excellent. Your showed an ability to imitate, adapt and surpass. You were all that could be asked of a Director of X-Com could be, and made the title proud.
As for your next posting... well, should you find a plain tan envelope on your desk, open it in private.
Adm. Fishman
X-Com Director of Operations (Wubble Woo).
Posts
I dare say he's currently sailing the world on a raft made of aquatoid corpses.
On the positive side, looks like North America's being targetted by zombifying assholes and I'm having to shoot them down for the surface division. Out of the frying pan, into the fire...
Good job, Director.
Now back to sitting around here at Linksville waiting for nothing to happen.
Well done, Director Chiasaur. Great read.
Even though I died, yea, yet I live on eternal, etc.
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Wilds of Aladrion: [https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/43159014/#Comment_43159014]Ellandryn[/url]
As of today, the Aquatic division, as a separate entity, is officially disbanded.
All surviving members are entitled to pension benefits, counseling, and medical. As long as no-one asks questions, the benefits, I assure you, are generous.
If gainful employment would be the preferred option compared to retirement, Extra-stellar Communications is hiring dive teams for salvage work. Legitimate salvage work this time. Good hours, good pay, and access to what remains of our more... unique technology. No power armor or sonic weapons, but you'll be better off than any other divers on Earth. Or, I could pull some strings, and ensure a posting with almost any army or private military company you would care to join. Playing soldier until such time as the issues the surface division is dealing with end us all.
As for a posting to the surface division, that is, quite frankly, out of the question.
The Director and I discussed the possibility. He stated, and I agreed, that every last one of you would be psychologically unfit for duty. That you had, in all likelihood, from the fragmented reports (although nothing could be proven to the satisfaction of the courts, no need to thank me, I was just doing my job) committed war crimes. That we would, if we took such action, destroy the reputation he has spent months building, and endanger the war effort.
I may have suggested some of those, actually. And that brings us to another question you may have.
The Acheron science team is currently being held in an undisclosed location.
The reasoning behind the decision should be simple. Leaving them unchecked would be... risky. We are talking about individuals with questionable ethics and knowledge of weapons that could, given a replacement power source, outpower conventional atomic systems. However, execution would mean the loss of that talent permanently.
A trial at the Hague, as satisfying as that may be to the more idealistic, would run a risk of exposing all of us to trial. And we would all be sentenced, as we are all, and I do not say this lightly, guilty as sin.
So, we put them in a pleasant, secure private facility until someone has a better idea.
In less pleasant news, we've had some recent news on the aftereffects of T'leth's detonation. On the upside, every weapon the invaders had, and every single terror organism powered by Zrbite is now inert, and the surviving hostiles have lost all higher mental facilities.
On the downside, the detonation is causing untold ecological damage. Within, at an estimate, eighty years, the majority of aquatic life will be extinct, and with that, well... Soylent Green comes to mind.
And there is a possibility a number of Tentaculats survived.
Still, one thing is certain.
It has been a privilege serving with you all. The casualty and kill listings are still being sorted, but they should be available shortly.
Chiasaur11
Former director, X-Com aquatic division.
Why I fear the ocean.
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It is one-hundred percent safe to release the science team.
P.S. Send more car batteries, paper clips, and coffee.
My Dear Director,
We've been civil so far. I enjoy the bond of companionship we've built over the duration of our time together, always being nearly killed by aliens and the pressures of the deep. But I simply must implore you to let my people go. I, of course, mean the other scientists.
By now, the call has gone out from whatever draconian facility you sent them, that my QuikClone has dissolved into a pile of mush and disassociatied fibers. If he hasn't yet, don't bother trying to negotiate my location from him, he doesn't have it. Quite frankly, he's barely sentient. And don't bother checking into the "Lair in Mt Logan" business either, not because it was a screen, but rather I've long since abandoned it. Though if you find yourself there at any point, I can have the defense systems allow you and one guest in, as the view from the guest quarters window is just spectacular. The automated systems will provide for most of your needs. They will also let you leave, I assure you.
Where was I? Oh yes. I'm out of your clutches, you'll never catch me, yadda yadda yadda, and kindly let the others out of their cages, no matter how well appointed they may be.
Sincerely,
Caulk Bite 6
P.S.: I borrowed some funds from your Cayman Islands account. I will pay it back in time, but the "Paycheck" I was promised never materialised. I'm sure you understand.
Lt. Raneados-7
Ensign EnglishBob-7
AB Elliottw2-6
Ensign Mr. Mojo-6
AB Starkiller-5
Ensign Imperfect-3
AB Popesnax-3
AB Decius-2
Recruit Pieman-2
AB Amp'd-1
Recruit Yermum-1
Recruit 13th Legion-1
Lt. Nocren(dec)-25
Commander Rankenphile(?)-20
Captain Campion(dec)-11
AB Bursar(dec)-11
AB Zahrkon (dec) - 8
AB VirgilLeadsYou(dec)-3
AB Docken (dec)-2
Recruit Melding (dec)-2
AB Phoenix-D (dec)-2
AB AnteCantelope(dec)-2
Ensign BloodySloth(dec)-1
Petty Officer OnTheLastCastle (dec)-1
AB Rainfall(dec) -1
AB Orikashagae (dec)-1
Recruit Staleghoti(dec)-1
Recruit Adman B(dec)-1
AB Rhan 9(dec)-1
Ensign RabidDeathMoose(dec)-1
Recruit Mvrck(dec)-1
LostProphet AI platform (destroyed)-12
Tofystedeth AI platform (destroyed)-8
Wavecutter AI (non-functional)-1
Pilot killboard:
Lt. Timspork's Ghost (9 USOs, 14 confirmed kills)
RisenPhoenix(dec) (6 USOs, 3 confirmed kills)
BlitzAce (4 USOs, 1 confirmed kill)
Final casualty listings
Petty Officer OnTheLastCastle
Recruit Carthage
Recruit MrMonroe
AB Rainfall
Recruit Phoenix D
AB Docken
AB Orikaeshigitae
AB Zahrkon
Recruit Smaug6
Ensign BloodySloth
Recruit Melding
Recruit Klyka
Recruit Schuss
Recruit Witchdoctor DBM
Recruit Staleghoti
Recruit See317
Lt. Nocren
AB Smokestacks
AB Ante Cantelope
Commander Rankenphile (?)
Captain Campion
Recruit Elvanshae
Recruit Adman B
Ensign Iron Weasel
Ensign Bursar
AB RabidDeathMoose
AB Jaramr
Recruit Mvrck
Recruit cheeseliker
AB VirgilLeadsYou
Ensign Iolo
Corporal Carl
Recruit Raiden 333
AB Rhan 9
SGKLP Hullis
_________________________________________
And that's it for Terror From the Deep.
First, I'd like to thank everyone who read and contributed, and Fishman for providing both inspiration and permission.
It's been fun.
And, in general? You've been as good an audience as anyone could ask for and I'm glad I had the privilege of entertaining you.
Might even have gotten some people to pick up X-Com. Fine game, good choice.
However, some of you may have decided to buy TFTD. This is less ideal.
Don't get me wrong, the core of the game is still good. Just all the rest is long and tedious. Last mission is three parts. All of them involve huge walks from point to point to complete unless you want to ferret out every enemy hiding in a cupboard.
The third level is easier than the previous 2 by a huge margin, but it has an even longer walk with no saving and no shortcuts because, as far as I can tell, the devs hate happiness.
What I'm saying is, if you have a choice, play the first one first. Play terror only if you're feeling masochistic, or you decide UFO Defense isn't providing a challenge at all.
Which will take a while.
Again, thanks for reading.
Why I fear the ocean.
True.
But Fishman's is still going, if you haven't been reading that.
Well worth a look.
Why I fear the ocean.
Oh no I have. For several years now =P It's just like, the end of a great film series. It's amazing until it's over, then it's just "awww".
No promises, and if it looks like I can't do it right, I won't do it at all, but...
Looking at Fallout Tactics.
Why I fear the ocean.
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
Good game. As long as you're prepared for the switch in difficulty later in the game it should be a blast. If you aren't then it's going to be tedious trying the kill the later enemies with the wrong weapons :P
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
Though I would be interested in the fallout tactics lp
Right!?
I'd !signup if you did one.
Steam profile.
Getting started with BATTLETECH: Part 1 / Part 2
Also I'll sign the hell up for anything else you ever do sir!
!signup
I'd go through hell and back for you, Director.
Or, if it does become FO:T, Chicago and back.
!signmeup
And thanks again for all the fish.
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I haven't peeked in here for a while because Cthulhu ain't my thing, but damned if that wasn't awesome, Chi.
I mean, if everyone wants that fiddled with, sure, might give it a go, but it's more complicated on that front than X-Com.
Why I fear the ocean.
Destiny Profile : http://www.bungie.net/en/Profile/254/7028016
I apologise for the tardiness of my reply to your final report. The paperwork has a way of building up, as you well know, and there are certain... inconsistencies that it seemed I should not be too familiar with. Time makes paupers of us all, etc. etc. and I'm sure you, better than anyone, understand the requirements of command. It isn't always pretty, but at the end of the day, you were assigned to this post to get results.
And you delivered.
And delivered, and delivered. Your strategy and tactics were excellent. Your showed an ability to imitate, adapt and surpass. You were all that could be asked of a Director of X-Com could be, and made the title proud.
As for your next posting... well, should you find a plain tan envelope on your desk, open it in private.
Adm. Fishman
X-Com Director of Operations (Wubble Woo).