The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent
vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums
here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules
document is now in effect.
Our first, last and only line of defense (another XCOM LP) (completed)
Posts
her inspired orders
ya done goofed now, RMED
...Well, fuck.
(Sorry, smof, I hate doing that to people.
I just assume you're all bronies until you prove otherwise.
Also Sqaud 2 will either kick massive amounts of ass or its going to end super kick. And with lots of blood
Steam: Feriluce
Battle.net: Feriluce#1995
I will probably be hiring some new recruits as soon as I can afford it. I may make a 3rd squad.
Sign up list below
RMED
A Sim Person
Feriluce
Balefuego
Valagante
Scherbchen
Fearghaill
Mysterious Fox
Halos Nach Tariff
Caulk Bite
Here ya go. I decided it would be mean to send Starbuck on his own so we get a few fresh faces to join him. Rookies Galore, Pugilation and Fisk. As it's only a small craft it shouldn't be too hard and will hopefully be a good opportunity to turn these rookies into squaddies. Lt. Floosevelt is going to tag along just to try and help keep the green kids alive!
(I'll shut up now.)
@smof this LP is extremely entertaining. Every time I see there are new posts it makes me so happy
April 19th 12:40 Nigeria
Lt. Floosevelt, Cpl. Starbuck, Rk. Galore, Rk. Fisk, Rk. Pugilation
Cpl. Starbuck: All right rookies, pay attention and do as you're told and hopefully you'll all go home alive.
Lt. Floosevelt: You know, it's nice to have a daytime mission for once.
Rk. Pugilation: Got movement up ahead.
Rk. Galore: I see em! Three tangos coming out to play.
Rk. Galore {rifle fire}
Rk. Galore: One down!
Rk. Pugilation: We got flying guys as well!
Rk. Pugilation {rifle fire}
Rk. Pugilation: Winged it.
Cpl. Starbuck: Nice shooting, rookies. Keep that up and you might turn out more successful than my last squad.
Rk. Galore: That would be nice.
{plasma rifle fire}
Rk. Pugilation: Three of 'em up close. Throwing frag!
{explosion}
Rk. Pugilation: That's two down, and one walking... uh, flying wounded.
Rk. Galore: Moving up to finish it off... woah, hi there.
Lt. Floosevelt: Now that was a poor move, rookie!
Cpl. Starbuck: You think I should help her out?
Lt. Floosevelt: *shrug* It's your squad.
{explosion}
Rk. Pugilation: They're both still up!
Lt. Floosevelt {laser rifle fire}
Cpl. Starbuck: Fall back, Galore!
Rk. Pugilation: The other one's retreated. Can't see it.
Lt. Floosevelt: Moving up to scout.
Lt. Floosevelt: There it is. It's all yours, Galore.
Rk. Galore {rifle fire}
Cpl. Starbuck: All right, move up toward the ship.
Rk. Fisk: I hear something. Sounds like it's on the far side of the ship. I think if I get onto the roof I can get eyes on.
Rk. Fisk: That's a big affirmitive! Three tangos on the far side of the craft.
{plasma shots}
Rk. Galore: Woah! We've got one left on this side, too!
Rk. Pugilation: Uh, guys?
Cpl. Starbuck: Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right.
Lt. Floosevelt: Suggest we retreat back to the Skyranger and cross this river there, come back up and take out that straggler on the left, then we can deal with the others while using the ship for cover.
Cpl. Starbuck: Sounds good to me, LT.
Lt. Floosevelt: Okay I think you're all clear to cross. Just keep your heads down.
Cpl. Starbuck: Start the advance.
Rk. Pugilation: Aye aye.
{plasma shots}
Rk. Pugilation: Aaagh!
Rk. Pugilation {rifle fire}
Rk. Pugilation: Got the little bastard.
Lt. Floosevelt: Nicely done. Don't worry, the medkit'll fix you right up.
Cpl. Starbuck: Everyone ready to approach the ship? I'll hang back and provide cover.
Lt. Floosevelt: All right, Pugilation. Open it up.
going pretty well so far!
</famous last words>
at least in this incarnation I'm not being TK'd by a squadmate/ethereal meatpuppet
Destiny Profile : http://www.bungie.net/en/Profile/254/7028016
Lt. Floosevelt: Oh, I see it.
Lt. Floosevelt {laser rifle fire}
Lt. Floosevelt: No longer a problem.
{plasma shots}
{UFO wall disintegrating}
{plasma shots}
Rk. Pugilation: Woah!
Rk. Fisk: Correction on earlier, we have two x-rays inside the craft. One's in good cover.
Lt. Floosevelt: All right. You guys take care of the one in the open. Galore, come with me, we're going hunting.
Cpl. Starbuck: We've got one charging!
Cpl. Starbuck {LMG fire}
Cpl. Starbuck: And here comes another.
Cpl. Starbuck {LMG fire}
Rk. Pugilation: That just leaves the one in cover behind the power core.
Lt. Floosevelt: Galore and I are in position. Can someone confirm that tango is still there?
Rk. Fisk: Aye, still there.
Lt. Floosevelt: Okay. Finish the job, rookie.
Rk. Galore {rifle fire}
Lt. Floosevelt: And we are done.
Cpl. Starbuck: Not bad, rookies. Not bad at all.
Kill Count
Rk. Galore 3
Rk. Pugilation 3
Lt. Floosevelt 2
Cpl. Starbuck 2
Rk. Fisk 0
Promotions
Rk. Galore promoted to Squaddie. Assigned class: Heavy.
Rk. Pugilation promoted to Squaddie. Assigned class: Heavy.
Cpl. Starbuck promoted to Sergeant. Nicknamed Smokey. Sgt. Starbuck may be trained either in Suppression (fire a shot that afflicts the target with a -30 aim penalty and grants a reaction shot if the target moves) or in the use of Shredder Rockets (fire a rocket that does reduced damage, but causes enemies to receive +33% damage from all other sources for 4 turns) @101
Casualty List
Rk. Galore admitted to the medbay for 17 days (sorry, you got shot with reaction fire making that last attack. I forgot to screenshot it though!)
Rk. Pugilation admitted to the medbay for 13 days
---
Overall Kill Count
Lt. Floosevelt 13
Sgt. Starbuck 12
Sgt. Madder 7
Cpl. Label 5
Cpl. Fuzzbutt 4
Sq. Rankenphile 4
Cpl. Aya 4 (KIA)
Sq. Galore 3
Sq. Pugilation 3
Sq. Bogey 3 (KIA)
Sq. Gatz 2 (KIA)
Rk. Lobo 0 (KIA)
Apologies to both Dongs and YerMum for getting them hit with reaction fire. I guess I keep forgetting that I have an assault with Lightning Reflexes right there.
Destiny Profile : http://www.bungie.net/en/Profile/254/7028016
more explosives
e: I'm glad I've made an impression on the new recruits. We always need more heavies!
Squad Two unofficially renamed "The Boom Squad"
There's not really a lot going on between missions right now as I can't afford to buy/build anything or hire new soldiers. So we're just sitting around waiting for missions and/or the end of the month.
April 26 - One week goes by before maydays come in from three countries under attack. Argentina, Germany and China are all calling for aid.
Let's take a look at how our panic levels are doing
So NA has gone from being totally chill to very much unchill. Europe are still freaking out, as is Australia. Africa and SA are soooo not bothered.
Nothing I can do about NA until my satellites are built and I already decided Europe can do one, so it's back to China again to stop Australia from throwing their toys out the pram. You'd think Australia would be less phased by strange, dangerous wildlife.
Because China are pretty relaxed right now it's going to be an "Easy" mission. Another opportunity to get some rookies blooded!
Cpl. Label and Cpl. Fuzzbutt will be accompanying noobs Rk. Jing and Rk. Fatt, plus Rk. Fisk who if he's a very good boy might actually get to kill something this time.
Oh yeah, and I'm not taking any medkits because it's an easy mission, you shouldn't need medkits! Suck it up, rookies!
(Apologies to Mulletude, you actually should have been up before Trippy because you signed up before him, but I must've got confused and didn't realise until after I'd deployed them. You'll be next in though.)
April 26th 22:56 Shanghai
Cpl. Label, Cpl. Fuzzbutt, Rk. Fisk, Rk. Jing, Rk. Fatt
Cpl. Fuzzbutt: What the hell do aliens want at a gas station?
Rk. Jing: Maybe they needed to pick up some smokes.
Cpl. Label: As an expert on explosions and making things explode, I feel I should advise you all to stay the hell away from those pumps. You know, if you hadn't already worked that one out.
Cpl. Fuzzbutt: Move up towards the building. We can use that van for cover.
Rk. Fatt: Right, because vans never explode.
Cpl. Label: There's a ladder there. Who wants to be Roof Guy?
Rk. Fisk: I'll check it out.
Rk. Fisk: All clear up here. Got a possible alternative entry to the store below, too.
Rk. Jing: Alley behind the store is clear. More entrances back here as well.
Cpl. Fuzzbutt: All right, Jing and Fisk, get on that door at the back. Fatt, you're on this one with me. Label, can you cover the front of the building?
Cpl. Label: I think I can manage that.
Cpl. Fuzzbutt: Jing, Fisk, open up. If there's anything in there with luck it'll run down to our end and we can pick it off.
Rk. Jing: Roger that. Breaching!
Rk. Jing: We have tangoes. And they're moving!
Rk. Jing: Uh... towards us.
Rk. Fisk: Did they seriously just flank themselves?
Rk. Jing: Hey, I'm not complaining.
Rk. Jing {rifle fire}
Rk. Jing: One down.
Rk. Fisk {laser rifle fire}
Rk. Fisk: Aaaand there's the other.
Cpl. Fuzzbutt: Eyes up, hostiles out the front!
Cpl. Label: Heh. Heheheh. Hahahahaha!
Cpl. Fuzzbutt: ...Label?
Cpl. Label: Hey sorry rookies, I know I'm supposed to be letting you rack up kills... but I can't walk away from this.
Cpl. Label {RPG launch}
{EXPLOSION}
{EXPLOSION}
Cpl. Label: HA! And that's why we don't take cover by gas pumps.
Cpl. Fuzzbutt: Jesus, Label, was that necessary?
Cpl. Label: Absolutely.
Kill Count
Cpl. Label 2
Rk. Fisk 1
Rk. Jing 1
Cpl. Fuzzbutt 0
Rk. Fatt 0
Promotions
Rk. Fisk promoted to Squaddie. Assigned class: Assault. Rk. Fisk choose your weapon, AR or shotgun. @Taskman
Rk. Jing promoted to Squaddie. Assigned class: Support. The class with statistically the highest mortality rate, congratulations!
Cpl. Label promoted to Sergeant. Nicknamed Moose (???). Sgt. Label can choose between Shredder Rocket (rocket with reduced damage that causes targets to receive +33% damage from all sources for 4 turns) and Suppression (fire a shot that afflicts the target with a -30 aim penalty and grants a reaction shot if the target moves) @Label
Casualty List
None. Yay!
---
Overall Kill Count
Lt. Floosevelt 13
Sgt. Starbuck 12
Sgt. Madder 7
Sgt. Label 7
Sq. Rankenphile 4
Cpl. Fuzzbutt 4
Cpl. Aya 4 (KIA)
Sq. Pugilation 3
Sq. Galore 3
Sq. Bogey 3 (KIA)
Sq. Gatz 2 (KIA)
Sq. Fisk 1
Sq. Jing 1
Rk. Fatt 0
Rk. Lobo 0 (KIA)
Sooo, our ignoring the Germany mission has not made a great impression on Europe
But screw them! What did Europe ever do for anybody?
April ?? (I forgot to note the dates) - We complete research into alien materials. Which... did I even mention I'd started that? Whatever. I start researching Carapace Armour. Hopefully we will be able to kit everyone out with that before the base assault. If we can afford it, anyway.
I launch a satellite over Mexico to keep them from abandoning the project, and transfer one of our fighters across to NA.
April 30 - Council report is in
Woops. Well I expected that to happen. The Council moan at me a bit which I think is darned ungrateful of them really.
With the cash they give me I start building another satellite, and also a power generator and the alien containment facility.
May 10 - More abductions! Squad Two is up. Sgt. Starbuck is rejoined by original squadmember Sq. Rankenphile after her extensive stay in medbay. The 5th slot is filled by Rk. Mullet. And there's quite a lot of rockets going on this mission. Which might be interesting.
Destiny Profile : http://www.bungie.net/en/Profile/254/7028016
the anti-drug psa that will play during your memorial service is just writing itself
He loved getting high so much, he would disregard everything he learned in training about shrapnel, plasma, and cover (including cover that explodes)
And clearly, my nickname is "Moose" because my hair is so fancy.
I hope some of you other new heavies are using better ammo than this cheap soviet stuff in case Commander @smof needs some shooting done. As for me, clearly a Shredder Rocket is more explosives, so requesting more explosives.
Smof can you ever forgive me
I accounted for your forgetfulness, you are in line for sign-ups in the appropriate place for when you first asked. Just let me know if you want your soldier to look a particular way.
I fully expect to bite it on the first turn. Old timers will be saying "it's nothin Rook, just keep your head on a swive..." and then BOOM. My brain matter will be all over their body armor.
just keep everyone out of my way and this mission will go real fine
See, all of this planning is based on a somewhat faulty assumption.
You think Rank will die.
I can say, from experience, that is very much in doubt.
Why I fear the ocean.
Well you're in luck Dongs. In Boom Squad the new guys always take point
Builds character.