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WELCOME TO XCOM
We've been smashed. Cut. We're bleeding badly. The invaders have killed almost everybody and everything that we could use for armed resistance.
Almost everybody.
Almost everything.
Welcome to the Extraterrestrial Combat Force. This is what they didn't kill. This is what we are going to bite them in the ass with.
Almost everybody.
Almost everything.
Welcome to the Extraterrestrial Combat Force. This is what they didn't kill. This is what we are going to bite them in the ass with.
This is an XCOM LP. Do you have what it takes to participate?
These are the options that this LP will be using: Classic Ironman, Meld Tutorial for the free goods it offers, no 'Kill All Your Rookies' tutorial, Progeny is a go, Slingshot is not a go (I don't own it) and no Second Wave boxes ticked Training Roulette has been activated by popular demand. Random Number Goddess help us.
(Just so you know your odds, I've beaten EW on Classic Ironman once and been destroyed by it about 6 times)
If you want to Sign Up! to fight for the survival of your species, give me the following information:
- What color you would prefer
- What gender you would prefer
- What class you would prefer:
Assault
Sniper
Heavy
Support
MEC
Covert Operative
...OR
- If you would like one of the following other roles:
Terror mission civilian
Fighter pilot
Author of an entry within the Kellog Report
EXALT operative
Head CEO of EXALT
Just a note: XCOM does not play like X-COM. It's unlikely that there will be a large body count by the end of the game; if some reason there is a lot of interest in being on the roster, you might not see yourself in the game as a soldier (anyone who wants to be a pilot might have better luck, though: I lose Interceptors all of the bloody time during the mid and late game).
CURRENT XCOM ROSTER
SOLDIERS (IN ORDER OF KILL COUNT)
Rookie Basho "Immortal" Misawa, Assault (Burgundy Deco, Male) !INACTIVE
Rookie Lincoln "Lost" Maddex, Sniper/Covert Ops (Pink Deco, Male, American Nationality) !INACTIVE
Rookie Godfried "Brew" Buitenweg, Support (White Deco, Male, European Nationality) !INACTIVE
Rookie Arkadi "PLA" Permyakov, Heavy / MEC (Deco 22, Male, Kinetic Strike Module) !INACTIVE
Rookie Tetsu "Klemming" Okumura, Sniper (Pink Deco, Male) !INACTIVE
Rookie Roderigo "Durinia" Linan, Support (Default Deco, Male) !INACTIVE
Rookie Vo Manh "Darkmayo" Anh Dung, Support (Yellow Deco, Male, Red Hair) !INACTIVE
Rookie Timothy "Baske" Simmons, Support / Covert Ops (Default Deco, Male) !INACTIVE
Rookie Erik "Schuss" Korjus, Assault (Default Deco, Male, Moustache) !INACTIVE
Rookie Elric "Machinegun" Foster, Assault (Default Deco, Male) !INACTIVE
Rookie "YerMum", Assault (Pink Deco, Male) !INACTIVE
Rookie "Nocturnal" (Black Deco, Female)
PILOTS
Captain Zarzant "Zagrob" Koundakjian !ACTIVE
Captain Roxanne "Arithon" Louviere !INACTIVE
Captain Wulf "Orivon" Enfinger !INACTIVE
Captain Satomi "Blitz" Tanji !INACTIVE
Captain Rebeka "Justice for Pluto" Sepp !INACTIVE
Captain Le "KupoTheAvenger" Chien !INACTIVE
Captain Jani "Takel" Kirkegaard !INACTIVE
TERROR MISSION CIVILIAN
"Stranger Danger"
EXALT Operatives
Agent "Retaba" !STATUS UNKNOWN
Agent "Kadoken" !STATUS UNKNOWN
Agent "Maximus" !STATUS UNKNOWN
EXALT CEO
Chairman "Marikir" !STATUS UNKNOWN
KELLOG NARRATORS
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Male, Red (Canadian!) and Sniper and/or MEC .
I also vote for HQ-Castle!
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Not fussed on sex (though give me a banging 'stache if I'm male), Support, white (Deco 29), and I'm not signing anything that says you can cut off all my limbs.
My vote goes to HQ-Tomorrow.
Since Europe is by far the worst choice (If you want a 4 country buffer, Asia dominates it) i also vote for HQ-Castle
Male preferably.
Green.
If I am a Heavy, I'll accept MEC'ing if I am gravely wounded and needed. Skull Helmet.
If I am a Support, leave me a pure human. No gene modding, no mec'ing, no psi training. Backwards Cap with radio earmuffs.
I don't remember the art deco choice numbers. When I get access to my gaming computer this weekend, I'll PM you the numbers.
Of course, all this means that I'm going to be killed in mission 1 or 2, but dammit, I want to look good if I die.
My vote goes to HQ-Tomorrow.
Steam - NotoriusBEN | Uplay - notoriusben | Xbox,Windows Live - ThatBEN
Assault, I'll either die instantly or live long and fierce enough to become a big damn hero. Burgundy (I think there is one, or a deep red at least) and male.
As for a base lets stick on home ground, HQ-Castle.
Male, Support and blue.
My vote is for HQ-Prime.
Female, assault, red.
For the base, I'm thinking HQ-Star.
Sniper with Armor Tint 5 (which I believe to be white). I don't really care about gender.
I'd also like a Covert Ops build - Gunslinger and Mimetic Skin are musts.
As for the base location HQ-Tomorrow.
Male
American
Heavy
A nice dark blue
Chunk "SmokeStacks" Skullbeef was born on the American Pacific coast, and although he initially excelled at academic subjects, a logging incident during childhood led to a head injury and now as a result he isn't that bright. Tall and muscular, Chunk Skullbeef was initially recruited into the armed forces for his imposing stature (the recruiter came across Chunk lifting large boulders and was awed with his physical prowess, when asked what he was doing Chunk responded that he was "looking for Fred Flintstone" because he "had to ask him something"), but his career quickly stagnated as a result of his substandard mental faculties making most military positions more complicated than "potato peeler" or "stand here and yell if you see any aliens" unachievable. Chunk Skullbeef currently holds the record for lowest ASVAB score among human candidates, and is tied for third lowest among the military primate experimental unit. Chunk is the only candidate in XCOM history to repeatedly misspell his own name on unit paperwork.
Chunk is no less a patriot, however, and his love for his country and his fellow man led him to volunteer for many dangerous duties and assignments. His current assignment to XCOM is more of a misunderstanding though - a hungry Chunk misunderstood the call for volunteers for "Operation Meatgrinder" to be related to mess hall duty, but upon learning of its true meaning he became excited at the prospect of killing aliens.
Chunk's vote is for HQ-STAR, because AMERICA FUCK YEAH
Male
American
Support, Covert Ops, or Sniper
Pink
My vote is for HQ-Castle
Steam
Name: Lanrutcon
Gender: Female
Nationality: Whatever comes around
Armor Color: White
Class: Heavy
Base: HQ-Prime
You leave bodies, I leave blast craters.
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
Name: Brew
Male
Support
White
European nationality of some sort.
HQ-prime
I'll patch you people up!
"You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."
Tint 9 or 22? Still not sure how much it even matters as
MEC. All I want for XMAS is Kinetic Strike Module.
Vote HQ-Castle.
Edit: PLA.
Always wanted to be a pilot...callsign 'zagdrob'.
Vote: HQ-Castle
Class: Anything but Sniper
Color: 12
Nationality: Any
Gender: Any
(if the Exalt operative has multiple roles, I'll be that) (Their guns look better)
Starting place: HQ-Star or HQ-Tomorrow
Fighter Pilot: Callsign Arithon32
Vote: HQ-Tomorrow
Class: Assault (anything, really, but that's preference)
Color: Blue -- and a fancy hat, if possible
Nationality: Any
Gender: Any
Vote for HQ-Tomorrow, for cheaper squad size upgrades and thus less chance of being Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Game
Name: Evma
Gender: Male
Armor Tint: Black/32
Armor Deco: Kevlar, 3. Carapace/Titan (if I live long enough!) 2 and covered head with goggles helmet.
Nationality: Your pick
Class: Heavy
MEC/Genemodding: If the circumstances call for it, send me to the chop shop or gene lab respectively.
My HQ vote is for HQ Tomorrow, killing the xenos of tomorrow, today!
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Since you say you'll need more of them, fighter pilot with the callsign Orivon.
Voting for HQ-Star
Assault(Covert Ops if I snag Gunslinger, I suppose!)
Gender: Female
Color: Bright effing yellow
I'll sign up as an heavy, preferably.
Gender doesn't matter the armor color should be a dark blue, and never remove the helmet.
And we should start in HQ tommorow
Not Created Equal might be nice too, but I'd hate to be the guy that rolls a 55 Aim and never goes out into the field, so maybe not.
Any class is fine, but sniper if it's available, I guess.
Gender: Male
Color: Manly pink
Never enjoyed being human that much, so whatever crazy invasive surgery or mad science project you want to test on me, I'm down. I promise not to sue, and will sign any disclaimers you want.
Since it's a given that there will eventually be at least 5 fighter pilots, gonna follow on from where I left off in Fishman's LP of the original X-Com. Callsign "Blitz".
Throwing in a vote for HQ-Castle.
And so it begins.
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
Soldier please. I like support. Make me some kind of Latin American honcho with a deep voice. Because that's about the exact opposite of actual me (minus gender).
Looking forward to it!
edit: would be happy to donate my limbs to "science", if duty calls.
--Mark Twain
And since this is XCOM, I must wonder, will the dead I will be accompanying be aliens... or fellow soldiers?
Considering the apparent success rate of our commander, I'll probably mostly be weighing the hearts of my own colleagues. So I'd advise against getting the secondary heart genemod.
Support Please
Gender Male
Color : Yellow
Make me an angry Redhead.
To: [REDACTED]
From: Project Director
XCOM Management has received and appreciates your feedback. After some consideration and consultation with Council members, your request for a greater variety of combat training exercises has been approved.
Best regards,
XCOM Project Director
Class: Support/Covert Operative
Preferred Perks: If you're doing training roulette then I want all the ones that give + items like deep pockets, field medic, extra smoke grenades, etc. I want to be basket of goodies!
Gender: Male
PS How do i do colors? [style color="red"] didn't work
*edit* Thanks Retaba!
Although lately the [/color] might not be needed anymore?
HQ-Sharp
HQ-TOMORROW confirms STATUS GREEN
Team Delta, report to the Skyranger platform in field gear for briefing and deployment.
This is not a drill.
This is not a drill.
Or would such a betting pool be considering harmful to morale?
In fact, I'm banking on it (death benefits for the family, you know).
You shitting me? The betting pool is probably the only morale boosting activity we'll have time for.
20 bucks and this adult mag says the memorial wall gets a notch before the first week is done.
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
Clearly we're payed in council funbucks. Only usable in concil approved shops.
You should join us as we EXALT in their knowledge and power, it isn't too late.