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Let's Play X-Com: UFO Defense! (ironman, superhuman, starting tech & council funding only)
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EDIT: Ugh, worst possible totp. Let's carry Fanda's awesomeness forward at least...
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Have you been following the thread? Barns are fucking monsters. Monsters that hide other monsters.
Yes, I'm saying it' GOOD that we are close and can destroy it before the X-rays make me go nuts again (not that I'm there in this case).
Right next to a UFO AND a barn.
Target-rich environments, guaranteed!
--Mark Twain
Fortunately, we've recruited some new scouts for just such a purpose.
X-Com Order of Battle:
@crucialityfactor and Morning Butter
Heffling and Rhan9
Cheeseliker and Molybdenum
@Gabriel_Pitt and manwiththemachinegun
Phaserlight and Jintor
So, we're going to HI-X the barn. I mean, of course we are. The barn is within throwing range, and high explosives exist in our inventories. There is no conceivable universe in which this turn does not end with a massive, hay-scattering explosion.
But what about the UFO?
It's impossible to set up a safe breach on a Medium Scout in a situation like this. Unlike the Large Scout's 90 degree corners that are so conducive to setting overwatch traps, the Medium has rounded edges that let aliens retain the initiative as they turn the corner. And unfortunately, we can't put a proxy in front of the door because it's snuggled right up to the edge of the map. The best we can do is lock down both sides with proximity grenades and hope the Sectoids walk into one of them.
Rhan9, you haven't gotten to do anything for awhile. How'd you like to throw a grenade?
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I'm so sorry, Rhan9.
On the other side of the landing gear, crucialityfactor is standing in our enemy's blind spot. It's her first mission, she's the only one with a shot, and Rhan's life is on the line.
No pressure, rookie.
Nicely done! We'll have to get you a bigger gun, though.
Meanwhile, Morning Butter has scouted a little to the north and found it clear. He comes back, looks over Rhan9's shoulder in the direction of the Sectoids... and finds he can't see shit through the smoke. If Rhan takes one step back, she should therefore safely break line of sight.
With Morning Butter watching her six, she nervously withdraws.
Now at a safe distance, she's able to throw her proxy - not at the corner of the UFO as she had planned, but at the feet of the enemy. Heffling covers the Scout's northeast corner with a grenade of his own, and on the opposite side of the ramp, Molybdenum makes a special delivery into the barn.
It's been awhile since we all enjoyed a HI-X blast together. Let's see if the old magic is still there.
Glorious.
And thankfully, the proximity grenade blast is strong enough to kill both Sectoids.
After collecting only a single kill over the course of her first three missions, Molybdenum just wiped out three aliens in a single turn. In addition to the two out front, there was another Sectoid lurking in the center of the barn.
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I could see my life flashing before my eyes.
Well, almost all - must be one still inside, if the mission didn't end right there.
Good job countering that ambush. (Without the initial smoke to cover you, it would have been a slaughter on the ramp.)
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Well, you have to know where to throw the high explosives.
*flex*
I'm sorry I can't hear you over how gigantic my biceps are
no seriously they're covering my ears can you please speak up
You might want to see a doctor about that.
Completely not true, you can throw anything into the fog of war, why not make it more high explosives?
i am slain
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Watch me struggle to learn streaming! Point and laugh!
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What do you mean, no? Why not?
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Look, it won't be like last time, I promise. Just take a single step forward and throw, you'll see.
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Don't look at me like that.
Fortunately, we have heavy artillery in place to cover you this time.
Just like that, Molybdenum picks up her fourth kill in two turns. It allows Rhan9 to throw what she earnestly hopes will be the last grenade she's called upon to deliver today.
With the proxy in place, it's time for some more scouting-via-explosions.
Heffling unleashes an autocannon barrage against the distant hedge row ...
... and Cheeseliker sounds the all clear.
If all the external threats have been dealt with, we'll just need to wait for the rest of the Sectoids to blow themselves up on their way out of the UFO.
It turns out we don't have to wait for long.
The only way for the aliens to break out of the corner in this situation is if they send out two on the same side of the UFO in the same turn, with enough distance between them that the rear Sectoid isn't killed when the one in front triggers the proxy mine.
So, of course, that's immediately what happens. The second Sectoid rounds the corner on our suddenly unprotected flank, its little feet slapping wetly in the viscera of its predecessor, and it levels its plasma pistol at the only person it can see: Rhan9.
Both shots sizzle around Rhan's gun arm and impact on the landing gear. For now at least, Atropos has stayed her shears.
Every move Rhan9 has taken on this mission has put her in mortal jeopardy, and every time, her squadmates have pulled her out of the fire.
The mission rating does not lie: it was a good day.
Especially for Molybdenum! After carefully reviewing her maniacal laugh, the promotions board determined that she's officer material.
>.>
<.<
I was bringing more grenades.
@Rhan9 = Squad good luck charm. Everyone rub Rhan9's head on the way back to the barracks.
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His prescription was more muscle.
Today was fun! My friends exploded the evil grey people! And barns! That was fun. One of them tried to git my friend Rhan with green hissing sparks. He was mean. I shot lots of red lines with my gun and soon the grey man had green all over! That was confusing. Everyone was real happy though because no friends took forever sleeps, I was happy too.
P.S. Flying fast now, whooo!
Manwiththemachinegun
When you get right down to it, there's no discernible difference between borderline psychotic glee at the destruction of a barn full of aliens and esprit de corps. It has been a glorious journey working my way up the ranks from muscle-butter-prank-victim to explosive hurling badass, and I'll strive to continue serving proudly.
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I don't think I got to leave the Skyranger, either. Thanks to the magic of 1990s Augmented Reality, though, I was right there with all the action.
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Also, for future reference, I'm a guy. But glad to have made it into some live action an not immediately die.
Male 1, please, and arm me with whatever ye fancy. Barns killed my family.
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