As it happens, MrMonroe didn't get far enough away from the cloud. He coughs up his lungs and goes down dead. Jast takes a direct hit from the Larve and begins to scream and wave his hands frantically while a Chaser takes the oppertunity to pot-shot the group, scoring hits on Inzignia and Forar.
At this point everyone emmulates the brave Sir Lancelot and bravely runs away.
Both the wounded will be out for another two days. The interceptors finish off the other UFO, downing it over water at least, and then the next batch of recruits heals up along with Domhnall.
Work begins on another pair of Workshops and another pair of Labs. We need better toys! And, speaking of...
Armor get! Research moves into ship Laser Cannons from there. After that, its either the Hallucinoid (to get the Mind Shield, which helps stop PSI attacks) Chemical Grenades (also leads to stun grenades), or the Thunder (10-man transport)
Two more Workshops are added to the que.
Two more UFOs appear about a day later- a Fighter and a Scout. One to the north, where the last UFO went down, and one by the south pole.
The Scout gets jumped first, since it got closer to the base. The Fighter leaves it to its fate, heading the opposite direction.
Why becomes clear as the interceptors head back to base, low on fuel and ammo. The Fighter is on the other side, waiting for them.
Both land with only minor damage, then quickly re-arm and leap back into the sky to challenge the Fighter, which simply flees. Toward another UFO, a Scout! The interceptors turn on it and blow it away while the Fighter continues to flee.
We'll worry about the Fighter later. For now, Steel Angel, Domnhall, Sheepman, Xtarath, Core, Erandus, Blue map and gunwarrior have a wreck to clear.
This time there's an alien in site before the door even finishes dropping. A Muton!
gunwarrior steps out and takes fire right away. Fortunately for him the Muton is carrying a Plasma Rifle, not a Heavy Plasma, and his shields cut the damage a bit.
Two bursts and a bit of hairy return fire later, and the Muton is down. Everyone piles out, meeting no resistance.
One group goes north, another south past a few buildings. Neither group encounters anything, but there's a lot of two-story buildings around...
Antihippy: You, WMain00, Klyka and Domhnall are the only real veterans left. Everyone else has kicked the bucket. And right now only Domhnall is out of sickbay...
On scene:
The quiet is broken by a gentle thud as a larve fires at Blue map. It misses, and he moves south to repay it with a grenade...and oh, there's two! And oh, they're nicely bunched up! Such a good target.
If you're guessing "he missed" you'd be right. Twice. He singed the one on the right, but that was about it. Its up to Steel Angel and Erandus to clean up, and fortunately they do a bit better.
Unfortunately, while they were dealing with the Larve, another alien crept in from the side. It opens fire, ripping apart the wall Blue map was covering next to and slamming into him twice. By some miracle, he stays standing.
Of course, he's got two HP left and is bleeding for two HP a turn. Arm and chest- at least its not a crotch shot. He turns to call out for Steel Angel, the group medic- and spies a green orb flying through the air.
INCOMING!
The Plasma Grenade lands right on top of Steel Angel, sending bits of burning WALL at Erandus. Erandus gets off with only minor injuries. Steel Angel is not so lucky, and that "cover" everyone was hiding behind is now so much flattened ruin.
Blue map turns from the carnage and spots his tormenter. A tossed grenade goes wide, smashing a section of wall and killing a hidden alien behind it.
Erandus cuts loose at the Chaser, but misses badly. Core risks another grenade to dart in and Stimpack Steel Angel up, then drops the pack to throw a grenade at the Chaser. Miss. Steel Angel throws one himself...
Hit. But not a direct hit, and its only wounded. This could get unpleasant. Then there's a pair of loud explosions, and the Chaser facing Blue map goes up in a ball of fire. Sheepman came in from behind and blew a path so Domhnall could throw in a grenade!
The remaining Chaser takes revenge, throwing in another Plasma Grenade.
Blue map doesn't survive the experience, and Steel Angel crumbles to the ground. Erandus takes a facefull of plasma, burned all over.
Core, the lucky fuck, escapes totally unscathed. He snags Steel Angel's medkit and duct-tapes the medic shut, then runs for Erandus and does the same there. Erandus throws another grenade, but misses. Domhnall and Sheepman charge in, but don't have a shot yet. All comes down to the Chaser having another grenade or not...
Either it doesn't or it likes to shoot, too, as it spins toward Domhnall and fires. One hit. Two. Three. Four...on hit number four, Domhnall can't take any more and drops dead. Sheepman is right behind him and closes in before kneeling and gunning the Chaser down.
Things stay quiet for a few turns. The remainder of the squad links up as Sheepman spots the blasted remains of the UFO.
A few turns of cautious exploration reveal nothing. Then Sheepman loses his head.
Heavy Plasma! There's an alien back there, hidden by the power core.
Check that- there's two. Another with a Plasma Rifle shoots up gunwarrior, but he at least survives and returns fire, though he can't even see what he's shooting at.
Er, there's three.
...four. Two pistols, a Rifle, and a Heavy.
gunwarrior starts hurling grenades.
One alien goes down, and another one or two in the darkness are hurt. Core throws in a pair of his own, tossing totally blind. There's a scream- one more alien down, at least one more wounded. Xtarath gets in on the party too, but his only wound the Muton we can see.
Erandus is out of range, but he tosses one in anyway. Miss.
Not enough. The Muton opens fire; its rattled, but manages to score a hit and kills gunwarrior. Xtarath goes down too, as another Muton rounds the corner and drills him.
Core rounds the UFO and finds himself face to face with a Muton. One of those two or another? Either way, two trigger pulls later and its gone.
A hurricane of plasma fire reaches out for Core and Erandus, but nothing hits. A frustrated Muton charges in and fires again, but still nothing. Core stands, cautiously moves in, and spots another alien before he kneels again. Erandus hits it with a grenade. It staggers and Core blows it away with a shotgun blast.
The Chaser moves in and scores a hit on Core. He's not bleeding, but the chest burns are messing with his aim. Fortunately that doesn't matter- Erandus drops a grenade on its forehead. Done!
Steel Angel will be out for 31 days, Erandus for 3. Core, despite being shot in the chest, is good to go.
That does mean we need more targ- er, recruits. Say hi to BronzeDuck, Omnicron9999 (the second), Jesuits (the second), Parkingtigers, Flippy_D, and Igel.
Ah, whats the point, im not writing anything down. I'm floating here in this tank of... whatever the hell this is. Well, aparantly, I died the last mission. Jeez this is embarassing for me, dieing on my first mission?
Its starting to come back to me, I managed to take out two of those fuckers before i was taken out. One right off the bat and the other one later. well, its a net gain for use so I'll just have to wait till i can get out of this dam tank.
Outstanding. If you are taking votes on next research, I vote the bigger transport (to increase the churn rate and get me the hell out of these tubes.)
Yeah baby, 2 kills and a promotion. Everyone can kiss this Private's privates.
EDIT: Also, most happy at having the privilege of joining the force just as armor is done being researched. I'll take the 2nd suit after Mr Fancypants Core-poral.
*video shows someone's quarters; the sound of someone tinkering with electronics can be heard, which abruptly stops when...*
...Wait, this thing has VIDEO recording?! I've GOT to try this out...
*video cuts to the firing range, where someone has set up the corpses of captured aliens no longer being researched as targets. One by one, they explode, accompanied by the sound of maniacal laughter.*
[LOG ENDS]
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PSN ID - BlitzAce1981 FFXIV - Raiden Solitaire (Sargatanas)
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MrMonroepassed outon the floor nowRegistered Userregular
edited November 2008
MESSAGE BEGINS:=
Dear Mrs. Monroe,
We regret to inform you that your husband has died in combat. We are quite sure he felt no pain at all, right up until the moment he was shot. We are also quite certain he died instantaneously, immediately after he exhaled his lungs. While he died bravely, his comrades lived as cowards, and we have thus been so far unable to recover the body. We do, of course, have a sample of his DNA, and, time and funding permitting, will direct the necessary resources to cloning him. We assure you he will be exactly the same as before once you have finished re-pottytraining him.
In an unrelated note, as the rest of your husband's unit returned from duty, we finished our research in the area of toxicity-resistant armor. We assure you that should this war last long enough, Mr. Monroe will have access to it the next time around.
+++Recording....+++
Trooper Apharmd, new log update.
I seriously hate my life. A load of the soldiers going out were killed almost instantly. Apparently, the armour we have isn't sufficient to stop the larger plasma guns. You'd think after all the ballistics tests, they'd have at least guessed.
On hearing the news about the last mission, someone mentioned that I'd feel better "once you get some Food inside you".
....Bastards.
The Commander's taken to stun-launchering the more... enthusiastic... members of the team. Might see if a HE round will fit in a standard stun bomb casing.
Been practising at the ranges for the last while. Some nutjob decided to explode a number of the unused alien corpses for fun. I don't care what the ads say, Febreeze is never going to get rid of that stink.
We've gone through 10 soldiers in the last two encounters! I should be....terrified. Instead, I'm absolutely, completely.........GETTING ONE OF THESE NEW SUITS OF ARMOR! Hell yeah! It will go great with my awesome heavy weapons. I hope to make it rain down bits of alien goo, while having all of my vital groinal organs protected.
Posts
At this point everyone emmulates the brave Sir Lancelot and bravely runs away.
Work begins on another pair of Workshops and another pair of Labs. We need better toys! And, speaking of...
Armor get! Research moves into ship Laser Cannons from there. After that, its either the Hallucinoid (to get the Mind Shield, which helps stop PSI attacks) Chemical Grenades (also leads to stun grenades), or the Thunder (10-man transport)
Two more Workshops are added to the que.
Two more UFOs appear about a day later- a Fighter and a Scout. One to the north, where the last UFO went down, and one by the south pole.
Why becomes clear as the interceptors head back to base, low on fuel and ammo. The Fighter is on the other side, waiting for them.
Both land with only minor damage, then quickly re-arm and leap back into the sky to challenge the Fighter, which simply flees. Toward another UFO, a Scout! The interceptors turn on it and blow it away while the Fighter continues to flee.
We'll worry about the Fighter later. For now, Steel Angel, Domnhall, Sheepman, Xtarath, Core, Erandus, Blue map and gunwarrior have a wreck to clear.
gunwarrior steps out and takes fire right away. Fortunately for him the Muton is carrying a Plasma Rifle, not a Heavy Plasma, and his shields cut the damage a bit.
Two bursts and a bit of hairy return fire later, and the Muton is down. Everyone piles out, meeting no resistance.
One group goes north, another south past a few buildings. Neither group encounters anything, but there's a lot of two-story buildings around...
Hooo boy...
On scene:
The quiet is broken by a gentle thud as a larve fires at Blue map. It misses, and he moves south to repay it with a grenade...and oh, there's two! And oh, they're nicely bunched up! Such a good target.
If you're guessing "he missed" you'd be right. Twice. He singed the one on the right, but that was about it. Its up to Steel Angel and Erandus to clean up, and fortunately they do a bit better.
Unfortunately, while they were dealing with the Larve, another alien crept in from the side. It opens fire, ripping apart the wall Blue map was covering next to and slamming into him twice. By some miracle, he stays standing.
Of course, he's got two HP left and is bleeding for two HP a turn. Arm and chest- at least its not a crotch shot. He turns to call out for Steel Angel, the group medic- and spies a green orb flying through the air.
INCOMING!
The Plasma Grenade lands right on top of Steel Angel, sending bits of burning WALL at Erandus. Erandus gets off with only minor injuries. Steel Angel is not so lucky, and that "cover" everyone was hiding behind is now so much flattened ruin.
*cough* If I don't make it out . . . with my last breath, I curse Zoidberg!
Audio Log Ends
Steam Profile
3DS: 3454-0268-5595 Battle.net: SteelAngel#1772
Erandus cuts loose at the Chaser, but misses badly. Core risks another grenade to dart in and Stimpack Steel Angel up, then drops the pack to throw a grenade at the Chaser. Miss. Steel Angel throws one himself...
Hit. But not a direct hit, and its only wounded. This could get unpleasant. Then there's a pair of loud explosions, and the Chaser facing Blue map goes up in a ball of fire. Sheepman came in from behind and blew a path so Domhnall could throw in a grenade!
Blue map doesn't survive the experience, and Steel Angel crumbles to the ground. Erandus takes a facefull of plasma, burned all over.
Core, the lucky fuck, escapes totally unscathed. He snags Steel Angel's medkit and duct-tapes the medic shut, then runs for Erandus and does the same there. Erandus throws another grenade, but misses. Domhnall and Sheepman charge in, but don't have a shot yet. All comes down to the Chaser having another grenade or not...
Either it doesn't or it likes to shoot, too, as it spins toward Domhnall and fires. One hit. Two. Three. Four...on hit number four, Domhnall can't take any more and drops dead. Sheepman is right behind him and closes in before kneeling and gunning the Chaser down.
A few turns of cautious exploration reveal nothing. Then Sheepman loses his head.
Heavy Plasma! There's an alien back there, hidden by the power core.
Check that- there's two. Another with a Plasma Rifle shoots up gunwarrior, but he at least survives and returns fire, though he can't even see what he's shooting at.
Er, there's three.
...four. Two pistols, a Rifle, and a Heavy.
gunwarrior starts hurling grenades.
One alien goes down, and another one or two in the darkness are hurt. Core throws in a pair of his own, tossing totally blind. There's a scream- one more alien down, at least one more wounded. Xtarath gets in on the party too, but his only wound the Muton we can see.
Erandus is out of range, but he tosses one in anyway. Miss.
Core rounds the UFO and finds himself face to face with a Muton. One of those two or another? Either way, two trigger pulls later and its gone.
A hurricane of plasma fire reaches out for Core and Erandus, but nothing hits. A frustrated Muton charges in and fires again, but still nothing. Core stands, cautiously moves in, and spots another alien before he kneels again. Erandus hits it with a grenade. It staggers and Core blows it away with a shotgun blast.
Steel Angel will be out for 31 days, Erandus for 3. Core, despite being shot in the chest, is good to go.
That does mean we need more targ- er, recruits. Say hi to BronzeDuck, Omnicron9999 (the second), Jesuits (the second), Parkingtigers, Flippy_D, and Igel.
List:
WMain00: (3 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 2 missions) rifle
Klyka: (1 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) dual pistols
Antihippy: (5 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 3 missions) grenade
bongi: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) rifle
Maddoc: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) pistols grenades scoutKILL
Inzigna: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) rifleman
Mr Ray: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) rifle / grenades
DualEdge: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) stunrod / stunrod
Jast: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) rifle
Forar: (1 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) rifle/shotgun
Steel Angel: (1 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) sniper
Core: (3 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) shotgun
Erandus: (2 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) rifle
BronzeDuck: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) Heavy
Omnicron9999: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) infantry
Jesuits: (1 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) flamethrower
Parkingtigers: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) pistols /stun
Flippy_D : (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) GUESS.
Igel: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions)
Clone List: (kills / stuns / deaths / missions) type
Jean Claude Van Calm: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) sniper
Roshin: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) scout
joshua1: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions)
Velmeran: (1 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) rifleman
Zandracon: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) explosives
Sunstrand: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions)
mrsnackroad: (2 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) expendable rifle
Wheezer: (2 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) rifleman
Khavall: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) sniper
Typhus733: (1 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) shotgun
Zone: (2 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) bazkooka
see317: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) rockets / grenades
Apharmd: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) heavy
4rch3nemy: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) maniac
SanderJK : (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions)
BlitzAce: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) BOOM
TehSpectre: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) scout / dual pistols
wabbiteh: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) generic
Zen Vulgarity: (0 kills / 2 stuns / 1 deaths / 2 missions) stun rod / shields
MrBlarney: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) medic
Iolo: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions)
MoosehatIV: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions)
Fish: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) shotgun
KapsLocked: (2 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 2 missions) grenades
Punch Rockgroin: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions)
Rabidrabbit: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 1 missions) shotgun
leaf: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) medic
Occulus: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) grenades
Milquetoast Thug: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) MORE DAKKA
Cinders: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 2 missions) rocket launcher
Nocren: (2 kills / 0 stuns / 01 deaths / 3 missions) Heavy (no autocannon, but BIG lasers!) Charlene
Carch: (1 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 2 missions) pistols (hey, I went by the title)
Skutskut: (3 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 2 missions) rifle
Dignified Pauper: (5 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 3 missions) sniper
1k Dicks: (7 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 4 missions) explosives (full name won't fit)
Behemoth: (1 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 3 missions) shotgun
YerMum: (4 kills / 1 stuns / 1 deaths / 4 missions) rocket launcher
ben0207: (14 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 2 missions) shotgun
Food: (12 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 3 missions) (Are you TRYING for karmatic death here?)
minigunwielder: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions) (rifle/stunprod)
Lampley: (2 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 3 missions) grenades
Raiden333: (6 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 5 missions) Medic
kedinik: (2 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 3 missions) shotgun
MrMonroe: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) prox/stunrod
Blue map: (1 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) grenades
Domhnall: (5 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 2 missions) flamethrower
Sheepman: (1 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) medic
gunwarrior: (2 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) rifle
Xtarath: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions) medic
Vehicle Pilots: (kills / stuns / deaths / missions)
RogueKnight: (2 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions)
Athenor: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 1 deaths / 1 missions)
Lawinator: (0 kills / 0 stuns / 0 deaths / 0 missions)
No one has ever retired, quit or been fired from our happy little family.
That's an impressive record there.
Awesome.
I love the blood.
Ah, whats the point, im not writing anything down. I'm floating here in this tank of... whatever the hell this is. Well, aparantly, I died the last mission. Jeez this is embarassing for me, dieing on my first mission?
Its starting to come back to me, I managed to take out two of those fuckers before i was taken out. One right off the bat and the other one later. well, its a net gain for use so I'll just have to wait till i can get out of this dam tank.
This is my rifle, this is my rifle;
This is for fighting, this is for fighting.
Soldier Sailer
My warhead make no distinction
Between riff-raff
Still, two missions, by x-com standards thats quite good!
Steam - Minty D. Vision!
Origin/BF3 - MintyDVision
Handmade Jewelry by me on EtsyGames for sale
Me on Twitch!
For a while - give it time, they're dropping like flies and then we get to go to the front lines! Again!
...wait.
It also made me cry laughing.
This topic is making me play Xcom again, and for that I love it.
Steam profile.
Getting started with BATTLETECH: Part 1 / Part 2
Begin Log
This is my gun, this is my gun;
This is for fun, this is for fun.
End Log
Begin Addendum
The collective consciousness of my fellow tube dwellers is beginning to overwhelm my own intelliALL GLORY TO THE HIVE.
End Addendum
Went to visit the tubes today. You know, trying to learn from the veterans, or at least their remains.
They're pulsing in time now. It's kind of creepy.
I should probably ask the Doc about that.
End log
EDIT: Also, most happy at having the privilege of joining the force just as armor is done being researched. I'll take the 2nd suit after Mr Fancypants Core-poral.
Whee, army jokes.
*video shows someone's quarters; the sound of someone tinkering with electronics can be heard, which abruptly stops when...*
...Wait, this thing has VIDEO recording?! I've GOT to try this out...
*video cuts to the firing range, where someone has set up the corpses of captured aliens no longer being researched as targets. One by one, they explode, accompanied by the sound of maniacal laughter.*
[LOG ENDS]
Dear Mrs. Monroe,
We regret to inform you that your husband has died in combat. We are quite sure he felt no pain at all, right up until the moment he was shot. We are also quite certain he died instantaneously, immediately after he exhaled his lungs. While he died bravely, his comrades lived as cowards, and we have thus been so far unable to recover the body. We do, of course, have a sample of his DNA, and, time and funding permitting, will direct the necessary resources to cloning him. We assure you he will be exactly the same as before once you have finished re-pottytraining him.
In an unrelated note, as the rest of your husband's unit returned from duty, we finished our research in the area of toxicity-resistant armor. We assure you that should this war last long enough, Mr. Monroe will have access to it the next time around.
Our deepest condolences,
CAF STANDARD NOTIFICATIONS UNIT 36532
END TRANSMISSION
Trooper Apharmd, new log update.
I seriously hate my life. A load of the soldiers going out were killed almost instantly. Apparently, the armour we have isn't sufficient to stop the larger plasma guns. You'd think after all the ballistics tests, they'd have at least guessed.
On hearing the news about the last mission, someone mentioned that I'd feel better "once you get some Food inside you".
....Bastards.
The Commander's taken to stun-launchering the more... enthusiastic... members of the team. Might see if a HE round will fit in a standard stun bomb casing.
Been practising at the ranges for the last while. Some nutjob decided to explode a number of the unused alien corpses for fun. I don't care what the ads say, Febreeze is never going to get rid of that stink.
+++Recording Ends+++
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!
*ahem*
We've gone through 10 soldiers in the last two encounters! I should be....terrified. Instead, I'm absolutely, completely.........GETTING ONE OF THESE NEW SUITS OF ARMOR! Hell yeah! It will go great with my awesome heavy weapons. I hope to make it rain down bits of alien goo, while having all of my vital groinal organs protected.
End WAAAAGH