I'm curious if EWOP extends to M.E.C. railguns, since those are also weapons now out of the realm of science fiction. Again, the problem is power supply and scaling the weapon down, which is also the current problem with lasers and power armor.
I know our goal is to make things as difficult as possible, but it would be nice to see a few new weapons here and there to diversify the arsenal.
I'll be honest: as great as railguns would be, I'd rather have Sentry armor upgrades. The combination of extra armor and either healing (which is kind of redundant since a lot of what comes our way at this point seems to just kill us outright) or a grenade launcher (which hits hard and *far*) is extremely sweet.
More options > bigger gun.
But... but railguns!
Someday.
Heres the thing: We can (I believe) upgrade to sentries right now. We need to do research to get to railguns
Tch, fine. I suppose we can optimize not dying... :P
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Hey guys, just wanted to say that this has been AWESOME to read. I'm enjoying a campaign of my own alongside, but I have to give some serious credit to our host for knocking it out of the park on the narrative side.
I know it's late in the game, but I would be happy to Sign Up! as a narrator of the Kellog Report.
"And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back."
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edited January 2014
Start note of Agent Kadoken
During the winter solstice and various ceremonies for the Sleeper, our XCOM bugs picked up this exchange:
I'll get you next time Santa, next time!
[Cat screech]
From the CEO of the profligates' operations.
Agent "Claus" for many years has been spreading a program of joyous propaganda in order to subtley control the minds of youths to our purpose.
I have sent a warning to Claus
of the CEO's vendetta.
Also, as EXALT has yet to ascertain the identity of XCOM's CEO, perhaps this has given us a clue.
Could he be Blacklisted agent "Claw"?
End note of Agent Kadoken.
Yes, I did catch that one comment from the Holiday thread:p
(RIP Tariq Twins, Captain Ping and Major Russell – all on the same mission)
well sectopods are assholes and that is a scientific fact but sectopods who patrol into your already developing sectopod fight are just douchebags.
thank the Gods drones only ever care about their sectopod/disc and don't branch out and meet new fun robot people to hang around with and heal.
also capture drone is surprisingly useful with MECs if a bit tedious to work with since they cannot overwatch.
Nothing is worse then the Cargo ship where you first run into the god damn things. I've done it multiple times on multiple runs and the fuckers always wind up deployed in more or less the same positions and are impossible to attack without facing at least two at a time, and on one occasion I faced 3 of the bastards.
I hope to christ that @Ender relents on EWOPS before that.
Also: I can't wait to see more of this series; Ender is doing a really good with the narrative and it's interesting to see how he's trying to do this without upgrading his weaponry.
JUNE 17, 2015. 1553 HOURS.
OPERATION SACRED FOG
UNITED KINGDOM
Director: Delta-Bravo, report status. DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Status red, HQ! Zone's hot! We have contact with Anubis, and there are bogeys pulling-up in civilian vehicles!
Director: Copy that; this is a smash & grab, Delta-Bravo. Don't take any risks out there; just grab Anubis and get out. DELTA-2 "MegaMek": You heard the man - let's move it!
***EXALT***
Voice: Hostile count is 6. Count includes Torch. Eliminate hostile agents. Agent Kadoken: Voice is heard. Voice is obeyed.
***EXALT***
***EXALT***
Agent Kadoken: BUFFET, you are active. BUFFET, obey voice. BUFFET "Pheasant": He stirs. BUFFET "Lamb": He stirs. BUFFET "Beef": He stirs. BUFFET "Rice": He stirs. BUFFET "Noodles": He stirs. BUFFET "Salad": He stirs. BUFFET "Bread": He stirs.
***EXALT***
RECON "Anubis":shitshitshitshitshitshitshit... Hello? Am I on the right channel? DELTA-2 "MegaMek": We have you, Anubis. Chunk, these guys are being bullies. What do we say to bullies? DELTA-9 "Smokestack": Chunk say "NO!" to bullies!
RECON "Anubis": Nice one!
***EXALT***
Agent Kadoken: Lamb sleeps. BUFFET "Pheasant": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Beef": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Rice": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Noodles": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Salad": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Bread": My glass is raised.
***EXALT***
BRAVO-6 "Heenato": You've still got two creepin' on you, Anubis! Watch it! RECON "Anubis":...Goddamn sonuva...
***EXALT***
Agent Kadoken: Pheasant sleeps. Salad sleeps. BUFFET "Lamb": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Beef": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Rice": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Noodles": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Bread": My glass is raised.
***EXALT***
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": I've got the clown on our left flank.
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": What's happenin', chief?
*** OOC Commentary ***
So, here's a critical point in this mission where I make a terrible judgement call:
At the outset of the mission, I set my goal to simply be, 'Hit all of the objectives, sprint to the skyranger.'
This was a good goal, because:
1) Rewards for killing EXALT operatives are crap anyway, so it we're not really losing anything by skipping out early on this mission.
2) I am extraordinarily outnumbered, and due to EWOP contraints, I'm also outgunned.
if I had followed this plan, I could've made an easy dash back to the skyranger right at this point in the mission and gone home with basically all of the relevant rewards for the mission and zero casualties.
Instead, I saw that my aggressive attack in the center had left open all of the good cover, and thinned-out the initial wave of dumb as bricks EXALT guys. So, I decided to make a stand in the center and just mop-up the mission.
Remember: always stick to your plan. Getting cocky is how good missions go pear-shaped.
*** OOC Commentary ***
***EXALT***
Agent Kadoken: Noodles sleeps. BUFFET "Lamb": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Beef": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Rice": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Bread": My glass is raised.
***EXALT***
DELTA-6 "Rizzie": Got another customer to take care of over here!
***EXALT***
Agent Kadoken: Rice sleeps. BUFFET "Lamb": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Beef": My glass is raised. BUFFET "Bread": My glass is raised.
***EXALT***
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": HQ, we've taken the superior position over hostile forces. Requesting permission to alter mission parameters. I want to smoke these bastards out! Director: ...Copy, Delta 2. It's your call. Update HQ if the situation changes. DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Copy that, HQ. Delta-Bravo, take offensive positions! Rizzie, set-up a flank on our left! Anubis, keep moving!
***EXALT***
Voice: The Nameless arrive. Agent Kadoken, deactivate BUFFET. Your weapon is Nameless. Agent Kadoken: Voice is heard. Voice is obeyed.
***EXALT***
BRAVO-6 "Heenato": I see more vehicles pulling-up... Christ, must be at least a half-dozen limousines... DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Copy that. Chunk?
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": Chunk love Shredder. Looks different on Ninja Turtles though. And doesn't asplode. RECON "Anubis": Fuck! Got another one on my tail! BRAVO-6 "Heenato": I've got you!
DELTA-6 "Rizzie": More cars! Holy shit! Captain, they're pulling-up on all sides of us!
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Just keep focused, Delta-Bravo! Situation is still under--
DELTA-2 "MegaMek":...Fuck me...
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": I'm engaging! Keep me covered!
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Scratch one. BRAVO-6 "Heenato": Mega! Watch it! On your right!
BRAVO-6 "Heenato": ...I hit him clean in the dome! What the fuck!?
DELTA-6 "Rizzie": Captain! The limos just keep piling in! I've got... shit... maybe 30 contacts on this side! DELTA-2 "MegaMek":...[cough]... ...okay... ...Okay. Delta-Bravo, pull back to the Skyranger. Evac, now!
DELTA-6 "Rizzie": ...Captain, I'm boxed-in. I can't pull back to you. I'm gonna--
a lot of the nested spoilers are exalt chatter. just hit the quote button on ender's post and read through it after you read what he's posted the first time.
Also, I can really see the difference in the screenshots after I decided to put in a small graphics mod in my game from the Nexus. No more blue everywhere for me!
And I'm back from the funeral in England. Sorry it took a while. So many little details from granny's last will and testament to sort out, if you know what I mean.
But at least I'm out of grey, overcast, foggy, wet England and back in the dark underground base where the only light is artificial and I will only see the sky mere moments before aliens are going to try to kill me.
Nested spoilers still don't work, Ender. I want to read the update, but can't!
Oops, sorry about that.
Fixed.
@EvmaAlsar : Do you know if that graphics mod will mess up the save game?
I seriously doubt it. It's not even a mod that gets installed, per se. You just copy/paste the files into your Enemy Unknown / Within folder (since you have EW, you'd only need to copy/paste the EW stuff)
Today's mission is a haze now. Memories washed with adrenaline. Bits and pieces come to mind, then leave. The enemy was human. Like the old days. Simpler days.
Lost a man. Didn't know him well. Or I can't remember. Need to remember. Memories don't hold like they used to. Been down too long.
Can't get up yet. Got dinged up a bit myself. New body can take a beating. Only need a few days rest. Just a few more.
It's the same feeling every time. Turning a corner, seeing the enemy. The flash, the blast. Smell of gunpowder. Splash of red. Simpler days.
Welcome back Ender! Was hoping you'd pick back up. We need to show these alien bastards what humanity can do!
We're still putting out fires, but at least our shit's slowly getting scraped back into one pile.
We lost another man: Delta-9. Jack Johnson. We don't even have the body this time - our field ops were cut off from him, and had to abandon the mission area. I swear to God almighty, I am going to find out where these pieces of shit are operating from, and after Delta-Bravo has burned it to the ground, I am going to pay it a visit just to piss on the ashes.
A wave of EXALT propaganda has swept across Egypt; we're sending one of our green recruits - former spec ops - to go sniffing around.
In the meantime, ET isn't letting-up. We've got a major situation developing in our own backyard.
Delta-Bravo is already gearing-up and headed for the Skyranger.
And this time, we're not going to be lagging behind in firepower.
JUNE 22ND, 2015. 1808 HOURS.
OPERATION BRUTAL VANGUARD
OSAKA, JAPAN
Director: Delta-Bravo, report status. DELTA-1 "Vegeta": ...Status red, HQ. Like, really, really red. Jesus Christ. Director: Extrapolate. DELTA-1 "Vegeta": We're in the middle of a damn narrow street. Just about every structure in sight is on fire. I can hear screaming echoing out from the buildings on either side. There's a crowd of civvies dead ahead, in an absolute panic. You see this, HQ? Director: ...I'm just now getting your video feed, Delta 1. Your priority is to evac as many of those civvies as you can, Delta; get 'em on the bird and then just get into the air. DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Copy that. Push it forward, Delta-Bravo! DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Copy. DELTA-9 "Smokestack": COPY. DELTA-4 "Notorious": Copy. DELTA-2 "Bethryn": Copy. BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Copy.
*** OOC Commentary ***
Murder street.
Terror mission murder street.
I am rusty at this game. I was hoping for a simple mission on an easy map.
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*** OOC Commentary ***
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Contact! Decepticon! DELTA-2 "Bethryn": Cyberdisc. BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": The Hell with that. Look at that thing! That a 'disc' to you? DELTA-2 "Bethryn": Well it sure doesn't look like a decepticon. It's not purple enough.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": I've got a bead on it's optics...
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Looks like it's packed it's bags and gone home. Chunk, let's take care of it's pals.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": ...I'm tagging out a civvie... hey! hey, lady! yes, you! listen up...
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez":...you 'don't fly well'? well, do you fucking 'get eaten by bugs well'? no? then book it behind me and get on the goddamn airplane... DELTA-2 "Bethryn": I've got this guy.
DELTA-2 "Bethryn":...no, you may not have my number. just go get on the fucking plane. BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Next one's mine.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": ...Jesus ever loving... GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! RUN! NOW! CONTACTS! ABOUT MAYBE 6 MILLION FUCKING CHRYSSALIDS, INBOUND! DELTA-1 "Vegeta": I see it, Gaddez! Fall back! I'll cover you and the civvie! BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Copy!
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Form-up, Delta-Bravo! Forum-up! I want a wall of lead bisecting this street, right here!
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Weapons free! Light 'em up!
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": BEN! LOOK! BAD THING! DELTA-4 "Notorious": ...What in the fuck...
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": ...Little baby bug. DELTA-4 "Notorious": I am gonna throw up.
DELTA-4 "Notorious": You boys just entered the 'Nope' zone.
DELTA-4 "Notorious": Nope. DELTA-1 "Vegeta": ...They're surrounding that civvie. ...Chunk? DELTA-9 "Smokestack": You want Chunk save that man? DELTA-1 "Vegeta": ...No, Chunk. I need you to shoot that man. With Shredder. Do you understand? BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": The fuck!? DELTA-1 "Vegeta": He's already dead, Bravo-1. BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Don't give me this 'Bravo-1' shit. You're going to kill that guy!? Are you-- DELTA-1 "Vegeta": HE'S DEAD ALREADY. ...Chunk, do you understand? DELTA-9 "Smokestack": Chunk understand.
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": ...Chunk kill that man. DELTA-1 "Vegeta": No, Chunk - I killed that man. Understand? DELTA-9 "Smokestack": ...Okay. DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Gaddez, I'm sorry - we don't have the munitions to handle every civvie being-- DELTA-2 "Bethryn": INCOMING!
DELTA-4 "Notorious": ...Well, look who's back...
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Fuck. DELTA-4 "Notorious": ...And I see a few folks didn't get the hint about the Nope zone.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Chunk, show Shredder to that disc!
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Now mop it up, Delta-Bravo!
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": That's our window! Fall back! HQ, we are bugging out, with three non-combatants in tow!
*** OOC Commentary ***
So, this mission gave me a whole new appreciation for the sniper's Disabling Shot. It completely saved my bacon against that Cyberdisc, which I otherwise did not have the firepower in position to neutralize after I activated it.
I thought this mission was going to be a wipe, and the beginning of the end, as soon I saw the Cyberdisc trigger without having a rocket in position.
I keep telling myself this, when we fight the xenos with those bugs and civilians about. Better dead than half-dead.
That street in Osaka was *full* of people and bugs. Whatever those bugs are, its some bastardization of our worst fears.
Its like the xenos took the worst parts of Dawn of the Dead and Aliens and let it loose on us.
Vegeta ordered us to fire on them to protect ourselves. I don't blame him. I would have done the same. When all was
said and done, Gad's and my ammo bins were black. Maybe the nanites are affecting me differently since I was the first.
We tell ourselves that we saved about a thousand people on that street... I am glad I do not have to remove my helmet
and look at the six onboard the skyranger with us.
--<<##END RECORD
--##MOVE FILE -> ARCHIVE.XENOS_WAR
--//RECORD LOCKED FOR 43830hr:00min
What? You never used disabling shot? Disabling shot is GREAT for getting out of a bad situation that you couldn't have predicted. It's also a godsend for a certain late-game enemy that became much harder to take down in one turn.
I think I barely ever used it in EU. Like you said, after one-round kills got a bit harder to pull of in EW, I suddenly found out how handy it could be.
Disabling shot is the king of the bacon savers, since anytime you are too spread out or out of move actions it can be dropped in on whatever rude boy is still up and kicking.
We've cracked-open another EXALT cell; this one's been foraging for materials in a ravaged Egyptian military depot. Delta-Bravo is on standby for our field operative's extraction.
After repeated requests to Logistics for higher capacity ammunition drums for our MEC platforms, we've received a compromise package that I can't really complain about: a 'party mix' munitions system with a smart-burst material assessment & burst limiter. The system is designed to help our boys save ammo by giving them rounds more suitable for the targets they're shooting at and capping the amount of rounds their weapon can shoot in a single burst.
It's been an extremely effective means in other agencies at keeping soldiers loaded, which is what we ultimately wanted anyway.
Hopefully it gets the stamp of approval from Ben & Gaddez.
Gaddez Log:
The situation is getting uglier and uglier as time goes on.
Following the human meat grinder that was Germany, Delta went into what should have been a milk run against EXALT which ~psychotic cult activities aside~ is little more then an ill trained militia. Against them, Delta (who even before half of Bravo got mauled were our strongest team) should have massacred the living hell out of them.
Instead, we lost one of ours and were forced to retreat with our tail between our legs.
After that, The aliens (apparently smelling blood) came down on Osaka looking to decimate our backyard. So we go out with me filling in for Rizzie (still holding the Bravo 1 call sign). I was ready to tear them a new one.
It was like Newfoundland all over again.
Those bastards sent an absolute horde of those bloody skittering horrors in and by the time we had eyes on them they were all over the civvies and we got to see how long the damn things took to grow to full size; about 75 seconds.
I know in review Vegeta made the right call. I know that we couldn't have saved that man. I know that trying to would have gotten one or more of us killed and we can't afford to eat losses if that asshole who has our good gear on lock up won't play ball.
But it still feels wrong.
Someone once asked what I would do when this was all over seeing as I'm not... entirely human anymore. And there are two things that ome to mind:
1. Follow up that offer from Hugh about posing for one of his pictorials.
2. Never have to fight again.
Until then though, My only recourse is to fight harder and more brutally against our twin enemies in Exalt and the Aliens. Because the more of them I kill, the less of them there are to force us into bullshit situations where we have to murder civilians.
I doubt it. Probably just rotating the roster a bit. We've taken a other casualty and it may be in our best interests to have people at least be "not rookies" if things go really pear shaped.
JUNE 28TH, 2015. 1540 HOURS.
OPERATION DYING FOG
EGYPT
DELTA-4 "Notorious": ...I don't like this new 'ammo limiter' bullshit. BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Give me a break, Ben. It's not an ammo limiter. You have the same drum you've always had. Director: Delta-Bravo, report status. DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Status yellow, HQ. Place is toasted, but we've go no contacts yet. Recon element, are you connected? RECON "YerMum": I'm on. DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Alright. Let's keep it tight & clean, Delta-Bravo. Sweep right and meet-up with our intel package.
DELTA-4 "Notorious": I still don't like it. I just... I like to keep things simple, y'know?
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": 'Simple'? Says the guy who was the first volunteer for the MEC program? DELTA-4 "Notorious": Yeah, yeah, yeah...
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": Chunk see them. DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Firing positions. Take 'em down.
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": ...He can do that? DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Jealous? DELTA-2 "Bethryn": Yes.
RECON "YerMum": Hey there, Delta-Bravo. BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Woah, watch it! They're crawling all over you, Recon! RECON "YerMum": Yeah. These guys are, uh... there's something wrong with 'em.
**EXALT**
Agent Kupo: Voice, hostiles are present. Torch is present. Voice, respond. Configure parameters.
**EXALT**
RECON "YerMum": They... it's like they don't even see me. Look. DELTA-2 "MegaMek": ...Holy shit. DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Are you getting this, HQ? Please advise. Director: We're not going to look a gift horse in the mouth, Delta-Bravo. Pin 'em to the wall. Analysis can come later. DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Copy that. Open-up on 'em, Delta-Bravo!
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Well, whatever Ben thinks, I'm lovin' my new toy.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Keep it tight, Delta-Bravo. They've gotta be trying to pull something on us. RECON "YerMum": Two more, from the chopper to your rear.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": ...What were they doing poking around in that wreck? BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Well, I'll go ask.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Hey, what were you doing inside of the helicopter? EXALT Operative: He stirs. BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": I knew you'd say that.
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": This one's just...
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": ...I've seen meth addicts less spaced-out than that.
Agent Kupo: YOU MOTHERFUCKERS, TALK TO ME! EVERYONE HERE IS DEAD! I'M ALONE! I'M SURROUNDED! IS THIS PIECE OF SHIT BROKEN, CAN YOU HEAR ME, HELLO!? WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE EVEN DOING OUT HERE? TALK TO ME! WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO--
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Heres the thing: We can (I believe) upgrade to sentries right now. We need to do research to get to railguns
I know it's late in the game, but I would be happy to Sign Up! as a narrator of the Kellog Report.
GT: FootlongKaPow
During the winter solstice and various ceremonies for the Sleeper, our XCOM bugs picked up this exchange:
From the CEO of the profligates' operations.
Agent "Claus" for many years has been spreading a program of joyous propaganda in order to subtley control the minds of youths to our purpose.
I have sent a warning to Claus
of the CEO's vendetta.
Also, as EXALT has yet to ascertain the identity of XCOM's CEO, perhaps this has given us a clue.
Could he be Blacklisted agent "Claw"?
End note of Agent Kadoken.
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/8pavzvxtmmser9q/20131203_134912.jpg
I'm really looking forward to seeing Sectopods. :P
(RIP Tariq Twins, Captain Ping and Major Russell – all on the same mission)
The Division, Warframe (XB1)
GT: Tanith 6227
Anywhere you can fit me in XCOM would be great!
well sectopods are assholes and that is a scientific fact but sectopods who patrol into your already developing sectopod fight are just douchebags.
thank the Gods drones only ever care about their sectopod/disc and don't branch out and meet new fun robot people to hang around with and heal.
also capture drone is surprisingly useful with MECs if a bit tedious to work with since they cannot overwatch.
Nothing is worse then the Cargo ship where you first run into the god damn things. I've done it multiple times on multiple runs and the fuckers always wind up deployed in more or less the same positions and are impossible to attack without facing at least two at a time, and on one occasion I faced 3 of the bastards.
I hope to christ that @Ender relents on EWOPS before that.
Also: I can't wait to see more of this series; Ender is doing a really good with the narrative and it's interesting to see how he's trying to do this without upgrading his weaponry.
JUNE 17, 2015. 1553 HOURS.
OPERATION SACRED FOG
UNITED KINGDOM
Director: Delta-Bravo, report status.
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Status red, HQ! Zone's hot! We have contact with Anubis, and there are bogeys pulling-up in civilian vehicles!
Director: Copy that; this is a smash & grab, Delta-Bravo. Don't take any risks out there; just grab Anubis and get out.
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": You heard the man - let's move it!
***EXALT***
Voice: Hostile count is 6. Count includes Torch. Eliminate hostile agents.
Agent Kadoken: Voice is heard. Voice is obeyed.
***EXALT***
***EXALT***
Agent Kadoken: BUFFET, you are active. BUFFET, obey voice.
BUFFET "Pheasant": He stirs.
BUFFET "Lamb": He stirs.
BUFFET "Beef": He stirs.
BUFFET "Rice": He stirs.
BUFFET "Noodles": He stirs.
BUFFET "Salad": He stirs.
BUFFET "Bread": He stirs.
***EXALT***
RECON "Anubis": shitshitshitshitshitshitshit... Hello? Am I on the right channel?
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": We have you, Anubis. Chunk, these guys are being bullies. What do we say to bullies?
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": Chunk say "NO!" to bullies!
RECON "Anubis": Nice one!
***EXALT***
Agent Kadoken: Lamb sleeps.
BUFFET "Pheasant": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Beef": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Rice": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Noodles": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Salad": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Bread": My glass is raised.
***EXALT***
BRAVO-6 "Heenato": You've still got two creepin' on you, Anubis! Watch it!
RECON "Anubis": ...Goddamn sonuva...
***EXALT***
Agent Kadoken: Pheasant sleeps. Salad sleeps.
BUFFET "Lamb": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Beef": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Rice": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Noodles": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Bread": My glass is raised.
***EXALT***
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": I've got the clown on our left flank.
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": What's happenin', chief?
*** OOC Commentary ***
So, here's a critical point in this mission where I make a terrible judgement call:
At the outset of the mission, I set my goal to simply be, 'Hit all of the objectives, sprint to the skyranger.'
This was a good goal, because:
1) Rewards for killing EXALT operatives are crap anyway, so it we're not really losing anything by skipping out early on this mission.
2) I am extraordinarily outnumbered, and due to EWOP contraints, I'm also outgunned.
if I had followed this plan, I could've made an easy dash back to the skyranger right at this point in the mission and gone home with basically all of the relevant rewards for the mission and zero casualties.
Instead, I saw that my aggressive attack in the center had left open all of the good cover, and thinned-out the initial wave of dumb as bricks EXALT guys. So, I decided to make a stand in the center and just mop-up the mission.
Remember: always stick to your plan. Getting cocky is how good missions go pear-shaped.
*** OOC Commentary ***
***EXALT***
Agent Kadoken: Noodles sleeps.
BUFFET "Lamb": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Beef": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Rice": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Bread": My glass is raised.
***EXALT***
DELTA-6 "Rizzie": Got another customer to take care of over here!
***EXALT***
Agent Kadoken: Rice sleeps.
BUFFET "Lamb": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Beef": My glass is raised.
BUFFET "Bread": My glass is raised.
***EXALT***
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": HQ, we've taken the superior position over hostile forces. Requesting permission to alter mission parameters. I want to smoke these bastards out!
Director: ...Copy, Delta 2. It's your call. Update HQ if the situation changes.
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Copy that, HQ. Delta-Bravo, take offensive positions! Rizzie, set-up a flank on our left! Anubis, keep moving!
***EXALT***
Voice: The Nameless arrive. Agent Kadoken, deactivate BUFFET. Your weapon is Nameless.
Agent Kadoken: Voice is heard. Voice is obeyed.
***EXALT***
BRAVO-6 "Heenato": I see more vehicles pulling-up... Christ, must be at least a half-dozen limousines...
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Copy that. Chunk?
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": Chunk love Shredder. Looks different on Ninja Turtles though. And doesn't asplode.
RECON "Anubis": Fuck! Got another one on my tail!
BRAVO-6 "Heenato": I've got you!
DELTA-6 "Rizzie": More cars! Holy shit! Captain, they're pulling-up on all sides of us!
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Just keep focused, Delta-Bravo! Situation is still under--
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": ...Fuck me...
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": I'm engaging! Keep me covered!
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Scratch one.
BRAVO-6 "Heenato": Mega! Watch it! On your right!
BRAVO-6 "Heenato": ...I hit him clean in the dome! What the fuck!?
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": ...ughhhhnnnnnn....
BRAVO-6 "Heenato": MEGA!
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": ...still here... just need... breath...
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": CHUNK HERE, MEGA!
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": ...hey, asshole?
DELTA-6 "Rizzie": Captain! The limos just keep piling in! I've got... shit... maybe 30 contacts on this side!
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": ...[cough]... ...okay... ...Okay. Delta-Bravo, pull back to the Skyranger. Evac, now!
DELTA-6 "Rizzie": ...Captain, I'm boxed-in. I can't pull back to you. I'm gonna--
***EXALT***
Agent Kadoken: Target is isolated.
***EXALT***
DELTA-6 "Rizzie": ...uuurrrkk...
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": JOHNSON! NO!
***EXALT***
Agent Kadoken: Target is liquidated.
***EXALT***
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": Mega! You come back!
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": NO! ...Chunk, LET G--
[THUMP]
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": ...Chunk sorry, Mega. You not go. HQ, we coming back on the plane. 'Cept Jack Johnson. He not comin' back.
OOC:
For anyone still interested, our story continues.
even fishman went on hiatus every now and then. we're still amped about the story you have to tell.
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Also, I can really see the difference in the screenshots after I decided to put in a small graphics mod in my game from the Nexus. No more blue everywhere for me!
This is the one if anyone else wants to use it in their game.
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Oops, sorry about that.
Fixed.
@EvmaAlsar : Do you know if that graphics mod will mess up the save game?
But at least I'm out of grey, overcast, foggy, wet England and back in the dark underground base where the only light is artificial and I will only see the sky mere moments before aliens are going to try to kill me.
It's good to be back.
I seriously doubt it. It's not even a mod that gets installed, per se. You just copy/paste the files into your Enemy Unknown / Within folder (since you have EW, you'd only need to copy/paste the EW stuff)
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But no, seriously, welcome back.
Welcome back Ender! Was hoping you'd pick back up. We need to show these alien bastards what humanity can do!
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DIRECTOR'S LOG
JUNE 22ND, 2015
We lost another man: Delta-9. Jack Johnson. We don't even have the body this time - our field ops were cut off from him, and had to abandon the mission area. I swear to God almighty, I am going to find out where these pieces of shit are operating from, and after Delta-Bravo has burned it to the ground, I am going to pay it a visit just to piss on the ashes.
A wave of EXALT propaganda has swept across Egypt; we're sending one of our green recruits - former spec ops - to go sniffing around.
In the meantime, ET isn't letting-up. We've got a major situation developing in our own backyard.
Delta-Bravo is already gearing-up and headed for the Skyranger.
And this time, we're not going to be lagging behind in firepower.
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OPERATION BRUTAL VANGUARD
OSAKA, JAPAN
Director: Delta-Bravo, report status.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": ...Status red, HQ. Like, really, really red. Jesus Christ.
Director: Extrapolate.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": We're in the middle of a damn narrow street. Just about every structure in sight is on fire. I can hear screaming echoing out from the buildings on either side. There's a crowd of civvies dead ahead, in an absolute panic. You see this, HQ?
Director: ...I'm just now getting your video feed, Delta 1. Your priority is to evac as many of those civvies as you can, Delta; get 'em on the bird and then just get into the air.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Copy that. Push it forward, Delta-Bravo!
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Copy.
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": COPY.
DELTA-4 "Notorious": Copy.
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": Copy.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Copy.
*** OOC Commentary ***
Murder street.
Terror mission murder street.
I am rusty at this game. I was hoping for a simple mission on an easy map.
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*** OOC Commentary ***
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Contact! Decepticon!
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": Cyberdisc.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": The Hell with that. Look at that thing! That a 'disc' to you?
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": Well it sure doesn't look like a decepticon. It's not purple enough.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": I've got a bead on it's optics...
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Looks like it's packed it's bags and gone home. Chunk, let's take care of it's pals.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": ...I'm tagging out a civvie... hey! hey, lady! yes, you! listen up...
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": ...you 'don't fly well'? well, do you fucking 'get eaten by bugs well'? no? then book it behind me and get on the goddamn airplane...
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": I've got this guy.
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": ...no, you may not have my number. just go get on the fucking plane.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Next one's mine.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": ...Jesus ever loving... GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! RUN! NOW! CONTACTS! ABOUT MAYBE 6 MILLION FUCKING CHRYSSALIDS, INBOUND!
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": I see it, Gaddez! Fall back! I'll cover you and the civvie!
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Copy!
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Form-up, Delta-Bravo! Forum-up! I want a wall of lead bisecting this street, right here!
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Weapons free! Light 'em up!
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": BEN! LOOK! BAD THING!
DELTA-4 "Notorious": ...What in the fuck...
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": ...Little baby bug.
DELTA-4 "Notorious": I am gonna throw up.
DELTA-4 "Notorious": You boys just entered the 'Nope' zone.
DELTA-4 "Notorious": Nope.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": ...They're surrounding that civvie. ...Chunk?
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": You want Chunk save that man?
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": ...No, Chunk. I need you to shoot that man. With Shredder. Do you understand?
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": The fuck!?
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": He's already dead, Bravo-1.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Don't give me this 'Bravo-1' shit. You're going to kill that guy!? Are you--
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": HE'S DEAD ALREADY. ...Chunk, do you understand?
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": Chunk understand.
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": ...Chunk kill that man.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": No, Chunk - I killed that man. Understand?
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": ...Okay.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Gaddez, I'm sorry - we don't have the munitions to handle every civvie being--
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": INCOMING!
DELTA-4 "Notorious": ...Well, look who's back...
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Fuck.
DELTA-4 "Notorious": ...And I see a few folks didn't get the hint about the Nope zone.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Chunk, show Shredder to that disc!
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Now mop it up, Delta-Bravo!
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": That's our window! Fall back! HQ, we are bugging out, with three non-combatants in tow!
*** OOC Commentary ***
So, this mission gave me a whole new appreciation for the sniper's Disabling Shot. It completely saved my bacon against that Cyberdisc, which I otherwise did not have the firepower in position to neutralize after I activated it.
I thought this mission was going to be a wipe, and the beginning of the end, as soon I saw the Cyberdisc trigger without having a rocket in position.
Vegeta continues to prove that's he's the MVP! :P
*** OOC Commentary ***
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Who's marking these things, the paper-pushers?
You pulled off that mission well! I thought it was going to go much worse when I first opened the spoiler.
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DIRECTOR'S LOG
JUNE 23RD, 2015
After repeated requests to Logistics for higher capacity ammunition drums for our MEC platforms, we've received a compromise package that I can't really complain about: a 'party mix' munitions system with a smart-burst material assessment & burst limiter. The system is designed to help our boys save ammo by giving them rounds more suitable for the targets they're shooting at and capping the amount of rounds their weapon can shoot in a single burst.
It's been an extremely effective means in other agencies at keeping soldiers loaded, which is what we ultimately wanted anyway.
Hopefully it gets the stamp of approval from Ben & Gaddez.
The situation is getting uglier and uglier as time goes on.
Following the human meat grinder that was Germany, Delta went into what should have been a milk run against EXALT which ~psychotic cult activities aside~ is little more then an ill trained militia. Against them, Delta (who even before half of Bravo got mauled were our strongest team) should have massacred the living hell out of them.
Instead, we lost one of ours and were forced to retreat with our tail between our legs.
After that, The aliens (apparently smelling blood) came down on Osaka looking to decimate our backyard. So we go out with me filling in for Rizzie (still holding the Bravo 1 call sign). I was ready to tear them a new one.
It was like Newfoundland all over again.
Those bastards sent an absolute horde of those bloody skittering horrors in and by the time we had eyes on them they were all over the civvies and we got to see how long the damn things took to grow to full size; about 75 seconds.
I know in review Vegeta made the right call. I know that we couldn't have saved that man. I know that trying to would have gotten one or more of us killed and we can't afford to eat losses if that asshole who has our good gear on lock up won't play ball.
But it still feels wrong.
Someone once asked what I would do when this was all over seeing as I'm not... entirely human anymore. And there are two things that ome to mind:
1. Follow up that offer from Hugh about posing for one of his pictorials.
2. Never have to fight again.
Until then though, My only recourse is to fight harder and more brutally against our twin enemies in Exalt and the Aliens. Because the more of them I kill, the less of them there are to force us into bullshit situations where we have to murder civilians.
I can only assume I'm lying in sickbay.
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OPERATION DYING FOG
EGYPT
DELTA-4 "Notorious": ...I don't like this new 'ammo limiter' bullshit.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Give me a break, Ben. It's not an ammo limiter. You have the same drum you've always had.
Director: Delta-Bravo, report status.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Status yellow, HQ. Place is toasted, but we've go no contacts yet. Recon element, are you connected?
RECON "YerMum": I'm on.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Alright. Let's keep it tight & clean, Delta-Bravo. Sweep right and meet-up with our intel package.
DELTA-4 "Notorious": I still don't like it. I just... I like to keep things simple, y'know?
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": 'Simple'? Says the guy who was the first volunteer for the MEC program?
DELTA-4 "Notorious": Yeah, yeah, yeah...
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": ...I hear movement. Anyone else--
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Contact! 3 suits!
**EXALT**
Agent Kupo: Voice, respond. Voice, respond.
**EXALT**
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": Chunk see them.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Firing positions. Take 'em down.
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": ...He can do that?
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Jealous?
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": Yes.
RECON "YerMum": Hey there, Delta-Bravo.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Woah, watch it! They're crawling all over you, Recon!
RECON "YerMum": Yeah. These guys are, uh... there's something wrong with 'em.
**EXALT**
Agent Kupo: Voice, hostiles are present. Torch is present. Voice, respond. Configure parameters.
**EXALT**
RECON "YerMum": They... it's like they don't even see me. Look.
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": ...Holy shit.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Are you getting this, HQ? Please advise.
Director: We're not going to look a gift horse in the mouth, Delta-Bravo. Pin 'em to the wall. Analysis can come later.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Copy that. Open-up on 'em, Delta-Bravo!
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Well, whatever Ben thinks, I'm lovin' my new toy.
DELTA-4 "Notorious": ...it just ain't the same...
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Two down.
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": Playground's quiet.
**EXALT**
Agent Kupo: Scissor falls. Pencil falls. Staple falls. Voice, respond.
**EXALT**
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Keep it tight, Delta-Bravo. They've gotta be trying to pull something on us.
RECON "YerMum": Two more, from the chopper to your rear.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": ...What were they doing poking around in that wreck?
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Well, I'll go ask.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Hey, what were you doing inside of the helicopter?
EXALT Operative: He stirs.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": I knew you'd say that.
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": This one's just...
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": ...I've seen meth addicts less spaced-out than that.
**EXALT**
Agent Kupo: Paper falls. Ink falls. Voice, respond. Configure parameters. Configure Parameters.
**EXALT**
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": Chunk, cover our rear. Everyone else, push towards the Skyranger. Engage hostiles as they appear.
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": Chunk copy!
**EXALT**
Agent Kupo: Voice, respond. Torch burns. Hostiles circle.
**EXALT**
DELTA-2 "Bethryn": 3 contacts.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Engaging.
DELTA-4 "Notorious": Engaging.
BRAVO-1 "Gaddez": Continuing sweep.
**EXALT**
Agent Kupo: Desk falls. Monitor falls. Mug falls. Voice, respond.
**EXALT**
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": One contact.
**EXALT**
Agent Kupo: Lamp falls. Voice, respond.
**EXALT**
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": One contact.
**EXALT**
Agent Kupo: Cabinet falls. Voice, respond.
**EXALT**
DELTA-2 "MegaMek": One contact.
DELTA-1 "Vegeta": You're clear, Recon.
RECON "YerMum": Copy, Delta-Bravo. Thanks for the pick-up.
**EXALT**
Agent Kupo: Marker falls. Torch illuminates. Voice, respond. ...RESPOND!
**EXALT**
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": Chunk hear noise.
**EXALT**
Agent Kupo: YOU MOTHERFUCKERS, TALK TO ME! EVERYONE HERE IS DEAD! I'M ALONE! I'M SURROUNDED! IS THIS PIECE OF SHIT BROKEN, CAN YOU HEAR ME, HELLO!? WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE EVEN DOING OUT HERE? TALK TO ME! WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO--
**EXALT**
DELTA-9 "Smokestack": You loud.