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Author Topic: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!  (Read 38705 times)

Delta Foxtrot

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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #255 on: June 10, 2013, 02:25:28 pm »

Good to hear.
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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #256 on: June 15, 2013, 08:18:36 pm »

My Murdermachines turn is over, and X-COM will return!
...after I get back from Colorado. Really sorry, guys, but I leave on Monday and I won't really have time to update tomorrow, what with it being Father's Day. Again, really sorry.
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On bay12, a poll option of basically 'nuke the world' named 'Apocalypse Hitler' is like asking an alcoholic if they want some whiskey.

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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #257 on: June 15, 2013, 08:35:04 pm »

Woo!

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FUUUUUUUUUU...

Oh, well, a couple days more is okay.
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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #258 on: June 15, 2013, 09:11:50 pm »

Damn... well I can wait

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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #259 on: June 16, 2013, 07:52:51 am »

The novelty of twiddling my thumbs can sustain me for a couple more days.
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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #260 on: June 16, 2013, 03:31:20 pm »

No, when I said leave I meant leave for. And I can't take my laptop, otherwise I would keep updating for the duration. How about this. I'll work on short stories-interludes, of a sort-on the trip, and post them from my cell phone.
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Amusingly, he's a Marksdwarf, which gives me the mental image of him conducting medical malpractice an appendectomy from fifty paces with a crossbow.
On bay12, a poll option of basically 'nuke the world' named 'Apocalypse Hitler' is like asking an alcoholic if they want some whiskey.

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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #261 on: June 17, 2013, 12:07:05 am »

Yes, this sounds great.
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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #263 on: June 17, 2013, 03:11:50 am »

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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #264 on: June 17, 2013, 09:20:00 pm »

Interlude One: Recruiting

"Come in!"
The salvage chief, as he still insisted on calling himself, sat up a little straighter. After all, it wouldn't do to show a potential recruit slovenliness on the job. No, the alcohol on his breath would do that without any help.The door opened, and in came...something. It looked for all the world like a broom in a uniform! The chief knew that was impossible, but still, the resemblance was there. The man-broom stumbled around the cluttered office, knocking down a stack of requests for heavy ordnance and a bottle of Jack Daniels. Eventually, it got its bearings enough to find a chair and sit down. The chief could have sworn he heard RC helicopter motors, but put it down to the alcohol.
"Now," He paused, looking at the nameplate on the man-broom's uniform. "Now Broomy. What qualifies you to join our rag-tag squad?"
The man-broom sat in silence for a moment. Then, in a vaguely familiar voice, it spoke.
"I have come to kick ass and chew bubblegum."
The chief took this in.
"That's not a qualifi...qual...qualification. What can you do, Broomy?"
Another voice spoke, this time in a heavy Russian accent.
"I am heavy weapons guy."
The chief replied, "We already got one of those, but I guess *hic* it can't hurt. You got your own gun?"
"I call it Vera."
 "Fair enough. Why do you wanna join? Those alien bastards don't fight fair, y'know."
In a deep, resounding voice the man-broom responded "For the Emperor!"
The chief couldn't remember any empires off the top of his head, but didn't want to risk offending the thing.
"That's good enough, I guess. Welcome aboard, Broomy. The quartermaster has your gear, and you'll *hic* bunk near MaxClone2."
The McDonalds theme issued from the man-broom, as it turned to leave, knocking over a coffee mug in the process.
"Thank you, and goodnight!"
The broom staggered out of the door, which swished closed behind him.
An accented voice came over the comm system. The chief could tell immediately that it was Dr Doktorov, the base medic.
"Chief, I am detectink an intrusion in ze security systems. For the past few minutes, somevun has been monitoring your office camera."
"Don't worry about it, doc. I was just *hic* finishing up with a recruit. Whoever it was, they didn't catch anything important."
"Understood. I vill attempt to catch those responsible. Doktorov out."
The chief returned to his customary slouch. There was nothing to do now but wait for the aliens to make a move, and hope his team was ready.
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Amusingly, he's a Marksdwarf, which gives me the mental image of him conducting medical malpractice an appendectomy from fifty paces with a crossbow.
On bay12, a poll option of basically 'nuke the world' named 'Apocalypse Hitler' is like asking an alcoholic if they want some whiskey.

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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #265 on: June 18, 2013, 05:43:12 am »

And he shall be known as Broomy; Bay12born!
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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #266 on: June 18, 2013, 10:45:52 pm »

Born of !!FIRE!!, born of !!SCIENCE!!, born of steel, born of Bay12. If you get the reference, you get a cookie. Also, Interlude 2: Very Involved Eldritch Abomination is coming soon. Stay tuned!
« Last Edit: June 18, 2013, 10:49:48 pm by GentlemanRaptor »
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Amusingly, he's a Marksdwarf, which gives me the mental image of him conducting medical malpractice an appendectomy from fifty paces with a crossbow.
On bay12, a poll option of basically 'nuke the world' named 'Apocalypse Hitler' is like asking an alcoholic if they want some whiskey.

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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #267 on: June 18, 2013, 10:47:06 pm »

Interlude 2: Very Involved Eldritch Abomination is coming soon. Stay tuned!
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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #268 on: June 19, 2013, 01:47:26 pm »

Interlude Two: Very Involved Eldritch Abomination

New York,  January 1st, 1999
The city bustled with the activity of the new year, but not in the first alley off of 3rd Avenue. This alley, dusty and odorous, contained very few things: some trash cans, assorted litter, and an unconscious man wearing a suit with a pin bearing the emblem of the Knights Templar. The man began to stir. The only distinguishing feature the man possessed was the overwhelming air of normalcy surrounding him. He was average height, average weight, with averagely brown hair and brown eyes. Not overly handsome, but not ugly either. In one word, he was ordinary. He sat up from the position in which he lay and took stock. He knew something important was about to happen, but he was a little fuzzy on the details. A newspaper blew into the alley. The man grabbed the newspaper and began to read.
UFO Spotted In Kansas
Aliens Among Us?
Below the headline was a picture that looked like an alien from a bad 50s B-movie. For some reason, that alien looked strangely...attractive to the man. After some careful...consideration of the newspaper, he stuffed it into his suit pocket. As he did that, he noticed something else in his pocket. A sheaf of paper, with what looked like instructions on it. They read:
TEMPLAR PROTOCOL X-RAY//AGENT XANTALOS
In event of alien incursion onto Sol-3, locate the local anti-alien agency,  designation X-COM. Seek recruitment. A suitable skillset has been provided via flash-training. Side effects may include temporary memory loss. If this is the case, enact protocol MEMENTO and locate designated memory recovery item. Once memory is recovered and admittance gained to X-COM, proceed to... assist, the organization.
DESTROY ONCE READ
The instructions were damaged slightly in the middle, but still legible. The man paused, and fumbled about himself for whatever his recovery item was. In his other pocket, he found a small lightning bolt. His memory began to return. He was Xantalos,  and his duty called him. The aliens were here, and he needed...to drive them off? That felt...wrong, somehow, but those were his orders. He remembered other things, vague snippets of another life. He had been a god! He had fought in wars the world over! He had been...abducted by aliens? But no, that couldn't be. It must have been a side effect of the flash-training. He exited the alley into New York, and proceeded to hail a taxi. "X-COM New York office, please, and as fast as you can!"
"You got it, mister."
The cab driver wondered why the man wanted anything to do with those X-COM nuts, but it wasn't his place to ask questions. And besides, the man seemed so...ordinary. After a short trip, the cab emerged near X-COM's public building. Xantalos paid the cabbie, and the cab drove away.

41 Years Later
 
New Years Day, 2040

Xantalos looked out at the sky. The aliens had been gone for so long, and yet still he felt anxious. There was something...off about the way they just stopped after he personally blew the alien brain to hell with a blaster bomb. Then, he felt it. Something he hadn't felt in a long time. He felt...called. Then, he knew. The aliens were returning. And they meant to finish what they began forty years ago. He knew something had to be done. After all, he still had his orders. Although, X-COM wasn't around anymore, not really. The only thing left was an undersea salvage operation, recovering artifacts from the Alien War. That'll have to do, he thought, and set out for the Bermuda Triangle.
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Amusingly, he's a Marksdwarf, which gives me the mental image of him conducting medical malpractice an appendectomy from fifty paces with a crossbow.
On bay12, a poll option of basically 'nuke the world' named 'Apocalypse Hitler' is like asking an alcoholic if they want some whiskey.

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Re: Let's Play X-COM: Terror from the Deep-We're all gonna die!
« Reply #269 on: June 20, 2013, 11:33:17 am »

Are you going to write "A Game of Clones" next? :P
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