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TinFoilTopHat

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Can your members die of old age?
« on: January 03, 2014, 03:50:52 pm »
My current run is taking a bit of time, so I just wanted to know.
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FinetalPies

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Re: Can your members die of old age?
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2014, 04:12:58 pm »
Yes, unless they are dogs.
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Re: Can your members die of old age?
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2014, 04:25:39 pm »
...out of curiosity, why don't dogs die of old age?
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Re: Can your members die of old age?
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2014, 05:21:11 pm »
Their programming marks them as a certain creature type or something. Genetic Monsters and Tanks also never die of old age, but are much more difficult (Impossible?) to recruit.

Dogs do age, you can see their age on their stat screen, usually 2-6 or something. They'll just never die of old age. Which is nice, because I wouldn't want to have to deal with my dog assassination squad dying at 15 or whatever.

Hahaha, I don't know, there was a thread where this all came up I'm just reciting what I remember. I'm not even exactly sure at what age one might expect a human to die. It's never happened to me.
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Re: Can your members die of old age?
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2014, 09:51:05 am »
Genetic monsters can be recruited, or at least they could a few versions ago. I fondly remember brainwashing one and giving it an AK.
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Re: Can your members die of old age?
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2014, 10:01:17 am »
Quote from: Angel Of Death on January 04, 2014, 09:51:05 am
Genetic monsters can be recruited, or at least they could a few versions ago. I fondly remember brainwashing one and giving it an AK.
Yes, you can still recruit dogs and genetic monsters, and they act just as humans would.

Quote from: FinetalPies on January 03, 2014, 05:21:11 pm
Their programming marks them as a certain creature type or something. Genetic Monsters and Tanks also never die of old age, but are much more difficult (Impossible?) to recruit.
Speaking of tanks, I know people used to be able to recruit them, but is it still possible to get tanks as members? If not I really think they should be able to be recruited (somehow).
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Re: Can your members die of old age?
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2014, 03:22:52 pm »
I had a sleeper soldier expand the sleeper network and recruit a tank a loooong time ago. I'm not sure if that's still possible. (I beat the game before I got the chance to make the tank active, but could you imagine a tank with a knife stealth killing people? I want it)
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Re: Can your members die of old age?
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2014, 12:16:44 pm »
When human characters reach 75 or so, they start getting periodic Health tests. If they succeed, nothing happens. If they fail, Health decreases by one. They die of old age if this reduces their Health to zero.
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Re: Can your members die of old age?
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2014, 12:52:05 am »
Quote from: FinetalPies on January 05, 2014, 03:22:52 pm
I had a sleeper soldier expand the sleeper network and recruit a tank a loooong time ago. I'm not sure if that's still possible. (I beat the game before I got the chance to make the tank active, but could you imagine a tank with a knife stealth killing people? I want it)
That is probably the only way to recruit tanks currently.  They're immune to music, too dangerous to kidnap (although maybe if they're near death, but I think the current version that only works if an opponent drops a weapon), and don't respond when you talk to them.
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