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[Mephansteras]

Spoiler: Cursed Stallion (click to show/hide)

-- COMMANDER: Doc, you've got this one. Remember, this is a simple ship capture. No risks, no heroics. Capture of Alien Artifacts or an Energy Being is good but secondary.
Doc: Yes, sir!

Doc: All right, fan out and inspect the building. I don't want any enemies behind us.


Farraige: Floaters inside! They're moving around to flank us.


Farraige: I can't get a good bead on them!


Kaos: No luck!


Doc: I got one. We'll get the other next.

Farraige: He's retreating!


Doc: Keep an eye out while we scout the rest of the building. It could be a trap.


Farraige: Alien Artifact in sight. I also hear something out back!

Doc: Get the Artifact first, the rest of us will cover you.

Farraige: Aye!



Farraige: Artifact collected. I think they're moving around to ambush us!

Doc: Everyone in position! Let's take this thing out!


Farraige: I see him!


Doc: Got him! All right, let's move down into the wreckage area. Carefully!


Whitman: Two more floaters spotted!


Farraige: Missed! Whitman, you're too exposed there!

Whitman: I know!!


Doc: Throwing smoke!


Whitman: Woo!! Got one!!


Kaos: The other one is retreating!


Kaos: Damn, he's moving too much!


Whitman: Oh, yeah! Racking up the kills!

Doc: Good job. Let's move down to the ship. We're not done here yet!


Kaos: Alien spotted inside the ship!

Doc: Careful, those things are deadly accurate! Everyone get into position and move up when I say!


Kaos: I hear it...


Kaos: Moving to position!

Doc: I see it, it's taking cover near the engines! Watch your fire, we want those intact!


Doc: AUGH! Damn, that hurt! Falling back to heal.


Farraige: How are you Sarge?

Doc: I'll be all right, but my armor is toast.

Farraige: We'll get it, you cover us.


Farraige: Kaos, can you damage it for me?

Kaos: Negative!


Farraige: We can't risk capturing it, taking it down!
<*ZAP*>


Farraige: Mission accomplished, Commander!

Spoiler: Promotions (click to show/hide)

All in all, not bad. Most of our veterans are wounded, though, which could be bad news.

Whitman is an Assault, now. Not what you were hoping for, but maybe we can spec him as a roof jumper to kinda give him the role you wanted.

[Mephansteras]

We now have a few medals to give out. One Urban combat (defense) and two Escort (no panic when someone dies).


On a random note, here are a few of our soldiers chatting near the pool tables. Farraige is very noticable!


A day later our reserach into Meld is completed

Spoiler: Meld (click to show/hide)

This gives us access to two new buildings, one for Genetic Enhancements and one for Cybernetic Enhancements.



Fortunately, they're not expensive buildings to make.





This is what we have access to right now. We'll get more later. Note that a soldier can only have One Genetic enhancement per body part. So if we give someone one of the eye enhancements they can't get the other as well.

Mech troopers cannot get Gene enhancements and vice versa.

All upgrades to troops in either path takes both Money and Meld, so we'll need to choose carefully how we spend everything.

We begin the Floater autopsy.



Not long afterwards our Officer Training School is finished. Lots of Soldier and Squad level upgrades to unlock in here. Some of them are quite expensive. They're mostly what you'd expect by the name, but ask if you have questions on any of them.


Lots of new ways to spend money! And...not all that much money to spend, really. How do you guys want to go about doing things?

[darkpaladin109]

Squad size sounds like something we should improve soon.

[Yoink]

Welp. I'm too sleepy to sift through all the info on new stuff, but that was a pretty good mission!
I'll keep my laser rifle as opposed to a shotgun, though. I still want to go for long-range accuracy.

The "pool table socializing" made me chuckle, simply for how unexpected it was.

[Worldmaster27]

I vote for squad size increase. Always useful to have another gun.

[Mephansteras]

Note that we have §185, and increasing our squad size to 5 only costs §50, so we have a bit more we can do. Like building either Cybernetics or Genetics labs and upgrading someone. I don't know that we have enough to both cyborgize someone and build a Mec for them without selling stuff, but that is always an option.

Alternatively, we could unlock more stuff from the OTC, like Wet Works which increases XP from kills.

We could also build another satellite and get that going so we have 2 to place by the end of the month.

[Darkening Kaos]

     Bloody hell - can't hit the side of a barn with.....the side of a barn.  Maybe I should take a SCOPE next time, instead of 'nade.

    1) Another sat in the pipeline would be good.
    2) Squad-size up to five will enhance surviveablity of all its members.
    3) My preference is for a Genetics Lab to be built.

[Worldmaster27]

     Bloody hell - can't hit the side of a barn with.....the side of a barn.  Maybe I should take a SCOPE next time, instead of 'nade.

    1) Another sat in the pipeline would be good.
    2) Squad-size up to five will enhance survivability of all its members.
    3) My preference is for a Genetics Lab to be built.

This sounds good. The genetics will allow for more versatility, whereas the mechtroopers are simply best for tanking and dealing lots of damage.

[Powder Miner]

Dohohoho, Uisce is very noticable indeed. Who are the other two soldiers, though?

I for one would like you guys to buy Wet Works so we can start getting unreasonably swole.

Also, I liked what Giglamesh was doing with the psychiatric post-mission debrief, so I figured I'd do so too.

Spoiler: Post-Cursed Stallion Mental Health Evaluation and Debriefing -- Sq. Uisce Farraige -- Psychologist Dr. Wanda Bosko (click to show/hide)

Wanda: Hello... Wuisse? I'm Wanda Bosko, part of the psychiatric staff here. Is it pronounced Wuisse?
Uisce: It's pronouned Eeska. And it's nice to meet you, Wanda!
Wanda: Right. So, we've not performed a psychiatric evaluation, and we figured that now would be as good a time as any to perform one. Tell me Uisce, how did you feel about your mission yesterday?
Uisce: It went really well, so that was nice!
Wanda: I'm aware Sergeant Krauss was wounded during the battle.
Uisce: Yeah, and I really wish he hadn't been. I'm just glad noone died! I'll definitely visit Doc a few times though in the infirmary.
Wanda: Hmm. How've you been dealing with life on the base?
Uisce: I've been dealing well, though... it's always sad when someone dies, or when missions go wrong... ...um, as for what I do here, I kinda wish there was a pool or something, but usually I just settle for playing pool! Heh. I'm not the best at it, though.
Wanda: Not the best?
Uisce: Earlier today I accidentally shot one of the balls off of the table. And, uh, scratched at the same time.
Wanda: I'm sorry to hear that. Anyway, that should about conclude the evaluation.
Uisce: Alright!

Sq. Farraige seems well adjusted and hasn't seemed to lose much of her empathy or courteousness despite her duties. Though I worry slightly about her reaction to teammate deaths if they happen in mission, she gets a positive report from me-- Dr. W. Z. Bosko.

[birdy51]

Doc Krauss will be ready for the next mission.

[GiglameshDespair]

Lets increase squad size + build a mec bay, then.

[Mephansteras]

Squad Size I is purchased, which allows us to bring 5 troops on each mission. Squad Size II, sadly, requires at least a Captain to get, and we don't have that yet.

I also begin work on the Genetics Lab, since that had the most votes, and got the engineers working on another satellite.


Our Floater autopsy is complete. It allows us to build Dodge Matrixes, which are expensive one-shot items that let our craft dodge some attacks. Since we don't have any upgraded weapons for our fighters yet they could be worth the money.


We begin work on the Sectoid autopsy.


Not long after, we get a rather nice proposition from the Indian government. Since laser pistols only cost §8 each, I glad go ahead and order a few more built.


We means we have money again!


Question is, what to do with it?

We could unlock more stuff from the Officer Training school, wait for the Genetics lab to be built and upgrade some of our troops, or work on expanding the base more.

If we want to expand the base we have to make a decision. We have enough power for either a new lift down to Level 3, which would let us start working towards a Steam Power plant. Or, we could go ahead and make the Cybernetics lab and just plan on putting another power plant on Level 2. We have a slight configuration issue where our Power system and our Satellite system conflict. Both want to have as many things next to each other as possible, and there isn't for that. So we either sacrifice Satellite bonuses for power bonuses or we pay the premium to go down to the Steam early.

[Powder Miner]

weeeet wooooorkssss

[GiglameshDespair]

Go for the steam generator.

Get as many ots upgrades as possible.

[Darkening Kaos]

     Fortunately, getting the thermo generator is relatively quick, 5 days for the new elevator and 8 days build time for the generator itself.  All the spaces have already been excavated.
     Wet Works would be nice, but we do need to watch our cash.  If we still have about §50 after purchasing WW, then go for it.
     What is the research time on Experimental Warfare, Meph?  That should be our next research choice, we need the upgrades from the Foundry.