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[Mephansteras]

-- COMMANDER: Dippler, you're in command of this one. Take it nice and slow. Capture an alien alive if you can, but no heroics out there.

Spoiler: Operation Unceasing Palace (click to show/hide)

Dippler: Ok, eyes sharp everyone. We know they're around here somewhere.


Man: Sectoids on the ridge!


Man: Tagged him, but he's not dead. Good target to zap, now.
Rookie: Damn, missed.


Dippler: You guys are wide open there. Throwing smokes!

Dippler: That's one trying to flank. Rookie, blow that bastard up!


Rookie: <*BOOM*>


Rookie: Ahh! I'm hit!
Dippler: You'll be all right.


Man: The grey I pegged is moving up, I'm gonna go zap him!
<*Plasma*> Woah that was close!



Man: Gotcha!


Brookwater: Slippery little bastard. Can't get a bead on him!


Rookie: Thin men in the UFO!


Rookie: Tagged one, but he's not down!


Brookwater: I see some coming around to the left.
Dippler: We can't get in a firefight with them. Blow them up!
Brookwater: Rocket went wide! That's not good.


Man: Woah, there goes that tree!
Rookie: The sectoid buggered off.


Dippler: Got one of those energy guys in the ship. Watch out.


Dippler: Head's up rookie! <*Blam*> Got him for ya!


Brookwater: One Thin Man down, sir!


Dippler: Good! I've got the energy thing pinned down, at least for now.


Man: Pegged a thin man on the right! He's not down, though.


Dippler: Floaters moving up from the side!


Man: Woah! Found the sectoid!


Dippler: Floater inbound. Man, watch your six!


Brookwater: I got him!
Man: Good! I've got a bead on this little grey! <*MISS*> Damn it! I had you dead to rights you little...


Man: AAAGHGHH!

Brookwater: The Sectoid got Man!

-- COMMANDER: Dippler, those floaters are moving to flank. Pull back to a more defensible position!


Dippler: Don't have to tell me twice!


Rookie: Agh!


Brookwater: This is looking bad, Dip.
Dippler: We can do it.


Brookwater: Trouble behind us!
Dippler: I'll get him!


Dippler: <*FAIL*> Oh, hell...
Brookwater: <*Bullets flying...and missing*>


Dippler: <*Splat*>


Brookwater: UGH!

Spoiler: Promotions (click to show/hide)

Yeah...not so much.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Damn that was a frustrating mission. We were doing really well, and then everyone started missing. Seriously, the sheer number of 70%, 80%, and 90% shots that were missed is disgusting. And even when we did hit early on we had a lot of trouble actually getting kills in, even on the sectoids. The aliens, of course, had no such problems when they were shooting us. We really shouldn't have lost that one.

[mastahcheese]

Dang.

[Yoink]

Aww. Poor ol' Bangles gonna get probed.

[RAM]

So... April fools?

How long till I am back up and ready to get another squad killed?

[Yoink]

Name: Sabal "Savage" Mathur
Gender: Male
Nationality: Indian
Appearance: A rugged, swarthy fellow with a neat beard, not-neat hair and a permanent scowl.
Preferred class: Rookie
Preferred weapon: SHOTGUN
Preferred equipment: Either a nanofiber vest or smoke grenades. Or a medikit if we have zero or one medics on the team.
Preferred tactics: Leads the charge, but does his best to keep the rest of the team alive, too. No nonsense.

[birdy51]

Awesome letter home, sounds very believable!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Let's just hope you didn't die in the last mission... 

Thanks ^.^

I may try to write more on occasion, providing Birdvig doesn't get killed in action. Speaking of which... I'll go ahead and volunteer him for the next mission and cross my fingers.

Lead him well Mephansteras!

[Mephansteras]

So... April fools?

How long till I am back up and ready to get another squad killed?

Rickenbacker has two more days in the med bay.

@birdy: I liked your letter. Hopefully Birdvig will survive to become Colonel some day!

[birdy51]

Let us hope!

For now, I leave him in your capable hands Commander.

[GiglameshDespair]

Damn. If only Rickenbacker was there to save the day.

[Worldmaster27]

How much longer on the current research(Lasers IIRC)? After that, I demand highly recommend armor research.

[GiglameshDespair]

How much longer on the current research(Lasers IIRC)? After that, I demand highly recommend armor research.

I normally skip straight to skeleton after having unlocked carapace. Our supplies of alien metals are limited, after all, and we'll come up short later if we don't. In contrast, we'll also run out if we fail missions from lack of adequate armour. Hmm.

[Mephansteras]

Damn. If only Rickenbacker was there to save the day.

She might have at that. Although who knows? Even the holo-targeting might not have saved us, given the sheer number of high % misses we got. Ishmael's the same way. He might have made a huge difference, or the game would have just summarily killed off our corporals too. Hard to know. Break Man had a great Aim score, after all, and he missed almost as much as everyone else.

[darkpaladin109]

Dammit, Break Man died.
...Are there any helmets that look like this?

Spoiler: Helmet Picture (click to show/hide)

[Erils]

I guess I'll volunteer seeing as we're running low on men.

If I'm leader, I'd tell everyone:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"Alright, we've lost a lot of men out there. A lot of good men. We can't save them, but we can try to give their deaths a meaning. Lets not let their deaths be in vain. Stay in cover, watch your flanks, and don't get shot. We need every good soldier we've got if we're going to win this war. Now, lets go kill some alien scum!"

[Mephansteras]

@darkpaladin: Hmm. Not exactly. There is one kinda like that which covers the entire face and another which is more helmet & visor but it has funky attachments on the sides.


In other news:




Just two days before we're going to finish researching beam weapons! Argh!

In any case, we're being given the following options:
India: 4 Engineers (Easy, no panic)
South Africa: §200 (Easy, no panic)
Mexico: Assault Sergeant (Very difficult, high panic)

Things to consider:
    We're pretty much broke, although we could sell off some stuff so we'll have enough money to at least buy a few laser rifles once they're done.
    Africa is happy right now, so while the money is nice it does nothing for us panic-wise to go there.
    Japan is grumpy, but shouldn't go red since they're not the ones being hit if we ignore India. Engineers are always nice, though
    All of North America is extremely unhappy, and an Assault Sergeant would be a nice boon (Especially for Worldmaster who's been waiting for one). We'd then be able to get an Officer School which is great. Except that we're broke and won't be able to afford it.
    We have 2 Satellites that will be done by the end of the month, so stopping panic in any one continent is easy.

If we do the Difficult mission we'll pretty much have to throw our best at it, which means no Rookies. If we do an Easy mission, training up some rookies is a possibility.

Your call, guys.