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[GiglameshDespair]

((OOC thread.  IC Mission thread. ))

XCEF - In-Base

I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world.

    President Ronald Reagan, United Nations General Assembly, 21 September 1987

High above the world, eyes looked down coldly. There was no need for them to speak. They had their Purpose. It would be done. The alien craft, a saucer-shaped construction, sleek and flawless, slipped into the atmosphere. It was cruising in the lower atmosphere when one of the native's war-craft was detected. It approached, clearly on an attack vector. Different native fighters had tried before, no match for the armaments of the aliens.
Destroy it. There must be no interference.

Obediently, weapons locked onto the native fighter. A single shot was prepared. No more had been needed to vapourise the primitive steel and aluminum structures used by the natives. The plasma beam reached out and splashed across the fighter, and the attention of the slaves in the alien craft already were turning away when their screens beeped. The native fighter was still active. It had launched missiles.

One of the slaves had time to see the missiles just before they struck. If it had somehow been able to look at the missile in the brief second before detonation, it would have seen there was writing on the side in one of the native languages:
"E.T. Go Home".


Deep beneath the hills of Wales, United Kingdom, a room erupted in cheers. The Commander, however, did not crack a smile, their steely eyes gazing at the main screen.
"Strike One condition?"
"Already airborne, Commander." The reply crackled back.
The Commander's expression did not change. In a way, the interceptor had the easy job.

The skyranger had already departed, leaving Strike Two to wait in the base for the next mission. The Commander had to wait before anything was brought in before research started, but...
"Engineering's online, commander."
If necessary, they could start producing another Inteceptor.

The Commander pondered. In the barracks, the men and women of Strike Two waited for their chance.

Spoiler: Base Modules (click to show/hide)

No special modules have been added to the base.

Research

Scientists - 10

Spoiler: Research Available (click to show/hide)

None for now...

Spoiler: Active Research (click to show/hide)

Nothing is being researched.

Engineering

Technicians - 10

Spoiler: Projects Available (click to show/hide)

None

Spoiler: Manufacturing Available (click to show/hide)

INTERCEPTOR
The airframe is stripped, replaced with a new magnesium-alumiumum alloy hull riddled with heatsinks. The electronics are hardened against the electronic interference of a plasma hit. This should give us a chance in a dogfight.
Needs: Nothing. We use Earthly materials.
Manufacturing points required: 150

Spoiler: Active Manufacturing (click to show/hide)

Nothing is being manufactured.

Aircraft

Hanger space 2/6

Inteceptor One "Crowhood"
-Avalanche Missiles
-Undamaged

Inteceptor Two "Blue Devil"
-Avalanche Missiles
-Undamaged


Vote on manufacturing options, research options (when available) and RP amoung yourselves in this thread.

Spoiler: Troop Roster (click to show/hide)

STRIKE ONE
Peter Grey/USEC_OFFICER, Officer Rookie
Josphenine Javier/Tiruin, Sniper Rookie
Taylor McKinley/FelizSparks, Infantry Rookie
Anton Girdeux/GUNINANRUNIN, Medic Rookie
Thomas Short/BMM42, Assault Rookie
Mordecai Uriah/mastahcheese, Heavy Rookie
Hermann Rudaker/ Sheb, Infantry Rookie
Reynart Descoteaux/ Remalle, Assault Rookie

STRIKE TWO
Elizabeth Faust / IronyOwl, Officer Rookie
Andrew Lincoln/Toaster, Infantry Rookie
Emma Harrs/Ochita, Sniper Rookie
Martzel Arriola/ Powder Miner, Assault Rookie
Rohim Magyar/ Xanmyral, Assault Rookie
Alex Callaghan/ Objective, Medic Rookie
Daniel William/scapheap, Heavy Rookie
Everett Owen/ Aseaheru, Medic Rookie

Spoiler: Base Stocks (click to show/hide)

All conventional weapons are provided for us in infinite supply (or close enough).

We don't have any alien artefacts yet.

[GiglameshDespair]

Reserve.

[Toaster]

Andy silently watched the launch of the Skyranger.  He'd be lying to himself if he said he didn't wish he was on there.  After his injury, he wanted nothing more than to make something of himself; the chance to truly prove his worth in the field.  This was a once in a lifetime opportunity... and he was sitting out the first mission.

No matter.  He had his orders, and shooting down one ship wouldn't end this war.

"Save one for me, all right?"

[Aseaheru]

  Everett scratched his head as he watched the skyranger depart, frowning as he did.
  "Why the hell don't we send out an extra? And why is it unarmed? I mean, I know there's a chance for the aliens to shoot at it at tge zone, but they probably would already shoot at it. And don't feed me any bullshit about damage to artifacts or the weapons being to weak, 30mm cannons, loaded with AP wouldn't destroy too much, and would be able to penn enough to be-able to support them... Ahwell, but what do I know? Im just a medic...

[Powder Miner]

Martzel Arriola responded in a sort of lackadaisacal manner. "I wouldn't give them shit about it,  they've probably put a loooooot of effort and thought into it. Goes over my head sometimes, but then again it probably goes over all of our heads."

[Toaster]

Andy shrugged.  "Best not to question brass too much.  They don't have to tell us why."

[IronyOwl]

"Our strength lies in ingenuity and the indomitable human spirit!" Faust announced proudly. A moment later she continued, a bit less theatrically, but still trying to sound inspiring. "And, more practically, you don't beat a superior enemy with overwhelming numbers and raw hardware. If you could do that, they wouldn't be a 'superior' enemy."

[Aseaheru]

"Shure you can, if you also bring superior tactics."

[Toaster]

"So what are the best tactics to fighting an alien?  Man has spent thousands of years fighting other men, and we know what's up.  How does an alien being fight?"

[Aseaheru]

  "Dont get hit, no telling what interesting things they shoot."

[Xanmyral]

"Hmm. Can't wait for the details of their debrief."

Vote on interceptor for manufacturing 'cause three free slots and not much else to do research/manufacture wise.

[GiglameshDespair]

"Skyranger's coming back, sir. Lot of injuries, but no fatalities. We're completely outmatched in technology."
"No surprise." The Commander remarked. "Get the Labs on high alert. Tell them their samples are coming in."

The troops are offloaded the Skyranger, many straight to the Medbay. The rest sit through a long debrief before they're allowed back out into the barracks.

New Research options:

Sectoid Autopsy - 50 SP
Requires 3 Sectoid corpses

Alien Alloys - 70 Sp
Requires 3 Alien Alloys

Weapons Fragments - 70 SP
Requires 5 Weapons Fragments


A research option and a manufacturing option must be chosen.

[Parsely]

Research Alien Alloys, manufacture interceptor.

[Xanmyral]

Research Alien Alloy

[Aseaheru]

Autopsy and make interceptor