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[i2amroy]

"Dr. Vahlen, why do you keep interrogating the captives until they die? The Ethereals and Thin Men even speak English."

"Why?"

I'd imagine that the invasive brain surgery she is performing to essentially break them from the inside out and pull images out of their consciousness (as she does with the first sectoid) is probably not too conducive to keeping them alive in the long run.

[scriver]

Shen has a pretty solid point in that sudden influxes of technology tend to destabilise things, and genetic modification raises a whole bunch of issues that would have to be addressed. That's what he says: he expresses concern for what will happen after the war.

Yeah, it's much more of a "Are we salting our garden to deal with the snails?" kind of thing.

[Wimopy]

Yeah, it's much more of a "Are we salting our garden to deal with the snails?" kind of thing.

Or rather: "Are we planting poisonous, snail-eating plants that may spread like an invasive species to deal with the snails?"

Kinda reminds me of Australia. -Oh, the rabbits we brought it are overproducing, let's bring in snakes!

[scrdest]

Yeah, it's much more of a "Are we salting our garden to deal with the snails?" kind of thing.

Or rather: "Are we planting poisonous, snail-eating plants that may spread like an invasive species to deal with the snails?"

Kinda reminds me of Australia. -Oh, the rabbits we brought it are overproducing, let's bring in snakes!

To be fair, snakes aren't much of a step down for Australia, unlike rabbits.

[scriver]

Well, the snakes got eaten by the land jellyfish, but the toads were too much.

[Darkening Kaos]

Yeah, it's much more of a "Are we salting our garden to deal with the snails?" kind of thing.

Or rather: "Are we planting poisonous, snail-eating plants that may spread like an invasive species to deal with the snails?"

Kinda reminds me of Australia. -Oh, the rabbits we brought it are overproducing, let's bring in snakes!

    U wot m8?  Any introduced snake in Australia would be less dangerous than anything native we have here.   The proper example would be -

     "These native black beetles are eating our sugar cane crops.........Let's introduce these inoffensive toads to control them"

      - or -

     "These rabbits we introduced are breeding too much, let's introduce foxes"

Ninja'ed

[IronyOwl]

Shen has a pretty solid point in that sudden influxes of technology tend to destabilise things, and genetic modification raises a whole bunch of issues that would have to be addressed. That's what he says: he expresses concern for what will happen after the war.

Yeah, he's never against defeating the aliens, he's just against doing like the aliens and using augmentations, both biological and mechanical.

Yeah, it's much more of a "Are we salting our garden to deal with the snails?" kind of thing.

If that foolish old man lacks the courage to move forward, then he will be left behind.

Shen has a pretty solid point in that sudden influxes of technology tend to destabilise things, and genetic modification raises a whole bunch of issues that would have to be addressed. That's what he says: he expresses concern for what will happen after the war.

Meanwhile, the Vahlen Train has no brakes.

"Dr. Vahlen, why do you keep interrogating the captives until they die? The Ethereals and Thin Men even speak English."

"Why?"

All hail Tentacle Overlady Vahlen!

[Graknorke]

I want Shen to live in my house and we can build experimental weapons and eat fancy soups together. It would be great.

[Scoops Novel]

Do you think soldier personalities could be modded in? Any declared mods yet?

[scriver]

One two three for I declare a mod war!

[Scoops Novel]

Look, this will be fun but it sounds like you're all preparing to dedicate your lives to it for a bit , and what I want are mods that make me feel good about playing afterwards and not just during. I'm talking language mods that require a working knowledge of your soldiers indigenous language/culture, an useful, enriching story, local environments that feel local, aliens that reflect real cultures and wildlife okay? I feel sick and I don't want to feel sicker so give me the impression you will go out and fucking do something with your lives.

[umiman]

^ can someone translate?

[forsaken1111]

Translation: Incoherent rambling followed by slight raving.

[Shadowlord]

Look, this will be fun but it sounds like you're all preparing to dedicate your lives to it for a bit , and what I want are mods that make me feel good about playing afterwards and not just during. I'm talking language mods that require a working knowledge of your soldiers indigenous language/culture, an useful, enriching story, local environments that feel local, aliens that reflect real cultures and wildlife okay? I feel sick and I don't want to feel sicker so give me the impression you will go out and fucking do something with your lives.

I don't think anyone here is intending to make the mods that they're fantasizing about having. I could be wrong, of course.

Translation of Novel Scoops' post for umiman:
"You want a sandwich?? GET IN THE KITCHEN AND MAKE ME A FIVE-COURSE MEAL!"

[BurnedToast]

^ can someone translate?

Theory #1: He wants to make xcom2 into an edutainment game.

Theory #2: He actually is sick and it's making him delirious, and we should be worried about him.

Theory #3: The ayys got him, activate the RL xcom project immediately