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[Archangel]

so is anyone going to reply to this?

The rest of the day goes by with little excitement. I decide to send an e-mail to the base personnel asking how we can reduce restlessness and increase moral, suggesting that we come up with game nights, parties and other pursuits.

I have some ideas kicking around in my head including something that will explain why all you professional soldiers had your shiny toys taken and replaced by these "god awful" weapons of the future.

Spoiler: Archangel's response (click to show/hide)

My suggestion: Give us free use of explosives. Or at least give me a shitload of grenades. Gimme some 'splodey stuff and I'm happy.

[chaoticag]

Spoiler: Ashely Journal (click to show/hide)

We went through an odd mission today, lost Chosen. Tamashun isn't acting herself after that. I'm going to go to the mess hall, see if I can find some tin foil to make a hat for her. I heard it might help.

[Archangel]

Spoiler: Archangel's journal (click to show/hide)

Man, only one death on that mission and it was friendly fire. Friendly fire without any normal excuse. Shit. I'm gunna go look through my books for that stuff about telepathy and mind control. Oh, and revise my psychology course. I shouldn't need the C.O. to step in in that sort of situation.

[Heron TSG]

Psycho aliens now? Hopefully Heyreddin can take one hostage for research.

[cganya]

I'll just put this here where everyone can see it...

Mr. Apple:
Kills + 3
TU's + 2
Stamina + 2
Health + 3
Firing Accuracy + 3
Strength + 5

Tamunshin:
Rank UP! - Squaddie
Kills + 1
TU's + 3
Stamina + 2
Firing Accuracy + 3

Dash Gunmetal:
TU's + 2
Stamina + 3
Health + 1
Strength + 5

Archangel:
TU's + 1
Stamina + 5
Health + 3
Firing Accuracy + 1
Strength + 4

Ashley Smith:
Rank UP! - Squaddie
Kills + 1
TU's + 4
Health + 5
Reactions + 1
Firing Accuracy + 1
Strength + 5

Roll Fizzlebeef:
Rank UP! - Squaddie
Kills + 2
TU's + 1
Stamina + 4
Health + 4
Firing Accuracy + 5
Strength + 5

Argatson:
Rank UP! - Squaddie
Kills + 1
TU's + 3
Stamina + 3
Firing Accuracy + 3
Throwing Accuracy + 1
Strength + 1

Darkwind:
Kills + 1
TU's + 3
Health + 2
Strength + 2

Sarah Newman:
Rank UP! - Squaddie
Kills + 1
TU's + 2
Stamina + 1
Health + 4
Firing Accuracy + 3
Strength + 5

special mission notes:

Mr. Apple managed to be fired at 7 times in close range by a floating disc without taking a shot. holy crap.
Anyone else noticed how almost everyone's strength went up by 4-5? am I really giving them that much stuff?

[Mephansteras]

I'm really enjoying your writing so far. It's good and much more interesting then simple breakdowns of what happened would be. As for the commander being a Mary-sue...I wouldn't worry about it too much. So much is going to go wrong in a game of X-com that it's pretty much impossible for any character to come off as being perfect. And if you actually have a perfect game of X-com without major save-scumming...you deserve to come off looking perfect! 

Darkwind's thoughts

  Disappointing mission today. Only got to frag one alien. Need to do better, get more shots in. I've been able to keep my skills sharp, but I don't feel like I'm improving. Must practice harder.

  Tamunshin's shot on the Chosen One bothers me. Do these aliens have some sort of mind control? Could I find myself shooting my squadmates? I think our mental discipline will be as important as anything else.


Also, random question, what are the current ranks? I know Barbarossa is captain, and I think Darkwind is a sargent. What is Archangel, since he took command of that mission?

[cganya]

I'm really enjoying your writing so far. It's good and much more interesting then simple breakdowns of what happened would be. As for the commander being a Mary-sue...I wouldn't worry about it too much. So much is going to go wrong in a game of X-com that it's pretty much impossible for any character to come off as being perfect. And if you actually have a perfect game of X-com without major save-scumming...you deserve to come off looking perfect! 

Darkwind's thoughts

  Disappointing mission today. Only got to frag one alien. Need to do better, get more shots in. I've been able to keep my skills sharp, but I don't feel like I'm improving. Must practice harder.

  Tamunshin's shot on the Chosen One bothers me. Do these aliens have some sort of mind control? Could I find myself shooting my squadmates? I think our mental discipline will be as important as anything else.


Also, random question, what are the current ranks? I know Barbarossa is captain, and I think Darkwind is a sargent. What is Archangel, since he took command of that mission?

i will have to wait untill i get home before i fully answer that question but from memory: RAM 1, darkwind, Mr. apple and cerapa are sergeants.

I try to have commanding personalities lead as the situation demands. technically since I am in contact with the team during the mission, my say as commander goes.

This style comes from me being a plain old civilian in real life. I know from my short time working with the military that they take their ranks really seriously.

I can try to work that attitude into my future posts.

[rickvoid]

I'm considering taking that psychologist. Marcus is only 10 or 12 in this one, and I need the writing practice.

Would that be okay, Anya?

By the way, awesome update. It was a perfect intro to alien mind control stuff.

[cganya]

I'm considering taking that psychologist. Marcus is only 10 or 12 in this one, and I need the writing practice.

Would that be okay, Anya?

By the way, awesome update. It was a perfect intro to alien mind control stuff.

Go for it. I'll add you to my notes when I get home and write you into my next post. try to send me messages through the base e-mail system or some such communication on your progress with Tamunshin and other future psi victims. take note that no one knows whats actually going on right now. feel free to PM me asking anything that will help you with your posts.

[rickvoid]

Great. I'll get some intro stuff up tonight!

Edit: The Events of February 5th, 1999

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

A pair of speed boats, emblazoned with the logo of the US Coast guard, roared as they cut their way across the early morning waves off the coast of California. Through the thick fog, a rather disheveled and mildly sea-sick Army Corporal could see a large shape looming. This was his morning of his seventh day of searching, and he couldn't remember the last time he'd slept. Everything he'd learned up till now pointed at this being his destination, and even if he wasn't here, the search would be over regardless. They'd have to send somebody else to find a shrink, he was going to find a rack.

Rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he briefly considered the luke-warm coffee sitting in the holder next to him. Then they hit another wave, and all thoughts of any liquid other than that sloshing around in his gut fled his mind.

While the Corporal was distracted, the boats had reached the object. It was the Callista. At one time, it was the premier cruise ship of the rich and petty. Now it was serving as a refugee carrier for those displaced by the Alien raid on LA.

That thought managed to get through the nausea-riddled haze that had enveloped the soldiers mind. War. An Alien war. That giant ship had strafed the city as it descended, and LA had been declared an official disaster area. His men were on the ground in the city, desperately trying to keep the peace as long supressed tensions finally broke the surface, and neighbors became deadly enemies.

"And instead of helping out, I've spent the last week on a wild goose chase." He muttered to himself. Whoever this guy was, somebody sure thought him important. Scuttlebutt had it that the guy in charge of Earth's defense had requested the best psychologist that could be found. And apparently, that commander's word was that of God. Whole units had been mobilized throughout the city ruins, trying to find out if he'd survived.

Shaking his head, the Corporal rose to his feet as the boats drifted to a stop, thirty feet from the hull of the ship. He reached down and grabbed a conveniently placed megaphone.

"This is Corporal Kovacs of the US Army. If Dr Gableman is on board the Callista, will he please contact us by radio. We need to talk to him. The frequency is 405.62. I repeat, this is Corporal Kovacs of the US Army. If Dr Gableman..." He carried on like this for several minutes, before bending down to listen to the radio.

Several more minutes passed, before there was some static finally burst from the radio. It resolved itself into words. "-epeat, this is Dr Richard Gableman. How the hell did you find us!?"

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Personal Log of Dr Richard Gableman, February 6th, 1999

Not sure how to start this. My wife and brother-in-law are dead. Sarah, little Marcus, and myself just spent the better part of a week on a refugee ship that had drifted off course, gotten lost and forgotten about.

Apparently someone decided that they needed my services, and in the process we all got rescued. Now I've signed half a hundred non-disclosure agreements, and I'm on my way to some ultra super-duper top secret military facility. I bet it's in the desert.

They've promised to put up Sarah and Marcus somewhere nice off-base. I know my sister can take care of Marcus, so no worries there. It will probably help her deal with the loss of Terrance. Too bad neither of them are here. I keep thinking about Catherine.

And now I've taken a turn for the maudlin. Best to end here. I wonder what on Earth the military needs psychiatrist for? Am I going to be expected to talk to an Alien about its feelings?

I'll have to have a chat with the fellow in charge as soon as I get in. Which is, apparently, now.

Whew. That was fun. 

[Zilvara]

Huggles loving the story so far and have enjoyed all the comments and contrutions from others done it adds depth to this story nice to see something from a game one would play alone develop in to such a enjoyable group play able to create possiblities for others to play off of with a random factor of how the game turns thinks out so people have to alter what they would want to happen based on the said game in the background being played on.

anya i am glad you showed me your story and as talked of to you i will take that one slot you had open smiles

now let see if i can remeber right how i was going to present my self in to this

zilvara short petite researcher absentminded but focused on research - unusual pratices for develping technologies and testing pratices, enjoying unstable liquids and particles loves magic and wants to be able to make the modern man capable of such feats to protect the world throu the use of technologies found


hair long and flowing behind usualy a mess but tied up tightly together at the back so it hangs down behind her   , pda that glows where needed always near her  , glows cause it always on with alot of info

was thinking head or reseach if you want if not then a lab tech

likes to test stuff where ever and probly has tested things and startled alot of people when they find her down a long hallway against the rock bed that hasn't been build in to yet for the next part of the complex

edit how you want anya but i think that how we talked of it before ( just tring to give a nice background to it)

huggles to all can't wait to see what else comes of this story

[Mephansteras]

Nice work, Rick!

This has the makings of an Epic Let's Play...

[cerapa]

If your gonna be playing with a real command structure could I get myself a squad since im a sergeant? Since sergeants show up for every 5 soldiers. That would mean that exactly 2 squads could go on a skyranger with a HWP.

Im fairly certain the developers thought about this...

[cganya]

If your gonna be playing with a real command structure could I get myself a squad since im a sergeant? Since sergeants show up for every 5 soldiers. That would mean that exactly 2 squads could go on a skyranger with a HWP.

Im fairly certain the developers thought about this...

I could try to do that. how do captains fall into this setup?

[rickvoid]

Command Squad:
1 Captain
1 Sargeant
3 Squadies/Rookies