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[LegoLord]

DON'T SELL THE FUNNY ALIEN METAL THINGIES.

Aye. They'd be better used making weapons to sell, at the very least. Elerium 115 is the most precious of all resources.

The metal thingies would be the alloys.  Which actually aren't profitable to manufacture and sell, by the the vanilla values.

[cganya]

DON'T SELL THE FUNNY ALIEN METAL THINGIES.

Aye. They'd be better used making weapons to sell, at the very least. Elerium 115 is the most precious of all resources.

The metal thingies would be the alloys.  Which actually aren't profitable to manufacture and sell, by the the vanilla values.

i sold a chunk (25% of 100 = 25 units) of alien alloys because at this stage i don't need ANY at all. personal armor requires 1 alloy each. the only time you need more than a handful of alloys is when you go to produce flying tanks or space ships. meanwhile you get a ton of them off anything larger than a large scout.

so for right now all they are doing is taking up space. there will be no shortage I'm sure

[zchris13]

You would be surprised.

[Mephansteras]

Eh, as long as you don't sell the Elerium we should be fine. But never, ever sell Elerium unless you will literally lose the game from debt by not doing so.

Elerium is too precious.

btw, I like the new Avatar!

[cganya]

Eh, as long as you don't sell the Elerium we should be fine. But never, ever sell Elerium unless you will literally lose the game from debt by not doing so.

Elerium is too precious.

btw, I like the new Avatar!

ty, i'll have to post the full picture once we get into the different armors, the artist has a very good concept of what they would look like.

and of course i wont sell elerium. how else will we fuel, our dubiously effective but free from monthly rent, advanced craft

[chaoticag]

Speaking of Elerium, how big are our reserves? I never seem to be able to get enough.

[cganya]

Speaking of Elerium, how big are our reserves? I never seem to be able to get enough.

Currently sitting on 100 units. the stuff is quite large (10 units = 1 storage space, 50 storage spaces per facility) but more is always better

I wont be able to post quite as quickly as I'd like to. I need to focus on my last week of school and I'm getting prepared for the job market at home so my free time has been squeezed a bit. fear not for I have my notes and when I get some time to sit down and type, a post shall be forthcoming.

[LegoLord]

ty, i'll have to post the full picture once we get into the different armors, the artist has a very good concept of what they would look like.

Was the artist anyone on this or another forum?

[cganya]

ty, i'll have to post the full picture once we get into the different armors, the artist has a very good concept of what they would look like.

Was the artist anyone on this or another forum?

it was done by drcloud - http://drcloud.deviantart.com/
he has a few more x-com pics if you look through his gallery

[Itnetlolor]

Been awhile since I last checked on either X-COM LPs. Nice to see Hugh Mann is still alive (jinx).

I agree with anyone else, nice avatar change. I remember seeing that pic before. Well made stuff.

[RAM]

RAM I looked into the eyes of the rest of the squad, they were ready, held up an open hand, and began counting down the fingers. 5, 4, 3, 2, the squad took a deep breath, the button was pressed, and the door rattled open. It was far too loud, and painfully slow, but there really wasn't any choice, the doors had no security and the walls were all but impossible to pierce. The rifleman stepped into the ship and scanned the first room, they gave the clear signal, then stepped to the side to cover the others. RAM I charged up to the first visible door and trained a gun on the opening. The grenadier followed and tossed a mine at the other door, before taking up a position opposite RAM I. They paused for an instant to catch their breath and their door opened up to let a large grey head into the room. The soldiers reacted quickly, piercing its forehead many times over and sending it to the ground. But then a second alien followed it, RAM I was taken off-guard and reacted too slowly. A thin beam emerged from an alien weapon and lit up RAM I's torso. RAM I slumped to the ground and looked about the room. The cardboard alien was promptly killed, the sound of mock grenades was heard from the next room, and shortly the all clear was declared.

The drill was declared a success, acceptable casualties and all that, and it was true enough, this war wasn't going to end without losses, the reports from the recent battles was sobering proof of that. Use more mines? Use more smoke? Wait for them? Charge in quick? No matter how many times they looked at it there was no easy way to clear these ships. The drills had done their part, the team knew their signals, they knew their weapons, and they were ready to use them. But drills could only go so far, RAM I felt death cheapening with every simulation, and these model aliens just didn't move right. Would the team be able to handle seeing their squadmates melting in front of them? RAM I was worried that they were getting too used to the simulations, and if they didn't see real combat soon they might not be ready for it...

[cganya]

good post RAM, I'm sitting down now to do some typing, maybe I can post the terror mission tonight ^.^

[cganya]

OK, I tried to get it all done tonight but as it nears 2:40am, I have decided to turn in for the night. If my wife knew I was still up at this hour, there would be scolding x.x

The post is almost complete! I'd say about 85-90%

as a teaser I'll post the accolades for this battle :3 enjoy.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Accolades:

Positave:
Go-To-Guy - Hugh Mann - most kills in mission
High Score - Hugh Mann and Mr. Apple - most career kills
I'm not in here with you, you're in here with me - Cerapa - failed to resist alien mind attack but resisted panicking/being mind-controlled
Roidrage - practically everyone - skyrocketing strength increases

Negitave:
Bad Habits Die Hard - Darkwind - no career increases to firing accuracy despite several kills
Late Bloomer - Spartain - finally got a kill
Hey! Where's My Name?! - Tiberius - no stat increases at all

[Mephansteras]

Well, at least Darkwind is killing stuff even without an accuracy boost. Still lame that her most important stat isn't growing, though.

[cganya]

Well, at least Darkwind is killing stuff even without an accuracy boost. Still lame that her most important stat isn't growing, though.

i know. I even checked and 70 is by far not the limit. She's just being stubborn i guess. interesting in that, that's how i picture her personality