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[Azzuro]

Spoiler: Update 21 (click to show/hide)

Update 21: Zombie Stalingrad



A few days after we cleared out both Abductors, a new heavy weapons soldier arrived to take Mal’s place, claiming to be his brother or somesuch.

The rest of the month was very quiet, with UFO sightings around the world dropping to near-zero levels. For a time, it seemed like we had succeeded – that the aliens had decided our world was too much trouble to invade, or perhaps they had run out of resources.

Then, in the early morning of 25th May, we received a call.



The Cuban government had reported sightings of a big UFO landing near the capital of Havana, followed shortly by reports of alien monsters rampaging through the streets. Cuba was not one of our funding members, but a successful attack would have been too difficult to cover up.




The Skyranger was far slower than the Lightning, which had insufficient fuel capacity to reach Cuba and return. By the time we were approaching Cuba, dawn was breaking over the city.

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Terror Site-2 in Havana, May 25
Soldiers: Everyone on the roster


Jake: Don’t see anything out here!



Jake: This side’s clear.



Foley: There’s a snakemen over here!



Foley: Not anymore, though.



Foley: Another one over there!



Richard: I got this one!




Phantom: The apartment blocks look clear. Also, which one of you idiots missed and shot a hole through the wall?



Johannes: I see another Snakeman in the street beyond.



Johannes: Whoops!



Frank: The warehouse over here looks clear as well.



Frank: Or not. Another Snakeman down!



Max: The alley appears to be clear too.



Jacques: So is the apartment block. Where is everyone?

Moria: Maybe the aliens killed them all?



Phantom: Quit talking and look out for – OH SHIT!



Jake: CRAP! I’m hit!



The Poet: This doesn’t look too bad, just hang in there.



Frank: There’s a Snakeman in ambush, look out!



Phantom: Another one!



Moria: And a third!



Max: One down!



Phantom: Another…



Phantom: Ow!



Phantom: Take that!



Frank: Just a minor wound to heal.



Max: Um, do you think that’s a civilian?



Bakam: Whoa, Snakeman!



Bakam: Another snakeman down over here!



Jake: That civilian does look kinda off…



Shamus: Shit, I hit the civilian!



Shamus: What the hell?!

Johannes: That’s not human, open fire!



Richard: I got it!



Frank: Look out, one’s coming!



Frank: Shit!



Frank: The plasma didn’t do anything!



Phantom: Lasers aren’t having any effect!



Max: Well, this should work.



Max: …or not. That thing just took six blasts and it’s still going!



Moria: Hey, I got it!



Moria: And another! You were saying?



Bakam: Another one of those zombie things over here, backup!



Bakam: Four of them in the street!



Shamus: I see eight, with two more bug-things coming at us!



Bakam: OW!



Bakam: Shit, backup!



Bakam: Wait, nevermind.



Bakam: Oh hell, there’s a whole crowd of them in the street!

Frank: Pull back and regroup, we need to back each other up!





Hal: Jake got shot through the window!

Frank: Jacques, Bakam, pull back! Can you hear me?



Johannes: Yeah, he’s dead.



Johannes: Bakam? That you? Guys, Bakam’s looking like one of those zombies!



Johannes: The bug behind him isn’t responding to psionics!



Shamus: ARGH!



Phantom: What!?!



Richard: Look out!



Johannes: Hurrggghh…



Hal: It’s coming this way!



Foley: Where did that one come from!?



Phantom: No, beside you!



Frank: Watch out!



Crandel: What the hell just happened?

Phantom: One of those bug things just swiped at Shamus and turned him into a zombie!

Frank: And shooting a zombie causes the bug inside to be released…Is this what happened to those civilians?

Moria: That means everyone in the city is likely dead by now. Or undead, depending on which way you look at it.

Frank: Form a line, keep shooting!



Crandel: Hurry up, I see more coming!



Hal: Max, Moria, there’s another one heading down your alley! Max?



Phantom: Shit, two more from the side!



Phantom: FUCK! Max and Moria got zombified!



Richard: And a third one near the warehouse!



Frank: We’re being surrounded, fall back!

Gen. Charles: Soldiers, retreat to the Skyranger and take off! We have reports that nearly the entire population is dead or zombified, which means you’ll be encountering a lot more resistance soon.

Crandel: But if we leave, the aliens will keep spreading!

Gen Charles: We have a plan to deal with this, just evacuate fast!



Gen Charles: Also, someone grab one of those corpses – the scientists will want to have a look at them.



The Poet: FUCK! Look out!



Crandel: The zombie’s trying to climb up, run!



Frank: Everyone’s in, GO!

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Survivors: Foley, Hal Devios, Richard Muller, The Poet, Phantom, Frank Braeden, Crandel
As the Skyranger banked west, we could see the rising sun illuminating the crowd of zombies and aliens shambling down the streets. It was impossible to tell how far they had spread – whatever remained of the army had broken and retreated or were zombies by now.



Then a brilliant flash of light erupted, and we could see the unmistakable shape of a mushroom cloud expanding over the city.

[Heron TSG]

Holy shit, I've never seen so many zombies made by chryssalids while still having survivors. Definitely some good writing.

Would you mind telling me who all was injured and how? The ones that lived, of course. The Most Dangerous Game is about to get a whole lot more dangerous.

[Phantom]

Why does Phantom always have to be the survivor?
Sure, Adrian Shephard survived Black Mesa along with a few other HECU Marines, but noooo...
Barbarossa, do I get a few points for surviving a Chryssallid Plague?

Also, as insurance and to bolster troop numbers, can I have a soldier called Ghost serve along Phantom? He should be a Heavy Weapons Guy.


Also: Phantom's recording of his opinion on what happened.
"Why am I and Frank the last original survivors? Dammit, first Black Mesa and it's goddamn headcrabs and now these things!"
Phantom tips over one of the bunks.
"GODDAMMIT."
"Phantom, what the hel-OHSHIT." Phantom punches The Poet in the face.
"We're all gonna die, we're all gonna DIE."
"Quick, grab him!"
"Get your fucking hands off me-AUGH."
Event ends with Phantom in psychiatric care for 10 hours.


Also: Skull shaped explosions, heh.

[Sheb]

No! Johannes! Why did he have to die? Well, the story was so cool it was worth it.

[Azzuro]

Holy shit, I've never seen so many zombies made by chryssalids while still having survivors. Definitely some good writing.

Would you mind telling me who all was injured and how? The ones that lived, of course. The Most Dangerous Game is about to get a whole lot more dangerous.

The only person who got injured and survived was Phantom, one shot to the torso in Power Armor.

Also, if you look at that little mini-map picture near the end, you'll see that there's a street to the south, and beyond that I remember some houses. My best guess would be that all the Chryssalids spawned there, along with a nice helping of civilians to zombify. While the second team tried to clear the apartment block east, the first team set up a defensive line, which was promptly overwhelmed by sheer numbers. Through it all, I only saw one civilian body on the street, meaning that everyone else got zombified.

As a sidenote, the best way to deal with Chryssalids is to form a line and hit 'end turn' - Chryssalids and zombies are usually scared away by reaction fire.

[Archangel]

I notice that Naomh is dead again. New clone please!

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Well, I'm glad to see this is going as well as any good X-Com game should. I guess this recent mission leaves you needing recruits, so:

Name: Rion Chrisson
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Alignment: Arch-Conservative
Bio: A Paranoid-Scizophrenic Reactionary who's spent his entire adult life hiding in the backwoods of the southern United States, waiting and preparing for "Them" to institute a New World Order and try to take people who knew the truth like him away to FEMA Death Camps. Learned about X-COM through online information gathering after Havana was nuked, due to the organization's increasing inability to maintain secrecy. Remembering an incident several years ago where he hacked apart a stranded Sectoid scout apart with an axe after finding it trying to steal his solar panels, Rion promptly decides that X-COM must be one of the only resistance movements against "Them", and decides to approach the group of his own accord. X-COM has absolutely no idea of how insane and deluded he really is.
Preferred Weapons: Whatever kills dem alien bastards the fastest.

[MaximumZero]

Braaaaaaaaainsssssss....

Welp, I guess that's the end of the line for me, unless I've been cloned and the real me is hiding away as a scientist or something.

[Mysteriousbluepuppet]

First Zombie-Victims :S Just as he starterd getting good

M'eh, time for little borhter Dakam to take up the torch

[Heron TSG]

Sure, if a chryssalid incursion is large enough, everyone that survives gets 3 points, regardless of what they're wearing.

Rules:
Head shots: 8 points
Torso shots: 5 points
Limb shots: 3 points
NOTE: Shots taken while wearing personal armor give -1, and shots taken with power/flying armor give -2.
Surviving a major chryssalid incursion: 3 points

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The Poet          - 14
Phantom           - 9
Bakam Babaganoush - 4
Foley:            - 3
Jake              - 3
Hal Devious       - 3
Richard           - 3
Muller            - 3
Frank Braeden     - 3
Crandel           - 3


[USEC_OFFICER]

Looks like the poet should change his name to the meatshield.

[Akura]

What were those explosions? The ones made of faces?

[MaximumZero]

I thought they were all like that?

[Phantom]

Heh, I want to see what happens if you use the Ressurect Zombified Agents glitch.

Just mind control the zombie, kill it, and tada, permanently controlled Chrysallid. Just don't shoot it after you spawn it. I believe if we used it on Johannes, and everyone else, some interesting dialogue can be made out of that.

[Maldevious]

Wow. That was a fun one.