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Total Members Voted: 39

[Maldevious]

Hal will take care of any alien barns encountered.

[Azzuro]

I wonder if I could mind control the brain? Muahaha!

Hey, I was wondering, if you mind control an etheral, can you use him to mind control another alien?

No and no. The brain is classified as 'terrain', and so can't be mind controlled. The upside is that the brain can't mind control you, although the Ethereals may still do that anyway. Also, mind controlled Ethereals or Sectoid officers appear to forget how to use their natural psionic powers without the help of a Psi Amp. On the plus side, there's an exploit that goes like so:

mind control alien -> toss alien psi amp ->use alien to mind control another alien -> toss psi amp ad infinitum.

[Sheb]

Can we attempt to attack Sydonia without psi-amps. It'd be fun and would make for a truly epic end-of-game fight.

[Azzuro]

Spoiler: Update 32 (click to show/hide)

Update 32: Blood-Red Planet



The Avenger was launched in the wee hours of the morning on August 1st.



Our plan was to launch off the night side of Earth, which would hopefully obscure any watchers on the ground. The Avenger’s twin gravity wave engines could get us to Mars in an estimated 20 hours, but within that time Earth would be undefended for nearly two days. Luckily, there was no alien activity for that period.



The base was unremarkable at first glance, with nearly no indication of habitation. The largest structures on the surface were huge sliding trapdoors, large enough to fit a Battleship through. Our destination was a cluster or short pyramids, which contained the lift to the brain complex.

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Avenger landed Aug 1 on Cydonia, Mars
Soldiers: Everyone.


Jeremy: These controls feel weird.




Jeremy: Landing zone is clear.



Foley: Guess I’ll be the first one down.




Foley: One small step for man, one giant leap to kick alien ass. Let’s go!



279: Hey, I see pyramids already.



Noa: Taking shelter under the Avenger.




Jeremy: Oh shit. Plasma fire incoming!



Jeremy: Where the hell are they?!




Jones: ARGHhhhhhh….




Dave: Shit!



Jeremy: CYBERDISC!




Jeremy: Disc down!



Noa: Another one here, backup!




Ronin: Got it.



279: I don’t see anything.



279: Sectoid!



Foley: I have it!




Foley: Another down. Finish this one off.



Haspen: Oh man, so many pyramids.



Haspen: Guess we’ll have to search them all.




Rion: Another Sectoid down over here. This looks like a control room.



Richard: What?



Richard: BLAR!



Jeremy: Someone’s shooting my tank!



279: Under fire!




Max: NOooo!



Haspen: One coming!



Anja: OW!



Anja: DIE YOU ALIEN –



Anja: - ohh shit HASPEN!



Dakam: Crap, another one!



Haspen: *dies*



The Poet: WE’RE OUTNUMBERED!



Crandel: ARGGHHH!




Hal: Watch it!



Dakam: Die you alien bastards!



279: Where are they hiding?



279: I found the lift! Everyone in!



279: SHIT! Backup!




Foley: Disarmed it. Everyone move!



Jeremy: Looks like it’s time for me to join you all.



Jeremy: I think you need to widen the doorway.



Anja: Okay.



Jeremy: Thanks. Who’s still outside?

The Poet: Me, Dakam and Rion.

Phantom: Hurry up then!



The Poet: I’m in.



Foley: Let’s get out of here.

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Causalities: Wyoming Jones, Dave, Richard Muller, Max II, Haspen

[MaximumZero]

NOoooooooo!

[Sheb]

Jones!

Well is there many more stages? Can you turn back if more people die?

[Heron TSG]

And I thought I was a goner for sure!

[Phantom]

Did anyone bring HE Charges?

[Maldevious]

Never turn back!

[USEC_OFFICER]

CRUSES! (I was the strongest Psi-guy too...)

[Phantom]

Also, anybody know who's still alive since before the Third Update?

[Azzuro]

Well is there many more stages? Can you turn back if more people die?

There's only one more stage after this. It's like an alien base, but with a special 'end' room and different species of aliens.

Did anyone bring HE Charges?

No, I didn't bring any HE Charges, because we were already hitting the 80-item limit as it is.

Also, anybody know who's still alive since before the Third Update?

The roster on the front page is in semichronological order, but I think you're the only survivor from the beginning. Apart from Frank Braeden, who can't die because he's the narrator.

[Azzuro]

Spoiler: Update 33 (click to show/hide)

Update 33: Alien Minds




The Poet: I CAN’T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!



Foley: …



Frank: Shit, I think the lift split us up again.

Phantom: Yeah, we’re in a different room.



Crandel: Ethereal down. There’s one of those alien gardens here.



Jeremy: Doesn’t seem to be much here.



Anja: Just another corridor.



Dakam: So that’s where you guys went.



Hal: There’s another garden over here.



Phantom: Nothing over here either.



Phantom: Huh. Where are all the aliens?



Noa: What?




Crandel: WE HAVE TO RETREAT!



Noa: There’s a floating rock over here.

Foley: Just shoot it!



Noa: It’s down.



Naomh: Alien garden appears clear so far.



279: Another rock and a floating …something over here.



279: Rock down!




279: It’s spitting on me!



Naomh: Ow!




Rion: Naomh?




Crandel: WE ARE GOING TO DIE HERE!




Rion: What the hell happened here?



279: Ok, I took out the flying kidney thing. It’s melting through the floor now.



Foley: Hey, this place looks important.



Frank: Ready?



Phantom: Look out!

*pewpew*

Foley: I got it!



Jeremy: Is that…?

Noa: Behind you!



Jeremy: ugghhh…




Crandel: WARGH.




Frank: Hallway clear, two gravlifts at the end.



Frank: I’ll go up first.



Frank: Ethereals!




Frank: Ok, two down. It’s clear now.



Frank: This is it. The end.



Brain: No, this could be the beginning.

Frank: What?!

Phantom: Psionics!



Brain: Why do you think we were so interested in your species? We travel amongst the stars, seeding life from planet to planet. We have nurtured your civilization through hundreds of years, steering it down the right path.



Brain: And now the time is right. What you see here are the remains of an ancient civilization, the one you know as ‘Sectoids’. They joined us to explore the stars, and in the process they have become powerful. This power could be yours, if your species is willing to join us…



Phantom: ENOUGH!




Hal: Hey, all the aliens just … collapsed. What’s going on?



Frank: It’s over.

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Casualties: Noa Vander, Naomh O’Dristoll, Jeremy

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Survivors: Foley, Hal Devios, The Poet, Phantom, Rion Chrisson, Frank Braeden, Dakam, Crandel, Anja Galena, Z-Beta-279, Ronin

[Haspen]

PLASMA TO FACE BRAIN YEAH.

Good work. This be the fastest X-COM LP (in terms of game time) I have read.

[The13thRonin]

YEAH!

The Ronin proves himself to be one bad-ass alien killing motherfracker!

Blowing up cyber-disks and ripping out sectoid skulls while the rest of you attempted to hide under the ship .

No mind control for me, give me a rifle, one round and point me at the brain .

Also I survived to have great grand-children to fight in apocalypse !

PS - Did The Poet actually do anything apart from constantly panic throughout the entire mission?