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Total Members Voted: 39

[OmnipotentGrue]

Oh man, HWP Laser weapons.

[Untouchable]

Oh man, HWP Laser weapons.

The HWP Laser Cannon is a thing of beauty. I don't think that it's possible to run out of ammo with it during a mission.

[Phantom]

Actually all Laser weapons have infinite ammo.

Also, should you build a base in the US, I suggest Hawaii and build a Hyper Wave there, so you could detect Aliens roughly on the West Coast and parts of China and shit.

[Untouchable]

Actually all Laser weapons have infinite ammo.

I know that but the Laser Tank has comparable power to the Plasma Hovertank.

[Jake]

Quick tip-off: If you'd established your base further west (I normally site mine somewhere in the Alps), you'd be picking up a large contact maintaining a straight course for somewhere near Greenland every 24 hours.
It's a supply run for a forward base.

[Urist McOverlord]

Quick tip-off: If you'd established your base further west (I normally site mine somewhere in the Alps), you'd be picking up a large contact maintaining a straight course for somewhere near Greenland every 24 hours.
It's a supply run for a forward base.

Odds are he'll start seeing supply missions eventually anyways. They'll go to wherever an alien base is. Randomly placed by aptly named "alien base" missions.

Anyways, I'd actually argue for wherever you can get the best coverage for the western hemisphere. Probably texas-ey area. Although I'd also try to have enough for an intercept base, rather than just a listening post.

[Jake]

True, but interceptors can cover a much wider area than listening posts, even before back-engineered alien craft come into play. There's no such thing as too much advance warning either, especially if it means you can choose to shoot that terror-ship full of Snakemen down over the sea when you've just taken a pasting.

Speaking of which, as soon as money permits it'd be a good idea to keep two full crews per transport and rotate them. You'll never have to launch short-handed or with your whole crew made up of rookies and you'll always have the manpower to respond to a base raid. A spare HWP or two isn't a bad idea either.

[Untouchable]

Entry Four

Dr. Phillip Kramer

The fuel that we have recovered from the UFOs is very strange. Element 115 or Elerium-115 generates anti-matter power when bombarded with certain particles and can create gravity waves as well as possessing other properties that we are yet to discover. However, none of the scientists have seen anything like it on Earth and it seems like it only occurs naturally on other planets.

We also have an extremely limited amount of Elerium and there poses some problems in obtaining it. We didn't recover any from the UFO shot down so it may be highly volatile which means we can only obtain it from grounded UFOs or possibly an Alien base.

Perhaps with additional time, we'll be able to delve even further into our research.

End Entry

P.S: The problems with some of the staff seem to have ended. I'm going to proceed under the assumption that the Alien Entertainment modules cause a hallucinogenic effect.

[Sheb]

Entry Four

We also have an extremely limited amount of Elerium and there poses some problems in obtaining it. We didn't recover any from the UFO shot down so it may be highly violate which means we can only obtain it from grounded UFOs or possibly an Alien base.

I think you mean volatile. :p

[Untouchable]

Entry Four

We also have an extremely limited amount of Elerium and there poses some problems in obtaining it. We didn't recover any from the UFO shot down so it may be highly violate which means we can only obtain it from grounded UFOs or possibly an Alien base.

I think you mean volatile. :p

Ah cheers for pointing that out. Way too late over here in Australia to spell anything at all.

[Sheb]

Actually, I reacted because violate is awfully close "violé", the french word for "raped" (I'm a french-speaker). Raping bit of radioactive fuel is just too much for me.

[Azzuro]

Okay guys, I've kinda forgotten about this for a while, but I'll try to have an update up as soon as possible. After selling off almost all alien equipment, we have about three and a half million in the bank, which should be enough to start an intercept/recovery base with the bare minimums. Where should we put it? The US is our largest funder, and also has the highest alien activity behind Europe. However, China+Japan+India combined are worth more, and the Southeast Asian region is also prone to alien activity.

True, but interceptors can cover a much wider area than listening posts, even before back-engineered alien craft come into play. There's no such thing as too much advance warning either, especially if it means you can choose to shoot that terror-ship full of Snakemen down over the sea when you've just taken a pasting.

Speaking of which, as soon as money permits it'd be a good idea to keep two full crews per transport and rotate them. You'll never have to launch short-handed or with your whole crew made up of rookies and you'll always have the manpower to respond to a base raid. A spare HWP or two isn't a bad idea either.

I'm not too sure whether you're suggesting stationing Interceptors as airborne radars, but if you are, Skyrangers would work much better, because of their increased fuel capacity. Also, I would have two full crews, but I need more people to sign up.

[Phantom]

Hrm, either build the base in the Philippines or the USA's Midwest.

[Azzuro]

Spoiler: Update 9 (click to show/hide)

Update 9: Mind Games

*ACCESSING SECURITY CAMERA RECORDING*
*TIME – MONDAY, MARCH 1 1999, 0847*



*CAMERA 3E-2 MONITORING LIVING QUARTERS 3*



Cruz: Hey, I wonder when we’re going to get those laser cannons fitted on our Interceptors.



Mobius One: Actually, those laser cannons aren’t exactly a good weapon. Their range is below that of the Stingray missiles, so most UFOs would accelerate and-

Cruz: Just think how badass it would be!

*CAMERA 4E-1 MONITORING CORRIDOR*



Engineer: So, um, why did you drag me down here for? Tank malfunctioning again?

Jeremy: No, I just wanted you guys to modify this into a Laser Tank!

Engineer: Actually, we’re still working on that Personal Armor for the troops. Check back in about a week!

Jeremy: …

*CAMERA 3F-1 MONITORING CORRIDOR*



Charles: Ah, Frank! I was looking for you. We need to talk.



Frank: What is it?

Charles: The Science Department just compiled a report.



Charles: The scientists tell me that all the UFOs so far travel at sub-light speed, meaning that they must have a base somewhere in the solar system. In military terms, they have an aircraft carrier out there that we haven’t seen yet.

*CAMERA 4F-1 MONITORING ALIEN CONTAINMENT UNIT*



Philip: -claims he’s an engineer. He also says that the other Sectoid, in the other cell, is a leader.



Johannes: We know that each Sectoid rank has a different genome, with engineers being stronger and navigators being smarter. It will be interesting to see the differences between the “leader” genome and the others. Guard!

Guard: Yes?

Johannes: Fetch the Sectoid in the holding cell. We need to interrogate him.

Guard: Yes sir!




*pewpew*



Johannes: What-?!

*ALIEN CONTAINMENT BREACHED. INITIATING LOCKDOWN OF MODULE*



Johannes: No!



*zap*



Guard: Oh man, do I have a headache. Wait, what’s this sectoid doing here?

Johannes: Drop your weapon!

Guard: Wait, is that a dead body?

Johannes: That’s an order!



Guard: Yeah, relax! Hey, where did the other guards go?



Phillip: What’s going on here?

…

Phillip: Ah. We might have a little problem with the interrogation.

[Phantom]

*Phantom walks in the room.*
"Hey that guy owed me 75 bucks. Oh well, I demand that everyone is to be disarmed before we start interrogations!"
*Immediately walks out, passing a non-hostile headcrab and vortigaunt.*


Also, one question.
How the hell did you do that update? Base defense? I'm not that adept with X-Com.