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[Orb]

As indicated by the thread title, I have been sent by the cereblem to exterminate/enslave/destroy/whatever the human race, lead by my opponent Comp, at his Base of Operations

I would like to note that we are not allowed to snoop in eachothers' bases of operation, nor should you relay information gained from one base in the other.

Anyway, on with the enslavement!

Spoiler: Update 1: How to be an Alien (click to show/hide)

I select my base at the southern tip of Africa. Even the smartest meat bag could not think I would chose that location. Named Primary, it will serve us well. At the top left is our resources. From left to right, it is:

Concrete, Alien Alloys, Electrium, Alien Food, and Organs. Electrium can only be gained from supply ships arriving from the Cereblem every month. How much supply we get depends on how aggressive we are.



This is our home on this alien world. To build structures requires concrete, and to maintain them requires concrete. I have set the foundation to create two more automated construction rigs, and one more construction dock.



From left to right, these facilities are....

Supply Pod: Essentially an access ramp when humans attack my base
Alien Quarters: Allows me to store 15 more aliens
Breeding Facility: Turns organs into one alien per day.
Automated Construction Rig: Creates 20 concrete per day.
Live Store: Stores alien food/organs.
Accommodation Lab: I assume this is research.
Construction Dock: Increases the rate at which UFOs are produced.
Equipment Store: Stores Concrete, Alien Alloys, and Electrium.
Automated Workshop: Produces 30 Alien Alloys a day.



This is general information about Prime. Balance is the net profit concrete I make every day.



This is the breeding menu. I can allocate %s to what rate I want each alien to be produced. Note that it takes organs, gained from harvesting missions, to create more aliens.



I start producing some more small scouts. Cheap, expendable, I will quickly map the world.



These are the available techs. I chose plasma rifles, since once humans get personal armor, they will almost always survive one plasma pistol shot, and if they take two, will usually live the mission(IE, unconscious, but not immediately dead)



I send my scouts out to the U.S., they fund X-com the most and should be prioritized on research. While risky, I harvest at my base. I need that alien food/organs badly, and while it may show X-com my base location, I'll have to take the risk. Also note: Research missions increase the mapping 'percentage' of a region. The higher the percentage, the better the results of a mission. Your home region starts at 45%.

While I'm at it, the other primary mission is abduction, which is essentially actual research.

[Orb]

We have been detected my brethren. 

Spoiler: Update 2: First Contact (click to show/hide)

Research goes well.



I load my new scout with a sectoid.



I add a breeding facility to our growing base.



One of my American UFOs has been spotted. The enemy is using twin missile. He escapes unscathed...however....



Another one is crashed. I have a feeling Xcom operatives will arrive soon.



Yep.



I feel I have a pretty good position here. Though I can be spotted from the window.



Unfortunately, I was spotted, and a hurricane of bullets attempts to hit the sectoid through the window. Most bounce off the walls. However, a rocket flys through and hits the back wall. Silly humans.



My turn. I turn around and the gullible humans are lined up for me to take out. A well placed autoshot takes two of their kind down.



Going to the window, a third is spotted. He is taken down.



The previous autoshot continues and wounds a 4th Xcom agent. He goes unconscious from his fatal wounds the next turn.



More Xcom agents pour out of the ship and take the sectoid out.



Pretty good, I'd say. Two wounded for at least a month, and two more out of commission.

Comments and suggestions are welcome, as always.

[Shadowgandor]

I absolutely love this. Seriously, this already became my favorite LP (Sorry Stworca! ) and I can't wait for the next update ^^

[Orb]

Aha! My LP is already better than my deceitful opponent, Comp. This is a moral victory for sure! Our real victory must follow.

Also: I was considering the idea of claiming UFOs. I'm going to mess around with it in a bit(read: Try every button combination I can think of) in an attempt to rename UFOs.

Edit: I found no way of editing UFO names. However, you can still claim one if you like. Also: I found out how to group UFOs/Interceptors. Whether they will fight together remains to be seen.

Edit2: Interceptors DO fight together. I'll have to wait until Comp and I play again to see if UFOs work also.

[Nirur Torir]

I absolutely love this. Seriously, this already became my favorite LP (Sorry Stworca! ) and I can't wait for the next update ^^

Seconded.

I want a large scout, and for it to go on abduction missions when convenient. It will unofficially be called the Nirurmobile.

[EuchreJack]

I want a large scout that goes on terror missions.  Unoffically called: "EJ's Terrorbus".

[Pwnzerfaust]

I love this game. Sadly I've never found anyone to play against, as none of my friends agree. Oh well.

Anyway, good luck to ye. I'd like to have a Harvester when you build one. Name it the Cowfucker.

[Geen]

Geen reporting for duty, let's kill some capitalist human scum. Give me whatever you have on hand.

[Orb]

Geen reporting for duty, let's kill some capitalist human scum. Give me whatever you have on hand.

That would be a small scout. Or a medium. Just be glad to know that, whatever ship I would let you have, you would be doing the exact same thing as every other scout. Scouting. Or in the case of a medium scout, getting food/abductions occasionally. I'll let claims fly around once things get more interesting.

Also. I had a little discussion with my opponent. Are you working for BOTH sides Geen? That sounds like traitorous action to me.

Anyway....

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D:

Spoiler: Update 3: Dodging The Man (click to show/hide)

As you can see, this will be the theme of this update.



I start sending scouts to good old Australia. I hear there's these hopping things that wear pouches there.



I add another Construction Dock. The more UFOs, the better.



Australia shall be mapped from coast to coast.



My opponent is likely tracking me, seeing which direction my UFOs are going. Clever move, and annoying, since I will never be able to intercept his interceptors.



More construction docks. For great conquest.



Bah. Interceptors intercepting mah scouts. Also, before this I had lost another scout in the U.S. Didn't screen capture it. This one was in....Australia I believe. Honestly I had scouts everywhere.



So he found one of my Australian scouts eh? To the North Pole!



I hear there's these things that waddle there.



My que'd light scout production is finished, so I start transitioning into medium scouts.



I add on some more stuff. I think you guys get the idea.



You put ONE scout in South Africa and hes on it like a Sectoid on cow liver.



Unless I'm lucky, I'm going to die immediately.



Nope.

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So we cut it off there for today. Here's where we stand:





Jan. 13th. Snail pace. But we should be able to get a good chunk done on the weekend. I'm pretty steady on food. Small Scouts use only 1 alien food per mission(being that there is only 1 alien in the ship), so they're very cost efficient to map the world.



Current mapping. Unfortunately he spots me before I can get somewhere better than 50%, but its better than nothing. Mapping will slowly decrease over time, but this initial mapping will help tremendously later on. Unfortunately, by using this strategy, my research is slower than what it could be. But at the same time, Comp hasn't intercepted one medium scout. So that's good.



Current UFO count and their missions.

Comments and Suggestions are welcome, as always. Note: Sorry for the lack of updates. Our schedules didn't really match for the last few days.

[Geen]

It's not traitorous if no one sees it. You didn't see anything.
(I mainly join to die in a blaze of glory, not to feed you top secret intel about the location of the cookie ja- YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT)

[RoryTehNoob]

*Bump in hopes of an update

[Shadowgandor]

I've just seen the update in the human thread and I'm wondering about something. Wouldn't it be possible for you to fill a UFO to the brink with aliens and basically try to wipe his squads out? Or are you outclassed atm?

[Orb]

I've just seen the update in the human thread and I'm wondering about something. Wouldn't it be possible for you to fill a UFO to the brink with aliens and basically try to wipe his squads out? Or are you outclassed atm?

Its a combination of things. For one, the UFOs I start out with are low equipment grade. I just started creating medium scouts, which can hold, at the max, 6 Sectoids. However, when I get shot down, I can lose as much as 4 of those Sectoids in the crash, though usually I'll have at least 3. Another thing to note is that I only have plasma pistols, which suck. I am also being careful to not over equip my ships at the moment, as I don't have a large stockpile of Sectoids(Read: Only 7). The problem isn't necessarily the land battles, its just the fact he keeps finding my UFOs, due to him finding my base location so quick(On reflection, it was a terrible location). Once I get plasma rifles, which will be soon, I'll start equipping my ships fully and we will start to see some drawn out land battles.

Finely, each Sectoid in a ship eats 1 alien food in a mission. So by fully equipping my ships, I'd be using twice as much alien food. While it does increase the effectiveness of the mission, I don't think its fully worth it at the moment. I'd rather have two medium scouts with 3 Sectoids in them each then 1 medium scout with 6.

All and all, I'm doing pretty bad early game. However, once my base is full of facilities, I'll be able to start pumping the UFOs out pretty fast. Its already starting to kick in.

I'll have an update later today, or tomorrow. Its not a particularly interesting one, at least from the alien side of things.

"Edit" Another thing to note is that by under equipping my ships, Comp is getting less loots, which therefore means less things to sell for money.

[Orb]

Decided to mess around with colors this update.

Spoiler: Update 4: Proxy Grenades: RAAAAGE (click to show/hide)

!RAGE! Comp got quite a bit lucky(he would say 'skilled') with intercepts today.



A few hours past and yet another one of my UFOs are shot down. Its starting to hurt.



I believe I took this image to remind me it was in South Africa. From now on, not one ship goes there. Ever. Hes watching it like a Shirnoin(Predatory Bird of Mars)



To the U.S. again!



The first medium scout rolls off the line.



...and then one in service gets destroyed. Bah.



...and then my light scout crashes.



I did get a bit overconfident. Usually I only stay in a region for like 2 ship waves. I risked 3 waves this time, and payed the price with two ships.



That medium scout was harvesting food, too. I'm broke. 



Thankfully I had two medium scouts harvesting, and the other one makes it back safe and sound(for now).



This is what we're down to, alien friends. Back where we started, pretty much, and not much really to show for it.



...and our friend attacks our crashed UFO.



GTD(Going to Die)




That about sums it up.



Now I'm down to four UFOs.



To the North Pole!



...and another medium scout is crashed.




More than one Sectoid...BATTLE TIME




I believe I have a pretty good position here this time. I'm not in danger of getting immediately destroyed.



Duck one Sectoid behind the hill(What little cover there is in the barren landscape of the North Pole)



Take the other and hide him behind the wall. Now its just a waiting game.



Aha! Reaction Fire baby.



Silly humans, try to hit me from across the map with a rocket.



Unfortunately, I walk my Sectoid out to catch any unaware XCom agents and encounter a proximity grenade. !RAGE!



Thinking myself clever, I walk my Sectoid into the smoke cover created by the rocket. However, I forget how random 'perception' checks are, or whatever the system is and....



Get shot in the face by another rocket.



Didn't even kill the Xcom agent. Disappointing.



Three ships now. However, one thing I like(and kind of dislike) is that you can always bounce back, especially in the first three months. May the Cereblem bless us in the coming weeks.

Suggestions and Comments are welcome, as always.

[Delta Foxtrot]

Have you tried to operate in Asia? Just try to keep the missions random and avoid a pattern your opponent could exploit. How long until we hit plasma rifles and floaters/snakemen? And grenades, don't forget grenades.