Our three bases are Atlantic-1, in the middle of the North Atlantic, Pacific-1 in the South Pacific near Antarctic and China-1 in the South China Sea. Each has a Barracuda and a wide array sonar to provide maximum coverage for detection and interception.
It's unlikely eklektyk will die anytime soon. He's the highest ranking officer so will always be the last person sent into danger, because we all saw what a morale failure can lead to in Lobster Slaughter. He also has proven quite resilient to M.C. attacks, as he has never been targeted once. His long standing tradition of shooting aquanauts in the back hasn't yet come to an end...
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UPDATE 17 - Research and Production
The Triton makes it to the small sub in due time, at dawn.
Undead Phoenix discovers our enemies for the day. Aquatoids, once again.
A well place pulser takes care of this one.
Another alien is discovered soon after.
It is dealt with in a similar fashion.
Another one dies in a blast.
But there's more in the same area.
Not for long though.
An alien walks a long way towards Undead Phoenix, and throws a grenade!
The blast kills him instantly, but thankfully avoids any other soldier.
RIP Undead Phoenix
, your scouting skills were excellent.
Sniper take up position. ironyuri misses.
Merk III doesn't.
The sub is found to the northwest, quite far from our landing zone.
Gondolin finds alien presence in the nearby corals.
ironyuri shoots it down.
An aquatoid comes to investigate its comrade's death.
Merk III hits the coral right next to it.
aRyan earns his first kill soon after.
Proximity mines near the sub doors do their job.
Twice in a row. These aliens don't learn.
The last aquatoid is found far to the north.
aRyan earns a second kill, and the mission is over.
This recovery went pretty well. Few losses and some decent loot, as well as a few much needed points.
Promotions are awarded.
Our score is going up, now hovering around the -1000 points mark. 500 more and the month is saved.
A very smal sub is discovered by our sonars.
It is vaporized.
A very large alien vessel makes an appearance.
It comes very close to the as of yet completely defenseless China-1 base, but eventually moves away.
A new soldier arrives to replace our latest tragic loss.
And research completes, finally, on the Disruptor Pulse Launcher.
This weapon fires guided missiles, that can have up to nine way-points, with near perfect accuracy.
Each missile is extremely destructive, 150% more powerful than a sonic pulser.
Scientists are started on the Ion-Beam accelerators. Good armor is a couple weeks away now.
And we can finally begin production of the weaponry we need to destroy the alien colony.
Research finishes on Plastic Aqua-Armor. It's certainly better than the old diving suits, but we're just a couple research topics away from a much better version.
Scientists on Pacific-1 are started on Thermal Shok Launchers.
Technicians have their hands full with Disruptor production, so there's no time to provide armor for our aquanauts just yet.
A quick look at our score shows all our research and interceptions have earned us a noticeable improvement.
Another Dreadnought moves around looking for our bases.
Once again, the alien sub gets very close to China-1, but eventually moves out.
The end of the month nearing, a small sub is discovered in the Atlantic.
A dual oscillator strike brings it down.
Our second launcher is complete, and we don't have enough time to make another. All technicians focus on making more ammo.
And the Triton is sent to recover the small sub.
This time, we fight gilmen. No more Lobstermen or Tasoth for a while, that's good.
Thrombone lands his grenade on a little elevated position. The resulting blast doesn't even scratch the alien.
Azira IV, alone face to face with the gilman, doesn't survive the incoming sonic blast.
RIP Azira IV
, you served us well this time around
Merk III fixes the previous mistake and lands a grenade in the right spot. The gilman dies in the explosion.
Thrombone is up for scouting duty, and soon finds another alien.
Pope Amole II gets his first kill with a well thrown grenade.
Aliens move around in plain sight. This one is particularly dangerous, hopefully it won't see us.
It didn't! Merk III shoots it before it can do any damage.
Pope Amole finds another green alien nearby. They must have come to investigate the explosion.
A pulser is thrown by eklektyk after rookie snipers fail their shots.
One more alien is discovered very far to the northwest.
As snipers don't have a line of fire, a pulser is thrown but lands far away. A proximity mine is landed on its feet in case it survives. The pulser blast indeed isn't enough to kill the gilman.
But the proximity mine finishes the jobs nicely.
Another decent mission, even though we still suffered a casualty.
Thrombone II gets promoted.
It's now April 30th, the last day of the month. At 8 A.M., aquanauts board the Triton and load up with all the Disruptor Ammo they can carry.
Their target is the alien colony. Their mission is to nuke the place.