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Let's discover X-Com's fate in Superhuman TFTD - Update #52
- Thread starter korenzel
- Start date
dextermorgan
Arcane
Oh God it's heavan!
MOAR 
Trash
Pointing and laughing.
Trash signing up for a horrid death by unspeakable alien horrors! 
pajak713
Educated
If there is still place for some new recruits, I would like to enlist comrade Bane II Humanity. He should be a nice meatbag and as such - a great addition to the force.
korenzel
Educated
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There's always room for more recruits. While the list of soldiers to assign is getting quite long, it can take only one mission to clear it out almost entirely.
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UPDATE 5 - Terror from the Deep
New recruits join the ranks of X-Com.
Right, let's get back to the game.
A small sub is spotted by a Barracuda on patrol. It turns to pursue.
A dual torpedo shot and the sub is down!
The Triton, filled with veterans and rookies, touches down soon after.
Warcupine spots the alien a little south of our sub, hiding behind rock formations.
Rabidredneck arms a grenade and passes it to Storyfag. A good throw and the alien is no more.
The sub is recovered. Not much loot but no casualties, so that's a relief.
Some veterans from the base attack get promoted after numerous complaints.
Another sub is discovered near our base, thanks to our now built wide array sonar. It's a large one so we won't engage it, but will follow it. As we're nearing the end of the month, it's probably a Terror ship.
We lose track of it near Antarctic. The poles are really of interest to the aliens.
The sub is back. It's now beelining towards our base...
Getting closer now.
The sub changes its mind and heads straight for Accra.
And there we go. It was a terror ship after all. Too bad research on heavy sonic weaponry isn't nearly done, or we could have brought it down.
The mission site is not far, the Triton make it there in the late morning. At least it'll be daytime.
And our first terror mission begins. A port attack, not the worse kind.
We skip the first turn to avoid getting slaughtered by reaction fire. Many civilians die. X-Com operatives feel proud.
Azira peeks around the sub and spots alien hostiles in the shadows. Storyfag lobs a pulser and both soldiers run away in the safety of the vehicule. The explosion brings the death of at least one Deep One and one Gilman, and hopefully no civlians.
Deep Ones are here. That means it's stun rod time! Black II does the honor.
A potential target is found to the east of the sub.
And another to the north.
But I play it safe and grenadiers throw pulser at the two locations. The first one is a confirmed kill.
The second one as well (screenshot was taken too early).
Black II is getting tired of panicked civilians running around. He stuns one.
This door wasn't open before. That means someone is in here!
Indeed, there are a few aliens lurking in the building. Time for some fine grenading by Storyfag.
Storyfag misthrows and the pulser ends up near dextermorgan. The soldier runs up to it and grabs it before he dies in the resulting blast.
Not one to cower in fear, dextermorgan throws the pulser to the gilman and uncovers another alien. A deep one.That's probably what made him miss his throw, the pulser ended up behind the wall and probably won't kill all aliens.
dextermorgan runs away as fast as he can as the pulser blows up. No sonic blast come his way, but we haven't heard the deep one's death rattle. It's either stunned or still alive, probably still alive.
Black II keeps stunning civilians. At least they won't get shot or draw a grenade.
dextermorgan turns around to see if his grenade did some damage. The Deep One was still alive, but Oscar manages to shoot it down.
There's a corpse missing, the second gilman's one in particular. dextermorgan runs to cover.
Black Bart Chrley spots him while trying to fetch more pulsers. Good thing he's looking away.
Meanwhile, Garfunkel spots yet another gilman lurking around.
Black II throws him a grenade, but it ends up too far away and Garfunkel cannot continue the chain. He kneels and prays for mercy.
Northern alien throws a grenade. This isn't good.
Southern alien throws a grenade too. Stop using my pulsers!
The northern grenade didn't do much damage, it didn't even hurt Black Bart Charley. The southern one got stuck in a fence and blew up its thrower. I suppose aliens are not used to throw things in the air.
Oscar shoot the revealed alien, but doesn't kill.
Overweight Manatee II shoots as well but doesn't kill either.
Garfunkel throws his grenade at the third floor of the largest building, through a window. No aliens die.
Black Bart Charley survives another turn, and spots two aliens when going for the pulsers.
Oscar shoots but hits the staircase near Black Bart Charley, wounding him mortally. He has 6 turns to live.
Hoverdog manages to throw a pulser all the way from the sub. That's almost on the other end of the map, and it still lands perfectly on target.
Massive death of alien follows.
Garfunkel spots a Gilman, looking at him in the eyes. He freezes.
eklektyk throws a pulser at the alien's feet.
Death comes swiftly to the alien.
Azira II gets ready to enter the main building, but is shot down by a sonic cannon blast.
RIP Azira II, your name will live on with your numerous brothers.
An alien survived the pulser blast, incredible. Luckily he doesn't shoot us.
Rabidredneck snipes him with a rocket from long distance.
Dextermorgan throws a grenade to the alien that shot down Azira II. It's enough to bring it down.
Garfunkel gets shot by an alien on the second floor on the main building.
RIP Garfunkel, you were not one to shy away from danger.
eklektyk, Rabidredneck and Overweight Manatee lay down an artillery barrage on the building's second floor. eklektyk misses one shot and it ends up way too low, hitting and killing Warcupine who was getting ready to storm the place.
RIP Warcupine at least your mind is safe from future alien probing.
Zomg II is under fire from the alien in the building. We must have wounded it, it misses its first shot.
And its second one as well.
Black Bart Charley II falls unconscious from his wounds. He doesn't have much more time to live.
The snipers continue their heavy explosive barrage, and eklektyk redeems himself by killing the gilman.
RK47 stuns a Deep One spotted by Black Bart Charley II before falling unsconscious. We now have everything we need to research Ion Armors, provided we don't lose our base.
dextermorgans climbs up to the third floor and spots a Gilman.
Rabidredneck snipes him and ends the mission.
Victory is ours! Not a bad rating too considering we lost 7 civilians. I guess stunning those two prevented us from getting their points. It's a shame, but we did ok nonetheless.
We sell loot and corpses for a hefty load of money. Our stock of pulsers is depleting but we still have a few. I'll maybe have to manufacture some after all.
Despite being counted as a loss, Black Bart Charley II actually survived. He won't be fighting anytime soon though.
Nearing the end of the month, we spot another alien sub while patroling the south pacific.
I send our two barracudas to bring it down after the first volley fails to hit. The aliens get scared and run away to the south pole. It wouldn't surprise me if a colony was other there.
End of the month, which means we get our funding! Everyone is happy with us except Brazilians and Egyptians, better watch that those two don't turn on us. We end up with about 4 millions to expand our second base, hire some technicians and build some sonar stations.
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Now that we have almost every item in the game, it's time to decide where we will focus our research. There are several options available, all with their own benefits. Since this is a Let's Play, I'll let the Codex decide instead of making the call. We have the following options:
A - Sonic Weaponry. More ranged power is always useful, and the completion of the line unlocks Sonic Oscillators, which can be used to bring down any sub smaller than a Battleship.
B - Drills. Melee weapons are extremely useful against the tougher aliens, some terror missions and for sub breaches. The line is rather quickly researched, and can help our troops be better prepared to face crustacean lifeforms.
C - Armor & MedKits. More protection means soldiers may survive a hit or two. It can virtually double the amount of troop we have on the battlefield. Medkits are necessary to make wounded soldiers survive long enough, and can also be used in case aliens stun our soldiers with Thermal Shock bombs.
D - M.C. technology. By postponing armor prerequisites and researching the live Deep One straight away, we can begin research on the M.C. line very quickly. That means earlier M.C. Labs to ascertain troops power, and ultimately earlier M.C. attack options.
E - Misc. Weapons. Thermal Shock Launchers and later on, Disruptor Pulse Launchers can be a great help to our soldiers, even though ammo is scarce in the beginning. Gauss Weapons can be finalized to give access to the very lucrative craft Gauss Cannon.
I'll leave the week-end open for votes and then move on to February.
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UPDATE 5 - Terror from the Deep
New recruits join the ranks of X-Com.
Right, let's get back to the game.
A small sub is spotted by a Barracuda on patrol. It turns to pursue.
A dual torpedo shot and the sub is down!
The Triton, filled with veterans and rookies, touches down soon after.
Warcupine spots the alien a little south of our sub, hiding behind rock formations.
Rabidredneck arms a grenade and passes it to Storyfag. A good throw and the alien is no more.
The sub is recovered. Not much loot but no casualties, so that's a relief.
Some veterans from the base attack get promoted after numerous complaints.
Another sub is discovered near our base, thanks to our now built wide array sonar. It's a large one so we won't engage it, but will follow it. As we're nearing the end of the month, it's probably a Terror ship.
We lose track of it near Antarctic. The poles are really of interest to the aliens.
The sub is back. It's now beelining towards our base...
Getting closer now.
The sub changes its mind and heads straight for Accra.
And there we go. It was a terror ship after all. Too bad research on heavy sonic weaponry isn't nearly done, or we could have brought it down.
The mission site is not far, the Triton make it there in the late morning. At least it'll be daytime.
And our first terror mission begins. A port attack, not the worse kind.
We skip the first turn to avoid getting slaughtered by reaction fire. Many civilians die. X-Com operatives feel proud.
Azira peeks around the sub and spots alien hostiles in the shadows. Storyfag lobs a pulser and both soldiers run away in the safety of the vehicule. The explosion brings the death of at least one Deep One and one Gilman, and hopefully no civlians.
Deep Ones are here. That means it's stun rod time! Black II does the honor.
A potential target is found to the east of the sub.
And another to the north.
But I play it safe and grenadiers throw pulser at the two locations. The first one is a confirmed kill.
The second one as well (screenshot was taken too early).
Black II is getting tired of panicked civilians running around. He stuns one.
This door wasn't open before. That means someone is in here!
Indeed, there are a few aliens lurking in the building. Time for some fine grenading by Storyfag.
Storyfag misthrows and the pulser ends up near dextermorgan. The soldier runs up to it and grabs it before he dies in the resulting blast.
Not one to cower in fear, dextermorgan throws the pulser to the gilman and uncovers another alien. A deep one.That's probably what made him miss his throw, the pulser ended up behind the wall and probably won't kill all aliens.
dextermorgan runs away as fast as he can as the pulser blows up. No sonic blast come his way, but we haven't heard the deep one's death rattle. It's either stunned or still alive, probably still alive.
Black II keeps stunning civilians. At least they won't get shot or draw a grenade.
dextermorgan turns around to see if his grenade did some damage. The Deep One was still alive, but Oscar manages to shoot it down.
There's a corpse missing, the second gilman's one in particular. dextermorgan runs to cover.
Black Bart Chrley spots him while trying to fetch more pulsers. Good thing he's looking away.
Meanwhile, Garfunkel spots yet another gilman lurking around.
Black II throws him a grenade, but it ends up too far away and Garfunkel cannot continue the chain. He kneels and prays for mercy.
Northern alien throws a grenade. This isn't good.
Southern alien throws a grenade too. Stop using my pulsers!
The northern grenade didn't do much damage, it didn't even hurt Black Bart Charley. The southern one got stuck in a fence and blew up its thrower. I suppose aliens are not used to throw things in the air.
Oscar shoot the revealed alien, but doesn't kill.
Overweight Manatee II shoots as well but doesn't kill either.
Garfunkel throws his grenade at the third floor of the largest building, through a window. No aliens die.
Black Bart Charley survives another turn, and spots two aliens when going for the pulsers.
Oscar shoots but hits the staircase near Black Bart Charley, wounding him mortally. He has 6 turns to live.
Hoverdog manages to throw a pulser all the way from the sub. That's almost on the other end of the map, and it still lands perfectly on target.
Massive death of alien follows.
Garfunkel spots a Gilman, looking at him in the eyes. He freezes.
eklektyk throws a pulser at the alien's feet.
Death comes swiftly to the alien.
Azira II gets ready to enter the main building, but is shot down by a sonic cannon blast.
RIP Azira II
, your name will live on with your numerous brothers.
An alien survived the pulser blast, incredible. Luckily he doesn't shoot us.
Rabidredneck snipes him with a rocket from long distance.
Dextermorgan throws a grenade to the alien that shot down Azira II. It's enough to bring it down.
Garfunkel gets shot by an alien on the second floor on the main building.
RIP Garfunkel
, you were not one to shy away from danger.
eklektyk, Rabidredneck and Overweight Manatee lay down an artillery barrage on the building's second floor. eklektyk misses one shot and it ends up way too low, hitting and killing Warcupine who was getting ready to storm the place.
RIP Warcupine
at least your mind is safe from future alien probing.
Zomg II is under fire from the alien in the building. We must have wounded it, it misses its first shot.
And its second one as well.
Black Bart Charley II falls unconscious from his wounds. He doesn't have much more time to live.
The snipers continue their heavy explosive barrage, and eklektyk redeems himself by killing the gilman.
RK47 stuns a Deep One spotted by Black Bart Charley II before falling unsconscious. We now have everything we need to research Ion Armors, provided we don't lose our base.
dextermorgans climbs up to the third floor and spots a Gilman.
Rabidredneck snipes him and ends the mission.
Victory is ours! Not a bad rating too considering we lost 7 civilians. I guess stunning those two prevented us from getting their points. It's a shame, but we did ok nonetheless.
We sell loot and corpses for a hefty load of money. Our stock of pulsers is depleting but we still have a few. I'll maybe have to manufacture some after all.
Despite being counted as a loss, Black Bart Charley II actually survived. He won't be fighting anytime soon though.
Nearing the end of the month, we spot another alien sub while patroling the south pacific.
I send our two barracudas to bring it down after the first volley fails to hit. The aliens get scared and run away to the south pole. It wouldn't surprise me if a colony was other there.
End of the month, which means we get our funding! Everyone is happy with us except Brazilians and Egyptians, better watch that those two don't turn on us. We end up with about 4 millions to expand our second base, hire some technicians and build some sonar stations.
--------------------------------
Now that we have almost every item in the game, it's time to decide where we will focus our research. There are several options available, all with their own benefits. Since this is a Let's Play, I'll let the Codex decide instead of making the call. We have the following options:
A - Sonic Weaponry. More ranged power is always useful, and the completion of the line unlocks Sonic Oscillators, which can be used to bring down any sub smaller than a Battleship.
B - Drills. Melee weapons are extremely useful against the tougher aliens, some terror missions and for sub breaches. The line is rather quickly researched, and can help our troops be better prepared to face crustacean lifeforms.
C - Armor & MedKits. More protection means soldiers may survive a hit or two. It can virtually double the amount of troop we have on the battlefield. Medkits are necessary to make wounded soldiers survive long enough, and can also be used in case aliens stun our soldiers with Thermal Shock bombs.
D - M.C. technology. By postponing armor prerequisites and researching the live Deep One straight away, we can begin research on the M.C. line very quickly. That means earlier M.C. Labs to ascertain troops power, and ultimately earlier M.C. attack options.
E - Misc. Weapons. Thermal Shock Launchers and later on, Disruptor Pulse Launchers can be a great help to our soldiers, even though ammo is scarce in the beginning. Gauss Weapons can be finalized to give access to the very lucrative craft Gauss Cannon.
I'll leave the week-end open for votes and then move on to February.
dextermorgan
Arcane
As for research, I'd go drills followed by armor, mainly because I want to get up close and personal (provided my good luck holds). Might be wiser to do sonic first though...
Focus on armour and medkits first, then maybe think about thr thermal shock launcher?
Also, survived another mission! That's four, including the base defense. Yay!
Also, survived another mission! That's four, including the base defense. Yay!
juggernaut
Educated
Fighter reporting for duty when available
so, B!
so, B!
Desmodus Rotundus
Augur
Sign me up for xeno bashing duty, also we need some weaponry that doesn't destroy all the loot so go sonic
Gondolin
Arcane
I'm baaack! :D
Voting A.
Voting A.
Black Bart Charley
Scholar
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Jackpot! I am voting for ARMOR! and DRILLS! next.
Stereotypical Villain
Arcane
I've had great success in the future, especially when teamed with a long lost bro by the name of Big Nosed George... so yeah, sign me the hell up.
Yeesh
Magister
C
I want to see heroic rescuers snatch the dying from the space jaws of the enemy.
I want to see heroic rescuers snatch the dying from the space jaws of the enemy.
Overweight Manatee
Scholar
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Black Bart Charley is now the soldier with the highest expected lifetime. Congrats!
Drills then Sonic weapons. We can always procure moremen cannon fodder, we just need to bring more Dakka with us.
Drills then Sonic weapons. We can always procure more
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
NEVER FORGET!
Also, go for DRILLS!!! Since we didn't see those in mine or Orgasm's LP, iirc.
Rabidredneck
Liturgist
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Armor & Sonics!
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I vote A. Sonics.
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