Let's discover X-Com's fate in Superhuman TFTD - Update #52

korenzel said:

I take it you volunteer Geoffrey Chaucer for testing this hypothesis ?

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Ooh! Me! Me!

RIP ironyuri2 Salute, you were a good LT, who survived despite your low mental strength.

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you can recruit yuri's cousin, IronFelix, but don't fuck it up this time.


I thought I was a sniper as well? Motherfucker.





I feel better now. Let's get back to what matters.

Stuning myself instead of getting MC'd? Definite especially when combined with all the aquanauts that returned to base in body bags from this mission.

been away for a few days, and in the meanwhile i drilled 5 aliens in the valiant defense of our base, and then captured the key lobsterman navigator and brought him in!

go me.



i assume i'll return from injury and then promptly die.

All these missions, all these deaths, and it seems my recent incarnation is just sitting on his butt back in HQ.

I predict a glorious death when his turn comes to take part in the combat missions.

RK47 said:

Unkillable Cat plans his return as he trains at an undisclosed X-Com facility.

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Goddamn that cat needs to work out more.

The Brazilian Slaughter said:

Hope a Terror Mission comes soon, lack of blood and death is boring.
Also, why you not researching better subs to take down the meaner alien subs?

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Is Update #35 not bad enough for you ?
I can't research new subs yet, but soon will. I needed the lobsterman navigator first.

ironyuri said:

I thought I was a sniper as well? Motherfucker.

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As I said, some snipers (especially identified M.C. puppets) have been doing some scouting since I have too many of them.

Note : I have isolated update #35's bug to XComUtil 9.6's missing soldier recovery, so I decided to upgrade to the 9.7 beta. It recommends using DosBox 0.72 but I've had no trouble running the game with 0.74, are there any experience from fellow commanders on what to look out for ?

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UPDATE 32 - Hunter Hunted

At the end of the last update, a Heavy Cruiser was just recovered, at a hefty cost.



Atlantic base's alien containment is getting crowded, so low priority aliens are sent off to Pacific base.



Scientists finish they current project.



The lobster man navigator revealed much about the aliens.



Two topics in particular arose interest.



Atlantic base starts researching Magnetic Navigation. Hopefully this will lead to new subs, faster and better than our current ones.



Pacific base science team hasn't been slacking, and provide a detailed report on Alien Cloning. X-Com has been using cloning a lot since the beginning of the war, so there's nothing new here.



Pacific base is started on the ominously titled research topic, The Ultimate Threat.



A small sub is discovered by our sonars.



No threat at all for our interceptor.



And it is decided to recover this one, since it's so close to our base.



Gillmen again. This should be fast and painless.



Storygafowski is handed a grenade, that he relays on target.



A gillman misses Darthowski as he explores the surroundings.



Edward R Murrow throws a grenade and kills the alien.



Proximity mines take care of another one.



Storygafowski finds another still inside the small ship.



Pope Amole shoots but misses.



Next turn, he shoots blindly, hits something, but doesn't kill.



And once more, still no kill.



Thrombone storms the sub from a crack and ends this particularly resistant gillman soldier, ending the mission.



Nothing in particular to say. A rather boring recovery.



Goglepapaz Iki is promoted though.



A new soldier arrives.



Magnetic Navigation is researched.



It opens a world of new research projects. We get started on transmission resolvers.



A medium sub is found.



But runs away before our interceptor can reach it.



No wait, it's back.



Still too fast to catch, we need faster interceptors.



This alien just doesn't know when to quit.



While pursuing, our Barracuda spots a sub in the bottom of the ocean.



Sub-58 also touches down in the same area. Atlantic Team is sent and arrives before it takes off.



More gillmen, is there no end to them ? This one is rather dangerous though.



Black IV misses his shot.



TripJack stuns it with a Thermal Shok.



BayBee finds a gillman to the east.



Black gets a grip and scores a kill.



Gondolin, our armored scout, finds a very dangerous alien close by.



eklektyk doesn't let rookies take their chances, and brings the alien down.



Another one with a Disruptor Pulse Launcher, do they all carry them ?



eklektyk adds another kill to his long tally.



Yeesh begins to storm the sub and finds a gillman standing directly in front of him.



A few quick stabs and the alien is no more.



BayBee ambushes an alien hiding in a ruin.



And earns a kill soon after.



Gondolin assists Yeesh in storming the sub, and throws a pulser on the upper level. It kills at least one alien.



Gondolin is the first to go up, and what he sees isn't reassuring. Hopefully this one isn't suicidal.



It's not, and flees the following alien turn. Gondolin begins to drill the unarmed aliens lurking nearby.



He then opens a door and finds two rather dangerous targets. Yeesh will go around and take them from behind.



Or not, as a M.C. reading reveals the only armed alien is out of TUs. Gondolin charges and finds another alien, also unarmed.



He continues his killing spree, but can only kill one. The other two aliens flee during their turn.



Gondolin pursues and finds one.



BayBee and TripJack explore the surrounding, and stumble upon a hidden gillman.



The Thermal Shok fails to stun it, so Banelion throws a pulser.



Gondolin continues murdering all the aliens in the sub.



While scouts explore the last corner of the map. There's a lone sniper there.



eklektyk shoots it down before it can inflict any damage.



lightbane explores more of the sub and finds an alien looking away.



It panics, but is standing on the elevator, and lobbing a grenade up is harder than it seems.



Finally lightbane finds the right spot. The gillman blows up, ending the mission.



This was relatively easy, and earned us some good loot. Soon, we'll be able to use our massive stocks of Zrbite with new flying subs, and extend our detection network with Transmission Resolvers.

korenzel said:

BayBee ambushes an alien hiding in a ruin. ... And earns a kill soon after.

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Still hoping to see Azira VI in action soon. Then again, maybe it'd be wiser to wait until the MC potential is unveiled. Possibly, the sixth incarnation could be a mental powerhouse, a fact we'd never discover if he were sheared in two by a lobsterman.

Yet, Azira VI would gladly give his life to defend humanity. Now or tomorrow doesn't matter to him. He lives to serve.

this lp needs more tripjack firing guided tactical nuclear torpedos and blowing shit up


also tentaculats

Gondolin continues murdering all the aliens in the sub.

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Hell, yeah! The Atlantic Thermic Lance Massacre!

Is the worst over? Or still coming? KEEP WATCHING.

GarfunkeL said:

Is the worst over? Or still coming? KEEP WATCHING.

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Some chain MC can still really f things up.

Cant wait to see past update 35 content. Will things go down the toilet or will X-COM survive this threat? Only time can tell.

With 50% of field operatives gone in a flash like that, ....hmm. Might not look good on papers, but I'm sure our PR dept can cover it up easily.

Looks from here like disruptor launcher wielders are a lot easier to take down, since they don't have any reaction fire Wonder why they don't do blind fire at all?

Desmodus Rotundus said:

Looks from here like disruptor launcher wielders are a lot easier to take down, since they don't have any reaction fire Wonder why they don't do blind fire at all?

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AI. But kyrub now handles some improvements so we can expect quite a lot soon. For more details check strategy gaming subforum.

UPDATE 33 - Battle Ship

Last update, aquanauts just recovered a medium sub, and scientists are on their way toward designing a new, better generation of interceptors and transports.



One soldier joins Atlantic team.



Remember this sub we saw just before touching down last update?



Pacific Team is too far away to make it before it flies off, and the alien is too fast for our interceptor to catch up.



Next sub to appear is a large one.



That's a terror ship.



Barracuda-1 shoots it down.



Atlantic team is sent to recover as Pacific team's Triton is still refueling after its long trek.



Lobstermen. This mission might be a little harder than the previous ones.



The first shot is fired by aRyan.



TripJack launches a Thermal Shok Bomb and the alien falls down.



He launches another the following turn, and stuns a lobsterman.



The noise alerted some aliens and they begin investigating.



TripJack continues stunning lobstermen, it's much more effective than sonic cannons or heavy explosives.



Banelion shoots this one as it's still standing. The damage and shock stuns it.



aRyan takes care of the Tentaculat.



A pulser is thrown, just to be sure it will die.



More lobstermen come investigate.



Black IV initiates hostilities.



eklektyk finishes the job.



A smart Tentaculat is found hiding just above our sub!



TripJack throws a pulser on the Triton's roof. It kills the monster and doesn't damage the transport.



Another lobsterman couldn't keep its curiosity in check.



eklektyk kills it.



Gondolin approaches the sub doors. Right before him stands a Tentaculat.



He has just enough TUs to drill it to death.



The following turn, another Tentaculat took its place. It suffers the same fate.



Gondolin advances, a little too fast for the rest of the team. He's assaulted by a lobsterman.



And also by a Tentaculat. The bite bypasses the Ion Armor and turns him into a zombie.
RIP Gondolin IV , the tale of the thermic lance murderer has come to an end.



Joka uses all his TUs to kill the Tentaculat, the zombie and the resulting Tentaculat. He's too tired to deal with the lobsterman though.



But Banelion grabs a drill and helps him out.



An alien is seen moving on the upper floor. Banelion goes to investigate and is shot by a Thermal Shok.



The officer is down, but the beast hit itself and is just one point away from falling.



Joka charges and cracks open the crustacean's shell.



He investigates the central elevator next turn, and is greeted by a large welcoming party.



He drills the Tentaculat, and reveals another lobsterman waiting for him. The following turn, aliens pursue the fleeing Joka III and shoot him down.
RIP Joka III , you did good and could have claimed an armor one day.



Zdzisiu stuns one lobsterman with a Thermal Shok.



Meanwhile, lightbane assaults the elevator from the other door. Aliens are taken by surprise and fall prey to his vibro-blade.



lightbane retreats behind the doors, as more soldiers get ready to scout the third and final floor. He stumbles upon an alien as he re-opens the elevator doors.



It's the navigator, so lightbane retreats and Zdzisiu fires a Thermal Shok.



It didn't stun it, but BayBee stands ready with a Thermal Tazer.



A quick stab and the capture is complete.



We obtained quite a few captured aliens, let's hope they can tell us something useful.



Gauss Cannon production and the latest sub missions have earned us a very large amount of cash. We're nearing the $20M mark.



Low priority live aliens are sent off to Pacific base for later interrogation. Hopefully this latest streak of successes will calm down the aliens, at least for a while. We have research to do.

And also by a Tentaculat. The bite bypasses the Ion Armor and turns him into a zombie.
RIP Gondolin IV , the tale of the thermic lance murderer has come to an end.

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God damn it! I died the worst possible death!

Sign me up for another tour of duty, chief.

korenzel said:

It didn't stun it, but BayBee stands ready with a Thermal Tazer.

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Gondolin said:

And also by a Tentaculat. The bite bypasses the Ion Armor and turns him into a zombie.
RIP Gondolin IV , the tale of the thermic lance murderer has come to an end.

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God damn it! I died the worst possible death!

Sign me up for another tour of duty, chief.

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we can be bros in death.

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Remember to sign me back up, Korenzel.

ironyuri said:

we can be bros in death.

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:tearofaneagle:

Remember to sign me back up, Korenzel.

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to the end

Gondolin was a true bro. Hopefully the tentacle rape that did him in wasn't too painful.