Shooting deserters in the back ? You'll fit right in.
Gondolin, you have keen eyes. I have trouble seeing the grenade even though I know where to look. I wish I could give you some kind of reward, but... well you'll find out your fate real soon.
Also, if you died don't be afraid to make more soldiers. As things are going I will need many more recruits.
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UPDATE 2 : Friday Night
Let's start by looking at some codexer profiles, shall we?
Alright, enough of that, we have a planet to save.
We begin by replacing our lost soldier and order some ammo.
Alien activity is high in Antarctic.
I build a new base in south pacific near the south pole since it's cheaper, but can't afford the sonar just yet. Probably next mission.
The Triton spots a small sub near latin america while on patrol.
Barracudas chases and shoots but can't down the sub. It escapes yet again.
And touches down. The Triton boosts its engine to make it there before night falls.
Almost there, but it's already quite dark...
Right, let's do this!
It's dark, we're doomed. Hopefully we landed in a corner. After the usual round of dropping stuff, it's time to light up the place.
Black Bart Charley throws a flare, and receives a sonic blast as answer.
RIP Black Bart Charley
, you were off to a promising start.
There's the culprit.
Warcupine is ready to demonstrate swift justice. As per his training, he kneels, and triggers more reaction fire in the process. Zomg who was standing behind him takes the shot. He doesn't survive.
RIP Zomg
.
Warcupine demonstrates that his shooting training was not all wasted. He scores an aimed shot, and the gilman blows up.
The sub is spotted very close to the east.
Proximity mines, what else is there to say?
A gilman is spotted to the south by Black. The difficult terrain makes the alien miss. We won't get a second chance, he needs to go down now!
This gilman took 5 rockets and 1 phosphorous round, yet is still alive. Notice how the whole area around him is blown up but he's perfectly fine.
Gondolin finishes him off, with a well-aimed long range shot despite his sub par shooting skills.
Alien turn. More proximity mines are lurking in the shadows, can you spot them?
Gilmen can't.
Black throws a mine in the entry corridor. A good call, as it blows up multiple aliens the following turn.
Roxoroski lights up the way, no aliens in sight and they gave up on going out. It's time to storm the sub. Azira, Black and Overweight Manatee form up and get ready with grenades.
Alien turn, a door opens, an ominous throwing sound is heard.
Look, what is that below Black's feet ? That's a primed alien pulser, that's what it is. The first strike team is wiped out.
RIP Azira
, Black
and Overweight Manatee
, your sacrifices won't be in vain.
Luscious lays down support fire, and kills a hidden gilman, probably the one who threw the grenade. Still, he blows up 300k worth of equipment. Unfortunate, but we've already lost a good number of soldiers, I don't want to take risks.
Gondolin spot another alien. Luscious fires more rockets, but the indirect damage is too low to bring it down.
Rabidredneck takes position for some fine sniping, aims and shoots Gondolin in the back. In retrospect I should have moved Gondolin away and not tried his luck with rockets, he could only move away two squares after that.
RIP Gondolin
, you know who to haunt for the rest of his life.
Yeesh gets ready to enter the sub, and makes it inside. He opens the east door and his life ends with sonic fire. His primed grenade damages the attacker but does not kill him.
RIP Yeesh
, you hardly had time to shine.
The grenade blew up the door, and Edward R Murrow gets shot one turn afterward.
RIP Edward R Murrow
, you were an excellent grenadier.
chzr, Roxorowski and Luscious Pear charge the sub, and spot an alien cowering in a corner. Time for payback.
Roxorowski takes a few steps back, then Luscious Pear opens the door and runs away. Roxorowski shoots at the opposite door, and kills the gilman with indirect fire.
The alien containment isn't built yet, so an uncounscious gilman dies. No big loss.
Overall, it could have gone better. We lost a lot of men, but earned some valuable loot.
Promotions for the gutsy snipers brave enough to storm the sub. Well deserved if you ask me.
Not pictured : Warcupine panicking every single turn. He must be afraid of the dark.