Let's Play UFO: Enemy Unknown/X-COM: UFO Defense - Update 44

[dextermorgan]

I'd just like to include my recent speech to rookies at AsiaCOM in my weekly report:

If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training, you will be a weapon. You will be a minister of death praying for war. But until that day you are pukes. You are the lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even human, fucking beings. You are nothing but unorganized grabastic pieces of amphibian shit! You will not like me. But the more you hate me the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair. There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless. And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to serve in my beloved Corps. Do you maggots understand that?

 

[Pope Amole]

Roxorowski reminds everyone why HE's the Commander

Commander Roxorowski himself leads the recovery mission.

Xcuse me, but aren't that a she? I mean, it really, really looks like she. Or is that one of those fabled "it's a trap!" situations i've heard of, but never witnessed?

 

[Storyfag]

Xcuse me, but aren't that a she? I mean, it really, really looks like she. Or is that one of those fabled "it's a trap!" situations i've heard of, but never witnessed?

The tranny is strong in this one

 

[Azira]

Ahh.. One of their leaders captured for questioning...

 

[lightbane]

I'd just like to include my recent speech to rookies at AsiaCOM in my weekly report:

If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training, you will be a weapon. You will be a minister of death praying for war. But until that day you are pukes. You are the lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even human, fucking beings. You are nothing but unorganized grabastic pieces of amphibian shit! You will not like me. But the more you hate me the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair. There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless. And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to serve in my beloved Corps. Do you maggots understand that?

Perception: Was that taken from the Green Lantern comics or something, maybe?

Oh, and

Only 10 points of Bravery?? Give him a heavy weapon then, preferably if it has autofire for greater lulz.

 

[dextermorgan]

Sgt Hartman from Full Metal Jacket. If you haven't seen it go rent it NOW.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

I'll take up that last Rookie slot in Potatoland. U-Cat 2.

 

[Storyfag]

Noted. Be warned though, that I've already played through the upcoming update, so U-Cat 2 won't feature in it. Unlike a horde of namless Rookies.

 

[kyrub]

I am a bit curious about the mind attacks. Was the alien targetting more diverse than normally? More effective?

(sorry about my constant interest for the other side... I guess I could larp an alien commander )
Well played, btw. Quite a tough mission, may discs. And no casualties.

 

[Storyfag]

The Sectoid Leader targeted four people with varying degrees of success. It did panick three of the four and mind control one of the three. I've no idea whether its victims were psi-sinks or selected more randomly, as I've yet to research psi. I wonder if a Mind Probe can be used to check up on soldiers' psi though... I'll check it out as soon as we crack the tech!

 

[Storyfag]

UPDATE 10

Team Potato deals with the Asian crash site first.

Led by Captain Korenzel.

Gondolin's tank's cameras reveal the UFO and a Sectoid.

Azira merrily kills it.

He then spots another hostile!

Slips reduces its cover to ash.

And Darkbane kills it.

kazgar spots one more alien.

Alien fire kills kazgar.

RIP kazgar

Gondolin's tank wounds kazgar's slayer.

As does RK47.

Finally, Hellraiser kills it!

RK47, Hellraiser, Azira and toastboy prepare to storm the UFO.

RK47 scouts the alien craft...

Darkbane's weapons are better suited to interior combat than Azira's are.

Hellraiser's reaction fire dispatches a Sectoid!

An alien kills RK47 as he was approaching the UFO's control room. RIP RK47

Hellraiser finds...

...and kills the Sectoid responsible.

An alien is seen running out of the UFO's engine room and back again. Scared of X-COM, bighead?

Stun rod in his hands, toastboy storms the engine room.

One stunned Sectoid coming up!

It's an engineer!

A hidden alien shoots at toastboy and rushes out of the engine room just to be mowed down by Hellraiser!

Toastboy is merely wounded, and the mission is complete!

New promotions are handed out. Congratulations JoKa and pounded anus!

An UFO is detected over Africa.

Bee is sent to bring it down.

Now missions will be taken alternately by Potato and Kwa bases.

Kwa Team's first mission!

Colonel Ripper leads it personally. The tranny is strong in this one too

KickAss' tank locates a Floater and the UFO.

The Floater shoots at the tank, but the sturdy vehicle survives.

Thromcolne disposes of the warrior alien surprisingly easily.

A Rookie without a callsign spots an alien.

The Rookie kills it.

Another Floater is spotted near where the last one died.

Got a present for ya
NOTE: THE FIRST PERSON ThAT RECOGNISES THIS QUOTE IN THIS CONTEXT WILL GET THE PROTOTYPE PERSONAL

ARMOUR!

The Floater's death cry is heard through the explosion.

KickAss sees one more alien on the screen.

Two rockets fail to hit it OR the UFO right next to it.

This alien tried shooting at our team.

The Pope excommunicates it!

Sargeant Hartman deals with the one in front of our tank!

An Unnamed Rookie spots an alien and deals with it!

Jaedar scouts the UFO's interior and spots an Floater. It is armed with what is assumed to be a stunning

weapon, so the soldier can safely retreat.

The Pope has his back. The dirty old man!

"It is getting out of control! Now there are two of them!"

Jaedar gets them both.

Completing the mission.

More promotions. Congratulations Azira and ironyuri and, most of all, Your Holiness! :saulte:

The European Skyranger is sent to the Saharan crash site.

Captain Spider leads the team.

Gondolin sees the UFO's hull on his screen. The craft is badly damaged.

The tank pilot spots...

...and deals with a Floater.

Another one is next to the UFO's wreck.

Azira softens it up.

And Merk snipes it.

Explosives are thrown at the Skyranger! The soldiers survive.

Gondolin spots the offending Floater...

...and kills it with a well aimed tank cannon round.

He then locates another alien in the UFO's remains!

Merk snipes it.

This Floater tried shooting the tank.

Hellraiser shot it twice, but it's still standing.

He also spotted another Floater, airborne.

Azira shoots it out of the sky.

As of this moment, Merk is on permanent sniper duty.

Mission accomplished. Far more Floaters survived the crash than I expected after first seeing the UFO wreckage!

An UFO is detected over Europe.

It's the smaller variant.

Bee brings it down!

Now, I'd *really* like some Rookies to volunteer to KwaCOM for this mission.


RECRUITMENT OPTIONS:

EuroCOM has now openings for:

2 Rookies
1 Tank/Cannon remote pilot

NorthAmCOM has now openings for:
2 Squaddies
12 Rookies (some will be soon transferred to EuroCOM in exchange for Squaddies and Sargeants...)
2 Tank/Cannon remote pilots

AsiaCOM has now openings for:
1 Sargeant
2 Squaddies
9 Rookies
2 Tank/Cannon remote pilots


X-COM TROOPS ROSTER

EuroCOM
Roxorowski   Commander   
Bee      Fighter pilot   Interceptor-1
Spider		Captain
Korenzel Captain
Gondolin   Tank pilot   
KickAss      Tank pilot   
Mal   Sargeant
golgepapaz   Sargeant
eklektyk II Sargeant
Sergiu64   Sargeant
ironyuri   Sargeant
Azira II   Sargeant
pounded_anus II Sargeant
JoKa II Sargeant
toastboy   Squaddie
Slips II	Squaddie
Merkwurdigliebe II Squaddie
Desmodus III Squaddie
Hellraiser III   Squaddie
Darkbane Squaddie
U-Cat 2	Rookie


NorthAmCOM
Ripper      Colonel      
chzr      Fighter pilot   Interceptor-3
MMXI Jr	Captain
Pope Amole   Captain
Hartman      Sargeant   
Thromclone Squaddie
Jaedar II Squaddie


AsiaCOM
TNO      Colonel
Drakron		Fighter Pilot	Interceptor 4
Slaughter II Captain      
Dextermorgan III Sargeant


RIP
Hellraiser   Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
Jaedar      Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
MMXI      Squaddie   
pounded_anus   Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
dextermorgan   Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
Malkal      Captain     
JoKa      Sargeant   
Azira      Sargeant   
Slaughter   Squaddie   
Slips      Squaddie   
Thrombone   Squaddie
Desmondus Rotundus Squaddie
Derper      Squaddie
Jaedar Jr   Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
dextermorgan II Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
Merkwurdigliebe Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
Garfunkel   Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
Desmondus II	Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
eklektyk   Captain      
Hellraiser II   Squaddie
Cheddar		Squaddie
Lightbane   Sargeant   
U-Cat      Squaddie
kazgar	Squaddie
RK74	Sargeant

 

[Merkwürdigliebe]

One of the music tracks in a C&C game (can't remember which) has those words in it's lyrics, though not sure if thats the correct one.

 

[Storyfag]

Very, VERY close. It's not the track though!

Guise gimme a new page, I need to post a miniupdate.

 

[Jaedar]

I survived an update?

 

[MMXI]

The commando from C&C or Tanya from Red Alert. I'm going with the former.

 

[Storyfag]

You won the Armor good sir

Also, have an update:

UPDATE 11

Kwa Team's Skyranger lands by the crash site.

Colonel Ripper leads them once more. He missed so many missions being stuck in Kwa that he's not going to rotate in any of his Captains soon!

KickAss' tank is being shot at!

Here's the culprit... and the UFO.

KickAss fires back.

An alien is seen moving during their turn.

KickAss locates it and shoots it.

It shoots back.

Unnamed trooper finishes it off.

Multiple hostiles spotted next to the house!

KickAss gives them a taste of his rockets.

And Thromclone throws a satchel of high explosives towards them.

One Sectoid dies...

...but another wrecks the tank!

Thromclone has another satchel of high explosives.

Now the aliens have it

Sargeant Hartman spots a Sectoid.

He shoots it and it returns fire. Both parties miss.

A satchel of high explosives has been relayed to Hartman. He makes use of it.

No death cry is heard from Harman's opponent.

But the Sectoid from the building dies!

Thromclone sees an armed Sectoid in the building's ruins.

He dispatches it.

Ending the mission.

Transfers are made.


RECRUITMENT OPTIONS:

EuroCOM has now openings for:

8 Rookies
1 Tank/Cannon remote pilot

NorthAmCOM has now openings for:
2 Squaddies
8 Rookies
1 Tank/Rocket Launcher remote pilot.

AsiaCOM has now openings for:
1 Sargeant
2 Squaddies
8 Rookies
2 Tank/Cannon remote pilots


X-COM TROOPS ROSTER

EuroCOM
Roxorowski   Commander   
Bee      Fighter pilot   Interceptor-1
Spider		Captain
Korenzel Captain
Gondolin   Tank pilot   
eklektyk II Sargeant
ironyuri   Sargeant
Azira II   Sargeant
JoKa II Sargeant
toastboy   Squaddie
Merkwurdigliebe II Squaddie
Desmodus III Squaddie
Hellraiser III   Squaddie
Darkbane Squaddie


NorthAmCOM
Ripper      Colonel      
chzr      Fighter pilot   Interceptor-3
MMXI Jr	Captain
Pope Amole   Captain
KickAss      Tank pilot   
Hartman      Sargeant   
Mal   Sargeant
Sergiu64   Sargeant
pounded_anus II Sargeant
Thromclone Squaddie
Jaedar II Squaddie
Slips II	Squaddie
U-Cat 2	Rookie


AsiaCOM
TNO      Colonel
Drakron		Fighter Pilot	Interceptor 4
Slaughter II Captain      
Dextermorgan III Sargeant
golgepapaz   Sargeant


RIP
Hellraiser   Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
Jaedar      Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
MMXI      Squaddie   
pounded_anus   Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
dextermorgan   Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
Malkal      Captain     
JoKa      Sargeant   
Azira      Sargeant   
Slaughter   Squaddie   
Slips      Squaddie   
Thrombone   Squaddie
Desmondus Rotundus Squaddie
Derper      Squaddie
Jaedar Jr   Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
dextermorgan II Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
Merkwurdigliebe Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
Garfunkel   Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
Desmondus II	Squaddie (posthumous promotion)
eklektyk   Captain      
Hellraiser II   Squaddie
Cheddar		Squaddie
Lightbane   Sargeant   
U-Cat      Squaddie
kazgar	Squaddie
RK74	Sargeant

 

[Pope Amole]

The Pope has his back. The dirty old man!

Wha?..
He was just making sure that the rear exit is tightly secured, just that! Besides, with all the trannies going around, you can never be sure...

Congratulations Azira and ironyuri and, most of all, Your Holiness! :saulte:

Pope for the president!!!
It's amazing how better he fares than his successors 40 years after that. Guess it's decline in its purest form, when even popamole consoletard bullshit became too hardcore for your common crowd and was replaced by... I don't really want to ponder by what. Sure, we can hope it's the massive incline of the industry that had wiped out popamole from the face of the planet, thus destroying Pope's source of power and weakening him considerably, but we all know that it's the former variant that will take precedence.

 

[MMXI]

You won the Armor good sir

...but another wrecks the tank!

It looks like you are shifting people from EuroCOM to NorthAmCOM. Hopefully that means both bases will see equal amounts of activity from now on. However, we need more recruits!

 

[Storyfag]

It looks like you are shifting people from EuroCOM to NorthAmCOM. Hopefully that means both bases will see equal amounts of activity from now on. However, we need more recruits!

Yep, both bases are now 20 strong, each with 2 Captains and 4 Sargeants. The only difference is the base commander's rank - EuroCOM has X-COM's Commander and NorthAmCOM one of the Colonels. Anyway, I plan on alternating between teams on UFO recoveries, so both should see plenty of action even if UFOs should start appearing over Africa alone.

 

[RK47]

I wish to be reborn in a robotic shell. My spirit shall empower the machine.

 

[Storyfag]

Tank pilot, eh? Rockets or regular shells?

We're not advanced enough to have machine spirits, but we can have you permanently wired to the tank's control console. That means no need for awesome buttons

 

[Kashmir Slippers]

Slips did pretty well this time around.

I appreciate your gratuitous use of heavy explosives to solve your problems.

 

[MMXI]

Kind of irritating for me. MMXI gets slaughtered in the first mission without killing anyone, then his son, MMXI Jr, ends up camping out in NorthAmCOM for what seems like an eternity and won't get a mission until Colonel Ripper has had enough action.

What's the chance that MMXI Jr will get killed in his first mission for NorthAmCOM?

 

[Malakal]

Terror missions where?

 

[Storyfag]

Terror missions where?

Shot down by our diligent Interceptors We just recovered a terror ship, in case you haven't noticed