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Completed Let's purge the Xeno in Xenonauts (Ultimate doom expansion set for terra)

LundB

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A bit later, Absalom thought he could get away with insulting me in his own Xenonauts game, and almost immediately afterward his fate in this LP was sealed:

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Not only that, but Absalom's game ended shortly thereafter with a full party wipe on the very first mission.

As I said before, so die all those who challenge the natural order. It is simply the inescapable will of Heaven.
 
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New update!

November starts with another scout chase. So far, we've been on the revcieving end of the war in the skies. hopefully that will change soon.
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We use the cash influx to build another Foxtrot. Eventually, we're going ot want 6 of these, stationed 2 on each base. But until the funding nations stop being so butthurt about my complete and utter incompetence, we'll have to make do.

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The first "very small" UFO is detected. These buggers don't leave a crash site when shot down. But they do attack your aircraft and can be quite bothersome. sending DA CHOPPA out without an escort when fighters are in the air is begging for suicide.
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We finally manage to catch up to a medium scout. But it's way, way over the water. Rather than risk going bingo fuel, I order it shot down instead of tailed.
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Another scout lands. I decide to risk it and send out DA CHOPPA, escorted by the foxtrot. the alien fighter is circling around Mozambique, shooting down civvie aircraft.
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But as soon as DA CHOPPA is airborne, it homes in on us. If DA CHOPPA is shot down, all crew on board is killed. I did NOT feel good about this.
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Fortunately, the RNG gods were on our side.
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LundB took the impending doom with stoic calm.
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The landed ufo was another sibilian small scout. Nothing terribly exciting happened during the ground cleanup.
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But Absalom did join the distinguished ranks of Kodexians who have managed to slay 5 of the foul Xenos.
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These little buggers are going to be our nemesis soon enough. They'll start escorting the juicy transport UFOs, makign air combart more hazardous.
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Since we're not completely led dry of money yet, the listening posts start upgrading. A radar is added to the Kwan and Azn bases, as well as a pair of hangars in Asia. We'll start transferring aircraft over in December.
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The remaining funds are spent on laser weaponry. We've been lucky with the aliens so far, but we'll need MORE DAKKA pretty soon.
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Our first Medium-sized UFO is detected! It has no escorts, so we should be able to bring it down safely.
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Of course, the fucker leads us on a merry chase. when we finally catch up to it over water, the condors only have a tiny amount of combat fuel left. rather than let it escape, we elect to send it to a watery grave. another medium UFO has appeared in the meantime. But we'll have to refuel before we can intercept it.
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...Or not. the ufo lands in Algiers and starts a terror site. Goodie! :rage:
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Good news first. Angelo managed to bring a prototype scatter laser along. rifles are still being assembled. Also, the terror site is Caesarians.
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Bad news, they spawn right outside our aircraft. Hoaxmetal fires off a shot, hoping to deflect reaction fire with his riot shield. The alien misses, and the plasma hits evdk instead. He is dead instantly. RIP Evdk, first of many casualties. :salute:
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Absalom avenges his fallen comrade. This terror site is off to a great start! :troll:
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More Xenos are spotted in the gas station. Like in the original UFO, these places have a tendency to go up in flames if you get a bit too careless with grenades and machineguns.
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Fortunately, there are side doors in the chinook. After Ashery fails to hit the alien with his sniper rifle, Angelo takes out the xeno with a volley from his scatter laser. The civilian in the gas station was considered an acceptable loss if the whole thing went kablooie.
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Evdk was so young.... :negative:
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Meanwhile, the aliens are merrily slaughtering the civilians. Keeping them alive never really occured to me. Every shot the aliens fire at a civvie is a shot that doesn't kill our soldiers and breaks valuable combat armour.
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We spot a new type of alien. The miniature flying saucers are fairly fast. They don't deal much damage, but they spray full auto over a large are, causing tons of suppression. A single saucer can easily keep 3-4 xenonauts hunkered down and at low TUs.
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Absalom and CIS Sis break off from the main force to deal with the lone Caesarean that's slaughtering civvies to the east. suppressive fire from the saucers keep them from accomplishing much though. :(
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Meanwhile, Phoenix tries to advance up the main street while Ashery plays skeet shooting with his laser rifle against flying saucers.
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LundB is volunteered for an XTREME solo mission. He'll be sneaking around the flank and hitting the aliens from behind.
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Oops. Looks like the aliens had the same idea. LundB has the higher reflexes however. A shotgun blast to the face later and the Murderswede racks up another kill.
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Ashery continues skeet shooting behind Phoenix. We have ourselves a regular western popamole shootout going.
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Angelo tries to lay down some covering fire to help CIS and Absalom, but only manages to suppress some civvies.
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Meanwhile, yet more saucers spray plasma down the main street, keeping Cis, Absalom and now Hoax as well pinned down.
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The last saucer is out of easy reach of Ashery, so Angelo sprays&prays it away. At this point, Phoenix'es shield has 2 hp of durability left after a withering amount of reaction fire. Whatever's behind that bus, it's angry.
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It falls to LundB to reveal the enemies of humaity. The flank seems to be clear. A group of Caesarians—including at least one psion—is spread out behind the bus.
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TREACHERY! An alien sniper sends a bullet into Absaloms back while she is repositioning. Her screams are for naught, as she bleeds out at the start of our turn before a medkit can be used on her. RIP. :salute:
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But with the saucer menace finally cleared, CIS Sis can move up to avenge her fallen sister. :salute:
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LundB is prepared to go XTREME Shepard on the Xenos, but he needs a distraction to get close.
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Another round of withering fire from the aliens finally melts through Undead Phoenix'es shield. She suffers mild burns, but is still alive. We're left without cover for the advance however. And we still don't know exactly how many Xenos await around the corner.
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In desperation, Phoenix tosses one of our experimental gas grenades. No aliens go down from the blast! :x
Our only hope now is that the smoke zone can claim some of them over time.
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Meanwhile, LundB andvances up the alley. The Xeno hiding in the bus stop shelter is downed, and the Psion leading the attack is spotted in its distinctive purple pimp uniform.
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During the aliens turn, the smoke does its job. 2 Caesarians are knocked unconscious by the gas. Two other try to advance on phoenix, but turn back when they take stun damage from entering the lingering cloud.
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Phoenix follows up with a flashbang, which knocks out a third.
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This is the distraction LindB needed. The Murderswede springs into action, shredding the alien commander with his shotgun! :salute:
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CIS Sis and Hoax link up with the main force again, taking out the noncombatant cowering in the open.
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The last remaining alien tries to flee. It is stunned by a flashbang...
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Before Commander LundB charges forward and executes it :salute:
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Medals for everyone! Gaining medals is the only way to raise a soldiers bravery stat, so they are coveted. For participating in a successful terror mission, everyone but evdk gets a Citation for Courage. :salute:
LundB also recieves the Order of Merit for 10 total confirmed kills. :salute:
Finally, Ashery gains both the Order of Gallantry for 5 confirmed kills and the Military Cross for 5 kills in a single mission. :salute: Those skeet shooting skills served you well.
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MotherMachinae and stabby, your time has come! Prepare for glory!
 
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Baron Dupek

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Can't wait to shoot some xenos.
Even knowing my own destiny as smoldering splotch of meat...
 
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Many new discoveries are made by experimenting on the aliens recovered from the terror site:
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The radar upgrades to the listening posts also go live. SO now we'll get to see a bunch of UFOs our interceptors don't have the range to deal with yet. :M
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Speak of the devil! Mediums with escorts, scouts and a roaming fighter rapesquad all appear in asia.
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The fighters intercept us on our way to the medium ufo. We win, but we take a serious beating.
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The medium hovers for a while near our base... Are we going to lose our listening post?
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Nope. It's another terror site! :negative:
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We don't have the troops or equipment to handle this, especially as it is a night site. Sadly, we must call upon the holy Inquisition.


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Meet the new privates. MotherMachinae inherits Evdks spot on the roster, as well as one of our recently completed laser rifles. :salute:
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stabby also joins the ranks of Riflebros. Long may he serve the emprah. :salute:
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Another medium UFO is spotted. This one is heading towards our base, so we have plenty of fuel left for the dogfight. It crashes near Dnepropretrovsk, and the team is sent to clear our first Medium.
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We land in a corner of the map, with long sections of walled road bottle-necking the exits. The veteran squad is sent down the road, while the fresh meat scouts throughthe park with Ashery providing sniper cover.
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First Xeno Contact. Reaper! :rage:
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Reapers are fast, kill anything in one hit, and anything they kill spawns more reapers. Anyone who ever played XCOM and met a Chrysalid knows what happens next.
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Rather than face it head on, Hoaxmetal squeals like a pig, soils his pants and flees performs a tactical retreat. Hopefully, the dumb alien will chase after him. CIS Sis, Phoenix, Ashery, LundB and Angelo all wait just around the corner with TUs reserved for full auto reaction fire.
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The alien survives barrages from CIS Sis and Ashery. Hell bent on impregnating Hoax'es feminine frame, it stubbornly refuses to get suppressed.
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Until it passes the corner and LundB fills the side of its head with buckshot :salute:
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The downed UFO that spawned this monstrosity.
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The Reaper is accompanied by lizardmen and a drone. Remembering how many headaches they caused us in the terror site, LundB storms the building to deliver the Emperor's Judgement. :salute:
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...and is in turn charged and shot by a shotplasma murderlizard. MAN DOWN!
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:salute: RIP LundB :salute:

Captain Gabriel Angelo saturates the room with laser fire, exacting venegance for his fallen brother.
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While all this drama unfolds, Stabby and Mothermachinae found an alien scout. They commence with the time-honoured military tradition of shooting the enemy in the back.
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The aliens have learned of our tactics for storming UFOs. As we move up to get in position, a counterassault commences. A lizard charges past the riot shield of Hoaxmetal
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:salute: RIP Hoaxmetal :salute:





Stabby and Mothermachinae finish their shootout with the lone Sebilian scout. They are victorious, but Stabby has suffered severe plasma burns.
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Captain Angelo once again avenges his fallen brother with withering automatic fire.
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He is our Angel of Death. Our Bringer of Retribution. :salute:
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Shots are traded back and forth. Neither side seems willing to brave the no man's land in front of the UFO. the rookies join us for the push.
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Captain Phoenix lays down smoke to conceal our advance.
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Withering automatic fire keeps the main force suppressed. But CIS Sis and Stabby manage to advance up the side of the van for the GLORY rush.
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The advance is signalled by another barrage from Angelo as the smoke clears. At which point Stabby and CIS Sis rush forward and set up a killzone at the UFO entrance.
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They deal swiftly with the next lizard that tries to peek out. The main force is finally free from suppressive fire.
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Captain Phoenix relieves the fallen of his undamaged shield and spare grenades. They will be needed for what is to come.
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At last, the UFO is breached.
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Heavy weapons fire and the portable cover of Undead Phoenix deal with the first wave of defenders.
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Then Captain Phoenix tosses a pair of flashbangs into the main room. MotherMachinae, CIS Sis and Stabby follow in to deal with the defenders.
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Captain Angelo claims both the Military Cross, the Order of Merit and a well-deserved promotion to Major. The apothecaries recovered Hoaxmetal and LundB's gene seed, but could do naught for their burned forms but administer the Emperor's Mercy. The fallen shall be forever remembered as the Emperor's finest. :salute:
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Additional knowledge is gained by the techpriests from analysing the corpses and wreckage.
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tindrli, prepare for glory! :salute: You will serve as Hoaxmetal once did. On the front line. With courage and honor.
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Azira, you have been measured and deemed too weak for the Black Carapace of a true Spehss Marine. Your task will be to carry the gifts of the Machine Spirit and deal explosive death from afar.
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Captain CIS Sis, having proven herself in the eyes of Odin during the UFO assault, inherits LundB's Murdershotgun.
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They will have their work cut out for them. The Alien does not give us a moments rest.
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Baron Dupek

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Finally, we met xenos with nonhuman guts, detail but important, for immershion and else.
No medal? No matter, I'm alive!
 

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I don't think you have enough rocket launchers. In X-Com, Rocket Launchers were Earth's finest weapons. They had many useful properties, making them great for both rookies and highly accurate veterans alike. Even recent graduate of the Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy could easily hit a nearby obstacle with it, killing victims from the AOE, while a trained sniper could put one through a window, killing everyone in the room. They could be used to deny enemies cover, flush enemies out from under cover, blow them to tiny pieces...

They were amazingly versatile weapons I took all the way to Mars. You need moar ROCKET LAUNCHERS.
 

LundB

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Last night as I was falling asleep, I decided it might be for the best if the murderswede died, if only to give other people a chance at glory.

The fact that he died in the very next update, not a few updates down the line, merely cements my certainty that I am unconsciously imposing my will upon reality. Or at least this Xenonauts game.
 
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We'll get larger dropships eventually... But not until we've taken our first large UFO.
 

Storyfag

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In that case, the game should allow you to send more than one Chinook.

Anyhow, some of your ufopedia loredump screenshots don't contain the full text. Like the reaper autopsy, for example. Any chance of full info in the future? :D
 

Angelo85

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Good to see my virtual self still kicking ass and taking names :D
I wish I was just half as much of a badass as my alter ego. I... I think I want to be an Angelo!
 

tindrli

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Sidenote: I must admit that I'm quite fond of cyberdiscs being re-imagined as drone-equivalents, rather than heavy weapons' platforms.
Ditto, and with the suppression mechanic it makes a lot of sense.

Drone equivalents or not they should be deadly.. just imagine the real deal 50 or 60 cm diameter super fast flying killing bastard
 

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