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X-COM:TFTD AAR (Now with 90% more dead community members!)
XCOM: UFO DEFENCE AAR (Clicky!)
--------------- Thought I'd try to actually finish this game in AAR form. :woot: Game: X-COM: Terror from the Deep Settings: Veteran/Iron Man/Mind Control disabled Roster includes members of Subsim, whoever happens to be online when I update it gets a chance to die a horrible, slow, lonely death serving in the SUBSIM branch of X-COM. :yeah: ROSTER (01/01/2040) -AH_Thor -ajrimmer42 -andy_311 -binzy62 -brenb1970 -Bubblehead1980 -Cap_Observatore -cb.the.tr00per **** January 1st, 2040 - 1200hrs The HQ of the new SUBSIM unit of complete badassery is built in the warm and shark infested waters of Caribbean. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...owly/01-67.jpg As usual, the contractor balls'd it up, so my first task is to do some refurbishing. Two new sub pens are being constructed to the top corners, the two Barracuda interceptors will be moved there once finished and the old pens will be demolished. New shiny Wide Array Sonar is also being build, along with more living quarters, labs, containment cell for live aliens and some more warehouse space for all the loot. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...owly/02-56.jpg The first batch of recruits arrive. I make sure to teach them the most important lesson I learned during the First Alien War: Always, ALWAYS, carry a live grenade in your pocket. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...owly/03-50.jpg I might not be the sharpest hammer in the drawer, but I'm sure the scientists' job description doesn't include playing video games all day. I give them something more important to do: Bigger guns!! http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...owly/04-42.jpg I'm awakened by my alarm clock. That's funny, I don't remember owning one. Another loud, equally annoying sound soon follows. I pick up the phone and just as I'm about to fire the person who dares to interrupt by well-earned hangover slumber, I'm told that one of those teeny-tiny alien scouts had been spotted just to the southwest. One of our Barracudas had intercepted it, and managed to force the thing to land somewhere between Miami and Jamaica. Oooh, intact alien craft means lots of shiny new things for the eggheads to look at! Triton-1, you have a go! http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...owly/05-37.jpg |
January 6, 2040 - 1439hrs - USO Site #1
ajrimmer42 is first out the door of the Triton and tags his first alien. Nicely done! http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/01.jpg The operatives quickly fan out and check the surroundings. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/02.jpg Cap_Observatore notices movement to the south and tries to blast it with a grenade, no such luck, though. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/03.jpg Binzy62 is the first to spot the USO to the east. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/04.jpg ajrimmer42 kills his second alien by the USO. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/05.jpg The first alien ajrimmer42 shot is still alive, but unconscious. With no alien contaiment unit back at base, cb.the.tr00per solves the problem with a grenade. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/06.jpg AH_Thor, binzy62 and ajrimmer42 prepare to breach the USO. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/07.jpg Alien emerges from the craft, kills ajrimmer42 and goes back in. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/08.jpg Cap_Observatore gets killed trying to locate the alien he saw earlier to the south. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/09.jpg Binzy62 bites it... http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/10.jpg andy_311 nails the alien lurking in the south. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/11.jpg AH_Thor is killed by the same slimy bastard Aquatoid that got Binzy & ajrimmer. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/12.jpg Bubblehead1980 & brenb1970 head out to help breach the USO. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/13.jpg Uh.. andy_311 is killed... http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/14.jpg brenb1970 prepares his Magna-Pack for a suicide run inside the USO. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/15.jpg Meanwhile, more death! cb.the.tr00per is shot. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/16.jpg Brenb1970's suicide mission is stopped before he even reaches the door. The blast however, finally kills the alien. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/17.jpg At this point, Bubblehead1980 sees it best to get back to the Triton and head home. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/18.jpg Some days you just can't win... http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...D%20AAR/19.jpg |
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Yeah, they really like to do that. :dead:
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ACTIVE DUTYJanuary 12, 2040 - 0002hrs I told the new recruits couple of days ago that I'd have them outfitted with new, bigger and shinier weapons in no time and finally I received a call from the lab that we are ready to start producing Gauss pistols! I was about to order two dozen of them, but the eggheads ruined the fun by pointing out that a) they still haven't figured out the ammunition side of things, b) Gauss rifles might be a better alternative and c) we are pretty much out of money. Fine! I order 4 hand-held torpedo launchers instead. If things go south, at least I can level the area. January 12, 2040 - 1835hrs Time for round two! Command called, they had spotted another landed USO just south of us. Too bad the torpedo launchers or the proximity grenades haven't arrived yet. Oh well.. Triton-1 awaaaaay! http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/01.jpg January 12, 2040 - 1900hrs Charalampos' turn to lead the charg- oh hello! Well that was easy! http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/02.jpg Oh gimme a break! FERdeBOER gets shot from the right side of the USO. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/03.jpg Charalampos answers with a grenade. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/04.jpg Bubblehead1980 is hit by a reaction shot. Fincuan's reaction shot in turn kills the alien. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/05.jpg Fincuan breaches the USO's door with a grenade. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/06.jpg With Charalampos and Fincuan ready to head deeper into the craft, colonelCJ tosses one more grenade to the entry way to make sure nothing lurks there. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/07.jpg Charalampos moves in and gets into a fight with an alien. Stray shot hits a piece of alien machinery causing it to explode killing the alien. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/08.jpg Unfortunately, the explosion wounded Charalampos. Without medkits, he will bleed out eventually. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/09.jpg Corvus gets his first kill while scouting the left side of the USO. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/10.jpg Danlisa spots and kills an alien on the right. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/11.jpg Their luck runs out as Corvus gets ambushed and killed on the left... http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/12.jpg ..and danlisa on the right. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/13.jpg ColonelCJ replaces Corvus and quickly hunts down the alien. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/14.jpg The USO was otherwise empty, so Fincuan & Fearless start clearing the right side. Fearless is the first to spot the alien, but a reaction shot gets him. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/15.jpg Fincuan kills the bastard, again with a reaction shot. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/16.jpg After a short game of cat & mouse, colonelCJ nails the last alien on the left side. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/17.jpg That's the official story and I'm sticking to it. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/18.jpg We're going to need a bigger memberbase... http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/03/19.jpg |
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ACTIVE DUTYThe Triton returns with two less than thrilled soldiers. To boost morale I promote them both to the rank of 'Able Seaman' and give them a bottle of beer to share. But more importantly, the Triton has a bay full of goodies! I would sell the whole load, but to keep the eggheads off my back I leave some toys for them to research. All in all, I make almost $370k, unfortunately, much of that will be spent on new recruits. I am told I should hire more labrats too, but I'll have to wait for a better financial situation for that or my accountant kills me. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/04/01.jpg Another landed USO is spotted to the south. Wonder why they like that area so much? In any case, the new recruits haven't arrived yet, so all I can do is wait. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/04/02.jpg The USO takes off just as the recruits check in, but as a good commander I was prepared for that and my two Barracudas are on it's tail in no time. The chase leads them all the way to the Galapagos and back. To prevent the USO from taking off again, I order it to be torpedoed. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/04/03.jpg January 16, 2040 - 1752hrs Gregs is first out the door and manages to kill his first Aquatoid behind the Triton. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/04/04.jpg ColonelCJ gets ambushed, but the Aquatoid is every bit as incompetent as I am, missing with both shots. ColonelCJ kills the alien from point-blank range. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/04/05.jpg Gregs spots an alien to the north, judging by the door opening sound that accompinied the sighting, the USO is there. I move Fincuan and one of the rookies who's name escapes me to help Gregs. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/04/06.jpg And then it goes X-COM. Grenade kills the trio outside, gclarkso goes berserk and thinks the inside of the door is a dirty alien and blasts it with his torpedo launcher killing everyone inside the Triton. :yeah: http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/04/07.jpg ColonelCJ returns to the Triton and back to base we go. http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...0AAR/04/08.jpg |
Ah, the original X-Com games... I loved how they combined a cruelly sadistic and unforgiving battle system with the fact that you were supposed to take care of and bond with your troops :haha:.
It's also a perfect example of how "evil" games were before compared to the condescending hand-holding titles we have now. Today, any unforseen obstacle or loss in a game is "unfair", and every feature has to be carefully explained to the player, in-game, because we've grown so accustomed to not reading manuals or thinking for ourselves. In X-Com, landing in a terror mission to find your Skyranger's debarcation ramp surrounded by Cyberdisks was just something you had to get used to:cool:. |
Hah, I agree. When I get my squad wiped in the original X-COM, it doesn't
bother me one bit, because I know it wasn't something the game did on purpose per se. It's all quite random and sometimes it's just your turn to be the one with the disadvantage. :) Btw, you on the Xenonauts forum? Thought I saw Safe-Keeper over there. :hmmm: |
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Mright, I think it's time to reboot this one with XCOM: UFO DEFENCE. :hmmm:
Anyone willing to die a horrible death, let me know and I'll name a soldier after you. Also, let me know if you want your soldier cloned after death or not. |
Sure, I'm up for brutal death. Clone me in, heck, put me down as Oberon Mk 1, Mk 2, Mk 3 :haha:
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Instrument of failure signs up :salute:.
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Sign me up. :yeah:
Considering that my loss would be unbearable for this planet you can clone me of course.:D |
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