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Sadly (for me), Ursa won't be much help in the final fight here. The myrmidons will cut the big guy to ribbons, and even with all of his STR gains Ursa will still only do 4 damage a hit to the boss. The boss, meanwhile, will do 17 damage per hit, though on the bright side he barely has better than 50% odds of actually landing a blow while Ursa is guaranteed hits.

I think he'll best serve by helping to rescue Enoch (our only offensive magic user, somehow) in case he gets knocked down by the boss.

Quote from: Steelmagic on February 16, 2014, 04:19:16 pm

My vote goes towards EagleBurgerFry.

+1

: "That's even worse. Oh, whatever."

April 4th, 1999


And with that, X-COM had two bases.


Unfortunately unlike with Mishima Fort, the initial cost here was only for building the surface access lift. It will be some time and a lot of money before the EagleBurgerFry can be considered habitable, let alone operational.
Personal note: I still shudder every time I type out 'EagleBurgerFry'. It's ridiculous.

Anyway, things continue as normal. Lt John Baker and the automated interceptor, HAL <9000, continue to hunt for UFOs beyond Mishima Fort's detection range.

April 5th, 1999


Speak of the devil. It's moving very quickly, but I order Lt John Baker to try for it anyway. HAL <9000 is too low on fuel to make the attempt.


The UFO quickly disappears off radar, and although John Baker sticks around the alien craft does not come back.


However, he spotted something else. In the ruins of Calcutta, of all things. We cannot miss this opportunity. I order the squad to prepare for battle as soon as John DakkaDakka gets out of the medbay.


Unfortunately, the aliens didn't want to wait.


Operation Spitting Sweet Baby Jesus


: "Okay Happy Hokuten. You wanted to be first off the Skyranger, now show us what you can do."
Happy Hokuten: "Yessir!"


John Miller: "Pilot sure picked one hell of a spot to land."
Vector Syinth: "Night time, too. Goddammit. Let's get those flares out and light the place up!"



Happy Hokuten: "Aaaagh!"
John Miller: "Dammit! Rookie got sniped from that alleyway."


R-110B: "TARGET SIGHTED. DESIGNATION CYBERDISK. BACK-UP REQUIRED."


*it exploded here. take my word for it*
R-110B: "CORRECTION. TARGET ELIMINATED."


John Miller: "Found a sectoid hiding in this warehouse. He's down...though in hindsight we probably could have captured it."


Bano Barquero: "Shit man, this is crazy. Smoke and lasers everywhere."


Redshirt Jackson: "Oh hey, who's the grey guy over th--"


Redshirt Jackson: *whilhelm*
: "How did no-one shoot that Sectoid?!"
John Miller: "I...don't know. That sucks though, he had a stun stick. Anyone else wanna try their luck?"
Vector Syinth: "Yeah, I'll give it a shot. Be a little more ready though."


John Miller: "There it is! And he's down! Damn I'm go--"



Vector Syinth: "WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?!"
Roman Howard: "I think that came from upstairs in this building I'm in! Gonna check it out! Everyone else, try to take cover."


Vector Syinth: "Don't have to tell me twice. Also, I think I see another Sectoid in here."



Vector Syinth: "Well, something exploded into green stuff."


Bano Barquero: "I see another disk, man! And all I got is a wimpy pistol!"
Tom Walman: "I see it too. Can't get a clear shot though."


Roman Howard: "...oh FUCK. Guys, behind you!!"


Spehss: "There's another on the roof! It's a trap!"
Roman Howard: "Spehss, light em up! But let me get out of the way...first."
Spehss: "Sir?"
Roman Howard: "...fuck it, my pistol can't break through these walls. Do it!"



Spehss: "Dammit, these explosive rounds are USELESS against those! Welp, I'm dead."
*Cyberdisk miraculously misses on its turn*
Spehss: "I'm not dead!"



Tom Walman: "Cyberdisk over here is down!"
Whizzy McGun: "I'm coming back to help!"



Whizzy McGun: "Argleblarg!"


Spehss: "Just die already!"



Spehss: "Ffffffff..."


R-110B: "CURIOUS. THIS SPECIMEN APPEARS TO BE FUNCTIONAL STILL."
((impossible to reliably screenshot, but the disk's "corpse" makes the cursor box flash as if it were a living unit. Which is weird, because I know I saw it explode. It's annoying because my units cannot walk on it.))


Ralphy Rifleson: "Why was I stuck with rearguard? Blargle..."


R-110B: "ANOTHER DISK SPOTTED. FIRING."


R-110B: "TARGET ELIMINATED."


Broomy McBucket Mk2: "EnEmii e5cApinG to TEH @b0VE"


Broomy McBucket Mk2: "B00M"


Tom Walman: "There's another one! How many of these things are there?!"


Bano Barquero: "Ha! Got it with my pistol. Must have been the one Spehss weakened."
: "Stay sharp, ladies and gentlemen. There's still movement out there, and Rifleson's killer still unaccounted for."
Maxclone II: "Anyone find it weird that we haven't seen a single civilian yet? Could they all have been killed by the time we got here?"


Vector Syinth: "Sheesh! Those came way too close for comfort, and we're out of smoke grenades over here."


Broomy McBucket: "snIPEr sP0tt3D! And it's GOOOOOOOD."
Vector Syinth: "...I think it means it killed the alien. Nice use of the flare there, Bano."


R-110B: "ALERT. INCOMING FIRE. UNABLE TO SEE TARGET."
Maxclone II: "We've got someone shooting over here as well. These things just don't stop coming!"


Roman Howard: "Sectoid sighted! I pinged him once, but he's still up."


R-110B: "TARGET IS DOWN."


Broomy McBucket Mk2: "FzzzzzzzzzzzzZZT!!!"


Maxclone II: "I see the shooter! See if you can get some grenades in there!"


Roman Howard: "I don't think that was the shooter. Just took out another one you guys couldn't see."



R-110B: "CRITical _damage"


Bano Barquero:*unintelligible Spanish, probably cursing*


Vector Syinth: "Son of a bitch! Got him, but a little too late for those guys."


Turns out that was the last one. As for the civilians, it seems that this was a commercial district and most people had gone home already.

We took heavy casualties, but for the first time we managed to repel an alien terror attack without resorting to the wholesale destruction that is Hammerdown. This is a major milestone, though we still have that alien base to deal with. Things are far from over.


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No promotions for some reason. Also, Tom Walman took a shot and lost health, but apparently wasn't wounded. She's still fit for duty.
Look forward to lots of new recruits next time. And then, the Alien Base!

Also, roster and graveyard are up to date.

Gah, Ensel's text is impossible to read on the default forum colors. Until Diana responded to him, I thought that BMM42 had simply included his mugshot in case we had forgotten what he looked like

Yay, my first kickstarter! Thanks for putting that up here Sirus.

*first kickstarter high-five*

She operated on her own thyroid gland? Damn, that is hardcore.

NBC doesn't seem so bad to me as far as bias goes, but I'm sure someone will come along and correct me shortly.

Just backed my first Kickstarter :3

I am waiting to see Sirus' reaction to my ridiculous joke on the first page. Also as long as they are still on alpha, I doubt it will be troublesome.

The Freeman thing? Aside from the names, they aren't all that similar. Gordon Duvall actually talks, for one thing

: "Not much, of course. 'Tis better ta remain silent and be thought a fool than ta speak an remove all doubt."