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 3rd September 2005, 12:37pm
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 Squaddie  Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: September 2005 From: Brasil Member No.: 3,824  |
Hi guys... I'm a noob here....
A long time ago, I entered the X-Com Tactical Command website, the one before the new Strategy Core, and there was some stories based on the X-Com timeline. I think they were the official stories of the game. It happens that in the Strategy Core website, I just can't find these stories. Does someone remembers them, and knows where to find them? Thanks... -------------------- "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - Gandalf
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3rd September 2005, 1:02pm
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 Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
The whole X-COM timeline is around here somewhere on the forums (not quite managed to get it back up on the site yet, sorry!).
I'll dig it out and post a link for you  Oh, and welcome back 
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3rd September 2005, 1:05pm
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 Catching the next pimpmobile outta here! Group: Chief Editor Posts: 1,790 Joined: August 2003 From: UK Member No.: 417 |
'Official' X-Com stories? Hmm.
Timeline is here. As for official stories, I'm not aware of any. Perhaps in my role as X-Com fanfic ruler I have been remiss. I shall investigate. Obviously, there's the X-Com Stories forum, but I don't think any of those are 'official'. -------------------- Whooooo wants some WANG!?
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3rd September 2005, 1:12pm
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
Good job FA - wasn't aware of that thread containing the timeline, but now I know, it's going to eb up on the site before the end of the day
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3rd September 2005, 1:24pm
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Catching the next pimpmobile outta here! Group: Chief Editor Posts: 1,790 Joined: August 2003 From: UK Member No.: 417 |
No prob. I shall have a trawl of the net for these official fics. I seem to remember one, vaguely, written as a companion to EU by some Microprose bloke.
Is this them, Feanor? -------------------- Whooooo wants some WANG!?
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3rd September 2005, 2:48pm
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
Wow. Never seen those before. They're prolly worth adding here if you've got teh spare time to stick 'em in the relevant forum.
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3rd September 2005, 2:56pm
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Catching the next pimpmobile outta here! Group: Chief Editor Posts: 1,790 Joined: August 2003 From: UK Member No.: 417 |
I'll get right on it. Talk about making freaking work for myself...
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3rd September 2005, 3:22pm
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 Satan's Kitten Group: Fan Fiction Posts: 558 Joined: September 2002 Member No.: 503 |
There were official stories written to bridge UFO and TFTD that take place on that period but I've never heard of any that took place during UFO.
-------------------- My X-COM:Area 51 site UFO terrain mods, fanfic, etc.
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3rd September 2005, 3:45pm
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Catching the next pimpmobile outta here! Group: Chief Editor Posts: 1,790 Joined: August 2003 From: UK Member No.: 417 |
Hmm. The mystique deepens. Remember any particular details about them, Feanor?
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3rd September 2005, 10:04pm
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
The timeline is back up. I haven't finished putting in all the pics I had in the original version, but you can find it at http://www.strategycore.co.uk/xcom/pg/timeline
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3rd September 2005, 10:35pm
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 Resident Muton Group: Fan Fiction Posts: 271 Joined: December 2004 From: Gold Coast, Australia Member No.: 261 |
QUOTE(Fëanor @ 3rd September 2005, 10:37pm) Does someone remembers them, and knows where to find them? I remember the stories you're talking about, but as for where to find them, I have no idea, sorry 
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3rd September 2005, 10:38pm
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
Surely they'll be about on the internet somewhere...? some detective work might be in order
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3rd September 2005, 11:27pm
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Catching the next pimpmobile outta here! Group: Chief Editor Posts: 1,790 Joined: August 2003 From: UK Member No.: 417 |
Give me a few details and I'll get right on it. Faenor? Danial? What can you tell me about the suspects?
*dons pipe and deerstalker* -------------------- Whooooo wants some WANG!?
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3rd September 2005, 11:41pm
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 The Smily Admin Group: Admin Posts: 2,999 Joined: September 2002 From: Tasmania (AU) Member No.: 152 |
I've a vague memory that some woman published a book...
*hunts around a bit* Hmm. Not sure this is the one I heard about, but scroll down this page a bit and see what you can come up with. The reports I heard on the forums about the UFO book(s) is that they weren't that good...
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4th September 2005, 12:40am
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 Rowboat Group: Site Staff Posts: 2,728 Joined: September 2002 From: Outer Space Member No.: 813 |
Diane Duane's X-Com novel, "X-Com UFO Defense A Novel", ISBN 0-7615-0235-1
There was a teaser released for the first chapter. I wouldn't say it was bad, but I wouldn't say it was epic either. It was just a short story, and started in the middle of the war and ended in the middle of the war. - NKF P. S: No, I didn't remember the ISBN. I've got the book. -------------------- Current Avatar Source: A custom GM-Striker. The 'British' counterpart to the 'German' Zaku in Ich trage eine Wanne für einen Hut. I still have no idea if that's been mistranslated.
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4th September 2005, 9:09am
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
Any cool pics on the cover?
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4th September 2005, 9:26am
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Rowboat Group: Site Staff Posts: 2,728 Joined: September 2002 From: Outer Space Member No.: 813 |
Eh, just take the Mars and heavily modified Avenger cover, stick on X-Com UFO Defense A Novel and the author's name on the cover, and there you go.
Unless, of course, they've issued a re-release with a new cover, or your nearest publisher chose to use a different cover, that's about it really. - NKF -------------------- Current Avatar Source: A custom GM-Striker. The 'British' counterpart to the 'German' Zaku in Ich trage eine Wanne für einen Hut. I still have no idea if that's been mistranslated.
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4th September 2005, 9:44am
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
Fair enough. Just wondering
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4th September 2005, 7:13pm
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 Mr. Grognard Group: Admin Posts: 2,862 Joined: January 2004 From: Sheboygan WI, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
QUOTE(FullAuto @ 3rd September 2005, 8:24am) No prob. I shall have a trawl of the net for these official fics. I seem to remember one, vaguely, written as a companion to EU by some Microprose bloke. Is this them, Feanor?  The only "official" stories I know about are those written by Russ Brown. MicroProse software commissioned those stories in 1994 just around the release date for X-COM: Enemy Unknown. If you follow this link, you will see that at the top of those 8 stories there are copyrights plastered all over it: QUOTE by Russ Brown Copyright (1994) MicroProse Software, Inc. X-COM Copyright 1994, MicroProse Software, Inc. X-COM is a Trademark of MicroProse Software, Inc. Way back in March of this year, I was involved in finding any and all links pertaining to the games we cover here (especially X-COM). Russ Brown's stories were the only "official" Enemy Unknown literature I could find after countless hours searching the internet. A comprehensive site list (including a link to his stories) can be found in our X-COM links page. As for other official literature, there are 4 stories (not 3 as FullAuto's xcomufo.com link shows). They are an X-COM EU/TFTD amalgamate which tried to capture the spirit of both games. These stories can be found here. An updated links page for this website will be coming soon, so keep your eyes peeled. - Zombie --------------------  QUOTE(JellyfishGreen) Zombie: Empirical data's your only man, when formulating a research plan. A soldier's death is never in vain if it makes the formula more plain. A few dozen make a better case for refining that third decimal place. They call me Zombie because I don't sleep, as I slowly struggle to climb this heap, of corpses, data points, and trials, but from the top - I'll see for miles! |
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4th September 2005, 7:34pm
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Catching the next pimpmobile outta here! Group: Chief Editor Posts: 1,790 Joined: August 2003 From: UK Member No.: 417 |
No need. Already copy n pasted them.
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