The Veteran Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Right I've recently returned to the UFO fic from a long absence and I'm having trouble remembering who's on what squad with what weapons, and who died on what missions in what way etc. and so on! Now that we have a nice new shiny TFTD fic I think we can avoid that happening again so I'm putting this quick reference topic in here for any newbies to the fic or simply people who've suffered long absences such as myself! Currently very little has been covered by the TFTD fic.SORESO (The Sub-Oceanic Reconaissance and Extraterrestrial Salvage Operations) led by F Denman Williams (A slightly insane tycoon intent on being remembered above all else) has been taken by the 16 ruling nations and handed to XCom. XCom is now operating, although relatively poorly funded currently, from a base in Western Europe. This base is called Alpha-01, it is the 'Experimental Underwater Facility-01' from the TFTD introduction movie.Location of this base is still undetermined. It was constructed in the Western seacliffs of either Ireland or Normandy. We'll hash that out in time... Two more XCom constructed bases already exist from the AW1-AW2 interlude period. These bases are currently inactive and will remain so for some time. For future reference however Alpha-02 is sunk into the seabed north of Australia (Indonesian Isles area) and Alpha-03 (previously purchased and used by Denman and SORESO as a base of operations for aquatic elerium recovery) is a floating base with the front of an oil rig situated centrally in the Pacific ocean. As far as craft go at Alpha-01 there are two Barracudas and one Triton. That's all at the moment. Alpha-02 and 03 both have functioning sonar systems so we have a fairly extensive array of detection but only over submersibles. Remember that USO can fly too so sonar won't catch them! Most important on this list as the fanfic proceeds will be crew and positions. So far this is our one and only squad, including the deceased and what happened to them. Able Seaman Mark Reynolds Accounting Trolls character. 30yrs old joined XCom March 2039Able Seaman Brian Goldstein Filler Recovered Crawley's corpse from the Hyperion wreckAble Seaman Andrew Munt My Character. 23yrs old joined XCom July 2036Able Seaman Matthew Gardna DEAD killed while examining USO-01 at the Hyperion wreckSeaman Scott Gasvin Filler aliveSeaman Dale Peterson Filler aliveSeamen Richard Pritchard Filler Kills and recovers only alien casualty from the Hyperion wreckSeaman Peter Brines DEAD Shot dead by aliens on return to Triton-01Seaman Jake Burton DEAD Dies in opening sequence TFTD (originally Barracuda pilot)Seaman Joseph Crawley DEAD Shot dead by aliens soon after Burton Other characters include;Able Seaman Sergei Kolcov Dumb Commanders character. 32yrs old will join in upcoming postDr Patrick Zager Zagers UFO character 95yrs old will join in upcoming post Keep your eyes peeled for changes in this thread, I'll edit at the start and finish of every mission or at other times in the fic if the story requires it.Feel free to post in here to correct any errors I may have made or to point out anything of relevance but this is NOT a discussion board and therefore once recommendations have been put into effect the initial post will most likely be removed. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted May 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Here's update no.1 following the successful recovery of USO-01 (post 15 concludes this mission) I've decided to update this thread with a new post each time rather than to edit just one post repeatedly. That way we can continue to see the entire history of the fanfic at just a glance. So here it it! (The introductory paragraphs and some other information in this post is identical to previous recaps) XCom is now operating, although relatively poorly funded currently, from a base in Western Europe. This base is called Alpha-01, it is the 'Experimental Underwater Facility-01' from the TFTD introduction movie.Location of this base is still undetermined. It was constructed in the Western seacliffs of either Ireland or Normandy. We'll hash that out in time... Two more XCom constructed bases already exist from the AW1-AW2 interlude period. These bases are currently inactive and will remain so for some time. For future reference however Alpha-02 is sunk into the seabed north of Australia (Indonesian Isles area) and Alpha-03 (previously purchased and used by Denman and SORESO as a base of operations for aquatic elerium recovery) is a floating base with the front of an oil rig situated centrally in the Pacific ocean. As far as craft go at Alpha-01 there are two Barracudas and one Triton. That's all at the moment. Alpha-02 and 03 both have functioning sonar systems so we have a fairly extensive array of detection but only over submersibles. Remember that USOs can fly too so sonar won't catch them! Most important on this list as the fanfic proceeds will be crew and positions. So far this is our one and only squad, including the deceased and what happened to them. PilotsJonathon Finn Barracuda pilotMy character. 26yrs old joined SORESO 2034 Current recruitsSergeant Edward NielsenIntroduced as a temporary tactical command figurehead. Will occasionally attend missions, can live or die as people wish. Killed one alien at USO-01Able Seaman Mark Reynolds Accounting Trolls character. 30yrs old joined XCom March 2039Able Seaman Brian Goldstein DEAD Recovered Crawley's corpse from the Hyperion wreck killed by Aquatoid at USO-02Able Seaman Andrew MuntMy Character. 23yrs old joined XCom July 2036Seaman Scott GasvinDumb Commander's character. 29yrs old joined XCom August 2039 Seaman Dale PetersonFiller aliveSeamen Richard PritchardFiller Kills and recovers only alien casualty from the Hyperion wreckAlexander MilneUriaheep's character. 35yrs old transferred from flight maintenance New recruitsMichael Cellman Dumb Commander's character. 46yrs old joined XCom beginning of conflictAble Seaman Sergei Kolcov Dumb Commanders character. 32yrs old will join in upcoming postLeopold Toping "Scope" Dumb Commander's character. 34yrs old enrouteSato TagachiZager's character. 36year old professional ex-military diver (to be head-hunted) Other characters include;Elizabeth AnsonAccounting Troll's character. 38yrs old Commander of XComAli Hussein Recruitng SergeantAccounting Troll's character. 63yrs old joined XCom Alien War 1 rejoined beginning of conflictDr Patrick Zager ScientistZagers UFO character 95yrs old joined XCom Alien War 1 rejoined beginning of conflictDavid Brown EngineerStorm Turmoil's character. 66yrs old joined XCom Alien War 1 rejoined beginning of conflictCristophe FerreauUriaheep's character. 33yrs old currently applying to join XCom Keep your eyes peeled for changes in this thread, I'll edit at the start and finish of every mission or at other times in the fic if the story requires it.Feel free to post in here to correct any errors I may have made or to point out anything of relevance but this is NOT a discussion board and therefore once recommendations have been put into effect the initial post will most likely be removed. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted June 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Topic updated 0215 07/06/06 Vet added Elizabeth Anson, Alexander Milne, Leopold Toping and Sato Tagachi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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