UFO Summary

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UFO Fic Posting History

 

Chapter One - Page 001

 

Post 0001 - 12/09/2002 - Carlos the Jackal

X-Com introduced. Initial base to be built in Australa (Pine Gap), with additional bases to be constructed in Europe and America if they do a good job. Five initial troopers sent off to the base - Paul Jasper, Tim Day, Tamara Hilliard, Ki-Tat and Kilam Chung, plus a random bunch of CIA agents also recruited into X-Com.

 

Post 0002 - 12/09/2002 - Tammy

Troopers sitting in helicopter. Tammy introduced as a medic.

 

Post 0003 - 13/09/2002 - Snikers

Christel Keller introduced as a soldier.

 

Post 0004 - 14/09/2002 - DocFrance

Sean "Doc" France and Frank "Cheese" Cheeseman introduced as pilots. They're flying troopers and kit in an airplane known as the Galaxy (second biggest craft in the world).

 

Post 0005 - 14/09/2002 - The Veteran

The Galaxy nears Pine Gap base. The Hurricane, a sleek fighter craft with huge afterburners, is introduced.

 

Post 0006 - 15/09/2002 - Tammy

Cleo "Poison" Andrews and Igor "Sandy" Zhandovich introduced as soldiers. They leave the official tour, and go on one of their own devising. The chopper arrives at base.

 

Post 0007 - 16/09/2002 - Carlos the Jackal

Shipment of soldiers get a firsthand glimpse at an X-Com craft launching.

 

Post 0008 - 18/09/2002 - Warlord

Jack "Warlord" Thomas introduced as a soldier. Sends Posion and Sandy back to the regular tour when they try to go off-limits.

 

Post 0009 - 18/09/2002 - Tammy

Tammy meets Poison. They're sharing a room.

 

Post 0010 - 18/09/2002 - Snikers

Bernard "Gardener" Dujardin introduced as a soldier. He's bunking with Bob "Red Shirt" Jennings.

 

Post 0011 - 18/09/2002 - The Veteran

The Galaxy arrives at base. Tim "Trigger" Munt introduced as a pilot.

 

Post 0012 - 20/09/2002 - JellyfishGreen

Gia O'Connor introduced as Christel Keller's room mate. Turns up and instantly tells the tale of how she caught up with a UFO in the experimental Hurricane craft.

 

Post 0013 - 20/09/2002 - Warlord

General Stan "Knight" Genega, commander of X-Com, introduced. Doc and Cheese are 'recruited' into X-Com, because Doc got a look at the secret cargo of the Galaxy.

 

Post 0014 - 20/09/2002 - Snikers

Keller and O'Connor chat. Purpose of X-Com is still up in the air for most of the recruits.

 

Post 0015 - 20/09/2002 - Ki-tat Chung

Ki-tat and Kilum Chung properly introduced (as opposed to their one line mention in post 1) as soldiers. Kilum attempts to wreck Ki-tat's notebook computer. Ki-tat goes off to join the tour.

 

Post 0016 - 21/09/2002 - JellyfishGreen

Karl Green introduced as a soldier. A meeting is called for all personal at the base. Genega explains the purpose of X-Com. Squad rotations are announced as five days on call, 5 off duty, and '5 days security for after-action teams' (whatever that means ). I'm guessing this is later rearranged to 'squad stays on duty 'till they get a mission'. All units are given keycards with printed photos for ID, used for moving throughout the base.

 

Post 0017 - 21/09/2002 - Warlord

Warlord, now knowing that the aliens were behind the raids that had caused carnage in Columbia (where he had been stationed), absent mindedly crushes a clipboard.

 

Post 0018 - 21/09/2002 - The Veteran

Troopers start to realize that a war against alien forces is beginning. Rick "Ping" Chez introduced.

 

Post 0019 - 22/09/2002 - Doug

Christopher "Vampire" Black introduced as biology scientist. Gym discribed as large and well equiped.

 

Post 0020 - 23/09/2002 - Tammy

Tammy compiles a mental list of soldiers she wants to work with.

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Post 0021 - 23/09/2002 - DocFrance

Skranger craft introduced.

 

Post 0022 - 24/09/2002 - The Veteran

TJ notes that X-Com's interceptor craft, the Hurricanes, have a top speed of twenty one hundred. 2100 in what unit, I must admit I don't know.

 

Post 0023 - 25/09/2002 - JellyfishGreen

Karl Green meets the Chung brothers. Gia dresses for dinner and goes looking for TJ.

 

Post 0024 - 27/09/2002 - Carlos the Jackal

Tim, Paul and Cleo head off towards the firing range (not together; Cleo is on her own ).

 

Post 0025 - 27/09/2002 - The Veteran

Ricky Van der Wal introduced. TJ turns down the offer of computerised flight assistance. He also find Gia sitting in his jet.

 

Post 0026 - 29/09/2002 - Ki-tat Chung

Ki-tat and Green chat. Ki-tat seems to be an accent expert.

 

Post 0027 - 29/09/2002 - Tammy

Ms Graham introduced (mentioned). Tammy and Warlord go off to put their squad proposal to her. Cleo meets Chez, who seems to prefer women stay off the field. She beats him in a speed shoot out.

 

Post 0028 - 29/09/2002 - Snikers

Keller ponders the aliens, absent mindedly staring right at Bernard Dujardin. She never even realises she did it, but he sure did! She goes off the the firing range, but not before giving Bernard her drink, adding to his confusion.

 

Post 0029 - 29/09/2002 - Wormfist

Pios "Slice" Alparada introduced. He and Worm have a special computer network connection installed in their room.

 

Post 0030 - 01/10/2002 - Carlos the Jackal

Jasper challenges Cleo to another speed shoot out, and beats her. Then he meets Igor "Sandy" Zhandovich.

 

Post 0031 - 01/10/2002 - The Veteran

Gia has a Hurricane with one engine. TJ has two engines. The two pilots decide to go on a training flight.

 

Post 0032 - 04/10/2002 - Warlord

Warlord gets his hands on an autocannon, and takes it down to the firing range. It sounds like a rapid fire explosive generator, and the unwarned crowd are not amused. Particulary, one of the A.S.I.O. agents (either Tim Day or Paul Jasper) takes a dislike to Warlord over the incident.

 

Post 0033 - 04/10/2002 - Snikers

Keller is not a pistol expert, and prefers rifles.

 

Post 0034 - 04/10/2002 - The Veteran

Gia's craft, the prototype Hurricane, is revealed as the Lightning. She overloads the engine in an attempt to keep up with TJ's more powerful craft, resulting in a crash. Light injuries, it would seem.

 

Post 0035 - 04/10/2002 - Tammy

Gia ends up in med. Tammy kicks TJ out of the med bay, and follows him for re-assurance.

 

Post 0036 - 05/10/2002 - The Veteran

Two days until fic 'new year'. Rhysling "Grizzly" Davies introduced, complaining about the death of one of the most expensive craft in the world. It woul dseem he and TJ do not get on.

 

Post 0037 - 09/10/2002 - JellyfishGreen

Norton "Stick" Wexford intruduced as a soldier. He complains about women in X-Com to Green.

 

Post 0038 - 11/10/2002 - Ego Terrorist

Lieutenant Terrance Garvy introduced as a soldier. John "Pickers" Pickering introduced as an intellegence officer.

 

Post 0039 - 16/10/2002 - The Veteran

Pickering gives a nervous report on the aliens to Genega and other officers. Vet refers to him as 'Ego Terrorist'.

 

Post 0040 - 17/10/2002 - Crazy Photon

Daniel "Photon" Gomez introduced as head of science staff.

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Chapter One - Page 003

 

Post 0041 - 18/10/2002 - The Veteran

Genega summons all troopers to training in hanger three. Doc is assigned the only Skyranger, and sent to collect the new Hurricane (built to replace Gia's Lightning). The new craft will be attached to the bottom of the Skyranger to transport it. Cheese is sent to return the Galaxy, is due to arrive back later (though I get the impression he gets forgotten instead, and never returns. ).

 

Post 0042 - 18/10/2002 - Snikers

Keller goes off to training without breakfast. Makes it just in time.

 

Post 0043 - 19/10/2002 - Tammy

Cleo, Tammy, Warlord and probably everyone else arrives at the hanger for training. Wreckage fo Gia's jet is still being removed.

 

Post 0044 - 19/10/2002 - The Veteran

Tammy, Warlord and Ping are on the same squad.

 

Post 0045 - 19/10/2002 - Crazy Photon

Photon meets Worm. R&D meeting set for lunch time.

 

Post 0046 - 22/10/2002 - JellyfishGreen

Jenny sends Genega the squad list. Cpl. Berndt Rheinhauser, Cpl. Aoba "Psycho" Seiko, and Cpl. Charlie Wales introduced as training officers. Lieutenant Dan Forrester introduced as manager of flight staff. It would seem Vet's idea of strapping the Hurricane to the bottom of the Skyranger has been scrapped in favor of sending two pilots, Doc and Grizzly. Karl discovers his lucky rifle.

Mental note to self - I need to mod that squad list!

 

Post 0047 - 22/10/2002 - The Veteran

Lt. Dan shows off the Hurricane to Gia from the ground, with TJ as the pilot.

 

Post 0048 - 23/10/2002 - Snikers

Keller shows off her auto-shot ability.

 

Post 0049 - 25/10/2002 - Zager

Patrick Zager introduced. He brings with him research into bio-electric cells, which would be useful in laser weapondry.

 

Post 0050 - 01/11/2002 - Crazy Photon

Photon comes up with the scientist's schedule. Specifically, he and Zager are to start work on new weapondry, as it is estimated that the aliens's weapons kick ass.

 

Post 0051 - 01/11/2002 - Zager

Zager notes that his battery would be useful for lasers. Gaston Duchante introduced as a soldier.

 

Post 0052 - 02/11/2002 - The Veteran

Lunchtime.

 

Post 0053 - 02/11/2002 - Ki-tat Chung

Ki-tat turns chef.

 

Post 0054 - 03/11/2002 - The Veteran

TJ is revealed as a glutton. Basic lunchtime table talk. Turns out the pilots have to undertake some ground force training too.

 

Post 0055 - 05/11/2002 - Zager

Zager requests the fruit of an abandoned german research project.

 

Post 0056 - 15/11/2002 - JellyfishGreen

Sanjay gets given two days and half a million dollars to come up with a rocket and a cannon tank. Doc and Grizzly are in the Skyranger, and it's noted that the craft can carry 80 cubic feet of equipment.

 

Post 0057 - 19/11/2002 - The Veteran

Genega is informed that the tanks/lasers might be a little late - problems with the laser battery, but it would seem a pistol has been built. TJ continues to eat for half an hour after lunch is over.

 

Post 0058 - 11/12/2002 - Alitorious

Daniel Morlone introduced as working on the laser project. Dana Farber introduced as an engineer working on the HWP project.

 

Post 0059 - 12/12/2002 - Ki-tat Chung

Ki-tat tweaks his security rating and wanders into an engineering lab. Messes with a bionic battery cell until it blows up in his face.

 

Post 0060 - 13/12/2002 - The Veteran

Dana gets the blame for Ki-tat's work. Ki-tat goes off to tweak the security log so his name won't be on it.

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Post 0061 - 13/12/2002 - Alitorious

Daniel Morlone meets Daniel Gomez. They decide to stick with nicknames.

 

Post 0062 - 14/12/2002 - Ki-tat Chung

Ki-tat made a copy of the plans for the power cells, and sets about 'improving' them with his laptop.

 

Post 0063 - 15/12/2002 - Tammy

Tammy is sent to check Ki-tat's eyes (I thought only Dana knew he was in that lab? ).

 

Post 0064 - 15/12/2002 - Alitorious

Doc and Grizzly in the Skyranger are getting bored, despite it's speed. It's noted the thing can fly for two days, but my mathes says 30 hours?

 

Post 0065 - 15/12/2002 - Ki-tat Chung

Ki-tat goes back to training, but leaves the cell plans on his bunk.

 

Post 0066 - 16/12/2002 - The Veteran

Troopers chatting in the training field. Notes on Rick's dislike of women in the field - seems he has more reason then just generic sexism.

 

Post 0067 - 18/12/2002 - JellyfishGreen

Cleo has good aim with grenades. The engineers test out a proto-type HWP. Something seems funny with the bionic batteries. Doc and Grizzly arrive at the pick-up base, to get the Hurricane.

 

Post 0068 - 22/12/2002 - Zager

Zager discovers Ki-tat's adventure in the lab, and threatens to remove his head with an assault shotgun if he trys it again.

 

Post 0069 - 22/12/2002 - The Veteran

TJ is most impressed that they actauly HAVE assault shotguns, and realises that he will be training with them (as they are reserved for the base defence team, which he is on).

 

Post 0070 - 22/12/2002 - Alitorious

Doc and Grizzly stop for lunch before they head back. The laser backscatter ablation is1/10th of expected, whatever that means. This is probably due to Ki-tat's tinkering.

 

Post 0071 - 27/12/2002 - Tammy

Tammy wants TJ to spill the beans about the Rick/women issue. Cleo is made nervous by Warlord, the two do not get on. Most ironic. It would seem she really is very good with grenades.

 

Post 0072 - 27/12/2002 - The Veteran

Tammy and TJ chat about Rick and Poison.

 

Post 0073 - 29/12/2002 - Tammy

Tammy shows that she can shoot accurately, and challenges TJ and Rick to pool.

 

Post 0074 - 29/12/2002 - The Veteran

Rick notes that a girl he loved was killed in action. Surprise surpise.

 

Post 0075 - 01/01/2003 - Tammy

Pool games. TJ quits against Tammy, who then beats Rick. Daniel repairs an arcade machine.

 

Post 0076 - 01/01/2003 - Alitorious

Daniel Morlone plays some Counter Strike, and comes up with some concepts for a motion scanner.

 

Post 0077 - 01/01/2003 - Snikers

Keller meets Poison in the rec room.

 

Post 0078 - 01/01/2003 - Zager

Zager will have to wait a few days for his equipment to come in, so he can continue work on his power cells.

 

Post 0079 - 01/01/2003 - Alitorious

Dana in the rec room.

 

Post 0080 - 03/01/2003 - Tammy

Tammy chats with Cleo, who melts a bit.

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Chapter One - Page 005

 

Post 0081 - 04/01/2003 - Alitorious

Dana beats the default record on a pinball machine, then she and Daniel meet Christel Keller.

 

Post 0082 - 06/01/2003 - The Veteran

Rick reveals he threw the pool game, much to the displeasure of Trigger who had bet money that Rick would win. Gia joins the rec room.

 

Post 0083 - 12/01/2003 - Zager

Gaston meets Rick. Gaston expounds on how bad X-Com choice of weapondry was, and shows off his own side-arm, which is more or less a sub-machinegun. Then he gives his theory on Rick's pool skills - ei he didn't throw the game, but simply lost - complains about Rick's attitude towards women, then leaves. I don't think these two will get on.

 

Post 0084 - 12/01/2003 - Tammy

Cleo gives Tammy her life story, which is made up entirely of time on the street.

 

Post 0085 - 13/01/2003 - Loonie

Martin "Strike" Terrick introduced as a soldier/outsider spy. His family is being held to ransom, in order to get him to pose as a soldier and steal technology from X-Com.

 

Post 0086 - 18/01/2003 - Tammy

Rick admits to Tammy that he lied to TJ about throwing the pool game (aha! Gaston was right! ). He demands a rematch, however.

 

Post 0087 - 18/01/2003 - Loonie

It is revealed that Terrick's company has other agents in X-Com, who have left equipment in his locker. He is told to find some information about the HWPs by the end of the week, or his family gets it. He sleep gasses Jenny (the receptionist) to get hold of details about the base design and security. Then he meets Tammy in the mess hall.

 

Post 0088 - 21/01/2003 - Spaceman42

Theodore "Complex" Dherzhin introduced as head of flight ground crew.

 

Post 0089 - 22/01/2003 - Hankosha42

Nathaniel "Hankosha" Jacobson introduced as a soldier.

 

Post 0090 - 25/01/2003 - JellyfishGreen

TJ helps the engineers with some malfunctioning weapon systems he has some experiance with.

 

Post 0091 - 25/01/2003 - Zager

Zager continues his research. Gaston notes he's ordered some custom explosives, and meets Terrick.

 

Post 0092 - 25/01/2003 - Loonie

Terrick ponders the base layout.

 

Post 0093 - 28/01/2003 - JellyfishGreen

Science crew presents the prox mine, GPS system, and HWP to the soldiers. GPS tablets allow soldiers to keep track of their - and the aliens - relative positions.

 

Post 0094 - 28/01/2003 - The Veteran

General training stuff. Squad 1 versus squad 2 with paintballs and flashbangs. It would seem squad 1 wins.

Note to self - might need to mod soldier names here

 

Post 0095 - 28/01/2003 - Spaceman42

Gilbert Huillard, Heather O'Reilley and Johann Ibsen introduced as ground crew staff. O'Reilley and Huillard decide to rebuild one the Hurricane's engine, much to the annoyance of Dherzhin.

 

Post 0096 - 28/01/2003 - Snikers

Keller ponders her position as a soldier.

 

Post 0097 - 28/01/2003 - Alitorious

Charles "Chuck" Bruheme introduced as a soldier.

 

Post 0098 - 28/01/2003 - Zager

Gaston blows up a door. Zager gets ownership rights on his power cells.

 

Post 0099 - 28/01/2003 - JellyfishGreen

Gia goes to try out Grizzly's Hurricane, to the perplexity of Trigger (who stood her up at breakfast). The three squads enjoy a paintball war, squad 2 wins. Doc arrives back at base. A party is announced for that night.

 

Post 0100 - 29/01/2003 - Hankosha

Hankosha gets the hundredth post. A hundred posts and no alien contact! Gah. More paintball fun in this post. Hankasha turns sniper.

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Post 0101 - 29/01/2003 - The Veteran

TJ drags out Grizzly's new improved Hurricane.

 

Post 0102 - 29/01/2003 - Alitorious

Daniel considers requesting the motion scanner project.

 

Post 0103 - 30/01/2003 - Loonie

More paintball fun. Terrick turns sniper.

 

Post 0104 - 31/01/2003 - Hankosha

More paintball fun. Hankosha gets knocked out of the game.

 

Post 0105 - 31/01/2003 - Tammy

Poison trys out 'social skills' on Sandy. Tammy dresses for the party.

 

Post 0106 - 31/01/2003 - Hankosha

Hankosha's leg has a cracked bone, due to the paintball war. He's off for a week.

 

Post 0107 - 31/01/2003 - Loonie

Terrick goes off to the party. Poison comes after him.

 

Post 0108 - 31/01/2003 - Alitorious

Charles Bruheme meets Warlord. Daniel schedules lunch with Photon to discuss the motion scanner.

 

Post 0109 - 01/02/2003 - Spaceman42

General musings about Gilbert Huillard and Heather O'Reilley. Iain Waugh introduced.

 

Post 0110 - 03/02/2003 - The Veteran

Grizzly and TJ prepare for the party.

 

Post 0111 - 03/02/2003 - Snikers

Christel Keller meets Heather O'Reilley.

 

Post 0112 - 05/02/2003 - Hankosha

Hankosha has crutches.

 

Post 0113 - 07/02/2003 - Zager

Zager/Gaston prepare for the party. Gaston is bringing wine with him.

 

Post 0114 - 07/02/2003 - Tammy

Tammy and Warlord head to the party. Cleo borrows one of Tammy's dresses. Tammy seems to remind Rick of a girl he -used to- know.

 

Post 0115 - 08/02/2003 - Hankosha

Hankosha goes to the party, and meets Warlord.

 

Post 0116 - 08/02/2003 - Zager

Gaston invites Tammy to drink some wine with him.

 

Post 0117 - 08/02/2003 - Tammy

Tammy decides to interrogate Rick.

 

Post 0118 - 08/02/2003 - Spaceman42

It would seem the Commander will make an announcement at the party.

 

Post 0119 - 08/02/2003 - The Veteran

TJ turns up at the party late, in order to miss the speaches. Genega was expecting this, and waited especially.

 

Post 0120 - 08/02/2003 - Loonie

Terrick is depressed at the party, due to his role in X-Com (spy!). He decides to introduce himself to Tammy again.

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Post 0121 - 09/02/2003 - Snikers

Terrick meets Keller.

 

Post 0122 - 12/02/2003 - Hankosha

Hankosha reads a book at the party. Gaston comes up and asks him what it is.

 

Post 0123 - 12/02/2003 - Alitorious

Terrick overhears Daniel and Dana discussing the motion scanner at the party. Warlord beats Charles Bruheme in an arm wrestle.

 

Post 0124 - 12/02/2003 - Loonie

Terrick has an arm wrestle against Warlord. He manages to hold up long enough for it to be called a tie.

 

Post 0125 - 13/02/2003 - JellyfishGreen

Squad 2 ponders Terrick. Karl notes his gadgets that go off in the night, while Hiroshi "Hero" Escalante notes the technique he used against Warlord.

 

Post 0126 - 13/02/2003 - The Veteran

Gia decides to teach TJ to dance.

 

Post 0127 - 14/02/2003 - Hankosha

Hankosha fall asleep at the party, and wakes to find himself covered in makeup and tied to the chair. He returns to the party with some flash powder, thinking revenge.

 

Post 0128 - 14/02/2003 - Snikers

Keller gets smashed.

 

Post 0129 - 15/02/2003 - Zager

Photon and Zager talk lasers in latin. Gaston chats up everyone in a skirt.

 

Post 0130 - 18/02/2003 - The Veteran

Tammy chats with Rick. Rick was court martialled for killing a friendly CO, who he mistook as an enemy sniper. He also got a bullet wound for his trouble. Gaston turns up and takes Tammy of his hands.

 

Post 0131 - 18/02/2003 - Zager

Ivan "The Mad Russian" Tolstovich introduced as training cheif.

 

Post 0132 - 21/02/2003 - Ego Terrorist

Valerie "Val" Deacon and Paul Johnson introduced as in the intel section of X-Com. Pickers notes some odd radio transmissions from the base. Paul notes that some files in the X-Com database had been altered. This could have been either Terrick (the spy), or Ki-tat Chung (who edited some records after accessing the engineering sector).

 

Post 0133 - 22/02/2003 - Loonie

Terrick spots Pickering at the party, and recognises him as an intel agent. He decides to stay clear of him.

 

Post 0134 - 22/02/2003 - The Veteran

TJ and Pickering chat.

 

Post 0135 - 23/02/2003 - Ego Terrorist

Pickering wanders around the party in the rec room.

 

Post 0136 - 24/02/2003 - Hankosha

Hankosha forgot about his powder, and ended up cracking the X-Com computer system instead. He notes an employee "Martins" (Martin Terrick I think), but trashes his computer with expresso before he could check it out furthar. He returns to the party with his snap powder.

 

Post 0137 - 01/03/2003 - Ego Terrorist

Hankosha's computer access does not go un-noticed. Pickering decides Hankosha might be the one messing with files and transmissions.

 

Post 0138 - 02/03/2003 - Tammy

Tammy gets chatted up by Gaston. Poison turns up at the party in a flattering dress, and meets up with Sandy again.

 

Post 0139 - 02/03/2003 - The Veteran

Rick meets Poison. They chat about their origins.

 

Post 0140 - 02/03/2003 - Loonie

Terrick notes Pickering's interest in Hankosha, and decides that this could be useful later. Hankosha could make a good scapegoat.

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Post 0141 - 03/03/2003 - Snikers

The new year rolls in. Keller (who has been drinking steadily throughout the party) kisses Gardener and then falls unconsious into his arms. A coincedence, of course. It would seem X-Com is now officially operational.

 

Post 0142 - 05/03/2003 - JellyfishGreen

TJ and Gia dance, and kiss as the bell rings new year. Well, there was no bell, but it sounds so much better that way...

 

Post 0143 - 05/03/2003 - Zager

Gaston continues to chat Tammy up. He seems to be doing quite well.

 

Post 0144 - 05/03/2003 - Spaceman42

Dherzhin, working in the hanger during the end of the party, feels he is being watched.

 

Post 0145 - 07/03/2003 - Ego Terrorist

Pickering introduces himself to Tammy.

 

Post 0146 - 07/03/2003 - Tammy

Pickering gets someone else to watch Hankosha so he can have some time off with Tammy.

 

Post 0147 - 08/03/2003 - Hankosha

Hankosha notes he is being watched, and reacts by throwing explosive powder everywhere and leaving the party in the confusion.

 

Post 0148 - 08/03/2003 - JellyfishGreen

Hankosha doesn't make it out of the party room before Jasper sends Green after him (the flashbangs spilt his drink). A fight is prevented by Warlord, but Hankosha's good luck charm gets lost, and found by Poison.

 

Post 0149 - 12/03/2003 - Zager

Ivan complains about the soldiers behaviour (namely, Hankosha's flashbangs) and moves the morning training schedule forward by two hours.

 

Post 0150 - 14/03/2003 - Hankosha

Hankosha is not amused to find his 'charm' gone. It seems to be more then a trinket.

 

Post 0151 - 15/03/2003 - Tammy

Poison finds Hank's charm and decides to keep it until she decides what to do with it. Tammy meets up with Rick again, and the two leave the party.

 

Post 0152 - 15/03/2003 - Loonie

Terrick is angry that all his attempts to talk to Tammy have met with failure. He riles Green, and it would seem a fight is on the way...

 

Post 0153 - 15/03/2003 - The Veteran

Tammy and Rick compare past alien experiance. Rick details what sounds like the Muton race, while Tammy talks of Sectoids. Rick notes TJ knows the most about aliens, as he liked to wander around the base in older times.

 

Post 0154 - 18/03/2003 - Zager

Ivan, the training chief, refuses Rick's offer of a drink with hostility. His nephew stuffed up in combat due to an alcohol problem, and he does not drink.

 

Post 0155 - 19/03/2003 - Hankosha

After losing his charm, getting lectured by security, and being mugged by Ivan, Hankosha is not at all happy to discover he has a new room mate.

 

Post 0156 - 21/03/2003 - JellyfishGreen

TJ and Gia chat under the stars. TJ is due to visit his family in England for a day. He gets to bring his Hurricane with him - odd, considering X-Com just became operational minutes ago...

 

Post 0157 - 22/03/2003 - The Veteran

Rick does not like Ivan. TJ heads off for his one day holdiday.

 

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Chapter Two - Page 001

 

Post 001 - 01/04/2003 - Hankosha

Hankosha dreams of aliens and hunts for his charm.

 

Post 002 - 02/04/2003 - Zager

Major Ivan Tolstovich takes over training of the troops. Everyone is ordered to start learning russian, or if they already know it, chinese.

 

Post 003 - 02/04/2003 - Loonie

Terrick plots to steal HWP designs.

 

Post 004 - 05/04/2003 - Zager

Cover training using live ammo commences.

 

Post 005 - 16/04/2003 - The Veteran

Trigger arrives at an English base for his new years party.

 

Post 006 - 17/04/2003 - Spaceman42

Dherzhin becomes a DJ. Genega announces X-Com to be open for business.

 

Post 007 - 18/04/2003 - Rasicar

Donovan introduced as a soldier. Cover training completed.

 

Post 008 - 24/04/2003 - Carlos the Jackal

First UFO spotted.

 

Post 009 - 24/04/2003 - The Veteran

TJ heads back to base on autopilot while sleeping.

 

Post 010 - 26/04/2003 - Tammy

Squad 1 prepares for a flight in the Skyranger, as Gia heads out with her Hurricane to hunt the UFO.

 

Post 011 - 27/04/2003 - Spaceman42

Dherzhin checks the Skyranger over. It has a ghostbusters-like symbol on the side, modified to sport a grey.

 

Post 012 - 27/04/2003 - Loonie

The Skyranger launches.

 

Post 013 - 27/04/2003 - Snikers

Jennings chats with Dodge. He is a pessimistic guy... However you spell it.

 

Post 014 - 28/04/2003 - Rasicar

Troopers on the Skyranger.

 

Post 015 - 29/04/2003 - JellyfishGreen

Radar loses the UFO, but a passenger plane spots it again.

 

Post 016 - 29/04/2003 - The Veteran

Warlord and Rick play Fish on the Skyranger. TJ wakes up and finds out about the UFO.

 

Post 017 - 29/04/2003 - Loonie

Terrick falls asleep on the Skyranger.

 

Post 018 - 30/04/2003 - JellyfishGreen

Squad 2 sits on stand-by as the Skyranger launches, in case squad 1 doesn't make it. There is no HWP on the Skyranger, as it is currently incomplete.

 

Post 019 - 30/04/2003 - Zager

Zager watches the UFO on radar, and ponders what might allow it to move like that.

 

Post 020 - 09/05/2003 - JellyfishGreen

UFO tracked. It lands in a jungle.

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Post 021 - 12/05/2003 - The Veteran

TJ heads back to base as Gia patrols around the UFO. Troopers continue to play cards on the Skyranger.

 

Post 022 - 17/05/2003 - JellyfishGreen

The Osprey helicopter is introduced. Squad 2 follows the Skyranger aboard it, as backup. The Skyranger lands a quarter mile (kilometer?) away from the UFO. Squad 1 deploys.

 

**** Begin Mission 1 ****

Madagascan jungle. Squad 1 sent. Medium scout UFO. Sectoid.

 

Post 023 - 18/05/2003 - Snikers

Jennings gets injured.

 

Post 024 - 02/06/2003 - Zager

Squad 2 gears up aboard the Osprey. It would seem Zager is coming along for the ride.

 

Post 025 - 12/06/2003 - JellyfishGreen

Ed Dodge is sent back to guard the Skyranger with Doc.

 

Post 026 - 18/07/2003 - Snikers

The alien stalks some of the squad members.

 

Post 027 - 02/08/2003 - The Veteran

John (Patrick?) O'Malley shot.

 

Post 028 - 08/08/2003 - JellyfishGreen

O'Malley gets finished off with a grenade. Shuwei injured, but manages to take down a grey with her. Donovan spots the UFO.

 

Post 029 - 20/08/2003 - Snikers

Terrick injures a grey.

 

Post 030 - 10/09/2003 - The Veteran

Terrick finishes off (?) the grey after it tries a psychic attack on him. Shuwei took fragment damage from the grenade O'Malley covered with his body, and got his dogtag stuck in her temple. ... Ouch.

 

Post 031 - 11/09/2003 - Ki-tat Chung

Ki-tat arrives at the scene of the fight.

 

Post 032 - 25/09/2003 - Snikers

Ki-tat handed the downed grey's rifle. Terrick thinks it's still alive. The soldiers await the medic to check on Shuwei.

 

Post 033 - 26/09/2003 - The Veteran

The more experianced soldiers try to get back on track.

 

Post 034 - 15/10/2003 - JellyfishGreen

Tammy arrives on site. Shuwei dies. Rick downs an alien flushed out by Warlord's autocannon. Ki-tat triggers the UFO door, and takes two plasma rifle shots to the chest. Jennings took down two aliens with a grenade, one of which lived.

 

**** Mission 1 Over ****

 

1 kill each to Shuwei, Rick, Terrick, and Jennings.

1 injured to Jennings.

 

Shuwei and O'Malley KIA.

Jennings and Ki-tat WIA.

 

Post 035 - 16/10/2003 - Alitorious

Skyranger heads back to base carrying the two wounded. The rest of the squad is left to wait for squad 2, to begin recovery. A mindprobe was found inside the undamaged UFO. Skranger returns, and to Zager's dismay, the UFO is chopped up in order to transfer it. There's another mission debriefing in here, says 4 aliens were killed as opposed to my count of three - I guess that means Terrick's victim didn't make it. Warlord gets offered the position of leader of squad 1.

 

Post 036 - 16/10/2003 - Snikers

Jennings gets tortured in the med bay. He's not due to stay there long... Uh, I think he's still in there as of recent posts (and it's september 2004 now! )!

 

Post 037 - 17/10/2003 - Hankosha

Hankosha ponders the aliens. He no longer has a room mate.

 

Post 038 - 17/10/2003 - The Veteran

Rick greets the injured Jennings and Ki-tat in med. Jennings gets given the nickname Stump. TJ notes that Gia shot down the UFO - I thought the thing simply landed.

 

Post 039 - 17/10/2003 - Rasicar

Donovan ponders the death of Shuwei. The funeral is held for the two soldiers during which the captured grey dies. Seamus O'Riork introduced as a bioscientist.

 

Post 040 - 24/10/2003 - Bomb Bloke

Jack "Bomber" Howitz introduced as a soldier.

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Post 041 - 25/10/2003 - Spaceman42

Johann Ibsen shifts from ground crew to squad 1.

 

Post 042 - 30/10/2003 - Alitorious

Scientists are told to continue with their current projects, dispite the new technology captured. Daniel gets the thumbs-up for his motion scanner project.

 

Post 043 - 31/10/2003 - Rasicar

Post 200 goes to Rasicar! Dana gets Worm to help her with the AI for the HWP, which works perfectly. Seamus details his autopsy of a Sectoid.

 

Post 044 - 31/10/2003 - JellyfishGreen

Comments on the build of alien weapons and craft. Genega refers to the aliens as Sectoids, the first use of the word in the fic. Worm, um, observes Heather O'Reilley working on the HWP.

 

Post 045 - 01/11/2003 - Spaceman42

Gilbert wanders around checking out the alien technology.

 

Post 046 - 08/11/2003 - Rasicar

Ponderings about the base.

 

Post 047 - 09/11/2003 - The Veteran

A second intercept is announced, just a day or so after the first. It would seem TJ isn't going to be flying this one.

 

Post 048 - 09/11/2003 - Alitorious

The HWP is to be loaded onto the Skyranger this time. I presume it is rocket loaded. It will be loaded closest to the doors of the craft.

 

Post 049 - 11/11/2003 - Snikers

Keller prepares to board the Skyranger.

 

Post 050 - 17/11/2003 - JellyfishGreen

Squad 2 launches in the Skyranger. Grizzly and TJ fly the Hurricanes. Hiroshi "Hero" Escalante officially announced as leader of squad two. The UFO is a small scout, and the Hurricanes are unable to keep up. It escapes. Two days later, another UFO is spotted.

 

Post 051 - 03/12/2003 - Zager

Gaston prepares for the flight... Again.

 

Post 052 - 03/12/2003 - The Veteran

This time TJ stays on the ground, Grizzly and Gia fly intercept. Grizzly downs the UFO in... Italy?! Gah! I just KNOW it's going to change to Australia. Warlord passed up the offer of squad leader.

 

Post 053 - 10/12/2003 - Ki-tat Chung

Troopers on the Skyranger. The start of tradition?

 

Post 054 - 11/12/2003 - Hankosha

Hankosha loses a game of chess, and finds a lab mouse.

 

**** Begin Mission 2 ****

Australian or Italian farm. Squad 2 sent. Crashed large scout UFO. Sectoid.

 

Post 055 - 12/12/2003 - Rasicar

Lance Wethers and Tip Tipping killed.

 

Post 056 - 13/12/2003 - Zager

Gaston kills an alien.

 

Post 057 - 13/12/2003 - Snikers

Keller kills an alien.

 

Post 058 - 19/12/2003 - JellyfishGreen

HWP kills an alien. Green injures one, and Kilum kills it. Keller fends off a psionic panic attack, Wexford does not.

 

Post 059 - 19/12/2003 - The Veteran

Rick still does not like Major Ivan. Warlord convinces him to become leader of squad 1.

 

Post 060 - 20/12/2003 - JellyfishGreen

Wexford and Green eat a stun bomb. The Sectoid responsible dies of a snakebite.

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Post 061 - 11/02/2004 - FullAuto

Poison kills two greys. Keller stuns one more. Ross becomes heavily injured.

 

**** Mission 2 Over ****

 

2 kills to Poison.

1 kill each to Gaston, Keller, and Kilum.

1 injured to Keller.

 

1 Sectoid killed by a snake.

 

Lance Whethers and Tip Tipping KIA.

Rico Ross WIA.

 

Post 062 - 09/03/2004 - Hankosha

Hankosha gets a pet mouse.

 

Post 063 - 15/04/2004 - JellyfishGreen

Skyranger returns to base. Scientists decide the live Sectoid was a navigator, but it dies over night. Green doesn't like Gaston's tactics. Scientists come up with all sorts of information about the cpatured UFOs.

 

Post 064 - 10/05/2004 - Alitorious

The motion scanner project proves to be a difficult one. Dana has to design a forge for the alien alloys. The new alarm in the science sector is not set.

 

Post 065 - 02/06/2004 - The Veteran

Genega ponders the alien war, before being assaulted in Tactical.

 

Post 066 - 19/06/2004 - Snikers

Keller and Gardener in the firing range at midnight. Greg "Ghost" Conner introduced as a soldier.

 

Post 067 - 19/06/2004 - FullAuto

Gardener gives Kelly some more shooting tips. Conner is told he can't use his custom rifle.

 

Post 068 - 02/07/2004 - Bomb Bloke

Howitz is back. Though after my trek through the fic, I find dispite several months of MY absense he's only been gone for a fortnight at the most. Figures. He wonders where Genega is, as he couldn't find him to check in.

 

Post 069 - 09/07/2004 - Warlord

Warlord works out in the gym, pondering squad 1's (and his own) performance against the aliens.

 

Post 070 - 10/07/2004 - FullAuto

Terrick raids the science sector. He steals Daniel's card, takes photos of the motion scanner project (which doesn't work), and 'returns' the card before slipping into the barracks. Pickering and other guards spot him on camera, but those systems get mysteriously shut down at crucial times. Terrick escapes back into the barracks.

 

Post 071 - 13/07/2004 - Alitorious

Daniel dreams of physics.

 

Post 072 - 20/07/2004 - Bomb Bloke

Howitz ponders rumours of the security breach, and the assualt on the commander (who he finds in the med bay).

 

Post 073 - 11/08/2004 - FullAuto

Squad 3 finally introduced. Fitzwilliams is the squad leader, and has taken over the training of the squad. I've nearly documented this whole fic, and I'm now feeling a bit lazy, so I'll add them into my trooper log another day. B)

 

Post 074 - 21/08/2004 - Bomb Bloke

Genega informs the squad leaders to be on the look out for the spy. Howitz sets out on his own training.

 

Post 075 - 22/08/2004 - Zager

Zager comments on the UFO engine system, and Elerium.

 

Post 076 - 29/08/2004 - The Veteran

Rick announces he will take the position of squad leader. I think. Odd way of phrasing it, Vet. Gia and TJ chat under the stars.

 

Post 077 - 31/08/2004 - FullAuto

Squad 3 trains with special no-injury ammunition. Rubenstein gets a light concussion in a incident with abu Rahamn.

 

Post 078 - 01/09/2004 - Bomb Bloke

Howitz takes Rubenstein into med. Fitzwilliams is sent to get a placement from squad 2.

 

Post 079 - 04/09/2004 - The Veteran

Er... General shenanagens, however you spell it. End result is Gaston temporarily added to squad 3, which was the end goal, I suppose.

 

Post 080 - 05/09/2004 - FullAuto

Fitzwilliams gets his entire squad smashed and gets sent to the stockade for a week.

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Post 081 - 07/09/2004 - Hankosha

Flash back! Hankosha observes Terrick on his own camera system feed, and assaults him in the corridor.

 

Post 082 - 09/09/2004 - Bomb Bloke

Squad 1 grenade training. Terrick considers his position. Howitz shows off.

 

Post 083 - 11/10/2004 - The Veteran

UFO spotted, but due to it's city location it is not engaged. It lands and a terror mission begins. Squad 3 ordered to prepare for take off.

 

Post 084 - 14/10/2004 - FullAuto

Squad 3 in the skyranger. They land in the city.

 

**** Begin Mission 3 ****

City in asian territory. Squad 3 sent. Terror site. Sectoid.

 

Post 085 - 14/10/2004 - Snikers

Troopers deploy and meet their first CyberDisc.

 

Post 086 - 15/10/2004 - Alitorious

Brute under light psionic influence. Cyberdisk destroyed by Bruheme.

 

Post 087 - 16/10/2004 - Hankosha

Hankosha injures an alien and stuns it.

 

Post 088 - 16/10/2004 - Zager

Gaston has a panic attack, and becomes heavily injured. He may have injured/killed aliens, we'll work that out later.

 

Post 089 - 16/10/2004 - Snikers

Fitz loses half an ear.

 

Post 090 - 17/10/2004 - Bomb Bloke

Dietrich starts treating Duchante. DiNapoli panics under psionic influence.

 

Post 091 - 17/10/2004 - FullAuto

Goldstein killed, Bruheme injured (weapon wrecked, he'll be using a smaller secondary pistol now). Sandy kills an alien.

 

Post 092 - 20/10/2004 - Snikers

DiNapoli goes on a shooting rampage, hitting nothing. Eventually meets a third Cyberdisk.

 

Post 093 - 20/10/2004 - Bomb Bloke

Cyberdisk killed by, um, call it Sandy. DiNapoli killed.

 

Post 094 - 21/10/2004 - Hankosha

The CyberDisc that took out DiNapoli starts to follow Hankosha and Dietrich as they try and flee with Gaston.

 

Post 095 - 23/10/2004 - Snikers

Bruheme, now under mind control, shoots (injuring) Sandy. Fitz is not amused, throws his radio away in rage, and runs off after him. Phil gets killed while moving Fitz clear of fire.

 

Post 096 - 23/10/2004 - Bomb Bloke

The SkyRanger, which took off before, comes back down to collect the wounded.

 

Post 097 - 23/10/2004 - Alitorious

Bruheme empties his ammo reserves in a panic attack, then goes under complete mind control.

 

Post 098 - 26/10/2004 - Hankosha

Hankosha goes back to collect the alien he stunned earlier, leaving Dietrich and Gaston. He ends up killing it, but takes it's plasma pistol and grenade.

 

Post 099 - 26/10/2004 - Snikers

Bruheme kills Dietrich.

 

Post 100 - 27/10/2004 - Bomb Bloke

Fitz and Bruheme beat each other up while Jasper and Hankosha move the wounded Sandy and Gaston to the SkyRanger.

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Post 101 - 27/10/2004 - Snikers

Bruheme killed.

 

Post 102 - 27/10/2004 - Bomb Bloke

SkyRanger takes off without Fitz, who runs after it.

 

Post 103 - 28/10/2004 - Hankosha

Hankosha decides to keep the artifacts he found in the field.

 

Post 104 - 28/10/2004 - Snikers

SkyRanger launches, under fire by a CyberDisc. Fitz makes it aboard.

 

Post 105 - 28/10/2004 - Bomb Bloke

SkyRanger returns to base. Squad 1 cleans the battlesite a little, though the aliens have left. Sandy, Gaston and Fitz end up in the infirmary.

 

**** Mission 3 Over ****

 

2 kills each to Gaston and Sandy.

1 kill each to Bruheme, Phil and Hankosha.

 

Charles Bruheme, Abdul abu Rahman, Jenette Goldstein, Cynthia Dietrich and Francis DiNapoli KIA.

Alexander Fitzwilliams, Igor Zhandovich and Gaston Duchante WIA.

 

Post 106 - 05/11/2004 - Hankosha

The SkyRanger returns. Hankosha returns to his room.

 

Post 107 - 12/11/2004 - Snikers

Ghost teases Jennings. The wounded arrive in the med bay.

 

Post 108 - 13/11/2004 - Zager

The laser pistol design is finally ready to be built.

 

Post 109 - 15/11/2004 - Bomb Bloke

Fitzwilliams checks out of the med bay. The soldiers are briefed on sectoids, advised of the current squad rosters, and Genega approves the development of laser rifles.

 

Post 110 - 28/11/2004 - Snikers

Green and Keller visit Gaston in the med bay.

 

Post 111 - 29/11/2004 - Bomb Bloke

The council of funding nations arrives and the meeting begins. Genega recaps X-Com's work thus far.

 

Post 112 - 01/12/2004 - Zager

Rocio Lee introduced as a soldier.

 

Post 113 - 01/12/2004 - Hankosha

Samuel Thompson introduced as a soldier. Will now be bunking with Hankosha.

 

Post 114 - 17/12/2004 - Bomb Bloke

Terror ship appears, Hurricanes fly off to intercept, and squad 1 follows in the SkyRanger.

 

Post 115 - 19/12/2004 - Alitorious

Rick is given the proto-type laser pistol, while Warlord gets a production model. Daniel has his nose treated after having it squashed by a flung-open door.

 

Post 116 - 31/12/2004 - The Veteran

The terror ship is heading for Washington.

 

Post 117 - 20/01/2005 - Snikers

Jennings gives a thesis on why laser weapons suck.

 

Post 118 - 21/01/2005 - Bomb Bloke

Terror ships fly off during missions, and come back to pick troops up afterwards. Terrick swaps his rifle for Rick's laser pistol.

 

Post 119 - 25/01/2005 - The Veteran

TJ fires on the UFO from long range.

 

Post 120 - 28/01/2005 - JellyfishGreen

The UFO is defeated and crashes into the Potomac River. Another UFO is spotted heading for Virgina.

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Post 121 - 05/02/2005 - Bomb Bloke

UFO is a medium scout, SkyRanger lands in a snow field. There's another un-ID'd craft on the ground.

 

Post 122 - 11/02/2005 - The Veteran

The extra ship looks like another SkyRanger. Gia is mad at TJ for attacking the UFO at a dangerous range.

 

**** Begin Mission 4 ****

Virgina snowfield. Squad 1 sent. Landed medium scout. Sectoid.

 

Post 123 - 30/03/2005 - Alitorious

Lasers don't work too well in the fog. Tim Day kills a sectoid.

 

Post 124 - 30/03/2005 - The Veteran

The human craft appears to be deserted. The team prepares to enter the UFO.

 

Post 125 - 02/04/2005 - Bomb Bloke

Howitz throws grenades into the entrance area, killing however many aliens behind the door. One Sectoid falls to combined weapon fire.

 

Post 126 - 29/05/2005 - Snickers

Diplomats arrive on the scene via helicopter. "Captain America", "Red", "Bernard", and "the woman with the white eyelashes" introduced.

 

Post 127 - 31/05/2005 - storm turmoil

A new arrival in the base, seems to be headed for the technology department.

 

Post 128 - 06/06/2005 - The Veteran

The UFO is cleared out, the fog lifts, and X-Com notices the chopper. Warlord jumps a bunch of sectoids directing a cart of some sort, however his laser blows up and he ends up buried under snow and a tree branch. Slice destroys two Sectiods with the tank.

 

Post 129 - 06/06/2005 - Bomb Bloke

The squad approaches the chopper. The deserted craft is revelaed as belonging to a team of mercenaries sent to guard the diplomats, who thus far had been lying low, but begin to set their sites on the X-Com team.

 

Post 130 - 10/06/2005 - The Veteran

Doc alerts Rick to the presence of the extra troopers, and he advises the team members to stay in groups of two.

 

Post 131 - 16/06/2005 - Snickers

Howitz is fired upon and pinned down. Dodge opens fire on the chopper, killing the co-pilot, as it turns out.

 

Post 132 - 17/06/2005 - storm turmoil

The team continues to fire at the chopper, whilst Howitz bails himself out with a smoke grenade.

 

Post 133 - 17/06/2005 - FullAuto

Howitz injures a mercenary, who is killed when he uses him as a human shield against two other mercs. He shoves a grenade in the corpses's belt and throws rolls the thing at the two men.

 

Post 134 - 30/06/2005 - Bomb Bloke

The grenade goes off, killing one merc and injuring the other. Howitz takes him prisoner and treats his wounds. Rick is snipped at, however Terrick throws him out of the way and takes the bullet.

 

Post 135 - 21/06/2005 - Snickers

Marvin Rice introduced as the pilot of the diplomat's chopper, which takes off leaving Bernard and WEyelashes behind (and causes Red to fall out the door). Red hops back in and assualt Rice, however he keeps the craft under some sort of control and picks up an extra diplomat who'd managed to grab a plasma pistol. Rice takes this as he needs it to pay the ransom of his family.

 

Post 136 - 23/06/2005 - The Veteran

Terrick is out cold, Warlord kills a sniper and Bernard is taken hostage by Rick. Four other mercs have been killed by other soldiers.

 

Post 137 - 24/06/2005 - Bomb Bloke

Terrick hides the laser pistol in his uniform. The merc's troop carrier takes off with Burns and WEyelashes in it.

 

Post 138 - 25/06/2005 - The Veteran

Gia is chasing the chopper. The troop carrier has taken off way too fast to be chased down.

 

Post 139 - 26/06/2005 - storm turmoil

Dave Brown introduced as an engineer. He along with Dana and four soldiers head out in the Osprey on clean up duty.

 

Post 140 - 26/06/2005 - JellyfishGreen

An Etheral jumps on Howitz's head and then takes off before he can get a good look at it. He's left holding part of it's robe and an intact alien grenade. The alien managed to make it on to the fleeing troop carrier, and mentions a plot to spy on the UN.

 

**** Mission 4 Over ****

 

4 Sectoid and 3 mercenary kills to Howitz.

1 Sectoid and 1 mercenary kill each to Donovan and Day.

1 Sectoid kill each to Rick and Conner.

1 mercenary kill to Warlord.

1 mercenary and 2 civilian kills to Dodge.

 

2 Sectoids killed by the tank.

 

Martin Terrick WIA.

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Post 141 - 30/06/2005 - Bomb Bloke

Howitz ponders the past mission. Rick and Terrick are jabbed to prevent hypothermia.

 

Post 142 - 01/07/2005 - FullAuto

Turmoil and Rocio see their first alien. Turmoil goes a step further and smells it too.

 

Post 143 - 01/07/2005 - storm turmoil

The UFO is to be stripped, then delivered to base intact - Slung between the Osprey and Skyranger. A hover platform and alien toolkit has been captured along with the usual artefacts, plus the first alien grenade. The human hostages are also to be brought back to base.

 

Post 144 - 03/07/2005 - Alitorious

Terrick has hidden a laser pistol, and convinced the others it fell beneath the ice. Pickering is to check for it later. Dana realises the current models aren't waterproof, and short in a damp atmosphere. Gia loses Marvin's copter after being accosted by Donald Ramson and his wingman, flying F-16s. Pickering sets out on a journey with Jasper and Valerie for various missions.

 

Post 145 - 10/07/2005 - FullAuto

A book is being run as to who can get the most kills - Donovan is suspected of setting it up. He and Conner argue as to whether humans count. If they do, Howitz already has to lead, due to stumbling upon the mercenaries.

 

Post 146 - 14/07/2005 - The Veteran

Genega dresses down the returning squad re the lost pistol and firing upon the un-armed civilian craft. Rick admits he couldn't make sense of even his own actions.

 

Post 147 - 15/07/2005 - Snickers

Captain Donald "Bighorn" Ramson and Lieutenant Ryan "Bladder" Sheedy introduced as non-X-Com pilots. Marvin's trick to escape Gia is revealed as flying so low in traffic, that he is even chased by police cars. Marvin ditches his passengers, losing his job as a result, but saving his family nevertheless.

 

Post 148 - 15/07/2005 - Bomb Bloke

Howitz has a scrap of the cloak belonging to the alien he took the grenade from. Although he keeps some for himself, he takes the rest to the labs. Terrick prepares to turn in his stolen laser, and starts by knocking out his room mate.

 

Post 149 - 17/07/2005 - The Veteran

TJ is also sent to perform Pickering's job of hunting down the apparently submerged laser.

 

Post 150 - 26/07/2005 - JellyfishGreen

Squad 3 is helping with the clean up of the last mission. The presence of an alien Overmind is revealed - The Etheral that escaped with Shipley "uploads" it's brain to it, and dies.

 

Post 151 - 26/07/2005 - The Veteran

Rick is sent to a special Docter to test his mental defences. Despite expectations, he seems to be rather well protected. The implications of his earlier lapse seem to indicate that Sectoids aren't the only aliens attacking the planet.

 

Post 152 - 26/07/2005 - FullAuto

Pickering explains to Valerie and Jasper as to what their mission is (PR work). Terricks escape begins - He shoots a guard in the stomach before knocking him out, steals a humvee, and sets off into the desert.

 

Post 153 - 04/08/2005 - Alitorious

Patricia Keynes introduced as an american reporter. She films the dredging of the terror ship shot down into the river, just as another terror ship arives and destroys it. The fields generated by the attacking ships engines wipe her tape, and its weapons destroy Ramsons wingmate, Sheedy. It then escapes dispite numerous weapon hits. Gia has finally ended up with Pickering/TJ's job of salvaging the laser pistol.

 

Post 154 - 29/08/2005 - storm turmoil

Turmoil and Dana discuss stun bombs (one of which Zager managed to "open" with a diamond drill) and mind probes. Although the true identity of neither is known, Dana unwittingly activates the latter.

 

Post 155 - 31/08/2005 - Bomb Bloke

Howitz meets Rick in the labs, and voices his own opinion on the botched mission. Green awakes, alerting the base to Terrick's actions - By now, the spy has arrived at a helicopter.

 

Post 156 - 02/09/2005 - The Veteran

TJ sets out in his Hurricane after Terrick. Away teams are also sent, a mixture of random soldiers, by SkyRanger, Osprey, and two by humvee.

 

Post 157 - 25/09/2005 - Bomb Bloke

Terricks humvee is recovered by the ground forces.

 

Post 158 - 05/10/2005 - storm turmoil

Green goes down to visit the labs in the hopes of amusement. Rick and Warlord warp back there as well, in time to catch David Brown discovering how to activate alien plasma weapons - A special hand grip is required to disable the safety system, one that can be replicated with duct tape. This discovery allows tests of the weapons in order to determine the best way to protect against them.

 

Post 159 - 28/10/2005 - JellyfishGreen

Terrick's copter is forced back towards the base to avoid TJ's Hurricane, but instead is heard by the base guards.

 

Post 160 - 31/10/2005 - Bomb Bloke

Jasper warps from his mission with Pickering to the Skyranger looking for Terrick. The identity of some of the other soldiers on board is also revealed. David Brown becomes worried, as a mind probe appears to be missing. The pilot of Terrick's getaway craft has landed and camflaged it.

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Post 161 - 05/11/2005 - The Veteran

The chopper turns up on ground radar.

 

Post 162 - 16/12/2005 - Snickers

The Hurricane finds the chopper. Bernard has a cell to himself.

 

Post 163 - 20/12/2005 - Bomb Bloke

Jennings searches Bernard's jacket.

 

Post 164 - 17/01/2006 - The Veteran

The Hurricane is downed by an EMP pulse. Rick is called to the labs to try out the mind probe - He ends up establishing a "link" with Trigger, just as Terrick fires a weapon at him, and drops the thing as a result.

 

Post 165 - 06/02/2006 - Bomb Bloke

Dana isn't happy about the broken probe. Now that the choppers location is confirmed, the SkyRanger sets out again, this time with Rick on board.

 

Post 166 - 06/02/2006 - Zager

Zager realises that a human mind isn't just a processor - It can also function as a transmitter.

 

**** Begin Mission 5 ****

Australian desert. Squad 2 sent. Chopper LZ. Human.

 

Post 167 - 19/02/2006 - JellyfishGreen

Terrick is recaptured, along with a guard and the chopper pilot. Rick uses a stun bomb launcher (with or without knowing what it does) to take them down. A second guard is either also captured, but maybe killed. TJ is saved, the laser pistol is recovered, Gia gets to come home from the iced over lake, and the soldiers know how to use plasma weapons. A sectoid storage facility has been created, and - the aliens are attacking Buenos Aires!

 

**** Mission 5 Over ****

 

1 mercenary kill to Karl Green.

 

Post 168 - 19/02/2006 - The Veteran

Trigger, having being beaten by Terrick's crew, is in the sick bay and being further tortured by Gia. He isn't happy that Davies hasn't been shot down yet.

 

Post 169 - 20/02/2006 - storm turmoil

Squad leaders have first pick of the captured alien armory. Squad 1 is sent to Buenos Aires after a rushed plasma training: Some units are assigned plasma rifles with backup pistols, others take the laser or conventional equivalents. Plasma troopers get protective gloves to ward off the heat.

 

Post 170 - 21/02/2006 - Alitorious

Jasper stages an operation to wipe whatever records Patricia has left. Daniel discovers that Mind Probes don't break if they aren't in active use, and then promptly uses one to discover that Dana took the previously missing unit. Ramson is recruited into X-Com as a fighter pilot.

 

Post 171 - 21/02/2006 - storm turmoil

Squad 1 prepares for launch. Rick has been assigned the first and only suit of personal armor.

 

Post 172 - 08/05/2006 - The Veteran

Cheese finally gets to pilot a trooper drop ship to a mission, just after returning Ramson, Grizzly, and a new Hurricane to the base. Rick has traded Ki-tat a laser pistol for a flame thrower, and procedes to trade that to Jennings for a laser rifle.

 

Post 173 - 26/05/2006 - Ego Terrorist

Pickerings team stages another meeting, this time with US diplomats.

 

**** Begin Mission 6 ****

Buenos Aires. Squad 1 sent. Terror site. Floater.

 

Post 174 - 26/05/2006 - Bomb Bloke

It is noted that terror sites are now to be cordoned off with as many civilians removed as possible, prior to X-Com arriving. Howitz (who has a laser pistol) starts off by clouding the LZ with a smoke grenade, before a Reaper throws a car at the SkyRanger.

 

Post 175 - 30/05/2006 - Tammy

Ed Dodge killed by aforementioned Reaper, which is then killed by Warlord.

 

Post 176 - 07/06/2006 - The Veteran

The team splits up and starts to scout the area, which is a marina. Looks like the Reaper isn't quite dead, but probably won't be getting up anytime soon.

 

Post 177 - 08/06/2006 - Tammy

Tammy and Tim Day guard the Reaper by the Ranger.

 

Post 178 - 13/06/2006 - Bomb Bloke

Donovan and Ibsen are hunting together. The former finds and kills a Floater when the two enter a warehouse.

 

Post 179 - 13/06/2006 - The Veteran

Tim worries that it's too quiet. Rick and Ki-tat engage a Floater over the water; it scorces a hit on the squad leader, who'se shoulder is burnt (but mostly protected by his armor), before Ki-tat kills it. Howitz blows up a warehouse full of aliens while he's in it, so Tim and Tammy set off to find if anything's left of him (as his radio has died). Warlord is attacked by a second Reaper.

 

Post 180 - 14/06/2006 - storm turmoil

Warlord's cannon deals massive damage to his target, so much so that the shots go right through and detonate a nearby gas station. Aside from killing the alien, the resulting blast gives him an instant "sunburn", as well as making him (and the nearby Ki-tat) deaf.

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Post 181 - 14/06/2006 - Bomb Bloke

Flashback to Howitz preparing to detonate the warehouse, and how he fails to escape from it. Ki-tat and Warlord alert the others to their hearing problem, notifying the others that they'll stay put for now. Jennings is told to join Tammy, while Tim is sent after the pair.

 

Post 182 - 15/06/2006 - The Veteran

Tammy reaches Howitz's warehouse, only to find the positioning tablet is pointing at his discarded backpack. A wounded Reaper is still alive inside the building, but unnoticed.

 

Post 183 - 02/07/2006 - Snikers

Jennings takes massive injuries after the Reaper escapes the warehouse, and throws him around with its mouth. Its broken jaws limit his injuries, but he takes a major concussion and numerous flesh wounds before his flamethrower pack finally detonates, destroying his assailant. He and Tammy then come under fire from a Floater, but Jennings is no longer in any state to fight.

 

Post 184 - 02/07/2006 - Bomb Bloke

Donovan and Ibsen come to Tammy's rescue. Tim arrives to escort Warlord and Ki-tat back to SkyRanger; they report another Floater had died when the gas station went up.

 

Post 185 - 18/07/2006 - Snikers

The now unconcious Jennings dreams of a legend. Ghost fights a Floater in hand to hand combat, eventually setting it up for Tim to dispatch. Unfortunately he breaks a finger trying to deal some damage to it's unusual anatomy.

 

Post 186 - 01/09/2006 - Bomb Bloke

The Terror Ship leaves the area, without stopping to pick up passengers. Gia sets off in pursuit. Howitz re-appears, mildly singed, requesting help in dragging corpses from the building he detonated.

 

**** Mission 6 Over ****

 

3 kills to Howitz.

2 kills each to Warlord and Donovan.

1 kill each to Ki-tat, Jennings and Tim Day.

 

Ed Dodge KIA.

Ki-tat, Warlord, Ghost, Rick and Jennings WIA.

 

Post 187 - 14/11/2006 - Ego Terrorist

Jasper, Pickering and Valerie are still in America speaking to diplomats, when one arrives who breaks Pickerings act of being a "hired goon" by recognising him. The report that the mission is won arrives, and they prepare to talk about future funding figures.

 

Post 188 - 18/02/2007 - The Veteran

Howitz collects alien weapons from the warehouse he damaged before stacking the mangled corpses near his abandoned backpack, and detonating the entire block. Rick attempts to fish the Floater Ki-tat killed out of the marina without electrocuting himself. This time the Osprey isn't sent to collect the loot (as there is no UFO to recover (Gia downed it as soon as it moved over the ocean)), however a private transport company is being used to take the living Reaper back to base.