DocFrance

So I was sifting through an old e-mail account of mine, and found an odd message inviting me to return to some forum at "strategycore.co.uk." I had never heard of the place, but nonetheless, I clicked the link out of curiosity. Wow. Just... wow. This place brings back memories. In case you're wondering who this jerk is, I've been a rabid avid fan of the X-COM series since around 1994. I was a regular poster at the old Your X-COM: Apocalypse Source message board (back in the days before VB and the likes!) during the late 90's. When that place finally died for whatever reason, I moved on to this place (at the time, xcom.co.uk, I believe), where I participated in a terribly-writtenrole-playing Apoc fanfiction. Those were good times. And then I just left, for some reason, around 2002. To everyone else who might remember me... Hi.

Well, garlic naturally repels the undead - vampires, and zombies and the such.

Well, you can't really capture and research zombies. However, when I was young boy (I played the silver ball... haha - name the song) I used to think that you could. I thought that after you research them you could manufacture "Garlic Grenades" in order to kill the zombie and prevent the chrysalid from hatching. Heh, pretty crazy ideas, but wouldn't that be cool? :bomber:

*looks around* Hmmm, I haven't been here for a *long* time. I've been really busy and rather uncreative. So to preserve my character's "deep-smoked and snarly flavor", as JFG put it, I'm relinquishing command of Doc to JellyFishGreen. At least until I can get around to thinking of something creative. I'll also try to actually read all that's happened yet...

Just to remind you guys: Name: Sean France Callsign: "Doc" Alpha Squad Commander/Tactician Based on his upbringing, one would never expect Sean to be a soldier. He recieved a PhD in Behavioral Science and Leadership at Johns Hopkins University (one of the few universities left standing after almost a century of extraterrestrial conflict) in 2073. Soon after, he was offered a job as a professor for Lifetree in Vancouver, the site of a new "mega city". Unfortunately, his professorship ended quickly - all they needed him for was as an electronic avatar for the psionic interfaces that Lifetree was beginning to use. Sean was not unemployed for long - he landed a job as a psychological investigator for MegaPol in the newly-founded Mega Primus. Over the next 7 years, he spent his time observing the actions of the Police on special assignments, and soon developed a keenness for small-squad tactics. His superiors noticed this change in his behavior, and transferred him to the Special Ops division, where his true colors showed. He soon became renowned throughout the Police, and was thus the first candidate from MegaPol for a tactician in X-COMCorp. His education gave him the obvious moniker "Doc." In X-COMCorp, Doc made a name for himself as both a master tactician and the life of any party (the opposite of Carlos, the death of any party ). He owns a not-quite-legal micro-brewery in a section of a hangar bay at his home base, where he concocts beverages from decades past. His tactician's skills make him the best opponent for Tinman in a friendly game of chess - but he usually leaves drunk and/or furious. In dramatic opposite to his more cheery side, Doc has a complicated past that he tends to hide. He has only mentioned it to one person on base, and even then his story was vague. Strentgh: Average Agility: Below Average Speed: Above Average Endurance: Above Average Perception: Average Intelligence: Exceptional Accuracy: Below Average Psi Powers: Above Average Weapon of Choice (Don't be shocked by the sound of our voice... check out my new weapon...): Doc's time in MegaPol accustomed him to the good solid spray of slugs produced by the MegaPol M4K.

w00t! Stay tuned for more adventure-packed episodes! To include: -Tammy sleeping in more uncomfortable chairs! -Ego and Doc still moping around, half-drunk, feeling sorry for themselves! -CAP hitting on more androids! -and Carlos still not being there! Remember, same Apoc channel, same Apoc time!

Yes, but that can easily be edited. I think the description was maybe 1 or 2 lines. We could say we reported the aircraft as crashed in the Pacific, and make a bit of a cover story.

Yes, but something like a supply ship isn't that easy to carry whole..., especially when its about 10 times the size of a Skyranger. I'm sure he wouldn't mind the alien alloy hull being cut into manageable pieces, and individual components disconnected, etc, etc.

You do realize, we still have a C-5 at Pine Gap. That thing could easily accomodate a large UFO, if it were sliced up first. Let me put it this way - a Galaxy can carry three Apache helos, or two M-1 Tanks. It's the second largest aircraft in the world. Big, slow, and ugly - that's what they're good at.

"Lieutenant Dan! Your legs grew back!"

Ummm... I'm American and reasonably nice... I just tend to swear alot. And I haven't been in too many posts in order to get some character development... I've been pretty busy lately.

Hmmm??? I just visited the fanfic section for the first time (I know, I'm deprived), and I noticed the one chapter-Apocalypse fanfic made by "The Regulars." This was the collective fanfic that me and my buds back at X:AS did over two years ago, as well as the inspiration for the currently ongoing collective fanfic at this site... heck, this fic even has my name in it. I just wanted to know who put that up there and when... and why its only the first chapter. It's also a shame that that site went down a long time ago. Just curious...

It's amazing that Apocalypse wasn't even near 100% complete, but its still such an awesome game...

Actually, it'd probably be a BX, since its a base

Jack-wan Thomas... He is our only hope...