Bomb Bloke Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Underwater base! That'd stop 'em! Maybe the aliens stop attacking because you kill a Commander? Maybe they don't share knowledge. Another thought, maybe they decide attacking that base is a bad idea, once they lose an enitre Battleship crew to it. (As opposed to just a Battleship. Hmm. Maybe that doesn't make sense after all. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zager Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Maybe the aliens stop attacking because you kill a Commander? Maybe they don't share knowledge Doesn't make sense. Presumably, the alien brain on mars would at least know of it, since it's psionically connected to every alien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman42 Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 Wasn't Genega in the hangar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 Nope, he was in Tactical command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Tactical looks down into the hanger. I had to double check Vet's post before I wrote that in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Aye, Vet didn't make that clear. Well, if no-one objects I'll get down to my squad 3 post. P.S. BB, that subliminal message is actually very freaky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 It's... 'freaky'? A few thoughts on Genega's adventure - I figured that Genega was knocked out the night before Terrick raided sci. And that's how I wrote it in my last fic post. I also noted that it didn't make sense to have two incidents happen in as many nights, as the guards would be edgy on day two. However, that doesn't mean that it couldn't have been Terrick who knocked out Genega! Perhaps Terrick needed to photo some docs for his Company. Given that he's working under duress, that could explain why he risked working two consecutive nights. Alternatively, someone else could have attacked Genega. Perhaps the same person who killed the cameras. But I think it makes sense to tie it back in to Terrick. Perhaps another Company 'employee'? The thing is, if you throw in too many subplots aside from the aliens, it all gets messy. Too many characters/stories going off on a tangent, and X-Com ends up forgetting to fly to Cydonia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 We'll write whatver we like, and if necessary, get Vet to edit his post. And aye, it is freaky. Though it was, to be quite honest, the last thing I was expecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 I gotta know, what WERE you expecting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Nothing. It's a very Zen philosophy, which ensures I cannot be taken by surprise, no matter what the time or event, no matter the perpetrator or the manner of their supposed 'surprise'. Except for, er, faux subliminal messages in yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 You obviously have not played much System Shock. Underdogs are in my sig, go get the game already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Aye aye, BB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 Working on my squad 3 post now. These are the members: Paul JasperCynthia DietrichJenette GoldsteinIgor ZhandovichNathaniel JacobsonCharles BruhemeAlexander FitzwilliamsAbdul abu RahmanIsaac RubensteinFrancis DiNapoli If you 'orrible lot could check out their profiles of the new group (the last four) and point out any obvious errors my near-omniscient brain has missed, I'd be so grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 Uh, what happened to William Paxton, Trevor Steedman and Michael Biehn? Hrm, at my count, squad 3 had nine units to begin with. You've removed three, and added four. Do you want I should wipe the mystery three, or um... what? My brother read your character profiles and now he wants to hit me in the head with a pool cue. Now look what you've done. Abdul abu Rahman. Have you actually tried pronouncing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 Well, I thought I'd get rid of the movie stars, if no-one objects too strongly, and why the living Hell does your brother want to hit you with a pool cue after reading the character profiles? Am I being blamed for inspiring violence now? Is this some faux-parallel to the Manhunt/Daily Mail issue?And Abdul abu Rahman is pronounced "Abdel abu Rachman."So there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Then I'll chop them off my Amazing List. My brother is younger then me, and thus he is a saddist. The word 'Jew' caught his eye, I believe, and even I can't work out where his mind went with that. My attempts to explain only resulted in him attempting to insert the cue into my ear. He often tries to bully me. Eventually, I snap, and then he gets hurt (ever had a cushion whipped into your eyes? It sure annoys ME). Makes me wonder why he bothers. He doesn't try to punch me as often, now. I blocked one of his punches and he fractured his fist. Movie stars? Um... maybe I should watch more movies. Or something. *snip snip* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Michael Biehn was Kyle Reese in 'Terminator' and Hicks in 'Aliens'.Bill Paxton has been in shedloads of films. The third one I don't know.BB, your younger brother sounds just like mine! 'Jew' set him off you say? Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 He probably thought I'd joined a tenth forum. Or would it be ninth/eleventh? I've lost count. Nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Perhaps he thought you were an Anti-semite?Younger brothers. You just can't kick them up the arse hard enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Ok. Written that post yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 It's not finished yet, no. I was taking it slowly, in case someone objected to the characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Sorry guys, I've been busy lately on a wiki for a honey of a mystery... FullAuto: Yay, we can always use more characters, but using filler on the Squad 3 mission had the advantage of allowing a high death toll. Are you sure you wouldn't rather bring your new chars in as replacements after the massacre of the movie stars? Not to mention the Squad 3 members were already listed in one of my fic posts way back when the squads were forming up - "Email from Jenny" Well spotted by the way, and it shouldn't be too hard to figure out which movie starred all of those actors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 'Aliens' is the only one as far as I know. I'm fine with bringing these new characters in just to be killed off, but if there's a problem because the movie stars have been mentioned before, they can wait until after the terror mission to be brought in. I don't mind. I can always come up with more characters.*shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Bringing a big stupid grunt of a squad leader into a sectoid terror mission should prove interesting. "Where's our leader!?" "Over there... screaming at a potplant..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Modelled on every drill sergeant ever. I'll let you lot decide, as I don't really mind. I just thought the movie stars were there to fill spaces til someone came up with characters. But if you want to let them die and then bring in the new ones, it's fine by me. On the other hand, we can bring in the new ones, have them killed on the terror mission & I'll come up with some more.*SHRUG* JFG: Trevor Steedman? How obscure can you get? I only know him because during 'Snatch' I remember looking at him (he plays one of the boxers) and shouting "Him! Where do I know him from" After my housemates had stopped hitting me, I looked it up on imdb. He's in 'Aliens' for about five seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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