Snikers Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Who doesn't want to blow up the capital of USA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alitorious Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Yep, especially when you're from outside the US, too. Just curious: Who exactly is in this squad? There's been enough rearranging and stuff that I'm not sure.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snikers Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 It's just a little bit earlier, in the fanfic itself: The display read as follows: Squad 1Rick ChezJack ThomasTamara HillardTim DayEd DodgeMartin TerrickGreg ConnerBob JenningsKi-tat ChungIsaac Rubenstien Squad 2Hiroshi EscalanteKilam ChungKarl GreenCleo AndrewsChristel KellerBernard DujardinNorton WexfordGaston DuchanteJack DonovanJohann Ibsen Squad 3Alexander FitzwilliamsNathaniel JacobsonIgor ZhandovichPaul JasperJack HowitzRocio Lee<soldier needed><soldier needed><soldier needed><soldier needed> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 It's a valid point, if the missile misses it's all going to go very pear shaped very fast but I was kind of hoping that wasn't going to happen! Like it says now in several posts, if we lose the US this early then we really are screwed. I wasn't actually expecting the UFO to get so close, there's no way we can cover this up! Best way forward is probably to drive it away from the city but failing that a little wanton destruction is never unecessary in such matters Just go and read the last UFO entries in the Apoc fic, we tore a sacuer apart in the air, had it glance off the roof of a tower block and then slice a few hydrofarm towers in half before hitting the ground and having a few more missiles slotted into it's roof! I love it when things explode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alitorious Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 It's just a little bit earlier, in the fanfic itself:Yeah, but I thought Howitz was tagging along on this mission, too. Which kinda throws the whole thing outta kilter... And compare a UFO crashing into a couple buildings/houses with a terrorist UFO unloading its, uh, 'terror' on the city. Ooorr... maybe the UFO could "luckily" crash into a park or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Yeah that would be lucky I agree though. I don't think we can afford for this thing to land and unload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Well, there's the Potomac River quite handy (see expedia.co.uk for maps) if you can avoid all the landmark monuments, we could get the Navy divers to recover the wreckage. I have an idea for Trigger's missile, too, and a mission for Squad 1... let me rumble up a quick post. (Famous last words.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zager Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Well, there's the Potomac River quite handy (see expedia.co.uk for maps) if you can avoid all the landmark monuments, we could get the Navy divers to recover the wreckage Isn't the potomatc river polluted to the degree where it would probably dissolve the UFO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman42 Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Oh, hey. Sorry about being non-here so much. I've kinda... um... I'll just say "Baldur's Gate 2", "Half-Life 2" and "Neverwinter Nights" as an explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankosha Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 I'm back. I was busy with school, Halo2, and Kingdom of Loathing.Veteran's trying to create wanton destruction by blowing stuff up agin? Bad Veteran. Bad. As to these missions, why not set it up so that right after the first mission ends, the second starts?As well, we could just split squad 3 in half and add the halves to Squads 1 and 2 until we get more people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Ooh, everyone's back! I never let Rubenstien out of med, so I sent Howitz instead. Ten squad members. I haven't updated the listings for a while, so squad 3 now has Hank's new character in it as well, and needs three more to be fielded. Will read fic later, low on time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Yay! got the post up. Isn't the potomatc river polluted to the degree where it would probably dissolve the UFO?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, if salt water can do it, industrial effluent certainly could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Mmm, effluent.S'pose I'll chuck in a post in the forthcoming mission... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Cool I didn't kill anyone thanks JFish Don't think I'll have time to post now but I will when I can! Keep it up though, I'm looking forward to see what this next mission brings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Vet, I'm blaming you for the heart-attack of the old guy visiting the Lincoln Memorial when the UFO exploded, though to be honest, he did smoke a lot. (if you've never been to washington, like me, here's a cheat sheet) https://www.nps.gov/nama/graphics/WelcomeToWashington1.pdf Why would XCOM maintain secrecy even after UFO's become well known, we ask ourselves?Well, maybe because it makes it harder for the alien infiltration agents working at THE TOP LEVELS OF WORLD GOVERNMENT to find the bases and/or cut off funding. So many black budgets, so little time... I still have to have Genega or some bright member of staff realize the real reason for the terror missions was to draw XCOM into a fight they can't win, and either eliminate us as a threat or at least gain more info on our capabilities. I picture this latest UFO as an infiltration agent meeting with a contact in the CIA - a TRAITOR to earth, or a hidden hybrid - maybe making a pickup or delivery? Anyway, time to strip off the XCOM velcro badges and stick on the SOCOM velcro badges, 'cos we're crashing this party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Uhm... Special Ops Combat unit? *BB isn't sure* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 eh, Special Operations COMmand, according to Google. There's a game SOCOM:Navy Seals. They're American so it'll be easier to bluff away their presence on American soil and maintain our secrecy. It was either them or the local SWAT. Anyone with a better bluff, feel free to write it in, as usual edit: post looking good, BB. In my post, when Vet loosed his missile, the aliens figured they were within missile range so there was no use trying to land without dealing with the Interceptor threat. Without his action the aliens would have made it safely to ground (unsafe to fire missiles downwards at the buildings) and discharged a terror squad in Washington. Any ideas on how to/should I make this more clear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 I'm sure we can have some American big-wig ring up to complain about the UFO crashing over the city, only to have things 'explained' to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Awesome Trigger did a good thing That doesn't happen often. Especially as a result of a randomly uncontrolled missile launch from an incredibly powerful and fast moving jet fighter attempting to intercept an alien saucer over the capital of the world's most pointless, I mean democratic country! I'm going to see if I can land a post of my own now, I only have 20 minutes though so I may not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snikers Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 Ground fog? Ah, crap. Just what level of visibility are we talking about here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 ~40m? Fog is good. It can help explain why no one on the ground noticed a few super-craft turning up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snikers Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 Because fog will stop photons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 ... I forget. Are we using photons...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 The laser pistols do, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Ok, say the fog is between the Hurricanes and the ground, but not actually at ground level. Will that work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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