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In Progress Let's Play: The X-COM Files 0.8.7 Alpha!
- Thread starter The Brazilian Slaughter
- Start date
laclongquan
Arcane
If you can slot me in
laclongquan
sniper style
Asian, south eastern, vietnam
laclongquan
sniper style
Asian, south eastern, vietnam
The Brazilian Slaughter
Arcane
Just played up to 24th January tonight, lots of happenings. Think I got material for a good three or four updates.
The Brazilian Slaughter
Arcane
Episode IV. Unidentified Flying Object
“Don't you believe in flying saucers, they ask me? Don't you believe in telepathy? — in ancient astronauts? — in the Bermuda triangle? — in life after death?
No, I reply. No, no, no, no, and again no.
One person recently, goaded into desperation by the litany of unrelieved negation, burst out "Don't you believe in anything?"
Yes", I said. "I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be.”
― Isaac Asimov
Meet the new recruits of the Bureau! Perhaps they're the beginning of an effective alien investigation and elite fighting force.
Soldier Types Designation Suffixes I use:
ST = Scout
CC = Close Combat
AR = Assault Rifle
RF = Rifleman
HW = Heavy Weapons
SP = Sniper
CO = Commander
One of the above + E = Denotes that the soldier is Elite and at top of their class due to their very good stats.
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We send for more personnel. I have a feeling they shall be necessary.
Alright guys, let's try to race a ultrasonic UFO from space with a rental/stolen car and plane tickets!
Trouble in... Qatar, is that it?
YES! Time to storm the UFO! THE ALIEN TECHNOLOGY SHALL BE MINE!!
Fuck stunning, our men are toting the biggest guns we can get our hands on right now. Which doesn't mean much, but its something.
Note: This is a night mission.
Nothing around our six. We have a few flares and a flashlight.
Hollow, Hollow, this is Core. Orders are to take targets down, then salvage what is possible and leave area immediately. Do not attempt capture. Repeat, do not attempt capture. Lethal Force authorized. Avoid long engagements. Do NOT engage more than one target at once. Stay in cover, repeat, stay in cover. Under no circumstances attempt to board or storm alien vessel. Over and out.
Orders are given, weapons are loaded and prepared, and our soldiers are set to work.
What follows is a suspenseful hunt through dark buildings.
Our men perceive something: They did not go through the other door to the outside. Logical conclusion: Alien presence.
Top floor clear, no enemy assailants detected from there.
It was then that SHOTS ARE FIRED!!
The creature is here! Firing unknown projectiles of considerable firepower, agent Roxor is grievously hurt, but manages to survive, stand and fight.
This is officially the first time an alien fires a shot against a human in... whatever emotion such alien beings feel.
Will history say that this was the shot heard around the world? Perhaps the galaxy?
Agent Darth Roxor takes the fight to the alien! However, the unnatural creature survives several shots of .45mm bullets!
Darth Roxor seeks cover!
His companion prepares to help.
The alien is shot, yet manages to stand tall. Perhaps it has some alien protection of unknown technological provenance?
The alien gets Agent Roxor in its sights, and then...
Zdzsiu prepares in case things get hectic in close-quarters combat.
Agent Roxor is down!
RIP Darth Roxor
First to drawn First Blood against the Alien Menace, and the First to fall in glorious battle.
But not the last.
Zdzsiu is down with a ball of plasma to the back!
Zdzsiu, brave agent killed by alien cowardice
The radio goes nearly silent, only the sound of sizzling human flesh being heard over the comms.
Guess we need to get a new car, for starters...
“Don't you believe in flying saucers, they ask me? Don't you believe in telepathy? — in ancient astronauts? — in the Bermuda triangle? — in life after death?
No, I reply. No, no, no, no, and again no.
One person recently, goaded into desperation by the litany of unrelieved negation, burst out "Don't you believe in anything?"
Yes", I said. "I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be.”
― Isaac Asimov
Meet the new recruits of the Bureau! Perhaps they're the beginning of an effective alien investigation and elite fighting force.
Soldier Types Designation Suffixes I use:
ST = Scout
CC = Close Combat
AR = Assault Rifle
RF = Rifleman
HW = Heavy Weapons
SP = Sniper
CO = Commander
One of the above + E = Denotes that the soldier is Elite and at top of their class due to their very good stats.
We send for more personnel. I have a feeling they shall be necessary.
Alright guys, let's try to race a ultrasonic UFO from space with a rental/stolen car and plane tickets!
Trouble in... Qatar, is that it?
YES! Time to storm the UFO! THE ALIEN TECHNOLOGY SHALL BE MINE!!
Fuck stunning, our men are toting the biggest guns we can get our hands on right now. Which doesn't mean much, but its something.
Note: This is a night mission.
Nothing around our six. We have a few flares and a flashlight.
Hollow, Hollow, this is Core. Orders are to take targets down, then salvage what is possible and leave area immediately. Do not attempt capture. Repeat, do not attempt capture. Lethal Force authorized. Avoid long engagements. Do NOT engage more than one target at once. Stay in cover, repeat, stay in cover. Under no circumstances attempt to board or storm alien vessel. Over and out.
Orders are given, weapons are loaded and prepared, and our soldiers are set to work.
What follows is a suspenseful hunt through dark buildings.
Our men perceive something: They did not go through the other door to the outside. Logical conclusion: Alien presence.
Top floor clear, no enemy assailants detected from there.
It was then that SHOTS ARE FIRED!!
The creature is here! Firing unknown projectiles of considerable firepower, agent Roxor is grievously hurt, but manages to survive, stand and fight.
This is officially the first time an alien fires a shot against a human in... whatever emotion such alien beings feel.
Will history say that this was the shot heard around the world? Perhaps the galaxy?
Agent Darth Roxor takes the fight to the alien! However, the unnatural creature survives several shots of .45mm bullets!
Darth Roxor seeks cover!
His companion prepares to help.
The alien is shot, yet manages to stand tall. Perhaps it has some alien protection of unknown technological provenance?
The alien gets Agent Roxor in its sights, and then...
Zdzsiu prepares in case things get hectic in close-quarters combat.
Agent Roxor is down!
RIP Darth Roxor
First to drawn First Blood against the Alien Menace, and the First to fall in glorious battle.
But not the last.
Zdzsiu is down with a ball of plasma to the back!
Zdzsiu, brave agent killed by alien cowardice
The radio goes nearly silent, only the sound of sizzling human flesh being heard over the comms.
Guess we need to get a new car, for starters...
lightbane
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Funny thing that this guy wrote the Three Robotic Laws despite everything.
Also, I see you met the new Sectoids, now stronger than ever. I started a new playthrough inspired by your LP, these guys have regenerating shields now and thus are deadly, despite being the basic alien mooks.
On the plus side, they still let you detect good psi-candidates and bad ones through their usage of mind-control attacks. Also, if you mid-click someone, now you'll see that some info is obscured, in order to balance the fact that before you could tell even the alien's rank by viewing their paperdoll.
FEEBLE
Zdzisiu
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Maybe the UFO wanted to be caught?
So it could murder the very first and best agents Earth had?
To stop the X-Com project in its infancy?
Makes you think!
Also, remove Sectoids! Remove Sectoids!
SmartCheetah
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Wow, haven't heard about this mod. Looks pretty kewl.
Count me in bro!
Count me in bro!
The Brazilian Slaughter
Arcane
Kinda ironic, when you think about it.
Fuck, that thing just casually tanked multiple .45 bullets. That would have probably killed most human enemies. All the aliens got massively boosted, didn't they? Which does make sense.
I didn't say it but there was an attempt of mind-control, but it failed. Maybe I could have killed if Zdzsiu stabbed it over and over with a knife and had lots of TUs, or gave it some point-blank shotgun fire
Is that why I'm seeing cultists as "Exalt" or "Cult of Dagon"?
Literally me/insmac
Only because I stopped chasing and started sending the car to the direction the UFO goes instead. So it was my luck that it stopped.
Oh cool,I'm in.
That low bravery is gonna be a problem, isn't it.
Zdzsiu, Roxor
Don't worry, low bravery doesn't mean anything if you die too quickly to panic.
Low Bravery troops will never, ever get to carry the heavy weaponry, through.
X-COM is very accepting and inclusive, there's a place for everyone in this organization, we never waste men. UFO Defense is a ever-growing industry that always has more spots than hires. The pay is high (40k per month), very meritocratic, and the chance for promotion and ascension through the ranks is high and fast.
Get in the car faggot
We're going to fight some alien conspiracies
CodeX-COM Needs YOU!
Trans-Financial-Man
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Oh man, maybe I'll make the cut next time. 
I want to kill some xenos goddamnit! :cheersmate:
I want to kill some xenos goddamnit! :cheersmate:
Quick work 
Falksi
Arcane
Gillian Anderson is still VERY fuckable at 49.
Sign me up!
Sign me up!
Trans-Financial-Man
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Goddamn xenos fucking cultists! Aiding the xenos in stealing our women. Fucking bastards!
lightbane
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Wow, that was fast. And yeah, don't forget rule number 1 of XCOM: Never act in the first turn if you can (unless you're playing Piratez).
Also, Slaughter, some important info for you:
DO NOT TRY THE GANG WARS event!
That mission is completely broken and unplayable at the moment, it spawns a LARGE number of enemies and way too many civvies that are slaughtered in the first turn and that's in lower difficulties. In higher ones the number of targets ramps up to the stratosphere to the point that it's nearly impossible to win without suffering severe loses and major score drops, because the entire civilian time will die in no time.
On the plus side, I discovered that for good or bad, prisons and animal pens are broken once again and have infinite space, so feel free to capture as much as you can!
Also, Slaughter, some important info for you:
DO NOT TRY THE GANG WARS event!
That mission is completely broken and unplayable at the moment, it spawns a LARGE number of enemies and way too many civvies that are slaughtered in the first turn and that's in lower difficulties. In higher ones the number of targets ramps up to the stratosphere to the point that it's nearly impossible to win without suffering severe loses and major score drops, because the entire civilian time will die in no time.
On the plus side, I discovered that for good or bad, prisons and animal pens are broken once again and have infinite space, so feel free to capture as much as you can!
it's kinda dumb how the starting dude limit on the ground is just 2 dudes
Falksi
Arcane
It's a well known fact that only 2 seater sports cars can traverse deserts & jungles.
you arent very gud at this arent you 
Trans-Financial-Man
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God damn it. Died before I could deploy my race card against the Xenos. Avenge me my friends. Ask those bastards for reparations for enabling my oppression.
Yeah I'm in!
And I'm already dead
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At least my poor showing was equal to the rest of the agents.
He took three flares, but it doesn't look like he used them.
And I'm already dead
.At least my poor showing was equal to the rest of the agents.
He took three flares, but it doesn't look like he used them.
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Tbf Mulder and Scully wouldn't fare any better here, with aliens this murderous Xfiles would have been over 10 mins into the first episode.
MZeta
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I knew it wont bode well...
But at least we got one of them!
Sign me up again!
Average Manatee
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Gave this a try. Pretty easy so far IMO (Colt .45/Magnum + short shotgun ftw), but the tech is really hard to figure out. How are you intended to progress? Starting with max 5 researchers and I have around 30 available projects from various dissections and interrogations + random other stuff. Is there a way to beeline for a real laboratory or do I need to spend $3M for more headquarters?
lightbane
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Labs won't be available for a long, long time (aka Promotion 2). You'll need to interrogate suspects and their organization to unlock "mini-labs" like the Intelligence Center, Medicine for the Bio Lab and so on. Each one will let you get more scientists. Otherwise, the tech tree viewer is your friend.
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