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Well you can gear a support guy towards being a specialist gizmo guy with fancy smoke grenades and reaction fire abilities but I never do because I think it's a bit of a waste....but y'know that sounds like what you're hoping for.

Sniping will be my forte then...

Moustaches will be my forte then...

I want a gentleman's mustache and a monocle.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
I want a gentleman's mustache and a monocle.

You have a gentleman's moustache. your nickname (which you just earned last mission) is Gentleman. I think you got it due by repeatedly demanding pistols at ten paces with the energy being.

Sounds like fun.

Conrad Turner (Heavy) reporting for duty, Sah! Mysterons willing, I will make Captain!

Assault sounds good Sgt_Scruffy

Sgt_Scruffy wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
I want a gentleman's mustache and a monocle.

You have a gentleman's moustache. your nickname (which you just earned last mission) is Gentleman. I think you got it due by repeatedly demanding pistols at ten paces with the energy being.

I guess my nickname is less flattering, considering my subsequent blowing up of said energy being.

No update tonight I'm afraid. Had to work a double shift and have to get back to work in the morning. Aliens will pay tomorrow.

I have a skill... Man I cant remember the tree for Assaults... Which fork in the road am I at again glorious commander?

 DA's Forever wrote:
I have a skill... Man I cant remember the tree for Assaults... Which fork in the road am I at again glorious commander?

You have run and gun so far. I will double check when I get home but I believe its between additional defense and additional attack based on how many aliens you see.

Oh well that's easy, put it on the attack! Cleanse and Purge!

Man, I'm late to the party. Definitely want take part in this. Private Jacob Macok at your service.
Any class at this point I guess. Still. hoping for assault and not some pansy sniper.

Actually, if you need a sniper, I don't mind being one. after all, it's the medics that are the pansys. Can't shoot straight at all!

Troopers, I have good news! Further promotions are in order after a successful abduction response mission. I take this opportunity to welcome several new members to the team. More details at 1800 local. Dismissed.

And We are back! Apparently, aliens take the weekend off as well (the fiance had me tied up doing wedding prep).

While communications were temporarily down, i responded to a (by now routine) abduction in Mexico City, Mexico. I took a gamble and sent four rookies as I was desperately short on capable NCOs. Long story short, it was a blood bath... for the aliens. The rookies finally pulled it together and downed 6 sectoids without so much as a scratch (although they used rather more explosives than I would have liked). All four of them earned promotions to squaddie so welcome Docta Deth (Sniper), Purplefood the Magnificent VI (female sniper), Sniper Scott (Sniper) and Venser's Revenge (Heavy) to the fold.

In addition, we have finished researching arc throwers so we can now capture aliens. Currently I'm over-strength in snipers and under-strength in assault and support but shouldn't be a problem yet.

Current kill counts and Status.
Otto Von Swanzstucker II (gentleman and exploder of aliens). NCOIC. Corporal Rank. Missions 4. Kills 7.
DA's Forever. Corporal Rank. Missions: 2. Kills: 6.
Dave: Squaddie. Missions: 3 Kills: 3
Docta Deth: Squaddie. Missions: 1. Kills 1
Venser's Revenge: Squaddie. Missions: 1. Kills 2
Purplefood the Magnificent VI: Squaddie. Mission: 1. Kills 1.
Sniper Scott: Squaddie. Missions: 1. Kills 2.

Everyone is off the disabled list, so personnel wise we are looking pretty good. Now that I've gotten some people up to speed, I need to focus on panic and research. We are plugging away on weapon's tech as I'm trying to rush getting lasers. We have serious trouble in Australia and Brazil while Egypt and Argentina are very worried. Hopefully we won't be forced into any no win situations. Anyway... we'll hit the clock and see what fate has in store for us shall we?

We've been contacted by the mysterious Council to escort a pro-alien Japanese politician in for .... questioning (sounds like probing to me). Anyway, he recently come under attack and we are rushing to help. If we succeed, this will keep Australia from going over the edge and I will get a Support Sergeant!

Operation Glass Stranger. 1015pm. Fukoaka, Japan.
Otto Von Swanzstucker II has point with DA's Forever on his wing. Sniper Scott will clear the way while Dave will escort Mr. Thorne, our politician.

We drop into a tight back alley between some stores. the Sky ranger has to reposition further down the block as we hustle the very cross Mr. Thorne out of his weekly Bridge game.

DA's Forever and Dave drag the reluctant Mr. Thorne into a nearby Manga shop while Scott and Otto climb to the roof. Thin men begin dropping in around us, but so far things are fairly quiet as they content themselves with long range pot shots at us in heavy cover... Things are going well. The alley between buildings is crawling with Sectoids, but my man Otto is mowing them down. Thin men are dropping on the other side and DA's Forever takes one down when disaster strikes. Hiding over in the tentacle porn section of the manga shop, a sectoid step out of the shadows and guns DA Forever down even as Dave overwatches the alien's partner down. DA NOOOOO!

Otto is called in off the roof and he quickly destroys one alien... but there is a third and he hits Otto pretty bad. Sniper scott has to clamber down off the roof now too and lobs a grenade at the last sectoid. As the sectoid shrieks and gets busy dying, A thin man comes out of nowhere and cruelly shoot Otto Von Swanzstucker II (gentleman and exploder of aliens) in the back. Otto is dead. Back at HQ, a stunned Scruffy sits back in his chair and weeps salty tears of grief and rage. The rest of the mission is a blur as Dave and Scott manage to get that bastard thorne to the waiting skyranger and take out the remaining two aliens, but it is a hollow victory.

This Mr. Thorne has better be worth it.

Here we go, the reign of Terror from sniper Scott will come down upon the alien scum XD

Hopefully he can survive for a good while. I'm itching to play Xcom now XD.

 johnscott10 wrote:
Here we go, the reign of Terror from sniper Scott will come down upon the alien scum XD

Hopefully he can survive for a good while. I'm itching to play Xcom now XD.

Sniper scott is doing well. He bagged two aliens and wounded a third in this mission as well as a couple kills before. You're advancing quickly. You also got Dave out of a pretty bad jam that last match as he had two thin men bearing down on him with no ammo in his assault rifle. You and Dave are actually the Senior members of XCOM minus our new Support Sergeant KamikazeCanuck!

Support eh? Make me fast and give me the Arc Thrower boss. I'll wrangle up those ETs!

Do you have room for a Norwegian recruit? If so put me where the need is the greatest. And I shall be known as Loki

Awww I died.

Shot in the back too. A most ungentlemanly death :(

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Awww I died.

Shot in the back too. A most ungentlemanly death :(

thqts why the aliens need to die. seriously, its a major adjustment going from normal to classic ironman mode.

Ai, classic is a bitch. I actually beat it on ironman, but I lost about 40 soldiers.

Awesome report: loving your write-up's Scruffy, excellent job all-round.

Can't say I'm surprised by us dropping like flies; although Otto probably had it coming, as his character has been kicking arse in both our threads! I've never been a huge fan of heavies, myself; it was my snipers and assault that did the heavy lifting in my games...

Look forward to more, definitely agree with trying to rush getting lasers

All I'm going to say is............

"It's been too quiet for too long! When are we gonna see some action, Sarge?"

I just asumed we all died and the world was destroyed.

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
I just asumed we all died and the world was destroyed.

Exalted.

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
I just asumed we all died and the world was destroyed.

Nah. If all the soldiers had been killed, the rest of us would have been abducted and either experimented on or used as spare parts and organ donors! *



*See Gerry Anderson show "U.F.O." for details.

PFC SomeDude reporting for duty....... ill just be anything i guess

Hello mother. Hello father. Life for me is, getting harder!

No action for over a month now. Think I'm going stir crazy hanging round these sweaty barracks. Much more of this, and I'm going to take to cleaning my loaded rifle in the CO's head!