X-COM II: The Earth’s Revenge (Part X)

[Godzilla Blitz]

This thread continues the saga of our FOFC heroes as they battle against the alien horde that threatens to take over Mother Earth.

A Brief Recap
We're just approaching the end of November. UFO sightings are increasing dramatically. Our men are often called to battle aliens on a daily basis. However, just a couple of days ago, Doctor Craptacular and his team of researchers cracked our Sectoid prisoner, and were able to decipher enough information for us to begin planning a final assault on the alien brain on Mars. We're trying to stay alive for the ten weeks or so it will take to get ready to launch that mission.

We continue our story with Mission 87, an ASIA COM Skyranger attack on a Sectoid supply UFO that has landed in southwestern Germany.

By way of explanation
This "dynasty" is a participatory story using the Microprose game X-COM: UFO Defense. If you'd like to sign up, just post here to let me know. You don't need to know anything about the game, basically you just read along and post comments as you like, although at times there are decisions to be made where input is requested. In almost all of those cases, you don't need to know anything about the game to make an equally bad decision as I usually do.

Past Links
A Sectoid cyber attack on our computer systems took out much of the recorded history of our fight against the aliens, but these recent links remain. Efforts to regain public access to the lost annals continue.

X-COM II (Part VI) (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?threadid=8041&referrerid=217)
X-COM II (Part VII) (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?threadid=11406&referrerid=217)
X-COM II (Part VIII) (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?t=14060&page=1&pp=50)
X-COM II (Part IX) (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?t=20850)

[Godzilla Blitz]

87th Mission: Sectoids in Deutschland

Just one hour after the EU COM Skyranger limps back to base with 50% casualties aboard, the ASIA COM Skyranger starts its gradual descent to the German countryside. Things are looking good to catch this second alien UFO on the ground before it takes off. This attack should have more daylight than the EU COM’s attack, which we hope will translate into fewer casualties.

Jeff Nights II leads our men.

After a short while, the green light goes on and the Skyranger begins its descent towards the countryside below.

Our troops today:

Left Side:
1. Split Personality III (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)
2. Rich (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)
3. Jeff Nights II (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)
4. Danny Van Halen (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)
5. Condors II (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)

Right Side:
1. Render II (Blaster Launcher, Power Suit)
2. Travis III (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)
3. Zippy II (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)
4. Fonzie II (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)
5. Calis (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)

The Skyranger begins its vertical descent through clear skies to the German farmland below. The men scan the battlefield. We’re coming down right beside the huge, alien supply ship, which will lie about 10 yards to the immediate left of our craft. This could get hot fast, as the exit doors on the UFO should come down about even with the nose of the Skyranger. We can also pick out a collection of shacks up by the nose of the Skyranger, about 10 yards in front of the alien UFO. Elsewhere, things are very much flat and very much farmland. The areas to the right of the Skyranger exit and to the immediate rear of our exit are secure ground and free of aliens. The battle will lie to the left and up by the nose of our Skyranger.

The Skyranger drops the final meters and lands with a soft thud in the rich German soil. The Skyranger ramp falls away…

Silence.

We move our tank down the ramp. It searches for aliens…

Nothing. We bring it slowly towards the nose of the Skyranger, up the space between the UFO and our craft. Rich exits and takes cover behind the tank. Split Personality exits and sets up by the right landing gear. We wait…

Nothing.

We deploy in force. The supply UFO is a large three-story craft with an exit on each end of the long south side. One of these exits lies even with our Skyranger nose, and is less than 20 yards away, just around the near corner. If we hurry, we can set up a good firing position on the first exit and pick aliens off one-by-one as they come out. The only risk is that we could take fire from the shacks across from the exit if there are aliens in there. Nevertheless, it’s too tempting to pass up. We go for it.

We send our tank towards the corner of the UFO. Rich follows close behind. Calis exits the UFO and hurries to catch Rich, but Calis is a rookie, so he doesn’t quite have the speed to keep up. Move your ass, newbie! Split heads up by the nose of the Skyranger to provide fire support. Render exits and heads to the field near our exit to set up a firing position with the Blaster Launcher. Danny Van Halen and Zippy go around the back of the UFO and start a long, cautious advance along that side of the craft. Once Rich and Calis clear the Skyranger exit area, Travis exits and heads for the side of the UFO, near our Skyranger. He’ll help Rich and Calis.

As Rich and the tank make the near corner, suddenly there is a quick flash! Incoming missile! The missile slams into our tank and explodes. Flames and smoke bellow up into the early morning sky. Rich—safe behind the tank—gets an instant headache and loses his hearing; our tank has a huge dent in its turret, but otherwise is ok. Calis, just a few feet back, needs a new diaper. Otherwise we are ok. But where the hell did that missile come from? And what was it? The tank and Rich move forward, into the teeth of this unseen enemy. There! Sectoid in between some of the shacks across from the UFO, about 30 yards away. Rich goes to fire but the alien ducks behind a shack. Back at the Skyranger, Render picks up the action on his HUD, plots a course with the Blaster Launcher, and fires. A rocket sails over the Skyranger and slams into the shack the alien is hiding behind. A massive fireball levels the building and kicks a huge fireball sideways into the adjacent field. The Sectoid near the shack is killed instantly, but we also catch sight of a second Sectoid—who must have lying in ambush in the adjacent field--rolling on the ground in flames and screaming. Within moments, he dies. Yes! Render got two! Nice shot! X-COM 2, Aliens 0.

The tank and Rich move closer to the UFO exit. Another Sectoid! This one is about 40 yards away, standing in front of the UFO’s far exit. Rich opens fire instantly. His first shot is a direct hit on the alien’s chest, which drops the creature to the ground, dead! Nice shot, Rich! X-COM 3, Aliens 0.

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X-COM forces advance on an alien UFO. October, 2003. X-COM Archives Photo

We continue to strengthen our position at the UFO exit. Calis and Travis make it to the tank. Travis joins Rich at the tank, but Calis moves a little left of their position, behind a stone wall that will shield him from fire from any exiting aliens, but allowing him to keep an eye on the remaining shacks across from the exit. Fonzie exits the Skyranger and moves up under the nose of the craft to act as a reserve.

Up by the nose of the Skyranger, Split moves towards a hedged-in grove to check for aliens. Jeff Nights II exits the Skyranger and jogs to Render. The two men switch weapons. Render heads off to provide backup for Danny and Zippy as they make their way around the backside of the UFO. Jeff checks over the Blaster Launcher and prepares to fire.

We know that Sectoid commanders tend to cluster in the third-story bridge of these supply ships and rain down PSI attacks on approaching agents, so Jeff plots a course over the entire UFO that will bring Blaster missiles slamming into the bridge. He fires the first missile. It soars over the battle field, twists down, and slams into the hard outer wall of the UFO. No screams on this one, but we get a nice hole in the side of the craft. The second shot is the payload as that one should penetrate deep into the UFO.

Suddenly, a Sectoid pops out the far door, about 30 yards from Travis and Rich! The two men and the Sectoid fire at the same time. While a Sectoid missile streaks at our position, plasma blasts races towards the Sectoid. The missile slams into our tank and explodes with a pop. Stun gas! Our plasma isn’t as harmless, however, as one blast blows the Sectoid’s head to pieces! A fraction of a second later, a massive wave of PSI-energy hits our men! Almost instantaneously, Travis starts screaming in Sectoid! He jams his Heavy Plasma into a startled Rich’s side and pulls the trigger on full-auto. Rich is literally cut in half by the shot! Aaargh! Travis is under alien control! He spins and keeps firing, this time nailing our tank from behind and knocking it out of action. He keeps spinning, this time on Calis, who now is realizing what has happened. Calis turns—incredulous—and fires at Travis. The plasma blast catches Travis right in the weak neck armor and cuts his head clean off. Travis’ body continues his spin as he dies, and sends a stream of plasma just inches over Calis’ head. Shit shit shit. That was so fast! Two men and a tank down! X-COM 4, Aliens 2.

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X-COM dead at a UFO entrance. October, 2003. X-COM Archives Photo

Split and Fonzie cut towards Calis. Condors exits the Skyranger and heads there as well. Jeff hurries and fires two more missile rounds into the UFO. The second one hits the jackpot, as it sets off a chain reaction of explosions inside the upper two floors of the UFO. The earth shakes as the UFO is rocked with thunderous booms. We also hear the muffled screams of Sectoids inside, so Jeff has gotten himself at least one kill! That should help cut down on PSI-attacks! X-COM 5, Aliens 2.

Things are quiet the next couple of minutes, and we get no further PSI attacks. Split and Fonzie replace Travis and Rich behind our ruined tank, while Calis keeps covering the far shacks. Condors reaches the men there, then begins a wide arc that will take him through the fields to the left of the shacks and then into the shacks. Danny, Zippy, and now Render make it to the far end of the UFO and start around the corner. They make it to the far side of the UFO, just shy of the corner opening onto the far exit. Zippy and Render take up a position there while Danny scurries past and heads for a barn about ten yards in front of the exit. Danny begins a sweep through these buildings. If all goes well, he’ll meet up with Condors coming from the other side.

Things go quiet for a bit, but as Condors approaches the shacks from a distant field, he spots two Sectoids lined up just behind a stone wall, about 35 yards away! Ambush! He darts back behind the cover of a hedge. Calis, about 50 yards away, has a long shot on these aliens. He opens fire, but the shots sail well wide. Damn rookies. Danny Van Halen is approaching this position from the far side and is only 25 yards away, but a shack blocks his line of sight. He glances at his HUD, judges the wind, and tosses a grenade over the intervening building. Kaboom, the grenade goes off, blowing the stone wall apart! We hear no screams though, so Condors crawls forward to get a look through the smoke from the grenade blast. There! A wounded Sectoid, in the field, about 30 yards in front of him! Condors takes careful aim, fires, and drops the Sectoid with a shot to the torso. It falls screaming to the ground. But where is the other alien? X-COM 6, Aliens 2.

Calis leaves the wall and closes in on the remaining Sectoid’s last known position, while Danny does likewise from the other side. Condors—with no cover in the field—continues his careful approach. Suddenly, Danny is hit by a wave of PSI-energy and loses it completely! He goes berserk and starts shooting in random directions! One plasma blast blows a hole in the wall of a nearby shack that opens up a line of sight to Calis, who dives back out of sight to save himself! Suddenly, the Sectoid appears moving out from the shack beside Danny Van Halen. The alien has an open shot on the babbling Danny. It fires…

The shot whizzes over Danny’s head! Whew! Calis rolls for cover and tosses a grenade up over an intervening wall. It lands about five yards away from the Sectoid, who is lining up Danny for the kill. With Danny’s life on the line, Condors gets up and charges. The yell distracts the Sectoid for a second, and it turns to fire on Calis instead. As it does, Calis’ grenade goes off with a crash. The alien is blown forward and comes to earth with a crunch, dead! Danny is saved! Nice job, Calis! X-COM 7, Aliens 2.

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X-COM forces root out Sectoids in house-to-house fighting. October, 2003. X-COM Archives Photo

Suddenly, a Sectoid comes out of the UFO’s far exit, about 30 yards from Split and Fonzie. The two men open fire. Plasma blasts steak across the interval before the alien has a chance to react. One shot catches the alien in the left shoulder and blows a chunk out of the upper torso. The Sectoid wails and falls over to the ground, dead. X-COM 8, Aliens 2.

Back in the fields beyond, Danny Van Halen snaps back to himself. With his morale shattered, he’s too likely to go over to alien control, so Jeff Nights II orders him to drop all weapons and begin a retreat to the UFO. Just as Danny starts this, another wave of PSI-energy hits our men, and this time Split Personality completely panics! Aargh! He starts frothing at the mouth, drops his weapon, and runs into the fields beside the shacks. Crap.

All alone at the UFO door now, Fonzie ducks around the corner to get out of the way of the exit, as we need more firepower. At the far end of the craft, Zippy and Render swing around their corner and take up firing positions five yards from the UFO exit near them. This will give us two men to fire on the UFO doors. Calis and Condors search the area near them for more signs of aliens.

Suddenly, an alien pops out of the door right in front of Zippy and Render! Both men appear caught off guard, and the alien is blindingly fast! It swings its heavy blaster around and opens fire before either of our men can get a shot off! A plasma blast rips right through Render’s chest plate and blows a massive hole in his chest! He topples backwards, dead! Startled into action, Zippy recovers and pulls the trigger on his Heavy Plasma. The blast decapitates the alien and sends a spray of green gore flying backwards onto the grass. As this alien falls, another one steps out of the UFO! Zippy twists, but he’s too slow! The alien fires, catching Zippy in the groin. The shot punches through the armor and…well…ew…let’s just say it really hurt. Zippy looks down at the hole where his manhood used to be and slumps forward onto the grass. Blood pours onto the German grass. Within seconds, Zippy is dead. Fonzie, at the opposite end of the UFO, runs around the corner and gets off a quick shot at the alien as it turns around. The shot blows a hole in the alien’s stomach. It howls and drops to the ground, dead. X-COM 10, Aliens 4.

What a bufu mission! Fonzie keeps a nervous finger on his trigger, as Calis and Condors begin to race back towards the UFO. Jeff Nights waits to get off some kind of a shot with the Blaster Launcher, but we’re all too bunched up for the Blaster Launcher to do much good. Danny makes his way towards the far end of the UFO, but he’s unarmed and done for the day. Split keeps babbling in the far field. We’re essentially down to four men. Damn it to all hell.

Suddenly, another Sectoid pops out of the far exit. He’s got a shot at Danny Van Halen through a door and window of the barn Danny’s cutting around. The alien opens fire. The shot does in to the barn through the door, out the window by Danny’s head, and…

Sails just wide! Whew! Fonzie opens fire a fraction of a second later and hits the alien with a shot to the ribs that sends it screaming to the ground. And then another Sectoid comes out of the UFO, just as Danny ducks down out of sight. The Sectoid, spins, spots, Fonzie, and fires. Fonzie is a fraction of a second late, but both combatants miss with their first shots. The Sectoid finds the range first, though, and drills Fonzie in the chest plate with a shot that knocks the wind out of him. Fighting off waves of blackness, Fonzie keeps his finger on the trigger, and nails the Sectoid with a shot that rips an arm off at the shoulder. Green goo comes spouting out of the alien. It runs, screaming, for a few yards, then topples over to the ground, dead. Fonzie’s vision clears a bit, but there’s another Sectoid at the other end of the UFO! This one opens fire. A second plasma blast slams into Fonzie’s stomach armor, blowing the midsection plate apart and doubling Fonzie over. Fonzie tries to pull up on his weapon, but he’s too weak from the consecutive hits. The Sectoid lines up Fonzie for the killing shot, smiles—

“Aaarrgh!” Danny Van Halen screams at the alien from the window of the barn. The alien—startled—turns, spots Danny, and runs back into the UFO! X-COM 12, Aliens 4.

Fonzie—amazed to still be alive—struggles to his feet as Condors and Calis finally make it to the UFO. Fonzie is dazed, his armor is a mess, but otherwise he appears to be ok! He motions to Condors and Calis that there’s an alien just inside the far exit. Condors charges straight for the far door, pops it open, and comes face-to-face with the Sectoid. He jams his Heavy Plasma into the stunned Sectoid’s stomach and pulls the trigger. The Sectoid is cut in half in a massive splash of green. The two sections of the creature’s body drop to the ground. X-COM 13, Aliens 4.

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Carnage at a UFO exit. October, 2003. X-COM Archives Photo

Condors scans the interior of the UFO: nothing. Fonzie, back at the other exit, limps to the door and pops it open. Nothing. He breaks right, into the narrow corridor that circles the main engine room on this floor. Condors, at the other end, breaks left to go around the other way. Calis rushes to get in the UFO to help Fonzie.

As Fonzie turns the first corner, he sees a Sectoid, about five yards away! Fonzie dives—more like “falls”—right and shoots at the same time. His plasma blast rips through the Sectoid’s thigh, cutting the leg in two and dropping the alien to the ground screaming. The Sectoid is still alive, but it is frantically clawing at its severed appendage. Fonzie gets up, limps over to the creature. He taps it on the side of the head with the muzzle of his Heavy Plasma. The Sectoid turns to look at Fonzie. Fonzie pulls the trigger and blows the creature’s head apart. X-COM 14, Aliens 4.

And with that, our threat sensors turn green. That was the last alien! Man, another bloody mission. More casualties.

Kills: Rich, 1; Jeff Nights II, 1; Render, 2; Fonzie II, 4; Split Personality III, 1; Condors II, 2; Travis III, 1; Zippy II, 1; Calis, 1.
KIA: Rich, Render II, Travis III, Zippy II.
Wounded: None.
Attribute Improvements: Jeff Nights II, Fonzie II, Split Personality III, Condors II, Calis, Danny Van Halen.
Final score: 372
Mission Notes:
Aw, crap. Four more dead. Six in two missions. And we lost Rich. He’s been around since the beginning. Render II was a solid agent, too. Travis III and Zippy II showed promise as well. Damn. All dead. What a day. And it’s not over yet. USA COM still has that UFO crash site to take out.

I think I’m losing whatever touch I had.

[Poli]

Rest in peace, my friends. :(

[tucker342]

Damn that sucks!:(

[JeffNights]

"aboard the Skyranger, just after lifting off from the german battlefield"

Captain Nights made sure all were secure for the trip back to ASIA COM base....Quietly, he took a seat agaisnt the craftwall, slowly removed his helmet and finally took a deep breath...He looked towards the back of the craft where the body bags of Rich, Render II, Travis II, Zippy II all were arrayed on the floor. He closed his eyes. This was by far the bloodiest mission he had led. Four of his men dead? What the hell had gone wrong. shaking his head, more to himself than anything else. He reminded himself he must not show fear in front of the brave men that he commanded. So..he closed his eyes once again and thought of Rich, Render II, Travis II, Zippy II..knowing that thier faces would haunt his dreams for months to come...

[JeeberD]

Bloody hell, four men dead? It's been quite a while since we've seen a mission that deadly for us... :(

[kingfc22]

The Sectoid leader must be lauging it up right now with all those humans going nuts and turning on each other. And Danny must have a hidden "luck" attribute because he should be dead.

Favorite line from the mission

“Aaarrgh!” Danny Van Halen screams at the alien from the window of the barn. The alien—startled—turns, spots Danny, and runs back into the UFO!

[Barkeep49]

Six men got killed in one day? I volunteered for this ****ing organization with numbers like that? *weeps* Oh how stupid am I.

[Travis]

It's a cold, cold day in the great white north, and in the crisp air, the shrill ring of an unanswered phone cuts through the otherwise silent day.

"Ma, we should really pick that up, the display says it's from the base Dad is stationed at. Maybe the war is over and he's called to tell us he's on his way home..."

The young man can't see the muted television, nor the face of the woman he's talking to. A single tear has begun to fall down her face, as even now CNN flashes pictures of the latest human/alien battle, the text at the bottom listing those killed in action, and the failure of one man to resist letting himself being taken over. The failure of one man , who killed one of his own.

"No son, he's not coming home, and the war's not over."

A dutiful nod from the boy in the other room as he picks up the phone and speaks for a few moments quietly.

"I'll be right there."

[hoopsguy]

Did you make the decision to have Calis blow away his teammate? I know that you have tried very hard in the past to not shoot teammates who are under PSI control.

Mental note: party with DVH once on the active rotation ... need to see if living the lifestyle helps bring the battlefield karma.

[Swaggs]

what a mission. :(

[Blade6119]

DAMN, thats sucks....but after just seeing "Miracle," all i can do is pray my boy on USA does awsome...USA USA USA!

[Rich1033]

One of the originals goes down. :(

Damn, the mission started out so well for me. I cant really complain about Travis shooting me. I believe I was the first person to fall under sectoid control and kill one of our own. Damn Karma.

My son sends word that he is ready to step up and try to fulfill his fathers dreams of becoming more than a squaddie. Hopefully there is enough time left for him to be activated.

[Blade6119]

I believe I was the first person to fall under sectoid control and kill one of our own.

Oh man, not at all...your one of many who has....2 of my 4 dead anscestors was were killed by sqaudmates under control...welcome to hell...

[klayman]

Yikes. Bad time to be an X-com solider.

[Tasan]

Man, rough mission. Nobody jinx GB anymore with "Wow you are getting too good with these missions" comments. I want Tasan II to live a while.

[Qwikshot]

Captain Qwikshot II stares at the battle report. He keeps his grief quiet so as to not reduce morale, but they all know this is the price that could be paid (as sons remember fathers). The datalog shows that the psi attacks did the most damage and for this he is greatly concerned, he turns and heads back to the psi training facility, the thoughts and prayers adrift among the faces of dead men.

[RendeR]

RendeR III recieved the news of his brother's death with amazing stoic dignity for such a young man. His mother, crumpled on the sofa in tears, didn't even try to stop him as he packed his bags, donned his fathers flight jacket and kissed her goodbye.

"I'll make sure they didn't die in vain mother...."

'Its time these aliens learned what pain really means' he thought to himself as he boared the plain.

[Thomkal]

I think the only appropriate response to this mission report is: "Holy Crap!" Man the aliens have really come to play all of a sudden.

[Blade]

Ouch...sorry to hear of the dearly departed...we have a spot saved for you up here, though...

[Fonzie]

Yikes, what a rough mission! Losing any agent hurts, but losing Rich was especially painful.

I'm frankly amazed to be alive. I'll have to remember to send Crappy a fruit basket for making such tough armor.

[DeToxRox]

I SURVIVE AGAIN!

BOOYAH!

[SplitPersonality1]

Chaotic swirls of gray and purple floated across the vision of Agent SplitPIII.

"Ugggh!", he grunted as he tried to sit up.

"Whoa there, fella. You shouldn't try to move, just yet", said a disembodied voice.

"Who?", said SplitP as a wave of nausea hit him like a Blaster Launcher missile.

"Here. Lay back down. I'm Nurse Betty and you are back at the base."

The nurse was amazed that the agent was even awake. He had enough drugs in him to knock out six men, yet SplitP continued to shake it off and regain conscienceness. At this rate, they might not ever be able to tell if there was any permanent Psi-damage from the Sectoid attack.

She looked to the doctor who shrugged his shoulders and motioned for her to give the kid another dose. If SplitP was to go on another mission, they had to be sure that he wasn't under any alien control.

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SplitP-A: Allright boys, we need to take an inventory. Who's down?

SplitP-B: Well bro, we were hit pretty hard. We lost D, E, H, L, P & Q. The whereabouts of C & V are unknown.

SplitP-A: Damn. I was afraid of this. We are going to have to....

SplitP-F: Wait! Got one.

SplitP-V: dashdlahsld fqehidfoqewh asdjfo;asjd sl;d hahahahaha

SplitP-F: What's he saying?

SplitP-A: Who the hell cares. It ain't anything of this world.......Kill him.

SplitP-F: But

SplitP-A: KILL HIM!!!

SplitP-V: klsdfj;as sahdflahs wait. wait. I'mah noormal now.

SplitP-A: Like hell you are. You are under Sectoid control.

SplitP-V: You stuupid humaans will never ween. We will cruush youu. We will controol youu. We will.......

SplitP-A: You will die.

SplitP-A's slowly released the grip that he had on "V's" neck and watches his alter-ego crumple down and disappear.

SplitP-A: Any news on C.

SplitP-I: Still looking.

SplitP-A: We've got to find him...*yawn*... and fast. Dammit. They are hitting us with *yawn* drugs again. Must not sleeeeeep................

***********************************************
The monitoring machines on the young soldier began barking out warning signals. The body of the young recriut began convulsing and the medical staff feared that they may have given him too much medication.

Then, as suddenly as it started, SplitP's vitals went back to normal and he slowly drifted back into peaceful slumber.

[Calis]

A little distraught that my first kill as an X-Com soldier was Travis, but under the circumstances there wasn't much of a choice.

As an aside, I'm quite surprised I lived through this ordeal, seeing as how I'm one of the young guns and with the amount of people falling I lucked out on this one.

I'm not so anxious to be picked up for missions anymore. ;)

[AStott]

Yikes! That mission is ALMOST enough to get me worried about the upcoming USA mission.

[kingfc22]

Come on boys. The fight must go on. We must not let out X-Com brothers die in vain.

[Godzilla Blitz]

Just some general replies. Some carry over to stuff from the old thread...

Vince: No problem. I know you check in every once in a while, and figured it was the least I could do.

Chief: Got it. You're at the top of the list for the next call up to active duty. No problem missing the first one. They'll be more chances. At the rate I'm going on these last two missions, they'll be lots more chances.

Kingfc: I'm not sure about the other attack base yet, but if we can I'd like to do it. I need to check our cash flow, our facilities in AFRICA COM, etc., but I think it's probably a go. The team there would most likely be used for missions when we get overwhelmed by UFOs. There are so many now that we starting to not be able to hit them all. I hate letting a UFO sit on the ground and not have us take a shot at knocking it out.

Jeff: Good post! Too bad about those men you lost, but there really wasn't much you could have done about it.

Jeeber: I think this is our bloodiest day ever. I don't think we've ever lost six men in one day (in X-COM II anyway). And it's still not over. USA COM is up next.

Barkeep: You jinxed us! ;) It's like baseball. You never mention the no-hitter while the game is being played.

Rich: I hated to lose you. Sorry about that. It all happened so fast. One minute you were alive, the next you were dead, our tank was knocked out, and Travis had Calis lined up in his sights. It got ugly so fast. I'll add Rich II onto the list.

Travis: Great post! I'll add your next of kin onto the list.

Blade6119: Wasn't it Rich that killed one of your early ancestors?

Hoopsguy: Yeah, I hate shooting our own men, and will do my best to get out of their way of an alien controlled agent. No choice on this one. though. No where for Calis to go, and no time to get there either. It was either Calis or Travis, and since Travis changed teams, it had to be him. Also, I didn't want to give up our position at the UFO door. Too many aliens in those supply ships to let them get out.

Fonzie: Yes, you are really lucky to be alive. You got hit twice, and that alien had you lined up for the kill. There was nothing I could do. Then the thing just turned around and ran back into the UFO.

DVH: You, too, are incredibly lucky to be alive. You had so many shots taken at you that came so close.

Calis: The fates were with you this time. I almost put you right beside Travis at the tank.

Split: LOL! Hilarious! Don't kill off to many of you. We wouldn't want your IQ dropping too low.

Render: Sorry about your loss. We'll get your next of kin in line for more action.

Coming up:
Tuesday: Finish the photos for Mission 87. Intro for Mission 88.
Wednesday: Skyranger Report on Mission 88.
Thursday: Mission 88.
Friday: Updated Stats.

I'm thinking to "freeze" things after Mission 88 so we can have a "Power Medals Week". I'd like to go back and give out medals for missions 31-88. I think I can do about ten missions a day, which will take about a week to do.

[Tasan]

Hey did you get my "next of kin heads to XCOM for duty" post back in the last topic? Just making sure I'm on the list.

[RealDeal]

If you do medals, please go back and give some sort of shame medal for the guy that killed one of my ancestors.

[Rich1033]

Rich: I hated to lose you. Sorry about that. It all happened so fast. One minute you were alive, the next you were dead, our tank was knocked out, and Travis had Calis lined up in his sights. It got ugly so fast. I'll add Rich II onto the list.

No problem, I never was too impressed by my guys stats. Maybe my son will have more talent.

Blade6119: Wasn't it Rich that killed one of your early ancestors?


Hey now, I just died. No need to bring up negatives from my past. Instead we should focus on all the positives. Like all those barns that I made sure were safe and secure...

[fantastic flying froggies]

Damn, two disasters in a row...

We can't let that alien scum get away with this !

Let's go get them ! Revenge ! Revenge !

[Godzilla Blitz]

Update

As the ASIA COM Skyranger limps home with four dead agents aboard, the USA COM Skyranger begins its gradual descent to the Slovakian countryside. We've got Sectoids in a small scout, so you'd hope we could cut down on casualties on this mission.

On board are a tense group of ten men:
CT Homer, Anxiety II, Illinifan V, AStott, Blade6119 IV, Sublime II, Rawisdan, Jeeber D, Mr. Bug IV, Klayman III.

Good luck, men. Let's all come home in one piece, ok?

[Poli]

JeeberD! I just tried the game, and I got smoked. I'll have to try and read the manual tonight!

[JeeberD]

Word. I downloaded the game once and got my ass handed to me. Maybe I should re-install the sucker and give it another go.

And quit using my name as an expletive, dammit! :D

[Godzilla Blitz]

Tasan: Yup. Got it. I'll make sure to add it to the list. Sorry I didn't mention it before.

Real: I'll be sure to pass your request on to the Medal's Committee. ;)

Ardent: Keep trying stuff. You'll get better. At the beginning you lose a lot of men anyway. Nothing to be done about it. No armor, no medi-kits, and no alien weaponry is tough. The men at the beginning are just cheap rookies, though. $40,000 a pop is chump change. Use 'em like peasants. They're dying for a good cause.

And on another note, I didn't get to the photos again. I'll do it tomorrow for sure.

[Abe Sargent]

Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go,
I've guns with blades and hand grenades
Hi ho, hi ho, hi ho
Hio, hi ho, killing sectioids we do go
I stomp on grays and bomb their bays
Hi ho, hi ho, hi ho
Hi ho, hi ho, floaters are are low
We break their tails with the US detail
Hi ho, hi ho, hi ho
Hi ho, hi ho, I slap around a 'mo
I burn him hot we killed his lot
Hi ho, hi ho, hi ho
Hi ho, hi ho.....



-Anxiety

[3ric]

Good luck, men. Let's all come home in one piece, ok?

Uh oh. Let's hope not. 10 men coming home melted together in one piece would be gross.

[The_herd]

JeeberD! I just tried the game, and I got smoked. I'll have to try and read the manual tonight!

Tactical land combat isn't for the Navy.

[SirFozzie]

Any update on where I am, and what I'm doing? :)

[PsychoCop]

Ardent: Keep trying stuff. You'll get better. At the beginning you lose a lot of men anyway. Nothing to be done about it. No armor, no medi-kits, and no alien weaponry is tough. The men at the beginning are just cheap rookies, though. $40,000 a pop is chump change. Use 'em like peasants. They're dying for a good cause.


Exactly. Rookies are like very cheap cannon fodder. :) They draw fire away from your veterans... (i usually arm rookies with just a primed grenade, and then send them off into buildings to scout. =D )

[The Afoci]

I am still alive. Thank god. If I keep my mouth shut, I don't die!

Crap.

[sterlingice]

Exactly. Rookies are like very cheap cannon fodder. :) They draw fire away from your veterans... (i usually arm rookies with just a primed grenade, and then send them off into buildings to scout. =D ) Poor Ensign {insert Star Trek guest star's name here}

Uh oh. Let's hope not. 10 men coming home melted together in one piece would be gross.
I got a chuckle out of that, for what it's worth

SI

[RawIsDan]

Whoowee. To borrow a saying from DukeNukem: It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta gum. :D

Update

As the ASIA COM Skyranger limps home with four dead agents aboard, the USA COM Skyranger begins its gradual descent to the Slovakian countryside. We've got Sectoids in a small scout, so you'd hope we could cut down on casualties on this mission.

On board are a tense group of ten men:
CT Homer, Anxiety II, Illinifan V, AStott, Blade6119 IV, Sublime II, Rawisdan, Jeeber D, Mr. Bug IV, Klayman III.

Good luck, men. Let's all come home in one piece, ok?

[JeeberD]

I predict a severe Sectoid ass-kicking tonight. Me and my USA COM associates are going to tear the crap out of those silly little aliens...

[MikeVic]

This is almost off the first page... better bump it up..

[kingfc22]

The Sectoids will not accomplish their secondary goal of knocking this dynasty off the front page. NEVER!!!

[tucker342]

lol

THOSE BASTARDS!

[Godzilla Blitz]

Skyranger Transmission

The USA COM Skyranger reports that all is going perfectly. Light Sectoid resistance. No casualties. Cake. Looks like we're back on track.

Got a little busy, so the mission might go up tomorrow instead of tonight.

[sterlingice]

Skyranger Transmission

The USA COM Skyranger reports that all is going perfectly. Light Sectoid resistance. No casualties. Cake. Looks like we're back on track.

Got a little busy, so the mission might go up tomorrow instead of tonight.
Aw, crap. Clearly the Skyranger pilot is speaking Sectoid. You're all screwed. I'll get to making bodybags.

SI

[Poli]

What's that blue leader? I don't think I copy.

[tucker342]

uh oh were all screwed:(;)

[Coffee Warlord]

Skyranger Transmission

Doomed.

Had to turn on the Pilot Translator.

[JeeberD]

I'm skeered... :(

[Godzilla Blitz]

(Photos coming soon, I think. I might have erased them by mistake)

88th Mission: Sectoids in Slovakia

Six hours after the ASIA COM Skyranger limps home with its four dead agents, the USA COM Skyranger begins its gradual descent to the late afternoon Slovakian countryside. With six dead agents in less than 6 hours, the men on board are tense. This has not been a good day.

Captain AStott will lead us in battle.

Our troops today:

Left Side:
1. CT Homer (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)
2. Anxiety II (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)
3. Illinifan V (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)
4. AStott (Blaster Launcher, Power Suit)
5. Blade6119 IV (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)

Right Side:
1. Sublime II (Blaster Launcher, Power Suit)
2. Rawisdan (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)
3. Jeeber D (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)
4. Mr. Bug IV (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)
5. Klayman III (Heavy Plasma, Power Suit)

The Skyranger drops to the battlefield below. We’re coming down on the northwest sector of the active zone, so the areas at the exit of the Skyranger and to its left are free of aliens. The battle will be to the right of the craft and up by the nose. Although the weather is clear, we can’t see much of the battlefield on the way down. To the right of the exit, it looks like we’ll have a couple of hedged-in fields right up tight to our exit. Otherwise, no distinguishing features stand out on the battlefield. There is no sign of the UFO, nor any sign of houses or barns.

The Skyranger touches down gently. The ramp falls away. Silence.

Our tanks rumbles down the ramp, spins, and sees…

Nothing. We roll it right, through a break in the hedge wall and into the field beyond. Nothing there as well, although we can see yet another hedge wall at the other end of this plot of land. Mr. Bug and Klayman exit the Skyranger and move in behind the tank. Together they start a sweep of the area to our exit’s right. Anxiety II and Illinifan V exit as well. The two of them move up by the nose of the Skyranger and begin a sweep to the southeast. AStott also exits and sets up a firing position with the Blaster Launcher just away from the rear of the Skyranger. The rest of the men shuffle to the exits and wait.

Things are quiet for the next couple of minutes. Men and machines spread out. Our tank leads the way east, and as it breaks through the hedge wall at the other end of the first field, it catches a glimpse of a Sectoid, in a field, about 30 yards away. No one has a shot yet, but Klayman tosses a grenade up over the hedge wall in the Sectoid’s general direction. The throw is nearly perfect. As the grenade rolls to within a few feet of the startled Sectoid, it turns to run. It gets one step away when the grenade goes off, chewing up a chunk of the field and blowing the alien apart! Well done, Klayman III! X-COM 1, Aliens 0.

We continue to move. Since Klayman III has now got some experience on what surely will be a short mission, he heads back toward the Skyranger; Blade6119 IV comes out to take his place behind the tank. The tank and Mr. Bug IV wait while this happens. Anxiety and Illinifan continue southeast and spot the badly damaged medium scout UFO sitting in a field about 30 yards farther away. They also spot some small shacks directly to the south of our position. CTHomer and Jeeber D exit the Skyranger and head in the direction of the shacks. Anxiety and Illinifan can see that the UFO has a massive hole in its roof, and we decide to bring out the heavy artillery. AStott plots a course with the Blaster Launcher for the inside of the UFO and pulls the trigger. The missile sails up and over our Skyranger, tears straight for the UFO, and then disappears through the roof. We hear a massive roar, followed quickly by the scream of a dying alien! A plume of flame and black smoke pours out of the UFO. X-COM 2, Aliens 0.

Back to our east, Blade6119 catches up to Mr. Bug and our tank. Together they continue their sweep. Shortly, they spot a barn behind a small grove. Our tank heads in to the grove to scout for alien movement.

Back at the UFO, Anxiety and Illinifan continue to advance on the craft.

To the south of our Skyranger, CTHomer and Jeeber D move in on the shacks.

Back at the Skyranger, Sublime II exits the craft, heads to AStott, and switches weapons. AStott heads back into the Skyranger. At this time, Rawisdan also exits the Skyranger and starts southeast, to add his firepower to the men advancing on the UFO.

Suddenly, back to the east, our tank spots a Sectoid at the backside of the barn, about 30 yards away from our position! None of our men have any shot, but back at the Skyranger, the alien lights up on Sublime’s HUD. He plots a quick firing course and pulls the trigger. Three seconds later the missile slams into the back of the barn, gutting the first floor in a massive explosion and killing the Sectoid instantly.

And that’s it! Yes! Finally, a mission with no casualties! Well done, men!

Kills: AStott, 1; Klayman III, 1; Sublime II, 1.
KIA: None.
Wounded: None
Attribute Improvements: AStott, Klayman, Sublime.
Final score: 78
Mission Notes:
Nice to not lose anyone. Six dead men in one day are enough.

[Godzilla Blitz]

Sir Fozzie: Not sure off hand. I'll be posting a stats update sometime in the next day or two. The eight new agents aren't in the game yet. They'll be called once we hit the end of the month, and then it takes 3 days worth of game time to get them to bases.

3ric: Very funny! I should have worded that a bit differently. ;)

Anxiety: Good humor. I think we've got a new theme song!

Coming up:

Today/Saturday: Stats Update, Mission 88 photos (if available).

After that, I'm not sure. I might try to get us to the end of the month before I do the medals update, or I might try to do both at the same time. Anyway, we'll move forward a bit over the weekend.

[Sublime]

Pimptacular!

[tucker342]

maybe he was telling the truth....

[JeeberD]

I didn't get to shoot anyone... :(

[illinifan999]

OMG Astott stole my kill!

[Blade6119]

Wait, illini and i were together on a mission and we didnt kill eachother...my god...i figured after he shot Blade6119II my boy would get revenge...damn illini!

[PsychoCop]

Any info on which base I've been sent to? :)

[MrBug708]

I'm stuck in a rut. Hardly any action

[AStott]

All too easy...

Hey, Illinifan999... When you get to lead an attack, then you'll discover that it's not called stealing kills. It's called helping protect your men from unneeded harm. You want to see stealing an attack? Next time I won't voluntarily give up the blaster launcher...

*mumble mumble grumble*

:D

[Godzilla Blitz]

Here we go...

X-COM II Troop Master List (After Mission 88)

USA COM

ID Name Status Rank Miss. Kills
14. Wade Moore Active Colonel 24 22
43. Achilles Active Sergeant 18 14
46. Patman II Active Captain 20 11
61. Rawisdan Active Squaddie 15 7
73. CTHomer Active Squaddie 11 6
74. AStott Active Captain 14 18
75. Alf III Active Squaddie 7 4
92. Jeeber D Active Squaddie 8 5
93. Afoci To ASIA Squaddie 7 4
96. Illinifan V To ASIA Squaddie 6 3
98. MrBug IV Active Squaddie 8 3
112. Airhog II Active Squaddie 2 1
113. Anxiety II Active Squaddie 2 1
114. Blade6119 IV Active Squaddie 2 0
115. Klayman III Active Squaddie 2 2


EU COM

ID Name Status Rank Miss. Kills
2. jfbbis Active Colonel 21 20
10. Kodos Active Commander 24 23
19. Revrew Active Captain 22 18
37. The Time Active Sergeant 20 9
55. Sublime II Active Squaddie 16 10
70. Naiwf WND (6) Sergeant 14 10
89. RealDeal III Active Squaddie 10 4
90. Coffee Warlord II Active Sergeant 11 9
101. Wolfpack Active Squaddie 6 5
102. Japherwaki II WND (16) Squaddie 9 7
105. Swaggs Active Sergeant 8 6
110. Breeze Active Squaddie 3 7
116. Chuck U Farley Active Squaddie 2 2
120. Sachmo III WND (16) Squaddie 3 1


ASIA COM

ID Name Status Rank Miss. Kills
35. Jeff Nights II Active Captain 23 11
39. Thomkal II Active Sergeant 17 15
41. Fat Football II Active Sergeant 18 8
45. Danny VanHalen Active Sergeant 18 13
52. Qwikshot II Active Captain 17 11
76. Fonzie II Active Squaddie 11 11
84. Split Pers III Active Squaddie 7 8
103. Condors II Active Sergeant 7 9
109. Glengoyne Active Squaddie 3 2
111. 3ric IV Active Squaddie 3 1
118. Calis Active Squaddie 2 1



SAM COM

ID Name Status Rank Miss. Kills
71. Wignasty Active Squaddie 7 3
117. Psycho Cop II To ASIA Rookie 0 0
119. Tucker II To EU Rookie 0 0
121. Katon II Active Rookie 0 0
122. Mike Vic To EU Rookie 0 0



AFRICA COM

ID Name Status Rank Miss. Kills
59. Daimyo II Active Squaddie 9 5
94. Data King III Active Squaddie 5 2
123. Vince To EU Rookie 0 0
124. Sir Fozzie II To ASIA Rookie 0 0
125. Chief Rum IV Active Rookie 0 0
126. The Herd To ??? Rookie 0 0
127. Hoops Guy To ASIA Rookie 0 0
128. ShaefIllini To EU Rookie 0 0


X-COM II Troop Attributes

Name TUs Sta Hlt Brv Rea Fir Thw Str PsD PsS
2. jfbbis 76 82 61 30 35 84 58 58
10. Kodos 80 90 58 50 62 80 73 60
14. Wade Moore 79 81 56 30 59 91 72 67
19. Revrew 76 70 55 30 37 66 59 60
35. Jeff Nights II 69 76 55 60 32 65 61 54
37. The Time 74 84 55 50 63 55 58 51
39. Thomkal II 70 92 60 30 56 50 61 49
41. Fat Football II 71 72 43 50 38 69 73 52
43. Achilles 73 74 57 10 46 79 79 53
45. Danny VanHalen 77 82 50 10 42 63 79 51
46. Patman II 76 69 53 60 47 52 79 55
52. Qwikshot II 73 81 45 10 58 77 65 52
55. Sublime II 74 76 44 10 40 73 77 58
59. Daimyo II 65 60 48 30 47 70 64 43
61. RawisDan 68 50 37 60 37 67 74 48
70. Naiwf 76 72 53 50 40 63 69 49
71. Wignasty 64 45 37 20 38 61 72 44
73. CTHomer 68 67 38 10 58 45 62 46
74. AStott 76 60 54 50 55 73 62 58
75. Alf III 62 57 36 40 52 50 55 46
76. Fonzie II 71 76 53 20 46 65 79 48
84. Split Pers III 69 71 45 30 41 64 67 42
89. RealDeal III 73 72 35 60 47 65 68 54
90. Coffee Warlord II 75 82 48 60 38 72 69 46
92. Jeeber D 61 58 41 20 30 60 77 37
93. Afoci 62 59 37 30 40 45 54 47
94. Data King III 63 52 31 50 36 52 58 35
96. Illinifan V 57 50 44 50 56 53 66 40
98. Mr. Bug IV 61 64 45 10 34 69 66 34
101. Wolfpack 65 72 36 40 36 62 59 36
102. Japherwaki II 67 78 43 20 32 52 53 49
103. Condors II 65 70 41 60 51 68 66 54
105. Swaggs 66 74 44 60 51 73 69 44
109. Glengoyne 64 67 44 30 34 67 53 42
110. Breeze 64 49 37 60 31 71 54 42
111. 3ric IV 52 61 31 30 45 50 56 25
112. Airhog II 56 67 30 60 56 44 54 29
113. Anxiety II 55 66 37 30 57 64 67 40
114. Blade6119 IV 55 47 41 10 37 72 60 27
115. Klaymn III 62 75 41 30 34 70 58 32
116. Chuck U Farley 57 64 34 40 53 66 76 34
117. Psycho Cop II 50 61 28 10 60 67 50 37
118. Calis 58 57 26 50 39 55 73 35
119. Tucker II 58 60 26 60 50 55 64 29
120. Sachmo III 56 57 36 50 47 57 57 38
121. Katon II 50 49 28 40 55 67 54 37
122. Mike Vic 59 41 38 10 32 44 52 34
123. Vince 53 65 26 10 45 64 57 39
124. Sir Fozzie II 60 65 27 10 31 67 50 25
125. Chief Rum IV 55 46 25 30 50 52 63 38
126. The Herd 51 66 37 40 58 50 77 40
127. Hoops Guy 52 49 36 40 41 59 65 24
128. ShaefIllini 55 45 40 10 59 56 64 28

Key: TUs = Time Units; Sta = Stamina; Hlt = Health; Brv = Bravery; Rea = Reactions
Fir = Firing; Thw = Throwing; Str = Strength; PsD = PSI Defense; PsS = PSI Skill

Support Personnel

Head of Research: Craptacular
(Current researching focus: Ultimate Space Craft, Fusion Missile)
Head of Engineering: Sterling Ice II
(Current manufacturing focus: Power Suits, Fusion Ball Bombs, Hover Tank, Firestorm Fighter)
US Interceptor Pilot: CapnMorgan (10 Kills)
EU Interceptor Pilot: Superman (11 Kills)
AS Interceptor Pilot: Toddiec IV ( 9 Kills)


Attribute Leaders (After Mission 88)

Time Units: (80) Kodos
Stamina: (92) Thomkal II
Health: (61) Jfbbis
Bravery: (60) (Ten tied)
Reactions: (63) The Time
Firing: (91) Wade Moore
Throwing: (79) (Four tied)
Strength: (67) Wade Moore


Attribute Doggies (After Mission 88)

Time Units: (50) PsychoCop II, Katon II
Stamina: (41) Mike Vic
Health: (25) Chief Rum IV
Bravery: (10) (Eleven tied)
Reactions: (30) Jeeber D
Firing: (44) Airhog II, Mike Vic
Throwing: (50) Sir Fozzie II, Psycho Cop II
Strength: (24) Hoops Guy


Top Ten Kills Leaders

1. Kodos 23
2. Wade Moore 22
3. Jfbbis 20
4. Klayman (KIA) 18
4. Revrew 18
4. Astott 18
7. Shorty (KIA) 16
8. Thomkal II 15
9. Achilles 14
9. Rich (KIA) 14


Waiting List

ID Name Base Status Rank LBrvOK? OptUp?
129. Ardent Enthusiast - In Transit Rookie Yes Yes
130. Peregrine - In Transit Rookie Yes No
131. Raven Hawk II - In Transit Rookie Yes No
132. Northwood DK - In Transit Rookie Yes No
133. Lokugh III - In Transit Rookie Yes No
134. BYU II - In Transit Rookie Yes No
135. Kingfc - In Transit Rookie Yes No
136. Barkeep - In Transit Rookie Yes No
137. Shorty II - AWOL Rookie Yes No
138. Fantastic Froggies - On Call Rookie Yes Yes
139. Blade IV - On Call Rookie Yes No
140. Tasan II - On Call Rookie Yes No
141. Rich II - On Call Rookie Yes No
142. Travis IV - On Call Rookie Yes No
143. Render III - On Call Rookie Yes No
144. Zippy III - On Call Rookie Yes Yes


The Hall of Heroes


ID Name Status Rank Miss. Kills
1. Cam Edwards KIA Rookie 1 0
3. Patman KIA Captain 5 1
4. Fat Football KIA Sergeant 3 3
5. Sublime KIA Sergeant 6 3
6. Blade 6119 KIA Rookie 1 1
7. Jeff Nights KIA Rookie 1 0
8. Render KIA Sergeant 12 9
9. Kerillini KIA Sergeant 6 5
11. Toddiec KIA Squaddie 3 1
12. Illinifan KIA Squaddie 4 2
13. MrBug KIA Rookie 1 0
15. Rich 1033 KIA Squaddie 20 14
16. Thomkal KIA Squaddie 2 5
17. Shorty KIA Captain 16 16
18. Klayman KIA Captain 13 18
20. Travis KIA Squaddie 10 6
21. Schmidty KIA Rookie 3 1
22. Al Hill KIA Squaddie 7 3
23. Sachmo KIA Squaddie 3 3
24. Data King KIA Sergeant 6 4
25. Alf KIA Rookie 1 2
26. Mr. Bug II KIA Squaddie 5 1
27. Daimyo KIA Squaddie 3 0
28. 3ric KIA Squaddie 2 1
29. Raven Hawk KIA Captain 15 11
30. Sterling Ice KIA Rookie 1 0
31. BYU 14 KIA Captain 20 12
32. Chief Rum KIA Squaddie 4 3
33. Qwikshot KIA Rookie 1 0
34. Cam Edwards II KIA Squaddie 7 7
36. Blade 6119 II KIA Rookie 1 0
38. Split Personality KIA Rookie 1 0
40. Toddiec II KIA Squaddie 4 3
42. Blade KIA Sergeant 5 4
44. Airhog KIA Squaddie 11 7
47. Illinifan II KIA Squaddie 4 2
48. Fonzie KIA Squaddie 4 5
49. Lokugh KIA Sergeant 9 8
50. Sachmo II KIA Sergeant 19 12
51. Kerillini II KIA Squaddie 8 3
53. Alf II KIA Rookie 1 2
54. Blade 6119 III KIA Squaddie 11 13
56. Schmidty II KIA Rookie 1 0
57. Split Pers. II KIA Sergeant 4 4
58. 3ric II KIA Squaddie 5 1
60. Illinifan III MIA Squaddie 2 0
62. Data King II KIA Squaddie 3 2
63. Mr. Bug III KIA Squaddie 5 3
64. Japherwaki KIA Rookie 3 0
65. Al Hill II KIA Sergeant 3 2
66. Tasan KIA Squaddie 15 7
67. Chief Rum II KIA Sergeant 13 9
68. Toddiec III KIA Rookie 3 0
69. Zippy KIA Squaddie 9 5
72. Coffee Warlord KIA Rookie 1 1
77. PsychoCop KIA Rookie 2 0
78. Render II KIA Sergeant 12 8
79. Blade II KIA Rookie 3 0
80. Illinifan IV KIA Rookie 3 0
81. Andone KIA Rookie 3 1
82. Condors KIA Squaddie 6 3
83. Travis II KIA Squaddie 4 3
85. Cam Edwards III KIA Squaddie 2 4
86. Klayman II KIA Squaddie 6 3
87. 3ric III KIA Squaddie 5 6
88. Anxiety KIA Squaddie 2 2
91. Tucker KIA Squaddie 3 1
95. Katon KIA Squaddie 2 2
97. Blade III KIA Squaddie 6 6
99. Lokugh II KIA Squaddie 5 3
100. Sir Fozzie KIA Squaddie 4 5
104. Marmel KIA Squaddie 3 4
106. Travis III KIA Squaddie 7 4
107. Chief Rum III KIA Squaddie 3 1
108. Zippy II KIA Squaddie 5 3

[Godzilla Blitz]

Quick Update...

Sachmo lived through the night. Some quick surgery by Crappy not only saved his life, but should have him back in fighting condition within three weeks. Way to go, Crappy!

I'm still not sure what to do next. Medals, missions, or both. I'm leaning towards X-COM National Medals Week, because it keeps bothering me that we have a bizillion missions where people didn't get any medals.

I'll figure something out by Monday. We'll either have up Missions 31-40 medals, or the lead-in to the next mission.

[Craptacular]

Anyone see my Junior Mints?

[Poli]

Where the heck am I in transit to?

[Blade6119]

prob. africa com...but maybe your already to south america com. Doubtful yur already up to one of the big 3.

[Blade6119]

oh, and im glad to see you had to go to bed ;)

[Coffee Warlord]

Lordy, my reaction time still sucks ass. I wonder if I should stop getting drunk before missions.

[RealDeal]

Be nice to keeping going on missions until the end of the month, when we can see the first batch of psi results.

[PsychoCop]

ASIA here I come!

[fantastic flying froggies]

Glad I'm not last on the waiting list anymore... :)

It does make me just a bit uncomfortable to have a bunch of people with III and IV in their names behind me though...

[The_herd]

126. The Herd To ???

???

[Lokugh]

I was looking at the list and I had a question...didn't Kodos die at some point? I thought I remembered him having to be regenerated.

Lokugh

[Barkeep49]

I think doing a medals week would be great. Lots of those past missions deserve some recognition.

[3ric]

???

Ah, that's the military for you. You never know when or where you're going to be relocated. Sometimes you wonder if the leadership have any idea as well! ;)

[JeeberD]

I was looking at the list and I had a question...didn't Kodos die at some point? I thought I remembered him having to be regenerated.

Lokugh

Yeah, he died. But then the save file got corrupted or something and GB had to go back to a previous save to be able to continue. How convenient... ;)

[Kodos]

It pays to have friends in high places. :D

[sterlingice]

It pays to have friends in high places. :D
Kang and his space-based computer disruptor?

SI

[Poli]

oh, and im glad to see you had to go to bed ;)


I had to STUDY, then go to bed. It just so happens this is part of my study routine.

Ok, I got nothing.

I'm busted.

[Godzilla Blitz]

This is a repost of the explanations of the Medals, just to make it easier to find:

The awards, ranked in order of prestige...

Order of Mega Mighty Mojo: The highest honor that an X-COM agent can receive. For outstanding service to the X-COM cause over an extended period of time. For repeated leadership, valor, and accomplishment in an amazing number of battles.

Order of Mighty Mojo: The second highest honor that an X-COM agent can receive. For outstanding service to the X-COM cause over an extended period of time. For repeated leadership, valor, and accomplishment in numerous battles.

Order of Mojo: The third highest honor that an X-COM agent can receive. For outstanding service to the X-COM cause over an extended period of time. For repeated leadership, valor, and accomplishment in several battles.

Star of Terra: This medal is awarded to an X-COM agent for actions that cause alien destruction above and beyond the call of duty on a single mission. As opposed to the Badge of Kahunas, this medal is awarded when you kick alien ass. It is a higher order medal that the Badge of Kahunas. Comes in three degrees: Bronze, Silver, and Gold.

Badge of Kahunas: This medal is awarded to an X-COM agent for unprecedented valor or sacrifice in the face of battle. As opposed to the Star of Terra, this medal does not necessarily have to mean that you actually did something nasty to the aliens. Comes in three degrees: Bronze, Silver, and Gold.

Angel Wings: This bar is awarded to an X-COM agent for actions of valor or sacrifice that save the lives of other X-COM agents. Comes in three degrees: Bronze, Silver, and Gold.

Purple Heart: Given to X-COM agents wounded in action.

Coffee Warlord Pin: Given to X-COM agents that die incredibly early in their X-COM careers. Named after Coffee Warlord, who was shot and killed approximately 1 minute after the Skyranger exit gate opened on his very first mission.

Kodos Doh Pin: Given to an X-COM agent that does something incredibly stupid or clutzy on a mission. Named after Commander Kodos, who, on a terror mission early in our X-COM history, threw two consecutive live grenades into a telephone pole directly in front of him, causing all the agents near him to scramble for cover twice, and pretty much destroying the nearby house.

Yellow Pin of Cowardice: This demerit is given to an X-COM agent for cowardice in the face of battle, for actions detrimental to the name and honor of the X-COM unit, or for incompetence that leads to the death and injury of civilians and or fellow X-COM agents.

Gray Pin of Cowardice: This higher order demerit is given to an X-COM agent for major cowardice in the face of battle, for actions detrimental to the name and honor of the X-COM unit, or for incompetence that leads to the death and injury of civilians and or fellow X-COM agents.

Black Pin of Cowardice: The highest order demerit. If “awarded”, the recipient has two alternatives: resign from the X-COM ranks or be called upon to sacrifice their life in battle for the service of the X-COM cause. If a recipient chooses to resign, their next of kin may enter the game and try to restore honor to the family name. If a recipient chooses to sacrifice their life, they will be placed under guard on subsequent missions, will have a double high explosive charge strapped about them, and will be called upon to force entry into the enemy UFO with the charge activated. If successful, your Cowardice Pins will be stricken from your record, you will be awarded a Badge of Kahunas and possibly a Star of Terra, and you will without a doubt be very very dead.

[sachmo71]

Gold Angel Wings for Coffee!!!

[Godzilla Blitz]

10 missions down, 48 more to go...

Medals Update

Mission 31

Coffee Warlord: Coffee Warlord Pin
By getting blown away seconds after the Skyranger ramp fell away, Coffee set an all-time record for shortest X-COM career. We named the award after him for his performance on this mission.

Mission 32

AStott: Bronze Star of Terra
In action against a downed UFO in the jungles of Malaysia, AStott killed three Floaters as they exited their UFO.

Mission 33

None

Mission 34

Sachmo II: Bronze Star of Terra
Sachmo II led the way on a scouting mission into the heart of an alien base. He correctly identified the aliens, killed a Sectoid, and escaped unnoticed. The kill was our first ever offensive kill.

Mission 35

Patman II: Bronze Star of Terra
Patman II took the point on the counterpart scouting mission into the Norwegian Sectoid base. Like Sachmo II, he identified our opponent, killed a Sectoid, and escaped unnoticed.

Mission 36

Lokugh: Bronze Angel Wings
Lokugh spotted and killed an enemy sniper seconds before the sniper would have killed Alf III.

Mission 37: Norwegian Base Assault

Raven Hawk: Gold Star of Terra
Raven Hawk performed admirably during the entire battle, was one of four men to charge the alien control center at the end of the fight, and single-handedly captured the base commander.

Shorty: Gold Star of Terra
Shortly killed six aliens during the course of the battle, saved two X-COM agents with timely shooting, and was one of four agents to make the charge into the base command center.

Sachmo II: Gold Badge of Kahunas
Shorty: Silver Badge of Kahunas
Klayman: Silver Badge of Kahunas
Raven Hawk: Silver Badge of Kahunas
These four agents led the final charge into the alien command center. Sachmo II, who was badly injured earlier in the fight, deserves special distinction for fighting with such incredible wounds.

Data King II: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Chief Rum II: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Toddiec III: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Kodos: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
3ric II: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Cam Edwards II: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Patman II: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Kerillini II: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Japherwaki: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Al Hill II: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
For volunteering on our first base assault, the remaining ten men on the mission are awarded this distinction for bravery.

Raven Hawk: Gold Angel Wings
Raven Hawk rushed down a corridor under heavy fire and administered first aid that saved Sachmo II’s life.

Shorty: Silver Angel Wings
Shorty fired the Blaster Launcher and took out a CyberDisc seconds before it would have killed both Raven Hawk and Sachmo II. Later he took out a Sectoid that would have killed Kodos.

Patman II: Purple Heart
Kodos: Purple Heart
Sachmo II: Purple Heart
All three of these agents were wounded during the fierce fighting inside the alien base.

Data King II: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Data King II panicked and ran away in the initial stages of our penetration into the alien base.

Japherwaki: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Japherwaki came under alien control and killed Cam Edwards II. X-COM agents killed Japherwaki shortly thereafter.

Al Hill II: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Al cracked under pressure and was mind-controlled by the aliens. Kodos was forced to kill him after Al opened fire on our own men.

Patman II: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Patman II was mind-controlled by aliens. He shot Kodos with a Heavy Plasma blast that nearly killed our commander.

Kodos: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
As the remains of our attack force prepared to assault the enemy control center, Kodos froze. He was unable to continue with the mission.

Klayman: Order of Mojo
Klayman, who was killed during the final assault on the base command center, ended a career that spanned 13 missions. During that time he killed 18 aliens, received numerous awards of distinction, and ended with the highest kills/mission ratio ever recorded by an X-COM agent (ten missions to qualify). In honor of this distinguished career, Klayman is awarded the Order of Mojo, the third highest career honor that an X-COM agent can receive.

Mission 38

Rich: Bronze Star of Terra
Rich killed three aliens in a fierce terror mission in Bogotá.

Mission 39

None

Mission 40

Wade Moore: Bronze Angel Wings
Wade saved Qwikshot II with a long shot just as an alien was going to blow Qwikshot II’s head off.

[Godzilla Blitz]

X-COM II Medals (Through Mission 40)

USA COM

ID Name Medals
1. Pvt. Cam Edwards Coffee Warlord Pin.
2. Col. Jfbbis Bronze Star of Terra (2); Purple Heart (2).
3. Cap. Patman -
4. Sgt. Fat Football Bronze Angel Wings (2)
5. Sgt. Sublime Yellow Pin of Cowardice; Gray Pin of Cowardice
6. Pvt. Blade 6119 -
7. Pvt. Jeff Nights -
8. Sgt. Render -
9. Sgt. Kerillini Bronze Star of Terra
10. Com. Kodos Silver Star of Terra; Bronze Star of Terra;
Bronze Badge of Kahunas; Kodos Doh Award;
Yellow Pin of Cowardice; Purple Heart
11. Sqd. Toddiec -
12. Sqd. Illinifan -
13. Pvt. MrBug Bronze Badge of Kahunas
14. Col. Wade Moore Order of Mojo; Bronze Star of Terra (4);
Bronze Angel Wings (2); Purple Heart
15. Sqd. Rich 1033 Bronze Star of Terra; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
16. Sqd. Thomkal Bronze Star of Terra
17. Cap. Shorty Gold Star of Terra; Bronze Star of Terra; Silver Angel Wings;
Silver Badge of Kahunas; Purple Heart; Kodos Doh Award
18. Cap. Klayman Order of Mojo; Silver Star of Terra; Silver Badge of Kahunas;
Silver Angel Wings; Purple Heart
19. Cap. Revrew -
20. Sqd. Travis Bronze Star of Terra; Purple Heart
21. Pvt. Schmidty Yellow Pin of Cowardice
22. Sqd. Al Hill Kodos Doh Award
23. Sqd. Sachmo -
24. Sgt. Data King Purple Heart (2)
25. Pvt. Alf -
26. Sqd. Mr. Bug II Yellow Pin of Cowardice; Gray Pin of Cowardice
27. Sqd. Daimyo -
28. Sqd. 3ric Kodos Doh Award; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
29. Cap. Raven Hawk Gold Star of Terra (2); Gold Angel Wings;
Silver Badge of Kahunas
30. Pvt. Sterling Ice -
31. Cap. BYU 14 Bronze Star of Terra; Bronze Badge of Kahunas
32. Sqd. Chief Rum Silver Star of Terra; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
33. Pvt. Qwikshot Gold Badge of Kahunas; Silver Angel Wings
34. Sqd. Cam Edwards II Bronze Star of Terra; Bronze Badge of Kahunas (3);
Bronze Angel Wings; Purple Heart
35. Cap. Jeff Nights II Bronze Angel Wings
36. Pvt. Blade 6119 II -
37. Sgt. The Time Yellow Pin of Cowardice
38. Pvt. Split Personality -
39. Sgt. Thomkal II -
40. Sqd. Toddiec II Bronze Star of Terra
41. Sgt. Fat Football II Purple Heart
42. Sgt. Blade -
43. Sgt. Achilles -
44. Sqd. Airhog -
45. Sgt. Danny VanHalen Yellow Pin of Cowardice
46. Cap. Patman II Bronze Star of Terra; Bronze Badge of Kahunas (2);
Yellow Pin of Cowardice (2); Purple Heart
47. Sqd. Illinifan II -
48. Sqd. Fonzie Purple Heart
49. Sgt. Lokugh Bronze Star of Terra; Bronze Angel Wings
50. Sgt. Sachmo II Bronze Star of Terra (2); Gold Badge of Kahunas; Purple Heart
51. Sqd. Kerillini II Bronze Badge of Kahunas
52. Cap. Qwikshot II -
53. Pvt. Alf II -
54. Sqd. Blade 6119 III Bronze Star of Terra
55. Sqd. Sublime II -
56. Pvt. Schmidty II -
57. Sgt. Split Pers. II Yellow Pin of Cowardice
58. Sqd. 3ric II Bronze Badge of Kahunas
59. Sqd. Daimyo II -
60. Sqd. Illinifan III Black Pin of Cowardice
61. Sqd. Rawisdan Bronze Star of Terra; Bronze Angel Wings
62. Sqd. Data King II Bronze Badge of Kahunas; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
63. Sqd. Mr. Bug III -
64. Pvt. Japherwaki Bronze Badge of Kahunas; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
65. Sgt. Al Hill II Bronze Badge of Kahunas; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
66. Sqd. Tasan -
67. Sgt. Chief Rum II Bronze Star of Terra; Bronze Badge of Kahunas
68. Pvt. Toddiec III Bronze Badge of Kahunas
69. Sqd. Zippy -
70. Sgt. Naiwf -
71. Sqd. Wignasty -
72. Pvt. Coffee Warlord Coffee Warlord Pin
73. Sqd. CTHomer -
74. Cap. AStott Bronze Star of Terra
75. Sqd. Alf III -
76. Sqd. Fonzie II -
77. Pvt. PsychoCop -
78. Sqd. Render II -
79. Pvt. Blade II -
80. Pvt. Illinifan IV -
81. Pvt. Andone -
82. Sqd. Condors -
83. Sqd. Travis II -
84. Sqd. Split Pers III -
85. Sqd. Cam Edwards III -
86. Sqd. Klayman II -
87. Sqd. 3ric III -
88. Sqd. Anxiety -
89. Sqd. RealDeal III -
90. Sgt. Coffee Warlord II -
91. Sqd. Tucker -
92. Sqd. Jeeber D -
93. Sqd. Afoci -
94. Sqd. Data King III -
95. Sqd. Katon -
96. Sqd. Illinifan V -
97. Sqd. Blade III -
98. Sqd. MrBug IV -
99. Sqd. Lokugh II -
100. Sqd. Sir Fozzie -
101. Sqd. Wolfpack -
102. Sqd. Japherwaki II -
103. Sgt. Condors II -
104. Sqd. Marmel -
105. Sgt. Swaggs -
106. Sqd. Travis III -
107. Sqd. Zippy II -
108. Sqd. Chief Rum III -
109. Sqd. Glengoyne -
110. Sqd. Breeze -
111. Sqd. 3ric IV -
112. Sqd. Airhog II -
113. Sqd. Anxiety II -
114. Sqd. Blade6119 IV -
115. Sqd. Klayman III -
116. Sqd. Chuck U Farley -
117. Pvt. Psycho Cop II -
118. Sqd. Calis -
119. Pvt. Tucker II -
120. Sqd. Sachmo III -
121. Pvt. Katon II -
122. Pvt. Mike Vic -
123. Pvt. Vince -
124. Pvt. Sir Fozzie II -
125. Pvt. Chief Rum IV -
126. Pvt. The Herd -
127. Pvt. Hoops Guy -
128. Pvt. ShaefIllini -

[Poli]

No medals. Means I have yet to screw up. Thank goodness.

[RealDeal]

Al Hill I was killed due to incompetence by another crew member. This injustice has still not been rectified.

[Japherwaki]

I like having a medals weeks too.

Any chance of having a medal that's the opposite of the Kodos Doh Award, for either surviving death or killing aliens through sheer luck alone? Because I get the feeling I'd be getting a bunch of those :)

[tucker342]

What did Illinifan III do to get the Black Pin of Cowardice?

[Craptacular]

I think he was the one who defected to the enemy.

[illinifan999]

Illinifan III will live on as the only X-COM agent to run away from battle and join the aliens.

[Godzilla Blitz]

Al Hill I was killed due to incompetence by another crew member. This injustice has still not been rectified.

Let's open it up to a Military Vote of Peers (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?t=22386).

[Godzilla Blitz]

Tucker: Yeah, Illinifan III turned on us and fled. His whereabouts are still unknown. We'd heard transmissions from the Sectoid base in England that indicate he was there a couple of months ago, but we've heard no word of him in the past month or more. Poindexter, the captured Sectoid Commander, knew nothing of him. It's likely his disappearance will generate History Channel documentaries for years if we win this war and the mystery remains unsolved.

Japherwaki: After reading Mission 41, I'm thinking that some kind of a Rabbit's Foot Award might be in order for an agent that has extremely good luck in a mission. We need a better name, though. Hint, hint.

The Herd: When I wrote everything down for the agents moving up from guard duty, you were still in transit. I forgot to check note where I sent you. It's either EU COM or ASIA COM. If I remember correctly, it was EU COM. I'll check and update the list the next time I open up the game.

Real: I was thinking the same thing (go to the end of the month before doing medals), but we've got a couple more likely missions coming up before we get through the last couple days of October. Rather than wait, I wanted to get caught up with the medals.

fantasic flying froggies: Yup. You're next. Shouldn't be long now. Especially if we open up the AFRICA COM base as an assault base. We'll need another four or five agents right away if we do that.

Mr. Bug: Yeah, the USA COM base has been getting some short missions lately. In the middle of October, things got hot there, but now they're quiet again. It's tough to get them to Europe quick enough to get in on the big UFOs that land there.

[JeffNights]

If you are going to open up any new assualt bases, Captain Nights II volunteers to transfer there. The newbs will desperately need some vetrans and solid leadership.

[revrew]

I have been on 22 missions. I have 18 kills. I have ZERO medals. Just rename me Rodney Dangerfield. ;)

[Godzilla Blitz]

Jeff: I think we're going to keep most of our men in position at the big three bases during November so that we can keep everyone in PSI training. At ASIA COM, we have two PSI training facilities, so everyone there will get PSI training. I think your PSI training will be more critical to the overall success of X-COM's final mission, but we'll know more when we see your PSI training marks at the end of the month.

Revrew: One of the strong points of your career has been the fact that its gotten progressively better. In your first 13 missions, you had 8 kills. In your next 9 missions, you got 10 kills. I think your chance for medals will come as the committee starts reviewing the last 48 missions.

And as a quick update, I think I'm going to hack away at the medals for the next few days. I'll feel really good if I can get caught up with them. I'm going to try and do ten missions a day through Saturday. I'm also going to try and post the lead-in for our next mission on Friday, and then post the mission on Sunday. Don't know if I can make that pace, but I'll try.

[Glengoyne]

I was looking at the list and I had a question...didn't Kodos die at some point? I thought I remembered him having to be regenerated.

Lokugh
Ah yes the dream season.

[Sublime]

Man, I almost forgot how much of a little girlscout my father was...some of his bravery seems to have rubbed off on me however. Uh oh.

[Coffee Warlord]

I have been on 22 missions. I have 18 kills. I have ZERO medals. Just rename me Rodney Dangerfield. ;)

Stop your bitching, stop your glory hunting, and grab your weapon. We've got aliens to kill. Sir.

:D

[kingfc22]

If Africa does become an assault base. I'd be glad to serve in the heat and kill some aliens.

[Raven Hawk]

Raven Hawk II strolls into classroom, late as usual. Unlike his father, Raven Hawk II is unfocused and lethargic, often times insubordinate. Hopping from base to base as a child destroyed his social skills as he never lived in one location for more than a year. He didn't make friends easily and did not value friends that he had. At first, his mother tried boarding school. After getting kicked out of his third boarding school, the X-COM educational stipend had run out. Not knowing what to do, Mrs. Raven Hawk sent Raven Hawk II off to X-COM bootcamp.

"Nice of you to join us, Princess! Now plant your ass on the chair and pay attention!" crowed an angry instructor.

"Sir, yes, Ma'am!" Raven Hawk II retorted with a sarcastic grin.

"Do I have to remind you who your ass belongs to cadet?!" the instructor yelled, this time advancing on the young man.

A piercing gaze met Raven Hawk II's eyes, forcing him to avert them downward. Now that the instructor was closer, RHII could clearly read his badge: "Col. Wade Moore"

"You will sit in your seat and do as I say!" Wade Moore continued, "I haven't risked my nuts out there every day to teach miscreants like you! You may think you're special because yer daddy was a Captain, buy yer not! I fought with yer father, yeah that's right, and I knew him well. I'm sure yer daddy is rolling over in his grave right now seeing what a little punk his son turned out to be. Mind you, son, I will never get you confused with yer daddy! You don't have half the sac that he had and I can see it in your eyes. To tell you the truth, I don't give a rats ass if some Sectoid splatters yer brains all over my body armor. If your sole value to X-COM is that of a body shield, yer gonna be used like one. I suggest you get yer act together and shape up or I'm going to be scraping your brains off the side of a Skyranger. Capice!"

With that, Raven Hawk II sunk back into his seat and shut his hole.

[klayman]

18. Cap. Klayman Order of Mojo; Silver Star of Terra; Silver Badge of Kahunas;
Silver Angel Wings; Purple Heart

sniff :(

[Japherwaki]

Japherwaki: After reading Mission 41, I'm thinking that some kind of a Rabbit's Foot Award might be in order for an agent that has extremely good luck in a mission. We need a better name, though. Hint, hint.

Well, maybe someone else knows of who would epitomize that award better, but I swear Japherwaki II has to at least be in the running for luckiest X-Com agent ever, so I humbly submit the name "Japherwaki II Rabbit's Foot Award".

:D

[Lokugh]

Yeah, he died. But then the save file got corrupted or something and GB had to go back to a previous save to be able to continue. How convenient... ;)


That explains it. I was still on the waiting list...the first time< g >.

Lokugh

[Lokugh]

Japherwaki: After reading Mission 41, I'm thinking that some kind of a Rabbit's Foot Award might be in order for an agent that has extremely good luck in a mission. We need a better name, though. Hint, hint.



Well, how about the Shamrock Survival Medal (or Shamrock Medal of Resilience)? You can even make it in Gold, Silver and Bronze if you wanted.

Lokugh

[Raven Hawk]

Well, maybe someone else knows of who would epitomize that award better, but I swear Japherwaki II has to at least be in the running for luckiest X-Com agent ever, so I humbly submit the name "Japherwaki II Rabbit's Foot Award".

:D
How about the Rectal Horseshoe award, for having a Horseshoe crammed up one's rectum. :D

[revrew]

Stop your bitching, stop your glory hunting, and grab your weapon. We've got aliens to kill. Sir.

:D

Oh, look. Manfred von Richthofen and Erik Flamebeard just had career-ending injuries. Oh, shucks. As it is said, "Don't you give me no lip."

J/K

[MrBug708]

What did I do to get the two pins of cowardice? Did I turn a tank on someone?!?

[DeToxRox]

yellow pin of cowardice.. all i'm sayin' is.. look whos still alive.

[gkb]

Alright I know I'm coming into this very late, but if there's any chance of getting called up can you add me to the waiting list please?? I'm really enjoying the dynasty...I could've sworn I had this game, but I haven't been able to dig it up. You've rekindled my desire to play it... :)

[RawIsDan]

X-COM II Medals (Through Mission 40)
61. Sqd. Rawisdan Bronze Star of Terra; Bronze Angel Wings


Cool. Hate looking like a boot. Gotta have some medals on my chest. :D

[Godzilla Blitz]

38 more missions to go...

Mission 41

Rich: Bronze Angel Wings
Rich saved Tasan’s life by killing an Ethereal just before it shot Tasan from close range.

Naiwf: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Naiwf froze in combat, jeopardizing the mission.

Alf III: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Alf went under alien mind control, and stymied the entire movement of our left flank.

Tasan: Rectal Horseshoe
Tasan spent five minutes right in front of an alien-controlled Alf III and lived. He got shot twice from close range. Another Ethereal had him dead to rights, but Rich killed it just as it was about to shoot. He got buried by debris from a nearby Blaster Launcher missile. Despite all this, he did not suffer so much as a scratch on the mission.

Mission 42

None

Mission 43

None

Mission 44

None

Mission 45

Sublime II: Bronze Star of Terra
Sublime killed three Floaters in action against a small scout UFO.

Mission 46

None

Mission 47
Raven Hawk: Bronze Star of Terra
Chief Rum II: Bronze Star of Terra
Daimyo II: Bronze Star of Terra
AStott: Bronze Star of Terra
Achilles: Bronze Star of Terra
In a bloody terror mission against Ethereals in Berlin, these five men fought galliantly and overcame the deaths of five agents early on in the mission.

Lokugh: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Blade II: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Both of these agents went under alien mind control and killed other X-COM agents. Lokugh killed two agents, one of whom was one of our bravest agents, Shorty.

Daimyo II: Purple Heart

Raven Hawk: Order of Mojo
At this point in his career, Raven Hawk had eleven kills in eleven missions, numerous medals, and had been the key factor in turning several potentially disastrous missions into victories. For his bravery and performance over a distinguished career, we present him with the Order of Mojo. Congratulations.

Shorty: Order of Mojo
Shorty’s had a distinguished career of 16 missions and 16 kills. He received numerous awards, and consistently performed admirably under intense pressure. For his service, we present him with the Order of Mojo. Congratulations.

Mission 48

Fonzie: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Fonzie led the charge into a UFO and killed the last alien.

Wignasty: Purple Heart
Alf III: Purple Heart

Mission 49

Sachmo II: Bronze Star of Terra
Kodos: Bronze Star of Terra
Both of these agents killed three aliens on a mission against a large UFO in England.

Zippy: Bronze Angel Wings
Zippy killed a Sectoid inside the UFO that was just about to kill Sachmo II. (Is it just me or are we always just saving one of Sachmo’s relatives from near death?)

Kerillini II: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Kerillini II panicked on this mission and had to be removed from action. He was killed by a Sectoid sniper on the return trip to the Skyranger.

Kodos: Order of Mojo
With this mission, Kodos racked up his 15th kill in 13 missions. His vigilant leadership, admirable performance in battle, and numerous medals merit our giving him the prestigious Order of Mojo. Congratulations!


Mission 50

Blade6119 III: Silver Star of Terra
Manning the Blaster Launcher, Blade6119 killed five aliens with some excellent shooting on a mission against a large UFO. His shooting was one of the key reasons why we came through the mission unscathed.

Qwikshot II: Bronze Angel Wings
Qwikshot’s, um, quick shooting saved Patman II from likely death.

[sterlingice]

I'm starting to think the best way to medal is make sure half of your group is killed and survive despite that ;)

SI

[Japherwaki]

How about the Rectal Horseshoe award, for having a Horseshoe crammed up one's rectum. :D

I like the name, but is it really considered good luck to have a horseshoe crammed up one's rectum? Even if it's a lucky horseshoe? :)

[Tasan]

Tasan: Rectal Horseshoe
Tasan spent five minutes right in front of an alien-controlled Alf III and lived. He got shot twice from close range. Another Ethereal had him dead to rights, but Rich killed it just as it was about to shoot. He got buried by debris from a nearby Blaster Launcher missile. Despite all this, he did not suffer so much as a scratch on the mission.
Wow, its an honor to get the first one of these handed out. Bet I would have been in line for another if I'd lived through my last mission.

I'll go back to my cloud in heaven now.

[Blade]

Yay! Yellow Pin of Cowardice! The entire Blade family is honored...

:(

[Kodos]

Kodos: Order of Mojo
With this mission, Kodos racked up his 15th kill in 13 missions. His vigilant leadership, admirable performance in battle, and numerous medals merit our giving him the prestigious Order of Mojo. Congratulations!


Wow! This is a lot nicer than when I had the Kodos D'oh Pin named after me... :D

[NAIWF]

*mumbles under his breath* Stupid mission 41.

[RawIsDan]

I'm starting to think the best way to medal is make sure half of your group is killed and survive despite that ;)

SI

Heh....seems that way doesn't it. :D

[Raven Hawk]

Raven Hawk: Order of Mojo
At this point in his career, Raven Hawk had eleven kills in eleven missions, numerous medals, and had been the key factor in turning several potentially disastrous missions into victories. For his bravery and performance over a distinguished career, we present him with the Order of Mojo. Congratulations.
Woot! :) Just bury it with me and my other medals.

[Godzilla Blitz]

Whew. These things take forever.

28 more to go...

Mission 51

Coffee Warlord II: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Naiwf: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Rich: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
All three agents either froze, panicked, or went under alien control on this mission. Although no one was wounded because of their actions, their actions severely jeopardized the mission.

Thomkal II: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Thomkal II panicked earlier in the battle, but was able to regain sufficient control to come back into the action. He led the charge into the UFO and killed a Sectoid in the process.

Mission 52

AStott: Gold Star of Terra
AStott took the point on this attack on a Sectoid battleship. Of the course of the battle, he killed five aliens in fierce, close-range fighting. Due to his stellar performance, the mission was completed with no casualties incurred.

Achilles: Bronze Star of Terra
Kodos: Bronze Star of Terra
Achilles and Kodos were two of several agents that assaulted the interior of the huge UFO. Both managed to kill Sectoids in the initial rush into the craft.

Render II: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Render II led the charge into the enemy battleship.

Rawisdan: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Zippy: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
These agents cracked in battle and abandoned their positions.

Kodos: Kodos D’oh Award
While searching the interior of the raised UFO, Kodos walked right over an open floor plate and fell out of the craft. After reentering the UFO, he promptly stepped on a weak floor plate, snapped it in half, and fell out of the craft again. D’oh!


Mission 53

Sachmo II: Gray Pin of Cowardice
Sachmo II forgot to preload the Blaster Launcher on this mission against a UFO scout. His error led to a delay in firing a missile that would have saved both Raven Hawk and Condors, both of whom died on the mission.

Mission 54

3ric III: Silver Star of Terra
3ric III took the point on the exit out of the Skyranger and came under immediate and heavy fire. Over the course of the next few minutes, he dispatched three Mutons as they furiously attacked our craft. His quick shooting turned the mission into a cakewalk.

Sachmo II: Bronze Star of Terra
Sachmo II redeemed himself by getting three kills with a Blaster Launcher on our first mission against Mutons.


Mission 55

Tucker: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Tucker charged across an open field towards an enemy sniper that had us pinned near the Skyranger exit. He spotted the sniper and dove for cover. Seconds later, X-COM agents used his sighting to take out the sniper.

Revrew: Silver Star of Terra
Revrew single-handedly killed three aliens in a high-risk, fierce firefight near the entrance to the large UFO.

Cam Edwards III: Bronze Star of Terra
Cam killed two aliens in the battle and lost his life in a gallant charge at the enemy UFO entrance.

Fonzie II: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Fonzie charged the UFO entrance and killed an alien in close combat.

Fonzie II: Purple Heart

Mission 56

Danny Van Halen: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Danny single-handedly cleared a dangerous fissure in a rock mound, and killed an alien in the process.

BYU: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
BYU led the charge into the enemy UFO, and later killed the last alien as it pounced on him in a grav-lift shaft.


Mission 57

None

Mission 58

Coffee Warlord II: Bronze Star of Terra
Coffee led the way into the German alien base, correctly identified the alien, and retreated without giving away our position.

Mission 59

Achilles: Bronze Star of Terra
Achilles led one charge into the UFO and killed two aliens in the process.

Travis II: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Travis II led a charge into the UFO. He was killed by alien fire inside the craft.

Mission 60

Fonzie II: Silver Star of Terra
Despite losing his lower arm early in the mission, Fonzie II returned to battle and killed two Mutons.

Sachmo II: Bronze Star of Terra
Both of these agents killed three aliens in fierce fighting inside a Muton base in Portugal.

Sachmo II: Gold Angel Wings
With the missile in shambles, Sachmo II fired a blind blaster launcher shot that set off a chain reaction that killed the Muton toting their Blaster Launcher. He later saved Fonzie II’s life with another timely shot.

3ric III: Silver Angel Wings
On the verge of death, 3ric III got off a radio message alerting us to the location of enemy blaster launcher that had just blown our force apart. With his information, Sachmo II was able to take out the launcher, most likely saving the mission. Shortly after sending the message, 3ric III died from his wounds.

Patman II: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Patman II, severely wounded, charged an enemy position and killed a Muton.

Fonzie II: Purple Heart
Jeeber D: Purple Heart
Patman II: Purple Heart
Jfbbis: Purple Heart

[JeeberD]

Woohoo, a Purple Heart! It might not be Kahunas or Terras, but at least it's no pin of cowardice... :)

[Godzilla Blitz]

A couple more...

Mission 60

Sachmo II: Order of Mojo
At this point in his career, Sachmo II had gone on 16 missions and received an unprecedented 5 Bronze Star of Terra Medals, in addition to a Gold Angel Wings and a Gold Badge of Kahunas. In recognition of his service to Earth, we present Sachmo II with the Order of Mojo. Furthermore, we strike the Gray Pin of Cowardice from his record. Congrats!

Achilles: Order of Mojo
At this point in his career, Achilles had gone on 11 missions and logged 11 kills. His unblemished service record included three Bronze Star of Terra Medals. For his steady, distinguished record, we present him with the Order of Mojo. Congrats!

[Godzilla Blitz]

A tally sheet...

X-COM II Medals (Through Mission 60)


ID Name Medals
1. Pvt. Cam Edwards Coffee Warlord Pin.
2. Col. Jfbbis Bronze Star of Terra (2); Purple Heart (3).
3. Cap. Patman -
4. Sgt. Fat Football Bronze Angel Wings (2)
5. Sgt. Sublime Yellow Pin of Cowardice; Gray Pin of Cowardice
6. Pvt. Blade 6119 -
7. Pvt. Jeff Nights -
8. Sgt. Render -
9. Sgt. Kerillini Bronze Star of Terra
10. Com. Kodos Order of Mojo; Silver Star of Terra; Bronze Star of Terra;
Bronze Badge of Kahunas; Kodos Doh Award (2);
Yellow Pin of Cowardice; Purple Heart
11. Sqd. Toddiec -
12. Sqd. Illinifan -
13. Pvt. MrBug Bronze Badge of Kahunas
14. Col. Wade Moore Order of Mojo; Bronze Star of Terra (4);
Bronze Angel Wings (2); Purple Heart
15. Sqd. Rich 1033 Bronze Star of Terra; Bronze Angel Wings;
Yellow Pin of Cowardice (2)
16. Sqd. Thomkal Bronze Star of Terra
17. Cap. Shorty Order of Mojo; Gold Star of Terra; Bronze Star of Terra;
Silver Angel Wings; Silver Badge of Kahunas; Purple Heart;
Kodos Doh Award
18. Cap. Klayman Order of Mojo; Silver Star of Terra; Silver Badge of Kahunas;
Silver Angel Wings; Purple Heart
19. Cap. Revrew Silver Star of Terra
20. Sqd. Travis Bronze Star of Terra; Purple Heart
21. Pvt. Schmidty Yellow Pin of Cowardice
22. Sqd. Al Hill Kodos Doh Award
23. Sqd. Sachmo -
24. Sgt. Data King Purple Heart (2)
25. Pvt. Alf -
26. Sqd. Mr. Bug II Yellow Pin of Cowardice; Gray Pin of Cowardice
27. Sqd. Daimyo -
28. Sqd. 3ric Kodos Doh Award; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
29. Cap. Raven Hawk Order of Mojo; Gold Star of Terra (2); Bronze Star of Terra;
Silver Badge of Kahunas; Gold Angel Wings
30. Pvt. Sterling Ice -
31. Cap. BYU 14 Bronze Star of Terra; Bronze Badge of Kahunas (2)
32. Sqd. Chief Rum Silver Star of Terra; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
33. Pvt. Qwikshot Gold Badge of Kahunas; Silver Angel Wings
34. Sqd. Cam Edwards II Bronze Star of Terra; Bronze Badge of Kahunas (3);
Bronze Angel Wings; Purple Heart
35. Cap. Jeff Nights II Bronze Angel Wings
36. Pvt. Blade 6119 II -
37. Sgt. The Time Yellow Pin of Cowardice
38. Pvt. Split Personality -
39. Sgt. Thomkal II Bronze Badge of Kahunas
40. Sqd. Toddiec II Bronze Star of Terra
41. Sgt. Fat Football II Purple Heart
42. Sgt. Blade -
43. Sgt. Achilles Order of Mojo; Bronze Star of Terra (3)
44. Sqd. Airhog -
45. Sgt. Danny VanHalen Bronze Badge of Kahunas; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
46. Cap. Patman II Bronze Star of Terra; Bronze Badge of Kahunas (3);
Yellow Pin of Cowardice (2); Purple Heart (2)
47. Sqd. Illinifan II -
48. Sqd. Fonzie Bronze Badge of Kahunas; Purple Heart
49. Sgt. Lokugh Bronze Star of Terra; Bronze Angel Wings;
Yellow Pin of Cowardice
50. Sgt. Sachmo II Order of Mojo; Bronze Star of Terra (5);
Gold Badge of Kahunas; Gold Angel Wings;
Purple Heart
51. Sqd. Kerillini II Bronze Badge of Kahunas; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
52. Cap. Qwikshot II Bronze Angel Wings
53. Pvt. Alf II -
54. Sqd. Blade 6119 III Silver Star of Terra; Bronze Star of Terra
55. Sqd. Sublime II Bronze Star of Terra
56. Pvt. Schmidty II -
57. Sgt. Split Pers. II Yellow Pin of Cowardice
58. Sqd. 3ric II Bronze Badge of Kahunas
59. Sqd. Daimyo II Bronze Star of Terra; Purple Heart
60. Sqd. Illinifan III Black Pin of Cowardice
61. Sqd. Rawisdan Bronze Star of Terra; Bronze Angel Wings;
Yellow Pin of Cowardice
62. Sqd. Data King II Bronze Badge of Kahunas; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
63. Sqd. Mr. Bug III -
64. Pvt. Japherwaki Bronze Badge of Kahunas; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
65. Sgt. Al Hill II Bronze Badge of Kahunas; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
66. Sqd. Tasan Rectal Horseshoe
67. Sgt. Chief Rum II Bronze Star of Terra (2); Bronze Badge of Kahunas
68. Pvt. Toddiec III Bronze Badge of Kahunas
69. Sqd. Zippy Bronze Angel Wings
70. Sgt. Naiwf Yellow Pin of Cowardice (2)
71. Sqd. Wignasty Purple Heart
72. Pvt. Coffee Warlord Coffee Warlord Pin
73. Sqd. CTHomer -
74. Cap. AStott Gold Star of Terra; Bronze Star of Terra (2)
75. Sqd. Alf III Yellow Pin of Cowardice; Purple Heart
76. Sqd. Fonzie II Silver Star of Terra; Purple Heart (2)
77. Pvt. PsychoCop -
78. Sqd. Render II Bronze Badge of Kahunas
79. Pvt. Blade II Yellow Pin of Cowardice
80. Pvt. Illinifan IV -
81. Pvt. Andone -
82. Sqd. Condors -
83. Sqd. Travis II Bronze Badge of Kahunas
84. Sqd. Split Pers III -
85. Sqd. Cam Edwards III Bronze Star of Terra
86. Sqd. Klayman II -
87. Sqd. 3ric III Silver Star of Terra; Silver Angel Wings
88. Sqd. Anxiety -
89. Sqd. RealDeal III -
90. Sgt. Coffee Warlord II Bronze Star of Terra; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
91. Sqd. Tucker Bronze Badge of Kahunas
92. Sqd. Jeeber D Purple Heart
93. Sqd. Afoci -
94. Sqd. Data King III -
95. Sqd. Katon -
96. Sqd. Illinifan V -
97. Sqd. Blade III -
98. Sqd. MrBug IV -
99. Sqd. Lokugh II -
100. Sqd. Sir Fozzie -
101. Sqd. Wolfpack -
102. Sqd. Japherwaki II -
103. Sgt. Condors II -
104. Sqd. Marmel -
105. Sgt. Swaggs -
106. Sqd. Travis III -
107. Sqd. Zippy II -
108. Sqd. Chief Rum III -
109. Sqd. Glengoyne -
110. Sqd. Breeze -
111. Sqd. 3ric IV -
112. Sqd. Airhog II -
113. Sqd. Anxiety II -
114. Sqd. Blade6119 IV -
115. Sqd. Klayman III -
116. Sqd. Chuck U Farley -
117. Pvt. Psycho Cop II -
118. Sqd. Calis -
119. Pvt. Tucker II -
120. Sqd. Sachmo III -
121. Pvt. Katon II -
122. Pvt. Mike Vic -
123. Pvt. Vince -
124. Pvt. Sir Fozzie II -
125. Pvt. Chief Rum IV -
126. Pvt. The Herd -
127. Pvt. Hoops Guy -
128. Pvt. ShaefIllini -

[NAIWF]

I think I'm now one of the career leaders in yellow cowardice pins *cries in the corner*

[Godzilla Blitz]

Naiwf: Your performance gets better, though, doesn't it?

Raven Hawk: Oh! We were hoping your son would be able to carry on the tradition set by your father. This one looks to be a problem child. Be interesting to see what happens to him when he gets his first taste of combat. Let's hope some of the genes made it to him even if the personality didn't.

Tasan: Yeah, I thought you were in for another one of those Horseshoes on your last mission. Two head hits and no injuries. That would have qualified. Not to be, though.

gkb: Welcome! The waiting list for guard duty is short now, so you you never know what might happen. If the war takes a wrong turn, it could be a long while before we make our assault on Mars. The rate that UFOs are coming now, we've got a lot more fighting to do.

Mr. Bug: Offhand, I don't remember what you did to get those two pins. It was Mr. Bug II, so it must have been very early in our game.

Jeeber D: Things get better for you in the upcoming missions. :)

[Coffee Warlord]

Whoo! Decorated Grizzle!

[kingfc22]

I'm starting to get an itchy trigger finger

[fantastic flying froggies]

Kodos: Kodos D’oh Award
While searching the interior of the raised UFO, Kodos walked right over an open floor plate and fell out of the craft. After reentering the UFO, he promptly stepped on a weak floor plate, snapped it in half, and fell out of the craft again. D’oh!

Is it me or is that just hilarious ?

[Breeze]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Godzilla Blitz

Kodos: Kodos D’oh Award
While searching the interior of the raised UFO, Kodos walked right over an open floor plate and fell out of the craft. After reentering the UFO, he promptly stepped on a weak floor plate, snapped it in half, and fell out of the craft again. D’oh!

Is it me or is that just hilarious ?


It sounds like a Peter Sellars stunt from the Pink Panther movies.

[sterlingice]

It sounds like a Peter Sellars stunt from the Pink Panther movies.
I think Kodos needed to lay off the donuts. And the crullers. And the bear claws. And the eclairs. And the danishes. And the long johns. And the- well, you get the idea. :p

SI

[Qwikshot]

He had a bump on zee head.

[JeeberD]

Jeeber D: Things get better for you in the upcoming missions. :)

Yeah, I think I have at least a couple of Horseshoes coming my way... ;)

[revrew]

A medal! A Medal! I finally got a medal!

Okay, now that we've got that out of the way--time to put some Sectoids through the blender.

Let me guess. There's a gigantic, cascading waterfall ahead.
Yep.
No way to avoid it?
Nope.
Lethal, sharp rocks at the bottom?
Probably.
Bring it on.

[Poli]

Enough medals. I want action.

[JeeberD]

Quiet rook. We veterans want our moment in the sun...

[Alf]

Nice recap GB !

[3ric]

28. Sqd. 3ric Kodos Doh Award; Yellow Pin of Cowardice
58. Sqd. 3ric II Bronze Badge of Kahunas
87. Sqd. 3ric III Silver Star of Terra; Silver Angel Wings

My relatives are getting more accomplished with each incarnation, the first one was not, er, so successful...

[Vince]

Let me guess. There's a gigantic, cascading waterfall ahead.
Yep.
No way to avoid it?
Nope.
Lethal, sharp rocks at the bottom?
Probably.
Bring it on.
Fantastic reference...great movie.

So what's the ETA on my first field action there, GB?

[Tasan]

X-Com, where are you?




Bump.

[Poli]

Fantastic reference...great movie.

So what's the ETA on my first field action there, GB?


Darn, can't believe I missed that reference.

[Godzilla Blitz]

Sorry guys. Got really sick. Am better now. Will be back when I catch up with life. About a day.

[sterlingice]

Sorry guys. Got really sick. Am better now. Will be back when I catch up with life. About a day.
So, which obligatory response to use? A) Darn sectoid plot of B) No excuses, get back to work ;)

SI

[Godzilla Blitz]

Back on track. More medals. 18 more missions to go...

Mission 61

Jeeber D: Bronze Star of Terra
Jeeber killed three Sectoids in a mission against a Sectoid supply ship.

Mission 62

Japherwaki II: Bronze Star of Terra
Japh only killed two Floaters on this mission against a medium scout, but both were under difficult circumstances. His snap decision making when he snuck up on a Floater ambush likely saved the lives of a couple of agents as well. An excellent mission worthy of a commendation.

Mission 63

Danny Van Halen: Silver Star of Terra
Danny killed three Floaters with expert shooting in an engagement against a medium UFO. All of them were critical hits in high pressure situations.

Illinifan V: Purple Heart


Mission 64

Marmel: Bronze Star of Terra
Marmel killed three Floaters in some intense fighting around a large UFO.

Katon: Bronze Star of Terra
Katon led one of the charges into the UFO, and killed two aliens during the mission.

Japherwaki II: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Japh led one of the charges into the UFO as well. He was knocked out in the process, but cleared the way for his fellow agents to finish the mission.

Japherwaki II: Rectal Horseshoe
Japh got hit four times with heavy plasma from point blank range as he entered the UFO. He suffered only minor scratches.


Mission 65

Mr. Bug IV: Kodos D’oh Award
In the heat of combat, Mr. Bug IV tossed a grenade at a Muton position. It would have helped if he had pulled the pin.

Mission 66

Swaggs: Gold Star of Terra
Swaggs chased down the Sectoid base commander as it tried to flee the base. He tackled it, then knocked it out with our last stun bomb. It is because of his actions that we unlocked the mystery of the alien brain on Mars.

Sir Fozzie: Silver Star of Terra
Sir Fozzie killed three aliens from close range in the assault on the German base.

Japherwaki II: Rectal Horseshoe
Aliens in the German base shot at Japh with everything: stun bombs, plasma, blaster missiles. Shots went just by him, just wide of him, exploded in front of him. They did everything but hit him. Hell, the alien manning the blaster launcher even blew himself up when he tried to kill Japh. Faced with such incredible luck, we hereby rename this award the Japherwaki II Rectal Horseshoe.

Sir Fozzie: Japherwaki II Rectal Horseshoe
Facing two aliens who have him dead to rights from close range, Sir Fozzie watched in amazement as the rear Sectoid shot the front Sectoid in the back, giving Sir Fozzie enough time to scramble for cover.

Marmel: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Marmel ran from the fight and got mind controlled. Aliens later captured him and tortured him to death.

Condors II: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Condors II got mind controlled by the aliens.

Travis III: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Travis III got mind controlled by aliens and nearly killed Wolfpack.

Katon: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Katon, under alien control, killed Sachmo II. X-COM agents killed him soon after.

AStott: Purple Heart

Mission 67

None

Mission 68

None

Mission 69

Danny Van Halen: Silver Angel Wings
Danny ran down the Skyranger ramp—under heavy enemy fire—to administer first aid to Zippy II. After applying first aid, he dragged Zippy back up into the Skyranger. His brave actions under pressure merit a Silver Angel Wings

Zippy II: Purple Heart

Mission 70

None

[JeeberD]

Wheee, a bronze star! I wasn't expecting that...

[Godzilla Blitz]

And even more medals....

8 more to go!

(getting a wee bit tired of doing medals)

Mission 71

AStott: Order of Mojo
At this point in his career, AStott had 16 kills on 11 missions and an impressive collection of medals. His distinguished duty makes him the eighth agent to earn the coveted Order of Mojo! Congratulations!

Mission 72

None

Mission 73

None

Mission 74

None

Mission 75

AStott: Purple Heart
Illinifan V: Purple Heart

Mission 76

None

Mission 77

None

Mission 78

Revrew: Bronze Star of Terra
Manning a Blaster Launcher, Revrew placed three perfect hits on a Supply Ship’s bridge. The shots killed the Sectoid leaders and knocked out the enemy’s PSI capabilities. This shooting made the mission much easier for the advancing agents.

Afoci: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Afoci led the charge into the enemy UFO and killed a Sectoid in the process.

Blade III: Purple Heart

Mission 79

None

Mission 80

Blade6119 IV: Kodos’ D’oh Award
Blade6119 tossed a grenade that hit a tree branch two feet in front of him. The grenade exploded at his feet, wounding him badly and disrupting our entire attack.

Blade6119 IV: Purple Heart

Jfbbis: Order of Mojo
At this point in his career, Jfbbis has logged nearly 20 missions and racked up 17 enemy kills. Although he is not a heavily decorated agent (outside of Purple Hearts), he has been one of our more reliable ones. For longevity alone he should get this award. We proudly present him with the Order of Mojo! Congrats!

Danny Van Halen: Order of Mojo
At this point in his career, Danny has 12 kills in 16 missions. He is one of only five agents who have received at least one of the three major mission medals: Star of Terra, Badge of Kahunas, Angel Wings. For distinguished service, we present him with the Order of Mojo! Furthermore, we strike his Pin of Cowardice from his record. Congrats!

[AStott]

Whee! I've racked up a pretty decent batch of medals... Nifty!

[Travis]

Wow, Travis III is going to single handedly scar the family name after I and II each did such good work :(

[tucker342]

YAY! now we can get back to the missions!

[JeeberD]

YAY! now we can get back to the missions!

Ummm, not yet...


8 more to go!

[Poli]

Blast these awards!

[kingfc22]

I want to meet a Sectoid for the first time.

[sachmo71]

Poor Sachmo II...so much promise. Too bad he's dead

[Godzilla Blitz]

And done!

Mission 81

None

Mission 82

Naiwf: Bronze Star of Terra
Naiwf placed a perfect Blaster Launcher shot right in the middle of the alien ambush on a terror mission in Nairobi. The shot killed three aliens and gave our men a fighting chance to exit the Skyranger.

Jfbbis: Bronze Star of Terra
Jfbbis killed two aliens with brutal efficiency in the early stages of the Nairobi Terror Mission. His crack shooting took apart the aliens’ right flank and turned the battle on our favor.

Mission 83

None

Mission 84

Wolfpack: Bronze Star of Terra
Wolfpack killed two aliens in close combat and led a charge into the UFO.

Mission 85

Alf III: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Mr. Bug IV: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Both of these agents panicked in combat, jeopardizing our mission.

Mission 86

Breeze: Silver Star of Terra
Breeze killed five aliens with a Blaster Launcher over the course of an engagement with a Sectoid terror ship. His shooting likely saved the mission.

The Time: Silver Star of Terra
The Time killed three aliens in close combat over the course of a ferocious firefight at an alien terror ship. His clutch performance helped turn the battle in our favor.

Naiwf: Bronze Star of Terra
Naiwf, despite having only one working eye, charged into the UFO and killed the final alien from close range.

Naiwf: Bronze Badge of Kahunas
Naiwf lost an eye to a gruesome wound but continued to fight.

Coffee Warlord II: Gold Angel Wings
In the face of an onrushing CyberDisc, Coffee rushed to Sachmo III, applied first aid, and dragged the body back to cover. His actions were of the highest bravery, and directly saved Sachmo III’s life.

Kodos: Bronze Angel Wings
While Coffee got Sachmo III under cover, Kodos took out the advancing CyberDisc. Without his crack shooting, both men would likely have died.

Japherwaki II: Purple Heart
Sachmo III: Purple Heart
Naiwf: Purple Heart

Mission 87

Fonzie II: Silver Star of Terra
Fonzie killed four aliens, led a rush into the enemy UFO, and single-handedly saved what was looking like our first aborted mission.

Condors II: Bronze Star of Terra
Condors killed two aliens and made a key rush into the UFO when we were down to only four able men left on the mission.

Calis: Bronze Angel Wings
Calis distracted then killed an alien that had Danny Van Halen dead to rights.

Travis III: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Travis went under alien control, killed Rich, and blew our tank apart. X-COM agents were forced to kill him.

Danny Van Halen: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Danny cracked under combat stress, putting our mission in jeopardy.

Split Personality III: Yellow Pin of Cowardice
Split, um, split from Fonzie II’s side at the UFO exit. Were it not for uncommon valor on Fonzie II’s part, we could have easily lost this mission.

Fonzie II: Japherwaki II Rectal Horseshoe
Fonzie II took two direct hits to the chest and was lined up to be killed when inexplicably the alien retreated back into the UFO.

Mission 88

None

[Godzilla Blitz]

Now that we're all caught up with medals, let's get right back into action!

Update

October 31

Less than 36 hours after we knock out three UFOs in a bloody day of fighting, the European night sky is alight with more UFOs. A small UFO touches down in Northern Africa. A medium-size Muton UFO lands near the British alien base. A large battleship dances over the continent. We launch the ASIA COM Skyranger for the African UFO, and the EU COM Skyranger for the Muton UFO that has landed in Britain.

We're racing the dark with the ASIA COM Skyranger, and it becomes apparent that we’re not going to make it. With Superman on route to knock down the UFO as soon as it takes off, we send the ASIA COM Skyranger back home. However, the EU COM Skyranger will have plenty of light, and makes it to its target in plenty of time. In we go again…

On board:
Kodos, Wolfpack, Swaggs, Vince, ShaefIlllini, Real Deal III, Tucker II, The Time, Revrew, and Chuck U Farley.

This mission will most likely go up on Saturday, maybe earlier if we get lucky.

[Godzilla Blitz]

ardent, tucker, kingfc: Believe me, I got tired of doing the awards, too. The first dozen or so were fun, but doing 60 missions worth at one shot got tedious after a while. Each mission took from 5-20 minutes to do, so it was pretty slow going. But they needed to be done. And now that we're caught up, we won't have to delay for them any more. It's all good.

Travis: Yeah, Travis III was not a shining star in the Travis family line. Let's hope IV will be better.

Vince: You're in the Skyranger now, en route to battle.

AStott: Yup, your star keeps getting brighter.

Regarding Kodos falling through the floor: In his defense, it was pretty smoky in there.

Sachmo: Yeah, in reading over the old missions, there were a handful of agents that had great stats, great mission results, and lots of potential. Sachmo II was definitely one that I hated to see die. Raven Hawk and Shorty were two others that fit in that category. Never cracked, always came through in the clutch, and hit everything in sight. Tough losses. Fortunately, someone has always stepped up to fill empty shoes.

Sterling: Actually, I know exactly who I got sick from, and I can't blame Sectoids this time. Got a vicious case of strep throat that led to ear infections in both ears and dehydration. Had I known what it was I could have gotten treatment fast, but I waited three days before going to the hospital. Was pretty much down for five days. Yuck.

[Tasan]

Nothing for Tasan I in his death finale? I thought he at least got wounded before finally going down in a hail of cyberdisc fire.

[Poli]

Sterling: Actually, I know exactly who I got sick from, and I can't blame Sectoids this time. Got a vicious case of strep throat that led to ear infections in both ears and dehydration. Had I known what it was I could have gotten treatment fast, but I waited three days before going to the hospital. Was pretty much down for five days. Yuck.

Bummer. I've had 3 cases of strep in 6.5 years of being in the Navy. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before I get it again.-

[Wolfpack]

Bronze Star of Terra...SWEET! :) Now watch me die in an inglorious fashion on the next mission.

[sterlingice]

Poor Sachmo II...so much promise. Too bad he's dead
Many an X-Com tombstone have that carved on it ;)

SI

[Vince]

Good times...eagerly anticipating the mission result :)

[JeffNights]

The Captain is snubbed for 23 missions. ee-gads....then again he hasnt really done anything worth merit.

[Glengoyne]

Nice Job on the Medals GB.

The troops in Asia are getting restless. The string on my paddle ball broke, and I am starting to lose faith in my ability to hold it together. Killing aliens is the sure fire cure for cabin fever.

[condors]

wow i actually got a medal

hopefully its a sign of good things to come and not condors III

[Kodos]

The Captain is snubbed for 23 missions. ee-gads....then again he hasnt really done anything worth merit.

Just surviving 23 missions is worthy of a measure, Captain! Keep up the good work. I hope we are both still around to fight together when we go to Mars... :)

[fantastic flying froggies]

Almost off page 1.

Can't have that, can we ?

Bump.

[Poli]

Never thought I'd see the day.

[Sublime]

bump...just too close to the bottom for my likin

[kingfc22]

Have the Sectoids captured GB????

[Kodos]

Or perhaps Blitz decided to try some paint chips? :eek:

[klayman]

Or perhaps Blitz decided to try some paint chips? :eek:
We'll hold you responsible then ;)

[RealDeal]

XCOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[sterlingice]

Argh. Why is it that every couple of pages, someone feels the need to make a post that's wider than a screen?

SI

[Coffee Warlord]

Because it's the Xcom Thread.

XCOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

[kingfc22]

Yes.

XCOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[The_herd]

X-COM?

[Blade6119]

makes me think of the song from spaceballs when the ship is going down...odd

[Craptacular]

makes me think of the song from spaceballs when the ship is going down...odd

Ten, nine, eight, six.

Six? What happened to seven?!?

Just kidding. Seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, have a nice day.

Thank you.

[sterlingice]

Resisting urge to make "luggage combination" quote... I can think of at least one other thread on this board in the last couple months that turned into Spaceballs quotes galore. :D

SI

[Blade6119]

linky?

[tucker342]

I love that movie:D

[sterlingice]

After searching, I cannot find it. :(

Must have been another board I frequented or possibly a chat. Sorry for the downer.

SI

[Craptacular]

After searching, I cannot find it. :(

Must have been another board I frequented or possibly a chat. Sorry for the downer.

SI

Might it have been ...
So Who's Going to Be Celebrating Festivus This Year? (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=18704)

Ok, we need GB to bring this thread back on topic. Then again, Spaceballs is going to be about as close to "on-topic" as we're going to get.

[Kodos]

X-Commmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[JeeberD]

Hmmmm, I'm really starting to get worried about GB. This isn't like him to just disappear without letting us know what's going on...

[Lokugh]

I am as well. He actually feels bad when he leaves us without our X-com fix. If it was not sudden and serious, I think he would have let us know. Hope everything is ok with the little Blitzer...

[tucker342]

hmmm it has been almost two weeks now since he's showed up.... I'm sure he's fine though... I hope:(

[Fonzie]

*Thinks a happy thought for GB*

[MikeVic]

Maybe the Sectoids got him... :(

[tucker342]

I bet it was the Notre Dame Yankee Sectoids that got him:eek:


In all seriousness, I hope things are going okay GB...

[Lokugh]

It is quiet. Too quiet. And thus begins Day 14 of BlitzWatch...

[Tasan]

The only thing I can think, is that he got so far behind at work when he was sick that he just hasn't had any time to get here. I hope.

[bamcgee]

It's bizarre having somewhat personal yet completely anonymous relationships, isn't it? In all honesty, if something bad did happen, how would anyone here find out?

Hopefully that's not the case.

[Kodos]

I sent him an email. I hope everything is alright. I'm a bit worried at this point. :(

[kingfc22]

GB...... GB........ Are you out there????

[fantastic flying froggies]

Still no news ? :(

I really hope everything 's all right...

[Blade]

Yah, this is getting scary...

[3ric]

I sent him an email. I hope everything is alright. I'm a bit worried at this point. :(

You have his personal email adress?

[sterlingice]

Is it [email protected]? ;)

SI

[Kodos]

You have his personal email adress?

Yeah, I got it a while back. May not be up to date. No reply.

[MikeVic]

I really hope everything is fine. He just had a kid, so maybe he's just extremely busy.

[Kodos]

Good new from Godzilla Blitz:

Hi Chris,

Sorry that my absence has caused some concern, and thanks for the email. I appreciate it. I’ll visit FOFC to post a note shortly.

Kind of a long, boring story why I disappeared, but I’m hopeful that things will get back to normal within a month or so.

Again, thanks for the concern and email.

Mike (Godzilla Blitz)

[SirFozzie]

Thank friggin god.

[Travis]

Whew

An audible sigh from the masses of FOFC.

[Tasan]

SIGH


Okay one thing to cross off the worry list. Now if we can just take care of this bin laden guy.....

[3ric]

Very happy to see that message from him. I suspected it was a boring story that was the cause, but you tend to be imaginative and start fearing worse things.

[kingfc22]

Woo Hoo. That's great news to hear back from GB.

Sectoids you're not off the hook yet.

[fantastic flying froggies]

Ouf !

(the French version of a sigh of relief...)

[JeeberD]

Thanks goodness. I was truly worried about him and his family...

[Coffee Warlord]

Now that we're sure he's okay, we can joke. :)

Tell us the truth, GB. How did that anal probing really feel?

Good to see all is well.

[Blade]

I am glad everything is alright!!!

[RealDeal]

now that we know he's OK:

XCOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[sterlingice]

now that we know he's OK:
http://www.bash.org/?4281

SI

[tucker342]

:sigh of relief:

Glad you're okay GB.

[Vince]

Heh, good news :)

[Barkeep49]

I blame Sectoid Leader.

[SplitPersonality1]

Whew.

All of us, from SplitPersonalityA to SplitPersonalityZ breath a collective sign of relief.

[Lokugh]

Good news. Glad to hear he's doing ok.

[Fonzie]

Groovy!

[fantastic flying froggies]

No way I'm letting this thread drop off page 1...

[sachmo71]

No way I'm letting this thread drop off page 1...
You probably should...

[fantastic flying froggies]

why ?

[tucker342]

Damnit! Don't play games with my emotions like that

[Godzilla Blitz]

Eek.

Sorry, guys. Especially sorry for causing all the concern. Thanks to everyone that was thinking about me. I hope you all have been ok while I was gone.

Life's still a bit twisted now, but I'd like to try to move forward with this a little bit at a time. So...

What say we go get us some Sectoid?

___________

P.S. I won't be stopping by daily like before, but will try to get by a few times a week to check in on things. If you ask me something and I don't reply right away, that's why. I'll try to keep up as best I can. Thanks for the understanding.

P.P.S. I'll aim for Saturday to post our next mission.

Go FOFC X-COM!

[kingfc22]

X-COMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Poli]

Woot!

[SirFozzie]

XCOMMMMMMMMMM!! WORD UP!

[tucker342]

YAY! That's good to hear:)

[Fonzie]

Welcome back, GB! I hope things are going better for you.

[Coffee Warlord]

XCOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

[JeeberD]

Hell YEAH!

[Kodos]

And to think that I was going to yell at whatever moron had bumped it again! ;)

[sterlingice]

And to think that I was going to yell at whatever moron had bumped it again! ;)
Hey! Aren't you usually one of those morons? ;)

SI

[Kodos]

Yes. But after a while, it becomes pointless. :)

[Craptacular]

Yahooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Sublime]

SNAP!!

[Tasan]

ITS NEVER POINTLESS!!!!! XCOM, TEN-HUT!

Oh wait, I'm sitting on a cloud in heaven, waiting for my son to get into action....well you get the idea anyway...

[fantastic flying froggies]

YEEEEEEEEeESSSS !

signed,
The last moron.

[condors]

woot!

[Thomkal]

Hope your life gets untwisted real soon GB. Hope you and yours are ok.

Whenever you have the time for XCom is fine with us-looking forward to the continuation of the story.

[Blade]

Awesome! Welcome back, GB!

[SplitPersonality1]

Excellent GB. Welome back.

Oh, and I agree "Kodos is a moron." :)

[Swaggs]

Locked and loaded!

[3ric]

Really happy to see you back, GB. :)

So, um, what happened? If you don't want to tell, it's OK, but we're here if you feel a need to share.

[Kodos]

Excellent GB. Welome back.

Oh, and I agree "Kodos is a moron." :)

Thirded!





It just seemed silly to keep bumping it when he obviously was otherwise occupied and keep getting peoples' hopes up for no good reason.

[DeToxRox]

X-Com for life ... Which in my case is still in it's first pressing.

[Lokugh]

Glad to see you back GB. W00t!! XXXXX-CCCCOOOOOMMMMM!!

[gi]

Sign me up for the waiting list. I'll take low bravery. After spending the last 3 days reading all of the AAR's, I'm happy your back. What a great Dynasty. Now...where is my copy of X-Com......hmmm.....

[Kodos]

X-Com for life ... Which in my case is still in it's first pressing.

Ditto, if only due to a fortunate technicality. :D

[Vince]

Good to see you 'round these parts again, GB. Hope things get cleared up soon.