X-Com AAR

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So Im gonna do a little AAR here. I'm making a few rules to keep things edgy  ;)  Basically, the rule is, all terror missions must be attempted at night. To avoid suspicions of the common folk. Also, no more troops can join the Extraterrestrial Combat Unit, it is all top secret of course. (this latter rule may change, depending) Basically its my first AAR ever. Feel free to comment, but please be kind lol. Anyways, here goes!

 

Hello, this is the log of Calvin Stafford. I am a soldier who has been initiated into an elite group called the Extraterrestrial Combat Unit. Which is pretty much exactly what it says. I kill aliens. Though I'd never seen an alien before all this started, and actually before I went through training I didn't even believe aliens existed. But now I know the truth, and this is how my story begins.

Jan 1st, 1999

I arrived at the base this morning at 4 am. Too damn early if you ask me. I met my fellow soldiers, sure to be my only friends from here on out. There's no going back to a normal life after this, hopefully we all can accept that fact and get along. Went through an initiation ceremony that was rather uneventful, turns out all the shit we've heard about throughout our childhoods, the stories that used to make us shiver and leave a light on in the hallway are true. Aliens are among us.

The base is named EuroCom. Short for European Command. It's situated in the side of a hill in the southwestern part of Germany. Pretty much the middle of nowhere, but we're not looking for any visitors anyway so I guess it's ok. 

 

I'm headin to bed, training starts tomorrow, so it's gonna be a long day...
Jan 2nd, 1999

Some shipments arrived today. The most advanced human weaponry money can buy.


The strongest of us will carry these badass pieces of equipment into battle. Only time will tell which ones of us will be lucky enough to carry that little extra bit of encouragement as opposed to just a standard rifle. When your going up against advanced plasma weapons you need all the fire power you can get.
Jan 4th, 1999

The last group of soldiers arrived today. 6 more, bringing our total to 14. 14 taking on an alien threat. Also arriving on the transport were 6 scientists who immediately set off to join the others in the laboratory. I guess they're working on some sort of medical breakthrough, we'll see what comes of it I guess.
Jan 5th, 1999

Ugh! I can't sleep, they've been making additions to the base. More storage and I think a place to interrogate aliens? Considering I haven't even seen one god damn alien yet I think they're jumping the gun. Who knows. I suppose the big wigs know what they're doing. I'm just the grunt who has to deal with all the shit.
Jan 10th, 1999

Our radars picked up a small UFO on the Russian border.
Our interceptors were able to take it down with hardly any trouble. We're preparing for battle as dawn breaks.
We landed to find the UFO completely destroyed. There was only one survivor. I feel honored to say I was the one who made first contact, by putting a bullet through his head. I've been promoted to Sergeant. I plan to serve this unit to the very best of my ability.
Jan 12th, 1999

Started construction of a Large Radar System. Luckily not so close to the sleeping quarters so I might be able to at least get some rest... for once.

Jan 13th, 1999

A shipment of Stun Rods arrived. These close combat weapons will make it easier to capture a live alien.
Jan 18th, 1999

Our scientists finished their research on medi-kits this morning, and the construction of the Alien Containment was finished as well. So far it's been a very productive day. Now the engineers are off making medi-kits from the scientists blueprints and the scientists have holed themselves up again with some of the alien artefacts we brought back from the initial crash sight. 

Jan 20th, 1999
News reports are saying that scientists in regions around Antarctica are sighting a lot of UFO's.
We've decided to do some active recon in the area to see if we can find any sources.
Feb 1st, 1999
Our recon missions turned up without anything. But, overall, it seemed a pretty uneventful month anyways. After our success with the
initial crash site I think we've managed to impress our funding countries decently enough. Hopefully, February has more in store.
More to come! Stay tuned  :grin:

 

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

What are you going to do if Calvin dies? Will another soldier take over the AAR? :)

I like to name my soldiers after people i know, that way if they die i get to tell that person about their horrific grizzley end. x_x

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting markieness, reply 1
What are you going to do if Calvin dies? Will another soldier take over the AAR?

I like to name my soldiers after people i know, that way if they die i get to tell that person about their horrific grizzley end.

 

I do that, too. It occasionally leads to hilarity.

I had a squad out, all named after myself and friends. On one mission, one of the female troops, Erron, was mind controlled and started blasting away. She killed one of my other troops, Kyle, by shooting him in the back. In real life, they're married. :)

 

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Very nice so far my friend. I'm interested to see where it goes. Fight the good fight and don't be a cheater and reload when one of your favorite squad members gets killed. Go Iron-Man or go Home ;)

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

more more

so much sweet memories

 

 

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Doing an Ironman mode on this game is BRUTAL, but it is soooooooooooo much fun.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Go Iron-Man or go Home

That's the plan  ;)  So if Calvin dies, god forbid, the AAR will continue, but should everyone die, it's game over :(O  We're just gonna see where this goes for the heck of it |-)

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Feb 3rd, 1999

Been keeping an eye on those reports about UFO activity. Seems like the aliens have some interest in Antarctica, and maybe a little in North America as well. More recon missions in store no doubt.

Feb 6th, 1999

Strange... Reconnaissance isn't pulling up anything. Luckily the Large Radar System was completed today, and put online which will hopefully help us in routing out these damn sneaky aliens.

Feb 9th, 1999

Finally spotted another UFO near Saudi Arabia, as I speak the interceptors are on their way to take it down...

Feb 10th, 1999

Just received word from the interceptors. I guess they chased the craft from Saudi Arabia to Tunisia before finally catching it and engaging it in combat. They said it didn't even put up a fight and two Stingray missiles completely and utterly destroyed it. It would have been nice to investigate, but the more aliens we can kill with the least amount of trouble the better.

Feb 12th, 1999

Took a trip to the labs to see what our scientists were up to. We are currently trying to back engineer one of the armaments we found at the initial crash site. Also a few scientists have gone about the task of dissecting one of the alien corpses. They have given the species a name: "Sectoids".

It also seems like our scientists don't like to give themselves deadlines or let us know an estimated time of when they'll be done. They keep saying, "We'll have it when we have it!"

Feb 16th, 1999

Medi-kit production complete. Also we spotted a UFO in the Sahara. It's been shot down, and we're going in to investigate!

More to come after stupid work  ;P

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting RisingLegend, reply 6

Go Iron-Man or go Home


That's the plan   So if Calvin dies, god forbid, the AAR will continue, but should everyone die, it's game over   We're just gonna see where this goes for the heck of it 

Well, I'm not saying don't hire new squaddies if some die, just don't save it before every turn and reload it when your best guy gets killed.

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

 

yea that's right, that's me saving the day. 

Matthew also had his moment of glory. I guess Barbara Gettings, one who went to investigate the surrounding area turned up with an alien kill as well. No casualties and three more aliens dead... I'd say that's a pretty good day.

The promotions at the end of the day. Kevin Houk evidently "performed admirably" for siting the enemy Gettings shot. Turns out she could have died if he hadn't warned her. Scary? yea. Deserving of a promotion? I don't think so. But I don't make the rules.

Feb 17th, 1999

By mid February, it seems UFO sightings in the Antarctic have reached almost the same levels as they were in January. I know there has to be something there...

Fen 22nd, 1999

After more recon failures, Command has decided that if UFO activity in the area keep up through March they will consider building an outpost in Antartica. Not sure if I agree with the decision, I'm definitely on the fence here.

Feb 25th, 1999

 

UFO spotted very close to our base. You don't think they're scouting us...? Our interceptors chased the craft from Germany to Australia before they had to turn back because of low fuel. Before our scanners lost track of the UFO though, we saw it fly over the south of Australia towards where? Yea... Antartica...

 

Feb 28th, 1999

These aliens are definitely sneaky little bastards. I'm losing hope in findings these SoB's.

Mar 1st, 1999

 

It seems we have dissapointed Australia. I didn't realize there was any activity there. I suppose we should have known with it's proximity to our alien friends' supposed gathering spot.

Hopefully, we can prove to Australia that we can kick alien ass in the coming months. I hate to think of the alternative...