Lets Play: X-com Enemy Unknown - Chapter 1 - Enemy Unknown

[vidius]

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[GathersIngredients]

RP: John grumbles something about the modern laser weapons being shiny enough and oh so fancy, but crap when it comes to accuracy and ponders his options.

Actions: wait until others are done.
If able to reach Nikolai safely, move to him and apply med kit.
If able to shoot the suppressor with a chance of 50% and above, do that (move - to cover - if necessary)
Else reload and overwatch.

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I can't believe that he missed yet another shot! Must not be his lucky day. Or maybe he's too drunk to actually score a hit. Or, considering his nickname, not drunk enough!

Erm, is Hilda being on fire? Looks much like that on the close up screen shots.

[CroverusRaven]

Hanaro risks taking fire from the Thinman to move up and fire a rocket to hit the Junker suppressing Nikolai, hopefully catching the hidden one in the blast as well.

[vidius]

Hanaro risks taking fire from the Thinman to move up and fire a rocket to hit the Junker suppressing Nikolai, hopefully catching the hidden one in the blast as well.

rockets are not a move and fire weapon. They are move OR fire

[Nolandking]

Nikolai will stay behind cover if the alien suppressing him isnt killed. He will stay in overwatch while waiting for John to help patch him up.

[vidius]

RP: John grumbles something about the modern laser weapons being shiny enough and oh so fancy, but crap when it comes to accuracy and ponders his options.

Actions: wait until others are done.
If able to reach Nikolai safely, move to him and apply med kit.
If able to shoot the suppressor with a chance of 50% and above, do that (move - to cover - if necessary)
Else reload and overwatch.

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I can't believe that he missed yet another shot! Must not be his lucky day. Or maybe he's too drunk to actually score a hit. Or, considering his nickname, not drunk enough!

Erm, is Hilda being on fire? Looks much like that on the close up screen shots.

Random odds in this game are seriously random. In my current Ironman Classic game of X-com Enemy Within I have a sniper who missed 4 consecutive 80% shots. 4 of them. It lead to 2 of my squad members getting killed too.

Hilda is not on fire, she is just covering up beside an exploded wall section that is on fire. Fortunately for her it's not a real environmental hazard.

[madmartin26]

Hanuel will take his chances shooting at the one target he has, unless that target is dead, in which case he goes into overwatch for now.

[CroverusRaven]

Oooooohh....

Hanaro will advance to closer cover and take a shot at whatever it has the best chance of shooting.

[vidius]

still waiting on Ziprath..

[GathersIngredients]

Vote: Hilda shoots the suppressor. (= floater)

[Ziprath]

Hilda will shoot the thin man, unless its already dead then she shoots the floater.


Sorry thought I already posted. My bad.

[vidius]

updated

[vidius]

X-com personal have barely returned from the previous mission when we get another alert, this time it is an airborne UFO.








In a heated pursuit Raven 1 is able to splash the UFO.


We not need to assemble a strike team to engage the UFO, unfortunately Nikolai will be unable to go on this sortie due to recent wounds, and Dexter is still in the medical bay.

[Donnigan]

Atsuko volunteers again with a Laser Rifle, Laser Pistol and Med Pack.

Also, someone should bring an Arc Thrower.

[Nerre]

Max volunteer, hoping to get in to catch up with those of his comrades who were on more missions than he was. Damn that injury, it had cost him at least two chances.

MG und scope, or if nobody wants the arc thrower, then Max takes it.
Also putting on some armor.

Edit: As somebody wanted the arc thrower, I edited it out.

[Dusk9]

One of the screens says I've returned to active duty, so I should be able to sign up.

If he can, Dexter signs up for the mission and takes a Laser Pistol and SCOPE.

[madmartin26]

Hanuel volunteers, he takes an arc thrower and chooses HEAT ammo as his level up perk.

[Ziprath]

Hilda signs up to shoot more stuff. Taking a laser pistol.

[GathersIngredients]

"Let's try this again, maybe this time I can actually HIT something, too."

John volunteers, equipping med kit and laser rifle (& laser pistol, if no one else wants it - depending on who else goes on the mission. I saw that both Hilda and Atsuko asked for a laser pistol before John, so if all 3 go on that mission, John doesn't take one), as well as a new body armor - the ones that don't need the equip slot.


Do we have to keep on mentioning the armor, or will you automatically equip us with the best available, anyways, vid?

[CroverusRaven]

Hanaro was a bit unsatisfied with his low kill count. He signs up to join, taking an arc thrower as well so they can start trying to capture some of these aline scum alive and interrogate them.

[vidius]

Do we have to keep on mentioning the armor, or will you automatically equip us with the best available, anyways, vid?

I will automatically equip the entire team with the carapace armor, as it is an absolute upgrade for every soldier.

[vidius]

Operation Crimson Night

Pre-Combat Sequence

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Haneul undergoes training to utilize deadly HEAT rounds with his gun LMG.


The strike squad is quickly assembled. John is given the command, with the newly patched up Dexter also joining the fray. Hanaro is bringing an arc thrower, in the hopes of capturing a live alien. Atsuka and Max round out the deployment.



The UFO was shot down close to x-com base, so it takes literally minutes before Strike one are touching dirt again. This is a UFO splash strike one. Try to minimize damage to the UFO while clearing out all x-rays.

Sequence 1

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Atsuka advances to the nearby cover of the tree, overwatching.


Hanaro Dashes to reach hard cover.


Dexter pulls back to a better firing position.


John advances and overwatches too, position himself beside Atsuka.


Max also gets in on the tree party.

With no alien contact the squad keep leap frogging.


John moves to nearby cover and overwatches.


Max reaches a big tree all of his very own.


Dexter continues to keep eyes out.


Hanaro moves up beside John.



Astuka again moves up towards the splashed ufo, keeping to hard cover, her gun ready.


Astuka can hear something towards he front.




Sneaking forwards to the next tree, Atsuka spies two Floaters. They spy her back and move to the attack. She has relatively clean shots on both Floaters.


Dexter can spy one of the Floaters too.

Sequence 2

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Dexter drops the closest floater.

With the current X-com mission objective in mind Hanaro dashes to the Floater. Moving normally may provide him with better covering fire, but unless he Dashes he will never catch that floater. That thing can fly after all.




As Hanaro dashes forward he reveals a fresh squad of Floaters. They scatter to cover.



Max could advance and fire, but its not a guaranteed kill, and these two floaters are in a prime position to execute the flanked Atsuka. Max draws his Shredded rocket and annihilates one of them (I actually though this was going to catch them both in the blast when I fired it. Sorry)




John advances and finishes off the last Floater.



Atsuka, putting mission objective over self perseverance shots a laser pistol shot at the Floater, making it more susceptible to stunning.



The lone Floater panics. It takes a rushed shot at Atsuka, missing.





Hanaro runs the last few yards to the Floater, draws the Alien Stun Gun, and bring brings the Floater down. Congratulations X-com, we have our first live specimen. Dr. Vahlen is overjoyed.




Atsuka and John keep up overwatch positions while Max dashes to join the team.


Dexter Reloads his rifle.







Three Thinmen sprint in to see what the commotion was about, drawing out two over watch shots, but miraculously surviving both. The Skinnies scatter.


Atsuka has 3 shots (all at 54%)


Max has 2 (both at 50%)

Sequence 3

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Dexter dashes to a better firing position.


Hanaro gets aggressively close to the Skinny, hoping for another stun.



Max unloads his second rocket, killing two of the Three Thinmen.





Atsuka debates about using her rifle on the last Thinman, but it will surely result in a kill. Instead she advances, freeing up her cover for John, then opens fire on the last Skinny with her laser pistol. She misses.





John moves up to hard cover and fires on the Skinny too, grievously wounding it.



The last Thinman loses his nerve, retreating from the X-com soldiers.






No one has eyes on the Skinny any more, but odds are he dashed away.

Sequence 5

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Atsuka advances towards the alien. After spotting it on her first move, she dashes again to get closer.


Max double moves towards the UFO.


John moves towards the UFO, reloading as he goes.


Dexter dashes to a better firing position.


Hanaro dashes headlong at the Thinman. This is probably going to hurt.



The Thinman, no longer panicked, levels its plasma rifle at Hanaro at hits him, singing his armor.


Hanaro is now close enough to drop the Thinman.


Atsuka is on hand to provide medical attention.




Everyone else is close enough to start breaching the UFO.

Sequence 6

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Hanaro takes down his second Alien with the Stun gun.


Atsuka moves up to Hanaro and provides medical aid.


Dexter advances towards the ship.


As does Max, keeping his overwatch ready.


John is the first soldier to breach the ship, gun up and ready.






Everyone is positioned to breach the UFO, but who knows what is still inside..

*So those purple energy things are doors. They have the exact same functionality as a normal door.*

Sequence 7

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Slowly but steadily the Squad get ready to breach the nearest room..




Only to find it completely empty....





So the Squad redeploy yo the only unopened room in the shuttle.




This time Strike One make friends.



MAx is unable to drop the Outsider after two volleys.



But John flanks it and spanks it.


Good job Strike one.

Post Combat Sequence

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The operation is a complete success! Not only does the squad receive an impressive amount of X-ray tech, two live x-ray prisoners, and 2 light plasma rifles (which can be used after research)


but four squad members received promotions, and no one is injured.

Brilliant work Strike one.

John

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Max

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Hanaro

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Atsuka

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[Donnigan]

Atsuko will move up to the Big tree and take cover there, overwatching and moving towards the crash site.

[CroverusRaven]

Hanaro will go left, dashing to take up cover next to the log.

[Dusk9]

Dexter positions himself near the back of the group, taking cover behind those rocks to his left. Once there, he remains in Overwatch until contact is made.