X-Com, Terror From the Deep

[chiasaur11]

Never mind, you are completely insane. Why would I waste my time with such a primitive and disgustingly sane device?

However, you have insulted my by linking me to the dart gun's invention. As punishment, I have injected myself with enough ADAM to make my body strength equivalent to that of Alex Knight's. Oh, and I still have a stun rod from the last alien war. Prepare to get beaten into a bloody pulp. And survive to feel the pain.

*beats chiasaur11 into a bloody pulp while keeping him alive to feel the pain*

Ow.

I am in pain. And the dart gun? Sane? No sane man would give soldiers a weapon better suited to carnival attractions for a war against advanced aliens.

Huh. Robotic duplicates were a good idea. Thank you, science.

[Artanis]

Alex Knight should be proud: he hasn't even started posting yet, and already has five pages of discussion

[Lord of Rapture]

Ow.

I am in pain. And the dart gun? Sane? No sane man would give soldiers a weapon better suited to carnival attractions for a war against advanced aliens.

Huh. Robotic duplicates were a good idea. Thank you, science.

You mean cybernetic duplicates. Which you stole the technology from me, you untalented hack. Looks like I (read: ADAM-enhanced clones) have to go through the entire base to beat you.

And when I mean sane, I mean that looking or interacting with it at all won't drive you irrevocably insane and gibbering.

[breakingtheforthwall]This hasn't gone too far, has it?[/breakingtheforthwall]

[chiasaur11]

You mean cybernetic duplicates. Which you stole the technology from me, you untalented hack. Looks like I (read: ADAM-enhanced clones) have to go through the entire base to beat you.

And when I mean sane, I mean that looking or interacting with it at all won't drive you irrevocably insane and gibbering.

[breakingtheforthwall]This hasn't gone too far, has it?[/breakingtheforthwall]

Probably.

Besides. Someone made the dart gun.

If I didn't do it (It's utterly worthless, and no sane scientist would authorize putting that in the field.) and you didn't do it (Not over the top enough)...

Well, witchhunts aren't productive, sure, but something's up.

[Lord of Rapture]

Hey look, Cubey just turned down his post as lead scientist and ran away for "safety reasons" just before we got to talking about the dart gun...

Obviously, it's his fault the dart gun is in our arsenal. I say we send a team of X-com operatives to storm his mountain home and destroy everything he holds dear for this transgression. And for lulz. And for more test subjects.

[chiasaur11]

Hey look, Cubey just turned down his post as lead scientist and ran away for "safety reasons" just before we got to talking about the dart gun...

Obviously, it's his fault the dart gun is in our arsenal. I say we send a team of X-com operatives to storm his mountain home and destroy everything he holds dear for this transgression. And for lulz. And for more test subjects.

See, this is why I'm needed.

It would be fun, but did you see Cubey's designs for alien war one?

They tended to focus on giant robots, huge explosions, and similar over-the-top ness.

No way he'd design this thing. If he was sabotaging, we'd see a lot more explosions.

Someone else is behind this. And we can't spare the men to execute cowards yet.

[Aricandor]

Um. Hypothetical question about the dart gun. If one of the engineers was hypothetically speaking the one who just hypothetically built it (but by hypothetical orders from superiors!), could that engineer hypothetically be held responsible for the dart gun?

Hypothetically?

[The Dark Fiddler]

Alex Knight should be proud: he hasn't even started posting yet, and already has five pages of discussion

Quite indeed. I find the to be as entertaining as the Let's Play (which of course hasn't started yet).

If it's taking this long, it must be EPIC. No I'm not being sarcastic, what makes you think that?

[Oslecamo]

Someone else is behind this. And we can't spare the men to execute cowards yet.

Why execute corwards when you can send them to the frontline to draw the enemies out?

[Winterwind]

Why execute corwards when you can send them to the frontline to draw the enemies out?

The problem with that plan is that, this being TftD, anybody who is a coward will infallibly die from fear alone long before getting close enough to the frontline...

[Mewtarthio]

Um. Hypothetical question about the dart gun. If one of the engineers was hypothetically speaking the one who just hypothetically built it (but by hypothetical orders from superiors!), could that engineer hypothetically be held responsible for the dart gun?

Hypothetically?

Dammit, Ari! You said that would be our secret!

...I mean, you hypothetically would have said so if this so-called "dart gun" even existed, which it does not.

[Rockphed]

The problem with that plan is that, this being TftD, anybody who is a coward will infallibly die from fear alone long before getting close enough to the frontline...

Pshaw! What is this fear thing of which you speak. We only face monsters made from writhing masses of tentacles who have lain in eternal slumber since time immemorial and have, as their prime desire, the consuming of human flesh while their victim's screams rend the air. See, nothing to worry about. We'll probably be done and back in time for tea.

[Aricandor]

Dammit, Ari! You said that would be our secret!

...I mean, you hypothetically would have said so if this so-called "dart gun" even existed, which it does not.

Yes. That's right! It's a myth! Like Chrysalids and... And... Uh. Other imaginary stuff of nightmare!

Now, let's just get back to building laser cannons and other things that actually exist!

[Winterwind]

Chryssalids... are nothing.
All the horrors of the First Alien War pale in comparison to the neverending terror of what lies below in the oceans' depths.
This is the end-time. Repent, and die, for those who die will suffer more shortly.
...but first, let's make some good profit with this organization of ours.

[Eldan]

I'll just leave this on the table then. Goodbye.

[Aricandor]

Chryssalids... are nothing.
All the horrors of the First Alien War pale in comparison to the neverending terror of what lies below in the oceans' depths.
This is the end-time. Repent, and die, for those who die will suffer more shortly.
...but first, let's make some good profit with this organization of ours.

Cool! Now get out there and capture some aqua plastics for us to play with!

[EleventhHour]

Cool! Now get out there and capture some aqua plastics for us to play with!

*plays with a squishy ball of Aqua-Plastic.*
"Hm?"
*hides it back in her room*
"I have no alien stuff, aside from some old Elerium. What are you talking about?"

[Winterwind]

Cool! Now get out there and capture some aqua plastics for us to play with!

Hey, I'm just the pilot who drops those suicidal maniacs we call our soldiers onto the battlefield, I'm staying the hell out of those fights.
But, just so that it's clear, I want those aqua plastics housebroken before I let them into MY craft!

[Oslecamo]

Hey, I'm just the pilot who drops those suicidal maniacs we call our soldiers onto the battlefield, I'm staying the hell out of those fights.
But, just so that it's clear, I want those aqua plastics housebroken before I let them into MY craft!

Actually, as far as I understand it's the X-com soldiers who pilot the vehicles. If you're near the frontline, you will grab a weapon and either kill aliens or lure them out. That's the X-com way.

[Winterwind]

Actually, as far as I understand it's the X-com soldiers who pilot the vehicles. If you're near the frontline, you will grab a weapon and either kill aliens or lure them out. That's the X-com way.

The last person to say that had to swim all the way back home to base. They never asked me to march into certain death fight on the frontline again.

[EleventhHour]

Well, good thing I fly an Interceptor... or... I DON'T LIKE BEING UNDERWATER. FIND YOUR OWN SUBMARINE-INTERCEPTOR PILOT.

[Ashtar]

I know why X-Com needs to find exceptional soldiers to operate military operations on the ocean floor. Operating in such an environment where a flaw in your kit will certainly cause death. Subject to high pressure, breathing different mixes like trimix or heliox depending on the depth, dealing with nitrogen narcosis and fighting creatures that man was not meant to meet is quite a hard and difficult endeavour.

But still, the protection of humanity is out first and foremost goal, we kicked the etheral's ass on Cydonia, we will prevail against the new invaders from below.

Can you see I memorized the indoctrination guide given to us on our first day? Oooh! I'm looking forwards to our first combat dive.

[Fri]

Where is Alex anyway?

Oh, and whether this is in chia's continuity or not, I'm still a ghost. Let's say, posessing a medkit get boring after a while, and I decided to posess a submarine.

[BRC]

Where is Alex anyway?

Oh, and whether this is in chia's continuity or not, I'm still a ghost. Let's say, posessing a medkit get boring after a while, and I decided to posess a submarine.

You can possess my sub, provided you don't mind Russian Orchestral music playing constantly.

[Thanatos 51-50]

If Alex is still taking people with suicidal ideations recruits to kill everything not already dead the Xeno scum, I was forced into this because I got my girl pregnant volunteer.

[ZeroNumerous]

Guess I have to volunteer for red shirt duty since I'll probably survive the other X-Com LP and will no doubt be unable to retire.

[Johnny Blade]

Guess I have to volunteer for red shirt duty since I'll probably survive the other X-Com LP and will no doubt be unable to retire.

Same here, except that I'm even worse than you - and have already volunteered.
(Psi strength 8. I didn't know they even went that low.)

[chiasaur11]

Same here, except that I'm even worse than you - and have already volunteered.
(Psi strength 8. I didn't know they even went that low.)

They go all the way down to 0.

We got one of those too. Not anyone who's named. Just a random redshirt.

[ZeroNumerous]

Same here, except that I'm even worse than you - and have already volunteered.
(Psi strength 8. I didn't know they even went that low.)

I always assumed I'd be shot to death.

[Winterwind]

Possessed submarines, Lovecraftian monstrosities, megalomaniac scientists, scheming engineers and a commander who is not even trying to hide that he is obviously a major Champion of Khorne.

This is glorious, and it hasn't even started yet.