Cthulhu_Wakes
Black Sun in a White World
Well, it seems we do have quite a lot of interest! I'll see about getting a forum chipped up after I hammer down some of this homework.
Alien Invasion? Why not XCOM?
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Taliesin
Junior Member
He could be Waffen SS, one of those odd ducks who miraculously really did never transfer to a death squad. I mean, it's concievable, and Rommel shows there were Germans who were seriously not cool with what Hitler was doing to their country. Age would still be a problem, but it is conceptually doable without actually playing a terrible person.
Hm. My options are either a Welshman (who will straight up knife you if you so much as mention sheep around him) or possibly a Mexican involved in the drug war. Hm. My problem is I don't trust myself to portray another nationality.
Hm. My options are either a Welshman (who will straight up knife you if you so much as mention sheep around him) or possibly a Mexican involved in the drug war. Hm. My problem is I don't trust myself to portray another nationality.
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Cthulhu_Wakes
Black Sun in a White World
I won't be too badly hurt if we have overlap at this stage, if we've got a fairly diverse (if quite European) group. And no old Germans, I need no geriatrics squinting to see if the safety is on for the plasma cannon.
Aussie or Sou' African would be rather awesome, if only for the Wikus comments.
Aussie or Sou' African would be rather awesome, if only for the Wikus comments.
Teh Frixz
That lady robot
Ace! I'm pretty sure the native spiders are scarier than the mutons!
Grey
Dialectical Hermeticist
Alexandra
The black-eyed cousin
[QUOTE="Inquisitor Muhaha]Dibs on Germany.
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Got in there before you
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Got in there before you
Inquisitor
The Most Adorable Thing Ever, Costume Edition
Awww no Waffen SS? I'm sad.
Just to humor myself, however, since I don't know a ton of XCOM lore... Would there even be anything possible that makes him still a viable soldier (biological enchancement, H+ type stuff, etc.) or would he be the Geriatrics Division?
Just to humor myself, however, since I don't know a ton of XCOM lore... Would there even be anything possible that makes him still a viable soldier (biological enchancement, H+ type stuff, etc.) or would he be the Geriatrics Division?
Inquisitor
The Most Adorable Thing Ever, Costume Edition
WE CAN BOTH BE GERMANY. Woooo.Alexandra said:
Alexandra
The black-eyed cousin
Ex-Stasi fits too well with the character I'd like to put together; intelligence gatherer.
If it was straight up military, or combat oriented, then there are a bunch others on the list I could go for.
If it was straight up military, or combat oriented, then there are a bunch others on the list I could go for.
Alexandra
The black-eyed cousin
[QUOTE="Inquisitor Muhaha]WE CAN BOTH BE GERMANY. Woooo.
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I'm afraid the intel I have gathered tie you to a group selling secrets to the Americans. We do however have this neat black hood to present you with....
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I'm afraid the intel I have gathered tie you to a group selling secrets to the Americans. We do however have this neat black hood to present you with....
Taliesin
Junior Member
[QUOTE="Inquisitor Muhaha]Awww no Waffen SS? I'm sad.
Just to humor myself, however, since I don't know a ton of XCOM lore... Would there even be anything possible that makes him still a viable soldier (biological enchancement, H+ type stuff, etc.) or would he be the Geriatrics Division?
[/QUOTE]There might be, but not to begin with. A lot of the 'arc' of X-COM is that of humanity as the hardscrabble underdog just about prevailing over the alien menace through grit, heroism and a lot of blood, then stealing all their gubbinz and rewiring it for ourselves.
There will be future-tech! But only after we've prised it off the aliens smoking corpses and sent it for the boffins to puzzle over. Until then, what we have is human technology pretty much as it is in the real world. It's kevlar and 7.62 NATO rounds versus cybernetics and plasma cannons, with cunning, ruthlessness and a heap of reserves to tip the scales long enough for us to close the technological gap.
That, or we fail horribly and the aliens lay eggs in our brains.
Just to humor myself, however, since I don't know a ton of XCOM lore... Would there even be anything possible that makes him still a viable soldier (biological enchancement, H+ type stuff, etc.) or would he be the Geriatrics Division?
[/QUOTE]There might be, but not to begin with. A lot of the 'arc' of X-COM is that of humanity as the hardscrabble underdog just about prevailing over the alien menace through grit, heroism and a lot of blood, then stealing all their gubbinz and rewiring it for ourselves.
There will be future-tech! But only after we've prised it off the aliens smoking corpses and sent it for the boffins to puzzle over. Until then, what we have is human technology pretty much as it is in the real world. It's kevlar and 7.62 NATO rounds versus cybernetics and plasma cannons, with cunning, ruthlessness and a heap of reserves to tip the scales long enough for us to close the technological gap.
That, or we fail horribly and the aliens lay eggs in our brains.
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Cthulhu_Wakes
Black Sun in a White World
Bless that film.Grey said:
Cthulhu_Wakes
Black Sun in a White World
Quite so. It's the EU canon, 2014, @Inquisitor Muhaha while spec-ops equipment and general tech in XCOM hands is bleeding edge (see the rather swank kevlar and SCARs the spec-ops are rocking in the tutorial mission). Genetic augments won't be bringing the Heer back to swinging action, not that sort of sci-fi. At least until those developments come into play with the later tech scavenged from the sites. So, while the ex-Stasi is still in fighting form, gonna need something a little more modern!
Alexandra
The black-eyed cousin
They were operational up until the 90s, and were known for recruiting teenagers for certain posts, so she could have started young. Then perhaps have taken a move into the counter-terrorism directorate of the BND (that's the foreign intelligence agency of modern Germany).
Inquisitor
The Most Adorable Thing Ever, Costume Edition
@Alexandra if you're okay with splitting Germany, I might make a member of Special Operations Division.
Cthulhu_Wakes
Black Sun in a White World
The KSK, muhaha?
Inquisitor
The Most Adorable Thing Ever, Costume Edition
Alexandra
The black-eyed cousin
Cthulhu_Wakes
Black Sun in a White World
...Want to be part of the unit that got hashed in the Berlin raid? Those helis were theirs in the tutorial mission (the news article I posted).
Alexandra
The black-eyed cousin
@Inquisitor Muhaha
Will you be going straight out combat? Because if it's intelligence you're after, our characters would be too closely related.
Will you be going straight out combat? Because if it's intelligence you're after, our characters would be too closely related.
Inquisitor
The Most Adorable Thing Ever, Costume Edition
[QUOTE="Cthulhu_Wakes]...Want to be part of the unit that got hashed in the Berlin raid? Those helis were theirs in the tutorial mission (the news article I posted).
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I am interested.
And Alexandra, nay, not Intel-based.
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I am interested.
And Alexandra, nay, not Intel-based.
Alexandra
The black-eyed cousin
[QUOTE="Inquisitor Muhaha]I am interested.
And Alexandra, nay, not Intel-based.
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Then if we've got different strengths, it should be good to work together
And Alexandra, nay, not Intel-based.
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Then if we've got different strengths, it should be good to work together
Cthulhu_Wakes
Black Sun in a White World
Excellent! I'll try and have a forum request in the next few days. Adjusting to school's hectic schedule.
Aquilla Wolfe
BLACKJACK!
JAPAN, if i ca get myself situated, by the way, can i have a sword :3
