[Let's Play] UFO: Alien Invasion

[FaxModem1]

Fax Modem orders the manufacturing teams to mass produce the vehicle lasers.

After that, he goes to the hangar talks with Barnest2.

"Okay, I'm going to give you a detailed inspection and find out the problem. Let me turn on your radio here, and it'll translate into the headphones I'm wearing. Let me know if you detect anything odd."

Fax Modem got to work inspect Barnest2 from top to bottom, looking for the problem and any signs of what went wrong.

[HMS Sophia]

"Okay, I'm going to give you a detailed inspection and find out the problem. Let me turn on your radio here, and it'll translate into the headphones I'm wearing. Let me know if you detect anything odd."

Fax Modem got to work inspect Barnest2 from top to bottom, looking for the problem and any signs of what went wrong.

"Check the portside intake fans. They weren't spinning up properly when I attempted launch" the fighters port flaps wag, indicating what is meant.

[FaxModem1]

Fax Modem checks the fans to see what the problem is.

"Okay, keep everything off, I want to keep both arms."

[Force Lord]

Force Lord's Diary:

Is it just me, or the Acting Director's attitude is somewhat...off? Maybe I'm being paranoid, but with JonB's mysterious dissappearance, I suspect that the Acting Director is not what he seems. Better stay quiet for now, and try to figure out if this nagging suspicion of mine is nothing more than jittery nerves.

[Torben]

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STATUS:  ONLINE

MEMO
TO: ALL PHALANX MILITARY PERSONNEL
RE: HEAVY WEAPONRY

IT IS ADVISABLE TO ALWAYS PROVIDE ADEQUATE SMALL ARMS COVERAGE TO ANY MEMBER TASKED WITH CARRYING HIGH EXPLOSIVE WEAPONRY. AS EVIDENCED BY OUR MISSION IN BRAZIL, DURING CQB, HE WEAPONRY BECOMES NIGH USELESS. PAIRING HEAVY WEAPONRY WITH SMALL ARMS PROVIDES OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY FOR DISPATCHING XENOS.

THAT IS ALL.

LOG: IT IS INTERESTING THAT SHORTLY AFTER THE DIRECTOR DISAPPEARS (AND SCANS OF HIS PERSONAL EMAILS AND LOGS SHOW NO INDICATION HE WAS PLANNING A GETAWAY OF ANY KIND), BARNEST2 EXPERIENCES EQUIPMENT FAILURE WHILE WENCHANG COMES UNDER DIRECT ATTACK. A DEEPER INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER MUST BE CONDUCTED, BUT WHO CAN BE TRUSTED?

[JonB]

Torben - it was faster to get him to duck and for you to shoot the Taman rather than have WhiteHaven drop the Rocket Launcher, pull out the pistol and shoot (for less damage). I do issue sidearms, just in this case, it was quicker. And I liked the image of the Taman seeing WhiteHaven with his rocket launcher duck only for your gun to be in its face.

[OmegaChief]

OmegaChief clicks on the recording device

Oh hey, this thing survived intact, I just bought it too, which is good. Ahem, hi there me, I decided to start making recordings due to the sheer amount of weird shit that started to happen. I mean the Director dissapears, our lab boys start doing... yea I'd better not even mention that on here, and then the base is attacked by aliens.

There's a crunching sound as he eats a cookie

So, I got thinking, on the off chance I somehow loose my memory, due to psychic sheannings, being dissapeared or I don't know hypothetically being raised from the dead by a form of science man should not touch, not that anything like that last thing is happening at all, that I should probably have this here to tell me things and keep things like my kill count accurate.

Another crunch

Important things to remember then, I like cookies a lot, two death to the xenos and three there is somthing majorly weird going on among the higher ups.

[Torben]

Torben - it was faster to get him to duck and for you to shoot the Taman rather than have WhiteHaven drop the Rocket Launcher, pull out the pistol and shoot (for less damage). I do issue sidearms, just in this case, it was quicker. And I liked the image of the Taman seeing WhiteHaven with his rocket launcher duck only for your gun to be in its face.

I realize that, and it was certainly not an attack on your tactics. Was more an attempt to add to the story vis-a-vis the really nice example of shooting the alien over the head of someone carrying a rocket launcher.

[JonB]

Fair enough. What kind of small-arms would you like to use?

[PeZook]

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DIAGNOSTIC RUNNING

...

PERSONALITY MATRIX ADJUSTMENT HOLDING

REPAIRS COMPLETE. I AM FULLY OPERATIONAL.

REMINDER: WRITE A THANK YOU NOTE TO MEAT-UNIT SIRNITRAM TO SATISFY EXPECTED SOCIAL RECIPROCATION.

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TACTICAL OPERATIONS ANALYSIS

INDICATION: HUMAN GROUND FORCES TACTICALLY SUPERIOR

EXPECT XENOS TO IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOGICAL COUNTERMEASURES

[SirNitram]

Plans, documents, and schematics were swept off Nitram's desk. With superior body armor nearly mastered, he could focus on other things. Like the Acting Director.

He began brainstorming, writing down everything that occoured under the Director's run, and Acting Director's run. As time passed, patterns developed. Events spun out of the pattern, then a few iterations later, were absorbed back in.

The genius that had denied death focused, seeking more information.

[HMS Sophia]

"Okay, keep everything off, I want to keep both arms."

"And I don't want blood all over my hull... Though, thinking about it, I could just get it washed off.... hmmm..."

[FaxModem1]

"Keep in mind, you do it, and no one will repair you."

[HMS Sophia]

"Keep in mind, you do it, and no one will repair you."

"It would, however, be hilarious... on the other hand, I would like to be able to fly... The fans are staying off. Please, continue"

[PeZook]

PASSING SUGGESTION: DISCONNECTION OF APU WILL MAKE SURE PRIMITIVE CYBER-ENTITY BARNEST2 WILL BE UNABLE TO PURPOSEFULLY MAIM YOUR SQUISHY ORGANIC PARTS.

[Torben]

Fair enough. What kind of small-arms would you like to use?

I was referencing basically anything smaller than light anti-tank weaponry/high explosive. My sniper rifle is more than adequate for not gibbing everything in a given radius. So, thanks

[FaxModem1]

Fax Modem, taking PeZook's suggestion to heart, disables the APU and begins work.

Finding the problem, he inspects it and discovers what caused it.

[Hawkwings]

Hawkwings sits in the mess hall, chewing bubble gum and beef jerky at the same time while watching the international news, and disassembling and cleaning his new pistol.

"Hmm, I read somewhere that putting unicorns and rainbows on your gun makes it better. Where can I get an etching kit? Or some stickers..."

[Torben]

Sitting in the mess room, remembering what it was like to eat food and drink the glorious elixir that is coffee. I overhear Hawkwings statement about guns, unicorns and rainbows...

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ARGUMENT ILLOGICAL.  DOES NOT COMPUTE.  ERROR.  ERROR.  EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN ACTIVATED.  SHUTDOWN FAILURE.  OVERHEAT WARNING.  MAINTENANCE REQUIRED.  ALARM.  AL-....

Sparks sizzle from my cranial unit and smoke leaks from my ears as the logic processors overload and overheat. An emergency failsafe message is automatically dispatched to SirNitram's email. I slump and feel my mechanical parts begin to seize up. Hmm..I wonder if this is what it felt like to die the first time? Happened too fast to recall.

[Hawkwings]

Hawkwings frowns at the sudden and inexplicable breakdown of Cyber-Torben. He walks over, slaps him on the back, and says "What's wrong, robo-bro?"

[FaxModem1]

Fax Modem retrieves a small device from barnest2's innards.

"Its a remote EMP device. Someone planted this here and activated it once they were safely out of range."

Fax Modem looked around the hangar.

"But who had access to the hangar?"

[HMS Sophia]

Fax Modem looked around the hangar.

"But who had access to the hangar?"

"Maintenance crews, you, SirNitram, the Acting director..."

[JonB]

((point of order, Barnest and FaxModem are based out of the Buildier of Chinese DOOM, while the Acting Director has never left PHALANX HQ. Carry on.))

[SirNitram]

"WHO BROKE TORBEN?!?" Was the angry shout from the research labs. Nitram was less than pleased someone had fried the logic chip.

[Coalition]

Coalition felt himself floating in the air. Was he dreaming, was he dead? He could barely remember the last mission, the aliens moving around, muzzle flashes, and return fire.

If he was dead, he wanted to get it over, so he could go to Valhalla, as the base mess couldn't make a decent steak if their lives depended on it. If he was alive, he hoped the blonde nurse was there to wake him up.

He would find out soon.

(OOC: is my character alive, or?)