[Let's Play] UFO: Alien Invasion

[Hawkwings]

Hawkwings looked at the board again, and said "It's all gibberish to me." He turned his head sideways just to make sure he wasn't reading the thing wrong. "Yep, I got nothin'. Wait a minute..."

Turning his head back again, at approximately 40 degree right from center, he said "I think I... see something? Oooh, it's like one of those magic eye things, hold on."

Hawkwings spends the next few minutes trying to find the hidden picture on the whiteboard.

[FaxModem1]

Fax Modem entered his office and looked at the clock, he waited an hour for barnest2 to get wherever he was supposed to go, then hit the intercom.

"Prisoner has escaped. Base alert, prisoner has escaped."

[Force Lord]

"Aw hell. We got a breakout!"

[JonB]

((Sorry guys, today's update kinda got lost in the shuffle of renewing the lease on my apartment and other sundry things. I'll try to work on it tomorrow and Saturday to keep to the 'twice a week' schedule I set for myself.)) Other than that, carry on with your fun.

[FaxModem1]

Fax Modem waited until everyone on base was in position and then told them in person.

"Okay everyone. Fan out. We need to find him, he wasn't gone for too long. However, he did escape using the barnest2 Interceptor. How that's possible I don't know, but it did happen. I'll expect a progress report in three hours."

[Force Lord]

"Roger that. Alright boys! Let's go find the bastard!"

[PeZook]

WARNING: TACTICAL ERROR IMMINENT

INTELLIGENCE DELIVERED BY BASE COMMANDER INDICATES PRISONER HAS COMANDEERED AN INTERCEPTOR AIRCRAFT

DETERMINATION: BASE SEARCH POINTLESS

SUGGEST REMOTE ACCESSING GPS LOGS TO INTERCEPT PRISONER AT DESTINATION

WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE

BASE LOCKDOWN ADVISED. PRISONER MUST HAVE RECEIVED OUTSIDE HELP. ALTERNATIVELY ESCAPE WAS ENABLED BY VIOLATION OF PROCEDURE

[FaxModem1]

"Good point PeZook. have the Troop carrier from Istanbul fly here and give our troops a ride."

[PeZook]

DEPENDING ON CURRENT TARGET LOCATION, ACQUIRING LOCAL TRANSPORTATION MIGHT BE MORE ADVISABLE

ADVISE RAPID ACTION EITHER WAY

[Force Lord]

"Then let's go, TO THE CHOPPA! Sorry, I wanted to say that. Where's the nearest jet we can take?"

[Agent Sorchus]

Agent Sorchus Drives up with a load of groceries, and the honorary Academia stash in the backseat of a delivery van.

'Hey guys whats up? I brought the chips for the successful mission party, but it looks like everyone is busy. Uh whats happening?'

[Force Lord]

Agent Sorchus Drives up with a load of groceries, and the honorary Academia stash in the backseat of a delivery van.

'Hey guys whats up? I brought the chips for the successful mission party, but it looks like everyone is busy. Uh whats happening?'

"We got a prison break-out. Leave the groceries here and get your gear."

[Edi]

*Edi grabs his gear.*

"Goddamn, ever since the Director disappeared, this basket has been sliding down a greased chute with a rocket booster strapped to its ass! First we have casualties out the wazoo, then we run into some black op clone of our own black op, well over half of our people are either outright insane or well on their way there. Me included. AND we have a prisoner escape."

"Now, what else could possibly go wrong?"

[Force Lord]

*Edi grabs his gear.*

"Goddamn, ever since the Director disappeared, this basket has been sliding down a greased chute with a rocket booster strapped to its ass! First we have casualties out the wazoo, then we run into some black op clone of our own black op, well over half of our people are either outright insane or well on their way there. Me included. AND we have a prisoner escape."

"Now, what else could possibly go wrong?"

"Damn it Edi! Why did you have to say that phrase? Now things will go wrong!"

[FaxModem1]

Fax Modem is phoning the Acting Director and informing him of the situation. He hears Edi and Force Lord's comments.

"Yeah, but you just commented on it, making it meta, thereby stopping it from happening for comedy or cementing it further because we're aware of it for humorous value."

Fax Modem realizes he is still on the phone with the Acting Director.

"Sorry about that. Let me repeat, our prisoner from some other Phalanx has escaped."

[SirNitram]

The lockdown went into effect. SirNitram's quarters/lab sealed itself with negative pressure and defenses popping online. After a few minutes, the darkness said something. "Some of a bitch."

[JonB]

Fax Modem is phoning the Acting Director and informing him of the situation. He hears Edi and Force Lord's comments.

"Yeah, but you just commented on it, making it meta, thereby stopping it from happening for comedy or cementing it further because we're aware of it for humorous value."

Fax Modem realizes he is still on the phone with the Acting Director.

"Sorry about that. Let me repeat, our prisoner from some other Phalanx has escaped."

The Acting Director resets his glasses as he hears the report. "Mister FaxModem, I was under the impression that you were compatant. So either you are running an unauthorized op, or you are working for someone else. Which is it?"

[The Yosemite Bear]

After waking up from the stun rod, the shakes begin, It had been a week without real coffee and the hallucinations were starting, the blaring sounds of the base's "Silent Alarm" (a siren with comparable dicibalage to either a titan rocket at lift off, or a Post Apacalyptic Death Metal Band) wasn't helping Colin the Bear was on the warpath now....

[FaxModem1]

The Acting Director resets his glasses as he hears the report. "Mister FaxModem, I was under the impression that you were compatant. So either you are running an unauthorized op, or you are working for someone else. Which is it?"

"I'm trying to find our escaped prisoner. Unless you are ordering me to cease and desist with that. Is that your order?"

[JonB]

"You didn't answer the question."

[PeZook]

INTERNAL NOTE: PHALANX COMMAND CORPS LACKS LEADERSHIP QUALITIES NECESSARY TO COMMAND MEAT-UNITS.

Code: Select all

DATA INTEGRITY ERROR DETECTED
CONTACT CYBERDYNE CUSTOMER SERVICE

[FaxModem1]

Fax Modem turned in his chair as he held his phone, twisting the phone cord with his finger.

"I work for PHALANX and the protection of humanity. I'm doing my duty and I'm not disloyal, and I resent your implication for accusing me of such. Now either fire me, replace me, or shut up, because I have a base to run. I only called to let you know what's going on because you needed to know."

Fax Modem slammed the phone down, hanging up on the man. He shook his head, wondering what was going to happen next.

[HMS Sophia]

*Private message:
From: barnest2 interceptor, in flight
To: Faxmodem*

"My sensors are logging the base as in lockdown. What has happened? Should I RTB?"

*End Message*

[FaxModem1]

Fax Modem replies in private message.

"Deliver the passenger first, then come back. Otherwise you're wasting fuel."

*end of private message*

[HMS Sophia]

*Message*

Understood. Delivering passenger.

*End message*

the interceptor rapidly delivers the passenger before returning to the base in China.