RECRUITING

[GScholz]

Our unit is becoming a bit "top heavy" don't you think? We seem to be advancing in rank faster than the bridge officers on Darth Vader's Executor...

[FLOOB]

After Schen died, this song was playing in my head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPrQoowkc0I

[FLOOB]

Commander Dichotomy was killed in action 30 July 1980. On a mission to recover a downed alien carrier. While grouped near the entrance of the alien craft preparing to board it, one of CMD Dichotomy's squadmates was targeted by enemy mind weapons and against his own will fatally shot CMD Dichotomy. This was Dichotomy's twenty second mission. He has been awarded the Long Service medal posthumously. He died doing what he loved, defending humanity in the company of his brothers in arms.

A moment of silence for Commander Dichotomy..

[FLOOB]

I should add, Dragon also was a casualty on that mission. He survived with only 2 health. Welcome to the Crimson Heart club Major. 

[Dichotomy]

sonofa!!!!!   

[GScholz]

 

[FLOOB]

Now that the Danish Frogman is hopping in valhalla, have the rest of you considered writing your will?

[Dichotomy]

I had one.  I left all my pron to my mates and my benefits to my lovely significant other. 

[Schen]

Commander Schen was killed in action 31 May 1980 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This was his twentieth mission. Major Schen was one of our most senior and experienced operatives. His absence leaves a gap in our ranks that will not be soon filled. It should be said that because of the actions of the strike team, of which CMD Schen was an invaluable member, Buenos Aires was rescued from alien terror, and thus spared nuclear destruction that would have been otherwise necessary. Several Cities around the globe and countless millions of people, not just Buenos Aires, continue to exist today due to the interdiction missions of the strike teams. Several of which Commander Schen participated in.

The insertion point was a gas station parking lot. The team was in enemy contact from the moment the ramps of the dropship lowered. As the team fought to reach cover and secure the IP they came under fire from all sides including accurate sniper fire from rooftops. The gas station quickly became a blazing inferno lighting up the night sky of Buenos Aires. Schen was cut down just a few steps from the ramp of Shrike-1.

A moment of silence for Commander Schen..
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To die in battle is to die with your death stairing you in the face, not from behind not sickness not age, is but a great way to die  to also go in such a dramatic fashion was cool and I assume 20 missions is good?

[Schen]

Could I also see my final card and stats lol

[Dragon]

I should add, Dragon also was a casualty on that mission. He survived with only 2 health. Welcome to the Crimson Heart club Major. 

If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.


I'll take a few days r & r in the bar with a case of rum please. 


PS. Thanks for the pron Commander. 


 

[Dichotomy]

you're welcome Dragon

[FLOOB]

The last one I posted of you was right before you died. But here it is. After you die it doesn't show you anymore so I have to use the image right before the mission.


Also it was Lusche that killed Serenity, he wasn't under alien control. He went berserk.

I have some more bad news for two of you. I'll post the report soon.

[Dragon]

Also it was Lusche that killed Serenity, he wasn't under alien control. He went berserk.

Having children has that effect on some. 

[FLOOB]

Commander Gscholz was killed in action 30 August 1980 on a mission to recover a downed alien battleship. While inside the alien craft Major Plawranc, under alien mind control, shot CMD Gscholz with his devastating MAG machine gun at close range. CMD Gscholz was killed instantly. This was his twenty-fourth mission.

Colonel Mechanic was killed in action 30 August 1980 on a mission to recover a downed alien battleship. While clearing the command deck the team was engaged with multiple andron soldiers and a command class alien. COL Mechanic died in the fight. This was his thirty-first mission.

Though the toll of this one mission was particularly heavy for the organization. This was the most important mission the unit has undertaken thus far. The success of this mission has yielded two critically important keys to the reversal of this alien invasion. We have recovered a device known as a singularity core reactor, and we have captured a specimen of the most important and dangerous class of the alien alive.

The original objective of the team was only to recover the battleship and neutralize all aliens including the commander. However after the death of Gscholz the team made the decision that the alien commander would be taken alive. Which required exposing themselves to the enemy as they closed with it, lobbing gas grenade after gas grenade. In fact extra grenades and ammunition had to be retrieved from the drop ship as the team depleted their carried munitions. This was a heroic mission.

CMD Gscholz and COL Mechanic were decorated and dedicated Xenonauts. Having both been awarded The Order of Terra for the elimination of twenty enemy. The Long Sevice Medal for participation in combat in twenty missions. The Citation for Courage for the successful defense of a city against terror forces. The Citation for Bravery for their actions in defense of a Xenonaut facilty. The Citation for Valor for their action in the successful capture of an alien base. The Crimson Heart for sustaining serious wounds while in the service of humanity.

A moment of silence for our fallen brothers..