XCOM 2 - The QT3 Game

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27 - OPERATION BROODING WHEEL
Investigate the ADVENT Forge

Team Members -
Magus SNOWTROOPER - Psi Operative
Major PALINROX - Grenadier
Major BUTCHIE - Specialist
Major MOONSHOT - Ranger
Lieutenant MVP2019 - Templar
Captain HALLOWEEN - Sniper

Raid the ADVENT Forge. First pod is an Andromedon and a Codex. BUTCHIE moves too close, somehow, and gets spotted by the Codex, revealing the team. SHOWTROOPER starts this shit off right by DOMINATING the Codex. PALINROX opens up by shredding the Andromedon’s massive armor and hitting it for 8 DAM. MOONSHOT runs from the other side of the map and melees the Andromedon for 8 DAM. MVP2019 follows suit and melees it for 9 DAM, dropping it… for the first time. He Parries. HALLOWEEN, unable to get a clear shot, grapples away to the left and then CRITS the Andromedon Shell for 19 DAM! It’s dead.

The Chosen Warlock appears… who’s immune to melee, which is disappointing. The Sectopod the Shadow Chamber sniffed out wanders into range, alone. But most of the team is on overwatch and by the time it finishes its move it’s half dead. The Warlock summons three Spectral Zombies, but BUTCHIE drops one from overwatch. PALINROX fires at the Sectopod, but misses. BUTCHIE reloads and drops another Spectral Zombie. MOONSHOT shoots the Sectopod, stripping away the rest of its armor and doing 11 DAM. HALLOWEEN hits it for 14 DAM and drops it. So much for the mighty Sectopod. The Codex fires at the last Spectral Zombie at point-blank range but misses. Instead SNOWTROOPER claims his first kill. HALLOWEEN grapples atop a nearby ADVENT Tower which should allow him to cover most of the battlefield. The team reloads and advances slowly with the expendable Codex scouting ahead.

The Warlock summons three more Spectral Zombies. They all die from overwatch, but now the team has to reload again.

The third pod wanders into view, a Heavy Mec with an Elite Purifier. The Purifier dies from overwatch. The Codex moves up, triggering the Heavy Mec’s overwatch, but it misses. MOONSHOT fires at the Heavy Mec from extreme range, hitting it for 12 DAM and stripping away all of its armor. PALINROX advances and finishes off the Heavy Mec. HALLOWEEN couldn’t get a bead on the Heavy Mec even with squad-sight, so he advances with the team.

The Warlock summons another set of three Spectral Zombies. The team doesn’t have overwatch, but that’s fine, MVP2019 just uses this as an opportunity to generate Focus as he drops one. The Codex drops one, and SNOWTROOPER drops the last. One of the Spectral Zombies blew up next to a car on the bridge, with most of the XCOM team behind the car. The car caught fire when the Zombie blew up, so the team had to blow full movement to cross the bridge and be out of range of the soon-to-explode car. The point of this is they had no overwatch when the fourth pod aggrod, a Spectre and two Vipers.

MVP2019 runs up and slays one of the Vipers, then Parries. HALLOWEEN nails the Spectre for 14 DAM. It has 8 HP left. BUTCHIE fires on the Viper, but misses. MOONSHOT runs up and melees the Spectre, killing it. PALINROX chainguns the last Viper down.

The team advances toward the facility. MVP2019 tries to go on pistol overwatch, but instead decides it would be more fun to shoot the Codex for 3 DAM. Fuck those guys, amirite? Anyway…

The Warlock summons more Zombies, but they’re inside the facility. The team enters and MVP2019, MOONSHOT, and SNOWTROOPER take them out.

The Codex is the first to open the door to the room with the Prototype and aggros another pod. An Elite Shieldbearer, Elite Officer, and Elite Lancer. HALLOWEEN shoots at the Shieldbearer, misses, and his Hair Trigger actives so he shoots again, hitting for 8 DAM. BUTCHIE fires on the Shieldbearer from extreme range and misses, but ignites something nearby… MVP2019, not particularly caring about explosions, moves up and melees the Shieldbearer, killing it. MOONSHOT shoots the Officer for 10 DAM. SNOWTROOPER INSPIRES MOONSHOT to take another shot, and he drops the Officer. The Lancer melees the Codex, reducing it to 1 HP. The equipment around MVP2019 explodes as he laughs maniacally in the fire.

The Warlock is close to the rear of the facility near the Prototype and summons three more Zombies, but they’re outside, for now. The Codex teleports outside behind the building and uses Psionic Bomb on the Warlock, just to see if it will work. It does. MOONSHOT and MVP2019 team up on the last Lancer and drop it. The Warlock reloads and kills the Codex but doesn’t move… he takes damage from the Psionic Bomb. PALINROX, MVP2019, and MOONSHOT each kill one of the Zombies. The team reloads and takes up overwatch near the Prototype. The Warlock summons two Priests next to the team. But overwatch only wounds them. The Warlock then Teleports one of the Priests outside the building. MOONSHOT chases it down and tries to melee it… but misses. MVP2019 melees the other Priest, reducing it to 5 HP and disorienting it. HALLOWEEN finishes it off with his Shadowkeeper… but it goes into Stasis. SNOWTROOPER fires at the Priest outside the building, misses, but destroys its cover. PALINROX goes outside and chainguns it down. BUTCHIE reloads and enters overwatch. He drops the Priest when it awakens from Stasis.

The Warlock uses Mind Scorch on PALINROX and MOONSHOT, dazing them. BUTCHIE and MVP2019 get them up, but they’re disoriented. But SNOWTROOPER moves closer Solace, ending it.

It’s time to stop screwing around. PALINROX advances on the Warlock. MVP2019 runs up and melees it… it’s not effective, but it still counts. He’s able to Parry and act as a decoy. PALINROX fires his Plasma Grenade at the Warlock and hits it for 12 DAM and destroys its cover. Unfortunately it looks like it may have blown MVP2019’s parry as well… MOONSHOT nails the now exposed Warlock for 15 DAM. The Warlock retreats and uses Spectral Army. Which looks like it summons three Spectral Troopers and puts the Warlock in a protective trance. MVP2019 and MOONSHOT drop two. PALINROX flanks the last and misses. HALLOWEEN repositions and hits it with his Shadowkeeper for 7, leaving it with 1 HP. BUTCHE repositions and finishes it off. The Warlock awakens.

The Warlock uses Mind Scorch on PALINROX, but it’s ineffective. SNOWTROOPER is standing nearby with a protective aura of Solace. MVP2019 again melees the Warlock and Parries. Again PALINROX fires a Plasma Grenade at the Warlock, hitting it for 12 DAM and ruining its cover. But despite this… no one has a shot. MOONSHOT uses Run and Gun to get close and finish it off with a Shotgun blast to the chest.

MVP2019 prepares to grab the prototype while the team prepares to evac. The only problem is we don’t know where the evac point will be. MVP2019 opens the case and extracts the Prototype. The evac is close to the team! But so is the reinforcement flare. The team preps and ambush and enters overwatch. An Elite Officer, Shieldbearer, and Purifier. Only the Officer dies to overwatch. The team evacs safely. Flawless Victory.

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MVP2019 - BUTCHIE - SNOWTROOPER - PALINROX - MOONSHOT - HALLOWEEN

MVP2019 is promoted to Captain.

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HALLOWEEN and ITSATRAP talk in front of a poster of BUTCHIE while EASYTARGET and HAZY drink beer and GUAP tends bar.

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28 - OPERATION FIRE CLAW
Rescue VIP from ADVENT Cell

Team Members -
Major EASYTARGET - Specialist
Captain HAZY - Ranger
Corporal O’Malley - Ranger
Lieutenant DAFUQ - Ranger
Sergeant SESAME - Grenadier
Lieutenant HEARTBREAK - Grenadier

ADVENT urban city environment. First pod is a Codex wit two Archons. SESAME opens it up with a Plasma Grenade. DAFUQ runs up and melees the Codex for 13 DAM, killing it before it can get a chance to split. O’Malley and HAZY team up to drop one of the Archons. HEARTBREAK hits the last one for 9 DAM and EASYTARGET hits it for 10 DAM, finishing it off. The first pod is down.

The team advances extremely slowly and cautiously toward the building with the VIP. HAZY is the first to climb to the two-story roof and finds the second pod. A Sectopod with an Elite Trooper and Elite Purifier. HEARTBREAK fires a Plasma Grenade at the floor below the Sectopod, just to watch the thing fall and all the glorious destruction. The Sectopod and the Purifier fall one floor down. The Purifier is out of sight, for now. O’Malley and DAFUQ melee the Trooper down. HAZY shoots the Sectopod and hits for 12 DAM with this Plasma Rifle. His Hair Trigger activates and he takes another shot, hitting it for 14 DAM. EASYTARGET finishes it off with her Bolt Caster. SESAME goes on overwatch, and drops the Purifier when it re-positions.

The team settles on the roof while MOONSHOT frees the VIP. The third pod has not aggro’d, but it’s close, outside the building to the north. The reinforcement flare drops… in the middle of the giant hole in the building that the Sectopod left when it blew up. This is probably ideal. XCOM takes up positions around the hole and enters overwatch while the VIP evacs. The reinforcements are an Elite Officer, Elite Trooper, and Elite Purifier. The Officer dies to overwatch, and the Trooper has 2 HP left and is on fire. The Purifier escapes unscathed. But it doesn’t matter, as the evac point is atop this very roof and XCOM can easily make it. Flawless Victory.

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SESAME - O’Malley - EASYTARGET - HAZY - DAFUQ - HEARTBREAK

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Woohoo! My first kill. Nice bar screen too. This game does atmosphere so well :)

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Is it too late to enlist?

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No.

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Ok put me in coach. At the very least I can be Chosen bait!

Name: Joshua “roguefrog” Ozawa
Country: Japan
Color: Navy Blue or Black
Accessory: Sunglasses

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29 - OPERATION STORM FIST
Defend the Avenger

Team Members -
Captain ITSATRAP - Skirmisher
Major EASYTARGET - Specialist
Major BUTCHIE - Specialist
Captain HAZY - Ranger
Captain HALLOWEEN - Sniper
Magus SNOWTROOPER - Psi Operative

The Avenger has been shot down! Good thing I completely upgraded and staffed the Defense Matrix. The best way to handle this mission is to use a Reaper to scout the Disrupter and have a Sniper snipe it with Squad Sight. Of course, FREAKCHAUD is on a covert op and unavailable. So this mission is going to be harder than it normally is.

The first pod is an Andromedon, a Heavy Mec, and an Elite Lancer. There’s a building right at the bottom of the Avenger ramp, which provides cover… but renders the turrets almost useless. HALLOWEEN hits the Heavy Mec for 10 DAM, his Hair Trigger activates, then hits it for another 11. It drops. EASYTARGET grazes the Lancer for 3 DAM. HAZY uses Run and Gun to get close to and flank the Lancer and drops it with his shotgun. ITSATRAP, on the roof of the building, moves closer to the edge behind Half Cover and tosses his grenade at the Andromedon. The Andromedon is taking cover behind a car, which also explodes. The Andromedon’s armor is shredded and it takes 7 DAM. BUTCHIE fires on the Andromedon, but misses. SNOWTROOPER uses Inspire on EASYTARGET. She takes another shot at the Andromedon but misses.

PALINROX has entered the battle. The Andromedon charges up to the group, but does not attack. Two new pods aggro. One with a Heavy Mec and an Elite Purifier, and another with an Elite Officer, Elite Lancer, and Elite Purifier. The Turrets manage to destroy the Heavy Mec and the first life of the Andromedon. HALLOWEEN fires on the Officer and CRITS him with his Talon rounds for 14 DAM. His Hair Trigger activates and he uses his free reload. He drops the Officer. EASYTARGET and BUTCHIE combine to take out the Andromedon husk. HAZY shoots a Purifier for 5 DAM. PALINROX hits a different Purifier for 7 DAM and ITSATRAP is able to finish it off. The Purifier fires on ITSATRAP, missing, but destroying his cover. The Lancer charges forward, but on the opposite side of the building and gets nailed by a Turret in overwatch for 7 DAM. It’s exposed and the Turret finishes it off.

HALLOWEEN snipes the last Purifier and kills it. MOONSHOT has entered the battle. The team slowly makes their way toward the Disrupter. A reinforcement flare drops nearby and they set up an ambush.

The reinforcements are a Heavy Mec and a Lancer. The Lancer dies, but another pod aggros, an Archon and an Elite Spectre. The Archon also dies to overwatch. BUTCHIE nails the Heavy Mec for 8 DAM. ITSATRAP tries using Justice on the Spectre, misses, but at least he destroys its cover. HALLOWEEN uses his second and final free reload and drops the Heavy Mec. His Hair Trigger activates and he relocates to the roof. EASYTARGET crits the Spectre for 11 DAM. PALINROX grazes it for 5 DAM, and ITSATRAP finishes it off.

DAFUQ has entered the battle. Another flare. It’s in a worse spot, but near the turrets. Five team members prepare an ambush along with two turrets, while another four move toward the Disrupter. The reinforcements are an Elite Priest and an Elite Lancer. They do not survive the ambush.

The other team moves near the Disrupter and aggros a pod of Chryssalids. They’re almost cute at this point. HALLOWEEN snipes one, but doesn’t quite kill it. SNOWTROOPER uses Null Lance and wounds the other two, but they’re still up. MOONSHOT uses Run and Gun to get a little closer to the Chryssalids and tosses a grenade, but they’re too far apart. He can only kill one.

The reinforcements are a Heavy Mec, an Elite Priest, and an Elite Lancer. The Priest drops but goes into Stasis. The Mec and Lancer survive unscathed. The last Chryssalid tries to take a piece of MOONSHOT, but he uses Bladestorm! But misses! But he’s Unstoppable, so it can’t hit him. MOONSHOT shoots the Disrupter for 8 DAM. It has 8 HP left. HAZY takes out the last Chryssalid. ITSATRAP destroys the Disrupter. It’s time to evac back to the Avenger. BUTCHIE hits the Mec for 8 DAM and causes it to shutdown for 2 turns. But there are more reinforcements coming in from the other side.

The reinforcements are a Heavy Mec and a Lancer. The Lancer does not survive overwatch. The Priest comes out of Stasis and runs, but SNOWTROOPER is able to take him out from overwatch. HALLOWEEN hits the new Mec for 8 DAM and a Turret is able to finish it off. DAFUQ melees the stunned Mec and destroys it.

The next set of reinforcements are a Heavy Mec, Elite Priest, and Elite Lancer. It’s very close to the ship, so the team is able to bring a lot of fire to bear. The Lancer dies and the Priest goes into Stasis. The Turrets finish off the Mec.

And again, the next set of reinforcements are a Heavy Mec, Elite Priest, and Elite Lancer. Again very close to the ship. The Lancer dies and the Priest goes into Stasis. The prior Priest, however, is back up and tries to Mind Control SNOWTROOPER, which is futile, but now the team has to waste time eliminating it. BUTCHIE hits it for 14 DAM, killing it. ITSATRAP drops the Mec.

And again, another Heavy Mec, Elite Priest, and Elite Lancer. Again very close to the ship. But this time it’s different, too many people moved toward the evac and the entire pod lives. The prior Priest puts EASYTARGET in Stasis. This was our turn to evac… guess it’s not, now. SNOWTROOPER moves to the evac point and uses Soulfire on the Priest that put EASYTARGET in Stasis, killing it. A turret kills the Lancer and takes the Mec out of overwatch. MOONSHOT retreats closer to the evac and destroys the Mec.

Everyone is on the evac or close to it, with only EASYTARGET a short distance away, but she can make it in one move. More reinforcements, more of the same. But the fucking Priest that survived the prior round puts EASYTARGET in Stasis again. The Turrets drop the Mec and the Lancer, and HALLOWEEN puts the new Priest into Stasis when he drops it.

One Priest tries to Mind Control EASYTARGET but fails, then the next puts her in Stasis. I’m loosing track. SNOWTROOPER goes out to rescue EASYTARGET with his Solace and BUTCHIE puts Aid Protcol on him. At last EASYTARGET can’t be put in Stasis, so a Priest runs up and shoots her for 6 DAM. I’ll take it. It’s the only wound in an otherwise Flawless Victory. Everyone evacs.

37 total enemies killed.

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SNOWTROOPER - BUTCHIE - HAZY - ITSATRAP - HALLOWEEN - EASYTARGET

HALLOWEEN, ITSATRAP, and HAZY are all promoted to Major. DAFUQ is promoted to Captain

Since some operatives had to enter combat already Tired, several are now Shaken. There were a few negative traits acquired as well.

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??? Don’t Lancers hit you when you try to do that, like Beserkers do?

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Last on the field, and letting others do the work… so very on brand, as the kids say.

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I am surprised there haven’t been more deaths at this point. We have a good commander!

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No, only Mutons do that.

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I just realized this is a terrible pic. HAZY is shooting through BUTCHIE, and HALLOWEEN’s sniper rifle is going through ITSATRAP’s chest.

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Hey, watch where you point that thing! Fortunately, it’s nothing a few hours lounging at the break room can’t fix.

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Reporting for service

  1. Wayne, “Moko”, Shelford
  2. Since there’s no NZ option um Japan?
  3. Roll the die dammit - but must have Maori 3 facepaint
  4. Male
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“I did it, Ma! I’ll finally be able to cover the rent! Oh, no - it’s totally a safe job. Just … um … meeting new people, showing them how to use equipment. Nothing to worry about.”

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30 - OPERATION DEAD MAN’S GLOVE
Sabotage Transmitter

Team Members -
Lieutenant HEARTBREAK - Grenadier
Major EASYTARGET - Specialist
Captain MVP2019 - Templar
Captain FREAKCHAUD - Reaper
Corporal O’Malley - Ranger
Sergeant TGB - Sniper

It’s a Ruined Subway map. The first pod is an Elite Priest and two Elite Troopers. The pod wanders toward the concealed squad while they wait to ambush in overwatch. The pod aggros and both Troopers are dropped. The Priest, instead of taking cover, fires on an exposed TGB and hits for 8 DAM. O’Malley nails it for 13 DAM and HEARTBREAK finishes it off. EASYTARGET heals TGB for 5 HP.

The second pod aggros, an Elite Officer and two Elite Troopers. FREAKCHAUD, still in Concealment, moves up and tosses his Claymore at their feet. O’Malley moves up to Full Cover and shoots the Claymore, hitting each of them for 8 DAM. HEARTBREAK drops one Trooper from extreme range. Due to the map layout no one else is able to get a shot off on the pod. MVP2019 runs up and melees the Officer for 8 DAM, killing it. He Parries. EASYTARGET does a full movement, which puts her into overwatch due to Ever Vigilant. When the Trooper makes a run for it, she nails it for 15 DAM, dropping it. The reinforcements flare drops nearby and the team sets up an ambush.

The reinforcements are two Elite Lancers and a Heavy Mec. The Lancers do not survive the ambush. EASYTARGET hits the Mec for 7 DAM, removing its overwatch. Can O’Malley drop it from range and score a much-needed kill? No, she misses. Zombstein says, “Uhhhh,” then nails it for 12 DAM. “Dropped… it…” he mumbles.

FREAKCHAUD scouts the final pod, two Elite Troopers with a Gatekeeper, also known as SNOWTROOPER’s shiny new upgraded Psi Amp! The team gets into position to bring full firepower on the Gatekeeper. HEARTBREAK moves up a bit and aggros the pod, and Gatekeeper obliges by moving into a better position. He doesn’t have a shot so he fires a grenade, shredding some of the Gatekeeper’s armor. FREAKCHAUD is the only member of the team unable to hit the Gatekeeper, so he takes aim at one of the Troopers… and misses. It reveals him. TGB uses Quickdraw first and then shoots the Gatekeeper with his sniper rifle. Both shots hit for a total of 10 DAM. MVP2019 runs in and finishes it off with a melee strike. He Parries. EASYTARGET moves up to the position MVP2019 was formerly in and drops a Trooper. The remaining Trooper, unfortunately, tosses a grenade and wounds O’Malley and EASYTARGET for 3-4 DAM each. MVP2019 finishes it off. O’Malley sets the charges and we’re done. Victory.

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O’Malley - MVP2019 - HEARTBREAK - EASYTARGET - FREAKCHAUD - TGB

O’Malley is promoted to Sergeant, MVP2019 is promoted to Major, FREAKCHAUD is promoted to Major, TGB is promoted to Lieutenant.

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Yeah! Pour one out boyos!

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All gave some, some gave all.

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Honoring the O’Malley name by letting others do the work.

And yet…