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XCOM - Terror From the Deep SG
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Mardoc Wrote:Is MC a constant feature from here on out, or is it limited to a particular set of aliens, like it was in the first one you played? Depends on the alien race you encounter - but for those with MC capabilities (like the Aquatoids), it only gets worse with bigger vessels. One of the reasons we need to capture a live Deep One so desperately is to open up the MC research branch to try and minimise this kind of damage. Mardoc Wrote:Is MC a constant feature from here on out, or is it limited to a particular set of aliens, like it was in the first one you played? High ranking Aquatoids and Tasoth (which we haven't met yet) have MC, fortunately there isn't an entire psychic race like the Ethereals in the original.
Gosh, what a shame so many aquanauts died. With casualties so high, it seems like you might need to arm some of the zombie corpses of the original crew for a second go. I hear that Bobchillingworth's cadaver has aged rather nicely
Sadly, my second clone has perished.
 But as he was getting MC attacked, he probably had poor mental strength anyway. Oh well. Bring another out of the revival vats!Good work completing the mission, Ug.  Mass panics and berserking and alien control like that can get very nasty to deal with, and even the soldiers who don't get killed directly tend to have their morale break.We definitely want a live deep one, but I thought we needed a Tasoth to open the MC branch? The live Deep One opens the advanced armor branch, I thought.  Aquatoids are definitely nastier than Sectoids from the first game due to MC. In the first game only the top two ranks of Sectoids had MC ability, so you usually only had only 1 MC capable alien except for the very largest UFOs, which would have maybe 3. In TFTD, almost all aquatoids other than basic soldiers have MC ability. So as you saw even a medium sub will have like 5-6 MC capable aliens.
Amelia Wrote:Can we get a kill list of the last mission? I have trouble seeing who died and who didn't. Glad you asked this as I spotted a discrepancy - Novice is also dead. Haphazard2, Kronoz and Krill all died from blast injuries from a grenade thrown by Serdoa whilst under MC control. RefSteel and Serdoa were killed by grenade blasts whilst they were being MC controlled. Throwers were David Corperial and Meiz respectively. Plako and Dicorina were shot down whilst under MC control by beserk troops (Dicorian and Pling respectively) Novice died in mysterious circumstances whilst unconcious inside the USO admist the firefight on the second floor. I can only assume his slumbering form was hit by a stray shot. haphazard1 Wrote:We definitely want a live deep one, but I thought we needed a Tasoth to open the MC branch? The live Deep One opens the advanced armor branch, I thought. I've double checked on this to be sure. According to the wiki you need either a live Deep One OR Calcinite terrorist to open up MC LAB research. The live Tasoth opens up the MC Disruptor later (http://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=TRTBAG) As you point out, a live Deep One also opens up the armour tree. 
Mission 7 Update:
Active: David Corperial v2 - potential MC STR T-Hawk - mind control issues Meiz - potential MC STR Pling - mind control issues Brian Shnahan Jkaen - potential MC STR Sandover Ichabod Darkmantle PocketBeetle Lewwyn Catwalk Mission 7 - haphazard v2 - Killed by Serdoa (mind control), sonic grenade Kronoz - Killed by Serdoa (mind control), sonic grenade Krill - Killed by Serdoa (mind control), sonic grenade Refsteel - Intentionally killed by David Corperial as a threat to the team success (mind control issues) Plako - shot by Dicorian in Bezerk mode Serdoa - killed by Novice as threat to team success (mind control issues) Dicorion - klled by Pling in Bezerk mode Novice - Hit by stray shot while unconscious Mission 6 - Serlhac - taken out by Aquatoid from hiding position upon early scouting Kyan - taken out by Aquatoid falling neatly right next to original point man early scouting Amelia - looked like she was hit while trying to throw a flare, avenged by Plako Mardoc - last one to leave the shuttle, wishes he had as he was shot down in advancing on the sub Ug - Undetermined TheShiningOne - Undetermined Mission 5 No losses! Mission 4 Tatan - Ambushed by alien behind rock - loss of internal organs (Aquatoid) Fire and Ice - ambushed from behind same rock as Tatan - loss of head (Aquatoid) Mission 3 Sareln - Killed by shot of sudden appearnce of gillman v8mark - Killed by gillman in response to Fire and Ice disgracing it with a grenade shot ASM - killed by gillman who suddenly appeared Zakalwe - Fried by deep one leading the charge between some buildings Mission 2 Dazed - shot in chest by Aquatoid Sunrise - shot in the back by Aquatoid when scrambling for cover Cyneheard - killed by grenade by Aquatoid Brackard - killed by grenade by Aquatoid David Corperial - killed by grenade by Aquatoid Selrahc - killed by grenade by Aquatoid Mission 1: Bob Chillingworth - Shot by Aquatoid ending in crumpled heap Haphazard - shot between the eyes by Aquatoid Man Behind the Mask - Reaction fire from hiding Aquatoid Rego - shot in head by Aquatoid Dave - shot in heart by Aquatoid inside ship Recruits: NobleHelium Iainuki Seifer MD DaveV v2 Rego v2 ManBehindTheMask v2 Haphazard v2 Bob Chillingworth v2 Dazed v2 Sunrise v2 Cyneheard v2 Brackard v2 Selrahc v2
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