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I could go into a long anthropological discussion about how the act is a ritual, how it instills terror in one's foes, how it enslaves the victim to the victor in the afterlife, how it used to be the main method of Chinese soldiers of gaining rank and pay in the Qin dynasty, in Japan presenting...

And now for a completely different topic: Since it came up in RP, I was going to ask for the official ruling on how much about the science progress the soldiers know. For instance, if they are given a plasma rifle are they allowed to know the principles of it's operation or just told 'point...

(The following is a collaboration between Zhang (Dragonivon) and Dr. Vahlen (Psilon), done in narrative form and not personal journal form) April 24th, 2015, evening. Hallways of medical wing. After speaking with Southway, Zhang is waiting for the elevator car to arrive to take him to the...

Well, Odd could always blow a month's wages on just getting all the rest of the accepted soldiers into the squad. It would only be about 150-200 Xbucks, right? Granted, in I/I every dollar counts. But Suryce brings up a good point that just being on hold stagnates input. I tried giving input...

Therein lies the dilemma of a number of would-be writers for these threads. Not yet in play, not yet a soldier, not given a role or even if in a role not called into action to write about much of anything. No, I don't have an easy solution to this problem. I will say that I am up to side RP...

I'd also encourage some of those watching from the sidelines to write for EXALT or the aliens if they are so inclined. Though if it's too far from canon or just gets outright silly it might get removed, but giving everyone an avenue to participate on one level or another might be useful.

Most of those who are on active missions end up writing, but a number still on the sidelines aren't. Some wait for the last minute to write before the next episode because of side RP in PMs, though again that's a minority. Ideally we would have an open area where we could RP in the base closer...

For me, I just joined the writing so things are still fresh though I'm actively encouraging a lot of side RP through PMs with a number of people. Still the one episode/one post a week seem to be a bit too far apart for an internet crowd. I used to do RP by snail mail when I was 15 and we had a...

What is a great name for an XCOM episode or the name of my new Devo cover band? What, we aren't playing Jeopardy?

I think you are close, but not quite right on how it happened with EXALT and Annette. My take on it is that Annette and the Furies were a weapon that EXALT was dealing with to fight against the aliens, a trump card if you will, thinking that they could overpower the weak-minded aliens (of which...

I second the motion. Some writers were taken from us all too soon and EXALT lore is sparse at best. Might be fun to see what develops.

I have a different viewpoint of EXALT's motivations. They definitely use alien dna because they do rampant genemodding in all their soldiers later. I agree they aren't working with the aliens, at least not directly. They likely are buying up all the alien tech that hits the market (even that...

Of course Heavies and MECs can't go on the mission. And probably just as well, considering that EXALT is wholly composed of lawyers. That's my personal belief, an evil cabal of lawyers trying to take over the world. That way you don't feel nearly as bad about shooting them.

Great plan if you are involved in organized crime on a large scale... not that Zhang would know anything about that sort of thing... but I think your term of 'piracy' is throwing others off a good bit. While being able to direct looting caravans (naval and otherwise) to recently cleaned out...

Actually, this is an excellent point. Especially with EXALT being an alien technological splinter cell, modern pirates might find they can make a king's ransom selling alien artifacts to EXALT. The doubtlessly would be trying to hire mercenaries and anyone with a rocket launcher and...

Throw me a PM anytime, Zhang may be wounded but he is not letting himself get locked down into the medbay. If I were being honest, its' because so many evidently hate him and he doesn't want to be caught anywhere sleeping with an IV in him. Way way way too easy to get killed like that...

He probably wouldn't assume anything. Angel could mean anything from celestial being to winged mutant to merely a messenger to slang for PCP. He might assume it's a nickname or callsign, if so he likely would think he's air support or a medic. He also thinks that English is an imprecise...

Not to diminish someone who is trying to make sure they have a future in a criminal culture, piracy might not exactly be that viable a framework in a modern society. Or at best it would be a very chaotic and an easily overthrown governmental structure through either organized military or even...

If a building blows up in the city but there is no one left alive to hear it, does it really make a sound? And what news stories would be allowed to be broadcast about them? If you look at the EXALT base epilogue, there's obviously a lot of spin still happening though it's accepted that...

You bring up a good point, it's implied that the aliens are more active they are still acting relatively covertly for the general populace. The terror levels are more an indicator of the governments controlling the area's confidence in XCOM and not the panic of the general population. That...