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And here I am continuing to bide my time. SOON.

Soon. Believe it or not, having contacts with the cleanup crew is an exceedingly high priority for someone who has aims of rebuilding a new and stronger criminal empire while under the guise of one of humanity's best hopes against an alien menace.

Wouldn't be the first time the Doctor has been on hand to help repel an alien invasion. Though until we can research 'sonic screwdriver' I would still be a tiny bit suspect. At least that's what the agents over at the Torchwood Institute are telling us.

Hmmm... definitely requisition for that brown hair crew cut to go with your rocket launcher.

If it helps, my mindset is to write episodes like a cliffhanger serial. Start with a strong hook, a bit of character development, evolve the main plot and at least one subplot, end with a hanging hook situation to create the cliffhanger tension until next week's episode. It does make for an...

While you are technically correct, it's a bit more difficult to classify a soldier as a casualty if you know their recovery is assured. Granted, wounded will be unavailable for a time but unless they are completely dead, they will return to active service eventually. But you do make a fair...

Waiting in the wings, a full week between episodes seems way way WAY too long with a one post limit in the interim but I'm still going to be on the sidelines for at least a few more weeks yet... so I'm grumpy and impatient. Loving some of the stories that are coming out though, the journals are...

I'd be interested in some multiplayer though I have Enemy Within on my XBOX 360 (yes, I know... heresy) so unless there are others like me who are still slumming with the consoles while the rest play on the PC master race, I'll just be glad to watch and offer armchair commentary.

I'm a bit unclear as to which 'not-yet resident psychopath' you are referring to. Could you narrow that down a bit more? Though in Zhang's case he would see cutting off ET's fingers as a useful source of light as well as disarming the enemy of evidently their greatest (and only) possible...

No amount of booze can save the Crystal Skull. I'll vote for E.T. if for no other reason to give us a good excuse as to why our soldiers cut off the fingers of killed aliens.

I get the sci-fi/alien theme of all three films working with the XCOM universe but the first two are a travesty against good taste. For God's sake, the Crystal Skull has Harrison Ford riding bitch behind Shia Labouf... that's unforgivable. The third is a timeless classsic that I only want to...

Actually a pretty interesting melange of characters to draw inspiration from, my hat's off to you. I could guess that you had some anime influence pretty easily but the actual Arsene Lupin and Jean Maximilien Lamarque are a pleasant surprise. I'll just hope your character doesn't contract...

This reminds me of the Marvel Comics run of 'Damage Control' during the late 80s. They were a group dedicated to cleaning up the messes left behind by the superheros during their bigger battles. In XCOM it's partially physical cleanup but I'd also suggest it's a lot of PR spin (as evidenced by...

The only thing I can say regarding that within the parameters of the game is look at the total number of corpses available for sale on the Grey Market. Interestingly enough the total will include the aliens killed AND the aliens captured in the tally. So assuming CommanderOdd sells off all the...

I'd start with Ichi the Killer, read 'Sanctuary' by Sho Fumimura, and then perhaps watch Triad Election or perhaps the original Oldboy. Though I admit, my mental image of Zhang would make for a very interesting (if bordering on Tokyo gore police) movie. As for showing some mistakes, you...

Well, I admit I'm trying to get into the mindset of a Triad enforcer with aspirations of taking over once the dust has settled, so what you might consider inhumane he simply considers moderately ruthless but with great potential for success. And let's face it, we have a german scientist working...

I disagree, I think there are situations where such footage could prove beneficial. The flipside is using such videos for training purposes, especially for the new recruits. The first few missions usually are met with lots of panicking because it's the first time that soldier is running up...

Well, since it's evidently canon that SOMEONE is taking body parts from the missions, it would only make sense that someone end up RPing it. Otherwise Bradford would be kvetching for nothing.

I'll be biding my time for awhile. Though I like the fact that CommanderOdd chose Asia as where to found the XCOM project. It makes it so it's impossible for the Triads to not know about it's presence beforehand, adding more validity to Zhang's ability to contact XCOM for an emergency pickup...

This framework makes a fair bit of sense to me. Though I still contend the Rookies bunks will have a few pacifiers and baby mobiles around just as a bit of ribbing from the other ranks. Consider it incentive to do well and get out of Rookie rank. As we start to have some advancements in rank...