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In CommanderOdd's army all Recruits start off in BUBBLEGUM PINK armor. As their combat armor. In the battlefield. I'm thinking hazing is pretty darn valid.

The ranks soldiers progress through are Rookie, Squaddie, Corporal, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Major, and Colonel. I'd propose for XCOM purposes, their housing has a mathematical progression that works mostly by doubling the comfort per respective rank. For instance... Rookies are 8 men...

Hmmm... maybe it should exist within the thread itself then. While the journals are the best form for near-novel recounting of the events during the war, the new way of dispensing information through twitter is too pervasive to ignore entirely as an influence even within the bowels of XCOM...

You know... this gives me another crazy idea. What if we created a twitter feed for reports from the battlefront? I mean, a literal twitter account dedicated to the war? Anyone could write in from any account 'sharing' other posts about what's going on in the world. Admittedly it probably...

True. We actually have a pic on facebook from one of the scientists who decided to go out on her own outside the base. Let me just share that with you all: Latest Post: "Having a great time in Detroit, looks like the aliens haven't even gotten here yet, the place looks the same as always...

Keep in mind that THIS I/I started off rough but it's getting better for now. The real question is if his luck holds starting Sunday when every single soldier and most supporting characters have a real live person behind them, writing of their explots and his decisions matter even MORE than...

The problem is that there are 28 soldiers but you only start with (I believe) a roster of 12 soldiers at the start. Since CommanderOdd said that the order of the soldiers would be random, you really don't know who will be arriving on day one (on mission or just in the barracks reserve). In my...

And now for something completely different. CommanderOdd said he didn't like using the more technicolor hairstyles on the soldiers but I can think of one situation where it may be perfectly appropriate: Come on, admit it, it would make Jacob Applehoof's day. Seriously though, I got in the...

Dr Vahlen: "Fascinating... the psionic chamber must have altered his brain somehow. I must research further. Strap him down for further analysis, someone bring me my good bonecutting saw..."

I highly recommend them. Schlock Mercenary is probably my favorite webcomic of all time. If you haven't read it, what are you waiting for? Just one warning: In the first episodes of the strip his art style is rough. I mean REALLY rough. But the core of the strip is the writing, humor, and...

Go drunk everyone, you're home. Happy new year...

Always remember with many thanks to Schlock Mercenary: 20. If you're not willing to shell your own position, you're not willing to win. The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

And in Julia Maluca's case... 5 off-target rockets and it becomes a running joke.

Well, let's be real. Ryan's grades were nothing special so despite his degrees he's not considered an exceptional scientist. But he DOES have enough technical expertise to handle things like arc-throwers or sweep up weapons fragments. And as you noted in your application his major use will...

No... but that can be easily fixed. 1) Rebecca Robinson (Suryce) 2) Tarmis Gorfest (Grelite) 3) Elizabeth 'Pazzo' Grey (meaningofbread) 4) Stephen Maltus (SargePepper) 5) John Knight (JohnnyKnight) 6) Hesan O'Connor (sharkdragon96) 7) Ryan Chen (Thenlar) 8) McLaren Anderson (Etriax) 9) Dennis...

They don't need chairs. They have Sectoids to order around like whipping boys. If an Ethereal needs to rest, he orders one sectoid to get on it's hands and knees and be a chair. If a Muton Elite needs to take a rest, he orders THREE of the Sectoids to become a chair. This explains why we see...

The missions that give you Annette also give you the 'Furies' 3 more normal type soldiers but all with 100% psi-ability. From what I've seen their professions are somewhat randomized but start with a slightly higher than usual Will score. For whatever reason, they have the callsigns of the...

This is coming from the man who said in his latest XCOM episode: "EXALT, they're not like the smartest chickens in the basket." Though honestly I rather liked that mangling of common idioms.

Actually there IS a multiplayer mode where you can play as aliens. It might make for a fun change of pace to have CommanderOdd take on somone else in pvp and there could be stories rising from that. Again, just brainstorming here but I think there's a nugget of a good idea in there somewhere...

Considering the Furies (they come in with the nicknames of the three furies) can be renamed/reskinned like any normal soldier really there's no 'canon' about them other than a few facts: they were experimented upon, they had a rare psychic power of able to influence multiple people at once that...