THREAD:

I am playing X-Com 2, a Space Marine/Tactical game piloting 24 of my closest friends and followers. Your progress, your achievements, your lives, your deaths, will be memorialized in this thread. Let's salute the brave volunteers.

There are no respawns.

Mission #1: Operation Gatecrasher
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Objective: Sabotage alien monument, or something

MISSION ROSTER:
@DanteReborn
@Travis_THFC
@AlliCallow
@aguynamednam

START

OPERATION GATECRASHER RESULTS: VICTORY

unfortunately @Travis_THFC took 4 damage and he is going to be out of commission for a bit

. @DanteReborn has been promoted to sharpshooter rank
@AlliCallow has been promoted to ranger (scout/close quarters)
@AGuyNamedNam has been promoted to grenadier
@Travis_THFC has been promoted to specialist (support/medic/hacker path)

MISSION #2: Operation Cosmic Savior
Location: South Africa
Objective: Protect Device

ROSTER:
Rookie - @sleepandanime
Rookie - @Dalmcm
Rookie - @VakFrost
Rookie - @rob11hwang

START

OPERATION COSMIC SAVIOR RESULTS: VICTORY

McMurry promoted to ranger path
Hwang promoted to grenadier/demo path
Sleepandanime promoted to specialist path
Novak promoted to sniper path (also saved @Dalmcm with some clutch cover fire)

We're back!
Mission #3: Operation Demon Flame
Objective: VIP rescue mission

ROSTER:
"Squaddie" @aguynamednam
"Squaddie" @allicallow
rookie @TimothyWoods1
rookie @mpete91

START

(DISCLAIMER: this is around the time when i start losing teammates so someone is gonna die soon)

OPERATION COSMIC SAVIOR RESULTS: VICTORY

VIP secured with 2 turns left to go
@mpete91 who i have killed a hundred times in previous runs makes it out unscathed and is promoted to grenadier path; @TimothyWoods1 promoted to ranger path

Last one for today

MISSION #4: OPERATION STAR SHADOW
Objective: defend base from alien attack

ROSTER:
@Dalmcm (ranger)
@VakFrost (sniper)
@mpete91 (grenadier)
@TimothyWoods1 (ranger)

START

OPERATION STAR SHADOW RESULTS: VICTORY

@VakFrost and @mpete91 took some damage so they'll be out for a bit but everyone lived thank god

@dalmcm's strategy of "don't shoot anything and you won't die" still going well

Entry log: 5/26/2020

Team updates:
-I have decided to play @dalmcm's character as a pacifist and will try to make it to the end of the game without him killing a single alien
-If your name hasn't appeared yet it's because I have to purchase/recruit you still

Mission #5: OPERATION STORM WHEEL
Objective: Hack this thing

ROSTER:
Corporal & Commanding Officer @TimothyWoods1
Rookie @tracetravers3
Rookie @MattHaaa
Rookie @Yipster26

START

OPERATION STORM WHEEL RESULTS: VICTORY

Corporal @TimothyWoods1 killed three aliens (3 missions, 8 kills) AND dodged three shots at critical life to survive -> Promoted to SGT Tim "Chops" Woods
@MattHaaa took massive damage in his debut sorry lad

I've played this game for almost 100 hours in some incarnation or another and I've never seen a soldier pull off what Tim just did he dodged certain death three times and crit on two others

Mission #6 (stopping for the morning after this one - this is a record for no deaths so far):

OPERATION Diamond Hawk
Objective: Raid Convoy

ROSTER:
Corporal & Commanding Officer @AlliCallow
Squaddie @rob11hwang
Squaddie @tracetravers3
Corporal @vakfrost

-Rob got knocked unconscious halfway through mission
-Ethan got 4 kills
-Alli took some damage
-Trace got mind-controlled by an alien temporarily

BUT

Operation Diamond Hawk: VICTORY

Not what you want to see but at least everyone's alive

Say hello to promoted:
Sargeant Allison "Shogun" Callow @AlliCallow
Sargeant Ethan "Jackal" Novak @VakFrost

(I love the random nicknames they give once you get to sargeant)

We have our first casualty

A disaster.

RIP @AGuyNamedNam
RIP @avinashkunnath
RIP @tracetravers3

Press F to pay respects

A waiting list of soldiers to be pulled up for my next run (if we all die in this one; if we win and i move to next difficulty level):
@takimoto23x
@DavidERod
@RexVolcano
@PseudoVikram
@llee
@_dperkins

there's a non-zero chance we all die

already lost 3 of 24 and we are only in our 7th mission