UFO Fanfic quick reference

[The Veteran]

Firstly thanks are in order to Bomb Bloke for spending what must have been several days of his life on THIS TOPIC from whence comes 99% of the information in this quick reference...

 

This is simply a much scaled down version of BBs own work so as to bring an absent fic contributor back up to speed with all of the essentials.

 

Firstly and nice and easily, the only base we have is Pine Gap in central Australia. Thanks to JellyFishGreen we can see exactly how this base looks HERE

 

Currently stationed at this base are three squads which we'll come on to later and several different aircraft...

 

Currently piloted are two Hurricane interceptors, a third of these aircraft is currently on its way to Pine Gap now. Other craft at Pine gap include the Osprey, used primarily for clearing sites of recent alien activity and retrieving alien artifacts, and the Skyranger, our sole personnel transport.

 

Pilots for these craft are as follows;

Tim J Munt "Trigger" Can pilot all craft

This is my character. 21yrs old, original staff

Gia O'Connor "Raven" Can pilot all craft

JFish's character. uncomfirmed age, new staff

Rhysling Davies "Grizzly" Can pilot all craft

JFish's character. uncomfirmed age, original staff

Sean France "Doc" Non-fighter pilot

Doc's character. unconfirmed age, new staff

Frank Cheeseman "Cheese" Non-fighter pilot

Doc's character. unconfirmed age, new staff

 

Of the pilots it's worth noting that Cheeseman has been neglected in the fic but I include him here because its simply obsurd to assume that one pilot can handle all Skyranger piloting requirements 24/7. Also to note, Trigger and Grizzly are constantly in fierce competition. Gia survived a high speed impact during her first flight in the prototype 'Lightning' craft, the Hurricane's predecessor. Trigger was recently also grounded by the inside agent 'Terrick' suffering significant enough injuries to keep him out of the air for now. Trigger and Gia are currently romantically involved.

 

As the UFO fic is currently progressing at a fair rate I'll also mention Research and Development here.

 

As far as it goes, we are currently developing motion scanners and laser weapons. We're currently up to the experimental laser rifles. Personal armour is also beginning to enter circulation but currently only one suit has been constructed. It is to be used by the squad leader on each mission only. Alien research involves mind probes and now plasma pistols. We also have several stun bombs and small launchers and some alien hand grenades.

 

Now onto squads which I am basically transplanting from BBs heads up so thanks again BB for all this work that I don't have to do!

 

Squad 1 (the squad currently launching on a mission)

 

Rick Osmond Chez "Ping"

This is my character, Squad leader and primarily rifleman. As squad leader is first to be equipped with experimental weapons

Jack Thomas "Warlord"

Warlord's character, second in command and often Rick's target to trade experimental lasers for regular weaponry

Tamara Hilliard "Tammy"

Tammy's Character, medic armed with pistol or other sidearm

Tim Day "Timmy"

Carlos's character, pistol scout

Ed Dodge

Filler Rifleman and unowned cannon fodder

Martin Terrick "Strike"

Loonie's character, Terrick was an undercover agent attempting to steal new technology in return for his families life. He is being held at Pine Gap for questioning

Jack Donovan "Ripper"

Rasicar's character, a rifleman

Jack Howitz "Bomber"

Bomb Bloke's character, a self styled sapper and medic

Greg Conner "Ghost"

Filler by the looks of it, a rifleman

Johann Ibsen

Spaceman 42's character, a rifleman

Bob Jennings "Stump"

Snikers's character, a rifleman

Ki-tat Chung

Ki-tat's character, technologically minded so may specialise in laser/plasma weaponry

Shuwei Chen

DEAD UFO-01

John O'Malley "Paddy"

DEAD UFO-01

 

Squad 2

Hiroshi Escalante "Hero"

Crispy's character, squad leader

Kilam Chung "Tank"

Ki-tat's character, heavy weapons

Karl Green "Green"

JFish's character, rifleman/sniper

Cleo Andrews "Poison"

Tammy's character, pistol scout

Christel Keller "Mouse"

Sniker's character, rifleman

Bernard Dujardin "Gardener"

Sniker's character, medic and rifleman

Norton Wexford "Stick"

Jfish's character, rifleman

Gaston Duchante

HEAVILY INJURED, Zager's character, demolitions

Rico Ross

DISMISSED

Lance Wethers

DEAD, UFO-02

Tip Tipping

DEAD, UFO-02

 

Squad 3

Alexander Fitzwilliams "Fitz"

HEAVILY INJURED Full Auto's character, squad leader

Nathaniel Jacobson "Hankosha"

Hankosha's character, rifleman

Isaac Rubenstein "Brick"

LIGHTLY INJURED Full Auto's character, demolition

Igor Zhandovich "Sandy"

HEAVILY INJURED Snikers's character, auto cannon

Paul Jasper "Jasper"

Carlos's character, rifleman

Charles Bruheme "Brute"

DEAD, Terror Site-01

Abdul abu Rahman "Phil"

DEAD, Terror Site-01

Jenette Goldstein "Goldie"

DEAD, Terror Site-01

Cynthia Dietrich "Deet"

DEAD, Terror Site-01

Francis DiNapoli "Frankie"

DEAD, Terror Site-01

 

Other characters who are not covered as soldiers and pilots can be found below;

 

General Stan "Knight" Genega

Introduced in post 0013, owned by Warlord.

Commander of X-Com. Exceptional all around statistics, but not likely to go into combat due to his leadership role. It'll be interesting to see how he does in the event of a base assault.

Christopher "Vampire" Black

Introduced in post 0019, owned by Doug.

Biology scientist, who may have some natural psychic ability. Practises Yoga and his agility benefits from it. Prone to depression and paranoia.

Ricky Van der Wal ("Worm")

Introduced in post 0025, introduced by The Veteran (JFG's log puts him down as owned by Wormfist?)

Erm, can't find this guy in JFG's log. His name is there, no bio? I have a weird copy, so I'll check the original later. Anyhoo, this guy is a computer specialist. Makes lots of viruses, and is introduced as the developer of an AI system. Friend and room mate of Pios "Slice" Alparada.

Jenny Graham

Introduced in post 0027, introduced by Tammy (JFG's log puts him down as owned by JFG?)

General secutary of X-Com. Knows everyone and is good at pulling strings. Wears make up and the like.

Pios "Slice" Alparada

Introduced in post 0029, owned by Wormfist.

Friend and room mate of Worm. Much like Worm, he's a computer specialist.

Sanjay "Sleepy" Deet

Introduced in post 0037, owned by JellyfishGreen.

Indian diabetic engineer. Black hair, doesn't sleep as often as he should. Imperfect english. Drinks lots of coffee. Weak and slow on his feet, but good with his hands. Reasonably bright, especially when it comes to AI/machine development.

Lieutenant Terrance Garvy

Introduced in post 0038, owned by Ego Terrorist.

Small guy. Nothing else known.

John "Pickers" Pickering ("Ego Terrorist"?)

Introduced in post 0038, owned by Ego Terrorist.

Rank of Major. X-Com Intellegence. Black hair with strands of grey. Good strength, average speed. Great psi defence, low attack. Best with a pistol. Speaks many languages, but not latin.

Daniel "Photon" Gomez

Introduced in post 0040, owned by Crazy Photon.

Head of science staff. Computer expert, works on laser weapons.

Cpl. Berndt Rheinhauser

Introduced in post 0046, owned by JellyfishGreen.

Training leader of squad 1. German/American.

Cpl. Aoba "Psycho" Seiko

Introduced in post 0046, owned by JellyfishGreen.

Training leader of squad 2. Japanese, good perception.

Cpl. Charlie Wales

Introduced in post 0046, owned by JellyfishGreen.

Training leader of squad 3. American, easy going. Fitzwilliams has recently 'stolen' his job.

Lieutenant Dan Forrester ("Major"?)

Introduced in post 0046, owned by JellyfishGreen.

Flight commander. Neatly dressed. Is he a Lieutenant or a Major?

Patrick Zager

Introduced in post 0049, owned by Zager.

Physics expert. Elderly, and walks with a cane. Works on the bio-electric cells (which will be used in the laser weapons, if they ever get done. ). Doesn't trust computers much. Doesn't like people tinkering with his experiments.

Daniel "Psawhn" (pronounced "Sawn") Morlone

Introduced in post 0058, owned by Alitorious.

Scientist working on lasers. Quiet type, keeps most of his thoughts to himself unless he feels a relevent need to express them. Not very fit. Friends with Dana Farber, who he calls Dane.

Dana Farber

Introduced in post 0058, owned by Alitorious.

Engineer working on HWPs. Reasonably outgoing, unless she's working on something difficult, in which case she's a bit of a dragon. Friend of Daniel "Psawhn" Morlone, who she calls Dan.

Major Mummer

Introduced in post 0067, owned by JellyfishGreen.

One of the staff at a remote X-Com storage base, known as Wolmerspur Base (and American base in Germany).

Theodore "Complex" Dherzhin

Introduced in post 0088, owned by Spaceman42.

Decent strength, average speed. Low psi. Likes tinkering on aircraft specifically. Able to fly, and even shoot.

Gilbert Huillard

Introduced in post 0095, owned by Spaceman42.

Flight ground crew. French, short with dark hair. Not very intellegent.

Heather O'Reilley

Introduced in post 0095, owned by Spaceman42.

Flight ground crew. Attractive redhead. Not very intellegent.

Iain Waugh

Introduced in post 0109, owned by Spaceman42.

Craft weapons loadout officer. Australian stereotype. Spends most of his time at the bar drinking, due to lack of work.

Ivan "The Mad Russian" Tolstovich

Introduced in post 0131, owned by Zager.

Russian, long military career. Black (greying) hair. Head of training. Above average strength and agility, standard psi and speed. Extremeley brave. Doesn't drink, and dislikes others doing so.

Valerie "Val" Deacon

Introduced in post 0132, owned by Ego Terrorist.

Pickering's secretary (intel section of X-Com). Young for her job, but good at it. Has combat training, but very low skills.

Paul Johnson

Introduced in post 0132, owned by Ego Terrorist. In the intel section. Encryption specialist.

Seamus O'Riork

Introduced in post 0196, owned by Rasicar. Irish bioscientist. Not a people person.

Icarus

Introduced in post 0219, owned by Hankosha. He's a lab mouse.

 

It must be remembered that this post is simply a brief reminder of who people are, what they do and what squad they're in... For a more in depth character analysis go and check out JFish Green's character roster HERE

 

Now that certain casualties have been felt and we're on our way to another mission the squads are going to be getting a reshuffle. Just to help everyone out with who's where, here's a new roster which can be easily changed should anyone at all be unhappy with it;

 

Squad 1 (the squad currently launching on a mission)

 

Rick Osmond Chez "Ping"

This is my character, Squad leader and primarily rifleman. As squad leader is first to be equipped with experimental weapons

Jack Thomas "Warlord"

Warlord's character, second in command and often Rick's target to trade experimental lasers for regular weaponry

Tamara Hilliard "Tammy"

Tammy's Character, medic armed with pistol or other sidearm

Tim Day "Timmy"

Carlos's character, pistol scout

Jack Donovan "Ripper"

Rasicar's character, a rifleman

Jack Howitz "Bomber"

Bomb Bloke's character, a self styled sapper and medic

Greg Conner "Ghost"

Filler by the looks of it, a rifleman

Johann Ibsen

Spaceman 42's character, a rifleman

Bob Jennings "Stump"

Snikers's character, a rifleman

Ki-tat Chung

Ki-tat's character, technologically minded so may specialise in laser/plasma weaponry

 

 

Squad 2

Hiroshi Escalante "Hero"

Crispy's character, squad leader

Kilam Chung "Tank"

Ki-tat's character, heavy weapons

Karl Green "Green"

JFish's character, rifleman/sniper

Cleo Andrews "Poison"

Tammy's character, pistol scout

Christel Keller "Mouse"

Sniker's character, rifleman

Bernard Dujardin "Gardener"

Sniker's character, medic and rifleman

Norton Wexford "Stick"

Jfish's character, rifleman

Nathaniel Jacobson "Hankosha"

Hankosha's character, rifleman

Paul Jasper "Jasper"

Carlos's character, rifleman

Ed Dodge

Filler Rifleman and unowned cannon fodder

 

Gaston Duchante

HEAVILY INJURED, Zager's character, demolitions

Alexander Fitzwilliams "Fitz"

HEAVILY INJURED Full Auto's character, squad leader

Igor Zhandovich "Sandy"

HEAVILY INJURED Snikers's character, auto cannon

Isaac Rubenstein "Brick"

LIGHTLY INJURED Full Auto's character, demolition

 

Points to note here are obviously the loss of Squad 3. Fitzwilliams has lost his position as squad leader due to heavy injuries. FA if you want this character to make a come back then speak with me and we'll sort something out but he'll be out of action till he's healed up nicely anyway. The Skyranger takes 14 troops but that only leaves space for ten with our tank so I've left our injuries out of the rosters for now. All I've done is moved Ed Dodge from squad 1 to squad 2. This way we each have filler but only one each so kill em carefully!

 

That's all for now so hopefully we can move on now, any queries then put them to me. If anyone has some corrections to make, or knows how old any of these critters are! Put that kind of info in here and I'll modify accordingly then remove the post. This isn't a topic for discussion though so try and keep that to the correct forums. Cheers!

[The Veteran]

Here's an update of who's in what squad, how they're armed, whose they are etc...

(Note - Ed Dodge and Greg Conner have been changed around again due to my own cockup, soz Tam not yours!)

 

Squad 1 (the squad currently launching on a mission)

 

Rick Osmond Chez "Ping" Laser Rifle

This is my character, Squad leader and primarily rifleman. As squad leader is first to be equipped with experimental weapons

Jack Thomas "Warlord" Auto Cannon

Warlord's character, second in command and often Rick's target to trade experimental lasers for regular weaponry

Tamara Hilliard "Tammy" Laser Pistol

Tammy's Character, medic armed with pistol or other sidearm

Tim Day "Timmy" Laser Pistol

Carlos's character, pistol scout

Jack Donovan "Ripper" Rifle

Rasicar's character, a rifleman

Jack Howitz "Bomber" Laser Pistol / Explosives

Bomb Bloke's character, a self styled sapper and medic

Johann Ibsen Rifle

Spaceman 42's character, a rifleman

Bob Jennings "Stump" Flamethrower

Snikers's character, a rifleman

Ki-tat Chung Plasma Pistol

Ki-tat's character, technologically minded so may specialise in laser/plasma weaponry

Ed Dodge Laser Pistol

DEAD Filler Rifleman and unowned cannon fodder

 

Squad 2

Greg Conner "Ghost"

Filler by the looks of it, a rifleman

Hiroshi Escalante "Hero"

Crispy's character, squad leader

Kilam Chung "Tank"

Ki-tat's character, heavy weapons

Karl Green "Green"

JFish's character, rifleman/sniper

Cleo Andrews "Poison"

Tammy's character, pistol scout

Christel Keller "Mouse"

Sniker's character, rifleman

Bernard Dujardin "Gardener"

Sniker's character, medic and rifleman

Norton Wexford "Stick"

Jfish's character, rifleman

Nathaniel Jacobson "Hankosha"

Hankosha's character, rifleman

Paul Jasper "Jasper"

Carlos's character, rifleman

 

 

Gaston Duchante

HEAVILY INJURED, Zager's character, demolitions

Alexander Fitzwilliams "Fitz"

HEAVILY INJURED Full Auto's character, ex-squad leader

Igor Zhandovich "Sandy"

HEAVILY INJURED Snikers's character, auto cannon

Isaac Rubenstein "Brick"

LIGHTLY INJURED Full Auto's character, demolition

[The Veteran]

Here's an update following the successful conclusion on Squad 1's Buenos Aires terror mission...

 

Squad 1

 

Rick Osmond Chez "Ping" Laser Rifle _ UNINJURED

This is my character, Squad leader and primarily rifleman. As squad leader is first to be equipped with experimental weapons

Jack Thomas "Warlord" Auto Cannon _ MINOR INJURIES AND PARTIAL TEMPORARY DEAFNESS

Warlord's character, second in command and often Rick's target to trade experimental lasers for regular weaponry

Tamara Hilliard "Tammy" Laser Pistol _ UNINJURED

Tammy's Character, medic armed with pistol or other sidearm

Tim Day "Timmy" Laser Pistol _ UNINJURED

Carlos's character, pistol scout

Jack Donovan "Ripper" Rifle _ UNINJURED

Rasicar's character, a rifleman

Jack Howitz "Bomber" Laser Pistol / Explosives _ MODERATE INJURIES AND LOSS OF ALL KIT

Bomb Bloke's character, a self styled sapper and medic

Johann Ibsen Rifle _ UNINJURED

Spaceman 42's character, a rifleman

Bob Jennings "Stump" Flamethrower _ HEAVILY INJURED POSSIBLE MEDICAL

Snikers's character, a rifleman

Ki-tat Chung Plasma Pistol _ UNINJURED

Ki-tat's character, technologically minded so may specialise in laser/plasma weaponry

Ed Dodge Laser Pistol _ KILLED BY XCOMS FIRST REAPER ENCOUNTER

DEAD Filler Rifleman and unowned cannon fodder

 

Squad 2

Greg Conner "Ghost"

Filler by the looks of it, a rifleman

Hiroshi Escalante "Hero"

Crispy's character, squad leader

Kilam Chung "Tank"

Ki-tat's character, heavy weapons

Karl Green "Green"

JFish's character, rifleman/sniper

Cleo Andrews "Poison"

Tammy's character, pistol scout

Christel Keller "Mouse"

Sniker's character, rifleman

Bernard Dujardin "Gardener"

Sniker's character, medic and rifleman

Norton Wexford "Stick"

Jfish's character, rifleman

Nathaniel Jacobson "Hankosha"

Hankosha's character, rifleman

Paul Jasper "Jasper"

Carlos's character, rifleman

 

 

Gaston Duchante

HEAVILY INJURED, Zager's character, demolitions

Alexander Fitzwilliams "Fitz"

HEAVILY INJURED Full Auto's character, ex-squad leader

Igor Zhandovich "Sandy"

HEAVILY INJURED Snikers's character, auto cannon

Isaac Rubenstein "Brick"

LIGHTLY INJURED Full Auto's character, demolition

 

Let me know if any of this is incorrect or if I'm missing any characters. Post corrections in this thread and I'll update then remove them