Skonar Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 So, while I wait for Mouse to recover from the dreaded 'Real Life' and upload the first part of my fic, I figure... I may as well hype myself. X-Com, Chronicles of the Apocalypse, is a 'version' of the Apocalypse world I'm compiling and detailing for myself through a series of stories, I have no idea how far I get with this... But, I'd like to see it through to some form of completion. It's going to be a series of 'parts' which turn into a whole, possibly in several arcs. The current, and first, 'Prophet', deals with Cult of Sirius prophecy and scripture, as well as how the world got to where it is now. Frequently 'Infolines' from the Mega Primus infonets break up the action, giving background information or references to the games and various other bits and pieces, forming an almost documentry-style sideline to the story in action. As I said, I have no idea how far I'll get, but, you never know. Heh. I'm starting on this course of action, writing some fanfic, to try and get my hand back into writing stuff in general - I have high hopes of writing for computer game development/RPG supplements/something, and as such I need to get my skillz up. So - Why should you read Chronicles of the Apocalypse? Will it make you instal33t when you do play X-Com Apocalypse? No, but I suspect you'll look at the civillians running around helplessly a little differently, and perhaps start 'seeing' more happening behind the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos the Jackal Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 Awesomeness. hopefully the first installment is posted before I have to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skonar Posted November 16, 2002 Author Share Posted November 16, 2002 Now that it's posted, complete with strange 'Quad spacing' formatting strangeness, Has anyone managed to form any opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos the Jackal Posted November 16, 2002 Share Posted November 16, 2002 Yes. I now have to wait 6 weeks until I can find out where your going to go with that great start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonHawk Posted February 9, 2003 Share Posted February 9, 2003 BUMP! Hey guys, this is a good story, read this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonie Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Already did! Keep it up Skones and don't give up, having a solid fanbase or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman42 Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Almost makes me want to suggest the start of a TFTD fanfic thread... 'Course, there's little enough activity now as it stands... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Just to add, this is outside of the fiction going on at the moment, as far as I know. X-Com is still X-INV. I was just wondering what would the world's best soldiers be doing when X-INV started recruiting, that's all. There's probably more to follow, but I'm sure I could with hold it if people disapprove. I'm not going to be buggeirng anyone's timeline up, don't worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 It's bloody fantastic FA! Noone has ever written any kind of timeline for the X-INV period as far as I know so there are no problems there! I also love the fact that it ties in so closely with our UFO fic here. The more characters you cn fit in the better it will be I think. It's a shame my guys can't be anything to do wiht it though They were later recruits... Although... What is the date right now? Because if you are using Pine Gap as the X-INV base a lot of guys from the fic will already be there. Rick, Warlord and even Genega would already be in charge down there...Keep up the good work FA, I look forward to hearing more of the story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 I'd like to be the second to comment that this is <expletive> great. I like the authentic SAS vernacular & voice (Andy McNab?). I was worried when I first read the characters were "appropriated" but the writing won me over quickly and you certainly have my retroactive approval. We could call it prologue 2, somewhere after Jasper signs up? I didn't picture Green as being briefed early enough to be part of the recruiting team mid-Dec but his story is sketched loosely enough that it could fit in. JFG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 I thought the X-Com recruitment process would be piecemeal and haphazard, with so many people coming from so many different places. I figured the people in charge would want soldiers to accompany the recruiters and try and put across more effectively (soldier to soldier) the importance of the project. I have no idea as to the date. i know the flow of events, but not the exact dates for them. I'm sure I could fit this into any existing timeline no problem. I want to have these blokes working for ExTrA for a bit, just before it shuts down. It's obviously when ExTrA is all but defunct, so there's not going to be much. then I'll see about getting them into the fics that are going now, probably. If anyone has any problems or has noticed anything that needs changing, please say so. Cheers JFG, glad you approve. That was the bit I was worried most about. As long as I get the characters right, the rest usually works out ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Just noticed something... Major Ivor, who I hate :hmmm: is a mercenary in the fic... Surely he has nothing at all to do with XCom at such an early date... (I know it's not really XCom yet but ou see my point)And I thought Green was a bit thick... Go and read the canteen post in the fanfic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 My "take" on Tolstovitch was that he'd be happy to do whatever as long as he was getting paid, but he wouldn't do any more than was absolutely necessary, your typical mercenary, he sticks to the letter rather than the spirit. As for Green, I didn't mean to write him as thick, JFG wrote his description as "in his element on the battlefield...broody off it" or something similar, so I decided to make him fairly quiet and dour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zager Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 My "take" on Tolstovitch was that he'd be happy to do whatever as long as he was getting paid, but he wouldn't do any more than was absolutely necessary, your typical mercenary, he sticks to the letter rather than the spirit. He's a professional soldier, he gets the job that's he paid to do done. Also, he only arrived at X-COM on New Years, until then, he was training SOG teams for the CIA, which he'd be doing for the past six years. It's the main reason why he was choosen as chief trainer, because of his experience in training small, command teams composed of people from different branches of the military from different nations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 I'm not arguing. He's a mercenary, he does what he's paid to do. Nothing more, nothing less. If it's a problem, I'll remove him. I just wanted to make sure the UN project had a proper multinational appearance. The Yanks, Aussies and Japanese usually end up on the same side on UN issues anyway, whereas the Russians sometimes offer a dissenting voice. I wanted to present this project as something ALL nations would take unreserved part in. Like I said, if it presents problems, he can be removed. Any one else have problems with the fiction, please come forth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zager Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 I'm not arguing. He's a mercenary, he does what he's paid to do. Nothing more, nothing less. He does whatever it takes to do the job. He is my character, I created him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 That's what I said. I'll take him out. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 If anyone else would like amendments, just tell me. I can have a mod delete it, I'll redraft it and put it back in. No skin off my nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 don't woprry about that FA. he post is fantastic, it just didn't fit with Ivan there. Just edit what's up there as little as possible to remove him and I'm sure it'll still be just as good as it is now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 We have another Russian at the moment but Zhandovich (Sandy) actually has a sense of humor. Green isn't "thick" so much as he is absent-minded and contemplative, Vet, though they come across the same sometimes. I had him mis-hear a few things for the sake of humor. But he does like his beer. Hmm. Oh, you mean starting the fight and all. Ok, maybe he's of average thickness. Zager seems to be upset about something. I think it's a fine option for Major Tolstovich to be travelling around with the recruiting team doing assessments between the time he accepts XCOM's offer, quitting CIA training, and the time he actually shows up on base to train XCOM. Hopefully Zager will agree after thinking about this a bit. It's not like we have much planned for the Major now that we're on missions and getting "on-the-job" training, anyway, right? I don't see "does what he's paid to do" and "does whatever it takes to do the job" as a conflict, if he's paid to do the job? Not without an example anyway. Zager? Comment? Is it that the Major would consider it a mark of honour to see a job through even when lesser mercenaries would cut their losses and run? You can edit your own post of course, FA. But maybe you won't have to. There's not enough in it yet to conflict with either view of the Major. PS. Are you writing for ExTrA or X-INV or are they the same?PPS. The fic after mission 2 (and mission 3) is going to need more recruits, but either the mortality rate will have to drop sharply (as it might, with body armor) or most of your SAS lads will end up on the slab. Are you willing to lose two? Maybe just one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Well unless I'm mistaken this is way before our own fic isn't it? I'll field the questions to Zager as I've spoken a lot to him about it. The Major is a mercenary who has been working for six years before 1999 with the CIA to train their teams. This is the background Zager gave him and while it may not be difficult to change I understand why he wouldn't want to. Personally I don't think Ivan would want to be involved in such an outfit anyway, no fighting, no action, not even any training. He's had decades of battlefield experience and he is good at what he does. The last thing he would want to do is associate with suits and other lower life forms He's a very proud man, hence Zager's problem with the do what it takes thing. I'm guessing Ivan would give 110% until his job was done. He'd risk whatever it took to complete his mission. He's one of the guys whos life means more to his employer than it does to him... At least that's the impression I get Doesn't stop Rick hating his guts though... Anyone knocks over my pint and they will pay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zager Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Hopefully Zager will agree after thinking about this a bit. I've got no problem with that. Is it that the Major would consider it a mark of honour to see a job through even when lesser mercenaries would cut their losses and run? That's what I meant, he's a professional. When he signs on, it's for the duration, he won't cut and run, unless his employer has betrayed him in someway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 ...and another one bites the dust huah Nice, although I began to suspect the twist at about the point the craft turned out to be both a troop carrier and heavily armed. Keep writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Hoz Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Well,even a modified Skyranger can't be called "Heavily-Armed", but a modified Interceptor can...which is probably why it blew up so fast... But a Plasma shot in the back would be lethal unless he had Power Armor, which is unlikely since everyone else died at the crash...so I must assume he haddifferent Armor since he had the highest rank...poor guy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkinhead Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Nice, although I began to suspect the twist at about the point the craft turned out to be both a troop carrier and heavily armed.Damn... I was trying to write it so you wouldn't know until the very end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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