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 Post Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:39 am 
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X-COM Location Two is situated in Paris, France. Being a cosmopolitan modern city the presence of an international body does not call undue attention - there are always plenty of foreigners in Paris, much to the chagrin of the French. Arriving by airplane or train the newest members of X-COM are taken to Location Two underneath La Tour Eiffel to report for first roll call.

After dropping off personal effects in a long low barracks room and passing through a locker-room and armory X-COM Two-Six meets you all in a briefing room: chairs before a podium in front of a large screen set in a wall. Top of the line twenty years ago.

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Two-Six is a broad, not overly tall dark-skinned generically African fellow; it's hard to pin-point exactly where he comes from beyond that. He gives each recruit a dubious look.

"X-COM commandos only have one rule. You fight. The world depends on us. We put our lives on the line; we're the best of the best here. And we die, so the world can live. That's what we fight for. That's what's at stake."

A grin breaks his face. "Welcome to X-COM, soldier."
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Macgyver is a slim, heavily tanned young man with his blond hair buzzed short and laugh lines around his eyes and mouth. He stands at attention in front of Two-Six.

"Thank you sir!"
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X-COM Naas is a tall, well-muscled blonde woman with her shoulder-length hair caught up behind her in a ponytail. She comes out of the ranks of the German forces, and is a specialist in heavy weaponry.

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X-COM Shirogane is a slender, short Japanese man with pretty short black hair and dark eyes.

"Shirogane, reporting for duty sir."

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X-COM Jake Mackay fades out of the chair he has been sitting in for the last half hour directly in front of Six-Two. Its easy to see how he did this, the man is small and wiry, pain as dirt and utterly forgettable.

In a voice barely above a whisper he growls "X-COM Mackay checking in for duty Sir."

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He door at the back of the room opens up, admitting a tall heavily muscled brute into the room. He looks around cautiously, his weather-beaten face bearing a look of confusion or annoyance for a moment before settling into a grimace. His eyes focus on the man standing at the front of the room.
Shrugging his duffle bag higher onto his massive shoulder, he walks purposefully toward the front of the room. Dropping the duffel beside, which hits the ground with a noticeable thump, he snaps to attention in front of the apparent group leader.

“X-Com Smith, Sir. Reporting for duty.”

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Two-Six stays quiet at attention until the last of the recruits make themselves comfortable.

Once they have, he stands down. "We are Bravo Two. We are Bravo Two because the last Bravo Two got eaten by g*****n bug aliens. We are Bravo Two because Bravo Two did not stay cool, did not stay together, and did not follow orders."

He paces as he speaks, giving each soldier a stern look in turn. "We will not meet the same fate. When I say jump, you will jump, and ask 'how high' when you are already in the air. We will watch our squad-mates' backs. We will keep together, keep spotters, and not let these alien b******s get the better of us. Bravo Two will not go down like Bravo Two."

He stops with a sharp stomp, and turns to face the squad. "Is that understood?"

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X-COM Naas had made herself comfortable by standing at ease during Two-Six's speech. When he asks if that is understood, she stands at attention as if it were second-nature. "Sir, yes sir!"


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"Yes sir, sir." Shirogane would have snapped to attention, except he'd already been at attention the entire time with no sign of discomfort.

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 Post Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:03 pm 
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As if in answer to Bravo Two-Six's question a red light begins to spin in a corner of the room. It is unobtrusive but also unmistakable. A PA on the wall crackles.

"This is Bravo-Six. Narrabri and Molongo River are reporting a contact, and we are currently awaiting confirmation from Pune. All teams are to go on standby at this time. I will keep you posted."

The PA shuts off with a click but the red light continues to flash. The Big Screen behind Two-Six turns on to a polygonal representation of the planet Earth with much data on one side. The data currently indicates nothing out of the ordinary, however. There is a list of X-COM Locations, from Two through Seven, each showing between two and four Teams (Location Five, in Berlin, has six). All Teams are apparently on Standby at this time.

The current time is 1537 GMT.

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 Post Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:19 pm 
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Two-Six turns to examine the screen, checking the data for relevant pieces.

Apparently finding none - or at least none worth passing on to his squad - he returns attention to them. "Be ready, Bravo Two. Suit up." He taps a space beside the Big Screen and the back wall folds out into lockers, already labelled with the recruits name. "Standard X-COM gear. Coveralls and rifles. If the XTs land nearby, we're up."

Two-Six goes to the locked with his name (literally written "Two-Six", if anyone checks) and starts pulling on the coverall armour over his fatigues.

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Naas heads over to her locker and starts suiting up. She looks in vain for a rocket or grenade launcher, but the assault rifle nestles into her arms very comfortably.

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Mac heads for his locker and suits up, armor first. He checks each piece as he puts it on, and does the same with the guns before he arms himself with them. He also opts for the stun baton over the knife if only one will fit.

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Mackay seemingly materializes in front of his locker, and runs a check over all the equipment it contains before putting on anything. Everything is brand new, never been used. For the armour this is a good thing. The guns however will have to be zeroed to be any kind of accurate at range.

With a sigh, Mackay puts on the equipment, and breach checks the guns a second time Just Because. Before closing up, he makes sure he is carrying a good sturdy knife at the small of his back, and slings the baton over his shoulder.


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 Post Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:13 am 
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The standard array in the locker is just a rifle (with a scope). Other weapons are drawn from the armoury.

Except Two-Six also has a pistol in his locker, which goes in its holster on his belt.

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Shirogane quickly and professionally equips himself with both armour and rifle, checking automatically to make sure there's no round chambered, and makes sure that he has, if possible, more ammunition than he needs, as one can never have enough ammo.

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The PA speaker crackles again.

"Pune confirms contact. One target on approach, estimated thirty minutes until it enters atmosphere. If it comes down anywhere in our area of responsibility Bravo-One has lead, Bravo-Two has support."

The Big Screen changes to reflect this, displaying estimated approach paths and locations where X-COM Interceptor craft are scrambling around the globe. A counter is running up from -0:30:00 but occasionally wavers back up or pauses as data is refined.

It is currently 1539 GMT.

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