tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159484030669168383.post3706215380546407279..comments2023-06-23T09:04:45.671-07:00Comments on Null Signifier: The Long War, Part XXI - Flashpoint in AsiaDuke of Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716600365355282982noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159484030669168383.post-62713436348078922262016-10-28T17:11:43.263-07:002016-10-28T17:11:43.263-07:00Thanks man. Hopefully will have a long entry compl...Thanks man. Hopefully will have a long entry completed by next week.Duke of Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716600365355282982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159484030669168383.post-72191499042465835672016-10-27T17:34:14.393-07:002016-10-27T17:34:14.393-07:00Glad yo have you writing again. A very entertainin...Glad yo have you writing again. A very entertaining read. I cant wait to see it unfold.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154164449667496108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159484030669168383.post-41515316320055296022016-10-18T23:44:48.122-07:002016-10-18T23:44:48.122-07:00I'd like to think that humans would unify agai...I'd like to think that humans would unify against a common threat, but it's so easy to divide and conquer as the aliens. In fact the Ogbomosho event in the story was the worst thing the aliens could have done because it gave them the human race something to rally around. If they stayed covert they could mount an effective takeover of the world without firing a shot.<br /><br />That for me is the hardest part of writing the story. What possible reason would the aliens have for going overt and giving humans the chance to rally, especially with the infiltration options they have? But if the aliens didn't go overt then there would be no impetus for the creation of a globe trotting organization like X-Com, which is kind of a central part of any fan fiction based on the video game. You could have small, national based organizations based in one of the superpowers, but their reach would be drastically limited compared to something which has a UN mandate on its side.<br /><br />In my version of the X-Com universe only X-Com suspects alien infiltration in France and China. Mind control is still a conspiracy theory. How do you prove mind control?<br /><br />A: Are you mind controlled?<br />B: No.<br />A: You're just being made to say that.<br />B: Are you being mind controlled?<br />A: Of course not.<br />B: You're just saying that. <br />A: Well, fuck you.<br />B: No need to be rude.<br />A: Sorry. They made me say it.Duke of Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716600365355282982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159484030669168383.post-89930019937216257792016-10-18T21:36:39.616-07:002016-10-18T21:36:39.616-07:00Well, it really depends. I'm kinda surprised t...Well, it really depends. I'm kinda surprised that what's left of the non-alien controlled world hasn't rallied against the Invaders. I suppose it's going to come down to XCOM doing some real work to expose what's going on in occupied territories.<br /><br />Say, take out an alien base in France, and show the world what happens to the abductees?<br /><br />As petty as nations can be from time to time, what the human race has always been good at is unifying against a common threat. Give them a reason to raise their arms, and the Ayys won't know what hit them. You just gotta last until that comes.Farflung Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459107388227446828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159484030669168383.post-29977352579862307542016-10-18T20:59:50.044-07:002016-10-18T20:59:50.044-07:00Yep. Humanity is screwed.
Actually I don't kn...Yep. Humanity is screwed.<br /><br />Actually I don't know yet. I figured though that if you're the aliens and you have all the infiltration stuff at your disposal - mind control, skulljacks, stealth tech (Seekers), thin men, Faceless, possession (from The Bureau) - not to mention collaborators, colluders and willing partners - why bother invading the Earth when you can just make it destroy itself from the inside?Duke of Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716600365355282982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159484030669168383.post-37079036305253481382016-10-18T20:22:36.735-07:002016-10-18T20:22:36.735-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Duke of Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716600365355282982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159484030669168383.post-53338776327726412202016-10-18T09:35:44.295-07:002016-10-18T09:35:44.295-07:00XCOM does lose! Right? right? =)XCOM does lose! Right? right? =)Iseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489936780809266112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159484030669168383.post-63194146979665643202016-10-15T17:19:23.215-07:002016-10-15T17:19:23.215-07:00It's going to be messy should China and Japan ...It's going to be messy should China and Japan go to war (at this point we are WELL beyond the parameters of actual XCOM), so I'm not sure how XCOM wouldn't be dragged in.<br /><br />Either XCOM extracts Zhang and proves Alien infiltration in Chinese High Command, and maybe manages to avoid WWIII, or this sucker'll be going nuclear.Farflung Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459107388227446828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159484030669168383.post-61631075194820575422016-10-15T15:49:43.994-07:002016-10-15T15:49:43.994-07:00Well, shit. Dealing with EXALT, ADVENT and the ali...Well, shit. Dealing with EXALT, ADVENT and the aliens is bad enough, but now XCOM has to work around fucking World War III. We sure this isn't a timeline where XCOM lost? :PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10398534996527458465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159484030669168383.post-4538615434765413482016-10-15T15:48:32.306-07:002016-10-15T15:48:32.306-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10398534996527458465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159484030669168383.post-63128187534725288902016-10-14T13:47:09.914-07:002016-10-14T13:47:09.914-07:00Ah crap.
Fixed it - thanks for pointing it out!Ah crap.<br /><br />Fixed it - thanks for pointing it out!Duke of Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716600365355282982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159484030669168383.post-57501610105214664692016-10-14T08:00:20.233-07:002016-10-14T08:00:20.233-07:00"Before he blended into the general populatio..."Before he blended into the general population he made one final" I think you left out the rest of that sentence.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12553198868047219100noreply@blogger.com