Nesano Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 When I found out that you can pick an exact location for your bases and a custom name, I couldn't resist. So far I've got NORAD and Ramstein Air Base in my arsenal of possibilities. I need them to be military installations and to be in an optimal spot to spot UFOs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featherwinglove Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Groom Lake, Nevada comes to mind, as does any number of "secret" submarine installations on the Kola Pensinsula (a lousy spot for a base). One of my favorites is Jabal Al-Lawz in Saudi Arabia. Whatever one might say about it being the Biblical Mount Sinai or otherwise, it is a very secure and secretive place. The Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and Cape Canaveral in Florida are both real-life spaceports and fairly convenient locations for Xenonaut bases. Another decent way to site three bases (not as good) is to locate them at Deep Space Network stations in Goldstone in California, Madrid in Spain, and Canberra in Australia. If you want even more of a challenge, put the prime meridian longitude station at its old spot in Johannesburg in South Africa, a scheme which would leave Europe, Middle East, and Soviet Union nearly impossible to cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooey Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I always put a base at Area 51... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I usually chuck my first base in Greece, as it covers the most land mass, and name it Sparta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Pancakes Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Usually stick my first either in the Alps or on Malta. If I'm making a mainly research-focused base, I'd probably stick it at either Groom Lake or Anchorage, Alaska; though Norfolk and Fort Teller (main base of the US Star Wars Space Defence Project) are a close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldsmobile Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 For "Indochina," you have Cam Ranh Bay, Subic Bay, Clark AFB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korsss Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 For "Indochina," you have Cam Ranh Bay +1Russia: Baikal(Irkutsk), Ural Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Pancakes Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 For "Indochina," you have Cam Ranh Bay, Subic Bay, Clark AFB. Khe Sanh (Vietnam), Bien Hoa (Vietnam), Da Nang (Vietnam)...Taiwan... I'd add the accents but I'm too lazy to bring up the translator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) Kapustin Yar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapustin_Yar http://www.rolfwaeber.com/mystery/russian-roswell/index.html http://www.ufosee.com/UFO_files/330.html http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case663.htm Edited March 8, 2015 by Jean-Luc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korsss Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) Russia Yasny http://www.npointercos.jp/Yasny.html Plesetsk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome Edited March 8, 2015 by korsss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featherwinglove Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I usually chuck my first base in Greece, as it covers the most land mass, and name it Sparta. Um... why not SPARTA!!! (That just makes me think, most ppl I've ever had at all my bases combined, including scientists and engineers is half of 300 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blip Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) MoD Machrihanish, in the north of Scotland. A strategic NATO installation (still rumored to be 'black'), particularly active in 1979 and with particular coverage over Iceland. Used by United States Naval Special Warfare Command until 1995 (stationing B2's after 2001). Edited March 21, 2015 by Blip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4th Cuirassier Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Using real places is hardcore. Mine are named after sports stadia and places in books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpip Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Because I am that kind of hardcore as well, I suggest checking old United States Air Force Air Defense Command bases in North America -- several were closed down right before the start of the game, and that seems almost like it's begging for the bases to be turned over to the Xenonauts project. (My personal favorite is Glasgow AFB, for instance, in Montana. If you're looking at the Caribbean, I might suggest Vieques, Puerto Rico -- a US Navy testing site, and again, the sort of place that might get seconded to the Xenonauts project, if it's still being all secretive. I have a fondness for setting up my European base somewhere in Eastern Europe; this last playthrough I went with Caracal, Romania, which used to have a Romanian Air Force base there during the Cold War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarRat Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 US bases are usually named after famous people or nearby landmarks, so it should be pretty easy to generate US type names just by looking at a map or list of famous people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MortuusSum Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 It's not exactly an optimal placement, gameplay-wise, but I like sticking a base in the Diefenbunker (more accurately, at CFS Carp) on occasion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFS_Carp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissaki Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Different countries have different naming traditions, and as Xenonauts is an international organisation, the closest equivalent would be the UN. However, I'm damned if I can find what those UN bases are actually called. I think they are simply called after the region in which they are located, such as Kidal Base in Mali - I haven't found any other name for it. In my current save I name my bases after generals more or less from the local region. I suppose I could have gone for Santa Anna base in South America, but that ended up as Patton base instead. And Zhukov has to make do with Indonesia. Close enough, I say. Or you could simply go with the phonetic alphabet. Alpha base, Bravo base, etc. Boring, but functional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvbdoc Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 RAAF Base Tindal if you want one in Northern Australia. If you want to put one in central region of Australia, name it Pine Gap. If you station in the Philippines, you have Clark Air Base. In Japan you have Kadena Air Base and Misawa Air Base, amongst others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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