Leaderboard

Something I did for a fun challenge on Twitter. Done in a pseudo-Terror from the Deep style. Reference is the official Sebillian Interrogation artwork. Maybe this is how I would personally remake/demake Xenonauts.

Fangs Out By Henry Ponciano Bigger Version For those that can't tell, the aircraft are Corsairs. We kinda had to guess at what would be underneath a Corsair, hope it isn't too far from what others imagine it would be! And holy crap, I swallowed several dictionaries of fighter pilot slang and spent a week looking and listening at/to fighter pilot chatter to make it authentic. Problem is, fighter pilot chatter is so dense with slang that "authentic" translates to "huh?" when you actually write it down for someone else to read. If there are any pilots on this forum who can write something that can be understood by Joe Average, go ahead! (And yes, the blue flashes are plasma. Laser zaps weren't as dramatic when drawn.)

Okay guys, request art is done! Vae.... ....Victis! (Bigger art) Vae Victis In the name of the United Nations, the President of the United Nations Earth Coalition Forces (UNECFOR) takes pleasure in presenting the ORDER OF TERRA to Sergeant Allen England, Company A, 1st North American Mobile Infantry CO. Xenonaut Special Forces for service as set forth in the following CITATION: Sgt. Allen England, in Manhattan, New York on October 15th, 1979 lead a reconnaissance team into an office building. Intelligence reported the building to be held by an alien raiding party. On investigating the 12th floor, the team was ambushed by 12 Andron Enforcers. The heavily armed Enforcers placed heavy and relentless fire on the reconnaissance team. Sgt. England suffered a shoulder wound early in the battle as he laid down covering fire with his automatic rifle allowing most of his team to fall back to cover. He stoically saw to his own injuries and personnally led a counter-attack to recue a fireteam of three that had been cut off and was in danger of envelopment. Sgt. England exposed himself to the direct fire of the Andron forces. Despite this danger he destroyed three Andron Enforcers with grenades and rifle fire. Despite this valiant effort, Sgt. England was only able to rescue one member of the fireteam. Determined to leave no man behind, Sgt. England extracted the two deceased soldiers to the rest of his unit, sustaining plasma injuries in the process. As Andron reinforcements arrived, it was realised that the team needed to withdraw or be eliminated. Without a rearguard the team was in danger of being pinned and unable to withdraw. With the understanding that this duty would likely result in his death, Sgt. England gallantly volunteered. Sgt. England selflessly held the line allowing his comrades to evacuate. As a final act of defiance in the face of a numerically and technologically superior enemy, Sgt. England activated several bricks of strategically placed C4. This action resulted in his death, but killed half of the Andron forces and closed off their avenue of attack. Sgt. England’s actions were instrumental in permitting his unit to evacuate and prevented the Andron threat from extending beyond the building thus saving the lives of untold numbers of civilians. His personal bravery, devotion to both his duty and to the welfare of his team were in keeping with the highest standards of Xenonauts and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, Xenonauts, and humanity. (With many thanks to Quartermaster for his refinement of and addtional work to the rough of the citation) This combines both raziel1981 and Shima's requests as the two I felt had a pleasing narrative link. There is, however, another yet to come! Stay tuned! EDIT: Almost forgot to credit the artist! Art done by Henry Ponciano.