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I guess most people here fall in love with the UFO game, back in... Well, it was a long time ago :) So, let's face it, we are far from young ! And yes, our eyes are not good as they were. Wear glasses is not always possible depending how far your are from the screen and so on. So yes, I think it's REALLY important to be able to increase the font size for all text on screen. As it is now (Milestone 3), It's really too small for my taste and make the game hard to play French translation is also a bit strange, and some texte are missing (replaced by error messages like "missing thing xxx"), But as a whole, It seem it will be a great game at the end... I'm happy to have fund it. But please, just increase the font size :)

CHAPTER 1 – THE GATHERING CLOUDS August 21st 1979 [08:21 GMT; Internal memo to all X-Division personnel by Petra Horachkova] On authority of C-in-C: All personnel are to return to base immediately. All vacations are cancelled until further notice. Liaison & Communications Department [later that day; Vera’s letter to her daughter Yulija] My darling Yulka! I’m so unhappy and I’m so sorry, dear, but my vacation has been cancelled and I won’t be able to come to your wedding. I can’t tell you much except that there has been some ********** at work. Oh, my baby, I miss you so much and I want to be with you on the 2nd, but it just won’t be possible. I must go now, my shift is up. Please give a big hug to Andzrej and little Mila for me and take care of your father. You know how he gets all emotional, and then he starts crying. I hope this ******** will be over soon and I can still come and be there with you on your big day. Love you! Your mama August 25th 1979 [22:25 GMT; Horatio Gisbergh’s diary entry] There has been much going on in the past 4 days since all personnel has been summoned back to base. I sense something is going to happen, otherwise they wouldn’t activate as all. August 28th 1979 [Vera’s letter to her husband] Janek, my dear, don’t be a fool. You know well I can’t go until given a leave. If you’d heard what I hear at the ****** ***** you’d understand, but you know I can’t tell you anything. They need me here, and remember - they pay really good. Maybe in the spring we could finally get a credit and order ourselves that little Skoda if all goes well. So please remain calm and take care of Yulija and the wedding. You know how emotional she can get. Behave now and when I come home we will have some fun, my big man! Your Verka August 29th 1979 [22:15 GMT; Horatio Gisbergh’s diary entry] Today we started experiencing severe communications problems. There was some unexplained interference in the past two days but not like this! Looks like the orbital comms satellites are shutting down one by one. As to what is causing this nobody knows or is willing to tell us. X-O just yells at us to re-establish the lines. All three of us in the comms were sweating our butts off all day to no avail and in the evening, we had to abandon the satellites. Now we rely on ground lines. What in the world is happening?? August 30th 1979 [00:37 GMT; Horatio Gisbergh’s diary entry] OK, this explains the satellites. Since I’m under strict threat of repercussions if anyone else should learn about it, I won’t write it down. Let’s just say I was sending an off-world message that the Dreyfuss character put together for the last two hours. D***! I need a beer. Nah, I need something stronger... [06:03 GMT; C-in-C memo to all X-Division departments] Please report status of your department ASAP [06:30 GMT; Research department report by Lead researcher Dr. Amalric Dreyfuss] I am pleased to report that our laboratoire at X-NACOM is in full working order, all the instruments are well maintained and properly calibrated. I am currently dealing with a couple of small experiments that are progressing nicely but I am ready to take on any serious research into new fields of science at any time. But I need more personal assistants, which I only have 10 at the moment. And they are not on my level for sure. Please consider allocating more funding for an additional laboratoire, instead of throwing it at those pistoneheads at Engineering that only know how to break things. Amalric, Dr. Dreyfuss [06:37 GMT; Air detachment report by ADC Kurt Reynalds] Commander, as I was condensing in previous reports, I have at my disposal a mere two F-17 fighter jets of U.S. origin, converted from standard F-16s to what we think is best adaptation for combating UFOs. We have taken out all unnecessary equipment and stripped the airframe almost to the bone to make them faster and more agile, so that they may have a chance of catching and dogfighting with the saucers. However, all this was achieved at the cost of armament, as the airframe has become very delicate can only carry a single Sidewinder A-A rocket and an internal cannon. If the ET comes down on us I sincerely can’t imagine how we do much harm to them. I therefore strongly suggest ASAP a renewal of our experimental fighter programme that has collapsed some 10 years ago from funding cuts, and building more interceptor bases around the globe, funding permitting. Also, if we want to intercept anything, we should build a network of radars, covering at least the most important areas. We do have an AWACS plane that we “borrowed” from one of our patrons, but it can only cover so much land and has a considerable down time after each mission, therefore it is not the best of options. Without the radars and better planes, we are sitting ducks. Reynalds, ADC [06:39 GMT; Quick Reaction Force report by QRF Commander Luciano Corelli] Commandante, Q.R.F. is ready to meet any ground force. Al mio comando be 10 soldiati professionali from all the world, from Nato and from iron curtain country. Immagine there is some tensioni between NATO and Warsaw Pact personni, espezialle between Americani and East German soldati, ma con capo fermo si lasciano alle spalle le loro differenze e sono una squadra efficace! Scusi, I try to say they are effettive with a firm boss. MacGuiness say to me the squad spirit is very good and I have no reason to doubt. Team is armed with standard armi da fanteria americani,we have good firepower to fight with all known organizzazioni, ma anche la mafia! Pero, the quick reaction is really no quick reaction. We have uno elicottero! Uno elicottero, commandante. Ma ciò che è abbastanza è abbastanza! This thing is so slow! We need some faster macchine, no? Capitano Corelli [06:53 GMT; Engineering report by Lead engineer Vitaly Kaganov] Komrade, my men be ready to product any thing. My men build many nuclear submarine with own hand, is the best submarine in Soviet flot and in world. Tell french doctor to give me blueprint and we build, but good. Kaganov [06:57 GMT; Chief of operations report by X-O/C-Ops Yevgeniy Klimentovich Vorshilov] Komrade Commander, I report all X-Division personal at base. We are bad ready for serious alien invasion. Only one base for operation of our soldat is bad for defence. In SSSR everybody know big number is must for success. I demand we build more base around the world on all continent where we can have more soldier and some tank. Don’t listen to american covboy pilot Reynalds, he think he can shoot down NLO UFO with his toy plane. I say soldier be the answer to alien, real soldier with real gun and some tank. When they land on Zemlya, we send soldier with tank, bullet to the head or to the back and no more alien. We in SSSR we know how it is done. Operation room secure. Communication secure after I yell on Gisbergh american boi and his team all yesterday. Bezopasnost Security good, we have no spy and letter of all person is read and sensitiv information we censor as need-I personally instruct Horachkovna how do it. Yevgeniy Klimentovich [08:00 GMT; C-in-C memo to Quartermaster] I am still awaiting your report, Quartermaster! [08:22 GMT; Quartermaster report by Knut Mathiessen] Commander, excuse me, there were many shelves to count. That I already did 10 days ago and reported in great detail. Alas, here is my updated report... X-NACOM base is well stocked with provisions and standard combat equipment. We have enough light infantry weapons and good supply of ammunitions to face any outside threat. We also have a healthy stock of jet fuel, air rockets and air torpedoes and if need be we can easily get more. The kitchen is well provided by local suppliers and we have ample drinking water to last out even if the supply breaks of any cause. As far as I’m concerned, we are hygge! K. M. August 31st 1979 [12:37 GMT; C-in-C internal memo to all X-NORAM personnel] All personnel to Hangar 4 at 14:05 hours for emergency briefing. [14:05 GMT; C-in-C emergency personnel briefing at Hangar 4] Y. K. Voroshilov, X-O: Everybody, attention! H.-T. Rhys-Martins, C-in-C: Thank you, Yevgeniy. [shuffling through papers]. X-Division, at ease! Ahem… [adjusting the shirt collar that seems too tight for the task ahead] Men... and women! I stand before you to convey to you a worrying development... in which it seems our organization will have to play a pivotal part. We, the X-Division, have been, after many years of stagnant funding and indifferent world leaders, called to face the threat of... an extra-terrestrial force… [murmurs in the audience] ... of unknow origin and of unknown intentions. These extra-terrestrials have not returned communications despite our continuous attempts to do so. We must therefore assume that the extra-terrestrial intentions are hostile… [loud murmurs and yelling in the crowd] … now, men, now… please calm down… [murmurs not subsiding]. X-O, if you would? Y. K. Voroshilov: Kak prikazhete! Vnymanie... ATTENTION! H.-T. Rhys-Martins: Thank you, Yevgeniy. Now… where was I? Ah, yes… The extra-terrestrials have not established contact despite our attempts to communicate with them therefore we must assume their intentions are… hostile [a soldier whispers something to his neighbour] … Y. K. Voroshilov: SOLDAT, your commander speaking! You know meaning of ATTENTION??! H.-T. Rhys-Martins: Yes, thank you... Yevgeniy. Now... The extra-terrestrials are to be considered hostile until we establish communication with them and learn about their true intentions. We have been asked by the funding nations of the Earth to arrange for immediate defensive provisions of all continents and all their peoples, where ever they might be. This means we need to step up our efforts and I count on every and each one of us to give 110% of our commitment to this cause. There have already been some extra-terrestrial activities that we know of and must be considered hostile. Some of you and your close ones may have already been affected by these actions. Since august 29th the extra-terrestrials have been systematically shutting down Earth’s communications going through orbital satellites and it took them mere three days to shut down every one of them. There are currently no working satellites remaining in Earth’s orbit. We are dealing with an extremely cunning and unpredictable enemy... Nobody knows what action they might take next, but luckily, we have some smart heads among us [nods at Dr. Dreyfuss and his research group in the crowd] that will start analysing the data we are gathering worldwide as we speak. I believe we will have some answers soon. The sooner the better, Dr. Dreyfuss! Let me also remind you of the Iceland incident from 20 years ago and the cost that was paid at the time to contain it. For those among you who do not know what I am talking about, I have authorised the disclosure of a highly classified file from the archives to all X-Division personnel. Study it, learn from it. That is all. I believe everybody knows their part. To your stations and keep your eyes open! Yevgeniy, if you will... Y. K. Voroshilov: Dismissed!

Hello, dear readers! Unfortunately, I bring bad news today… This AAR is not going to progress any further. Reason: corrupt ironman save. Yesterday in a ground mission the game froze during an alien turn. I left it for about 5 minutes to see if anything would happen but sadly… it didn’t, so I had to… you know. After that reloading the saved game it would just CTD every time. If anybody knows of a way to somehow restore a save to a working state, please help. If not… well, it’s been fun while it lasted. At least for me. I hope some of you that viewed these walls of text had some enjoyment out of it too. If anybody would like to comment on something, feel free to do so… Regards, Tinman