This section involves a little bit of the inspiration and background stuff and ideas
I have used in this page. I included this so the casual visitor or XCOM newby
will understand a little better how the base works and why I built it.
A.
Firstly, if you haven't noticed already, the base is divided into different
facilities all of which have different themes and functions. Most of it
is related to background material I generated for fan fiction I have written
about the XCOM universe. Most of the aforementioned work hasn't been
published on this site because I have not worked out the FTP transfer
protocols yet and most of it is not written in HTML anyway. This all could
take a while so I want the people visiting this site to understand that upgrades
will happen one at a time now that the site is up.
B.
The primary purpose of this site is to interest game players and Sci-Fi fans
in general and of course augment the growing XCOM community. To this
end I designed the base to bring ideas forward in a more RPG sort of way like many of the ALIENS sites in order to attract interest. Also if you are a seasoned vet of the XCOM experience, you undoubtably have seen a lot of the XCOM sites which are all very good but just seem to have the exact same sections and info all done again and again in a slightly different format. This is great for the people interested in the game but as a community, if XCOM on-line wants to stay vital, people can't just keep doing the same thing especially with Microprose's lack of apparent interest and Mythos games now being out of the loop. An excellent example of breathing a breath of fresh air into this vacume, is Ed Fisher's XCOM literature site, which I have linked in the War Diary section. Its going to have to be sites like those (and all the other story sites!) and hopefully this site, that keep interest alive, especially with XCOMMAND down for a while and most of the old XCOM UFO DEFENSE sites dead or dying on the vine. I hope that people can appreciate my take on the situation and that other XCOM maniacs will help me with info for this site.
Special Notices:
Well, I made it back from home and our next major shutdown will occur over Summer Break when I get to make some money and goof off. Further, the barracks area of the base should be up soon with unit patches and insignia, official and unofficial (fair warning this is graphics intensive and may take a while to download)). Good hunting! Further, the first couple of stories for the original XCOM and XCOM Apocalypse are almost complete and are undergoing htmlization though it could take a few more weeks. Also the first of the new XCOM insignia are up and you probably won't like them, but if you copy them, please ask permissionfirst , okay?
1/26/98 Notice:
Hmmmm.... Well ask and ye shall receive, as I have gotten a total of two messages in the log book about adding a message board, I will probably give in and see what I can do, though it may take time. A message board will involve cgi script which I already know how to get, but my plate is still a little full what with the fan fic stuff so I'd like everyone to be patient with me as the visitor's lounge section will not come on-line for a couple more weeks at the earliest. Thank you for your messages.
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