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Article #34995Re: Downing Alien Ships
From: Rex M F Smith
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 17:21
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 17:21
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In message <bbegvg$5i6$1...@lust.ihug.co.nz>, roid <roid@***SPAMKILL***zzz.com.ru> writes >"Benjamin F. Brown" <mega...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message >news:OvZza.6$tD3.2245@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca... >> >> Does anything you do when shooting alien ships down affect how many aliens >> are left alive in them, or is it random? > >the small ufo's normally blow up completely >if you use big weapons on them. The very smallest blow up with pretty much *any* weapons ... and plasma cannons are sufficient to bring the biggest alien vessels down in X-Com UFO unknown ... plasma cannons are my *favourite* interceptor weapons :-) -- Rex M F Smith
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