#xcom ocs

[etherealvoidechoes]

I'm feeling a bit evil.

👎for Thaddeuas.

"👎 Is there someone your OC can’t stand, despite them being on the same side or sharing basic values?"

Bradford because the damn man won't give him any peace because that darn Avatar project tracker increased again and he needs someone to look over some reports for the 15th time. Someone's just asking to get their nose broken again.

Kidding! Man, I have to think for this one. I don't think Thaddeus would have had too many issues with the canon XCOM 1 & 2 staff. I would have to think of my OCs he would clash with since I know there would probably be a few. Will just say if you're an alcoholic and not getting that treated, are a sexist, and some other things, he will dislike you strongly even if you're putting in the work for the Resistance.

Overall, he's on good terms to friendly with my other Commanders.

Of course, there would be several soldiers that were pains in the neck he could barely stand, but for most, nothing they did reached the point of him discharging them.

I know any of the Council members that were just highly unreasonable in the beginning and got worse as the war continued he come to despise.

Read more because semi-long.

Hm, back in XCOM 1, I can see him having a lower tolerance for some of Geist's psionic shenanigans(testing and other things) and (somewhat) change in personality which also made him get highly annoyed with Vahlen and the Psionics division for some time as they feed off of each other despite the good results. He's trying to run a military operation not a clown house. That lower tolerance for Geist may continue once he recalls him when they meet again.

Hm, just thinking about it, Asaru would be on his shit list for a little bit once he learns who and why he lost his pilot wings. Part of him understands and knows Asaru didn't mean too much harm from it, but the man will forever be miffed and will ignore him from time to time because of that besides also questioning if that alien was controlling him the whole time back then (though deep within himself he knows Asaru didn't.)

Oh heck, thinking about it, this would be more or so his Chosen version, but Maker would be on the barely stand. But it's very complicated since his current state of being and having that constant devil on his shoulder has him highly volatile around any Elder, including Maker though the two are working together to undermine things. His brain just keeps ticking to the "shut up before I strangle/drain you" whenever Maker is getting philosophical or talking about the hypocrisy of his brethren.

I won't really continue on with his Chosen self since for his story he doesn't get the "proper" conversion like Jynn(and maybe the other two) as he will be a double-agent since his "conversion." But him and Hunter are besties.

[heljay]

Doodles Echo just to draw his AU self (compared to his standard og Sectoid self)

I've gotten used to the XCOM 2 Sectoids but I like the original skin colour for them and will therefore put it on my OC (same with the eyes, I like how they glow internally)

[korbensoi]

Bradord waited 20 years for his chance to shine.

First invasion version from 2024

[das-boog]

Saturday nights on a generation ship were no way to spend your teens, Rizzońe had thought. The greyfurs in cryo would talk day in and out about the excitement and glory of combat, the beautiful revenge they were going to take on the aliens.

He heard operatives even get a MECH!

How cool was that?!

CYBERRATS: IN SPACE has been officially announced! We hope you’re all ready to mount up and die for the corporations one last time on the final profitable frontier! Remember: in space, nobody takes your scrip!

[pyrousred]

Welp, I had another XCOM 2 kick and enjoyed the hell out of that character customizer. Here are but a few Blorbos From My Army, immortalized in sketches. I may boot it back up just to draw some more... there were a lot of designs I was proud of.

[ellikiins]

An inside joke for myself.

Some brief lore:

I did say Diane Whittaker was based off my childhood Sonic OC (Maria), who went through so many dramatic rewrites since her inception in 2004 (I was 9 and loved SA2). In playing XCOM (2012) for the first few times, I created my idea of who the Commander was. As a woman, the Commander should be a woman, too. Stepping in this role, I noticed her personality taking after Maria (both military girlies, obvs). Thus her physical appearance was inspired by an adult Maria Robotnik, her uniform based off my OC's uniform at the time.

I couldn't invent someone new for Fallout 4, so I stole Diane for it. An alternative universe where a Diane grew up to a happy, healthy young woman because she had no family heartbreak and trauma in her youth... to then find it in her adulthood instead as result of the Great War. Oops.

Shh, ignore my childhood Sonic phase and her love for Maria Robotnik, because this could go back even deeper...

Sorry if confusing, just keeping it a brief info dump to share my inner thoughts with the outside world.

I think if I were to update Maria again, she'd be a light yellow, but I wanted to keep her "lore accurate" lmao

[spaceferren-comics]

Changed the snakes color palettes

[jade-b212]

[mwolf0epsilon]

Got gifted XCOM 2, you know what this means...

:D

[etherealvoidechoes]

Q: Does Bones hate Vipers cause he wears their bones?

Q 2: How old is Bones?

No, he does not. He really doesn’t have a beef with them or any of the other aliens unless they’re in full, unrepentant agreement with the Elders. You’ve got to earn his hate and the Elders have more than thoroughly earned it.

He is actually friends with some rebel Vipers that are with some Skirmishers he’s on great terms with or some havens he frequents. Volk does not like this but he tells him to kick sand since he’s running his splinter Reaper outfit how he sees fit.

Minor spoilers for him. He’s former military or something similar, so the reason why he wears their bones(and some other aliens) is purely a fear tactic. And it works and pisses off the Elders since he’s killed a few of Their top bounty hunter Vipers specifically sent out to kill him and his fledging branch.

The Hunter is his biggest supporter for said fear tactics even though the bastard has capped his knees at least twice.

And Bones age? Old but he’s gotta solid spring in his step. Even with the kneecapping incidents.

[heljay]

I promised to make this OC ship everyone else's problem and I'm living up to that promise

Listen. They're cute as hell. And also, fit together perfectly considering Cargo is a neurodivergent wreck needing to learn to stand up for herself, and Echidna is a neurodivergent queen needing a place to let her guard down. Also Berserkers are sexy.

I had a whole meta post about learning to kiss your alien gf when said alien gf doesn't know what kisses are and also her mouth doesn't quite work that way. (They figured it out.)

Side note yes there is a reason why half the nails on Echi's hands are cut short

[comic-inc]

Xcom "COMMANDERs" Friends and own sona uvu

[probablyanalienindisguise]

Lil dump of art I just haven't posted on Tumblr 💥

Alr ty for showing up to my TED Talk

[themorrignasystem]

On the opic of OCs

As a player of XCom Enemy Within, Xcom 2, and Xcom Chimera Squad, i have my commander is technically an oc

My fan cannon is that after the defeat of XCOM with the ending of XCOM Enemy within, the commander was sufficiently injured, so in a last ditch effort Central, Dr valhien, and Shen put the commander into a MEC to stabilize them.

The aliens caught the Commander, and put him into statis during the 20 year gap between Xcom Enemy within and Xcom 2, analyzing the tech to create the Advent MEC

During Xcom 2 the commander is found, and once rescued, reintegrates with his MEC suit to lead the charge, using SPARK weaponry

During Xcom Chimera Squad the Commander leads Chimera Squad, not choosing to go on missions due to his programmed combot doctrines.

[ellikiins]

I TOLD YOU THE ALIENS ATTACKED. From March 2022, saved as "yeah." You can tell how done I was. Determined to draw and finish something, but alas... I do like this a lot more than the previous piece, I might finish it. But it has been over 2 years, so take it. (She has no shoes because her stilettos are too hard to run in. Maybe she should keep them? That's be badass.)

Because I love the drama, the premise of their relations were with no strings attached... but then someone gets attached, the other gets mad for breaking their promise... and then someone gets hurt... and the other comes to accept that they have also fallen in love, too. How romantic! I hope no one gets kidnapped and put in stasis for 20 years by the enemy and the world falls into chaos!

[ale10ander]

You are about to be advertised to

a lot of tactical RPGs forget about the RP part and are just tactical games with more abstraction than a war game and less plastic than a board game.

the advertising begins now

Cyberrats is a tactical roleplaying game. The new expansion (currently on Kickstarter!) has new options for tactics... and new hooks for roleplaying.

Games are about play, about being silly and having fun. Not about rules and minutiae and simulated violence.

interlude for art

gurl look at that art

Back to advertising

This game is frenetic and fun. It will force you to play out next heist as if you are an actor trying a little too hard to be cast for their first role.

Or a broadway star about to burst into song. Or a late-night radio DJ, keeping things cool and mellow, all through the night.

This is a game about acting. And about corporations, alien invasions, and all that other jazz. But it's a GAME first. It's about having fun. And sharing the screen between tactics and roleplay.

Cyberrats: we do both.

anyway back it now. you won't regret it. Unless you do, and that's a promise.