Resistance: Fall of Man - An Oral History

[Avatar018]

Oh God man...gut wrencher to end it all. You sir still have the capacity to make this emotionally impactful, even after update after update of hopeless 'resistance'...

Well done...please continue...
TheExecuter

Like TheExecuter said very good read. Every time I get my hopes up that just maybe mankind could win one battle, or even force a draw, or slow down the Chimera. You find a way to make the resistance hopeless again. That's what keeps me comming back. Great Job!

 

[Ksim3000]

Like everyone else said - a most excellent return! It was very chilling to read how within days, the situation turned into hope and then despair. That Greek soldier sure held it together until the final days, however....

It really does make me wonder if there is any hope for a successful U.S led offensive? We can only hope.....

Also, I am curious and am interested to learn what these "Angel" things are. And I take it the laughing soldier was a Cloven, right?

Update soon!

 

[von Sachsen]

So now, one month later, what advances have the Chimera made?

 

[TreizeV]

Day 4: Operation Deliverance July 14th, 1951.
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[Word from England grows more dire by the second. The Chimera have mounted a full scale assault on our remaining expeditionary forces in London. Northern and Southern Command have both fallen and the last remnants of the American and British forces are holed up in the capital. It is a last ditch effort to uncover the secrets of the Chimera tower and despite sending in every available reserve. It seems the Chimera are overwhelming our forces through sheer numbers. Shakil Sandrudeen of the 5th Native Army shakes his head as we observe the dispatches coming from the mainland. From his experiences in the Asian campaign, he tells me the battle is already over. As the navy prepares to disembark, he agrees to an interview during one of our breaks.]

What was the situation like in India before the Arrival of the Chimera?

Like any situation around the world at the time. It was not very stable. The end of the great world war left the country with great expectations that the allies would follow through with their promises for political self determination. At the time, we thought that what had applied to the states of the former German empire would apply. Sadly that was not the case for India. I’ve lost track of the number of protests, peaceful and violent, that had occurred and the hundreds of lives lost.

It was also made worse by the fact that the winters were getting longer. Some global phenomenon that was happening everywhere, but it hit our country the hardest. We’ve had more floods, monsoons and sub zero winters that killed off thousands of farmers and animals. It was an unprecedented disaster and it added more to the political instability.

Were there any signs of a Chimeran invasion similar to Europe?

Not really. Not many of our people. At least, in my hometown of Bombay, ever ventured that far north. We’ve heard about the disappearances. Of English hikers and the occasional live stock, but it was routine. We never expected any invasion. Not from the north. The Himalayas are an impassable barrier. Even the great Mongol invasions could sweep past it. It was certainly the last thing we expected.

But didn’t the invasion of Europe occur before the Asian attacks?

We knew there was an attack before. But the government kept a very tight lip on the situation. Even your own American troops had no idea what they were fighting until their commanders sent them into the meat grinder. From what they told us, the Russian has broken through the great wall, spilling into Poland. It sounded logical. The Europeans have been tearing at each other’s throats for centuries, what else is new? It was just the start of another great war for us. More death, more destruction, more false promises.

Our situation wasn’t improved either when high command started sending an large amount of Indian troops to the middle east, to protect European interests there. At first, my comrades cheered at the fact that the British and French were bleeding themselves dry against the enemy, but few realized that this meant we would be the next in line to be shipped off. By the time the Chimera had burst through the Himalayas, our country was basically stripped bare of weapons and troops. This is no exaggeration. How else can you explain that the Chimera had managed to conquer the country in a matter of days?

How did the invasion start off?

Unlike the European theatre, which began with familiar trench warfare. The Chimera simply steamrolled through the country. Their giant mechanical goliaths just fired their biological weapons at each city, infecting the population within minutes, and then proceeding to the next.

The Chimeran advance was certainly more efficient in India than in Europe. Where large industrialized armies and railroads allowed the allies to plan defensive lines more efficiently. In India, there was no hope. Even if we wanted to plan a defensive line or evacuate a city. The railroads in the country were few and sparse. We had to use mules and whatever trucks we had left to move our equipment. By that time it was too late, if you heard the sound of a Chimeran missile, the road would become a sea of corpses within minutes. It was quite an unnerving sight, and soon became common place to see at least a hundred bodies every kilometer you drove. A thousand if you were near a population centre. These were people of all ages and castes, carrying whatever possessions they had with them. Millions were literally infected within minutes of an attack. This was repeated, city after city.

That was not the worst part. By nightfall, a significant portion of them had either already been converted, or were shipped off to one of those infection centres. It was these hordes of infected that finished off what was left of our men in the south. We simply didn’t have enough ammunition for all of those creatures.

Weren’t there any defensive plans made by the British?

No. Not even they could anticipate the invasion. But that wasn’t the worst part. Even at this point the British were still stripping India of all her equipment and troops! To be sent to the Middle East and Europe. Although I may count myself lucky for being one of them. Removing the troops in the middle of an invasion was a heinous crime in our eyes, and the British high command were already risking Shiva’s wrath through their actions. I can already say that the karma of those people are tainted for the next thousand generations.

Some called it an evacuation…

Then why did they not plan something like this sooner? They had full knowledge of the Chimera for several weeks before they broke into India and China. Huge population centres that provided an irresistible target for them, and they did nothing to defend them! I cannot blame them for failing, but I can blame them for not even trying! Worse, they destroyed more than they saved. There were no civilian evacuation zones, nor lines of retreat. It was all one great mindless race for resources. The army, before ‘evacuating’ a city, made it a policy to destroy all infrastructure and horde supplies, to deny them to the enemy. It was pointless because we learned too late they didn’t use the same ‘supplies’ as we did. Even worse. It was murder. They left nothing for the refugees that couldn’t escape. The more cynical of us believe that they left the population there just to occupy the Chimeran forces long enough to escape. Who am I to judge them? Most of those men were consumed by the invaders anyway. The Chimera were most efficient occupiers, never having to stay at a major population centre for more than a few hours before moving on.

If you want one way to describe the invasion. It was all essentially a race, and both sides took part it in. The British stripped the country bare of Material, the Chimera, of People. It was the last gasp of the occupying empire as they rush to strip the country bare before the Chimera could.

Perhaps that is why some of the the creatures are so ferocious in their battle against your troops**? After all, how many of my fellow countrymen were ‘reborn’ after the invasion? Who am I to say?

I guess some would call that karma.


** There have been unconfirmed reports from both Asia and Europe of Chimera mutilating bodies by decapitating, dismembering or disfiguring them after death, usually with slash marks and teeth bites. This suggests that the diseased have been intentionall mutilated by their killers. The frequency of these findings suggests a ritualistic aspect common across chimeran culture. This has also been observed on Chimeran corpses as well. Whether this is a remnant of the former victim's humanity or hardcoded into the Chimeran gene remains to be seen.

Week 4: The extent of Chimeran infection, and the following Chimeran movements.

Estimates (From the archives of the UED/Allied central command):
Africa: 250,000,000 (75,000,000 infected)
Asia: 1,500,800,000 (1,350,000,000 infected)
Europe: 550,700,000 (475,000,000 infected)

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[Edzako]

It's back !!11!

 

[Sir Humphrey]

Australia will stand defiant! I hope.

 

[Kurt_Steiner]

Africa and their hot desert should stop them... shouldn't it?

 

[Enewald]

Yeh, shouldn't desert stop them?
They can't survive from minus 100 to plus 100?
Or can they?

 

[unmerged(62478)]

If you played fall of man 2, you will see that they fight quite well in desert (Or anywhere).

 

[unmerged(44312)]

So they have gained millions of new conversions! This is really bad, bad news! So there are like nearly two billion chimeras against what - the Americas!

 

[Undead-Hippie]

My goodness, is there no place where the Chimera won't attack? Your doing great ingame. Have you beaten Resistance two?

 

[unmerged(87106)]

Its back!

Great update!

Horrifying number of infected!



asd

 

[unmerged(62251)]

I see Korea is holding up.....

 

[Avatar018]

Seems to me that the humans are concerned about the wrong thing, resources versus people. The Crimea now have a population of 2 billion. On the bright side, if things continue at their current pace then there will once again be only ONE dominate species on the planet.

 

[Brad1]

Great update. I have to admit that I have been addicted to Resistance 2 since it came out. I'm not sure if I like where they are taking the story though. I won't give out any details to avoid spoilers.

I'm very curious about how you have the game set up. You said that you are playing as the Chimera right? I'm guessing that you gave yourself huge IC/manpower boosts. The Chimera seem to be able to send a much higher percentage of their population to war than humans. How many divisions does the Chimera have? What about their airforce and navy? How do you represent the Chimera using the Hoi2 engine? Did you give yourself cores on the whole world? Will I ever stop asking question?

 

[hebelecan]

Guys we cant let this AAR die. PM TreizeV or something

 

[unmerged(85800)]

its only been just over a week. this aar has been very irregularly updating lately, theres no indication its dead.

 

[hebelecan]

dunno mate i revived it from the 4th page yesterday

 

[Kurt_Steiner]

dunno mate i revived it from the 4th page yesterday

Perhaps because there are a lot of AARs running now?

My Goodness... if you think that this AAR is dead because it's been just a week without updates, please, don't follow Allenby's AAR:rofl:

Take it easy and relax, man...

 

[Undead-Hippie]

Yeah, this one survived having no updates for like two months. Besides, give TreizeV time to write more excellent updates.