The controller at RAF fylingdales cursed to himself as the end of his custard cream dropped into his mug of tea with a satisfying plop. He burnt his finger as he immediately tried to retrieve it, then surrendered to fate and took a gulp of the steaming hot tea, complete with melted biscuit and cream. He winced and put the mug down, slowly rubbing his throbbing finger.
Suddenly a red warning light flashed on the digital map on his wall, quickly followed by a verbal 'Launch detected' warning from the speaker. He stood and took a step back, his heart beating heavily. Flight Lieutenant Stanton, his watch commander burst into the room "What now?" He called, awaking the controller from his fear induced dream "Multiple launch sir!" He called.
"Get a fix!" Cried Stanton, quickly running to his workstation and picking up the red receiver. "This is fylingdales early warning, We have numerous probable missile launches from..." He looked at the controller as he tried to work out the references "Sir, there are too many, its definitely old Ivan though!" Stanton looked down.
"...Warsaw pact territory!" He contined on the phone. "Suggest Bikini Red, and alert the prime minister. This is NOT a drill!" He turned to another controller. "Have you got the possible targets yet?" He called, waiting for response on the phone. "Only on the first seven, probable targets identified as, Newcastle, Sheffield, Glasgow, Cardiff, Catterick, Conningsby and London, sir... more are coming through though, this is it.... first strike, and they've gone for a decapitation!" He said, still fixed to his monitor. "We're not the only ones, looks like missiles heading for targets in West europe and North America. Its definately a biggie!" Stanton swallowed hard as a response on his phone switched him back to life... ..."This is the commander of home defence, is this limited, i say again, is this a limited strike?" Asked his shadow on the other end of the call. Stanton looked around at the men in the room. "Negative sir, this is a Full-scale first strike!"...
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As news of our coversion to the SAGE (C&C3) engine started to sread through the community, and outrage and disgust was plainly felt throughout, we thought to ourselves we'd made a mistake.
Myself and the senior team at 1985 sat down and disgussed the possibilty of swallowing our pride and returning to the HL2 engine.
So it is with great enthusiasm, that i must announce our return to the source engine, by releasing shots of the L1a1 ingame, and promising you -the community- the release of a short mod-inspired promotional video within the next month. We hope to be bringing our first beta within the next quarter. The team has grown been scaled down, and we have gotten rid of the 'dead' wood. Fortunately this means there are places on the team, specifically for texture artists, animators and coders, but also mappers and modellers. If you are interested then please contact me.

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Great to hear
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Hmm, i remember before the engine change a beta was close. Im just wondering if thats still close and if my spot is still there
we're hoping within the next 6-8 weeks, we got guys working on various details as we speak, ad yep maverick, you still get a seat in the landrover :-p
It's back in source!!! YESS!!! I love you guys!
oh my god, i applied for this mod when it was first thought of. wow its great to see how its came
You guys are tearing me apart :P
Nice to hear xD
thanks for your input, we are going back to a HL2 FPS!!!