- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Marine Squad #1. Okay, my first Marine squad lasted all the way to just in front of the big tower area at around the 2 minute mark, where only two shotgun-toting Marines were left standing; this went on 'til almost the 7 minute mark, when one of the two remaining Marines was finally killed by a trio of assault rifle-wielding Combat Forms in the distance, which were, in fact, out of range of their shotguns for the ENTIRE battle!!! Then, after seeing his sole comrade (aside from me, of course) fall, the remaining British Marine throws a frag at the Combat Forms, but only killing one of them. This battle continued on, with a lull in the middle of the rest of the battle for around 35 or so seconds, until the last Marine finally succumbed to the Combat Forms' assault rifle fire at exactly 8 minutes, 24 seconds, and 88 hundredths of a second elapsed time.
Marine Squad #2. Now, my second Marine squad was OWNED shortly after reaching the tower area, lasting only for a mere 1 minute, ten seconds, and 31 hundredths of a second elapsed time.
Marine Squad #3. Next, my third Marine squad was EVEN WORSE, for although they lasted a little bit longer than the previous squad did, they didn't even make it to the tower region of the map and quickly fell to the Flood's final main ambush just before the tower area, all courtesy to Flood Infection Forms ALONE. Alas, they only clocked out at approximately 1 minute, 18 seconds, and 78 hundredths of a second.
Marine Squad #4. Then, my fourth Marine squad made it too the tower area with three Marines, but were ALL killed one after the other straight in a row by the ever-present Flood, the first two by Infection Forms, the third by two Infection Forms coupled with an M6D Pistol headshot by a distant, raging Combat Form; in all, they lasted for only approximately 1 minute, 26 seconds, and 25 hundredths of a second.
Marine Squad #5. Finally, my last Marine squad for today couldn't even last TWO MEASLY MINUTES alive, for shortly after reaching the tower area, ALL OF THE REMAINING MARINES WERE ANNIHILATED BY INFECTION FORMS POSTHASTE; needless to say, the final Marine squad's time was a pathetic 1 minute, 56 seconds, and 7 tenths (70 hundredths) of a second.
Overall, all of the squads' average survival time was (rounded up/down to the nearest whole half-second respectively)... 2 minutes, 51 seconds, and one-half of a second approximately rounded elapsed time.
After the next four sessions of five totally different Marine/Flood encounters, I'll eventually round off the average for ALL 5 previous average times like the one above for a GRAND TOTAL which will decide under which category to vote under for this here thread of mine. Good luck with your own Marine survival reports!!!!!!! ;-D -Charlie A. Wolf.
[Edited on 06.26.2007 9:00 PM PDT]