Fan Fiction, Roleplay, and Creative Writing from The Writer's Corner
Beyond game development, the Last Hope forums fostered a vibrant creative writing community. "The Writer's Corner" was a dedicated forum section for fan fiction, story telling, roleplaying, and general discussion about pen & paper RPGs.
Moderated by vico and RPG_Jssmfulhud, this section became home to collaborative X-COM fiction, massive roleplay threads, and creative experiments that brought the community together through shared storytelling.
The following content was recovered from the Wayback Machine archives (2002-2006).
By vico | Posted May 6, 2004 | The Writer's Corner | 13 replies, 1,045 views
"Alright people, I have said some time ago that I would post parts of my story here on the mod forum and well it's the time."
March 12, 1999, Base-2 located somewhere in Europe.
-Wil? Wil?- Wilcox was asleep in his comfy bed until he was interrupted by Dan and Jean, before he could even say anything Jean placed his hand on Wilcox mouth.
-Listen, just listen, something bad happened, something really bad, it's 2 in the morning and the base is empty, also there's no energy and the weapon box was open- Wilcox blinked and did nothing more, this had to be a very bad joke.
-Come on- Jean took his hand off Wilcox mouth and quickly Wilcox stood up, the barracks were empty and there was no light, this wasn't a joke.
-This is a joke... right?- Said Wilcox alarmed by the situation.
-No Wil, this IS serious and Amanda is missing from the infirmary- Said Dan, he was dressed like a guerrilla soldier.
The story follows Wilcox, Dan, and Jean as they navigate a zombie outbreak at an X-COM base. Armed with M1 Bearcat ARs and facing hordes of undead personnel, the trio must fight for survival in the darkened corridors of Base-2. The narrative features realistic military details, dark humor, and suspenseful action sequences.
"That's all for today kiddies, stay tuned for the next part of this chapter."
- Captain Commander Vico, MexCom Division
Started by vico | 96 replies across 7 pages | 1,709 views
One of the most popular threads in The Writer's Corner, this collaborative roleplay brought together community members to create an ongoing X-COM narrative. Members would write as their own characters, building on each other's contributions.
Opening Scene - On a Skyranger somewhere in the Pacific, October 26, 2003
A skyranger full of agents heads to an unknown destination, agents prepare themselves to engage aliens as soon as they drop from the ship, a corporal sits on the far left corner near the cockpit, he has corporal chevrons and wears basic X-COM BDU clothing, an odd looking shotgun being held by his left hand, he looks at the other soldiers and returns his view to his gun and awaits for the green light to turn on.
One of the most creative storylines from the roleplay thread
In this arc, vico introduced a science fiction twist where "New Elerium" affected time and space, transporting Captain Vico back to World War II. The character featured multiple internal voices (Intelligent Vico, Athletic Vico, Hiding Vico) debating their situation.
The Captain has been crawling for a good time, he suddenly finds an exit and takes the break for it, outside he finds green pastures and something strange in the air.
Intelligent Vico: Where the hell are we?
Athletic Vico: Don't talk to me while I'm driving this thing.
Intelligent Vico: I think something is wrong, I haven't seen green pastures like this in a long time.
While walking through the green pastures Vico sees various soldiers running toward him... they are all wearing WW2 allied uniforms.
Captain: Identify yourself.
Vico: Captain Commander Vico, Serial Number: 198702030119, MexCom operative base.
The story continued with Vico cleverly convincing the Allied soldiers not to harm him by threatening diplomatic consequences with Mexico's petroleum supplies during the war effort.
488 replies | 33 pages | Started by Adam_McGibbon
A community game where each person adds three words to build a collaborative story. One of the most active threads in the forum.
293 replies | 20 pages | Started by vico
A poll thread that became a community hangout, mixing X-COM humor with general discussion.
49 replies | 4 pages | Started by XCOMMAN
Collection of alien-focused narratives exploring the X-COM universe from different perspectives.
47 replies | 4 pages | Started by POCTheSainT
Community brainstorming for how an X-COM movie should look, years before Hollywood showed interest.
15 replies | Started by ApOcaLyPSe_1985
Early concepts for an X-COM tabletop RPG using the D20 system, predating official board game releases.
10 replies | Started by Vejita
A continuation of the original roleplay thread with refined rules and new storylines.
Started by Vikernes
One of the earliest fiction threads, dating back to July 2002.
Started by Count Spatula
Discussion of the classic roguelike game, reflecting the community's broader gaming interests.
Beyond mod development, the Last Hope forums were a place for community bonding. Here's a sample of the diverse topics discussed in "The Lounge" and other sections.
This page represents only a portion of the creative content recovered from the archives. Over 800 forum pages have been preserved, and more stories may be added as they are discovered and transcribed.
If you were a member of the Last Hope community and have additional stories or content to share, we'd love to hear from you.