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[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/xcom-iron-man-ferris.281782/ Ferris]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10005292/1/ is]] an ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown''[=/=]''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''[[labelnote:*]]For starters.[[/note]] crossover fanfic by u63r.
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[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/xcom-iron-man-ferris.281782/ Ferris]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10005292/1/ is]] an ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown''[=/=]''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''[[labelnote:*]]For starters.[[/note]] [[/labelnote]] crossover fanfic by u63r.
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Pretty sure the DLC was refing the cars.
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[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/xcom-iron-man-ferris.281782/ Ferris]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10005292/1/ is]] an ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown''[=/=]''Film/IronMan'' ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown''[=/=]''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''[[labelnote:*]]For starters.[[/note]] crossover fanfic by u63r.
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* ShownTheirWork: Like ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'' does with Young Justice and DC comics, this story heavily references obscure bits of the MCU and Marvel comics in general. For example, minor Iron Man villain Bruno Horgan[[note]]who appeared in the non-canon Iron Man video game, working for AIM[[/note]] works for SHIELD instead of going after Tony, and the X-Ray eye from ''Series/AgentsOfShield'' is foreshadowed during the French convoy attack, then shows up properly in Arc 3.
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* ShownTheirWork: Like ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'' does with Young Justice and DC comics, this story heavily references obscure bits of the MCU and Marvel comics in general. For example, minor Iron Man villain Bruno Horgan[[note]]who appeared in the non-canon Iron Man video game, working for AIM[[/note]] AIM, as well as a tie-in comic[[/note]] works for SHIELD instead of going after Tony, and the X-Ray eye from ''Series/AgentsOfShield'' is foreshadowed during the French convoy attack, then shows up properly in Arc 3.
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** [[spoiler:Vision is an AI who can split off and reintegrate like Multiple Man, hence the name "Project Madrox".]]
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* GratuitousForeignLanguage: XCOM and SHIELD troops tend to insert random words from their native language, [[ShowTheirWork especially under stress]].
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** Chapter 28: Much of the game takes place in a 'data vault' run by the Epiphyte Corporation from ''Literature/Cryptonomicon''. [[spoiler:Okoye sits at Randy's desk, eats his Cap'n Crunch, and looks at the picture on his desk. Apparently Randy and Amy had a kid.]]
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* AlternateUniverse: For X-COM, obviously it's not the canon universe, but splits off from the first Iron Man movie by having Tony be recruited by X-COM and going to work for them instead of returning home after his captivity by Ten Rings.
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* AlternateUniverse: For X-COM, obviously it's not the canon universe, but splits off from the first Iron Man movie by having when Tony be is rescued by SHIELD and recruited by X-COM and going to work for them X-COM, instead of returning home after his captivity by Ten Rings.
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* CompositeCharacter: According to Chapter 32 and the spoilered text in the opening summary, [[spoiler:the fic's Nick Fury is Nick Fury III, grandson of Agent Carter and the classic [=WW2=] Nick Fury. Which makes him a composite of Nick Fury Jr. and Sharon Carter, AKA Agent 13.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: In Arc 3, [[spoiler:XCOM ends up using basically the same terrorist tactics as HYDRA did at the start of the fic. In Chapter 32, Miss Smith points this out to Captain America, discomfiting her.]]
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* ShownTheirWork: Like ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'' does with Young Justice and DC comics, this story heavily references obscure bits of the MCU and Marvel comics in general. For example, minor Iron Man villain Bruno Horgan[[note]]who appeared in the non-canon Iron Man video game, working for AIM[[note]] works for SHIELD instead of going after Tony, and the X-Ray eye from ''Series/AgentsOfShield'' is foreshadowed during the French convoy attack, then shows up properly in Arc 3.
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* ShownTheirWork: Like ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'' does with Young Justice and DC comics, this story heavily references obscure bits of the MCU and Marvel comics in general. For example, minor Iron Man villain Bruno Horgan[[note]]who appeared in the non-canon Iron Man video game, working for AIM[[note]] AIM[[/note]] works for SHIELD instead of going after Tony, and the X-Ray eye from ''Series/AgentsOfShield'' is foreshadowed during the French convoy attack, then shows up properly in Arc 3.
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* ShownTheirWork: Like ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'' does with Young Justice and DC comics, this story heavily references obscure bits of the MCU and Marvel comics in general. For example, minor Iron Man villain Bruno Horgan[[note]]who appeared in the non-canon Iron Man video game, working for AIM[[note]] works for SHIELD instead of going after Tony, and the X-Ray eye from ''Series/AgentsOfShield'' is foreshadowed during the French convoy attack, then shows up properly in Arc 3.
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** Chapter 30: An explicit ripoff of the war room from ''Dr Strangelove''. Another character wears a USS IOWA baseball cap, much like Creator/TomClancy.
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*** An explicit ripoff of the war room from ''DrStrangelove''. Strangelove''.
*** Another character wears a USS IOWA baseball cap, much likeCreator/TomClancy.Creator/TomClancy.
*** One character enters a scene with Batman's "Relax everyone, I'm here" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.
*** A third character directly quotes ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'';
---->Count to four, inhale. Count to four, exhale.
*** An explicit ripoff of the war room from ''Dr
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*** One character enters a scene with Batman's "Relax everyone, I'm here" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''.
*** A third character directly quotes ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'';
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** Chapter 22 has an Asgardian saying, [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes "It's the moment of dawning comprehension that I live for."]]
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** Chapter 30: An explicit ripoff of the war room from ''Dr Strangelove''. Another character wears a USS IOWA baseball cap, much like Creator/TomClancy.
** Chapter 30: An explicit ripoff of the war room from ''Dr Strangelove''. Another character wears a USS IOWA baseball cap, much like Creator/TomClancy.
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[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/xcom-iron-man-ferris.281782/ Ferris]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10005292/1/ is]] an XCOMEnemyUnknown[=/=]Film/IronMan crossover fanfic by u63r.
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[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/xcom-iron-man-ferris.281782/ Ferris]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10005292/1/ is]] an XCOMEnemyUnknown[=/=]Film/IronMan ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown''[=/=]''Film/IronMan'' crossover fanfic by u63r.
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** In chapter 5, they encounter a private security operative (you know, a mercenary) named Wilson who is very good with weapons and constantly makes goofy remarks. It's not a particularly subtle SelfDemonstrating/Deadpool reference.
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* MythologyGag: Doctor Vahlen, [[spoiler:aka Jean Grey, is from ''[[ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga Phoenix]]'', Arizona.]]
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* NoodleIncident: What, exactly, Laura did in the garage.
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* NoodleIncident: What, exactly, Laura did in the garage.garage in Chapter 05.
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* RunningGag: "Not exactly" in response to a question, both in-story and in discussion.
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** Chapter 3 has a marksman, AKA a sniper, by the name of Mundy. Mundy is the name of the Sniper from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. It also turns out that Sergeant Dunayevsky has a doctorate in Russian Literature. Again, WordOfGod confirms that he's basically the Heavy.
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** Chapter 3 has a marksman, AKA a sniper, by the name of Mundy. Mundy is the name of the Sniper from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. It also turns out that Sergeant Dunayevsky has a doctorate in Russian Literature. Again, WordOfGod confirms that he's basically the Heavy.
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** XCOM has multiple Skyrangers, like in ''Fanfic/AradsStardust'', as well as taking (David) Bradford and (Moira) Vahlen's first names from them.
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* HeroicSafeMode: Irene/Eamon has one in the start of Chapter 2, after learning that the HYDRA assassination time killed a family, including a child, to take a poke at Tony. She defaults to analysing exactly how they died, hands over her weapon, goes downstairs, vomits all over the front hall, and then gets tranqued.
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* HeroicSafeMode: Irene/Eamon has one in the start of Chapter 2, after learning that the HYDRA assassination time team killed a family, including a child, to take a poke at Tony. She defaults to analysing exactly how they died, hands over her weapon, goes downstairs, vomits all over the front hall, and then gets tranqued.
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* ShutUpElves: In chapter 22, a group of Asgardians, superhuman beings who are nigh-immortal, practically immune to bullets, and practically view themselves as gods, comment to one another how weak these aliens are (and how the PunyHumans must be overestimating their threat)... right before their leader ''literally'' walks into a Muton and gets most of his torso obliterated. One of the other team members manages to kill the muton, but the group is now panicked.
* TechnologyPorn: When new equipment or weapons are used, they're sometimes accompanied by a brief description explaining what they are, in order to inform the reader of how the poor X-ray or HYDRA terrorist on the receiving end is about to get hosed.
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* ShutUpElves: In chapter 22, a 20, [[spoiler:a group of Asgardians, superhuman beings who are nigh-immortal, practically immune to bullets, and practically view themselves as gods, comment joke to one another how weak these aliens are (and how the PunyHumans must be overestimating their threat)... right before their leader ''literally'' walks into a Muton and gets most of his torso obliterated. One of the other team members manages to kill the muton, but the group is now panicked.
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* TechnologyPorn: When new equipment or weapons are used, they're sometimes accompanied by a brief description explaining what they are, in order to inform the reader of how the poor X-ray or HYDRA terrorist on the receiving end is about to gethosed.hosed.
* TemptingFate: In Chapter 20, [[spoiler:a newbie Asgardian team of mages is sent to assist XCOM. To keep up morale, the leader quips about how the aliens really aren't that dangerous. Then he's nearly killed when he walks into a Muton, loses an arm at least, and is incapacitated for the duration of the chapter.]]
* TechnologyPorn: When new equipment or weapons are used, they're sometimes accompanied by a brief description explaining what they are, in order to inform the reader of how the poor X-ray or HYDRA terrorist on the receiving end is about to get
* TemptingFate: In Chapter 20, [[spoiler:a newbie Asgardian team of mages is sent to assist XCOM. To keep up morale, the leader quips about how the aliens really aren't that dangerous. Then he's nearly killed when he walks into a Muton, loses an arm at least, and is incapacitated for the duration of the chapter.]]
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** Chapter 22 has an Asgardian saying, [[NewspaperComics/CalvinAndHobbes "It's the moment of dawning comprehension that I live for."]]
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** The role of EXALT seems to have been replaced with the MCU organization HYDRA.
** Doctor Vahlen's real name isn't Vahlen, it's [[spoiler: Jean Grey. Yes, ''that'' Jean Grey.]]
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* ShutUpElves: In chapter 22, a group of Asgardians, superhuman beings who are nigh-immortal, practically immune to bullets, and practically view themselves as gods, comment to one another how weak these aliens are... right before their leader ''literally'' walks into a Muton and gets most of his torso obliterated. One of the other team members manages to kill the muton, but the group is now panicked.
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* ShutUpElves: In chapter 22, a group of Asgardians, superhuman beings who are nigh-immortal, practically immune to bullets, and practically view themselves as gods, comment to one another how weak these aliens are...are (and how the PunyHumans must be overestimating their threat)... right before their leader ''literally'' walks into a Muton and gets most of his torso obliterated. One of the other team members manages to kill the muton, but the group is now panicked.
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** Chapter 22 has an Asgardian saying, [[NewspaperComics/CalvinAndHobbes "It's the moment of dawning comprehension that I live for."]]
* ShutUpElves: In chapter 22, a group of Asgardians, superhuman beings who are nigh-immortal, practically immune to bullets, and practically view themselves as gods, comment to one another how weak these aliens are... right before their leader ''literally'' walks into a Muton and gets most of his torso obliterated. One of the other team members manages to kill the muton, but the group is now panicked.
* ShutUpElves: In chapter 22, a group of Asgardians, superhuman beings who are nigh-immortal, practically immune to bullets, and practically view themselves as gods, comment to one another how weak these aliens are... right before their leader ''literally'' walks into a Muton and gets most of his torso obliterated. One of the other team members manages to kill the muton, but the group is now panicked.
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[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/xcom-iron-man-ferris.281782/ Ferris]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10005292/1/ is]] an XCOMEnemyUnknown[=/=]Film/IronMan crossover fanfic by Jonn "u63r" Wood.
Eamon is an Irish geek who keeps traveling between fictional universes at the behest of some mysterious figure he calls "The Benefactor". One day, he wakes up in the body of a woman's named Irene on a helicopter next to Tony Stark, who's just been hired as the Chief Engineer of XCOM.
Then someone tries to kill them on their way to work.
Eamon is an Irish geek who keeps traveling between fictional universes at the behest of some mysterious figure he calls "The Benefactor". One day, he wakes up in the body of a woman's named Irene on a helicopter next to Tony Stark, who's just been hired as the Chief Engineer of XCOM.
Then someone tries to kill them on their way to work.
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[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/xcom-iron-man-ferris.281782/ Ferris]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10005292/1/ is]] an XCOMEnemyUnknown[=/=]Film/IronMan crossover fanfic by Jonn "u63r" Wood.
u63r.
Eamon is an Irish geek who keeps traveling between fictional universes at the behest of some mysterious figure he calls "The Benefactor". One day, he wakes up in the body of awoman's woman named Irene on a helicopter next to Tony Stark, who's just been hired as the Chief Engineer of XCOM.
Then someone tries Needless to kill them on their way to work.
say, the bad guys don't like that one bit. Especially when Tony starts building powered armor for XCOM troops. Oh, and did we mention that [[TheQuisling the aliens are working with HYDRA]]?
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* FusionFic: Fusing the worlds of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and X-COM: Enemy Unknown.
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** Doctor Vahlen [[spoiler: does this to several mutons... with her ''mind.'' Because her real name isn't ''Vahlen,'' it's ''Jean Grey.'']]
* LampshadeHanging: At one point, the concept of bipedal robots is taken down, pointing out that while intimidating, it's usually better to have them with wheels or treads.
* LampshadeHanging: At one point, the concept of bipedal robots is taken down, pointing out that while intimidating, it's usually better to have them with wheels or treads.
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** Due to giving Thor additional weapons before he returns to Asgard, including ICER weapons, Thor is able to capture Loki, the Rainbow Bridge remains intact, and Asgard is setting up relations with Earth. What this means for how badly this throws the MCU off the rails remains to be seen.
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** Chapter 9 has a discussion about animal names in regard to Squad Names. The first two mentioned are Mako and Hammerhead, which are the names of the Squads in Mass Effect 3's Citadel DLC.
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* AlternateUniverse: For X-COM, obviously it's not the canon universe, but splits off from the first Iron Man movie by having Tony be recruited by X-COM and going to work for them instead of returning home after his captivity by Ten Rings.
** Instead of Doctor Yinsin, it was Doctor Shen who helped Tony build the first suit of Iron Man armor.
** Instead of Doctor Yinsin, it was Doctor Shen who helped Tony build the first suit of Iron Man armor.
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** In chapter 5, they encounter a man named Wilson who is very good at weapons and constantly makes goofy remarks. Deadpool, anyone?
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* LensmanArmsRace: The opening assassination attempt gives XCOM early laser weapons. Later on, [[spoiler:HYDRA starts reverse-engineering their PoweredArmor to make bipedal robots.]] This gives XCOM the idea to [[spoiler:make their own autonomous robots, though they're more like SHIVs, albeit with AI based on Dummy.]] Later still, [[spoiler:HYDRA not only has fully functional robots of their own, they've also got their own Unibeams with an electrical version of the repulsor. Also, they've cracked the Plasma Sniper, and are letting the aliens use both.]] This is all before the end of the first arc, mind.
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* LensmanArmsRace: The opening assassination attempt gives XCOM early laser weapons. Later on, [[spoiler:HYDRA starts reverse-engineering their PoweredArmor to make bipedal robots.]] This gives XCOM the idea to [[spoiler:make their own autonomous robots, though they're more like SHIVs, [=SHIVs=], albeit with AI based on Dummy.]] Later still, [[spoiler:HYDRA not only has fully functional robots of their own, they've also got their own Unibeams with an electrical version of the repulsor. Also, they've cracked the Plasma Sniper, and are letting the aliens use both.]] This is all before the end of the first arc, mind.
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* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodeNames: Played with. Some aliens have the same names they did in the game, while its Thin Men are called "Infiltrators". In the spirit of the trope, since the first one we see in the fic is a ''thin man'', he's identified as such several times.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''[[AnyoneCanDie In the fields the bodies burning]], [[Music/BlackSabbath as the war machine keeps turning]]...'']]
->'''Jocasta''': We've found that this isn't a war ordinary tactics can win.
''The pitch: A geek ends up in the XCOM universe. Good News: He's just the Chief Engineer's personal assistant. Bad News: The Chief Engineer is [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]].''
[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/xcom-iron-man-ferris.281782/ Ferris]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10005292/1/ is]] an XCOMEnemyUnknown[=/=]Film/IronMan crossover fanfic by Jonn "u63r" Wood.
Eamon is an Irish geek who keeps traveling between fictional universes at the behest of some mysterious figure he calls "The Benefactor". One day, he wakes up in the body of a woman's named Irene on a helicopter next to Tony Stark, who's just been hired as the Chief Engineer of XCOM.
Then someone tries to kill them on their way to work.
!!This crossover fanfic provides examples of:
* AccentRelapse: [[spoiler:When Eamon gets drunk after Laura dies, Irene starts to lose her Chicago accent and gain his Irish one. Tony just assumes she's drunk.]]
* AmazonBrigade: HYDRA seems to prefer female infiltrators.
* AnyoneCanDie: Well, it ''is'' about XCOM.
* BeardOfSorrow: Bradford grows one after a failed mission, and keeps it.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In the first chapter, Eamon deduces where the sniper is, comes up with a plan, and charges their position with an SMG. This after being next to a man who was just horribly killed by the same sniper.
** Director Schmidt, in the meeting where she meets Tony, informs him that the briefing tablet will be waiting on his pillow. He quips that he wanted a chocolate. She snarks right back that she was feeling peckish, and apologizes. [[spoiler:[[CallBack There actually is a chocolate when Eamon finally gets to bed]].]]
* FanWank: The first suit rolls off the line about two weeks after Tony arrives. The justification is that in-canon, the Iron Man suit took a month or so to make, and so did the Iron Monger suit. Working directly with comparable scientists (his team), and making a less-advanced powered rig lets them shave off a lot of time.
* HeroicBSOD: After [[spoiler:STONE PROPHET goes pear-shaped, both Tony and Bradford blame themselves for the mission's failure. They're snapped out of it by Vahlen and Director Schmidt, respectively.]]
* HeroicSafeMode: Irene/Eamon has one in the start of Chapter 2, after learning that the HYDRA assassination time killed a family, including a child, to take a poke at Tony. She defaults to analysing exactly how they died, hands over her weapon, goes downstairs, vomits all over the front hall, and then gets tranqued.
* HiddenDepths:
** Bradford plays the guitar.
** Pena reads poetry, and is apparently an Creator/EmilyDickinson fan.
* InfantImmortality: Averted. The first chapter ends with Eamon and the readers learning that HYDRA killed a kid, and in the Moscow Terror Mission, [[spoiler:an entire school is attacked and implanted by Chryssalids.]]
* InMediasRes: As the fic opens, XCOM has been operating for some time, and has already started to populate the Memorial Wall.
* KillItWithFire: Repeatedly. Chryssalids have a vulnerability to flame in this universe, just like they do in ''Enemy Within''.
* NamesTheSame: Upon meeting a rookie with the same first name as his, Pena thinks "[[Creator/EmilyDickinson there's a pair of us]], [[LampshadeHanging don't tell]]!"
* NoodleIncident: What, exactly, Laura did in the garage.
* RealityEnsues : In Chapter 3, [[spoiler:Eamon is surprised to find that XCOM starts with six-man squads, not four like in the game. [[ThisIsReality His internal chiding asks him whether he thought they would move on a grid]].]]
** XCOM also has multiple Skyrangers, much like in ''AradsStardust''.
** HYDRA tries attacking XCOM's satellite on the launchpad.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Most of the equipment is named after Greco-Roman figures. This is revealed to be because [[spoiler:Director Schmidt has a mythology degree.]]
* RousingSpeech: Tony tries one, gets sidetracked, and admits that he's just not that good at speeches.
* RuleOfFun: The author's notes for the Moscow Terror Mission note that the scenario in the fic would be nearly unplayable, and not much fun. He also points out that saving a few dozen people in attacks that kill thousands isn't really that notable.
* SequenceBreaking:
** Due to the opening assassination attempt, XCOM gets early access to not only laser weapons, but precision lasers (sniper rifles) and scatter lasers. They put it to good use.
** Subverted in Chapter 4 when it comes to [[spoiler:killing the Sectoid Commander during the "tutorial" mission. The Director doesn't allocate funds to the psychic research, because it's an unproven field and may not actually be replicable in humans, compared to Tony's suits.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: The staff seem very supportive of Irene/Laura, as well as Bradford/Director Schmidt, despite the latter being technically against regs.
* ShoutOut:
** XCOM has multiple Skyrangers, like in ''AradsStardust'', as well as taking (David) Bradford and (Moira) Vahlen's first names from them.
** The mayor of Vancouver is one Pierre "Pepe" Tucker, a reference to popular [[Fanfic/{{Renegade}} and]] [[Fanfic/TiberiumWars prolific]] [[Fanfic/{{Forward}} Spacebattles]] [[Fanfic/{{Harbinger}} writer]] [[Fanfic/NoGodsOnlyGuns Peptuck]]. It is further noted that in the spirit of the MCU's Stan Lee cameos, he would be played by Creator/SidMeier. It's not clear whether he knew Meier ''is'' actually Canadian.
** When someone points out how hard XCOM's job, is, a squaddie responds "[[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic We do it, so you don't have to.]]"
* TechnologyPorn: When new equipment or weapons are used, they're sometimes accompanied by a brief description explaining what they are, in order to inform the reader of how the poor X-ray or HYDRA terrorist on the receiving end is about to get hosed.
[[caption-width-right:300:''[[AnyoneCanDie In the fields the bodies burning]], [[Music/BlackSabbath as the war machine keeps turning]]...'']]
->'''Jocasta''': We've found that this isn't a war ordinary tactics can win.
''The pitch: A geek ends up in the XCOM universe. Good News: He's just the Chief Engineer's personal assistant. Bad News: The Chief Engineer is [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]].''
[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/xcom-iron-man-ferris.281782/ Ferris]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10005292/1/ is]] an XCOMEnemyUnknown[=/=]Film/IronMan crossover fanfic by Jonn "u63r" Wood.
Eamon is an Irish geek who keeps traveling between fictional universes at the behest of some mysterious figure he calls "The Benefactor". One day, he wakes up in the body of a woman's named Irene on a helicopter next to Tony Stark, who's just been hired as the Chief Engineer of XCOM.
Then someone tries to kill them on their way to work.
!!This crossover fanfic provides examples of:
* AccentRelapse: [[spoiler:When Eamon gets drunk after Laura dies, Irene starts to lose her Chicago accent and gain his Irish one. Tony just assumes she's drunk.]]
* AmazonBrigade: HYDRA seems to prefer female infiltrators.
* AnyoneCanDie: Well, it ''is'' about XCOM.
* BeardOfSorrow: Bradford grows one after a failed mission, and keeps it.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In the first chapter, Eamon deduces where the sniper is, comes up with a plan, and charges their position with an SMG. This after being next to a man who was just horribly killed by the same sniper.
** Director Schmidt, in the meeting where she meets Tony, informs him that the briefing tablet will be waiting on his pillow. He quips that he wanted a chocolate. She snarks right back that she was feeling peckish, and apologizes. [[spoiler:[[CallBack There actually is a chocolate when Eamon finally gets to bed]].]]
* FanWank: The first suit rolls off the line about two weeks after Tony arrives. The justification is that in-canon, the Iron Man suit took a month or so to make, and so did the Iron Monger suit. Working directly with comparable scientists (his team), and making a less-advanced powered rig lets them shave off a lot of time.
* HeroicBSOD: After [[spoiler:STONE PROPHET goes pear-shaped, both Tony and Bradford blame themselves for the mission's failure. They're snapped out of it by Vahlen and Director Schmidt, respectively.]]
* HeroicSafeMode: Irene/Eamon has one in the start of Chapter 2, after learning that the HYDRA assassination time killed a family, including a child, to take a poke at Tony. She defaults to analysing exactly how they died, hands over her weapon, goes downstairs, vomits all over the front hall, and then gets tranqued.
* HiddenDepths:
** Bradford plays the guitar.
** Pena reads poetry, and is apparently an Creator/EmilyDickinson fan.
* InfantImmortality: Averted. The first chapter ends with Eamon and the readers learning that HYDRA killed a kid, and in the Moscow Terror Mission, [[spoiler:an entire school is attacked and implanted by Chryssalids.]]
* InMediasRes: As the fic opens, XCOM has been operating for some time, and has already started to populate the Memorial Wall.
* KillItWithFire: Repeatedly. Chryssalids have a vulnerability to flame in this universe, just like they do in ''Enemy Within''.
* NamesTheSame: Upon meeting a rookie with the same first name as his, Pena thinks "[[Creator/EmilyDickinson there's a pair of us]], [[LampshadeHanging don't tell]]!"
* NoodleIncident: What, exactly, Laura did in the garage.
* RealityEnsues : In Chapter 3, [[spoiler:Eamon is surprised to find that XCOM starts with six-man squads, not four like in the game. [[ThisIsReality His internal chiding asks him whether he thought they would move on a grid]].]]
** XCOM also has multiple Skyrangers, much like in ''AradsStardust''.
** HYDRA tries attacking XCOM's satellite on the launchpad.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Most of the equipment is named after Greco-Roman figures. This is revealed to be because [[spoiler:Director Schmidt has a mythology degree.]]
* RousingSpeech: Tony tries one, gets sidetracked, and admits that he's just not that good at speeches.
* RuleOfFun: The author's notes for the Moscow Terror Mission note that the scenario in the fic would be nearly unplayable, and not much fun. He also points out that saving a few dozen people in attacks that kill thousands isn't really that notable.
* SequenceBreaking:
** Due to the opening assassination attempt, XCOM gets early access to not only laser weapons, but precision lasers (sniper rifles) and scatter lasers. They put it to good use.
** Subverted in Chapter 4 when it comes to [[spoiler:killing the Sectoid Commander during the "tutorial" mission. The Director doesn't allocate funds to the psychic research, because it's an unproven field and may not actually be replicable in humans, compared to Tony's suits.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: The staff seem very supportive of Irene/Laura, as well as Bradford/Director Schmidt, despite the latter being technically against regs.
* ShoutOut:
** XCOM has multiple Skyrangers, like in ''AradsStardust'', as well as taking (David) Bradford and (Moira) Vahlen's first names from them.
** The mayor of Vancouver is one Pierre "Pepe" Tucker, a reference to popular [[Fanfic/{{Renegade}} and]] [[Fanfic/TiberiumWars prolific]] [[Fanfic/{{Forward}} Spacebattles]] [[Fanfic/{{Harbinger}} writer]] [[Fanfic/NoGodsOnlyGuns Peptuck]]. It is further noted that in the spirit of the MCU's Stan Lee cameos, he would be played by Creator/SidMeier. It's not clear whether he knew Meier ''is'' actually Canadian.
** When someone points out how hard XCOM's job, is, a squaddie responds "[[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic We do it, so you don't have to.]]"
* TechnologyPorn: When new equipment or weapons are used, they're sometimes accompanied by a brief description explaining what they are, in order to inform the reader of how the poor X-ray or HYDRA terrorist on the receiving end is about to get hosed.
