Operation Cold Justice, January 16, 1999
: "Send up an Interceptor to keep an eye on the bogey, send the Skyranger immediately after the Interceptor launches. Order the interceptor to destroy the ship if it tries to take off."
: "Yes sir."
: "..."
: "..."
*"Pulling over the bogey. Beginning watch."*
: "Alert us if anything changes. The Ranger is closing in."
*"Sir, the UFO is off, moving in to shoot it down."*
: "Good."
*"Ka-BAM. It is going down."*
: "Return to base. The Skyranger is closing in on the ship."
: "The Skyranger has landed, sir."
: "Alright then. Greetings soldiers, this is Chief Officer of XCom speaking. Do this like you have been trained to do so, and half of you might make it back. If all of you die and lose the Skyranger, I'll be getting the scientists to figure out a way to make certain that you will be hunted down in the afterlife and be dragged back to pay for it. Do I make myself clear?"
Sirhc: "Y-yes sir."
Maxclone III: "Of course, sir"
: *Beep*
: "I'll contact you again after the mission. Til then, you are to follow the orders of the base commander."
: "Brownie and HX, throw a smoke and flare."
: *Beep*
:
Affirmative: "Three, keep everyone in the Ranger."
Maxclone III: "Right! If anyone tries, I'll shoot you myself!"
: "Smoke is out, advance."
All: "Yes, sir!"
: "Crovid, toss a flare into the left orchard."
: "Done, sir."
: "Blue, do the same to the other orchard."
Ms. Blue: "On my way, sir."
Ms. Blue: "Task completed."
: "Alright then, Crovid, Sirhc, F. Kaos, Mr. Pink, head into Orchard 1."
Sirhc: "Alright."
Mr. Pink: "On my way."
: "'ead'n out"
: "..."
: "Ms. Blue, HX, Three, Mr. Red, head into Orchard 2."
Ms. Blue: "Alright."
:
AffirmativeMaxclone III: "Woohoo! Already doing better than I and II combined!"
Mr. Red: "Fine."
: "Brownie, Mr. Orange, Mrs. Black, guard the interceptor."
: *Beep*
Mr. Orange: "Fine by me."
Mrs. Black: "Good, I don't want to be in the line of fire."
*Fzow*
: "URK!"
Mr. Pink: "F. Kaos is down!"
: "
Kaos must be 'Redshirt' in some foreign language."
: "Anyone see where the shot came from?"
: "Upper level of the barn."
: "Move along the walls to get inside."
Mr. Pink: "Alright then, I'l-AW FUCK! THAT HU-RGHLE"
: "Pink's down."
: "From where?"
: "Opposite side of the hedge corner."
: "Brownie, move up to suppor-"
: *Beep**Beep**Gunfire*
: "Brownie's spotted a hostile outside the barn. Hit it once, but it isn't dead."
: "Kill it."
: "Target downed."
Maxclone III: "Sir, permission for me and HX to move up to assist Orchard 1?"
: "Grante-"
Sirhc: "Woah!"
: "Shit!"
: *Beeeeeep*
: "What happened?"
Sirhc: "A Grey came out from behind the hedges and topped off a shot at us!"
: "It headed back the way it came, sir."
: "Pull back. Mr. Orange?"
Mr. Orange: "Yes?"
: "Grenade it."
Mr. Orange: "Yes, sir."
Mr. Orange: "Boo-"
: *Beeeeeep**Beeeeep*
: "What the FUCK!?! It's still alive!"
: *Bee-zt!"
Sirhc: "Hey! Pick on someone your own size, bastard!"
Sirhc: "Ha! HA!"
: "Nice shot soldier. Orchard 1, move up to the saucer proper."
Sirhc: "You heard the man, move on up!"
: "Yes, sir."
Maxclone III: "Yes, sir."
:
AffirmativeMr. Orange: "Okay."
Sirhc: "What was that Orange?"
Mr. Orange: "I said, yes, sir."
: "
Disrupt the radio waves, but not the visuals. There haven't been many deaths, so let's see how well they do it alone."
Sirhc: "We're at the saucer."
*Heavy static*
:
Heavy radio wave interference detected. Contact lost when in range of disturbance.Sirhc: "Well, then, looks like we're going to have to do this bit alone. Crovid, you, me, and Max will head in. HX and Orange, you keep an eye out, but be ready to support us. Everyone understand?"
: "Yes, sir."
Maxclone III: "Yes, sir."
:
AffirmativeMr. Orange: "...Yes, sir."
Sirhc: "Go."
Sirhc: "Large amount of damage for an only one meter hole in the roof. Might want to mention their fuel is unstable to the geeks."
: "I see one."
Sirhc: "Fire at will!"
Maxclone III: "HAha! Killed it!"
Sirhc: "HX! Orange! Get in here! We need to pull a full check of the ship!"
:
Affirmative.Mr. Orange: "Yes, sir!"
: "They've loaded up the skyranger and have blown the ship's remains."
: "Cancel the disruption."
Sirhc: "...wonder when we'll be out of range."
: "Out of range of what soldier?"
Sirhc: "The radio wave interference. Appears we are now. Too bad we weren't able to find what was causing it. Did you not know?"
: "We learned about it at the first site. I was wondering if you noticed Sergeant."
Sirhc: "HX had tol-wait, Sergeant?"
: "We were able to keep control of the visuals this time. You did a good job in taking charge of the situation, so yes, you are now an officer."
Sirhc: "Thank you, sir."
: "I expect a full report of the mission by tomorrow."
Sirhc: "Yes si-wait, mission report?"
: "While we are able to observe the situation remotely, a report is still required, and now that you are an officer, it is your job to write one up."
Sirhc: "...Sonova-"
Deployment records are now updated.