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[Tiruin]

* Tiruin looks at roster.

         F   Specialist   Scout   China   High   Low   4   High   Medium   Alive

Oh sure...you get the Scout role. :I
...I really wanted to be a scout.

Can we nuke it from orbit, as the only way to be sure?

Nah, we don't do that.
We launch a perilous raid once we advance our tech and breach the alien base there!
Then cue LIBERATION!

[crazysheep]

Or we could let the US leave the council, and then we raid the aliens' base there after that? I don't think it's worth pursuing NA at this point, but we should build up interceptor capability for whichever continent we want to blanket with satellites :3

[Mephansteras]

The aliens send an attack force to China.


The soldiers prep for battle. Intel reports moderate alien presence, so we won't be sending any rookies on this one.




A good clean mission. Nothing spectacular happens, and only one soldier was injured.


China is most grateful for our quick response

[Mephansteras]

Two new soldiers arrive in the barracks. We'll have to see about getting them some experience.



We trade weapon fragments to Mexico and Germany for some more skilled Engineers




A priority transmission from the Council comes in. It seems there is a new threat to deal with, a traitorous group of Humans calling themselves Exalt. They are actively working to stop our efforts against the aliens.



And it seems that their first action is to hack our research systems. Most disturbing.


We'll need to send an operative in to work against them. I choose Zhang, since he's the most qualified we have for pistol work at the moment.




We'll be sending in an extraction team in the next few days to get him back out, along with whatever information he's managed to recover from Exalt.

[UXLZ]

Good luck, Zhang.

Did this thing appear because the US reached max panic, or is it scripted to always appear after a certain amount of time?

[crazysheep]

EXALT stuff is scripted, we're lucky they didn't do a propaganda blitz in Canada/Mexico to make it harder for us keep council nations. Still, a research hack is pretty nasty :/

It seems I missed the bit where Zhang isn't forced to become a Heavy/Weapons guy straight after he joins XCOM...

[Jim Groovester]

How much longer until Jim is out of the medbay and able to kick EXALT heads in?

[Mephansteras]

In the meantime, a scout ship heads over africa. It takes two interceptors, but we manage to down it.



A perfect chance to train up the new rookies!






Near perfect mission! Got meld, no injuries, and 4 leveled rookies!


A few days later Germany comes under attack.


The troops are readied


Haul is given Holotargeting, since I haven't received anything about what to do with him.


Next up, Operation Bloody Heat

[IronyOwl]

Finally, back in action!

[Darkening Kaos]

      My apologies, Meph, I've been in the Aussie outback for two weeks without internets.

Spoiler: Soldiers (click to show/hide)

Darkening Kaos, you can choose between Shredder Ammo (Damaged enemies take additional damage for 4 rounds from any hits), HEAT Ammo (Mechanical units take extra damage), or Ranger (Bonus 1 Damage to all targets and +2 Aim, +2 Will)

    "Shredder, I choose you"

    Also, please change nickname to "Miss. Smith".

[Mephansteras]

Spoiler: Operation Bloody Heat (click to show/hide)

The alien activity seems to be restricted to this single street. No sign of the aliens yet, but we do spot an alien canister just ahead.


The aliens aren't too far away, however, with a pack of those robot squids spotted by Bruciare as she sets up for a rocket


With no time to steady her aim, she does her best. Which is pretty damn good, as she wrecks all but one of them.


Villiams picks off the lone survivor, and the squad pushes on.


The canister is recovered without further sign of the aliens. They must be further down the street.


Albtraum spots them through the rain! Two groups, one of Thin Men and another of Floaters!



Raven tags one but isn't quite able to kill it as they move in


Maelle has a bit better luck


And Haul sets up some holotargeting on another, which lets Raven take it out



But Haul gets hit by return fire from the Thin Men


Bruciare lands another solid rocket hit in the middle of the aliens, but they manage to avoid most of the damage


Raven patches up Haul while he lays down some suppression fire on the Thin Man leader


Who ignores the hail of laser fire and takes Haul down!


Villiams moves over to support, taking out a Thin Man with an excellent shot


Blinded by bloodlust, the Thin Man leader failed to notice that the car he was behind was about to explode...but somehow the creature survives the blast


Meanwhile, Villiams takes out one of the remaining floaters


And Maelle the other


Allowing Raven to stabalize Haul, and leaving just two Thin Men to mop up


The Thin men fall back, but it does them little good. Maelle takes out one from across the map.


And Abstraum and Bruciare pull a flanking maneuver on the badly injured leader




A decent mission. Haul was badly injured in the fighting, adding to our mounting sick bay list, but otherwise the mission went pretty well.


Resource wise, we got an amazing 26 Meld off of that mission!


As well as some additional funds from Germany

Spoiler: Soldiers (click to show/hide)

Three promotions this time



UXLZ, you can choose between Battle Scanner (Always have 2 Battle Scanners equipped, freeing up an inventory slot), Flush (A low damage attack with a high chance to hit that forces aliens to move), or Lone Wolf (+10 Aim and Critical if no allies are within 7 tiles). Battle Scanner is my default for scouts, but any of them can be useful.
Also, you can pick a different Nickname now. Did you want Delta 1 for that?


Powder Miner, you can choose between Fire in the Hole (+10 Aim and increased range for rockets if you don't move), Suppression (same as the Gunners ability and +2 aim), Snap Shot (Reduces the Aim penalty for rockets after moving)


Remalle, you can choose between Disabling Shot (Prevents the enemy from using thier primary weapon until they reload), Precision Shot (High Critical Chance shot with Sniper Rifles or a full Squadsight shot with Marksman rifles), or Snap Shot (Allows Sniper rifles to Move and Shoot with a -10 Aim penalty)

No rest for XCOM, however. Almost as soon as the troops got back we get a priority mission from the council



Our med bay is looking rather full right now, and unfortunately both of our assaults are going to be out of action for a bit longer. This mission is going to be rough...


Rickenbacker is promoted to Lieutenant


And Kaos is promoted to Corporal


We assemble a team from the available soldiers. Good troops, all of them, let's hope they can do what needs to be done.


It is time for the Site Recon mission....Operation Crystal Star

[GiglameshDespair]

Uh oh.

Relevant.

[Sheb]

I'm so glad I'm not on that mission.

[UXLZ]

No, no. Naming the character 'Delta 1' was somewhat of a reference to the regular memory wipes Ghosts go through. Hence I thought it was more fitting to give him a name like that rather than a proper one, at first. I renamed him later once he became more experienced and... Had his own personality, really.
I'll either keep 'Omega' as the nickname, or you can change it to 'Skeith' or 'Abel'. Up to you, whichever one you think is cooler. xD
I'll take the Battle Scanners. As nice as it would be to be a bad ass 'lone wolf' the point of a Scout is to support their squad. Besides, utility is always good.

[GiglameshDespair]

I'm so glad I'm not on that mission.

You seem to be lucky at avoiding missions with chryssalids, aren't you?