The alien craft went down in a rocky, forested area.
It doesn't take long before the squad starts detecting Alien Activity
The downed craft, and a group of Sectoids, are discovered not long after!
They unleash some sort of mental horror on Amenamen, causing him to hallucinate and panic
The rest of the squad retaliates with more...direct threats
Maelle gets in the first kill, taking out the alien boosting its allies
And Tenrin makes full use of her new laser rifle's accuracy to pick off the wounded alien and heavily damage the final one
It fires back, but in its pained state can't hit anything
Out of energy for her rifle, Tenrin calmly finishes the job with her Pistol
(Seriously...that was a 20% shot that I only took because she needed to reload that round anyway and the shot was basically free)
With the sectoids taken care of, the squad regroups and reloads before moving to investigate the craft. Sounds of alien activity are soon heard.
A group of Thin Men, moving in on our position!
The squad unleashes a barrage of laser fire, taking out two of the Thin Men
It retreats further into the ship
Meanwhile, the crystal aliens move up to engage the squad
Greene fires a rocket, but only manages to destroy a bunch of cover
While Tenrin and Amenamen seriously injure one of the two crystal aliens, but are unable to quite finish it off.
Sectoids move up the Right flank. The squad is being pincered!
The aliens pin down McSheb with suppression fire, and the Thin Man returns to the fight
With the squad pinned down and no decent cover to retreat to, the troops really show us their worth!
Amenamen badly injures the Thin Man, allowing Tenrin to take it out with her HE Grenade
While Max and Kaos double team the Outsider leader
The Sectoids assault Amenamen's mind again, wracking him with horror and pain
Greene turns his attention to the surviving crystal alien
Allowing McSheb to take it out
The sectoids finally gather their courage up and assault the team. Fortunately, McSheb's armor takes the brunt of the plasma.
And the other Sectoid's aim is poor.
Unfortunately, Greene's rocket aim isn't much better without time to prepare a careful shot
So the squad falls back on good old fashioned gunplay
Naturally, the aliens bring in one more group of reinforcements. A group of Drones fly in to back up the Sectoids.
And emboldened by allies, a Sectoid manages to get in a hit on Amenamen
But the other still can't hit anything
Kaos shows us just how powerful her Autolaser can be
And Tenrin lands a solid hit on the more accurate of the Sectoids
Maelle, however, is forced to retreat from the swarming drones on her position
Kaos comes to her rescue, blowing Drones out of the sky with remarkable precision
Freeing up the Sniper to take out of of the Sectoids
The last Sectoid gets in one final blow on us, wounding Tenrin
Before Amenamen rushes in and takes it out for good
A solid mission, if challenging. Excellent work by the team in what could have been a disastrous situation!