The squad lands on a highway that has been cut off by alien forces, trapping quite a few civilians under an underpass.
Our troops move quickly, trying to save as many civilians as possible before contact with the aliens is made
Almost immediately a group of thin men rush towards our troops. They are met with a volley of lasers and bullets, but their agility lets them escape mostly unharmed
They are quickly followed by a group of the insectoids! This does not bode well...
Underhill strikes the first blow, damaging one of the insectoids
Agalia and Krauss take no chances, blasting the clustered aliens with a pair of AP grenades
Which leaves them weakened enough for the rest of the squad to take out
Of course, that let the Thin Men continue their work. One of them tries to keep the squad occupied while the others focus on the hapless civilians
Agalia, as usual, uses explosives to share his opinion with them
Rickenbacker manages to take one down, despite the heavy cover
And Krauss tries to keep another occupied while Underhill moves around to flank it.
Unphased by their imminent demise, the Thin Men continue their mission to terrorize the United States
The arrival of more Insectoids makes the Thin Men's actions a bit clearer
Underhill takes out the one she has in her sights
While Greene softens up the Insectoids with a well placed rocket while the rest of the squad falls back to deal with this new threat
And Vector disorients the aliens with a well placed flash bang to keep them under control for a bit
However, another Insectoid appears from behind a big rig
And despite the flash bang one of the creatures manages to get a hold on a civilian. That poor man...
Krauss and Agalia team up to take out one of the creatures
While Vector and Rickenbacker take out a second
Greene takes no chances with the last one, obliterating both the alien and the civilian corpse with a rocket. He can at least spare the man the horror of becoming a zombie.
The aliens reposition themselves. The lone insectoid rushing in on Rickenbacker, Vector, and Greene while the Thin Man looks for more prey
Rickenbacker deals with the immediate threat
While Agalia takes out the Thin Man
The civilians are far from safe, however. A group of Seekers is spotted and advance on the troops.
Agalia manages to do a bit of damage with a grenade
And Krauss blasts the big one with her Autolaser. Unfortunately, it's too tough to be taken out easily
And it takes a follow up sniper shot to take it out for good
Rickenbacker and Greene focus on the others
But even more seekers move in
The civilians continue to be the focus of the aliens aggression as our troops look on in horror
Out of ammo in her rifle, Rickenbacker fires her pistol in a futile gesture of rage. The bullets simply bounce off the tough armor of the alien constructs.
Greene, however, still has one rocket left. He puts it to good use.
Which lets Underhill and Vector make short work of two of the robots
Krauss keeps the last visible alien pinned with suppression fire
But a hidden alien ambushes Agalia, strangling him with its horrid tentacles!
The squad unloads on the robotic monstrosity in a desperate attempt to save their comrade, finally destroying it
Its doom at hand, the last remaining Seeker takes one final blow against the United States
Before being struck down by the valient soldiers of X-COM
A brave effort by our troops, but I fear that this victory will do little to stem the rising panic in the United States. The Aliens are dead, but so are many innocent civilians
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Topic: XCOM: Long War - (Canceled: Moving to new campaign for Beta 15) (Read 97504 times)