Some soldier updates:
After some discussion, Dr. Vahlen and I decide to do some quick research into the alien Fighter class UFOs before moving on to Improved Body Armor
A quick overview of the base:
Foundry will be up and running soon, which will be quite helpful. We're also on track to get satellites up over the rest of Europe before the end of the month.
Mexico is asking for Weapons fragments to aid them in their defense research. It's a bit expensive for a single engineer, but Mexico needs all the help it can get so we agree.
Our research into Fighters is complete, so we move on to Improved Body Armor
Not long after the Foundry is completed
We can't afford anything quite yet, but soon we'll be able to start on quite a few necessary projects.
After days of inactivity, the aliens finally strike again. This time sending a medium UFO against our European satellites!
Our fighter manages to get in quite a few good hits, but can't quite bring it down
With nothing but a single Avalanche equipped fighter left operational in Europe, we're forced to leave it. Fortunately, it has sustained too much damage to continue its mission.
Things quiet down a bit. A new solider arrives in the barracks. We'll have to get her some combat experience soon.
Amusingly, this now brings us up to exactly 28 Women and 14 Men. X-COM has a very female dominated combat group!
With no intel on Exalts actions for a bit, we decide to spend some resources on a scan.
All is quiet out there. At least for now.
Brazil requests some Sectoid corpses for Study. We can always use additional scientists on staff, so we agree.
Another UFO contact, this one a Raider coming in over Africa. We scramble the fighters
The first inerceptor lands a few hits but sustains too much damage to continue
The second brings it down!
Alien activity is detected at the crash site, so we assemble a team
(Not pictured is an NPC medic coming along to patch you guys up if you get shot)
Next up: Operation Bloody Justice