RevisionNOTSOFT Enhanced Retention (NOTSOFTER)
By borrowing a few SAS, SEAL, and yes, even a couple Spetsnaz trainers, we hope to bring our program up to its original specifications. The apparent focus on brutality is to be discarded for a focus on efficiency and training value. Instead of raw brutality, we will have hard training regimens with a purpose. Also, there's no reason for permanent injuries in a reasonable training regimen. Whatever weird thing is causing those, we got rid of it. Strained muscles and bruises are to be expected, even broken bones if, for example. However, it should not be so traumatic as to permanently debilitate them, that's just ridiculous.
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Unexpected Boon
It turns out that bringing in outside help was exactly what the NOTSOFT program needed. The new NOTSOFTER program is a hard, fair and most importantly efficient training program, that gives our forces all the training they could potentially need on their basic set of equipment. Removing the undue harshness and injuries has dramatically increased retention rates, and has had a significant positive effect upon our forces.
In essence, the new NOTSOFTER program is the ultimate result in effective training standards. Any further improvement would neither unconventional approaches, or focus on specialization.
In other news, several of our officers have taken the opportunity to develop ties with the various organisations from which we have drawn our new trainers. Although a bureaucratic quagmire, the possibility now exists to "borrow" a few forces should we so require.
UFO DETECTEDCraft(s): Small/ Very Small
Destination: Japan
Current Trajectory : Landed, Preparing for take-off
Squads Present : 1*Sectoid, 1*Scout Drone, Mysterious Boxes
Bogey 004 and 005 were detected together, operating in a lightly populated area in Southern Japan. Thanks to local forces, we have plenty of UAV footage on the threat. Bogey 004 appears to be an ordinary UFO, the same type we've shot down twice before. Imagery indicates that the aliens are present in the same numbers as they were in Nigeria: one groups consisting of "Sectoids" and another group of silvery drones referred to as Scout Drones. Their objective too appears to be the same, the non-lethal capture of as many humans as they can find.
We appear to have caught them just as they're ending their operation. Video footage shows the Sectoid loading their UFO with humans as well as mysterious glowing boxes that we have not seen before. We can only speculate as to their purpose, but they seem important. Certainly the sectoids show more care with them as with their human captives.
Our information on Bogey 005 is limited, consisting of a single fragmented picture taken just before it blaster the UAV out of the sky. It appears to be smaller, but that's all we can say.
Craft(s): Small/ Very Small
Destination: Brazil
Current Trajectory : Low altitude, Leading for Landing
Military radar systems have spotted what we believe to be Bogey 006 and 007. They appear to be flying at low altitude, likely on final approach to land. We do not have much information, we do know that there are 2 UFO's, each the same size or smaller than the UFO's we saw last month.
Vehicles
Raven (Interceptor) : Way beyond the bleeding edge of technology, the Raven is far beyond any other jet fighter ever build on Earth. With upgraded avionics, adjusted tracking, and advanced pulse detonation engines, the Raven is capable of pursuing even high speed alien craft. If needed, it can use it's avalanche missiles to shoot down any intruders. Cost : 2 VP
Skyranger (Troop Transport) : World's first supersonic troop transport. The Skyranger is high speed, heavily armored troop transport, capable of deploying and retrieving a single squad of soldiers in various situations. Cost : 1 VP
Equipment
Basic XCOM Rifle : XCOM's standard rifle. Cutting edge, custom designed, yet still affordable. Part of standard equipment.
Cost : 0
Basic XCOM Grenade : A simple grenade. Activate, throw, explode. Part of standard equipment.
Cost : 0
BASIC XCOM PISTOL : A simple, highpower pistol. It packs a pretty heavy punch, making it an effective if chalkenging sidearm Part of standard equipment.
Cost : 0
Training Program
Rookie Training Program : A basic introduction to the entire Xcom project. The absolute minimum that any soldier needs to know to operate successfully at XCOM. Cost : 1 Unit Points.
NOTSOFTER training regimen : A hard, effective international training regime, that gives our soldiers the tools and capacity to deal with aliens. Trains forces to a standard marginally higher than that attained by most special force units Cost : 1 Unit Points.
Inter Agency Cooperation teams : As part of ties developed through the NOTSOFTER training regime, we now have the capability of drawing upon special force teams. They're not as well suited to fight aliens as we're however, and nations will object if we keep losing them. Cost 1 Unit Point [SPECIAL : Can't use XCOM GEAR, No vehicle needed for deployment when used in North America or Europe]
Mission Profiles
Interception : A simple mission profile that focuses on intercepting an alien vessel as soon as it's detected, destroying it before it can do any damage to any innocent people.
Down and Capture : A more complicated mission profile that focuses on downing an alien vessel (or waiting for it to land), and then storming it with ground forces.
XCOM Resources
Island Mountain HQ [An isolated, hidden underground base on a remote island in the Aegean]
Aereal reconnaissance program : A simple program that allows us to requisition drone reconnaissance on suspected UFO sites.
6 VP
3 UP
3 EP
You have now entered the Intercept phase.
Using your available resources, create as many missions as you want to attack any of the targets on the list above.
Example :
1 Raven [Intercept Bogey 001]
Or
1 Skyranger [Down and Capture Bogey 002]
1 Rookie Squad
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