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[TricMagic]

(0) Falling Time:
(4) Attack in Breadth: Kashyyk, TFF, Frostgiant, Doub7
() Stacked Attack
(2) First Blood: SC, TricMagic

Noted, sending acceptance of Mission.

[Doubloon-Seven]

...you mean Ancient DNA, not Alien DNA, SC. That, and the description for Ancient DNA missions implies we raid what the humans have already collected, like museum collections. The Amazon doesn't have much in the way of preserved animals, the only thing you'd find in the Indus river valley would be anatomically modern humans, and conducting our own digs would be a bit of a stretch.

[Shadowclaw777]

...you mean Ancient DNA, not Alien DNA, SC. That, and the description for Ancient DNA missions implies we raid what the humans have already collected, like museum collections. The Amazon doesn't have much in the way of preserved animals, the only thing you'd find in the Indus river valley would be anatomically modern humans, and conducting our own digs would be a bit of a stretch.

Yeah I wasn't really thinking that the aliens would actually perform a long-term excavation, but the smash’n’grab that is stated in the mission description. Anyways, to say that India or other countries are lacking in museums or other sources of ”Ancient DNA Stockpiles” would be a bit of a misnomer, Brazil was chosen because you would hope that maybe it be a less concerning area for Xcom to attack at or be more distanced away from their bases. Anyways if your going for the country that has the most ample amount of ancient DNA stockpiles than the obvious USA and UK would be the best sources of that respective resource. Also the alien and ancient thing mix-up was my bad, I was still thinking of the alien squads to still ”assault” or breach areas that are loaded with ancient dna.

Edit: Also Plan revised with this information.

[NUKE9.13]

Still says Alien DNA, not Ancient.
Anyway, I somewhat prefer SC’s plan, though I would swap the Indian Meld for PDWs on the other two missions- we don’t want to risk losing Meld in large quantities, certainly not if it comes at the cost of under-arming two missions. So mainly what I prefer is that Canada is an infiltrate mission, rather than an abduction, and that base bonuses are invoked.

[Kashyyk]

Made the alterations suggested by Nuke.

Spoiler: Attack in Breadth v2 (click to show/hide)

Operation Spectral Summer (1 VP 1.5 UP 0.5 EP)
Target - Canada
Mission - Infiltration
Assets
- Small Scout (1 VP)
> Sectoid (1 UP)
>-- Plasma PDW (0.5 EP)
> Ophanim (0.5 UP)
Note - Investigate Signal

Operation Glass Grave (1 VP 1.5 UP 1.5 EP)
Target - Egypt
Mission - Acquisition of Ancient DNA Samples
Assets
- Small Scout (1 VP)
> Sectoid (1 UP)
>-- Plasma PDW (0.5 EP)
>-- Meld Canister (1 EP)
> Ophanim (0.5 UP)
Note - Within AoI of Nigeria base

Operation Red Fall (1 VP 1.5 UP 0.5 EP)
Target - Australia
Mission - Acquisition of Ancient DNA Samples
Assets
- Small Scout (1 VP)
> Sectoid (1 UP)
>-- Plasma PDW (0.5 EP)
> Ophanim (0.5 UP)
Note - Within AoI of India base

Operation Purple Sword (1 VP 1.5 UP 0.5 EP)
Target - France
Mission - Abduction
Assets
- Small Scout (1 VP)
> Sectoid (1 UP)
>-- Plasma PDW (0.5 EP)
> Ophanim (0.5 UP)

(0) Falling Time:
(3) Attack in Breadth: TFF, Frostgiant, Doub7
(1) Attack in Breadth v2: Kashyyk
() Stacked Attack
(2) First Blood: SC, TricMagic

[NUKE9.13]

Yeah, that looks good. I mean, maybe add a note to the Canada mission that we're investigating the signal, but ebbor probably understands that.

E: I notice that SC edited his plan with my suggestions as well. This has rendered Attack in Breadth v2 and First Blood almost identical. The only non-aesthetic difference is which countries are targeted. I don't think it'll make a huge difference. Like, targeting India might be a bad idea, were it not T1, where XCOM has no prior information to go off of. So long as we switch up which countries we target in future such that we don't make it obvious that we favour India or Nigeria, it probably won't hurt to do a mission there this turn. Targeting Brazil might be better than France, considering XCOM is less likely to have a base there, for the same reason we didn't want to put a base there (I'm assuming XCOM has a similar setup to us re:bases, which might be wrong).
Point is, since First Blood will have more votes if I switch to it, I'm going to do so, just to speed up consensus. If someone has a good argument as to why Attack in Breadth's choice of countries would be superior, I'll consider it.

(0) Falling Time:
(3) Attack in Breadth: TFF, Frostgiant, Doub7
(1) Attack in Breadth v2: Kashyyk
() Stacked Attack
(3) First Blood: SC, TricMagic, NUKE9.13

[Kashyyk]

I hadn't realised they'd edited either. Clearly the cool mission names are what should swing you in favour of Attack in Breadth. But hey, maybe Ebbor will use some swish names anyway.

(0) Falling Time:
(3) Attack in Breadth: TFF, Frostgiant, Doub7
() Attack in Breadth v2:
() Stacked Attack
(4) First Blood: SC, TricMagic, NUKE9.13, Kashyyk

[piratejoe]

(0) Falling Time:
(3) Attack in Breadth: TFF, Frostgiant, Doub7
() Attack in Breadth v2:
() Stacked Attack
(5) First Blood: SC, TricMagic, NUKE9.13, Kashyyk, Piratejoe

Wonder what Xcom is doing, maybe we can get to revisions soon...

[NUKE9.13]

Well, we can start planning our revision already. I mean, it's going to be fixing the Chariot, the only question is how.
It seems the main problem is the charioteer's mental state- fix that, and everything else, whilst not perfect, should still function. So, something like this should work:

Charioteer Identity Fix:
The Charioteer has an unsound mind due to some flawed genetic engineering, but we can fix it. A slight rewiring of brain functions and a mental training programme will serve to make the Charioteer secure in its own identity; proud, even, of its unique status. No longer suicidally inclined to abandon its vessel, it will also no longer sing in such a discordant manner- the more confident song will better harmonise with the Ophanim Choir, the rich bass complimenting rather than clashing with the ongoing melody.

[10ebbor10]

Alien Revision Turn

OPERATION TITLE: Signal Evaluation[]

VESSEL DEPLOYMENT: 1x Scout
COMBATANT DEPLOYMENT: 1x Sectoid, Ophanim
EQUIPMENT REQUISITIONS: 1x Plasma PDW
TARGET LOCATION: Canada
OPERATION PURPOSE: Infiltration (Information Gathering on Signal)
COST OF OPERATION: 1x VP, 1.5 UP, .5 EP
COMMANDER NOTES: Infiltrate and Evaluating Signal Value

OPERATION TITLE: SOUTHERN ASIA STOCKPILE ASSAULT
VESSEL DEPLOYMENT: 1x Scout
COMBATANTS DEPLOYMENT: 1x Sectoid, Ophanim
EQUIPMENT REQUISITIONS: 1x Plasma PDW
TARGET LOCATION: India
OPERATION PURPOSE: Acquisition of Ancient DNA
COST OF OPERATION: 1x VP, 1.5 UP, .5 EP
COMMANDER NOTES: Gather DNA Samples from Human Stockpiles; Inside Base’s Zone of Control.

OPERATION TITLE: WESTERN SA STOCKPILE ASSAULT
VESSEL DEPLOYMENT: 1x Scout
COMBATANTS DEPLOYMENT: 1x Sectoid, 1x Ophanim
EQUIPMENT REQUISITIONS: 1x Plasma PDW
TARGET LOCATION: Brazil
OPERATION PURPOSE: Acquisition of Ancient DNA
COST OF OPERATION: 1x VP, 1.5 UP, .5 EP
COMMANDER NOTES: N/A

OPERATION TITLE: ACQUIRE LIVE SAMPLES FROM OBSCURE AREA
VESSEL DEPLOYMENT: 1x Scout
COMBATANTS DEPLOYMENT: 1x Sectoid, 1x Ophanim
EQUIPMENT REQUISITIONS: 1x Plasma PDW, 1x Meld Container
TARGET LOCATION: South Africa
OPERATION PURPOSE: Abduction
COST OF OPERATION: 1x VP, 1.5 UP, 1.5 EP
COMMANDER NOTES: Inside Base’s Continent Zone of Control.

All missions launched.
 

Spoiler: Equipment (click to show/hide)

Vehicles

Small scout : One of the tiniest vessels at your disposal, the Small scout is both cheap and reliable. Powered by a single Elerium core, the vessel makes decent speed, while carrying up to 2 units to their destination. It's equipped with a plasma turret for self defense . Cost : 1 VP

Equipment

Plasma Pistols : A basic simple sidearm that has been used in many pacification operations. The plasma pistol is a dependable bit of equipment that is light but not particularly powerful.

Plasma PDW : An enlarged version of the plasma pistol, capable of firing small bursts of plasma bolts. (0.5 EP)

Elerium Grenade : The elerium grenade is powerful handheld explosive. Cost : 1 EP

Meld Container : A container filled with the precious Meld, a substance that consists out of billions of cybernetic nanomachines that automatically capture, catalogue and analyse any foreign DNA they find. Greatly increases the effectiveness of recovery operations. If capture threathens, the container will perform an auto-sterilization cycle.  Cost : 1 EP

Aliens
Sectoid : A weak species with a limited capability for the gift. Nonetheless, their simple biology allows to easily clone these creatures and deploy them in great numbers.
Cost 1 UP

Orphanim : A tiny pancake shaped alien with way too many eyes. Floats using the gift, and can stun enemies. Unit cost : 0.5
---Orphanim Choir : In groups, Orphanim can sing, creating a stronger Gift based effect that can stun, disorient or panic enemies.

Chariot  : A single tracked armored vehicle equipped with twin Plasma PDW with a 360 degree firing radius. Controlled by a charioteer, a suicidal mutated Ophanim that horifies all nearby Ophanim, even as it seeks to become one of them. [1.5 UP or 1 EP, 0.5 UP]


Misc

Mercurial Shipyards +1 VP next turn, +3 VP thereafter

Mission Profiles

Abduction : A basic mission that focuses on acquiring genetic material by abducting humans   
Raid : A basic mission that focuses on spreading fear by engaging in rampant destruction   
Infiltration  : A basic mission that tries to subtly contact sympathetic elements on Earth   
Acquisition of Ancient DNA Samples : A simple smash and grab mission directed at stockpiles of ancient and interesting human DNA.

Alien Resources

3+1 VP
6 UP
3 EP

1 Adaptive Gene
1 Superior Gene

Bases
Nigeria (Africa)
India (Asia)

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

Africa
---> Egypt
---> South Africa
---> Nigeria

Asia
--->Australia
--->China
--->India
--->Japan

Europe
--->France
--->Germany
--->Russia
--->United Kingdom

North America
--->Canada
--->Mexico
--->United States

South America
--->Argentina
--->Brazil

We have entered the Revision Phase

TURNTURNTURN

[NUKE9.13]

So, I proposed a revision above which ought to fix the Chariot's main problem (assuming it rolls reasonably). But I'll hold off on voting for it immediately, in case anyone has an alternative Chariot-fixing revision.
A revision not designed to fix the Chariot is, uh, not likely to win my vote.

[Kashyyk]

I'm happy with yours NUKE. It seems to directly target the issue, in a straightforward manner.

(1) Charioteer Identity Fix : Kashyyk

[piratejoe]

I'd personally like some "Also if we have time, fix the cybernetics a bit" but, this is fine.

(2) Charioteer Identity Fix : Kashyyk, Piratejoe

[NUKE9.13]

I'd personally like some "Also if we have time, fix the cybernetics a bit" but, this is fine.

Hmm? The cybernetics are the one thing that aren't broken, though? The Charioteer is mad, and without the Charioteer controlling things the mechanical aspects tend to break down, but I'm not seeing any mention of the interface between the two having problems.

[TricMagic]

Maybe add in some proper sensors on the outside so it doesn't end up feeling trapped.