Update 18: Fourth KindThree days after the Snakemen race scanned Central America for possible terror sites, the Floaters began gathering resources for the attack. The first indication we had of this was the detection of an entirely new class of UFO.
The Floater “Abductor” class UFO was actually detected from over Southeast Asia, and the Hyperwave Decoder revealed its destination for Europe. Instead of shooting it down, command decided that we would let it land, and then launch a ground assault on the ship.
This might have been slightly complicated by the fact that the UFO decided to land on an Icelandic glacier.
UFO-19 landed May 4 in Iceland
Soldiers: Jake Grey, Foley, Naomh O’Driscoll, Richard Muller, The Poet, Phantom, Dr. Johannes, Frank Braeden, Mal Devios and Maximum Zero
Jeremy: First few seconds off the ramp and this guy melts the left side of my tank into a mess. Who wants this kill?
Foley: I got him. Landing zone’s clear!
Jake: I don’t see anything. Are you sure we landed near the UFO?
Richard: Yeah, you might want to get your eyesight checked, because I just shot a Floater
right in plain sight!
Jake: Well, the sunlight’s blinding me!
The Poet: Quit arguing guys, I see the UFO. It’s southwest of us, and apparently both of you managed to
miss a two-storey high target!
Jeremy: I see another Floater, to the west!
Frank: Floater down!
Richard: And another one! They really seem to like rushing at us for some reason.
Phantom: You guys want to play sniper?
Phantom: Suck it!
Jeremy: Another Floater down!
Naomh: Door’s over here, pile in!
Naomh: No ambush in here.
Mal: SHIT!
*boom**boom**boom*
Mal: Nevermind, Floater down.
(Yes, he really took a point-blank autocannon blast and wasn’t even injured)
Jake: Wish me luck, guys!
Jake: OH HELL NO!
Max: Wait, I got this one under control!
Phantom: Did you have to shoot a hole in the wall?
Max: This Floater has shitty aim, it’s not my fault!
Jake: Thanks for the save ther-OH SNAP!
Foley: I’m controlling this one. It’s a dead end over here.
Max: A little help over here?
Foley: Right, so my Floater has better aim than yours.
Max: Whatever, I’m going up the lift.
Max: I’m seeing a hallway up here, going north and west. I’m heading west.
Max: Hallway’s empty, so I’m heading back north. Anyone else want to come up?
Foley: There’s a door here, maybe to the bridge-
Foley: Goddamnit, someone shot my scout!
Richard: Wait, I’ll stun him.
Richard: Bridge clear!
On the surface, the mission was the very definition of success, with no one injured and a possible leadership Floater captured alive. At a closer glance, however, the very appearance of this UFO was worrying. Why did the aliens, knowing that X-COM had a strong presence in Europe, decide to attack Iceland? Why did the Floaters focus on abducting humans, when it was only tangentially related to their war effort? As we would later discover, this UFO would be part of a long supply chain, which would be instrumental in causing the most devastating alien attack seen in the war. 
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