Responding to an Alien abduction at a gas station.
I try to flank up the side of the building to get into some decent cover that won't explode on me.
As I'm just about in position, a group of floaters patrols by and spots us. One goes inside, while the other two scatter.
I position troops around the side door and prepare an ambush.
We open the door, triggering another group of Floaters. A well-placed grenade and a hail of gunfire and all but one of the aliens inside is dead.
Then things go very, very wrong.
First, a group of Mutons shows up. They don't do anything this turn, but they do cut off my flanking options on one side.
Then, two Floaters come down off the roof and get point-blank shots on my soldiers. One rookie and an Assault are down. Both are bleeding, but not dead. Unfortunately, they're in just about the worst possible spot to try and save them.
I take out the floaters, but with two out of five troops down it's not looking good. Especially as my other assault is out of ammo, by Support is low, and the last rookie at about half.
The mutons snipe my rookie out from behind high cover, killing him instantly. The floater then moves up next to my Assault and takes him out.
Down to just my Support, on the wrong side of the building from the Skyranger. I start making my way around the other side, but a Muton rounds the corner and blasts him before he can get out of line of sight.
End of mission.