Update 9X-COM Commander’s Log – Robert Steinbach - March 12 2084; 1200hThere was another UFO incursion an hour ago.
Two scout UFOs emerged from gates one and two.
As usual, the squads were scrambled to meet them.
Another two more probes exited gate one.
I decided to launch the Skyranger to assist squad one.
After a quick exchange of fire, squad one downed the scout over the Transtellar spaceport terminal.
They turned to engage the probes. In the meantime, the Skyranger was taking its own sweet time to launch.
The two probes turned back toward the gate, perhaps because the craft they were escorting was down.
This merely helped the squad to bring them down faster. One of the probes was destroyed by a missile.
To the northern part of the city, at gate two, the battle went just as well. Another scout emerged, completing the alien force.
Squad two disabled a scout with ease and engaged the other as it crossed into the city.
A Megapol police hovercar also engaged the scout, despite being heavily outgunned.
This was perhaps not the best course of action for them, as squad three blew up the scout mere meters away from them. That was the last UFO.
So far, the aliens have been very predictable. They always show up in groups of five UFOs, with three scouts and two probes exiting from two gates. Why do they still insist on invading when it’s clear we outgun them? Only one UFO has survived to make it back to their dimension so far. Perhaps they’re hoping to win a war of attrition?
Anyway, the biochemists completed their autopsy of the dead Multiworm just now.
The Multiworm is a gigantic worm nearly three meters long. It appears to be a host for four “Hyperworms” which consume it and emerge upon death. As we saw from the skirmish at the power station, it is extremely dangerous, able to absorb huge amounts of damage and spit a corrosive acid much stronger than the spitter’s. Additionally, killing it results in the premature hatching of the four Hyperworms within, which are almost as deadly as the Multiworm itself. This Multiworm would be a dangerous foe in close-quarters combat.
After researching the Multiworm corpse, the biochemists complained that the lab was too small for them to properly study such a huge specimen. I pointed out that they still studied it just fine, but they wanted a larger lab. I told them that they’d have to design it themselves. They agreed. I don’t know whether they’re serious or not.
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