Only two days after their last mission, the heroes are summoned once again to fight the alien menace. Another UFO was successfully intercepted and crash-landed in the Central African Republic. MattM suited up alongside the veterans to replace the wounded jacobbeahm. Time to get boots on the ground!
This time, they set down in farmland instead of desert. As had become habit, they laid down smoke across the exit, then xiaozanghou swung around the craft's right flank, and tbcr to its left. xiaozanghou found nothing but flat farmland and hedges, and tbcr saw fencing, three farmhouses - and the silhouette of an alien through the thick smoke.
He promptly kneeled behind the fencing and opened fire, but did more damage to the fence than to the Sectoid. Others dismounted the transport and opened fire, but were repeatedly thwarted by the wooden fence (if only XCOM had to fight fences instead of aliens, their commander momentarily bemoans). The few shots that fly over the fence strike the farmhouse in the distance.
Losing patience, MooterZolo-Kira launchers a rocket at the Sectoid, but it too flies high, blowing a sizable hole in the farmhouse behind.
Where one fails, perhaps two will suffice. avianchild kneels just in front of MooterZolo-Kira and lets her rocket loose, which scores a direct hit.
Directly ahead of the Skyranger's nose, the team can see the edge of the UFO. As they continue towards it, they spot another Sectoid in the farmhouse blown open by MooterZolo-Kira's rocket.
That farmhouse just earned itself another rocket. avianchild reloads and fires again, to great effect; confined spaces with lots of walls make rockets happy. (spot the Sectoid, if you can!)
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After:
The commander takes a moment to reflect that he's running a covert paramilitary organization that will never be held liable for damages such as these.
xiaozanghou takes the lead and moves towards the UFO, but spots a Sectoid outside the entrance. He kneels and fires, striking the alien once. This just seems to provoke it, however, as it turns and fires back, narrowly missing both xiaohanghou and the cluster of troopers still near the Skyranger.
The majority of the team is still just outside the Skyranger, too far to draw a reliable bead on the Sectoid. Romanticide, the closest soldier, draws and primes a grenade, but finds herself unable to toss the grenade far enough to reach the distant alien. Everyone begins moving forward and taking potshots in turn. Thevil1 scores a hit, downing the alien. The remaining troopers move forward and position themselves roughly near the front landing gear.
Suddenly, the XCOM forces come under fire from two directions. An unseen shooter attacker from the Skyranger's far left flank, shots going wide. A Sectoid steps out of the darkness near the UFO's entrance and fires two plasma bolts: the first threads improbably through Gemini, MooterZolo-Kira, and Shotgunner42, striking Romanticide, still holding her primed grenade, killing her; the second goes wide, but the damage is already done.
Shotgunner42 gets a single shot of return fire off that flies wide before the dropped grenade detonates, catching the three nearby soldiers with the edge of its blast, wounding the trio.
Meanwhile, MattM and tbcr, who had been investigating the left flank and the farmhouse located there, locate and engage the first shooter. MattM's shots go wide and he takes cover behind the corner of the building, but tbcr lands a grenade at the Sectoid's feet. It detonates with a vengeance, killing the alien.
The rest of the group engages the Sectoid outside the UFO. Despite his injuries, Gemini scores the killing blow. Taking advantage of the lack on incoming fire, most of the team heads for the UFO door, Thevil1 taking point, while Possession, MattM, tbcr, and avianchild sweep the perimeter.
Thevil1 leads the charge into the UFO and immediately encounters a Sectoid in the first chamber. Despite scoring two hits, the alien doesn't fall.
jym enters next and scores a third hit, killing the Sectoid. The rest of the ship proves devoid of aliens.
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Mission Recap and Debriefing
avianchild: 2 kills
Gemini: 1 kill
jym: 1 kill
tbcr: 1 kill
Thevil1: 1 kill
New Sergeant: Shotgunner42
New Squaddies: Gemini, jym, jacobbeahm, Thevil1
Romanticide: Rookie, KIA on her 3rd mission with 0 kills - first to die in defense of Earth
Another mission, another UFO secured, albeit one with a surprising paucity of aliens. (cursed power sources!) Good shooting once again on avianchild's part. (though she should really bake cookies for jacobbeahm or something) On the subject of injuries, Mooters is out for about as long as jacob has left, Gemini is looking at over a month (!), and Shotgunner got off very light and will be back in action in under a week. He also inexplicably got promoted to Sergeant despite having a grand total of zero kills. =P I guess XCOM needed someone able to keep them Rookies in line. ^^
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