*** Classified: Above Top Secret ***
X-Com Command Staff Eyes Only
X-Com Incident Report, 16th February
Another UFO was detected in the small hours of the morning, not long after stand down from the last encounter.
It bolted north and contact was lost over Eastern Europe. As this is well within our radar coverage we suspect it was on an exit path and left atmosphere at this point.
Report Ends
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X-Com Incident Report, 17th February
The skies are busy this time of month, three UFOs in three days. This one heading south. It looks like the focus of operations for the aliens has shifted to southern africa.
Contact was lost with the intruder a short while after detection.
But interceptors picked it back up and it was downed over Madagascar.
The ground team set off, but did not arrive until after nightfall local.
Report Ends
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X-Com Battle Report, UFO Crash Recovery 5
We still have not completely resolved the problems of fighting at night, and likely never will. However, we do what we can. The Skyranger touched down roughly in the middle of the mission area.
AceDiamond moved the UCV out, the LZ was quiet. Too quiet. Armitage Shanks began deploying electro-flares, and spotted an alien close to the exit ramp, but fortunately with it's back to us.
Soldiers disembarked, and the alien was gunned down.
Flares were distributed around the mission area, revealing no further aliens outside.
This UFO was damaged and smoking, so we knew the internals would be ruined. Since we already had a high value prisoner, and were not willing to risk live capture again on this operation, it was decided to breach the door and send a rocket in to deal with anything inside.
The door was breached in good order, and Combined stepped up to the doorway with a rocket launcher, and since there was an alien in sight, lined up a shot with it as a point of reference.
Unfortunately, the rocket was wide of the target, and exploded against the back wall of the UFO, failing to kill the alien targetted but killing one behind it.
Combined was in trouble, with no time to get out of the UFO and blocking the doorway for shooters behind, there was no alternative but to brave the inevitable return fire. Fortunately, the alien's shots went as wide as the rocket.
Having luckily survived, Combined cleared the doorway and RootOfAllEvil sniped the alien from outside.
Report Ends
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Mission Debriefing, General McSwine
Whilst this mission was a success, it clearly showed that if the field team decides to lead into a UFO with a rocket, they should do so with a larger rocket, and from a safe distance, not inside the doorway. There is, after all, no such thing as overkill.
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Extract Personal Log, General McSwine
Day 48, Defences.
We have finally completed overhauling the base's defensive layout.
All the entrances to the facility are along the north edge, and all have to pass through the entrance elevator. If we are called upon to defend the base, we can use a combination of ambush points on the way out of the elevator and mining the entrance itself with proximity bombs to cause casualties to an intruder before they can get into the base proper.
X-Com Command Staff Eyes Only
X-Com Incident Report, 16th February
Another UFO was detected in the small hours of the morning, not long after stand down from the last encounter.
It bolted north and contact was lost over Eastern Europe. As this is well within our radar coverage we suspect it was on an exit path and left atmosphere at this point.
Report Ends
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X-Com Incident Report, 17th February
The skies are busy this time of month, three UFOs in three days. This one heading south. It looks like the focus of operations for the aliens has shifted to southern africa.
Contact was lost with the intruder a short while after detection.
But interceptors picked it back up and it was downed over Madagascar.
The ground team set off, but did not arrive until after nightfall local.
Report Ends
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X-Com Battle Report, UFO Crash Recovery 5
We still have not completely resolved the problems of fighting at night, and likely never will. However, we do what we can. The Skyranger touched down roughly in the middle of the mission area.
AceDiamond moved the UCV out, the LZ was quiet. Too quiet. Armitage Shanks began deploying electro-flares, and spotted an alien close to the exit ramp, but fortunately with it's back to us.
Soldiers disembarked, and the alien was gunned down.
Flares were distributed around the mission area, revealing no further aliens outside.
This UFO was damaged and smoking, so we knew the internals would be ruined. Since we already had a high value prisoner, and were not willing to risk live capture again on this operation, it was decided to breach the door and send a rocket in to deal with anything inside.
The door was breached in good order, and Combined stepped up to the doorway with a rocket launcher, and since there was an alien in sight, lined up a shot with it as a point of reference.
Unfortunately, the rocket was wide of the target, and exploded against the back wall of the UFO, failing to kill the alien targetted but killing one behind it.
Combined was in trouble, with no time to get out of the UFO and blocking the doorway for shooters behind, there was no alternative but to brave the inevitable return fire. Fortunately, the alien's shots went as wide as the rocket.
Having luckily survived, Combined cleared the doorway and RootOfAllEvil sniped the alien from outside.
Report Ends
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Mission Debriefing, General McSwine
Whilst this mission was a success, it clearly showed that if the field team decides to lead into a UFO with a rocket, they should do so with a larger rocket, and from a safe distance, not inside the doorway. There is, after all, no such thing as overkill.
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Extract Personal Log, General McSwine
Day 48, Defences.
We have finally completed overhauling the base's defensive layout.
All the entrances to the facility are along the north edge, and all have to pass through the entrance elevator. If we are called upon to defend the base, we can use a combination of ambush points on the way out of the elevator and mining the entrance itself with proximity bombs to cause casualties to an intruder before they can get into the base proper.
