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X-Com Command Staff Eyes Only
X-Com Battle Report, UFO Ground Assault 7
The new hovertanks still hadn't arrived when the skyranger set off, so AceDiamond is still controlling the old rocket tank for it's final mission. The team touched down at night on the outskirts of Montreal, and AceDiamond rolled out. No fire immediately greeted him, so the squad followed, dispersing flares as they did so.
Though they didn't see any aliens in the darkness, they were evidently spotted, and a grenade sailed in from the northwest and exploded at Vanilla Gorilla's feet. Vanilla Gorilla was seriously wounded but stable, CAPSLOCK FURY was left bleeding from shrapnel wounds, and ANTX81 suffered subprocessor core damage. Preacher Saul, despite standing right next to Vanilla Gorilla, was uninjured.
Another soldier rushed over to CAPSLOCK FURY and stabilised him with a medikit, and the rest of the squad pronounced themselves fit to continue. The squad fanned out to the northwest and spotted the grenade thrower.
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Keeping a steady aim through the severe pain, Vanilla Gorilla taught the alien some manners.
Movement in the darkness alerted the squad to a second alien near the last, and ANTX81 moved to confirm it's location. This alien was carrying an immense gun.
Fortunately, it did not get a chance to fire, and CAPSLOCK FURY splashed it with plasma fire.
As the squad advanced further, they spotted possibly the strangest alien yet, what appeared to all intents and purposes to be a rock, but it was moving slowly, and leaving a trail of burned vegetation and brushfires behind, indicating extreme heat.
CAPSLOCK FURY and another soldier with him opened fire, but the thing proved to be as tough as a rock, absorbing four heavy plasma hits without stopping. AceDiamond centred the thing in his crosshair, however, and a rocket blasted it into fragments.
The LZ appeared to be clear at this point, so the team made plans to enter the UFO. As they did, however, the aliens mounted a counterattack from the entry port in the centre of the UFO. One exited the east door and took a stun bomb from Preacher Saul to the south, and retreated inside, the southern door opened and either the same alien or another exited and threw a grenade at Preacher Saul's feet. Doomsly McSlaughter blasted it with a rocket but it shrugged it off.
The grenade exploded, and once again the Lord's protecting hand shielded his servant, Preacher Saul emerged from the blast unscathed and charged the UFO door.
Meanwhile, Doomsly Mcslaughter loaded up another rocket and blasted the alien next to the southern door again. The rocket exploded against the UFO wall, but the alien went down, knocked out by the concussion of the blast.
Preacher Saul had found himself staring at another alien inside, the one to the south wasn't the one he had spotted before, he ducked back out of the door and called for backup and Vanilla Gorilla and Armitage Shanks peppered the inside of the elevator with plasma fire. The alien didn't go down until ANTX81 arrived and blasted it with another stun bomb however.
Following up the counterattack another alien appeared with one of the larger weapons.
Again it fortunately didn't get to fire, and Armitage Shanks lined up and blasted it.
With the counterattack contained, the team could make ready to enter. It was decided to breach into the UFO at the northern and southern landing pods whilst a team followed AceDiamond's UCV into the main entry port.
None of the three teams met resistance on entry, but Vanilla Gorilla spotted an alien on the top floor of the UFO up the elevator shaft.
He fired from below and the alien was killed.
The team began to explore the first floor of the UFO, RootOfAllEvil entered a side door and came face to face with an alien in a small antechamber.
With no backup, he opened fire himself and the alien went down.
Meanwhile Armitage Shanks, Doomsly McSlaughter, and Vanilla Gorilla proceeded to the second floor. As they readied themselves at the top of the elevator an alien burst in through the western door, Armitage Shanks shot it twice point blank and it retreated again.
Doomsly Mcslaughter was first out of the central shaft, coming face to face with an alien at the door.
Too close to use his rocket launcher, he drew his laser pistol and drilled hole after hole into the tough Muton skin, until the creature blacked out from the pain.
Whilst Armitage Shanks followed the alien out of the western door, he caught up with it and finished it off.
Outside the eastern door, Vanilla Gorilla heard shots slam into the wall behind him, another alien was sneaking up to flank the team.
He rounded the corner and blasted it at close range.
The team on the top floor spread out, and this allowed an alien to sneak past them to try and ambush the team on the first floor. CAPSLOCK FURY spotted it but could not get an angle to kill it.
Birras and AceDiamond, however, were able to volley rockets up the elevator shaft and blow the thing away.
The team cautiously explored the rest of the alien vessel until Armitage Shanks found one last alien cowering in a corner.
Showing no mercy, the beast was terminated.
Report Ends
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Mission Debriefing, General McSwine
The aliens prepared a warm welcome for us this time, and put two more of us in sickbay, and necessitated repairs on the ANTX81 unit that will take it offline for a month.
But we've shown them that the biggest ships they have aren't immune to assault. We can take them and we will wherever we get the chance.
There are still two alien vessels in place in US cities, and another which was shot down by interceptor fire. When the Skyranger is refuelled we will be seeking an opportunity to assault these remaining vessels.
Our work is not yet done people.
