Already lost 5 rookies in the first 2 missions. I think I'll give mission summaries because I think some of them are quite frankly funny.
Operation: STONE RAIN
Spoiler:
6 Sectoids vs 6 Rookies
XCOM Victory
Failed to capture any meld.
Managed to only have 1 death, the rest had only critical injuries.
Promotions: A medic, a scout, and a heavy weapons.
Operatives outflanked the enemy, slaughtering them.
XCOM Victory
Failed to capture any meld.
Managed to only have 1 death, the rest had only critical injuries.
Promotions: A medic, a scout, and a heavy weapons.
Operatives outflanked the enemy, slaughtering them.
Spoiler:
9 Sectoids vs 6 Rookies
XCOM Victory
Captured 1/3 meld.
5 deaths, 1 critically injured.
Promotions: An infantryman.
Operatives fell prey to pre-promotion attachment, resulting in the deaths of 3 named redshirts. Enemy was too entrenched, operatives had to make do with <20% hit chances.
In a daring attempt to flush out the remaining 3 enemies, operatives Chris Hall and My Angus Burns managed to infiltrate the building, using operative Wendy's Donalds to bait the sectroids' overwatch. After killing 1 sectoid, Hall and Burns were caught out of position by a sectoid leader who promptly murdered them. Operatives Shah and Donalds moved in to complete the mission. Shah entered the building through Hall's route, Donalds from the side, however the sectoid leader was waiting there but narrowly missed Donalds. Donalds performed a daring flank on the leader, but missed with a 91% hit chance, leading to her death. Shah made quick work of the two sectoids inside, but panicked from the death of operative Agent Malik who was fatally injured (and untreated due to Command's mistake in not brining any medkits) and fled. This panic did lure the leader to a flanking position, but when Shah though she was done for, the leader missed. Taking this chance, she changed position and finished him off with a 100% hit chance. As a reward for this ruthless slaughter of the enemy, Shah was made an infantryman, renamed to Sameen Shaw, and has been promised to be given the first applicable medal.
XCOM Victory
Captured 1/3 meld.
5 deaths, 1 critically injured.
Promotions: An infantryman.
Operatives fell prey to pre-promotion attachment, resulting in the deaths of 3 named redshirts. Enemy was too entrenched, operatives had to make do with <20% hit chances.
In a daring attempt to flush out the remaining 3 enemies, operatives Chris Hall and My Angus Burns managed to infiltrate the building, using operative Wendy's Donalds to bait the sectroids' overwatch. After killing 1 sectoid, Hall and Burns were caught out of position by a sectoid leader who promptly murdered them. Operatives Shah and Donalds moved in to complete the mission. Shah entered the building through Hall's route, Donalds from the side, however the sectoid leader was waiting there but narrowly missed Donalds. Donalds performed a daring flank on the leader, but missed with a 91% hit chance, leading to her death. Shah made quick work of the two sectoids inside, but panicked from the death of operative Agent Malik who was fatally injured (and untreated due to Command's mistake in not brining any medkits) and fled. This panic did lure the leader to a flanking position, but when Shah though she was done for, the leader missed. Taking this chance, she changed position and finished him off with a 100% hit chance. As a reward for this ruthless slaughter of the enemy, Shah was made an infantryman, renamed to Sameen Shaw, and has been promised to be given the first applicable medal.
Operation: SHATTERED CRONE
Spoiler:
6 Sectoids and 3 Drones vs 3 Specialists and 3 Rookies
XCOM Victory
Captured 2/3 meld.
1 death, rest had minor wounds.
Promotions: An infantryman and a heavy weapons.
Operatives Tall Dark Handsome, Creepy Pedo, and James Vega accompanied 3 rookies in order to gain additional veterans with minimal risk to the trainees. After ambushing 3 sectoids, sustaining no damage, were themselves ambushed by a pack of drones arriving from the opposite side of their cover. Unable to simply switch the facing side due to the 3 other sectoids they were facing, the operatives had to retreat behind several large liquid storage tanks. During the retreat, operative Judy Fisher was gunned down by a drone. Operatives James Vega and Creepy Pedo took out 2 of the drones and held their flanked position in order to draw out the remaining drone, meanwhile operative Tall Dark Handsome, Torres, and Dekker held off the sectoids until Creepy Pedo managed to move to their front, taking out 2 sectoids with a rocket, leaving James Vega to take out the drone. As operative Torres mopped up the last sectoid, Vega scored a hit on the drone as it attempted an approach, taking it out. Torres was made a heavy weapons and named Toroidal Aerospike. Dekker became a medic and was named Eva *.
XCOM Victory
Captured 2/3 meld.
1 death, rest had minor wounds.
Promotions: An infantryman and a heavy weapons.
Operatives Tall Dark Handsome, Creepy Pedo, and James Vega accompanied 3 rookies in order to gain additional veterans with minimal risk to the trainees. After ambushing 3 sectoids, sustaining no damage, were themselves ambushed by a pack of drones arriving from the opposite side of their cover. Unable to simply switch the facing side due to the 3 other sectoids they were facing, the operatives had to retreat behind several large liquid storage tanks. During the retreat, operative Judy Fisher was gunned down by a drone. Operatives James Vega and Creepy Pedo took out 2 of the drones and held their flanked position in order to draw out the remaining drone, meanwhile operative Tall Dark Handsome, Torres, and Dekker held off the sectoids until Creepy Pedo managed to move to their front, taking out 2 sectoids with a rocket, leaving James Vega to take out the drone. As operative Torres mopped up the last sectoid, Vega scored a hit on the drone as it attempted an approach, taking it out. Torres was made a heavy weapons and named Toroidal Aerospike. Dekker became a medic and was named Eva *.
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