DirOps: Somebody, get me a SitRep.
Kuzodav: *cough* Kuzodav here.
Haru Kuzo, what the hell just happened?
Kuzodav: Gas Grenade. Everyone's out but me and T.
T: Oh god, we have...we have to wake them up.
*multiple civilian screams*Kuzodav: Negative, no time! We need to get out there and give the tank suppressing fire. Hopefully we last long enough to giev the rest of them time to get up and clean house.
DirOps:Approved. Good luck.
T: But...but...
Kuzodav: Tank will clear the LZ, move to the end of the ramp, GO!
*EXPLOSION
Haru: Watch out, seeing enemy weapons fire. Looks like another one of those grenades.
*EXPLOSION
Haru: Okay, so
that wasn't a stun grenade.
DirOps: X-Com takes help where it can.
T: Okay, leaving the Ranger!
Haru, Kuzo: Wait!
T: TAKING FIRE! AHHHH!
Kuzodav: Should ahve waited for suppressing fire. Can you take him?
T: AHHHHHH!
*EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF GUNFIRE*
*alien death cryT: I GOT HIM!
Kuzodav: Gah, my ears. Aren't you supposed to be a sniper? Keep it together.
T: Sorry...
Haru: Tank is firing!
*EXPLOSION*
DirOps: Remind me to hire New Zealanders to construct stairwells for the next base.
Haru: Another contact!
*weapon discharge*
*alien death cry*
Kuzodav: Stairwell target leaving the house. Can you take him?
*multiple gunshots*
Kuzodav: I said the target, not the door. Hang on, T, firing.
*minigun fire
*death cry*
Kuzodav: Target down. Tank is engaging the remaining target in the yard.
*explosion*death cryDirOps: Civvie survived that, too. Nice.
Haru: New contact! It's...um.
DirOps: We can assume that this one isn't friendly, either. Tank is cleared to engage.
Haru: Contact in the gas station!
Kuzodav: Tank can handle it. Leaving the ramp to do a full sweep. T, with me.
T: But...but...
Kuzodav: MOVE!
DirOps: Be advised, unarmed target is on your 6. Likely wounded in that grenade blast.
T: I-I'll get it!
Haru: Negative, negative. Leave it for last, we want it alive if possible.
Haru: Gas station dealt with. Almost done.
*alien weapon discharge*
Kuzodav: Grenade! Get-
*EXPLOSION
Haru: Sir, video is up. T is hurt and Kuzo... there isn't even a body left.
DirOps: Painless. Small mercies. Alright, scrub the mission and-
Haru: Tank has two contacts!
DirOps: Scratch that. Tank is cleared to use its remaining rockets. Operative T, you need to eliminate the owunded Alpha, I have reason to believe it's our final contact.
*EXPLOSION
T: But...it'll kill me!
Haru: If you don't kill it, reinforcements may arrive and Kuzodav's death will be for nothing. You know what you have to do.
*EXPLOSION*T: I....okay. Okay.
T: Okay.
T: Ah! Okay!
*gunfire*
T:...Okay.
DirOps: That's it, pack up, and leave. Haru, make sure that the local news stations know to report this as a series of catastrophic explosions. Go through our usual channels to suppress information.
Haru: Aye, sir. T, get back in the ranger and rouse everyone. You did it, kid, you're a hero.
T: No, I'm not. I'm an X-COM Operative.
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Equipment in the Skyranger has been adjusted accordingly.
The remaining units have been sold to add to our nestegg. Another set of 10 in on the production line as I speak.
With DEMACIA nearly complete, the time has come to think of expansion. At the end of January, we will get our funding for the month, pushing our monetary reserves well over 5 million. I would like to establish a second base somewhere in the Eastern Hemisphere. Options include: France, Russia, or Korea. X-COM input would be helpful. Upon expansion, All research personnel would be transferred to the new base, in order to maximize manufacturing power here. The new base would have the same interdiction and contact team capabilities, but no manufacturing wing. Subsequent bases will be interdiction only, with perhaps smaller research or manufacturing wings. Garrisons will be provided for all bases.
