Gentlesophs, I am your host, the Kid With A Pen, and welcome to XCOM:
War Interminable - my playthrough of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, with the
Enemy Within expansion, the Operation Slingshot DLC, and most
importantly the Long War mod. Links to all of these can be found on the
"What is XCOM: War Interminable?" page below this post.
Last time on XCOM: War Interminable:
Strike One went to a landed UFO in China. We took out some Floaters, some Thin Men, and we had our first slugfest with a Mechtoid. We captured a Floater, and were in the process of capturing a Sectoid when we got ambushed by another pod.
And now, the conclusion.
Barbosa gets an overwatch hit on that Sectoid we're trying to capture with her pistol. I'd have liked more damage, but it'll do.
Luthuli reloads his shotgun.
Chilong kills a Drone.
Rascal misses a Drone...
...and needs another reload.
The rest of the squad overwatches.
The Sectoid takes a shot at Barbosa and misses.
This Sectoid got juiced up by one of the others and was on overwatch, which I couldn't see until Klein ran right into it.
Fortunately, he's only hit, not dead. He hunkers down behind full cover for added protection.
Banzai moves up to support Klein and reloads.
Savolainen kills the second Drone.
Luthuli pops Run and Gun...
...and pop goes the Sectoid.
Barbosa and Chilong close to capture this little bastard.
Barbosa misses with her pistol on overwatch.
The Sectoid, however, does not. Thankfully, it didn't do too much.
The last Sectoid flees.
Chilong fails to stun the Sectoid.
Scooby patches up Klein.
The squad overwatches.
Savolainen reloads.
As does Barbosa.
Sectoid get!
The squad advances and overwatches.
The Sectoid misses Luthuli on overwatch.
Luthuli hits the Sectoid but doesn't kill it.
Meanwhile, Rascal's team takes the other side of the UFO, preparing for a flank.
Scooby patches up Barbosa.
Banzai's team prepares to breach the main chamber of the UFO...
...as does Scooby's team.
Chilong comes around the exterior of the UFO and kills a straggler Sectoid.
Banzai's team is in position. Banzai throws the door...
...and flanks and kills a Sectoid that didn't see us coming.
Luthuli reloads his shotgun.
Scooby's team overwatches.
Chilong catches up to Scooby's team and reloads.
Next turn, we prepare to breach.
Banzai hears movement, most likely from the Outsiders.
Barbosa throws the door and storms the bridge in exemplary fashion, only to find it deserted. The Outsiders are outside the UFO!
Banzai's team moves up to the outer hatch, and contact! Two Outsiders.
Banzai lands a couple good hits on the one right up by the hatch, but it's not enough to kill.
Savolainen misses the Outsider, despite being literally next to it.
Klein misses the Outsider.
Barbosa pops Run and Gun to get into position.
She too misses the Outsider.
Rascal misses the Outsider.
Luthuli also pops Run and Gun...
...and gets the kill! Finally!
The last Outsider retreats behind the UFO.
So, this was a mistake. My plan was to advance on the Outsider and rely on mass overwatches and Red Fog to keep it from hitting anyone.
Well, as anticipated, the Outsider moved to the corner ready to shoot Luthuli...
Banzai and Rascal get Covering Fire shots on it, but only Rascal hits.
That's not nearly enough.
And this is why it was a mistake. My position left me flankable from the Outsider's position, and it killed Luthuli in one shot.
Banzai's team falls back to the hatch. Rascal reloads.
As does Banzai.
The Outsider regenerates health.
However, turnabout is fair play. Scooby's team has been crawling up this Outsider's flank, and Barbosa whacks it hard with a shotgun blast.
Chilong also moves to a flanking position, but the Outsider gets a reaction shot. Thankfully, Red Fog made it miss.
While he didn't kill it like I'd hoped, at least Chilong managed to wound it.
Banzai misses the Outsider...
...but gets the kill with his second shot! Excellent!
Op success!
Only one fatality on our first landed Medium UFO, and promotions all around. Not a terrible mission.
Barbosa made Lance Corporal and gained CCS.
Rascal made Tech Sergeant and gained Lock and Load.
Same with Banzai.
Savolainen made Corporal, and gained the nickname "Prototype" and the Fire In The Hole perk.
What a haul we got from that mission! A Floater captive, a Sectoid captive, and an intact Medium UFO.
One suit of Alloy Plating was damaged in the process.
Well, since three of my four suits of Alloy Plating are out of commission, I should probably get around to fixing them.
Special contributor J.R. Klein made Specialist, and became an Assault specialist.
Back to the Hologlobe!
My laser pistols are finally complete.
UK want Elerium? It's all yours.
And, we have an abduction mission in Volgograd, Russia! Let's get the team together.
At this stage in the game, Specialists are basically Rookies, so I'm bringing a few of them along. Our engineer this op is Sikafuo, who's packing the Arc Thrower in case we happen upon something we can add to our collection of aliens.
Trips and D.O.A. are our infantry, packing laser pistols in addition to the standard loadout.
Leading this mission is our medic and Patreon contributor Lynne "Vixen" Triplett, with the standard medic loadout.
Special contributor Lady Grey is our sniper for this one.
We're bringing another engineer, Ahonen, for training. We'll need a lot of engineers Sergeant rank and above if we plan to capture more aliens. She's packing AP and HE grenades for both kinds of explosive fun.
Alpha is our scout, with the standard gear.
And last (and probably least), Vincente Cervantes is our assault specialist.
Big Sky has reached the Abduction Site. Touching down.
And that's where I'm going to leave this update here for today. Join us Wednesday
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