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Old 11-19-2012, 10:57 PM   #60
BYU 14
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The scorched Desert
Base operations
We finish research on the UFO power source and can now produce an elerium generator, which will greatly boost power output at the base. Next up is light plasma rifle research.

May 25th, 2015
After several days of quiet a large UFO is spotted in Australia, we dispatch an interceptor and hope for the best. It is a brutal battle and we lose the interceptor, dammit!

May 26th, 2015
Satellite uplink is complete, giving us greater coverage capability. I need to build a new interceptor, but no funds.

Still smarting from the loss of our interceptor I am summoned to the situation room. A remote observatory is under attack and we are ordered to go save the scientist there. We will be rewarded with 2 scientists and 157 credits if successful. Off to the Sky Ranger.

Operation Burning Hydra
Date: 05/26/2015
Location: Kolkata, India
Objective: Escort target safely to the extraction point

Assault Team Rank Specialty Missions Kills Gear
Coffee Warlord Captain Heavy 8 18 Nano-Fiber Vest
Poli Rules Lieutenant Sniper 7 8 Scope
DJ Thomas II Squaddie Heavy 2 2 Nano-Fiber Vest
David Gonzalez Corporal Support 3 1 Medikit
Fox McCloud Squaddie Support 2 2 Medikit
Shane Sexton Corporal Sniper 2 1 Grenade

We secure the scientist in the observatory and start take up positions by the doors leading out, ready for anything. Thomas opens the west door out and startles 2 thin men, who immediately sprint for cover and higher ground. They have obviously heard of our reputation. Gonzalez sprints through the door and around the corner, leaning back out he takes aim and drops one of the thin men, who had taken a position on the roof. Poli has a bead on the other from just inside the door and puts it to sleep as well.

Warlord sprints into the yard for cover and spots two more thin men, they move to flank him as Thomas takes a shot at one and misses, leaving CW in a bad position. One of the thin men runs at Warlord, but Sexton has him covered and takes a reaction shot, snuffing him out. Another alien has Gonzalez flanked and tags him, leaving him wounded. Gonzalez rolls to cover behind some crates and returns fire, taking his antagonist out.

Poli climbs up on top of a roof and takes a position where she can see most of the yard. We get the professor out into the yard and take up cover, when a thin man drops right into our midst out of nowhere. Fox McCloud takes a reaction shot and the thin man is no more. McCloud moves up and spots yet another thin man by the extraction site. The alien dives for cover and McCloud goes to overwatch.

Warlord moves up and lays down a field of suppression fire on the thin man. Poli takes a bead on skinny little bastard from her perch up high and dispatches it. Thomas moves forward and stumbles into another thin man, putting him down before the alien can react. DJ has come a long way since his days as rookie in need of a diaper.

We continue to inch forward to the extraction point and as we close in Sexton establishes position on the tallest building in the area, where he has a perfect overview of the safety zone. Another thin man drops out of the sky just east of pick up area, but Thomas is ready and takes him out. With this threat gone, the professor gets to the pickup point and is safely extracted.

Summary
Operation Burning Hydra - Success
Aliens killed: 8 – Excellent
Operatives lost: 0 – Excellent

Artifacts recovered
8 thin man corpses, 16 weapon fragments.

Promotions:
Poli Rules – Captain, trains in opportunist, eliminating the penalty on reaction shots.
David Gonzalez – Sergeant, trains in field medic, allowing a medikits to be used 3 times a battle. (a huge boon)
DJ Thomas – Corporal, trains in bullet swarm, which no longer ends the turn when the primary weapon is fired first.
Fox McCloud – Corporal, trains in covering fire, allowing reaction shots to trigger on attacks.

Gonzalez, Poli and Thomas score 2 notches, while Sexton and McCloud each bag a single. Even Dr. Vahlen is impressed with the efficiency of this extraction as she can’t find anything to bitch about. We earn 157 credits, reduce panic in India and get 2 more scientists as a reward and best of all nobody will be down from injuries. Bring on the next!!
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