My first real game finally tumbled off the tracks as I lost a rescue mission because my target got gassed by a thin man and died (I loathe thin men at this point). Once that happened, I lost any chance at holding back the pressure building up on me. It didn't help that every single mission featured what seemed like a half-dozen mutons along with other assorted nastiness. Needless to say, by the end I was down to just rookies taking on mutons and, well...