Our new Captain is
Sterling 'Nova' Silvers IV.
We use the money from our last mission to build a laboratory. I consider waiting until the end of the month, but we need next-gen weapons and armor asap so speeding up research is crucial. 15 credits left.
May 26 -- 12:46 am.
A large UFO is spotted in the northern US! Class undetermined. We scramble Raven-4 ...
It takes out both of our interceptors, despite using aim and dodge uplinks to assist. It seems we just don't have ships advanced enough to take out something of that size yet.
Later in the day, we complete Chryssalid Autopsy. Experimental Warfare is up next.
May 29 -- Uplink complete! Satellites follow shortly, and it's time to choose where to put them.
Argentina's about to leave the Council if they don't get one, so they are an obvious must as the first choice. We grab Mexico as well, which gives us the North American bonus halving the price and maintenance of our interceptors.
We leave Asia alone which means we don't need to buy more interceptors to put up there, leaving the final one down to France, Brazil, Egypt, or South Africa. I need scientists more than anything, so South Africa gets the nod.
MAY COUNCIL REPORT
Not quite as good as the previous ones, we get a B for our overall grade this month.
** 1 Council Mission Completed
** 2 Abductions Stopped
** 3 Satellites Launched
** 5 Research Projects Completed
** 1 UFO Escaped
Losing that large UFO over the US cost us some, but the Americans are still solidly on board.
Income: 1176 credits, 6 Scientists, 2 Engineers
We've got 50% coverage now, 8 of 16 countries with a Satellite. Of the remaining ones, 5 are at High Panic: Brazil, France, Japan, Australia, and Egypt.
26 Engineers and 15 Scientists now, more balanced than it was but we still need more research. 954 credits, and a strong profit margin -- the finances look better all the time.