We get a call from the council, apparently they have a "friend" they want us to rescue. This "friend" supposedly was a hack for the aliens. He knew they were coming, probably contacted/threatened by one of the Thin Men. He has since realized the error of his ways, well, rather the aliens have been trying to eliminate him.
I organize the following squad:
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| Cpt | Vanya Solovyov | 8 | 66 | 99 | 0 |
| Cpl | Hamza Rahman | 6 | 70 | 82 | 0 |
| Cpl | Hamza Imad | 6 | 37 | 76 | 0 |
| Lt | Coffee Warlord | 7 | 55 | 73 | 0 |
| Cpl | Da Law | 6 | 34 | 66 | 0 |
| Sq | Tell Perj | 6 | 59 | 64 | 0 |
Council Mission
Operation Hidden Scepter
We are set to travel to Leeds, UK and we land outside of a Musuem.
Movement begins and we are immediately contacted by 2 Thin Men to the squads right, one of them realizes Warlord's potential and hits him with some poison. Rahman and Law both rip off a shot and miss the Thin Men.
Perj and Rahman are both hit with a poison cloud, looks like they have learned to keep their distance from the team. Law tries to take a snap shot at one and misses, he then spins and takes out the other, walking a trail of lead up it's chest.
Warlord rattles a burst from his machine gun while both Rahman and Perj miss. This last Thin Man is a dodging fool. He sends a stream of plasma to Perj and manages to hit him. Through Rahmans movement he manages to come into contact with 2 more Thin Men.
Vanya runs over to Perj and pulls out a med kit, slapping it upside Perj and tells him to buck up. Perj is healed from the poison and some of the burns from the plasma heals too.
Rahman and Law miss, with Law managing to miss multiple times, it's almost like he is an eager puppy and to excited, he is shaking as he shoots.
Rahman notices that one of the Thin Men is trying to flank and sends a triple right into the forehead of the alien. Perj misses.
Vanya gets up to Warlord and manages to heal him of the poison to. Warlord sends a burst missing with his second, but that was enough for him to lock on and he takes down an alien.
The squad is moving and covering as they are getting closer, Imad managed to get up where he could provide cover but comes into contact with a Thin Man. Rahmans movement creates 2 more contacts, there are aliens everywhere and the squad is trying to figure out where they are.
Rahman is hit from behind, multiple plasma shots rip through his body as he drops to the ground. He is critically wounded. Law yells for Vanya who manages to move up next to Rahman and he sends a barrage at the alien and takes him out.
Imad gets into position and takes another alien out. The squad looks up and notice what we would call a troop ship and it cruises by, dumping 5 Thin Men from the sky.
As soon as two of them hit the ground they are taken out, one from Vanya and the other from Imad. Law misses one of them.
Perj drops back into a better position and shreds one of the Thin Men. Imad is recognized as a danger with his rifle and is hit with a poison dart. Another alien manages to hit the squad with a poison grenade, include the target. This isn't good as Vanya has used all his medical kits.
Vanya and Imad miss with their shots and Law manages to take one out with a Rocket. Rahman misses while another Thin Man drops from the sky.
Vanya and Warlord manage to take out an alien each, but the squad is not fast enough to get to the extraction point and the target starts to convulse and vomit blood as the poison digs deep into his system.
The rest of the squad at risk of being over run take off to extraction and manage to get out.
The mission is considered a failure.
11 Aliens Killed
0 Ops Killed
1 Target killed
Vanya Solovyov is promoted to Major and learns Deep Pockets.
Hamza Imad is promoted to Sergeant and learns Damn Good Ground.
Da Law is promoted to Sergeant and learns Shredder Rocket.
Hamza Rahman is promoted to Sergeant and learns Close and Personal. He is also out wounded for 9 days with Tell Perj.