[Tasan]

Mission 12
March 25, 2040

Triton 1 sets down in an asphalt lot just before dawn. The air is cool and the sky still dark. On the ship are the following troops:

kingfc22 II – Shok Launcher
Caesar – Shok Launcher
SirFozzie II
Kwhit
illinifan999 III
PurdueBrad III
Chief Rum II
BYU 14 II
JeeberD II
Roberto
Coffee Warlord II
Qwikshot

kingfc22 II is first off again. He heads down the ship towards the nose. Caesar is next, and he heads down an alley. SirFozzie II follows him down the alley. Kwhit exits and turns towards the tail of the ship. illinifan999 III comes out, and can't believe what he sees. Everyone else somehow missed an Gill Man not 50 feet from the ship. He quickly fires, but misses and hits a barrel next to the alien. It explodes, and the alien turns to find where the shot came from.

PurdueBrad III exits and takes a shot at the alien. He hits a fence instead, and the alien fires back. Two shots hit PurdueBrad III, but the armor does its job. Chief Rum II shoves him out of the way and fires at the alien, hitting and killing it. BYU 14 II races out to administer first aid to PurdueBrad III. His leg is badly injured, but the Heal All takes effect and stops the bleeding.

The big problem now is how clustered we are. “Nobody else out until we can fan out some. We don't need another Boston!” orders Chief Rum II.

kingfc22 II rounds the nose of the ship and spots two Gill Men, both climbing a tower. He only has one shot, and fires at the higher one with the larger weapon. He misses though, and decides to turn for cover. As he does, he spots another Gill Man through a window in a building right next to the landing site. He signals illinifan999 III who races over and fires through the window. The shot hits it's target, and the alien falls to the ground dead.

At the tail of the ship, Kwhit turns and spots another Gill Man near a storage building. He aims and pulls the trigger, killing the green beast.

PurdueBrad III's wounds are patched, so he heads over to help out kingfc22 II. He spots both aliens, and fires at the upper most one as well. He hits it, and it tumbles off the tower dead. The lower alien fires three times at kingfc22 II, who is trying to reload his launcher. The final shot hits him in the back, and he falls to the ground unconscious. Before BYU 14 II can reach him, he breathes his last. PurdueBrad III, in a fit of rage, returns fire and scores a direct hit. The alien is dead.

BYU 14 II spots movement in an office building. As he moves to get a better view, he spots a Deep One in another part of the same building.



BYU 14 II takes aim and fires, dropping the creature where it stood. It bellows a death roar. Chief Rum II moves to help with the office building. He also gives the order for the remaining 4 troops in Triton 1 to move out.

PurdueBrad III moves out southward down a street. Down the street he spots another Gill Man and fires. He misses and hits the ground. Roberto steps up and fires on the alien, hitting it in the chest with a fatal blow.

Kwhit moves towards a guard shack at the back of the port. Through a window, he spots a Gill Man and takes a shot. It hits the alien in the face, exploding its head and taking its life.

A grenade comes flying at Roberto. It explodes at his feet, taking him and PurdueBrad III out. Coffee Warlord II is hit by the blast and knocked out. illinifan999 III turns and races to them to see who is alive. PurdueBrad III is dead. illinifan999 III grabs his medikit and goes over to Coffee Warlord II. He's got a bad head wound, and the Heal All stops the bleeding. Qwikshot moves over to provide cover. JeeberD starts over towards them, but spots a Deep One on top of that same tower from earlier. He fires on it but misses. Kwhit hears the firing and turns around. He sees the Deep One as well, and snaps off a shot. He misses and blows a wall out of the tower.

Over at the office building, BYU 14 II spots the alien from earlier. He fires and kills it. Chief Rum II moves up through a fence, closer to the building.

Back near Triton 1, Coffee Warlord gets up, in pain but able to move. He picks up his weapon and starts to move back out. He sees the Deep One on the tower and fires, but his shot is too unsteady and he misses wildly. JeeberD II steadies himself and takes another shot at it, and this time hits the spitter, killing it.

Sonic fire flies at Qwikshot from an unknown location. He tosses a chem flare in the direction it came from, but he still can't see anything. illinifan999 III moves up to try and spot it, but sees nothing as well.

At the office, Chief Rum II and BYU 14 II storm in through the back door. Nothing is inside though, and the take positions to check the other rooms, then go upstairs.

On the other side of the port, Qwikshot comes under fire again, this time from a different direction. This shot is more accurate though, and hits him in a weak spot in his armor. The collapses to the ground dead from his wounds. Neither illinifan999 III or Coffee Warlord II can spot the attacker.

SirFozzie II moves forward on the other side of a small building, and spots the alien he thinks threw the grenade. He takes aim and fires, dropping the alien cold.

Coffee Warlord II can't find a door for the warehouse he comes up to, so he blasts a hole in the side of it and steps through. He sees a door and opens it, to find an alien hiding in the corner of the room. This is probably the alien that killed Qwikshot. He takes a snap shot at it and scores a hit, killing the Gill Man. Kwhit moves up behind him and covers his flank. He feels something hit the back of the armor and spins around. A Deep One is spitting on him! He returns the favor with his rifle and kills the creature.

“CW, get over here, I need some help!” he yells. Coffee Warlord II comes over and takes Kwhit's medikit. The acid spit has eaten through the armor and started on Kwhit's skin. Coffee Warlord patches him up with some Heal All. The acid is neutralized.

SirFozzie II continues his sweep, moving near the base of a tower. He spots a Deep One on the other side of it and fires. His shot slams into a post on the tower, missing his target. JeeberD II moves around the to the other side and sees the alien. He takes a shot and hits, killing it.

illinifan999 III circles around a small metal building. He pulls the door open and sees a Deep One inside. He freezes for a moment but pulls himself together enough to fire. The shot hits the alien, killing it.
Further sweep of the port finds no more living aliens. Ten civilians are found alive, along with the bodies of five more. Fifteen aliens were killed in the fight, while four X-COM aquanauts lost their lives. For the inexperience level of the group, we did a good job. For most of these guys, this was their second mission.

Promotions come after the mission. Kwhit and SirFozzie II are both promoted to Lieutenant, while BYU 14 II and Coffee Warlord II are made Ensigns. Kwhit and Coffee Warlord II are both wounded though, and will take several days to heal.