May 2nd, 2015
Power generator is complete and I start work on the foundry immediately and order Interceptors for Asia and Africa.
May 4th, 2015
We get notice of Alien abductions.
China Panic level 2, very difficult, 4 engineers
Mexico Panic level 1, difficult, 200 credits
Russia Panic level 1, difficult, Support Sergeant
With all things close, I decide the extra coin will help more than anything else right now and off we go to Mexico, eager to try our new armor!
Operation Red Flame
Date: 05/04/2015
Location: Chihuahua, Mexico
Objective: Sweep and neutralize hostiles
| Assault Team | Rank | Specialty | Missions | Kills | Gear |
| Coffee Warlord | Lieutenant | Heavy | 6 | 12 | Nano-Fiber vest |
| Benton Gale II | Lieutenant | Sniper | 5 | 6 | Scope |
| Kid Kodos II | Squaddie | Support | 1 | 1 | Medikit |
| Shane Sexton | Squaddie | Sniper | 1 | 0 | Scope |
| Deacon Palmer II | Rookie | none | 0 | 0 | Grenade |
We deploy near what appears to be a diner and fan out on the parking lot, taking up defensive positions and scanning for activity. Two beastly looking creatures appear and both Warlord and Palmer miss reaction shots as the aliens move toward the door.
Gale shouts out Mutons!! lines up one of them and nails it, but it somehow stays up, scary. Sexton and Palmer both go for the other one and miss, not good with as durable as these look. Coffee Warlord zeroes in and she looks like she wants to unleash the rocket, instead she looks to suppress the closest one and Kodos throws down some smoke. The aliens unleash plasma blasts at Gale and Warlord, but both miss the mark.
Gale and Sexton both miss, not what we want from our snipers guys!! Palmer moves up behind Sexton and tosses a grenade, wounding the second alien and destroying its cover. Kodos moves to a better vantage point and drops the Muton that was injured by Palmer, killing it. The second Muton sprints for cover, as two floaters appear to our west.
Gale wounds one of the floaters, but nobody else has a shot and we go to cover and overwatch mode. The second Muton appears again and Sexton misses a reaction shot, Warlord does not and the Muton dies in a hail of bullets. More floaters appear and Palmer takes one down with a reaction shot and we prepare to counter.
Gale blasts one floater with a headshot and Sexton takes out another, now our snipers are clicking. Coffee Warlord decides its time and unleashes a rocket, taking out a corner of the eatery, but only one floater with it. The two that remain move, one hitting Sexton, who is likely only saved by the new armor. The other launches and drops down behind us, but that maneuver will not end well for the alien.
Palmer moves into the open and rushes the floater behind us, destroying it with a quick burst. Coffee Warlord moves up next to Gale and takes out the final floater, completing another flawless mission! CW is a killing machine!
Summary
Operation Red Flame - Success
Aliens killed: 8 Excellent
Operatives lost: 0 Excellent
Artifacts recovered
6 floater corpses, 2 muton corpses, 16 weapon fragments and the ability to do a muton autopsy.
Promotions:
Shane Sexton Corporal, trains in snapshot allowing shots to be taken after moving with a -20 aim penalty.
Deacon Palmer II Squaddie, support earning a smoke grenade.
After reviewing surveillance film of the mission, Coffee Warlord is given one of Palmers kills, for a total of 4 on the mission and 16 overall. Kodos, Gale, Sexton and Palmer get 1 each, so everyone is on the tally sheet. We earn 200 credits, though panic has increased in Asia and Europe. Sexton will be out 8 days with his injuries.