[Tasan]

And now the conclusion of Mission 5...

Hoopsguy, RendeR, Kodos II, Barkeep 49 II, Abe Sargent, RealDeal II, Icy, and Travis II are all knocked cold from the blast. Nobody is killed, though. This must be some kind of new stun weapon.

This is almost the worst thing that can happen. Still in the early, bunched up phase of deployment, an area effect weapon goes off. The rest of the squad reach for medi-kits to try to revive their fellow aquanauts. Before they can though, aliens are spotted. The big grey thing starts to move towards chesapeake, but TonyR hits him with a Jet Harpoon (somehow, while in the middle of everyone else passing out, he remained standing). It keeps coming though. chesapeake levels his weapon and squeezes off a shot, hitting and kill the thing. These weapons are fantastic!

Poli sees anther Gill Man, aims and fires. Another one down.

Neon Chaos II and illinifan999 both have medikits and return to the field of unconscious troops to try and help. Neon Chaos II revives Kodos II. He'll have to pick up all his stuff, but he's back in the fight. Illinifan999 attempts to revive RealDeal II, but he's really out.

PurdueBrad moves out to better secure the area, and a shot flies at him, hitting him in the head. He falls down, left hand attempting to hold in his brains. He dies there on the asphalt. Poli spins and sees his PurdueBrad's attacker. He takes two quick shots but misses with both. He's caught out in the open, with a Gill Man who has a clear line of sight to him. He ducks for cover in the shadow of a tower and prays for the best. The Gill Man fires, but not at Poli. It hits a civilian, killing him, then ducks into a building. All around them, screams of civilians can be heard.

“Guys, we need to get back up and going fast, or theres not going to be anyone left in Boston to protect!” chesapeake is concerned this mission is going tits up in a hurry. He continues to move closer to the garage where he saw a Gill Man earlier, but he doesn't want to get too far away from his fallen squaddies.

illinifan999 dumps the rest of his stimulants into RealDeal II and he gets up.

"Kodos II, don't grab your heavy weapons again. Go scavenge up a rifle and help set up the perimeter,” chesapeake instructs.

“Got it boss.” Kodos II scrambles around to where Abe Sargent lays and grabs his Sonic Rifle.

From behind a guard shack, a Gill Man leans out and fires. Its not a sonic blast though. It sails over everyone's head and explodes harmlessly a few blocks away. It must be what hit the squad earlier.

“Guys, make him a priority before he takes out the rest of us!” orders chesapeake.

TonyR primes a grenade and throws it to the corner where the alien poked around. The grenade goes off but no other sound is heard. Through the smoke, Kodos II spots it move and takes a shot, but misses.

Poli spots the Gill Man from the building earlier and takes another shot at him. His poor aim gets the better of him again, missing. The Gill Man returns fire and doesn't miss, hitting Poli mid-chest, splattering him on the ground where he crouched. illinifan999 moves near Poli's body. He spots the alien moving, shoots, but misses. It turns around but does not fire, instead choosing to seek cover.

RealDeal II heads over to where Barkeep49 II lies and picks up his Sonic Rifle. “Sorry bud, you don't really need this right now.”

Aliens are moving around everywhere. At least 2 Gill Men have been spotted along with two more of the spitting grey guys.

Kodos II steadies himself again and takes aim on the Gill Man who stunned everyone. His shot hits, killing the creature. Hopefully that type of threat is now over. Neon Chaos II moves over to support chesapeake, who is still watching the garage for that Gill Man he spotted earlier. RealDeal II comes around the nose of the ship and heads north, in an attempt to put pressure on the Gill Man who killed Poli and the others.

Through a window, TonyR spots one of the spitters. Not confident with his shot, he moves to get a better angle. While moving, he spots a Gill Man on the docks. With no line of fire on either, he decides to bide his time and wait for shots.

The Gill Man in the garage opens the door! chesapeake takes a wild shot and misses. He steadies himself, takes aim, and lays the second one center mass, just like at the range. It howls in pain, then falls to the ground dead. “I think we're finally clear down here, someone come take my position to run through the garage real quick. I have a med pack, I'll try to revive someone else.”

“Acknowledged. I'm on it LT,” replies Neon Chaos II.

illinifan999 moves forward to attempt to locate the alien wiping them out on the north side. He spots it by a heavy lifter at takes aim. His shot finally finds the target this time, killing the Gill Man instantly.

TonyR decides he's not going to get a clear shot on the alien by the docks, so he takes out a grenade, primes it for immediate detonation, and heaves it with all his might. Amazingly, it lands at the alien's webbed feet. The beast spins and fires, and with his last action nails TonyR in the throat. He collapses to the ground, clutching his gaping neck, gurgling his last words.

Kodos II inches himself forward along the warehouse by the touchdown location. He spots a spitter moving, but can't get a clean shot. It clunks around the corner, and spits on his face. He writhes in pain as the acid eats through his face, killing him slowly and painfully.

chesapeake arrives at hoopsguy's peaceful body. He pulls out his medikit and starts pumping him with stim shots. After the second shot, hoopsguy groggily rolls over. “Thanks, LT, I thought I was a goner there for a bit.”

“No problem hoops, grab your weapon, there's still a fight left.” chesapeake moves on to work on Travis II. He doesn't come to with three shots.

illinifan999 has been slowly working his way behind the spitter that got Kodos II. He finally gets in position, takes aim on the thing's back, and fire. The shot hits the building beside the creature. It spins and spits, showering illinifan999 with acidic goo. Its the last thing he ever sees.

hoopsguy collects himself mentally, then grabs his Sonic Rifle and heads down to cover chesapeake. RealDeal II clears the building to the north of the Triton, and loops back to catch up with everyone else.

chesapeake uses the last stim shot from the last medikit in a futile attempt to wake Travis II. He throws the kit down in disgust and moves to supports hoospguy.

More screams from the civilians. If we don't end this soon, its going to be a disaster. chesapeake lobs a grenade behind the building where they've been seeing a spitter, and where unknown to him, it killed illinifan999. The grenade goes off and chesapeake sees a body fall, but hears no scream. He'll have to keep an eye on this one.

Neon Chaos II enters the warehouse everyone has been going around. He spots a spitter just past the entryway and nails it with a well aimed shot. It dies with a scream. Through an open door on the far side of the building, Neon Chaos II spots another spitter. He moves to close the distance and get a shot. hoopsguy comes around the far corner of the warehouse and sees the spitter. Aiming carefully, he drops it in one shot and it dies with a scream as well.

RealDeal II sweeps along the north side of the grid, heading for an office building. Through the windows he spots yet another spitter. He moves to get a shot on it.

Without the spitter outside anymore, Neon Chaos II now begins to search the warehouse for more aliens. He doesn't get far before he spots a Gill Man on the catwalk above him. He has no shot, though, and dives to get out of the line of sight.

From far behind them, the troops hear the sound of a grenade exploding and the scream of an alien. Apparently the missed on in the tower behind them, but it tried to kill a human and instead got itself. Good thing too, because nobody was in position to take care of it.

hoopsguy moves towards the back of the warehouse to try and give support to Neon Chaos II. As he does, he spots a spitter upstairs through a window, right next to where Neon Chaos II had spotted the Gill Man. This just became a LOT harder. hoopsguy can only get off a quick shot through the window, but scores a hit on the spitter, killing it. Hopefully that will give Neon Chaos II the opportunity he needs to get a line on the Gill Man. However, right after he drops the spitter, the Gill Man runs to the window to see who did it. Not one to miss an opportunity like this, hoopsguy takes aim again, and once again fires true. The Gill Man drops to the metal floor, dead.

RealDeal II bursts into the office he had been slowly moving towards. As he does, he spots the spitter he saw earlier though the doorway on the other side of the building. He takes aim and fires, stopping the creature in its tracks. It screams in agony as it dies.


RealDeal II is about to drop another bad guy.

“Neon Chaos II, I want you to go check out that explosion we heard earlier, make sure there aren't any more baddies back there,” orders chesapeake.

“Yes sir,” replies Neon Chaos II, but thinks to himself “Gee how lucky am I? I get to go check out the explosion, alone. Yay”

chesapeake himself enters the dock area. There are lots of dark corners in here, and small buildings for aliens to hide in. RealDeal II starts sweeping the office building while trying to keep an eye outside as well. Everyone's searches turn up empty though. The last alien is dead.

10 living civilians were found in the area, and the bodies of five more were found in the buildings and streets. In all, 14 aliens were killed, with one live alien being recovered. Five X-COM agents lost their lives in the firefight. This was the most intense battle fought yet. Only 4 aquanauts were standing in the end.