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Old 12-05-2012, 02:27 PM   #90
BYU 14
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The scorched Desert
Base operations
I sell some elerium to order a new SHIV, though not sure how much good that will do. We are down to 6 soldiers and no money to request more right now, hopefully it stays quiet.

On July 8th South Africa requests 18 alien alloys, which we send for 150 credits. I request 5 new soldiers and order a laser rifle.

July 9th we get a report of a UFO landing in the United States, the Skyranger fires up its engines and we will do the best we can.

Operation Demon Dawn
Date: 07/09/2015
Location: Rural USA
Objective: Locate and neutralize hostiles

Assault Team Rank Specialty Missions Kills Gear
David Gonzalez II Rookie None 0 0 Scope
Da Law IV Rookie None 0 o Nano-Fiber Vest
Deacon Palmer III Rookie None 0 0 Nano-Fiber Vest
Kid Kodos III Rookie None 0 0 Grenade
Shane Sexton II Rookie None 0 0 Medikit
Fox McCloud II Rookie None 0 0 Medikit

Six rookies going into an undamaged UFO landing site, this should be fun. We move up very slowly, taking advantage of intact cover, as the base tells us to expect heavy resistance since this was a landing…..no shit and thanks!!

We have position on a rise above the crash site, so I decide to try and draw them out. Two mutons and a large red beast finally appear and Kodos misses a reaction shot. I am not going to give up position, Kodos fires from behind his rock but misses, Sexton also fires and wounds a muton. The red thing comes at us and Gonzalez, Palmer and McCloud all take reaction shots, but only McCloud hits, wounding it.

A muton fires and Kodos is wounded badly. He retreats and drills the muton that got him, but it does not fall. Law, Gonzalez and Sexton all miss!! McCloud heals Kodos and Palmer tags the big thing, knocking it’s health down a bit. The Hulk looking creature comes right up next to us, while the mutons fire, one missing, one hitting Law.

Law takes aim at the red menace and peppers it, then panics after the beast lets out a scream and comes to stand above him. McCloud and Palmer panic too, both missing the big thing badly. Kodos misses it, Sexton scores a hit and Gonzalez finally finishes it off!! A muton comes up and flanks us and blasts Sexton, killing him and sending nearly everyone into a panic, for hells sake!!

Palmer fires and misses and we lose a big tree covering us as the far muton suppresses us, while the bastard on the flanks lobs a grenade. Palmer and Law die, down to three. Kodos launches a grenade and wounds the muton flanking us, causing it to scamper off. We regroup and reload.

Creeping down the right flank of the UFO Gonzalez misses a muton that briefly pops out. As we continue the muton shows again and trades fire with McCloud, the alien is wounded, McCloud untouched. Gonzalez drills the alien, who lets out a shriek causing both Kodos and Gonzalez to panic. McCloud shakes his head and ducks behind a log. With his teammates still sniveling, McCloud calmly takes care of the threat. The badly wound muton appears again and Gonzalez finishes it after a Kodos miss.

We get to the side of the craft and as we inch our way up three more mutons appear, the resulting fire fight is short and predictable, all three operatives go down in a hail of plasma, another failure.

Summary
Operation Demon Dawn - Failure
Aliens killed: 3 – Terrible
Operatives lost: 6 – Terrible

Artifacts recovered
None

Promotions:
None

This is pretty much the end of X-Com as we get hit with another abduction mission before replacement soldiers can arrive. Four more nations drop and we are done. You fought bravely lads, but in the end the earth is destined to be controlled by large ugly beings not named Shawn Kemp.
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