[Tasan]

Mission 11
March 18, 2040

Triton 1 finds the crash site and sets down near it, close to the southwest corner of the grid. On board:

kingfc22 II – Shok Launcher
Kodos III
Kwhit
Caesar – Shok Launcher
SirFozzie II
illinifan999 III
BYU 14 II
PurdueBrad III
Chief Rum II
JeeberD II
MrBug708 II
Qwikshot
Travis III
Coffee Warlord II

kingfc22 is first off the boat. He steps out to see an undersea mining operation. It looks deserted, but there will be pods to search. Kodos III follows him out and heads down the side of the ship to the nose, where he looks over the side. He spots a pod that will need to be searched.

Next is Caesar, who heads towards the tail. Kwhit, SirFozzie II, and PurdueBrad III follow him and spread out.

Kodos III spots a Gill Man trying to exit the pod in front of him. He fires and kills it in the doorway.

The rest of the squad moves out of Triton 1. They pair up and move out to search the area. Travis III and PurdueBrad III move north. Travis III spots an Gill Man exit a pod and fires, but misses badly. The Gill Man returns fire and has as much luck as Travis III, missing very high. PurdueBrad III steps up as Travis III takes cover and fires a shot. He hits nothing but sand, and decides cover is a good option. JeeberD moves up and fires, hitting the green alien. It flinches, but still stands. Caesar turns and fires with his stun launcher, and scores a hit. The alien collapses on the ground, knocked cold.


Troops search undersea mining pods.

Kodos III moves to enter the pod where he killed a Gill Man. As he reaches for the door it opens and another Gill Man is there. He instinctively fires and hits the alien, killing it.

SirFozzie II spots motion in the distance and fires. A Gill Man dives out of the way and retreats into the shadows. He gives chase and gets another shot off, but it goes wide. Chief Rum II joins him and fires as well, but hits a light pole and it explodes in a shower of sparks. The alien returns fire twice but is also a bad shot, missing with both. SirFozzie II gets another shot off and hits pay dirt this time, dropping the alien to the sand.

JeeberD II advances and spots the alien sub. He has a good view on the door and takes up watch. Caesar moves up to support him. As he does, a Gill Man moves through the doorway. Caesar fires and the Shok bomb explodes inside the ship, knocking out the alien.

The troops continue their search, but turn up nothing else. Two live aliens were captured, and 3 more where killed. In addition, 3 more bodies were found inside the ship. Six dead aliens, and not a scratch on an X-COM unit. Not much was recovered from the downed alien ship, but with no casualties on our side, this mission is a resounding success.

After the mission, there are several promotions. Kodos III, Caesar, Kwhit, SirFozzie II, illinifan999 III, JeeberD II, and Travis III are all promoted to Ensign. MrBug708 II is made Captain, and RealDeal II is promoted to Commander while sitting on his butt, recovering from a hole in his arm.