[Tasan]

Mission 5
February 9, 2040

Cities. Their tall buildings and tight alleys will not make this fun at all. Boston PD has cordoned off the harbor area. They report several civilians still inside, but they didn't want to go and get them. Figures. Don't worry folks, X-COM is here to save you.

hoopsguy
RendeR – Gas Cannon
Kodos II – Gas Cannon
chesapeake
Neon Chaos II
TonyR – Jet Harpoon + grenades
illinifan999
Barkeep49 II
Poli
Abe Sargent
PurdueBrad
RealDeal II – Gas Cannon
Icy
Travis

TonyR draws a short straw and has to be the only squad member to carry a Jet Harpoon, since we didn't have enough Gas Cannons and Sonic Rifles to go around. He gets some extra grenades to try to help make up for it. Five Sonic Rifle carriers draw short straws as well, and only get 1 clip for their weapons. Everyone else gets either their Gas Cannons or Sonic Rifles, two grenades and an extra clip.

The Triton, a capable flyer as well as a submersible, finds a landing spot in a large parking lot near the harbor, near (but not on) the western edge towards the southern side of the combat grid. hoopsguy, as usual, is first off the ship. He heads towards the nose, and is fired upon from up high and from the west. He turns and spots a Gill Man at the top of a tower, along with a frightened dock worker. He snaps a quick shot off and nails the green monster square in the chest. It screams and falls to the roof, lifeless.

RendeR and Kodos II move off the ship and take positions aiming down alleyways. We want to be careful with the high explosives because of all the civilians running around. Neon Chaos II is off next, and he heads towards the tail of the ship. Positioning himself on the wing, he sweeps the rear area and spots another Gill Man climbing another tower. He manages to get a quick shot off, and hits the alien dead on. It screams and slumps over dead. These Sonic Rifles seem to be paying off already. Two hits, two dead, and good shots both. The Jet Harpoons often would require multiple shots to bring down these guys.

More of the squad moves out. This time we'll split into pairs, except for the heavy weapons and the Jet Harpoon. They will support the 5 teams of Sonic Rifles when needed, and watch the alleyways.

Two civilians cry out. chesapeake spots one human near a garage. Some kind of large grey alien spits something on the human and it dissolves the flesh off his arm. A Gill Man is also spotted moving in support of this new alien. chesapeake doesn't have a clear shot at either, though. He and hoopsguy move to investigate. As chesapeake moves along a building wall, he spots the big grey thing. He can't get a good line on him though, so he signals to hoopsguy for a grenade. hoopsguy complies, lobbing one right in front of the creature. It goes off but the alien is still standing.

illinifan999 and Poli move off as a team, peering into windows of buildings, looking for signs of aliens. Icy and Travis II move off to scout out a large warehouse near the landing sight. Neon Chaos II and PurdueBrad join up and move off from the tail of the ship. Barkeep49 II and Abe Sargent are the last to pair up, and head around the nose of the ship towards where hoopsguy killed the first alien.

Something comes sailing out of nowhere and lands at the corner of the warehouse near the Triton. Eight men drop.


Aliens catch the X-COM forces just as they depart their drop ship.

Stay tuned for more...