[deathfun]

Commander, we've got some strange reports coming from France... seems like EXALT doings

These guys get around... send in Force

"You guys hear about what happened over at Alpha Site?"
"Yeah... one of the originals was killed in action"
"So ****ty... I can't imagine if that was one of us"
"...Patriot, I just wanted to say that despite your increasingly alarming desire to burn things... you've done right by us all"
"You too Scourge..."
"I need to let Force know how I feel when she gets back"

Barracks, this is the Commander. Get your asses in gear, we've got a situation that needs dealing with in Japan

"It never gets any easier"
"Zhang, you're with us... let's go"




"Hatchway clear Lead"
"Let's do this"


"We need sniper cover down into the parking lot"
"On it"
"Squad, use the cars as cover and keep a tight formation. We don't want any mistakes"



"Inside the building! More robots"
"Lead... I think I see your doppelganger"



"Well **** this guy"


"The bullets basically just bounced off the guy!"
"Sparda... get in real close"



"He's still bloody standing!"
"Scourge here... I've got a sightline" ^{On a Sectoid. Around the corner. Behind an entire floor and a few walls. Not a Mechtoid with a little tarp between him and a bullet}



"You missed Scourge. How did you miss?"
"I didn't missed, the Sectoid is down"
"...How in the hell"
"RAMIREZ! Man that never gets old, TAKE OUT THE MECHTOID"


"Sentinels inbound"


"Standard stealth counter formation. I'm going inside"





"Where are those sentinels?"
"Seems like they've run off somewhere. Ramirez, find that silver platter"




"Don't mind me lead, just going to use you as a shield"

"Bastard is still standing... hold up... he's coming towards us"
"I don't like the look of this..."
"He's a ballerina!"



"...What an explosive performance"
"I sometimes hate you Sparda"


"Follow the alley. We've still got Sentinels"




"That's affirmative... two, way up high"






"Three of you guys missed. Three!"
"We didn't have Zhang to help us out with Holo-Targeting"
"You're a bloody sniper..."
"Not to break up a lovely chat, but we've got guys inside"




^{Dat neck. "NOPE"}

"Breaching"


"No one has a shot?"
"We're all spent"


"Move away Ramirez... this one's mine"


"Chalk up another kill for me"
"Oversight, abduction site is secure. We're coming home"

Mission report nineteen. The team went into Japan to take care of a handful of aliens abducting civilians. Their reports indicate an ability we haven't yet seen from the Cyberdisc, but proves highly effective in dishing out pain

Commander's Log:

Morale took a plummet. A soldier who was known to give no ****s and kept showing the aliens no fear as he stormed their lines in pink armour was killed on an operation not long ago. I can see it in Patriot's eyes. It's something we all don't want to accept, but we know it as a possible inevitability.

Reports coming in from Alpha Site have been rather scarce... but it seems some are getting through. None of which are particularly... well great. I have reason to believe EXALT is either cutting off our contact somehow and intercepting our reports... or that there is a mole within our ranks. I don't want to believe the latter of these options... ignoring it would be unwise however. It would explain why bad news gets through and not much of anything else.

It's either paranoia, or they're employing psychological warfare on our entire facility.

It's working... that IED memory keeps coming back to me so vividly...

[deathfun]

If anyone is interested in seeing the bull**** mission that I had to void, it's this one here.

Basically, the mission went relatively well, but we lost one of the newer recruits. This was because I was an idiot and placed her on a truck which promptly got destroyed by a rocket launcher.

Which would have been fine... if The_Force didn't randomly die from "Severe Trauma from an Unknown Source" upon arriving at the base. First Scourge grapples into the abyss, and then someone dies from an aneurysm upon exiting the Skyranger

What's next? Flying Mechtoids? Terminator Thin Men?
Mother in law?

Our base is coming along Commander. Another Lab has been constructed and we've got techs moving there to begin research right away

What about the Autopsies? I commissioned that we mop up the last of them a week ago

My apologies, but we've had a backlog of projects for a while now

*Sigh* Yeah, fair enough

This is Force! I've got a cell incoming on my position and need extraction immediately!

Oversight copies. A team is on its way

"Where the hell is Patriot?"
"He was checking out the autopsy of his Sectoid counterpart"
"I hope he isn't thinking of incorporating any other tools of destruction on his suit..."
"Oh, and welcome to the team Captain Mutsuda"
"...Swash might have some competition now"




"EXALT soldiers inside!"
"Get in there!"





"Man, these plasma rifles pack a punch"
"Shame we've only got the two"
"Don't lose those"
"Operative on the move... he's running straight at you Ramirez"



"Stun successfu- wait ****!"
"Ramirez, talk to me"
"He just stabbed himself in the neck lead!"
"Fanatics... everyone spread out and form a line down the street"



"Here they come" ^{There were two, Shin nailed one with a solid crit but the camera decided to be silly}



"Moving to high ground"



"They just don't give up"


"Shots high"

"I've got you covered Ramirez"


"This is Force to Oversight, all terminals have been hacked... returning to Skyranger with the package"
"Squad, keep the line and make sure she's covered. I'm going to check out this sound"




"Got one coming out of the alley!"
"Lead, two more dropping in"




"In the face. IN THE FACE"

"Where's the other one?"
"I think he came off the building... behind that truck"


"Another alley rat coming my way..."


"It's your lucky day!"

"...you get to be the torch this Olympics!"

"Shin here, last EXALT fellow is mine"


"Last dash, meet you all at Big Sky"
"Strike, this is Sky. Scopes are green, no more EXALT operatives in the AO"

Mission report twenty. The operative was extracted successfully and we have yet another piece to the puzzle. Our attempts at capturing one of the EXALT soldiers alive was met with brutal results. Seems each is equipped with a syringe filled with a neurotoxin to ensure they aren't taken alive.

Commander's Log:

God dammit! I sort of expected this sort of thing to happen, but I wouldn't of minded catching a break in regards to these fanatics. The Labs analyzed the compound found in the syringes and found that it's an entirely new type of toxin. It acts far too quickly and without a counter, I've instructed all personnel to avoid stopping them if they choose to take their lives. We can't risk the EXALT soldier injecting one of our own.

Patriot seemed a little off after exiting the lab earlier. Seems he was rather disappointed to see that we couldn't salvage the plasma weapons off of the Mechtoid and somehow strap them onto his own suit

Speaking of which, it alarms me. Seems the fragile nature of the Sectoid is being countered by putting them into a more advanced MEC suit. More alarming, is the theoretical capabilities of these suits. According to the techs, while the Sectoid itself seems to have an inability to use its mind abilities, when the suit is merged with another it seems to amplify the effects. This is only a theory, but it would appear that the amplifications will create a shield to protect the user.

I've notified the troops of this, and have also told them to get this on tape. The more research on it the better

[Rodo]

Rodo Ramirez log, Entry 2:

Couple of missions, couple of kills and a stunned gorilla.
Not bad for a rookie, and guess what? I'm captain now!

Oh yeah, gotta go and flash my new title to that lovely nurse. I bet she'll be impressed.

[deathfun]

Sir! Port Elizabeth is under heavy attack!

God dammit, how'd they manage to get past us? No matter... send in the team. We've got to stem the tide of this before it gets out of hand

"Force, nice of you to join us now that you aren't so busy being a secret agent"
"I missed my rifle"




"Patriot, I've got eyes on a Cyberdisc in the alley"


"Hasn't yet seen us"
"Scourge, you may have the honours"




"Two shots and it's down. This rifle packs a punch"

"How come I didn't get one?"
"Blame Engineering. Apparently we lacked a certain amount of funds"

"Little rusty eh"

"Little drone fella is backing up"





"I think it went for backup"
"Yeah... I think it did"





"They don't seem so big and nasty anymore"
"Knock on wood myte"
"Force, get on top of the opposite building. Scourge, join Sparda"


"We've got movement on the other side of that wall"



"I'm curious..."

"Yeah... thought so"

"Shame. I know how much you like burning things"




"Robots are done and gone. Where's that last drone?"
"This is Swash, it's just down the alley!"


"Dammit... it's coming out now though"
"Too easy"


"If we keep this up, we won't ever have problems"

Mission report twenty one. The aliens managed to slip under our radar and began attacking the city. The team performed a clean sweep, but unfortunately not everyone could be saved

Commander's Log:

This one was pretty close to home. Fitting that the op was called Bleeding Mother. While it isn't the Motherland for me, it is for Beta Site. If we can't defend our own doorsteps against these aliens, how can we do it on someone else's? Good thing we proved to the aliens that we aren't a force to be trifled with. The deployment of the Plasma Sniper was a huge success putting down what we currently know as one of the most durable enemies we've encountered.

The_Force is doing quite well despite having been constantly sent out on missions alone. Loneliness can do a number on a soldier in harsh conditions and though we're equipped to deal with basically anything... everyone has a breaking point.

I just hope we don't find that out

[Patriot]

Patriot's Log, Entry 8

Went to the labs earlier this week, checked out the Mechtoid autopsy report and asked Doc Vahlen(err, how do we name her in our site anyhow) to give me some details. Turns out the Mechtoid's pilot, your run of the mill Sectoid, is just a head, as Crizza thought i was before Doc IronBeer burst her bubble. Also, when another Sectoid does the mindmeld thing on it, it gets a shield. I'm pretty sure one could harm the Mechtoid by killing the Sectoid generating the shield, like getting a two-for-one for two normal sectoids with such a mindmeld. Gonna have to test that out when i get the chance.

On our latest anti-terror op i got curious, wanted to know if those disks can be burnt. They can't, which was my expectation. Little disappointed in any case, love to burn **** soooo much!

The guys and girls of our outfit may be eye-ing me with a little suspicion as to my mental health, but i can't assure them i'm fine, cause i'm pretty sure i'm not. Losing your wife of 12 years to these alien bastards does things with your head.. I SAW her body in Berlin, where i told her to go when i was signing up for the XCOM project. ****ing bastards eviscerated her like it was nothing, and they're going to pay..

Also can't find my son in the XCOM list of dead civilians, yeah we keep a list so we know if our families and friends are still alive. I'm assuming he's still alive, cause my sister isn't dead either, and i sent him to live with her. Heard Alpha got their families into their base, gonna ask the Commander to do the same for us, that kid means the world to me now my wife is gone..

Note to self: Smack the commander for joking about Terminator Thin Men, that **** is NOT FUNNY. Even less so with what happened to the guy from Alpha..

Time for a drink with Scourge, becoming jolly good pals along with Sparda. Heh.. thought i'd never make actual friends in this place, turns out i was wrong.

[Scourge of Ages]

TO: HLPX-COM Beta Site [ALL]
FROM: Col Scourge
SUBJECT: Plasma sniper

Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.

[deathfun]

Commander, I've got a request I'd like to make

What is it Patriot?

It's about my family...

You want to find them... bring them onto the base

A similar directive was initiat-

...Initiated at Alpha Site, I'm aware of this. I can't go against the orders of the Council... but if someone were to say grab a few volunteers and go out under the premise of alien activity in certain areas..."

Understood Commander... thanks

Now, I don't need to know anything else about what you aren't about to do. In the meantime, I need you to scramble your team for an abduction sweep in Argentina

On it sir

"Looks like a pretty straight road there Lead"
"Perfect for snipers. Get as high as you can and cover us the entire way"




"Just a sectoid over there?"
"I'm going in for a closer look"


"Yeah, there's the Mechtoid"
"Grenade out"


"Mutons incoming"




"I can't really make it out Lead... but I think we've got Sentinels in the distance"


"Holy ****, I never want to get hit by that"


"Time to get a little personal"






"Force, you got a shot on that Mech?"
"Negative, but the Thin Man is a sure thing"



"Enemy on the move"
"I'm being suppressed!"



"You're going to need a bigger gun"
"I'm getting strangled over here!"


"Swash, I've got you hold on"


"Rodo, flush him out for no apparent reason!"


"Well, it did help me"

"Running up"



"Assume tight formation... we'll wait it out"


"Force, Scourge, very nicely done. Sparda, good capture"
"Terrain was in our favour this time around"

Mission report twenty two. Abductions are getting increasingly easy to deal with. Our snipers are simply put, not to be trifled with

Commander's Logs:

Patriot came up to me earlier. I had to officially deny his request for civilian extractions, but unofficially he's got a greenlight. It is my hope that Council doesn't decide to pull the plug on the operation due to the site being possibly compromised. We've done the checks long before this Project ever came online and aside from a few exceptions, they're clean enough.

I take a great deal of risk with this decision and will take full responsibility if it is to fail. Morale can plummet when you see a family grieve for their fallen loved ones, but on the other hand it can reach new heights and perhaps keep a certain degree of sanity in our troops.

Least I can do for them. They've fought hard, and some have given more than they ever should. For gods sake we took off Patriots limbs and replaced them with mechanical counterparts! Everytime he steps onto that field he's bound to get shot at least once and despite the armour holding incredibly well, it can take a toll psychologically.

I know about the toll constant barrages can have on a soldier. Everytime I get up and walk with this gimp leg I am reminded of how I failed so long ago. Had I just seen that IED sooner... my brother would still be here...

[Scourge of Ages]

Scourge's Log:

So, I guess we're bringing everybody's family on-site. This is a... an odd idea to me, I guess. Part of my brain says, "what purpose could having more civvies around have?" and another part being all, "EXALT is a serious threat and family is potential leverage to them, plus having folks here will really help everyone feel a little safer."

I'm happy with the plan, and even more so with need for secrecy; this is the sort of thing I'm cut out for. All that time in the SASR has been a huge benefit, but I think this might be the first time this war where I get to be all sneaky. No Skyranger this mission, it's going to be all helicopter, truck, trenchcoat and fedora stuff, mate. We're going out in teams of two, and everybody should be back in 24 hours. With luck, nobody will miss us.

Almost makes me wish I had family out there, but everybody I know is already here.

P.S. To any council oversight reading this: ha ha, got you! lol, huh?

[deathfun]

Give my regards to the soldiers Commander. I know putting yourself that close to these aliens to take them alive isn't an easy task

They know the risk, and they also know what live subjects have done for us thus far. Have we learned anything from the Sectoid?

Nothing of significance. Seems like we know more than it does now

Commander, the Council is requesting your presence immediately

This ought to be good...

"Nice of you to join us again there Crizza. Been enjoying yourself in sickbay?"
"You're hilarious"

Big Sky has arrived at the AO. Energy signatures are off the charts down here

"We don't have much time for this so let's make this quick. There's a bomb on this bridge, and we're going to find it"
"What's with the glowing green things?"


"Engineering figures they're some sort of 'power node'. I'd hazard a guess that if we do something about those, it'll buy us some time"
"Contacts!"




"Scourge! You missed both shots?!" ^{This guy had a 95% chance to hit and he missed. TWICE}
"I have no excuse for that one"
"Bloody kidding me... Swash, we need you up front"



"Little far... seems like we got few more to deal with here"



"Swash! Jesus keep your head down!"




"Went right over his head lead"
"Then fix his existence Sparda"


"Ramirez, get up there and help Swash!"



"Two more! We're just waking up everything on this bridge"




"Swash, that was a helluva risk you just took there"


"Here they come"






"Out of ammo. That's a shame"



"What the hell... did everyone show up unable to aim today?" ^{High chance to hit, misses galore. Common theme this mission}



"Negative on first..."



"He's gone"


"Ah hell na"


"That's the last of them lead"
"Get up there and diffuse that bomb then"

Big Sky to Patriot, you've got incoming

"****, everyone get ready"



"Three! No, make that two. He got lit the **** up"
"I'm on the move"







"Seems like we're clear Lead"
"Good. I'd rather not stay on a bridge with a bomb still on it"

Mission report twenty three. The operation was a success. Thin men were scattered on the bridge managing the bomb, but were quickly dispatched and the bomb diffused

Commander's Log:

With the nearby city ravaged by plasma fire, I don't quite see the point in destroying a bridge that barely anyone can get across. Seems pointless, but I guess they figured it to be a strategically sound idea. Guess it was just a way to flush us out into an ambush... not a very good one either.

I've also been informed that sickbay has improved their facilities. Guess our soldiers won't be out of commission as long anymore.

[Rodo]

Rodo Ramirez log, Entry 3:

Hoy tuvimos una mision en un puente, vista muy pintoresca pero todavía no me queda claro porque los aliens querian volar un puente que practicamente ya estaba sin uso. A veces parece que hacen cosas sin sentido y después te los encontrás secuestrando vips?

Hice un par de disparos que fueron a parar a cualquier lado, no se si fue por el aire del rio o que pero parecía que no podíamos pegarle a nada!
Tengo que recordar hacer un par de tiros de practica durante la noche, para mejorar un poco la puntería.

Ah si. Dato de color para recordar: Se llama Lola.
Ahora que sor Major ya está empezando a darme más bola 

[crizza]

Crizzas Log, 26 June

Tremble aliens and despair, I'm out of this damned medbay...

A mission to Munich, bomb defusal... well, given my luck I expected to end up in medbay with missing limbs and that sort of stuff, but guess what, not even a scratch and I killed two more.
The Commander refused my request to dally in Munich and get some beer with Weißwurst...Patriot is not suited for these kind of activities I guess.
Anyway, first two round are on me tonight.

[deathfun]

Once again Force, I'm going to have to send you out after the cell. You know what to do, so get to it. Don't forget to grab your new plasma pistol on the way out. It'll do you a lot more good than that other thing

Council requests your presence Commander, seems like the usual report

Have they mentioned anything about that under the radar operation?

Doesn't seem like they know, or just don't care

The_Force here... Oversight, I could really use some backup right about yesterday

You know the drill. Remain on site, the team is on their way to extract

"Won't lie, I'm sort of glad I'm not out there"
"Really? I thought you were the lone wolf type Scourge"
"Anytime I can bring my rifle with me, sure. Just pistol? Forget that"





"Force, what's your location?"
"Just north of you guys, up on the roof"
"We'll meet you halfway"



"The hell? Patriot, are you seeing what I'm seeing?"
"Looks like they've upgraded their tech"





"Crizza, welcome back!"
"Good to be back"


"Thought Vodka helped you, not hindered"





"Not liking their new toys"
"Good thing they still can't use them right"



"Me and my mouth"
"MEC moving in"


"Just short of two burn ward victims. I'll settle with the one"
"Russian on the move"


"Ramirez, get in to support Swash"


"Crizza, Sparda, work on those flanks"




"Moving to a different vantage point"


"He's got me sighted"


"Time for your closeup shot"
"Another photographer pun? Really?"


"Force is in position to hack... ****, we've got more EXALT incoming"




"Take him down"



"Swash, getting on top of things"
"Another one coming in by Scourge!"




"He's still kicking, firing again"


"Let's get a grenade out while we're at it"




"We're nearly there, keep her covered!"








"The_Force is safely at the Ranger. Let's clean up the rest and get out"




"All EXALT forces are down... back to the Skyranger people. The Commander will really want to take a look at that intel"

Mission report twenty four. EXALT forces are becoming a tad bit more formidable, but nothing our troops can't handle. Another clean operation

Commander's Log:

News of EXALT's field operatives sporting laser technology along with what appears to be Carapace armour is troubling at best. It's too early to be able to say accurately, but the possibility of a mole within the HLPX-COM project isn't to be disregarded. They've stifled the reports that get exchanged between Alpha site and Beta, but I'd hazard a guess that the Commander there thought similarly. I'll have to organize a check on all base personnel as per protocol, but I doubt it'll turn up anything. In the meantime, I've instructed the Labs that paper reports are preferable since it takes a far greater deal of effort to steal secrets when you have to physically touch the information. As for everything that's already in the system, I've ordered that the data be fragmented while also being transferred to physical copies. Taking precautions is the best idea right now

We're narrowing down on them and they know it though. It's only a matter of time

[deathfun]

We're ready for our volunteer Commander

I'm sending Crizza down now

Estimated time?

She'll be out of service for at least twelve days, but the wait will be well worth it Commander

Notify me the second she's out of the tube

Commander, the Council requests your presence in the Situation Room

On my way

"Dr. Marazuki is it? The names Patriot. Stick close to Swash, he'll be your man until this is all over"




"Well hello to you all. I need a few extra hands over here!"
"More on the field Lead!"


"Take out the targets you can"






"Look at them all!"
"Keep it together, these guys are nothing"






"Damn, what'd us snipers do to them?"


"****! We've got one right behind us!"

"Swash, get the Doctor out of there, we'll handle the fellows outside"
"I CANNOT RESIST... MY BURRRRNING DESIRE"



"How much long do those lab techs have before they finish that new armour?"
"Should be receiving it before our next sortie"
"Good, because **** that poison ****"


"Swash here, I'm out, no fire from the Thin Man. I think we're clear!"


"...**** or not"
"Swash! You're supposed to keep the Doctor *alive*"
"He's still moving! Just a little limp"



"When can I get one of those plasma pistols?"
"When Ramirez gets his ass in gear to stun another Sectoid"
"Thin man incoming"



"Dropped him"



"Yeah, he's still in there"
"Scourge, keep that door covered. I'm pushing towards the Ranger"





"He's coming into my sights now..."

"...ooo, even I felt that one"

"Last stretch, keep that Doctor safe!"



"Wrong place, wrong time"
"Doctor, double time it to the Ranger. Squad, leapfrog formation. We don't want any surprises"

Mission twenty five report. Escorting Dr. Marazuki was an easy enough task though Swash dropped the ball for a bit on protection detail. Thin men are numerous, but are no match for our weapons

Commander's Log:

Hopefully the knowledge within Doctor Marazuki's brain will help us turn the tides on this battle. We're making good progress, but getting cocky now isn't a good idea. If we keep it together, we'll make it through this without any hitches so becoming brash in our tactics will do us no good. I've been seeing it a lot more in Patriot's lead though he seems to be taking it more upon himself rather than forcing his squad into those situations. The last few missions have been us against multiple tangos all at once, so we've got to work on that. Too many at any given time will most likely end up in a body bag being filled.

Titan armour should be good to go fortunately. I hope this won't perpetuate the invincible feeling our troops have been adopting as of late.

[Rodo]

Rodo Ramirez log, Entry 4:

Today the commander told me I need to bring another alien alive from the field.
He wants one of those little ones, I call them grisesitos. If it's just one of those then I guess I'll be ok.

Hablando de otras cosas... me encantan estas armas nuevas de plasma, los hacen papilla a los aliens!

No veo a Lola hace varios días, creo que voy a tener que dejar que me disparen un poco para poder visitarla en la enfermería 

[crizza]

Crizzas Log, 6th July

Today I was sent into the lab, it was finally time for gene mods.
Granted, I was a little bit anxious, since they were doing a lot of stuff. Y eyes, a secondary heart…wait, what? They said that given the fact, I was almost killed once, this should make it harder, but well, a headshot would still be the end, eh?
Something with my skin is done too, according to the doc, my skin should tingle if one of those floating snakes is around, lucky me, snake phobia, guess I’ll pass out from shock.
And something with my bone marrow…Don’t know what this will do.
Hope I survive this whole ordeal and then I’ll kick some ass.
They team will do without me I guess, but at least Rodo is around here pretty often, although he never seems wounded, so he can tell me what happens.

[deathfun]

We've got a big one on the scopes

An abductor? Get the team assembled in the new armour and get them out there

Engineering, double time that gear to the barracks

"Scourge, you need to wear the helmet"
"This hat isn't going anywhere"
"I'm with Scourge on this one"
"Fine! But don't come complaining to me when your face is melting off"



"It's just ahead, two o'clock position"
"Move up, snipers cover"




"We've got something big and red"
"I knew Clifford exists!"
"...What?"
"Huh? Nothing"


"Prioritize that target! I'll distract the others with fire"




"We've got three more Mutons!"
"****, we'll deal with them later"




"Man that took some effort. Solid work, nicely done on the stun Ramirez" ^{Manipulating the Berserker's movement after you shoot him comes in a great deal of handy!}

"I've still got another shot in me"
"Go for it Scourge"



"They're on the move lead"
"Looks like that one is running away!"


"Let him go, focus on the other ones"
"Incoming fire!"



"Special delivery!"



"Did you just use your pistol?"
"I totally forgot to make the switch"


"Mulligan"

"Change of plans, Ramirez, get yourself in gear. We're going after this guy"
"****, he's running away!"
"Double time people"




"This guy just doesn't want to stop"


"...well **** me"

"I totally called it lead"
"Yeah, he lead us straight to his friends. Ramirez, new plan. Wipe them out. All of them"



"Nearly there lead"

"Nearly isn't good enough"




"Taking a beating here. Where's my backup?"
"On my way lead"


"****ing kidding me..."


"Time to test out these Titan suits"


"Feel the burn!"
"Well actually, you doused the hell out of me and nothing"
"Sparda here, I've got you covered Lead"



"Still that Mechtoid... good as time as any to test out the armour"


"Man, I felt that"
"You okay?"
"Yeah... seems like the armour took all of it"

"Let's kill this bastard already"




"We've still got the bridge to clear yet. Ramirez, get up there"


"Two of them"



"We're still missing someone"
"Yeah, that Muton from the very beginning"
"Forgot about that coward"



"Found him. We'll take this one alive"
"You sure about that lead?"
"Damn sure"




"Not a fan of this"



"Patriot, you look like hell"
"This suit has seen better days"

Mission report twenty six. The Abductor class UFO landed in South America. Beta site was sent in, but the operation didn't go as smoothly as we'd of hoped. Noted for next sortie

Commander's Log:

I was surprised to see Patriot in the Medical facility getting himself patched up. This was the first time in a long while since he was in there getting wounds dressed. Seriously, I was starting to think it was impossible for him to even be injured!

Still had a word with him. Seeing the footage of the engagement made me think back to what I said about cockiness getting us killed. If we don't take things slow, we'll end up swarmed and put in situations we can't handle.

Commander, interrogation of the red Muton is underway. Your presence has been requested

[Rodo]

Rodo Ramirez log, Entry 5:

Rough mission we had today, muchos de los gigantes rojos dando vueltas por ahi.

Stunned a big rojo for the boss, he must be pleased. Hope we don't get to stun any more of those. It creeps me out having them close cause they stink a lot and it's hard to get that smell off. (yeah, Lola has a cunning sense of smell)

En un momento me metí en una habitación de la nave para ayudar al capitan hojala, estaba rodeado de rojos y necesitaba ayuda así que no había otra cosa que hacer...
Pero mierda! baje la escalera y había literalmente una tonelada de aliens ahí mirandome. Pense que no la contaba pero el hojalata se volvio loco y los quemo a todos con ese lanzallamas que tiene.

Este tipo es un piromaníaco, menos mal que está de nuestro lado 

Ahora voy a ir a visitarlo a la enfermería.
_{si si.. voy a ver a Lola pero nadie tiene porque saber eso.}

[Patriot]

Patriot's Log, Entry 8

Goddamn Muton sons o *****es!

Took a full freaking barrage from a firing line worth of mindless dilweeds..

Commander said i shouldn't take so many risks, i told him a Particle Cannon and Alien Grenades might be a better idea to waste his breath on.

Still trying to locate my son, some of the boys and girls have expressed an interest in getting their families onto base. Might be time to pick up a few of the family members after our next mission.

[FlamingCobra]

Patriot's Log, Entry 8

Goddamn Muton sons o *****es!

Took a full freaking barrage from a firing line worth of mindless dilweeds..

Commander said i shouldn't take so many risks, i told him a Particle Cannon and Alien Grenades might be a better idea to waste his breath on.

Still trying to locate my son, some of the boys and girls have expressed an interest in getting their families onto base. Might be time to pick up a few of the family members after our next mission.

[deathfun]

"What do you mean Patriot isn't joining us on this mission?"
"He's currently being patched up"
"That's... just impossible"
"Looks like you're joining us Captain Mutsuda. We don't have a spare Titan set so you're stuck with one of the old"




"Man, is it ever strange not hearing the thump of the MEC"
"He'll be back soon enough. Sorry Mutsuda"
"Sparda, we've got a disc"





"He's running away!"



"Like hell he is"
"Patr- I mean, Sparda, three Mutons in the alley"


"Try to pelt them down, we could use their rifles"


"That's a miss..."
"I've got some smoke for us"


"Mutsuda, move to assist"



"****, Sentinels..."
"According to Engineering... we're okay"
"Yeah, but not Mutsuda"


<sup>Ramirez gets hit

Then suppressed!</sup>

"These guys are a little annoying"





"God damn another miss"
"Sentinel!"



"Nice shot The_Force"
"Swash, you get the big guy, I've got the weakened"


<sup>Grappling hook victory yet again. Out of breath? No problem!



Fail for stun. Not that it was tried, I just hadn't anticipated that the Muton would be out of first move for Ramirez!</sup>


"Well so much for taking his gun"
"There's still others, lets go find them"








"Up down, up down"
"He was just asking for it"



"Prime target for a stun, I'm going in"


"Let's see if we can make it a double"




"Argh, damn that's annoying. Armour is holding, barely"


"Still, worth it"
"We're still missing a Sentinel..."
"Mutsuda, watch out!"


"Got him for ya"
"Still was attached to me"
"You'll live. Scopes clear, let's jet"

Mission report twenty seven. Another abduction, another success. Nothing new here

Commander's Log:

Our team is shaping up quite nicely, though not seeing Patriot on the field is a bit jarring to say the least.

It'll be a while yet, but from the looks of it we'll be ready to tackle the stronghold soon enough. I'll have to wait though. I want the main team there