-Operation Hot Paramour-
Calgary, Canada

Well, THAT'S certainly an intriguing op name. And I can't report what goes on in this mission...
I mean that, I can't. My internet went through a reboot 90% of the way through, wiping my notes of the mission, leaving me with just the highlights in memory, no real stories. And there were surprisingly few of those. It was a simple, 10 alien abduction mission, with 2 Floaters, 2 Mutons, and 6 Sectoids. And the only real issue of note was that Balls MacGuyver captured one of the Sectoids (which let us finish our Laser Research).

Promotions were our Rookie, another Female Assault, Psy, who went up to Major, and Miss MacGuyver up to Lieutenant.

The good news is, we're about at the breaking point on economy. We have a council meeting in a few days, and most of the sats are up (Asia is the only one left in the cold). We also have our first two Firestorms with EMP cannons, which means that defense is going to get a lot easier really quickly. Soon we'll be able to start on decisions such as what type of gear you get, instead of just whether you get it or not.


So, next mission. A small scout downed in Brazil.

-Operation Severed Flame-
Brazil
11:07 AM

It starts off right away with introducing us to a new foe. A small flying saucer object, escorted by an even smaller drone. The drone got shredded immediately by our team's reaction fire (no clue who got the kill), and the new Cyberdisc itself didn't last much longer. With Ronnie (whose Double Shot missed both times), MacLeod, MacGuyver, and Psy all with shots on it, its heavy armor only put up token resistance before our new Rookie was given the coup-de-grace (wanted her to gain a class ASAP). All in all, a wonder of coordination and teamwork.

Our next discovery was the scout ship itself. Unfortunately, its power core was blown by our interceptor (no new Firestorm from this ship ), however, the Outsider inside was still alive. The Outsider took a shot at MacLeod, and Ronnie retaliated with his pistol, allowing MacGuyver moved in to capture it. Not that we'll be researching it anytime soon, but getting it out of the way and picking up another Light Plasma Rifle wouldn't hurt.

The final foes of the mission were a couple of Mutons. The first didn't take good enough cover, and Vivi's Headshot eliminated it (as well as caused the Muton's Rifle to fly far enough that it seemed to smack Ronnie in the face). Ronnie missed with his Double Shot again, and Balls took the fall for it, getting shot at close range by the beast's plasma. Wanting to redeem himself, Ronnie got right up close, flanked the creature, and Double Shotted it again, finally putting it down and ending the mission.
MVP: MacLeod. Good use of Suppression, even if I didn't mention it, and some nice healing tossed out.

Promotions: Major Coleman, Colonel Vivi, and our female Rookie, who became another Heavy. Man, Supports hate us. Probably due to MacLeod's whole "victory through death" thing early on.

Casualties: MacLeod and MacGuyver (Mac was an unlucky name on this mission), both out for a week.


Not only are we reaching the point of balance for economy, we're also extremely, extremely close to having a fully functional B-Squad, which will let me swap teams and keep everyone playing in a much more balanced function. In the meantime, enjoy the new pic.

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Our next mission is a Terror Attack in Perth, Australia. Which, if we do well, is perfect, as I have still to lauch a single satellite in Asia, and getting its terror knocked down for free will make things that much easier as we move into the final month without full coverage.