-Operation Patient Giant-
Perth, Australia
8:47 PM

The Skyranger touched down on a highway in Perth. Reports had come in of an alien terror attack. Abandoned cars littered the road, and there was no sight of the civilians our team was supposed to rescue. With a long way to go and little time to get there, our team started to hussle forward.

Loony BoB run and gunned forward, spotting three Chryssalids. Two closed in on a civilian, the third rushed him. Not caring about the threat to himself, he Rapid Fired the farthest one, burning it down, while Vivi Double Tapped the other threat to a civlian, leaving only one behind. Shun missed, so Ronnie Rapid Fired it to death, and Psy pulled up the rear as we pressed on, eager to rescue more civilians.

We then spotted five more Chryssalids. 2 immediately jumped towards civilians (killing one), while the rest charged our squad. Vivi took down another, while Ronnie and Bob coordinated to drop a second. Shun and Psy eliminated the third attacker, while Jiro tried to wear down one of the more distant foes.

Our next turn had a zombie and two Chryssalids bearing down on us. Jiro finished off a Chryssalid, while Coleman's Close Combat reactions and BoB's Overwatch tore apart the zombie. Psy tore into the last Chryssalid, and Vivi was able to use his final shot to eliminate it.

Our team was still healthy, using two upturned cars for cover near the end of the engagement zone, when two more Chryssalids came into view. Though healthy, we had no ammo left. The Chryssalids each killed another civilian as our team reloaded, and soon we were facing two Chryssalids and two zombies.

Vivi, having fallen behind from his Squad Sighting, nevertheless managed to get a line of sight on a zombie and a Chryssalid. A Headshot eliminated the zombie, and he use Double Tap to wound the Chryssalid, which Jiro finished.

Bob and Ronnie eliminated the second Chryssalid, but the second zombie took a massive swing, and gravely wounded Bob, before Psy and Shun finished it off.[/quote]

Results: 6 Dead, 12 Saved

Casualites: Bob is majorly hurt, and going to be out for a while.

MVP: Vivi, for making excellent use of Squad Sight and Double Tap to keep things dead.

Promotions: Shun is a Corporal, and BoB is now a Captain. Woohoo.



This mission took us to the next Council report. We now have satellite coverage everywhere except Australia and China (and Asia has no panic at all). This should eliminate abduction attacks (thank goodness), because I believe you need at least three free countries to get them, but we'll see.

We also learned Skeleton Suits, so anyone who wants a little more movement and a grappling hook instead of the slight extra health, speak up!