The X-Com Experiment

[Oliver Scarrna]

Recently, I came into possession of the strategy game X-Com: Enemy Unknown. If you don't know already, the play takes control of a squad of soldiers as they stop alien invasions around the world. As a bit of fun, I decided to name my squad after the marine squad we have here, and see how they all. I will try to post updates here as much as I can.

First Line-up: Scarrna, Raine, Coulson, Dole

Apart from Scarrna, all of the squad members were rookies going into the mission. During the mission, Ollie was able to gain a height advantage and take out one Sectoid. In the building below him, Eric had a 28% chance of hitting the other, but missed. Jerome, meanwhile, fired with a 25% chance and hit, killing the second. The squad then moved up to find another two Sectoids, both of which moved inside a building at the other end of the port. One of them fired, wounding Raine and keeping him out of action before Scarrna used his rocket launcher to destroy the alien's cover and kill them both. Mission Completed.

So now, we have: Scarrna (Heavy), Dole (Assault), Coulson (Rookie) and Valentine (Rookie) as part of the active squad. I will update after another mission.

[Oliver Scarrna]

That last mission didn't go well. The squad was assigned to rescue an escaped abductee, who the aliens also wanted back. Due to a number of errors and missed shots that had a high chance of hitting, we lost Scarrna and Coulson. Due to the nature of the game, all people who are killed don't come back, so we've just lost two squad members, one of which was the most experienced. Anya and Jerome were both wounded as well, keeping them out of action for a number of days, meaning the next few missions may involve using entirely rookie squads.

[Oliver Scarrna]

The latest mission went well. A UFO was shot down over Germany, meaning the squad moved in. Valentine, Raine and Torres moved in along with a non-BSH squad member named Li. They were able to successfully neutralise the ship's occupants along with recover alien tech and suffer minimal injuries. Raquel and Declan were promoted, and became an Assault and Sniper, respectively

[Oliver Scarrna]

The squad performed well once again, but were all injured in the operation. they were assigned to extract a VIP and were all given promotions as a result, along with being able to capture a Thin Man subject for interrogation.

[Oliver Scarrna]

Another successful mission. Raine and Valentine took part as part of the BSH contingent, along with a pair of others, and only Valentine was injured.

[Oliver Scarrna]

Our latest attempt to raid a downed UFO went less than swimmingly. It went well at first, but a group of Thin Men made it more difficult, poisoning many of the squad, but not out-right killing them. After eliminating them, the squad found an Outsider, which was able to flank Raine and kill him before they were able to stun and capture it. All squad members were wounded, 2 gravely.

[Oliver Scarrna]

Right, due to the fact on the last mission, my entire team got murdered and I failed the game, I'm starting a new save and the experiment is starting again. Seriously, it didn't go well.