UPDATE 42 - Breaking and entering
When the last update finished, there was still a small sub looking for our base.
It doesn't stay operational for long.
A survey ship on alien resource raid ?
No resources for you, aliens.
And the 100th detected is, what a surprise, looking for our bases.
The second medic reveals details about Tasoth anatomy.
And Particle Disturbance Sensors are designed.
Aliens are not giving up easily. The sub is shot down.
Hmmm, another colony expansion. Did they finally build their base ?
Yes, yes they did.
Let's raid it.
Triton-1 is boarded by the strongest minds available, and arrives in the evening.
The first alien discovered is a Hallucinoid. Oscar shoots it.
And kills another one to the north.
RK47's Displacer spots another jellyfish to the west. It's floating above ground so pulsers are not an option.
TripJack blasts it apart with a Disruptor Torpedo instead.
And eklektyk sends another torpedo in the crack for good measure.
It doesn't kill anything.
A heavily armed aquatoid is found near the Triton. Too close to test Geoffrey Chaucer theories.
At this distance, taking over the alien's M.C. implant is an easy task for Banelion.
He makes it shoot its gun at the colony main building.
TripJack sends another missile down the crack.
Meanwhile, Yeesh IV charges the controlled alien and kills it.
But not before Banelion made it throws its gun towards us.
It's hard to see, but a sonic pulser ended up on Yeesh IV's feet. Our soldier doesn't survive the explosion.
RIP Yeesh IV
, you died an officer this time around.
More torpedoes are sent to clear the main building but so far no alien scream have been heard.
Our tank finds Yeesh IV's killer easily, but we have to wonder why it didn't just send a torpedo instead of priming and sending a grenade.
aRyan takes position and shoots it down.
TripJack gets ready to create a shortcut to the elevator.
The crack is small but sufficient for soldiers to pass.
The team has no idea where aliens are hiding, so more torpedoes are sent in the dark.
Apart from a couple aquatoid, no Tasoth or Tentaculat death scream yet, this is troubling.
TripJack is targeted by alien molecular control, and fails to defend !
It looks like even our mighty commander isn't safe from the superior alien minds.
There's Tasoth very close by, it's probably responsible.
eklektyk shoots it down before it controls a weaker soldier, like BayBee.
TripJack regains some senses and finds another Tasoth.
aRyan hasn't moved, and is in the perfect spot to shoot it down.
The Displacer advances to the elevator and shoots at a Tasoth in the dark.
Finally, the aliens start panicking.
Our tank barely dodges a sonic blast from the north, probably coming from this little extension.
eklektyk's torpedo kills a few aliens.
An unarmed aquatoid is close by. lightbane tries to control it, but fails.
More Tasoths are getting closer to the blasted central area.
Banelion's panic attacks seem to have some success.
The Tasoth is shot the following turn.
Twice, as it refuses to die from a single blast.
BayBee is now the target of alien molecular control. First, they make our aquanaut panic.
Then follow up with a complete control.
Soldiers surround BayBee and get ready to descend in the heart of the colony.
Eventually, aliens fail to control BayBee and the team can now continue with the next part of the mission.