The hive mind has spoken. Let's down a large or massive UFO.
It seem slike Sevastopol is the only base with interceptors that won't fall apart in a slight breeze, so they get nominated to the task.
Also, Spekkio and Cheetah are kicked off the dropship to make room for hoax.
I'm tempted to rename the Steve Irwin to the Can or Sardines. I hope you guys don't mind cetting cozy with each other during the flight.
It turns out we won't even have to shoot an ufo down. The aliens were kind enough to land one right at our doorstep.
Aliens are slaughtering the civvies wholesale as we arrive.
and shortly after, we make first contact. Reptiles. Warrior case, judging from the armor. Time to see what our new weapons can do.
Cap'n Awesome tries to give it a burst of scatter laser. The alien does not appear to have taken damage, but its armor is gone. Comte follows up with 2 plasma shots that make it squeal.
And keeping with her MO, Scrooge the Railgun Fairy™ steals the kill.
Squads advance forward and down the left side. Zdzisiu spots backups for the lizardmole we just popped. Hellraiser has enough TUs to hose it with its plasmacaster. but the haybales are providing it with sticky cover.
STICKY COVER!? Hoaxmetal will have none of it. NONE CAN STAND BEFORE THE EMPERORS FURY!
With the offending cover removed, Hellraiser light sup the scalefags.
More reinforcements arrive, but they are all channeled down a narrow corridor. Between heavy weapons fire from Hellraiser and Captianawesome, sniper fire from Scrooge and Comte—not to mention the giant plasma cannon Hoax is sporting—it's slaughter.
4 shots, 4 hits, 3 kills. The railgun fairy is enjoying her new toys.
The aliens try to find cover from the massed fire. But cover is such a temporary thing when you bring an angry dreadnought along.
Zdzisiu feels his buttcheeks clench as a lizard fires a plasma cannon at him.
But he is a lucky bastard. The blast detonates on the hay bale in front of him. The hay bale is vaporized along with well over half of his assault shield. But Zdzisiu himself is unscathed save for brown stains on his pants.
Bam! 4 for 5! Only assurances that everyone* will have railguns soon keep Scrooge's envious subordinates from mutiny and stealing her precious.
Not to be outdone by a wimminz, captain Kipeci claims his second lizard kill in the mission with a plasma bolt.
Everything appears to be quieting down, so we advance towards...
....towards... ...towards...
Some lizards think they're clever and try to sneak out the back door. Unfortunately for them, hellraiser has full TUs reserved. A plasmacaster at point blank annihilates both of them.
There aren't too many guards inside the cargo hold. Hoaxmetal softens them up.
Also, the door bugs at this point. It's open, even though it doesn't look that way.
Hoaxmetal settles down to guard the exit while we leapfrog from cover to cover through the ufo. A giant spinning thingie is encountered. People are ordered to watch their lanes of fire. The eggheads will want a look at this.
The first defenders arrive, but are cut down by massed reaction fire.
The rear of the ufo contians a pair of teleportation pads. Wary of an ambush, Zdzisiu is volunteered to scout the next deck.
It appears curiously empty.
A wave of riflemen is moved up and into firing positions. Just in time as more lizards burst out of the doors and take hot plasma to the face.
Awesome steps off the pad, screaming and firing like a madman.
The room beyond seems to store a large generator array. The eggheads will be
VERY keen to study this.
The teleporters at the fore of the second deck are linked to the aft of the third. The command cadre of the lizards is barricaded in the bridge. Everyone is moved up in preparation for breach and entry.
The harridan officer manages to tag kipeci with a plasma shot. He begins to bleed profusely.
The room is saturated with EMP grenades while Kipeci bandages himself up. reaction fire from the aliens break the hologram spinning on the bridge. Shit. I hope that was not worth money.
The harridan officer is eventually knocked unconscious.
Seeing our opening, the shieldmaidens advance into the bridge. Between massed suppressive fire, the lizards can barely get snap shots off with the pitiful TUs remaining on their turns.
The_Scorpion executes the lizard comander in strict defiance of Scrooges order to oil himself up and wrestle it into submission.
CIS Sis activates murderswede mode and shotguns the lizard bodyguard. Hellraiser suppresses the last noncombatant with plasma caster fire.
Then Scrooge gives it two railgun shots in the chest, but it remains breathing. Damn, that's one tough motherfucker.
TREASON!
Turing the aliens turn, the last defender shoots and grazes Comte. In response, Kipeci coold-bloodedly raises his gun and shoots Commander Comte in the back of the head! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?
Seriously... We were so close to having a perfect mission.
You're lucky we're fighting a war for survival Kipeci, or you'd be court martialled for this.
I decide to delay the hive minds decision to research a new fighter jet to study the fusion reactor. The voices in my head tell me it will give us access to bigger 'splosions.
Aaaaaaand a terror site and a landed massive UFO right next to us. Plus an alien base. Never a dull moment for our xenonauts.