First contact with the xeon's is made in Berlin. HQ briefs strike team Delta that an elite German reconnaissance team has gone missing.
Delta hit the ground and fan out around the back of their Skyranger Zulu three one
The mission opens with Delta one immediately breaking for cover.
*Note, every soldier has 2 actions in there turn (marked by the two arrows at the bottom of their health bar) These can be spent either moving and acting, moving and moving, or acting. Acting will ALWAYS end a soldiers turn, even if it is not the soldiers second 'arrow.'
Delta two follows up behind the pillar in the middle of the street, while Delta three covers near a car. Delta three can hear something coming from the nearby police vehicle.
*Note, cover is either light or heavy. Light cover is identified by a half shield, heavy cover by a full shield. Cover provides an innate bonus to a units defense, making them harder to shoot.*
*Note, when cars are shot at, they will catch fire, exploding to catastrophic effect in the next turn.
Delta four moves up to have a look
*note, any move outside of a units blue move radius is considered a 'dash.' Dashing will use up both a units movement points.
Delta four finds a soldier from the Recon team.. he's messed up.
Delta team continue too sweep towards the nearby building, it seems there is a radio frequency coming from inside it.
On the way they find a second member of the Recon team.. despite receiving the radio transmission for help only a few hours ago, already the body is in an advanced state of decomposition, in addition it looks like something killed the solider by bursting out from
inside him.
Delta team reach the building, and breach it in epic style.
Inside they encounter the last remaining member of the Recon team. He is alive, but seems distressed, and is unresponsive to commands. Delta three moves up to disarm him..
It does not end well for him.
The X-rays launch a devastating Ambush and Delta one quickly succumbs to some point blank plasma.
*note, attacks will be more accurate when made at close range. In addition, if a target is flanked, attacks will have a much higher "hit" and "crit" chance. You can see if a position is flanked as all cover squares will be RED shields instead of BLUE
While another x-ray suppresses Delta four with a hail of plasma.
*note, suppression reduces the suppressed units accuracy. In addition if a unit tries to move while suppressed, the target suppressing them will get to make a free attack.
Thinking fast Delta two moves up to alleviate Delta four.
Freeing up Delta four to blow the second x-ray to smithereens.
*note, grenades are a limited use weapon, with a short range. However they will always do a flat amount of damage, can destroy cover, and have a blast radius, making them seriously dangerous to groups of enemies.
unfortunately Delta four pays for her heroics with her life, as another x-ray flanks her.
Delta two flanks the last x-ray, killing it, and ending the mission.
The missions cost Delta team three good men, and left with x-com with a haunting image.