Council Mission time! I’ve only been back at base for a few days, so both Ellie and Nick are still in the infirmary. Thankfully, Eric is ready to return to the field, as is a new recruit.

This council mission offers a free sergeant so there’s no real reason not to leave for Argentina right away!

Oh. This map… how badly does the council need this guy again?

This bridge is probably my most hated map, due to the sunken section near the end that makes for some trouble every time I do a mission here. And I’m willing to be that’s where the guy will be “trapped”.

The squad rolls out of the Skyranger. Thankfully, most of the cars here have already been blown up, and make decent cover.

Moving forward they meet one of the escorts for the official. Apparently he’s (plot twist) in the sunken area!

The troops advance forward when they see an alien with an oddly human appearance, dressed in a suit. Eric wastes no time in gunning it down, and it falls back, releasing a cloud of noxious gas. I forgot they did that,

These are thin men, the aliens’ “infiltration” unit. And they kinda creep me out.

As my troops approach the ledge to the sunken section, the civilian comes into view. Unfortunately, so do two Sectoids.

The men take cover but unfortunately the Sectoids both fire on Rk. Gazer. The first shot destroys his cover, and the second hits him for 6, leaving him with one health. Oops.

Thankfully he returns fire, taking one of the two out. Barmy steps forward and fires his shotgun into the Sectoid, launching it off the ledge.

Barmy and Rk. Gazer fall back to the Skyranger, with Barmy taking down both Thin Men that drop in to intercept.

Three enemies remain, two Sectoids and a Thin Man. The two heavies fire their rockets up at the ledge, killing the aliens.

However, Fluffy is gravely injured, taking 6 damage. I told you something always goes wrong in that sunken area.

The good news is that everyone got promoted.

The bad news is that both both Sun and Fluffy are injured, the latter being in the infirmary for three weeks.

Let’s hope we don’t get a terror mission any time soon.

After that council mission, only Japan had more than two on the terror counter, so I launched a satellite there. Now everything is nice and calm

That said, judging by how this mission went, I really need to get some armour upgrades.