OK, we've entered the last ~dozen missions of the campaign.
We got the alien artifact. Now we just need to:
1.) Finish research on it (1 week)
2.) Build the armor that comes out of the research
3.) Built the facility that comes out of the research (combined, this is probably ~2 weeks maybe?
4.) Get our various psykers (likely Annette, maybe Taslin) on a bunch of missions so they can learn mind control (~4 weeks? Timetable gets shorter once we've built the armor that comes with research. More on that when it happens.)
If we happen to get a chance to develop EMP and Fusion weapons, great. But I think the campaign's gonna be over before it really matters.
This also means I'm not going to bother leveling up troops beneath, say...TSGT. The game is over. If you're not high enough level by now, you're not going to GET to a high level.
A *possible* exception is AmyL and CBX, my jaegers--they can level lightning fast. Like 1 level per mission.
Lots of contact!
That's quite the impressive sectoid over there. Like 18 HP?
oh whoops
heyyyyy, something that can hurt taslin!
god, I hate scouts.
oh, no wonder it had a lot of HP. It's a commander.
Damn. Was hoping to see the disc.
Taslin's cover got blown, too. He's in some danger. If I'd taken OFA with Smasher that would have worked but I guess I didn't notice at the time.
I can command. It's fine.
Yeah I'm definitely not going to respect either of those suppressions.
laters
This squad's going to get destroyed. Just gotta clear the overwatch and we're fine.
That's one way to clear overwatch. It's probably not the optimal way at this point in the campaign though.
OK, so 1 muton, 2 sectoids, and a disc left?
Clearly a 2nd sectoid left...
There's some danger that cyberdisc comes up and flanks me, but I don't think it knows I'm here.
Huh. Wonder where everyone is...
damn this sectoid
Another easy pod.
Especially b/c it's not active yet and I can just march up with the pathfinder and wreck it.
That was stupid.
Finally!
ok i'm getting tired of sneaky disc...
I'm definitely not playing optimally, but whatever. Truly doesn't matter. The disc can't one-shot me and nothing else is remotely a threat.
That disc has done NOTHING with its ability to abuse LOS with rooftops.
How wasteful.
Anyway, that was easy.
We might cancel that; it's just insurance in case we lose Argentina at month's end.
Rewards are just getting stupid and pointless at this point.
UFOs over Russia: still a pain to intercept
And now we've got a landed scout to get some easy rewards out of.
Welp, it's a trap, but it's all weak stuff and I don't care.
Let's go kick 'em in the teeth some more.
See you next time.
