Matthew 'Firestorm' Fryer

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Operation Laughing Glove Season 3 Episode 2

*Resistance Comm Transmission*
- Designation: Firestorm -
- Secure Network Access: Confirmed-

Here's the latest report along with the usual dull weekly summary. You know if you don't sort our encryption advent might be breathing down our necks any day now! For the record I still resent being sent to South Africa of all places but it seems our intel might be right for a change. I've managed to establish myself with your local contacts but the culture shift is... jarring. You try travelling for months across advent controlled Europe next time damn it. I already miss Wales. Hell I even miss England. So you'd better survive until I get back over there or so help me! Anyway enough babble here's the report and yes I did double check I'd attached it this time. What do you take me for? I don't go to all this effort to infiltrate advents networks just to forget to send the results! Well ok.... fair enough. it happened once! Get off my back... also you should check out the attached combat footage. I don't know what group this is yet but oh wow check out that chick with the dreads! Phwoarrr maybe Africa isn't so bad after all.

*Advent Military Command - New Africa*
-Designated Officer: 2166 -
- Please follow the Avatar Protocol-
*Encryption complete*

Small Town, Advent Patrol Zone 14, Outskirts of Bloemfontein - March 6th 2035

-Incident Report-
A rapid deployment centre was struck by a resistance raid in the early hours. The facility which housed a garrison dropship and rapid response vehicle, served to project power through the neighbouring town, providing a secure location to hold prisoners or resistance sympathizers. On March 6th it served as a relay point to upload local research, namely Psionic Flow Readings, relating to advent communications in the region. The facility boasts good local security coverage via surveillance and area lighting.

This incident was an ambush by hostile infiltrators. Having gained access to the dropship platform hostiles opened fire on a patrol squad in the yard. Initial gunfire killed two of the three present, one being the station officer, the third soldier swiftly perishing to fire. The final casualty however managed to get out a distress call and sectoid led outer patrols rapidly converged. However the hostiles seemed well equipped and sabotaged the present ground vehicles. One of the sectoid teams was alas swiftly eliminated and in the process the gunship was heavily damaged and set ablaze. Retrieved footage of the assault shows the third patrol group inflicted a casualty on the enemy who though well equipped in terms of ordinance showed little advancement in armour. It appears from captured footage that their casualty was wearing civilian clothing, leading my belief to be that this is local resistance. Our forces were unable to capitalise on this however and were wiped out. We only became aware of the assault when local residents rang emergency services to report explosions and fires nearby. Upon attending the scene with aerial support it was found the hostiles had exfiltrated with their dead. As well as this the Psionic Flow data was utterly erased perhaps uploaded and stolen. A full search of the station revealed no implanted devices however it became clear high end weaponry was stolen from the small on site armoury.

*Attachment: Surveillance Footage M6-2035-APZ14*
-Upload to ResComm Complete-

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Operation Fire Tomb Season 3 Episode 3


*Resistance Comm Transmission*
- Designation: Firestorm -
- Secure Network Access: Confirmed-

I'm just starting to settle in with your contacts in the region. The local leader is both female, non native and named 'Den Mother' so I'm somewhat unsure what the hell has been going on down here. I mean den mother? Come on! What are we? Wolves? Bah anyway she's welcoming enough as are most here but trusting? Forget about it. I've only been allowed to link my computer up because of the software updates we bought along. Apparently merely establishing a backdoor hack into advents local datavault isn't good enough! Still I can't blame them for being jumpy. This new couple joined a few days ago and they're acting odd as fuck. I swear I've not seen the man eat since he arrived.

Oh and did I forget to mention.... they confiscated my weapons! MY WEAPONS! We smuggled those all the way across the damn world and ok so I've not had to use them. That doesn't mean I don't feel naked without them. I reckon these people took one look at me and decided I'm just some computer twat who can't handle a rifle. I'm holding you accountable. Still I have to ask how's the new headquarters coming along? Just for the record I'm also voting against altering the organisations name. Just because MI6 no longer technically exists doesn't mean it's not part of our core identity. Without the guerrila ops and survival training we'd be long dead.

Anyways I've got an update on local resistance. Den Mother says this isn't her groups doing but she seemed to know whose hitting advent. There was a smirk and she annoyingly told me I'd find out soon at a scheduled contact. On the up side an advent ID tower picked up that little beauty with the dreadlocks! Name of Angelique Durand and she's French. I should have known she was French.... why am I drawn to French women? Well hey at least she's still alive right. Before you judge.... no I'm -not- stalking advent files for her.... I have to keep my spirits up somehow! Can't find a good fucking whiskey this far from Scotland to save my life.

*Advent Military Command - New Africa*
-Designated Officer: 2166 -
- Please follow the Avatar Protocol-
*Encryption complete*

Advent Surveillance Zone, Cape Town - March 15th 2035

-Incident Report-
Armed insurrection into advent surveillance zone under cover of dark. Heavy rain is thought to have masked the heat signatures of approaching aircraft as a small task force dropped into Cape Town's interior. An alert was triggered ten minutes prior to hostile contact when a suspected resistance sympathiser named 'Ziby Jaytor' dropped off thermal cams surveying his house for activity. Sure enough we can confirm he absconded and worse the hostile force was sent to extract him. It seems he must have been of some importance to them but the finer details will be for a full intel report. Hostiles were initially spotted by an officer led patrol on approach to AdCore company HQ. Unfortunately the hostiles got the drop on this unit and it was eradicated. The weather masked much of the initial sound and weapons fire signatures giving the hostile squad sufficient time to relocate.

As a sectoid assault squad engaged from the nearby AdCore rooftops they were bombarded with high explosive grenades and unfortunately perished. These grenades caused extensive structural damage to the building, roads and infrastructure nearby. Local patrols rushed to investigate the source of the explosions and alas were met with some, rather close examples of, enemy explosives. All in all protocols were followed well but the enemy was ruthless in blasting advent operatives through ceilings, to a horrific death below. However at this point sector wide alarms were going out and dropships were rapidly deployed to the scene. It would appear reinforcements were too late to assist however they did get visual confirmation of hostile dropship on exit of advent air space. Pursuit was undertaken but the enemy was lost in the storm.

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Operation Frost Prince Season 3 Episode 6

*Resistance Comm Transmission*
- Designation: Firestorm -
- Secure Network Access: Confirmed-

I can confirm we received your April 10th intel update. I'm glad you're as keen as I am to muster the resistance behind Xcom wherever possible. I also know you still have doubts. So hopefully before the years end you'll get to meet the Commander or Central yourself. Or perhaps better yet they'll fly down to the Welsh border and blow up that alien research facility you mention. I'm troubled by the news advent forces are further consolidating their hold on England. I certainly agree however there are few other reasons for such transport of building materials, coupled with a heightened disappearance rate amongst the populace, than an advent push. Perhaps it's coincidental but we've suspected them of undertaking biological research on people for years now. Maybe we'll finally get some answers if you're right about the co-ordinates you were leaked of this alleged research facility.

I was saddened to hear you'd lost contact with the highlands resistance cell. Remember there could be many reasons so let's not assume them dead just yet. You know how tough those Scottish bastards are! Still they always had a habit of biting off more than they could chew. You didn't mention 'Albion' or 'Commando Group Alpha' but I imagine contact is still ongoing? Don't let my son slip off the radar. He's become distant ever since his wife died in that advent raid two years back. Ensure he sticks to his contact schedule and doesn't throw his life away in vain.

Oh and the report for the raid on the convoy is below. Well.... rather advents report on events is. I couldn't manage to find a copy of the combat footage and given Xcom suffered a casualty thought it insensitive to enquire with them either. All in all they're still hitting advent hard but like us they take casualties in the process. I'm more than slightly concerned about advent finding the backdoor in their code and closing us out so I'll only be sending you the more important reports.


*Advent Military Command - New Africa*
-Designated Officer: 2194 -
- Please follow the Avatar Protocol-
*Encryption complete*

Wilderness of South Africa - April 10th 2035

-Incident Report-
Convoy raid on the main transport network for outlying regions. Resistance managed to destroy leading and rear vehicles trapping the others. However advent forces swiftly deployed from their transports to secure the area aiming to lock it down. One patrol squad detected hostile presence and opened fire severely wounding one hostile. However this squad was ill positioned and eradicated with ease by the opposition. Fortunately a sectoid led heavy assault group intercepted the hostiles as they moved up along a rocky ledge. In the advance it seems hostiles were so intimidated by our new combat stun lancer group and sectoid psi influence that they failed to hit targets right in front of them. Though one lancer went down another scored a classic kill on an enemy combatant "Jorge Vroge" as we ID'd from combat footage. The death of a comrade however seems to have sent hostile forces into something akin a frenzy and they swiftly repositioned and rained gunfire on our positions. Bringing local forces down to a single sectoid the unit opted to retreat to a reinforced position. Hostiles rapidly closed on new position, engaging our remaining forces, slaying a sectoid and shock trooper outright and taking cover behind a heavy goods transit vehicle. The remaining sectoid managed to gain mental control of one target however was struck with a flashbang device which disoriented it breaking the link. It was then unceremoniously bombarded by gunfire until the remnants of it's form collapsed dead. It is at this point all combat footage ended and it's believed the remaining soldier had malfunctioning recording gear. This unfortunate incident highlights the need for rapid development of new strategies and prediction methods for hostile movement. However we can at least take comfort that our forces did not grant the enemy this victory with any semblance of ease. If only we had finished them all off.


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Operation Blood Queen Season 3 Episode 8


*Resistance Comm Transmission*
- Designation: Firestorm -
- Secure Network Access: Confirmed-

On April 17th the avenger checked back in with HQ. Looks like they're still doing well but I have no damn idea how they're avoiding alien scans. After all the whole reason we lost the war was alien air superiority! I envy their ease of movement but I get flashbacks of burning aircraft plummeting from the sky. I wonder what the hell the aliens did with all their battleships. Did they land them? Are they somewhere else? Will they ever return? I suppose I'll not find the answers to such questions but maybe if we take back the Earth we'll gain some insight.

Dubious performance here on the 19th. Poor Alice McKinsley had bait duty this mission. She took point blank fire from a sectoid and dodged it! As the name may suggest she's from Great Britain and I dare hazard a guess at Scotland! Someone I will be sure to check back in with next time the avenger drops by. She proved pleasent conversation and frankly her accent whilst not what I expected is quite fantastic! I've rooted out another advent report into todays mission. They filed it rather swiftly! Do tell me if the decryption software your end runs into any issues. We hit corrupted code a few days back and it's been hell sorting through it all but this report should be solid.


*Advent Military Command - New Africa*
-Designated Officer: 2194 -
- Please follow the Avatar Protocol-
*Encryption complete*


Slums District, 'Needle Junction', Cape Town - April 19th 2035

-Incident Report-

Xcom Operatives infiltrated one of Cape Towns Slums. The area served as a mid way stop on a PR tour advertising gene clinics and promoting citizen health and participation. It seems the target was our representative on the ground and hostile forces appear to have snuck in via the highway network nearby. From this position they managed to get the drop on advent patrols underneath in the slum area. Evidence of Xcom's passage through this highway is evident in the fresh, dripping paint of graffiti left on cars on the highway. Examples include "Fuck Advent" and a picture of a sectoid impaled on a crudely drawn spear. It appears one of the Xcom operatives is still at the primitive caveman level of evolution. Intel reports suggest that such grafitti often shows up alongside a certain operative, here seen wielding a sniper rifle. We've updated intel files accordingly and are suggesting if such graffiti is spotted near high importance areas it should trigger a high level of alert immediately.

Initial contact came as a sectoid and accompanying trooper patrolled below the highway. They encountered an armed hostile and opened fire, unfortunately missing the evasive target. Hostiles on the highway opened fire as another, viper led, squad engaged directly outside the building housing the VIP. In the ensuing chaos of the firefight many civilians broke from the ongoing speech and fled, the VIP following protocol to seek shelter until rescued. However the viper and one advent soldier were slain outright as the firefight broke out. Unfortunately before suppressing fire could be applied on Xcom positions they had rapidly advanced. A combination of shotgun, sniper and heavy weapons fire obliterated the remnants of patrol groups one and two leaving the VIP relatively unguarded nearby. A hostile made a rush for the building housing the VIP and patrol group three moved to intercept. Unfortunately this officer led group of advent stun lancers took heavy fire. It appears hostiles bombarded the rooftop they were on with explosives, slaying the officer, wounding a stun lancer and even injuring the VIP with debris.

With one remaining lancer on the ground to protect the VIP relief came in the form of an officer drop. An advent drop ship provided a hot drop almost on top of hostile positions. These troops were met by hostile small arms fire but managed to scatter for cover, forcing the enemy to reposition. This tacticla advantage however was relatively short lived as again hostiles rapidly moved to perfectly counter our forces. First the officers signals went down, then the troopers and finally a sniper managed a difficult shot and slew the stun lancer. Leaving the VIP now utterly undefended this signals a clear and unforgiveable breach of security which we will have to cover up. Additional reinforcements that had been scrambled early in the firefight began to arrive placing pressure on the hostiles. However the VIP was knocked unconscious and apprehended prior to insertion. A monitoring station on the slums outskirts picked up Xom's exfiltration via their usual transport. However our soldiers quick on the scene found this no cause to celebrate, the VIP missing, significant damage to the area and heavy casualties sustained.

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Operation Swamp Face Season 3 Episode 10

*Resistance Comm Transmission*
- Designation: Firestorm -
- Secure Network Access: Confirmed -

It looks like Xcom is hoping to beef up their ground push. They've been in contact with the local resistance cell in Egypt and managed to jointly install a radio relay. This means we get much smoother lines of communication for one thing! For another it means Xcom is pushing hard to try and expand their reach outside of Africa. They've been gathering as much electronic salvage as they can so I get the impression they're working on something big up on the avenger. Still I'm going to keep our contact weekly or bi-weekly just in case advent pick up on the remaining tower we jack this through. I'd love to say I'm 100% on our counter measures.... but I'd be lying. I know you're still working on the stuff left over from the pre-war darknet. If you've made any worthwhile upgrades since the last update send me the code! Attached is an advent report from the last Xcom incursion. It's also worth noting that they've recently tightened their grip on the civilian populace and advent PR is churning out terrorist warnings round the clock. It's hard to gauge civilian response but I think advent may be convincing most.

*Advent Military Command - New Africa*
- Designated Officer: 2194 -
- Please follow the Avatar Protocol -
*Encryption complete*

Small Town in Advent Patrol Zone 9, outskirts of Pretoria - May 10th 2035

- Incident Report -

In line with attempts to isolate physical data vaults from resistance hackers we set up a line in patrol zone nine. The aim of this data vault was to contain and lock down all information regarding our recent tactical efforts. The risk factor was acknowledged and it was decided a safe place for such would be in a suburb of Pretoria. An area was found with low civilian population and we established an outpost and deployed additional patrols. However it seems our efforts have been somewhat in vain as Xcom located the site and assaulted it in the early evening. Fortunately the attack site was only one of three deployed vaults in this area, each handling data on separate tactical directives. Main defence of the relay was given over to a new mechanised unit and two stun lancers. Meanwhile muton led units patrolled on set patterns around the perimeter in the final stages of data upload. For the week these relays have been in position the final day is the most critical thus the additional deployments. It may be these troop movements that alerted Xcom.

Initially patrols showed no signs of enemy movement. However this abruptly changed when a muton led, frontal squad came under assault. The hostiles opened fire from the rooftops, the initial attack a headshot on the muton. Life signs from the muton suggest this was a one shot kill something we'd not previously thought possible. I hate to admit it but the shot was either a feat of extreme marksmanship or sheer luck. The remnant of his squad scattered but were cut down by hostile fire. The main defence team witnessed the killings and was swift to respond. A stun lancer advanced into cover behind an identification tower which was brought down moments later by enemy grenade. The shrapnel from the blast shredded the mech units armour as well and left the stun lancer standing in the open without cover. This proved as fatal as it sounds. The mechanised unit took a sniper bullet and then a hail of magnetic rounds suggesting our enemy has developed their own weapons similar to our own. This is troubling as if our enemy reverse engineers our weaponry we will need to adapt our tactics accordingly. The remaining stun lancer opted to break for new cover and was gunned down as well.

The rear patrol gorup withdrew towards the data vault as it became clear it was at immediate risk. However the enemy managed to bombard it with gunfire obliterating the device. This took our group by surprise as they were certain hostiles would attempt to hack it and seize the data. However upon destruction the viper led patrol sprung into action taking up offensive positions. Rather than firing at our soldiers a hostile opted to shoot a propane tank lining the wall of the building. This caused an explosion which took out an entire wall of the building, almost slaying the lancer nearby and almost bringing the building down entirely. This lancer now exposed was slain by enemy sniper fire. The viper and remaining trooper were bombarded with explosives and hostile fire which slew them both. All in all our troops seem not to have managed a single successful return shot during this series of ambushes. We also lost the data and simulations for results on our attempts to initiate a continent wide state of high alert. A thorough after action sweep of the area revealed extensive grafitti on a local rooftop. It would appear prior to engaging the words "Xcom: Fucking advent since 2015" were hastily drawn next to a crude symbol of their logo. Coupled with the confirmed presence of a certain female member of hostile forces this provided the final proof this assault was Xcom's doing.

Attachment:
*Graffiti Sample #24*
*Index of Subversive Imagery*

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Operation Blood Beast Season 3 Episode 13

*Resistance Comm Transmission*
- Designation: Firestorm -
- Secure Network Access: Confirmed -

This week Xcom carried out their first large scale assault on an advent city centre. I expect news of the riots they caused was supressed so I've managed to drag up a report from advent themselves. It seems the mission was an effort to extract a person of interest from advent custody. At any rate it was a success although not without a cost. I hear some good operatives lost their lives in the attack and it seems advent is much better suited to prolonged engagements. But then again we've always known guerilla tactics were best against the sods.

You'll be pleased to know that when the avenger returned late May they'd come up with a solution to our tech issues infiltrating advent systems. I'm not privy to the details but their chief scientist and head engineer collaborated and collectively assassinated advents encryption. It didn't take the team I'm on long to find a vulnerable local port to jack into the network so we're live once again! Judging by the pattern we've observed it seems highly likely advent are constantly altering the type of encryption they use. I guess we'll just have to hope they don't do it very fast.


*Advent Military Command - New Africa*
- Designated Officer: 2019 -
- Please follow the Avatar Protocol-
*Encryption complete*

Advent Municipal Precinct, Marseille - May 25th 2035

- Incident Report -

At approx 20:00 local time a large scale attack was launched on advent positions. Initially some advent garrisons were attacked by citizens throwing stones and other crude implements. It appears that the cause for the riots is a mixture of grievances with local governance that have been bubbling beneath the surface for some time. As per the standard policy we deployed riot troops and stun lancers to try and disperse the crowds. However this proved less effective than we'd hoped as rioters filmed footage of the violence spinning it off as unwarranted aggression. This stirred further civil unrest and led to widespread looting and unrest citywide. It is believed the initial riots were encouraged by between three to five resistance cells operating in the city. These cells appear to have co-ordinated the initial rioting. It would appear each was in a separate city area and had objectives to destroy key infrastructure.

In the initial rioting the city was put on lockdown. Mechanised defence units were activated to keep law and order in key central zones. These units were given commands to only engage upon armed hostiles that could pose a serious threat. The deployment secured approximately a quarter of the city initially and kept financial and industrial regions secure. However additional foot patrols were less fortunate in the streets with many soldiers succumbing to wounds in the initial clash with rioters. At least two resistance cells infiltrated power stations in the southern section of the city and sabotaged them. It is believed they uploaded a virus into the systems after physically accessing the network. This network is a known weakness of pre-elder technology and is unfortunately unavoidable. These groups gained access by attacking and slaying advent guards on site. On the way out they also laid explosives on trip wires so when a quarter of an hour later advent reinforcements arrived, instead of securing the site and restoring power, they blew up along with the stations. It would seem electricity access was the riots main cause as our energy curfews aren't going down well with the clearly unhappy populace.

At approximately 20:18 local time a resistance cell engaged an officer led advent patrol in the heart of the municipal district. In hindsight it is abundantly clear this was an Xcom aerial infiltration and clearly they must have been behind the riots in turn. This group managed to circumvent exterior measures and communication lines were initially clogged with chatter. As our forces scrambled to react to the evolving situation, blackouts sweeping the city and fires starting in outer districts, this intrusion went undetected for a critically long duration of time. It is assumed the ambushed officer group perished instantly as next confirmed contact was with a viper patrol group. This group walked unknowingly into an ambush, one lancer immediately going down in a hail of enemy fire. Footage pulled from the remaining lancer shows hostiles rapidly advancing. The viper appears to have gone down as a result of explosives and hostile fire whilst the lancer managed to score a hit on a hostile. Unfortunately this appears to have merely been a flesh wound and the lancer was dispatched soon after. At this point the local command group guarding the prisoners in the nearby detention centre noticed the patrols life signs monitors go down. A top tier emergency was declared and a call was sent city wide for reinforcements. However at this point central command was dealing with no less than three such similar levels of emergency as well as responding to the city wide riots. Tear gas was deployed against clumps of protesters and command issued an immediate curfew stating anyone on the streets at 20:30 would be met with lethal force.

At the detention centre a patrol group was sent to establish high ground on the facility roof. However as advent troops advanced to the railings they were met by hostile fire. One trooper took a shotgun blast dead centre and went down immediately causing the remaining trooper and viper to seek cover. Hostiles deployed grenades destroying the rooftop beneath the feet of our soldiers leading to another death. The viper fell two stories sustaining heavy wounds as it moved to prepare a counter attack. Repeated, frantic calls for reinforcements were sent to central command which immediately dispatched a series of drop ships from outlying slum garrisons. These areas were also affected by the rioting however the rioters here were more rapidly dispersed than in the city centre. At 20:23 local time reinforcements from the inner districts arrived on scene in the form of a mech and two stun lancers. These units initially took high ground, confirming enemy presence, before advancing on the detention facility. Unfortunately a single resistance cell managed to sneak through our lines and come to the Xcom squads aid. This new hostile group was armed similarly to Xcom suggesting these dissidents were armed by Xcom. Unfortunately these hostiles bombarded advent positions, blasting the mech through the ceiling and inflicting severe structural damage. Damage reports auto uploaded on unit death suggest the mech survived the drop and was then struck with a high velocity round in the back which severed its servomotors. In all our stun lancers sustained shrapnel injuries but very luckily survived the grenade ambush. Before hostiles could react the first reinforcing drop ship arrived on scene, hot dropping an officer led three man team into the new combat zone.

Seeking to isolate and eradicate the newly arrived hostile forces this group took cover in the smoldering building intending to surround, suppress and contain the enemy. The two wounded stun lancers repositioned with one showing expert marksmanship in scoring a headshot on a resistance fighter. In the early stages of the firefight a trooper went down, one wounded lancer took a severe wound from a burst of fire and one resistance fighter panicked almost falling from the rooftop. The group was initially isolated from Xcom forces which were slow to respond. However they rapidly advanced over the open ground between buildings flanking the wounded stun lancers and dispatching them. Retrieved combat footage shows one was executed via sword at close quarters. Their deaths marked the turning of the fortune of battle for this part of the engagement with only an officer and stun lancer left, now surrounded by between four to six hostiles. Unfortunately these soldiers perished leaving us with no eyes on the ground. Aprox two minutes later at 20:28 local time a trooper squad was dropped in, advent forces preparing city wide to repel any rioters with deadly force. The threat of such seemingly being enough to scare the majority of the civilians from the streets, public loudspeakers announced the city under rebel attack. Unleashing footage of resistance cells blowing up power plants it seems we won a significant hearts and minds victory here in showing Xcom for the terrorists they are. Central command also released mild sedatives into the local water supply and sectoid squads started laying down a city wide blanket of psionic waves seeking to calm the populace. Combined tactics seem to have been highly effective and whilst the main firefight progressed near the detention centre a resistance cell was cornered and wiped out by a mech squad. This minor firefight saw the destruction of a warehouse as ultimately our units opted to micro-missile barrage enemies. It's unclear how many fighters comprised this cell as they were either blown apart of buried in the rubble.

At the detention centre only two of the trooper squad dropped in survived to land. The drop ship came under heavy small arms fire on departure and it appears the entire squad was wiped out within half a minute of insertion. The pre-determined drop point now overrun with hostiles; command directed incoming drops scatter on high ground in the area. To this end an officer led squad was deployed whilst reserves were pooled and sent in rapid waves hoping to force Xcom from their position. The officer squad ultimately only managed to serve as a distraction. Explosives were utilized to blow the side of the building they dropped atop to pieces causing a catastrophic series of events. The building teetering on the verge of collapse and with hostile air contacts confirmed the mustered troops were rushed into the combat zone. Anti air batteries scrambled to take up positions seeking to get a solid targeting angle on the Xcom drop ship. However these units came under sniper fire from skyscrapers around the area, suppressing them and inflicting heavy losses. It's estimated that between two to four hostile snipers were involved and initially their locations were difficult to detect. The hostile craft took up position between the ruined buildings, hostiles collected below in the square. Two advent drop ships buzzed past performing hot combat drops for their transported troops. As command became aware the AA wouldn't be online in time the order was given at 20:31 to peel all non essential units from the riot lines and focus in on confirmed hostile positions. All hostiles extracted save one via rope. One apparently unfortunate soldiers line got caught in a tree and as advent riot forces arrived on scene she was dispatched via a duo of stun lancers. Though we lost 21 advent lives in this engagement it appears we slew one of Xcom's combat engineers.

From the body we recovered a new design of unmanned support drone equipped to discharge emergency medical aid. It also has physical hacking ports and in its data banks were details on a local supply drop from resistance forces. As well as this we recovered a hostile mag rifle and upon investigation of the body many stolen advent items. It appears this particular hostile was looting flex weave from the corpses of our fallen perhaps intending to reverse engineer it back at their base. All things considered this targets demise is an important stepping stone as we now know the main avenue of Xcom's hacking access to our networks. Data and the device which partially detonated on capture was sent to our tech and intel teams respectively. The after analysis of these riots shows across the board around fifty to sixty advent casualties, extensive damage to the municipal area, heavy fire damage to civilian sections 22A through E and sabotage of power grids supplying the city. Emergency generators have been deployed for now and our engineer core is hard at work to repair damages. In turn civilian casualties are estimated at 326 wounded, 15 dead and 7 confirmed resistance or Xcom fighters. Unfortunately detainee Laurellin Kallasai, the apparent target of this whole assault, escaped with Xcom forces taking vital intel with her and depriving us a chance to extract information from her.


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Operation Perilous Law Season 3 Episode 15


*Resistance Comm Transmission*
- Designation: Firestorm -
- Secure Network Access: Confirmed -

I know my last message was only a few hours ago. However I thought you'd like to see this as well! Frankly I'm more than moderately concerned advent will locate resistance ground HQ on Madagasar. I mean there aren't many escape routes on an island! Still I won't have to worry about that for long as I've been temporarily rotated onto field espionage. I dare say the odds of dying or being imprisoned are raised significantly but to be honest sitting at a desk bores me. I'd rather be out there taking the fight to advent and I'll be damned if recently it's not been hard to crack advent encryption. Maybe a spell of field work will yield some lucky results to make the task easier! I've been set up a fake identity and to be frank its quite surprising how efficient the process has been made. Then again I suppose they did infiltrate a major city recently. I imagine the ID towers had to be fooled in the process! I know everyone back in Wales will be wishing me luck. If I'm honest I'm far more concerned about your safety than my own. I don't know what I'd do if I made it back only to find you'd all perished.


*Advent Military Command - New Africa*
- Designated Officer: 2019 -
- Please follow the Avatar Protocol-
*Encryption complete*

Wilderness of West Africa - June 2nd 2035

- Incident Report -

Since our enemy has been attacking isolated roads within the last few months we've been relying increasingly on armoured trains to move hardware. Unfortunately it's rather simple to stop these trains by blowing up the tracks which is what resistance forces did in this case. The train in question had a relatively large and well equipped task force however which swiftly secured the area. Patrols were dispatched to the perimeter as contact was made with advent local control to acquire reinforcements. However within a quarter of an hour perimeter guards were assaulted by what were later confirmed as Xcom operatives.

The initial ambush following an apparent trend was a grenade bombardment. However initial losses were far lower than the norm suggests and our troops managed to find good cover and return fire. The sounds of gunfire drew in one a mech led squad tasked with defending the train. A muton laid down supressing fire as a mech advanced into enemy lines supported by stun lancers. It appears our focus on responsive tactics has yielded dividends as this firefight was much more in our favour than usual. Though the mech went down to a hail of fire and the hostiles used flashbangs to disorient our forces we managed to outright kill one hostile during the early stage of the engagement. However it appears hostile fire in this case was more accurate as both groups perished within minutes. Another patrol group, this one officer led, advanced to the contact site only to be assaulted from high ground immediately. This led to a catastrophic failure to inflict additional losses on Xcom as they advanced on the train. Alas this fate was shared with the final patrol group. The train and all it's cargo are lost to us and repairs to the track will take a few days. This is a rare display of two Xcom assaults in one day suggesting our enemy is perhaps ceding the region with strike teams and terror cells.

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Operation Frost Walk Season 3 Episode 17



*Resistance Comm Transmission*
- Designation: Firestorm -
- Secure Network Access: Confirmed -

After the advent strike against the resistance outpost I didn't think things could get much worse. Then Xcom got in touch... you'll fucking love this. Guess what advent central command was trying to do? They only had the bright idea to create cocoons of chrysallids in -every- city centre WORLDWIDE! Literally they were going to unleash chryssalids everywhere on civilian populations as a terror tactic. It would pretty much ruin resistance movements... can you imagine? They can burrow now. Nowhere in the country is safe. What if advent gave them free reign to kill everything outside cities? My blood ran cold when I heard the news! Fortunately the folks on the avenger took this about as seriously as the outbreak of nuclear war. Apparently one of the people I helped train got deployed to the lower end of Egypt and in turn had a network that let him access these critical files. Long story short he helped Xcom tap the advent data and corrupt it serverside. In doing so he's been compromised and had to return to Madagascar but hell he did a fine job! The good news is that advent needed super computer levels of processing to predict the outcome of rampant chryssalids behaviour. The bad news is they considered it. Still if they hope to try again I can only pray we intercept that data as well. It does raise the horrible thought. What if we win this war? What if as vengeance the elders release this most deadly biological weapon?

You'll be pleased to know it's not all doom and gloom. I've travelled with the refugees from the haven and helped rebuild somewhere else. I say rebuild.... really we're making it from scratch. We found an abandoned advent checkpoint near a similarly empty town. Nature had all but reclaimed it but we salvaged enough useful bits and bobs to cobble together a basic camp. I don't know how but some of the solar panels from the street lamps still worked! Now powers up and running I've been told command wants to bring me back to Xcom ground control for when they make contact with you. You heard right! Xcom is coming for Europe! You're one of about six groups they've managed to identify so far and they're currently in the process of contacting everyone. Apparently next time the avenger is in the region I'll be air lifted back to HQ. So in a way I get to join the crew.... for like.... a day or so. But hey I'm not gonna bemoan the chance to get into that beauty even if it's not to stay and fight!


*Advent Military Command - New Africa*
- Designated Officer: 2019 -
- Please follow the Avatar Protocol-
*Encryption complete*

Slums District, "Shack Park", Kano - June 23rd 2035

- Incident Report -

We received a tip off that resistance fighters had set up a data tap in the slum districts of Kano. Concerned this might be a trap by our enemies I took the decision to deploy overwhelming force. In all many of our best trained soliders were deployed including the first field test for our shield troopers. We also equipped our teams with a range of weapons from magnetic sniper rifles to shotguns. This battle also saw the first use of backwards engineered robotic UAV Support come into play. The soldier slain in recent riots provided much of the design details from her incorrectly detonated device. We've come to be aware Xcom call these drones 'Gremlins' and some forces use this colloquialism in the field. The data tap contents, according to tech, are alleged to be relating to advent global commands latest initiative. Whilst the data is entirely held behind encryption and I lack clearance for such it was of utmost importance such critical data not be stolen by our enemies.

Initially we secured the device, setting about dismantling and destroying it. Tech informed us it was important we disassemble the device steadily so as to ensure any stolen data could be retrieved. However as the process begun our outer patrol came under fire from Xcom forces sent to intercept. It appears in the initial ambush our foe utilised a previously unseen grenade type. This grenade seems to be a chemical based weapon that released highly concentrated acid in the impact zone leading to horrific acid burns on our soldiers. The unarmoured sectoid in particular suffered extensively and died within the first minute. It also appears exterior armour plating and shielding added to bulk up our survival rates was damaged and it's defencive properties undermined. One of our shield bearers managed to return fire, confirming a hit on a hostile before both present were lost in battle. Hostiles advanced on the building containing the data tap and were met by our elite forces, led by a muton and an officer. In the early stage of this engagement hostiles deployed what appears to be a wrist mounted rocket launcher to destroy the roof of the building. This assault tore part of the roof away dropping a support unit down to the floor below. Moments later a sniper bullet ended this soldiers life leaving our reverse engineered 'gremlin' untested and inert. A bombardment of grenades followed slaying the muton and another rocket struck a pair of parked cars. Alas the officer in charge of the assault was behind one of these cars as they all detonated ending his life.

As the majority of our initial forces that made contact perished remaining patrols returned. A muton and a sectoid duo intervened as command issued a change of orders. All levels of force were authorised to neutralise the data tap as the tide of battle clearly turned against our forces. One sectoid broke cover to this end but was gunned down, the muton however causing significant damage to the device via plasma rifle. This muton showed extensive bravery in the field as it was blown up not once but twice yet stood it's ground delivering an almost fatal return shot on a hostile. However enemies sneaking over the remaining rooftop gunned it down securing the device for our enemy.

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