Our radar detected another alien ship over North Africa. It was quickly dispatched by an interceptor; the damage was so severe that nothing was left of the craft.
We've hired a few more engineers for the armor project at the engineering division. Everything should be completed in about two weeks.
Another UFO was spotted in the Middle East, where it landed a short while later. The Skyranger was sent to the site to neutralize the aliens there. Hanzo is temporarily replacing Anthony as our remote operator for the heavy weapons platform.
PURVIS: Okay, we're at the site.
CHAORE: I'm setting out a flare.
CHAORE: Area immediately outside looks clear.
HANZO: I'm sending the HWP out to scout.
HANZO: It's hard to tell at this distance, but I think I've spotted the craft.
CHAORE: Throwing out another flare.
HANZO: Okay, it's definitely the ship.
?MUSCLES?: Using some incendiary rounds to light the surrounding area.
?MUSCLES?: Looks clear.
MADNESS CHASER: Me and a few other agents are moving out toward the ship.
PURVIS: Confirmed. Advance with caution.
CHAORE: Hey, where'd that Gray come from? Hang on, I've got this!
?GOOD SHOOTIN'?: We've got another Gray up here.
MADNESS CHASER: Okay, we're ready to move in on the ship.
?TWITCH?: All right, I'm going in.
?TWITCH?: Okay, all clear.
MADNESS CHASER: Good Shootin' and I will take the right, you and Good Enough take the left.
?GOOD ENOUGH?: We're ready to move into position here.
MADNESS CHASER: We're ready to move into position here.
?GOOD SHOOTIN'?: Okay, going in and ? SON OF A ?
MADNESS CHASER: Damn it, they got Good Shootin'. I'm seeing three Grays in the cockpit area.
MADNESS CHASER: That's one!
MADNESS CHASER: That's TWO!
MADNESS CHASER: THAT'S THREE!
?TWITCH?: There's another Gray here, I've got the shot.
?TWITCH?: I'm pretty close to this Gray, I'm going to try and stun it... Damn, didn't work!
?GOOD ENOUGH?: I'm coming in to back you up... damn it, can't get a clear shot!
[the transmission cuts out at this point; we determined during the debriefing that there was a firefight, in which both ?Twitch? and the Gray were killed. Another Gray, which was in the engine room, ambushed and fatally shot ?Good Enough?. That alien was neutralized by Madness Chaser.]
Following up on our performance at Novosibirsk, this is dismal in comparison. We had a record number of casualties during this operation. The armor we have developed has been shown to be grossly insufficient for protecting our operatives; this does not bode well for our plans for an assault on the recently-discovered alien base.
There is good news, however. The research team has completed work on the analysis of the ?Elerium?. While we cannot replicate it like we could with the alien metals, its unique physical properties make it ideal for powering weapons and equipment made from reverse-engineered alien technology.
