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- Wake up commander, fucking wake up! – I heard Bradford screaming, but my head was hurting too much for me to understand anything he was saying. – We are under attack. You understand? They are here! In the base! The adrenaline finally hit me, hard. I got up in my feat as fast as I could, reaching for the assault rifle in the ground next to me. Bradford was close to me, in the ground, taking cover in a turned over table. I joined him, I was still a bit shaky, mainly because I was woried, it was some time since I last saw combat. and to top that, my physically wasn’t at its prime. But I was ready to die or kill that moment. And as I witnessed everything; the smell of death, the desperate struggle of my man and woman to contain the attack, that just filled me with a new kind of rage. I saw Bradford ran to help a wounded man nearby, leaving me alone to my thinking. That battle, that was the most crucial battle until that point – what would happen if the aliens destroyed our base, what they would do with humanity…? I can’t even think about it. It was then I heard the scream – I had never heard it so close, but there it was. Screaming and rushing at a quick made barrier of tables, cabinets and wardrobes. I got up, my weapon ready… It all comes back so fast… My finger squeezed the trigger, the bullets flew in all their fashion, and a well-placed headshot sent the Muton against the wall, dead. I turned backwards, to find a Chryssalid climbing onto one of my man. Oh my friend, if there is a memorie that comes back fast, is how to kill. “Hell no” I thought to myself as my feet landed in the creature face, a dangerous move, but proved to work when the creature feel in the ground, trying desperatly to get up, I pointed my guna at it and I finished it off with two fast bursts of my gun. The man looked me in the eyes, in a silent “thank you”. I heard a jet pack ignition behind me, I instantly jumped to the left, taking cover behind some debris from a crumbled wall, the plasma shots from the Floater passed very closely. But he missed, thankfully. I saw the little fuck trying to get away, but I quickly got out of cover and placed three shots on its jetpack and one in the arm. The thing lost total control, he flew all over the place, trying to get in control of his jetapack, but his faith was terrible (for him at least); he ended up crashing onto a wall, exploding in a ball of fame. I smiled. I missed action. I saw Big Sky, our Skyranger pilot, pinned down by Sectoid fire. I ran to an advantage position and prepared my gun. Those fuckers didn't stand a chance, It was then that I heard it, metallic footsteps right next to me, my head slowly turned to find a Mectoid, pointing his plasma cannons at me. I didn't had time to think, I tried to run, but the creature fired his cannons at me. I was able to avoid the shots, but the blast launched me five meters ahead, my head against the wall. My vision blurred as I saw what could be the fall of XCOM. But for you to understand what is happening, we need to go back… < INITIATING RECORDING . . . < DATE: MARCH 2 OF 2015 < RECORDED BY: THE COMMANDER Initializing . . . > My name is Pedro Lobo. I was born in May 21rd in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. I am the supreme commander behind the military force that is the XCOM (the extraterrestrial combat division). The XCOM is a paramilitary organization formed by the world’s nations to combat the alien threat. It’s composed of the best of the best the world ahs to offer in the military, scientific and engineering field. The personnel is formed by the best men the member nations of the council have to offer. The council consist of a group of 16 countries that found and support the XCOM Project. Being three from Africa (Egypt, South Africa and Nigeria). Four from Asia (China, Japan, India and Australia). Four from Europe (United Kingdom, Russia, France and Germany). Three from North America (United States, Canada and Mexico). And two from South Africa (Argentina and Brazil). If we manage to win this battle, I’ll be remembered in history as both the man who handed the aliens their asses and one of the persons with the most impressive military record; over a hundred missions, only seven failures. The reason why I have been puled out of retirement and set at the command position of this project are many. Strange objects have fallen into cities; there have been reports of alien sightings, and mostly important, this war hasn’t even started and in our first operation, three of our finest man die in the hands of the so-called “Sectoids”. The Council has come to the conclusion that if they need to win somewhere, it is in tactics. That’s why they have pulled me out of retirement to head this organization as we try to defend Earth from this new and mysterious threat. Our base is located in Africa, somewhere near the northern border of the DR Congo. The base is located deep underground and in an isolated area, mainly to prevent it from it being found but also making it harder to invade or be bombarded. It’s not locally centered as I would have liked, but whit the VTOL (aka Skyranger), we’ll be able to solve the crisis pretty well. The Skyranger is a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) troop transport aircraft. The base is fully equiped for our needs, with buildings like; the Mission Control, the Situation Room (where my office is located), Engineering, Research Labs, the Barracks, the Hanger, our very own medical station and the Officer Training School. Further development my prove necessary as the war develops. The crew the XCOM project has assembled is quite impressive; below I’ll leave a quick record of the three brains of the operation, which respond only to me and the council. Dr. Vahlen is the Chief Scientist assigned to the XCOM project. She leads the Research Team's efforts with great enthusiasm, as her particular interests lie in finding ways to adapt the alien technology to advance human scientific developments. Dr. Raymond Shen is the Chief Engineer of the XCOM Project. Dr. Shen has proven to be an invaluable asset with his decades of experience. The XCOM project is lucky to have such a brilliant, dedicated, world renowned, award winning engineer at its disposal. Central Officer Bradford is an officer attached to the XCOM Project, and acts as the junior commander of XCOM. It is likely he served in the military prior to his transfer to the project. Alongside the Skyranger we are also promptly equipped with two Ravens; a pulse-engine fighter aircraft equipped with the Avalanche Missiles, the best our tech has to offer. We are supplied with newly produced weapons exclusively made for the XCOM project, those weapons includes Unnamed Pistols, the XCOM X9 Assault Rifle, Unnamed Shotguns, the exclusives AS-60 Sniper Rifle, X249 SAW and the AT-5 Rocket Propeller. Standard equipment also include grenade, body armor and medkits. A safe and encrypted network for council use only has been set up to inform alien presence and danger at any given location and time, so we can interfere and help as quickly as possible. We are the last and only hope of humanity. I don’t believe in god, but I might as well pray for this one. < RECORDING FINISHED . . . < DO YOU WISH TO TERMINATE PROCESS? [Y]/[N]

Been having a ton of fun with Enemy Within, thought I'd make some humorous videos to share. As it turns out, GLaDOS is a perfect fit into the X-Com universe, and you will see from the following clips. If only there was a mod for this... but hey you know what, the new Mechs are a close enough approximation! Episode 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL_1ZzkOuNE&list=UUQRIcGJPeUz0mSwLHzT6D2g NEW Episode 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1DacRbytKM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUQRIcGJPeUz0mSwLHzT6D2g Episode 3: Enjoy!

No companion cube, sorry, didn't make it into episode 3. But at least there is an episode 3. Enjoy!