The Cordoba mission was a disaster. We lost Rk. Cell and Rk. Cube early on, casualties of the deluge of Chrysallids. Lt. Rajan "Zeus" Pawar (Sniper) managed to hold out longer, but eventually fell in combat as well. Rk. Dakka, Major Corvette, and Lt. Mary "Witchy" McLoughlin (Sniper) were surrounded on a rooftop, but managed to fight off all comers, with effort. Mutons, Berserkers, and Chrysallids came in waves, but broke on the wall that was Corvette's insane reflexes and aim, and McLoughlin's softening them from a distance. Dakka remained on clean-up duty, finishing off the broken and wounded once they were softened up by the two veterans. Unfortunately, this required the neglect of the civilians, and the squad was only able to save 7 of 18 trapped in the terror zone. Major 1970 "Vandal" Corvette earned her promotion to Colonel...but at what cost? OOC The Assault class' ability to take a shot at anything that moves within 4 squares is literally the only reason the squad didn't TPK again. Overwatch + That meant that any Chryssalid that tried to get close got nailed twice in the face, and fell to the ground smoking.