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Synopsis: The aliens have been here for decades but only now have an elite few been able to organize a resistance. Most people think aliens are a myth, idle science-fiction fantasies, but to those who have seen the horror that came from the darkness the truth is much worse than any story. All throughout world society the aliens have made their presence known; the halls of government, the top brass of the military, boardrooms of the Fortune 500, hospitals, and even down to the homeless on the street the aliens have been festering. XCOM is a multinational team of the world's best and brightest brought together not only to confront the threat but to discover why the aliens are here and if it is even too late to stop them....

The Team

Charles Gordon
Anya
Brock
Jeffrey

NPCs

Tsuyoshi Yokohama
PIGSTY Cell
LILI
Peter Chalk
Martina Bernal

The PIGSTY

Located in Renton off Monster Road is the King County Sewage Treatment Plant. Deep underground is the headquarters of the Seattle XCOM Cell codenamed PIGSTY (Pacific Intervention Group Science and Tactical Yard). The world's most advanced technology and a crack team of specialists along with expert support staff are stationed here under the watchful guidance of XCOM's proprietary AI system LILI (Lifelike Interactive Learning Intelligence). Each Cell has a LILI node that facilitates communication and information sharing without jeopardizing security and Cell anonymity. The loss or compromise of any single Cell does not cause a domino effect of failure in other Cells.

The PIGSTY is divided into several wings. Each wing is assumed to have a small but competent staff and an operating budget that allows the wing to function at a default level of efficiency. As the game progresses, the Cell can run across resource boons that can be allocated to a wing to increase its efficiency for a period of 30 days. At game start, the Cell has a single monthly renewable resource boon that can be applied to any one wing.

Wings
1. Operations Wing: The command and control center of the Cell. All missions are planned, tracked, and supported from Operations. Two missions can be adequately supported per month at default.
2. Research and Development: Initially, there is a biology lab and a physics lab along with a workshop. At default, research speed is slow and development/production speed is slow. Additional labs may be built or existing labs converted.
3. Logistics Wing: This area houses vehicles, maintains vehicles, and determines your operational radius.
4. Quartermaster Wing: The Cell's arsenal and equipment is kept here. Most mundane supplies are refilled (ammunition, medical kits, batteries, rope, etc.) post mission. Special requisitions can be made.
5. Security Wing: The entire base, both inside and out, are monitored via cameras. Security teams make regular patrols.

Upgrades: From the NSA - Hacking Team and upgraded computer security
From the CDC - Surgery Team and biohazard/clean room
From the Special Forces - Strike Team and enhanced armory
From the Air Force - Engineering Team and enhanced workshop
From the Underworld - Smuggling/Subterfgue Team and darkroom/forgery lab

Pulling String: These are abilities the team members bring to the Cell. They demonstrate influence and favors that can be called in. These are taken from Conspiracy X.
From the NSA - Blanket Wiretaps, No Questions Asked, Computer Security Database
From the CDC - Quarantine, Medical Advantage, CDC Lab Access, Hidden Cures
From the Special Forces - Cheaper Ground Vehicles, Base Clearance, Survivalists
From the Air Force - Cheaper Air Vehicles, Mobility, No Trace
From the Underworld - Counterculture Friends, Safe House, and Support

Current Operations
R&D: Neutronium
Cell Mission: Unabomber II
Secondary Mission: Rupert Trucking

Missions

Operation Spectral Hydra
Oil Rig
Unabomber 2
Imprisonment on The Maelstrom

Between Session Activities

XCOM Research
XCOM Mission Display
History