 Hello again. Welcome back to XCOM 2. I'm Philip Magnus and I am your commanding officer. Or at least the commanding officer of the bunch of lazy, well, one engineer and zero scientist I've got. And apparently I have to clean up some alien debris, so let's do that. I'm going to take more time in manpower to make space for new facilities. I guessed as much? Right. Come on, Miss Evans. Excavator way. Well done. Of course it is. Source unknown. Patching it through to your quarters. Let's go to my quarters. I'm out as well. Netflix and chill? No? Okay. Oh god. No. The council you once knew is no more. Its membership have all sworn loyalty to the advent administration with one exception. Again, in the days since your capture, I have done all I can to aid the resistance from the inside. It was these resistance operatives that provided the intel leading to your recent extraction. I'm very surprised. Resistance forces are currently somewhat disorganized. If we are to defeat Advent and their alien masters, you must change this before it is too late. That's fine by me. That's not English. Pretty shit and it's not English. Is it alien language? Probably. Then bring them into the fold. Find this black site and shut it down. Save our world. The clock is ticking. Good luck, commander. Ah yes. The aliens are harnessing people, trope. To learn more about it, you should probably go and watch Falling Skies. Excellent. Two seasons. Terrible third and fourth. So don't even bother if you haven't seen the first two. If you have, I mean. Huh. I'm confused. Maybe I should take my pills. Anyway, time to get to the bridge. Yes. Oh god. Yes. Commander, our current position is here. Just outside resistance headquarters. When we're not on the move this will serve as our home and our source of supplies. The councilman has tracked the alien black site to this region. Unfortunately, we don't have its exact coordinates yet. If we're going to have any chance of finding this facility, we'll need to make contact with the local resistance cell nearby. Taigen has a theory about how we might reach out to them without getting the aliens' attention, but we'll need to give him time to conduct his research. We shouldn't wait too long on that, commander. We have to start making contact with other regions soon if we're going to build a global resistance and take on advent. Oh, lovely. Let's contact some resistance fighters. Research resistance communications right to the backside. Region made contact. Right. Good. Looks like you won't have time for that just yet though. Remote reconnaissance may have found something not far from our current position. If you keep piling tasks on me I can do anything. I'm very much a perfectionist. Can I have the English now please? Do I get a say in this? Awesome. Let's, you know, investigate away. Ah, scientists. But there are differences. The data is being pulled directly from this advent captain's implant. The sequence here is essentially you, commander, or at least the tactical information they were processing through your mind. As you can see, the data is nearly identical. We're using you against us. Yes, however, the data shows signs of decay. Removing the commander from their network has likely caused significant damage. Network. Yes, what we're seeing here is a psionic network. These implants are capable of receiving and transmitting information. A great deal of information. Thus, you do not explain the psionic alien robotic thing from the tutorial. To augment the tactical readiness of its troops as well as disseminate orders from its central command. Observe. Subjects diminished condition. I wonder if that's, if that has to do with the way that the aliens resurrect the bodies and use them against me in my campaigns against them. I knew we would need a prisoner of war. I'm not capturing a living officer. I'm capturing a living officer. Oh, I have to use a skull jack. That sounds just fantastic. Right. I've got to construct a facility, complete the skull jack project in the said facility and use it. Sure, why not? Okay. Moving along. There we go. The proving grounds. Ah, how I love game logic. Let's see. Do we need weapons or defense? You know, I wouldn't actually mind a bit of defense first. I had assumed you'd make that research your priority commander. I'll notify you as soon as the report is available. What a clever little scientist. I've started to wonder how the admin administration views our current band of renegades. Do they see us as an actual threat or more of a nuisance? Well, I can say for certain that eventually they will see us as a threat. When that will happen, that's another question entirely. Although we have allies scattered in cities throughout the globe who are willing to share their knowledge of admins operations. The aliens are actively pursuing them. It will be up to you to ensure the safety of our operatives, commander. Good luck. Can I just point out that 20 years ago he had the same voice and the same bald head? Is that the guy possibly Patrick Stewart? Or a very close relative? I'm not sure. I might find out. Let's see. Rescue VIP from Madvent Cell. Oh, I'm getting a scientist. And AG3 intel. Okay. It shall be done. My lady. Ah, grumpy ears. Right. I actually like my team so far and so... I'll try not to get them all killed. It turns me, I really should have used my new armor. I don't suppose I can return to Avenger without... I don't want to risk it. Oh, this is my first VIP rescue mission. I'm as excited as the dame on her Nighting Day. Which, if you judge by Dame Judy Dench, is probably really exciting. It's probably really exciting. It's really exciting. It's probably really exciting. Ah, traveling to Drop Point. It should take some time. Poor guys. They seem very nervous. And every time my guys are nervous, the FPS drops like hell. So, really, it's quite okay. It was never great at VIP missions in the original XCOM anime. If you've got to laugh, Firaxis, it's games. If you ever want to count on something happening, you must count on Firaxis releasing a game with bugs. A game that will sometimes inexplicably just completely shut down and ruin all progress. No matter how well it all started. I'm used to it. After all, it has happened with previous games by the same company. Now, the thing I am very excited about will be seeing just how the game will progress as in technology, different weapons and the like. In case you don't know, XCOM Anime Unknown had a beautiful system where you could progress in many different ways. And I do believe that Slash will take care of this. Did he cut through his arm? I think he did. Now, these are things you could not do in XCOM Anime Animal Kids. That, admittedly, makes me very happy. Also, I realize that I should probably save more of them now that I was thrown out in a terribly real manner. I feel like my voice has gone to hell. Sorry about that. It's daunting, really. A daunting task. This entire playthrough, because XCOM is not an easy game. And screwing up here, well... Stay clear of those turrets. We're still not entirely sure if they're fully automated or remotely triggered. You missed, old friend. I have to wonder, how the hell is the guy who is supposedly from Russia with a wonderful English accent? Admittedly, there is something to be desired in the game. We've got a variety of English accents. We've got Australian, UK English, and the first American English. And we also have Italian, Spanish and German accents. And I do believe French as well. I'm not 100% sure about the Spanish accents being in the game. But we don't have Russian, we don't have Japanese, Chinese, any Asian people knocking, really. Oh, you're almost dead. Aren't you freak, little sectoid? Not to worry, you'll die soon enough, I'm sure. It is so far a very fine attempt. I wonder what exactly I will do to screw it all up. Every animated corpse will do those no good things. That weapon, awful. Oh, come on. At least he killed the dead guy. Nice shot, by the way. I know I can come to new time and even when you are completely panicked out of your mind, think of it. I should probably just end him with my pistol. Two points of damage, well enough. Oh, that was actually very stylish. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Still panicking, mate. Just in case. In case something happens to him. I'm worried about Plum and he's a very important part of the team. If something were to happen to him, how would I explain it to his brother? Of his friends? I am not prepared to take such responsibility. Can I destroy this weapon? Probably. There's armor in the game? That's new. I know how to expect. I've got seven turns to excavate every unit in the game. That's not bad at all. Now that is. Do I take the chance? Or rather, no, actually I'm going to open the door with her. Something I probably should have done last turn. No one inside so far, which is good. Let's see if I can overwatch. Not going there. Not a chance. Time to go inside. We do. We do, guys. These are dangerous folks. Well, I did not expect this to hit anyway, so let's do it. It was a nice, nice try. I'm going to play it safe then to be sorry. But if I kill him instead of the other guy, I'm just making far stronger enemy, which as you might imagine not great at all. Let's keep your nervous. Excellent. So I should be more than able to get up here if so I desire. Let's see. Another miss. He's going to panic me up. Oh, disoriented. That hasn't happened before. He'll probably miss a turn now, won't he? Perfect, not at all. Can I take a shot? I'll try. No chance. No chance in hell. I should have used the grenade. I've only got six turns. Better to save now. If everything else goes to hell, at least I can get back here. Another weapon. Why not? Let's see if I can use my grenade. Nice, 5 points of damage. If that works, yes. That was a perfect hit. He missed it. Seeing as there are no enemies right now, I'm going to reload. You missed that with a shotgun and he's probably 10 feet away from you. That was kind of sad, really. Really, really sad. I'm getting very near to that point so I should probably try and get my extraction on. Why can't I move? Why is this finally? See, bugs. Annoying, right? Just at the finish line. Actually, can I call the squad? No. Not yet, anyway. Maybe to turn it around like this. Oh me, oh my. How did this one die? Please don't land now. Why not? Right, awesome. Time to evacuate. 5, Ladi. At least one of us will live. I'm daring for a surprise. Hey boys, kind of late. I'm not shooting now. Right, this is kind of comedic. I mean, if I get everyone out it is going to be really funny. Them just watching me going home. Bye guys, it was nice knowing you. And we've got the scientist, which is all that matters. Please tell me that she can get there. And time to get home. That went surprisingly well. I'll take 9 out of 12 as long as I get home safe and only with a single wounded soldier. And that was almost accidental. Not that it was friendly fire or anything. Let's see, successful shot percentage. 1.82, that's very good. Average enemy skill per turn, 0.75. Well done, Plamen. Once again. Plamen is MVP. Excellent, excellent area. I'm so proud of you all. You deserve commendations and better accommodations. Which you will now get because you saved the scientist. You're forced to labour constantly for us, without rest, with as little food and water as possible. Jesus, really wounded. Poor guy, Grandius. Thanks, Patrick's U.S. Brother. You've done an exemplary job in seizing this opportunity to strike back at Advent in New Mexico. A move that will surely embolden resistance forces around the world. He's used it accompanying allotment and resources to further your advances. Edit free intel. The ongoing stress of combat can shake up even the best of our soldiers. As long as we keep them healthy, I'm sure they'll recover given time. Thank you for watching and I hope to see you again. Bye.