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PFC Adegoke & PFC Zaytseva |
Over the course of the operation, six insurgents including PFC Adegoke and PFC Zaytseva were air dropped on to an overpass in Lille where a total of nine aliens - classified as sectoids - were conducting an abduction operation on the local work force. The mission was led by XCOM veteran, Specialist Shinji Kobayashi, an expert grenadier and engineer with two prior successful missions since the war began on March 1. His second-in-command that day was Specialist Julio Brito with one prior successful mission in his portfolio. Other members of the hand-picked team include PFC Felipe Andrade from Peru and PFC Riya Nalawangsa from Malaysia.
Detailed Operation Breakdown
Soldiers touched down on the construction site of a large overpass at approximately 1114 on March 14, 2015. SPC Brito made first contact with the enemy, reporting three sectoid aliens conducting abduction activities within the construction site. The team took up defensive positions along their end of the overpass. PFC Adegoke landed the first hits on the aliens, killing one sectoid as it moved through his line of sight. The team leader, SPC Kobayashi, took out a second sectoid with an anti-personnel grenade, as well as flanking the third sectoid and killing it with shots from his assault rifle.
Adegoke's First Killing Shot Fired |
Kobayashi & Brito Advance on Vaytseva's Killers |
PFC Adegoke is killed instantly during his final heroic assault. |
PFC Andrade makes a critical shot from the right. |
As a result of PFC Andrade's flanking attacks, SPC Brito was able to kill one of the remaining sectoids with a close range shot alongside the bus, and SPC Kobayashi secured the construction site by taking landing the final shots with his assault rifle on the only remaining, wounded sectoid. There was no farther fighting in Lille that day and the survivors of Kobayashi's team were safely extracted by 1130. The science team followed up to retrieve any usable alien materials on site.
Aftermath of Operation Spectral Vanguard
The tragic loss of PFC Vaytseva resulted in a total loss of confidence in the XCOM mission from her home nation of Russia. As a result, Russia completely capitulated to the alien invaders and rumors have begun to surface that Russian military are aiding in the abduction of Russian civilians for alien experimentation. Our intelligence cannot confirm or deny these reports, yet, but it remains possible that the entire country is now at the mercy of the invaders. The XCOM project remains committed to protecting the rest of the world from a similar fate, and is equally committed to protecting the lives of the soldiers under its command. Intelligence officers are currently exploring avenues of breaking through the closed Russian borders in an attempt to counter-act the alien occupation, but so far there is not enough intel to take any conclusive actions.
A short investigation was conducted to review the actions and decisions of team leader, Specialist Shinji Kobayashi, following the deaths of two of his junior soldiers while under his command. It was concluded that his actions on the morning of March 14 were not only appropriate, but tactically necessary. The deaths of his team members was not a result of poor leadership or lack of tactical command. Furthermore, his display of valor when taking up a forward position to make up for the loss of PFC Vaytseva, and to encourage PFC Nalawangsa to not submit to her fears have earned him consideration for promotion to Lance Corporal along with future leadership positions within XCOM.
XCOM HQ has petitioned the governing council to replace these recruits with suitable cantidates as soon as possible, but as of this time no new recruits have arrived on site to replace the losses sustained during "Spectral Vanguard."
- Official Report Filed on PFC Olufemi Adegoke and Vera Zaytseva, dated 3/18/2015
XCOM Report - March 14, 2015 - "Spectral Vanguard"
SPC Shinji Kobayashi (Japan) - Squad Leader
- Confirmed Kills: 4 (Sectoid)
- Total CK: 9 (8 Sectoid, 1 Drone)
- Earned Promotion
SPC Julio Brito (Brazil)
- Confirmed Kills: 2 (Sectoid)
- Total CK: 6 (Sectoid)
PFC Felipe Andrade (Peru)
- Confirmed Kills: 1 (Sectoid)
PFC Riya Nalawangsa (Malaysia)
- Confirmed Kills: 0
PFC Olufemi Adegoke (Nigeria)
- Confirmed Kills: 2 (Sectoid)
- Status: Killed in Action
- Earned Posthumous Promotion (Specialist)
PFC Vera Zaytseva (Russia)
- Confirmed Kills: 0
- Status: Killed in Action