Abbreviation Index:

BB -- Blackberry
AWS -- Amazon Web Services
IVY -- Intelligent Vehicles Yo. I don't actually know if this stands for anything
QNX -- Quick-Unix perhaps? It's a Unix-like embedded microkernel RTOS (real-time operating system)
EOY -- end of year
PT -- price target
SP -- stock price
EV -- electric vehicle
SoC -- System on a Chip
IoT -- Internet of Things
TL;DR: Blackberry ($BB) is almost daily announcing new partnerships and new clients for their software, including new deals with companies that are just now or just this year launching autonomous vehicles that run on QNX software. The big kahuna of all these deals is BB's recent partnership with Amazon to go 50/50 into BB's software IVY, a scalable cloud-connected software platform designed for intelligent vehicle data gathering and data sharing. With Amazon's Jeff Bezos stepping down, and Andy Jassy filling his shoes, who was the CEO of AWS, BB will have some very firm support behind Amazon's new CEO. BB and Amazon are having a webinar Feb. 23rd about their partnership and IVY, which should be a strong catalyst moving forward. IVY beta earnings are projected to begin impacting BB's Q3 or Q4 earnings beginning in November this year, with IVY fully being integrated around the 2023 timeframe. Through a lot of reading and analysis, I believe BB has a four-tiered business model dating back as far as 2013 when BB's CEO John Chen was hired to begin the massive BB turnaround process. Tier 1 was development of QNX and IVY, lasting from 2013 to today and onward, however, Tier 2 overlaps Tier 1. Tier 2 was customer acquisition, primarily distributing their secure software in QNX, SecuSuite, Spark, and AtHoc. They secured 37 automakers during this time, including 9 of the top 10 automakers, over 106 governments from around the world, including all of G7 governments and 18 of G20 governments, as well as 77% of Fortune 100 companies, including partnerships with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Sony, XPENG, XPEV, NVIDIA, Intel, Qualcomm, Baidu, IBM, LG, Samsung, and others. Well if they have such an incredible market share, why are they so undervalued? The answer is that QNX was not the end-all-be-all product. It was the base that the rest would be built on. Particularly IVY, which is the real money-maker. Tier 3 is IVY beta, and Tier 4 is IVY distribution and subscription revenue streams. So why is IVY the big deal and not QNX? They are both big deals, but QNX was never designed to be the money-maker. They are charging a one-time fee per vehicle use. There is a bigger goal here, to secure their clients as their customers for the bigger product in IVY. They also need QNX is to be a secure system in order for IVY to be trustworthy and reliable. And it certainly is secure. QNX has ISO26262 certification, as well as US government clearance, NSA clearance, and CIA clearance. The US government uses QNX and Blackberry products. Just let that sink in. That should tell you something about its security. Anyways, IVY will be used in autonomous vehicle level 4 and level 5 communication (note that QNX is level 5 certified... it has a business moat just in its security level and clearance), as well as EV and gas vehicle data collecting and AI-powered data synthesis. See below for more details on IVY. Wrapping up this TL;DR, BB is going to do well this year as IVY unfolds, but will do even better in the next 2-5 years. I have a PT of 25 by EOY and a PT of 80 by 2023 EOY, and a PT of 160+ by 2025 EOY
TL;DR: TL;DR: BB go up, but go slow for now because IVY revenue not here yet, but big fast later. Make big monies, BB is the future tech that Amazon, Microsoft, Google, etc will be building upon in the EV and IoT market

FAQs:

1) Why is Blackberry stock price going down?
A: A few possible reasons. One, as of today the whole market is down. BB is connected to overall market swings as most companies are. Two, there may be some market manipulation by bearish financial institutions as there are a lot of calls expiring on 2/19. I would expect that BB SP to be volatile between $11 and $14 between now and then, and to move upwards after 2/19 and especially after 2/23 (Amazon + BB webinar). Three, there are bearish investors who still think BB is a phone company and don't understand the underworkings of BB's business strategy, their software, their patents, or their partners. Their revenue has been affected by coronavirus and has not been particularly phenomenal so far this year.
2) Should I invest now or later?
A: First off, I'm not a financial advisor, these are just my opinions. Invest at your own risk. In my opinion, BB will see a large SP growth by EOY, anywhere from 50% to 150% growth by EOY. While revenue will likely not increase much this year, the partnership with Amazon and news regarding IVY will likely create new floors for their SP much higher than the current SP right now, at around the $12 SP
3) What's stopping competitors from building a similar product and hurting BB's business?
A: There's a lot of reasons why BB has a huge moat right now. One, notice the partners that BB has with QNX. They've got all the big boys working them, aside from Apple and Tesla. Seeing as SpaceX runs on QNX, and seeing that Apple was trying to make a deal with Hyundai that did not go through, I think it is still possible that either Tesla or Apple or both companies could also make a deal with BB to use QNX as their OS system. BB worked to develop their QNX embedded microkernel OS for the last eight years or so. Anyone trying to step into the game now is far too late. Apple has the best chance of all companies, as it has its own OS and Apple knows security very well, but this still requires an entirely new system in order to work in the EV sector. Also, Apple announced recently that they would be developing their own EV, although they did not give much details beyond that statement. The likelihood that they are both working on the hardware and software side of this thing is slim given the large number of difficulties that come with certification as it relates to the cybersecurity software space. Regardless, I would suspect that either Apple or Tesla is the most likely to be competitors in this space, but neither company has successfully completed a certified OS system, particularly for the emerging sector of autonomous EVs. Tesla is currently building a Linux-based system that is having a lot of difficulty in passing certifications such as ISO26262, a struggle that has been ongoing for years now. They may achieve a product that passes these safety regulations and certifications, but the question remains whether this will be in time as the EV and autonomous market picks up speed, and whether competing companies would even be interested in using their product. In fact, any car company is unlikely to develop their own OS software because none of their competitors would be likely to use it. BB is the perfect business to license since it is not competing in the hardware sector for the EV market. This argument can also be used for Apple if they are also building an EV.
4) Why is BB's revenue so low if they have so many customers and partners?
A: QNX has been licensed so far as a one-time purchase, per vehicle or IoT using their software. IVY will be a subscription-based software that also includes a one-time purchase. Thus, BB's revenue streams are somewhat unimpressive currently, but they are playing the long game. If my hypothesis is correct, it is John Chen's goal to lay low as software is developed and customer relationships are built. It's the same with the book market. It's the sequel that makes all the money, not the first book. QNX is just the first book of a series looking to hook in its customers with low costs before hitting 'em with the strong follow up in IVY. Additionally, in order to build a competitive business moat, it was to their advantage to not forewarn any competitors of their involvement and plans. Consider John Chen's work as a CEO in his last business Sybase. Chen worked as the CEO of Sybase for 10 years. For the first 7 years, the SP remained at around $10 a share. Three years later, the SP was at $100 a share. I suspect he is implementing a similar model with Blackberry. Chen joined Blackberry in 2013. BB stock actually dropped for most of the last 7 years, resting at a stock price of around $5. Now BB is at $12 a share. I would not be surprised if BB reaches $50 two years from now.

Now for the details.

Read this for DD on BB's achievements, certifications, markets, QNX products, EV growth, Spark software and clients, BB Radar, software pricing, and BB challenges:
Comprehensive Guide about BB and how it shall take off in coming years

Full List of Clients and Partners:

Blackberry Clients and Partners
Automakers: Honda, Audi, Jeep, Mitsubishi, Ford, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Bentley, Lamboghini, Byton, Mini (cooper), Toyota, Subaru, Fiat Chrysler, Mazda, Nio, BMW, Porsche, Lexus, Kia, Land-Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Buick, Jaguar, Visteon, Skoda, Chevrolet, Nissan, Acura, Continental, General Motors, Baidu, Motional
Other: Denso, Aptiv, Bosch, Panasonic, Harman, Bugatti, LG, Vodafone, Bell, Carahsoft, CACI, Telus, iSec, KPMG, Tableau, Qlik
Major: Amazon, Google, Sony, XPENG, XPEV, Li Auto, NVIDIA, Canoo, Microsoft, Intel, Verizon, Qualcomm, IBM, LG, Samsung
Major Investors: PRIMECAP, Hamblin Watsa, Ontario Teachers’ Pension, Vanguard, Harris Associates, ETF Managers Group, Wells Capital, Arrowstreet Capital, Kahn Brothers Advisors, Norges Bank Investment
Governments: Albania, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Congo, Croatia, Czech Republic, DR Congo, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marthinique, Mauritania, Mauritus, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, USA, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican City, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Blackberry Current Revenues:

BlackBerry Revenues: How Does BlackBerry Make Money? -- Trefis
This display the biggest bearish argument to BB. Until IVY begins producing new revenue streams, BB is likely to not exponentially increase revenue streams, but only sustain moderate YoY growth

Blackberry Analysis Regarding Infotainment and Google and Ford Deal:

see "Blackberry (BB) Stock News Analysis | What I need to say..." by Financial Live by LEYA on the forbidden video website
The media recently picked out a story that left out a lot of pertinent information, making it seems that BB lost Ford as a client. This is not true. QNX is designed to be a SoC. This means that other operating systems, such as Linux or Android, can be easily added to QNX. It is in fact encouraged. The Ford and Google deal was simply announcing the Ford would be using Android as their infotainment system. I believe that BB was never intended to try and be the predominant entity for all software systems in EVs or IoTs, but the backbone that connects all together, and to protect all components in a secure system. Autonomous EVs and even regular EVs in general would not be possible without a secure system protecting the product, as is true with IoTs. This is also why things like US Fighter Jets run on... you guess it, QNX. Ford is still using QNX. It is simply also now using Android that is running on top of QNX more commentary on this: Analyzing Blackberry Bear Argument - Case No. 1: Ford Deal

Pretty Charts

The New BlackBerry Everyone is Talking About $BB

Facebook Settlement with BB

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This is an interesting one to be sure. Facebook was being evil, like the do, and were caught using a number of BB patents. They settled in February, and the day that the settlement was finalized, John Chen (BB CEO) tweeted reminding everyone that BB is used on the ISS
https://twitter.com/JohnChen/status/1358853064153784321?s=20
Well, the connection and speculation here is that Blackberry is going to the moon, and that the settlement is rather significant. Someone else also dug out some information in Facebook's most recent 10-K, specifically a portion for a 'non-cancelable contractual commitment' of an amount of $7500 million dollars. That's 7.5 billion btw. We don't know how big the settlement is, but it is worth noting that BB's entire market cap is 7.5B. I highly doubt that a settlement would reach such lofty numbers, but it could be possible that FB settled for some initial amount of $1B or so, as well as $1B in reoccurring payments over several years. We won't know until March 15th actually, so stay tuned.

Blackberry New Partnerships

Within the last few weeks, Blackberry has announced a stronger partnership with Baidu (China's Google), as well as their involvement with Baidu choosing to use QNX for their autonomous vehicles that will be hitting the road, as early as this year and next. BB has also announced their involvement with Motional, a joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv, which will use QNX for their autonomous vehicles. Motional will be partnering with Lyft to use autonomous vehicles to begin serving customers and will be deploying their vehicles in 2023. It was also announced that QNX will be working with AOSP (Android Open Source Project), as well as announcing yesterday that QNX Hypervisor 2.2 is now released, which is what allows Android and Linux to run on top of QNX.
A sum-up of all the recent news on $BB

BB's Technical Page on QNX Security

Link
Very technical. But cool stuff.

Rumor: Blackberry Buyout? Here's why that's not happening:

Just read this post. It's quite revealing:
Great Day for BB despite stick dipping.
TL;DR: Amazon could have easily bought BB. Why didn't they? Well, all the big players are interested in this EV and IoT emerging sector. This is the new wave of technology that will dominate the market. First we had the dot.com boom, then the cell-phone and smart-phone market, and now we have the autonomous EV and IoT market. If Amazon were to buy BB, they would have to submit a tender offer. This would be a red flag to all the big players that Amazon were trying to buy up the best security out there. It would be a bidding war that could result in a double-digit multi-billion dollar buyout. It was much more to their advantage to create a secret alliance with BB and establish a 50/50 partnership, whose contract includes exclusivity for their use of IVY. Ouch! That's gotta hurt. This is where the importance of QNX lies. BB will be able to pull the rug out from any company that chooses to use something other than IVY. No IVY, no QNX, no EV. It will be a package deal where IVY is the big money maker. All other companies will have to build from the ground up or be forced to license QNX and make their money off of other sectors, such as the infotainment sector, as Google has already begun to do with the Ford deal. When this deal happened, the other big boys wet their pants realizing they needed to get into this space, and fast. Microsoft partnered with Cruise/GM. Apple tried to partner with Hyundai, who was so flattered, they may have initially said yes or indicated so, before realizing that they were already partnered with BB, so it was a no-go. Not sure if that is fact or fiction, but it is an interesting proposal.

Blackberry IVY + AWS Partnership:

Alright, so what's the deal with IVY? Why is it going to be so profitable? Why is IVY the real money-maker, while QNX has been used as the customer-acquisition software tool? Check out this picture:
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For one, IVY is designed for real-time communication between EVs or other IoTs. Autonomous driving level 5 requires vehicles to communicate with one another. This is where IVY comes in. IVY connects the different software components of an EV (which presumably are running on QNX), as well as harvesting data on those systems. The data used can be distributed for a wide-variety of uses, including, but not limited to, automakers and suppliers, app developers, consumer services, smart cities, EV charging providers, insurance companies, and vehicle maintenance providers. All of these different sectors will be willing to pay subscriptions for these data services, as well as the automakers and IoT makers who will also be willing to pay subscriptions for IVY. For instance, IVY can help share information between vehicles that will allow for a car detecting ice roads in one area so that other cars using IVY can take a different route. This results in less crashes, which helps the automakers. Insurance companies can use data from all these different data points as well, allowing them an inside-view of their clients. The list of what is possible here is inexhaustible.
As for price points, the subscription models for multiple outside companies wanting to use the data will be create huge revenue streams for BB. With Amazon as a 50/50 partner, and with their resources and strategic management, BB will be poised to be the foundation in security and data sharing for the entire EV, and somewhat of the IoT market (the IoT market has more competitors for sure)
see "Is BlackBerry Stock Undervalued?" by Wealthy Mindset on the forbidden video website
see "Roadmap to $180 a share (BlackBerry Stock)" by Wealthy Mindset on the forbidden video website

Revenue, revenue, revenue...

Blackberry is poised to be an industry leader in EV, government, and IoT security and data sharing with products such as QNX, IVY, Spark, and their other software products. Stock price will likely stay somewhat stunted until IVY revenue begins picking up. It is possible that more announcements and marketing related to IVY will make this growth more rapid. In my opinion, either way BB over the next 5 years will 10x. The question is whether you want to get in now at $12 / share or two years from now at $40 a share or something similar, assuming that either way this stock is going to push for that 100B market cap (it's currently at 7B). There will be bearish analysts that will continue to say that Blackberry is a worthless company until those IVY revenue streams begin to come in. It is also possible that a realistic competitor may emerge within the next three years, such as Tesla or Apple. But if Apple is seeking to create its own EV product, then both companies will have a hard time finding any way to license their software to any other company. It remains possible that Apple and/or Tesla may strikes deals with BB as well in order to be able to produce autonomous vehicles and get a bite of that market share

Really, no competitors?

Well it's called a business moat for a reason. As we have recently seen, QNX is working with AOSP, and so clearly, they are not to be worried about. Tesla is not a true competitor as their OS product is not certified yet, and has demonstrated difficulty in doing so, and additionally, other automakers will not want to benefit their competitors by using their product. A third-party non-auto-maker will be much more desirable. Other companies such as VxWorks, have a lot of to prove both in security and certifications, as well as producing an OS product that is compatible with an emerging autonomous level 5 EV market. QNX's embedded microkernel RTOS is very much unique in this regard. This type of system allows for real-time processing and power distribution, while protecting the system from attacks. In an embedded microkernel system, if one part of the system is attacked, the whole system will not shut down, in layman's terms. This is essential for the security of any high-risk product that is built upon an underlying software that controls that different components of the system.

Conclusion:

All eyes are turned towards Blackberry right now. People want to know what this deal with Amazon will look like, how it will work, what they will focus on, (will Amazon also use this system for a fleet of delivery drones? hmmm), what the revenue streams will look like, what are their projections, what markets and sectors are they targeting, what are their future goals, what will Amazon be doing on their end, etc, etc. The Amazon + BB webinar may answer some of those questions, or maybe they won't. Time will tell (Feb. 23rd, specifically -- here's a link to sign up and watch: Next-Gen Vehicle Architectures Unlock Unprecedented Opportunities for Automakers). Also look out for that FB settlement numbers on March 15th, and Q4 earnings March 31st. I don't expect Q4 earnings to be particularly interesting unless they include the FB settlement numbers. Could those numbers instead be put into Q1 earnings for 2021? Possibly.
Initially IVY beta is expected to begin being released late this year. I will also be looking forward to see how Apple and Tesla respond in the coming months. Ultimately, BB is a long-term play, but is poised to dominate this emerging industry with the partnerships and security focused software they have secretly been building. Now if only the could do something about their logo, some rebranding would be nice...
This is not financial advice, just my own opinions. I am not a financial advisor nor a professional. I own 14k shares in Blackberry, as well as options (10x 8/17/21 20c BB). Do your own DD and fact check me as well

Abbreviation Index:

FAQs:

Now for the details.

Full List of Clients and Partners:

Blackberry Current Revenues:

Blackberry Analysis Regarding Infotainment and Google and Ford Deal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIrjrNYR3Lw
The media recently picked out a story that left out a lot of pertinent information, making it seems that BB lost Ford as a client. This is not true. QNX is designed to be a SoC. This means that other operating systems, such as Linux or Android, can be easily added to QNX. It is in fact encouraged. The Ford and Google deal was simply announcing the Ford would be using Android as their infotainment system. I believe that BB was never intended to try and be the predominant entity for all software systems in EVs or IoTs, but the backbone that connects all together, and to protect all components in a secure system. Autonomous EVs and even regular EVs in general would not be possible without a secure system protecting the product, as is true with IoTs. This is also why things like US Fighter Jets run on... you guess it, QNX. Ford is still using QNX. It is simply also now using Android that is running on top of QNX more commentary on this: Analyzing Blackberry Bear Argument - Case No. 1: Ford Deal

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The New BlackBerry Everyone is Talking About $BB

Facebook Settlement with BB

Blackberry New Partnerships

BB's Technical Page on QNX Security

Link
Very technical. But cool stuff.

Rumor: Blackberry Buyout? Here's why that's not happening:

Blackberry IVY + AWS Partnership:

Revenue, revenue, revenue...

Really, no competitors?

Conclusion:

Abbreviation Index:

FAQs:

Now for the details.

Full List of Clients and Partners:

Blackberry Current Revenues:

Blackberry Analysis Regarding Infotainment and Google and Ford Deal:

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The New BlackBerry Everyone is Talking About $BB

Facebook Settlement with BB

Blackberry New Partnerships

BB's Technical Page on QNX Security

Link
Very technical. But cool stuff.

Rumor: Blackberry Buyout? Here's why that's not happening:

Blackberry IVY + AWS Partnership:

Revenue, revenue, revenue...

Really, no competitors?

Conclusion:

Blackberry -- A Dormant Giant

Original post written by u/UncleZiggy. Was shared here by u/Junior-Job-5126, but he asked me to post it for him so I could format it. Fully credit goes to u/UncleZiggy for writing the DD, and credit goes to u/Junior-Job-5126 for initially posting it here. Date of the original post: Feb. 11 2021. -

Abbreviation Index:

FAQs:

Now for the details.

Full List of Clients and Partners:

Blackberry Current Revenues:

Blackberry Analysis Regarding Infotainment and Google and Ford Deal:

Pretty Charts

The New BlackBerry Everyone is Talking About $BB

Facebook Settlement with BB

Blackberry New Partnerships

BB's Technical Page on QNX Security

Link
Very technical. But cool stuff.

Rumor: Blackberry Buyout? Here's why that's not happening:

Blackberry IVY + AWS Partnership:

Revenue, revenue, revenue...

Really, no competitors?

Conclusion:

I feel like I'm seeing two big signs in the world, beyond actual price performance, that indicate that Crypto is about to completely take off:
1) The WSB tension with traditional Wall Street is making it unavoidably obvious that the bulk of the world's citizens are pawns in a rich person's game. We're allowed to park our money in retirement accounts and pension funds so rich people have toys to play with and profit from, but we only ever get a fiscal pat on the head for our offering. All the while, trillions are being made with our money and data, executives are looting corporate coffers while offering sub-poverty wages to their workforce, and we're being asked to sacrifice our health and lives for "the economy." Fiat will be seen as a governmentally blessed structure of oppression and the relative freedom of crypto will become more and more compelling.
As investigations of Reddit take prominence over investigations of almost naked market manipulation by licensed firms, it will become more clear that the traditional capital markets are a mirage that serve as tools of social manipulation, power consolidation, and control. It's not only Americans who are HODLing. The world's citizens are HODLing in solidarity. This isn't an American Capitalism problem. Like in Office Space, what the billionaires thought were just fractions of pennies have started to add up and people are beginning to wonder where they all went.
2) Large and small developing nations (India, Nigeria, etc.) are either outlawing crypto or forbidding the comingling of traditional economic transactions with crypto transactions to slow its adoption. Why would they do this? When your economy is reliant on inexpensive labor at its present stage of development, you simply cannot have your citizens depositing their meager earnings into wallets whose growth eclipses wage growth.
Keeping citizen income tied to a relatively stable and slow motion fiat system buys you time. Time to build economic systems that "take a little off the top" at every level and entrench power. Time to trade your citizens' desire for a higher future quality of life for a corporate giant's promise to bring an economic boost to your area, regardless of the environmental, health, or collective happiness impacts. Time to prepare to leave the community you're profiting from before the masses are able to flee the exploited wasteland you've left them with. But this time is different. The internet is democratizing information, education, access. People see mirrors of their current circumstances in the history they are now able to learn about. The oppressed are becoming wise to the oppressors' tricks.
Anyway, that's my take. Curious what SSB thinks...
HODL for life. HODL til death!

Illus.: The base on Sep 3. Construction of Elerium Generator has started.

September, 2016

Scientists — 107 (+6) Engineers — 89 (+6)
Elerium — 81 Alloys — 62 Fragments — 333 Meld — 52
Flight Computers 🛸 3
Power Sources 🛸 4
Credits 💵 $581 (+$309)
Power 🏗️ 107/118

Alien Resources — 95 Alien Research — 183 (Bonus: –47) XCOM Threat — 2
Mission Table R1×T4

Panic and defense:

United States 13 (100) S Canada 12 (42) S Mexico 2 (56) S Argentina 40 (100) S Brazil 74 (56) S Egypt 20 (100) South Africa 56 (70) Nigeria 43 (42) United Kingdom 31 (14) S Russia 36 (84) France 39 (70) S Germany 37 (14) S China 69 (100) S Japan 45 (98) S India 52 (70) S Australia 61 ( 0) S

Hangars:

Europe | 5/6 | phoenix [ready ready 4d] stingray [ready ready] Asia | 5/6 | phoenix [ready ready 4d] stingray [ready 5d] N.Ame. | 5/6 | phoenix [ready 4d 3d 10d] stingray [ready] S.Ame. | 4/6 | phoenix [ready ready] stingray [ready 2h] Africa | 0/6 |

・・・・・・・ Sep ️1 ・・・・・・・

Researched 💡 Alien Power Systems
🥼 Start Berserker Autopsy (2d)

Tear down 🚧 Fission Generator B2F.left.3 –$5
Power 🏗️ 107/107
Build 🏗️ Elerium Generator B2F.left.3 –$280 Elerium –60 Alloys –60 Power Source –2 (25d)
📝 There goes all the alien materials I had left... and I'm still without Phoenix Coilguns or Jellied Elerium. (or Gauss guns for my MECs.) Hopefully we'll get more...

✔ Strategy notes:
Ideally I wanted to be purchasing Phoenix Coilguns right about now, as my interceptor fleet is halfway into its re-armament. Phoenix Coilguns cost 90 Alloys but I have 0. All those Foundry projects last month sure took their toll (and Workshops don't give rebates on them.)
This means I probably have sold 90 Alloys more than I was supposed to. On the bright side, I went down to zero on Elerium and Alloys simultaneously, so my resource management must have been at least semi-competent.
It's not like XCOM is dead in the water without Phoenix Coilguns. The Elerium Generator is much more important strategically, by providing the power for the final Satellite Nexus. However it is slightly uncomfortable.
Now may be a good time to count my Weapon Fragments as well. Alien Propulsion research consumes 160 Fragments, Plasma Weapons 175, Advanced Plasma Weapons 200, and Vehicular Plasma Weapons 200, total 735. (Again, Workshops do nothing to reduce this number.)
I have 333 Fragments; last month I collected 170. I can get to Firestorms but it seems like I'm months away from Plasma Cannons at that rate. That's why that I'm making a detour with the research path. There is no hurry to reach Firestorms. ...No, it isn't the right way of putting it. If I was in position to race toward Firestorms and Plasma Cannons, I'd be doing it in a heartbeat. If I can get only Firestorms without Plasma Cannons, sadly I'm not shooting down the Overseer with that.
So, for a short while I'll to be researching the various Autopsies. They are instantly useful for Vital Point Targeting, which my Snipers already have, and other soldiers will get shortly. Berserker Autopsy also boosts the research speed on Titan Armor so I'll be doing that. Meanwhile I must collect more Weapon Fragments.

・・・・・・・ Sep ️2 ・・・・・・・

Researched 💡 Berserker Autopsy
🥼 Start Cyberdisc Autopsy (1d)

Traded 💹 6 Sectoid Corpses to Egypt for 2 scientists

Psi training 🌀 success Psi Inspiration Rocketeer
Psi training 🌀 Regen Biofield Gunner 53% 8d

・・・・・・・ Sep ️3 ・・・・・・・

Researched 💡 Cyberdisc Autopsy
🥼 Start Chryssalid Autopsy (2d)

Completed 🔧 Phoenix Cannon — rebates Alloys 4
Completed 🔧 Phoenix Cannon — rebates Alloys 4
Completed 🔧 Phoenix Cannon — rebates Alloys 4

Rearm 🔁 1 interceptor each in Europe, South America, Asia

Build 🔧 Phoenix Cannon –$53 Alloys –9 (7d)

・・・・・・・ Sep ️4 ・・・・・・・

Interceptor rearmed 🔁 with Phoenix Cannon in Europe
Interceptor rearmed 🔁 with Phoenix Cannon in Asia
Interceptor rearmed 🔁 with Phoenix Cannon in North America

UFO bombing run 💥 over Brazil 🛸 Bomb #1／2 🛸 satellite not operational there yet

Researched 💡 Chryssalid Autopsy
🥼 Start Mechtoid Autopsy (3d)

UFO-61 China Medium Low — Raider 🛸 Scout #1／3.5 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 5d 4d — UFO shot down
📝 With the new Foundry upgrades I'm trying out Defensive with the re-engagement trick. The Raven and the UFO both are hardly ever hitting each other. UFOs can escape like that, if I ever misclick, this is China with its flight distances. Probably going to stick with Balanced

Raider Crash Site 🌳 China, Forest (Forest Trench) 🌳 R=187(–47) M=85 T=3
⚔️ scout++ sniperP gunnerP rocketeerP engineer medicP shogun pathfinder
👽 [Floater 4 Muton 1] [Floater 3 Muton 1] [Sectoid 2 Mechtoid 1 Sectoid Commander 1]
✔ Oh, that feeling when you've picked up all 3 Meld and spent all 6 Arc Thrower charges and you no longer need to think and can just go kill the rest of the map.
💀 2 pods, 13 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 3, Sectiod Commander Corpse 1, Floater Corpse 5, Muton Corpse 1, Mechtoid Core 1
🏆 Floater Captive 2, Muton Captive 1, Alien Carbine 2, Alien Rifle 1, Alien Grenade 1, Elerium 20, Alloys 30, Fragments 13, Meld 32 (3/3), Flight Computer 1/4, Power Source 0/2

・・・・・・・ Sep ️5 ・・・・・・・

Build 🔧 Phoenix Cannon –$53 Alloys –9 (7d)
Build 🔧 Phoenix Cannon –$53 Alloys –9 (7d)
Build 🔧 Phoenix Cannon –$53 Alloys –9 (7d)

・・・・・・・ Sep ️6 ・・・・・・・

UFO-62 China Small NOE — Fighter 🛸 Bomb #2／2 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 0d 0d — UFO shot down, 1 Aim Module spent

Rebuild 🎯 Aim Module –$11 (3d)

🥼 Switch research to UFO Analysis Fighter (1d)
✔ research is now so fast that I can do this one-time trick: delay researching UFO Analysis, so that interceptors deal less damage per shot, and there is less risk of the UFO exploding. Then after it is shot down, I research the Analysis for +20% salvage, and I'm still in time to assault the crash site.

⚡ Exalt strikes! ⚡ Again 3d before the "Scan for Exalt" reminder.
What is wrong? Do we have 2 cells operating?
Propaganda — Panic in China increased to 83
Covert Operative deployed to China (6d) 🏹

Psi Training 🌀 failure Psi Inspiration Sniper — goes back in 54% 8d

Researched 💡 UFO Analysis Fighter — actually took just 9 hours
🥼 Resume Mechtoid Autopsy (1d)

Fighter Crash Site 🏠 China, Settlement (Roadhouse) 🏠 R=189(–47) M=79 T=4
⚔️ scout+ 2 scouts gunner engineer medicP shogun pathfinder
👽 [Thin Man 1 Seeker 3] [Cyberdisc 1 Drone 1] [Outsider 2]
💀 2 pods, 9 kills
🏆 Cyberdisc Wreck 1, Drone Wreck 2, Seeker Wreck 3
🏆 Thin Man Captive 1, Outsider Shard 1, Alien Carbine 2, Elerium 14, Alloys 25, Fragments 6, Meld 14 (2/2), Flight Computer 2, Power Source 0/1

・・・・・・・ Sep ️7 ・・・・・・・

Psi training 🌀 success Regen Biofield Gunner
Psi training 🌀 Mindfray Sniper 53% 8d

Researched 💡 Mechtoid Autopsy
🥼 Start Drone Autopsy (1d)

Researched 💡 Drone Autopsy
🥼 Start Interrogate Berserker (3d)

Traded 💹 6 Sectoid Corpses to France for 1 scientist

・・・・・・・ Sep ️8 ・・・・・・・

・・・・・・・ Sep ️9 ・・・・・・・

UFO-63 Argentina Medium NOE — Raider 🛸 Research #1／1 🛸

Raider Landing Site 🌲 Argentina, Forest (Hillside) 🌲 R=192(–47) M=79 T=4
⚔️ scout+++ sniperP gunnerP rocketeerP engineer shogun marauder pathfinder
💥 wounds 1 moderate 18d, 1 Flamethrower damaged
📝 Simultaneous activation of the command pod and Cyberdisc pod in the command room. The squishy Pathfinder had to tank some shots.
👽 [Muton 2 Berserker 1 Behemoth 1] [Floater 5] [Sectoid 4 Mechtoid 1] [Cyberdisc 1 Drone 3] [Sectoid Commander 1 Outsider 3]
💀 4 pods, 22 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 5, Floater Corpse 5, Berserker Corpse 2, Cyberdisc Wreck 1, Drone Wreck 3, Mechtoid Core 1
🏆 Sectoid Commander Captive 1, Muton Captive 2, Alien Pistol 1, Alien Rifle 2, Alien Grenade 2, Elerium 76, Alloys 81, Fragments 21, Meld 23 (2/2), Flight Computer 4, Power Source 2

Repair 🛠 Flamethrower –$17 Meld –6 (3d)

Sold 💵 Alien Carbine 1, Flight Computer (damaged) 4, Power Source (damaged) 3 for $180

Start ⚒ Foundry Phoenix Coilguns –$225 Elerium –45 Alloys –90 Fragments –100 Meld –40 Power Source –2 (6d)

Traded 🔁 6 Floater Corpses to United States for 2 scientists

Completed 🎯 Aim Module

・・・・・・・ Sep ️10 ・・・・・・・

Completed 🔧 Phoenix Cannon — rebates Alloys 4

Rearm 🔁 1 interceptor in North America

Researched 💡 Interrogate Berserker — unlocks Psi Panic, the medics will soon have enough Psi Exp to learn it too
🥼 Start Mobile Power Armor (5d with Berserker research credit) Elerium –20 Alloys –20

Interceptor repaired 🛠 in North America
🛡️ A historic moment. There is no damaged interceptors for the first time since March. All 19 Ravens are Status Green.

Traded 💹 18 Drone Wrecks to United States for 2 engineers

Interceptor rearmed 🔁 with Phoenix Cannon in Europe
Interceptor rearmed 🔁 with Phoenix Cannon in Asia
Interceptor rearmed 🔁 with Phoenix Cannon in South America

・・・・・・・ Sep ️11 ・・・・・・・

Psi training 🌀 failure Regen Biofield Gunner — goes back in 53% 8d

Completed 🔧 Phoenix Cannon — rebates Alloys 4
Completed 🔧 Phoenix Cannon — rebates Alloys 4
Completed 🔧 Phoenix Cannon — rebates Alloys 4

Rearm 🔁 1 interceptor each in Europe, South America, Asia

UFO-64 Brazil Small High — Fighter 🛸 Hunt #1／2 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 4d 5d — UFO shot down

✔ Mr.Dillweed is back from fatigue — Gunner ejected from Psi Training
Psi training 🌀 Psi Inspiration Medic - 68% 7d

Fighter Crash Site 🏠 Brazil, Settlement (Farmhouse) 🏠 R=194(–47) M=63 T=6
⚔️ scout+ 2 scouts gunnerP engineer medicP shogun pathfinder
👽 [Muton 1 Floater 1 Berserker 1] [Outsider 1 Outsider Engineer 1] [Cyberdisc Destroyer 1 Seeker 1 Drone 1]
💀 2 pods, 8 kills
🏆 Floater Corpse 1, Berserker Corpse 1, Cyberdisc Wreck 1, Drone Wreck 1, Seeker Wreck 1
🏆 Muton Captive 1, Alien Rifle 1, Alien Grenade 1, Elerium 37, Alloys 20, Fragments 7, Meld 13 (1/?), Flight Computer 0/2, Power Source 1

・・・・・・・ Sep ️12 ・・・・・・・

UFO-65 United Kingdom Large NOE — Abductor 🛸 Abduction #1／2.5 🛸
Can we shoot down Abductors already? Probably not without Coilguns

Abduction #1／2.5 🍦 Heavy, United Kingdom, Urban Block (Meld Tutorial) 🍦 R=195(–46) M=63 T=6
⚔️ scout+++ sniperP gunner rocketeerP engineer scout shogun marauder
💥 wounds 1 light 8d
👽 [Cyberdisc 1 Seeker 2 Drone 2] [Sectoid 2 Floater 2 Muton 1] [Sectoid 4 Vulcan Mechtoid 1]
💀 3 pods, 15 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 6, Floater Corpse 2, Cyberdisc Wreck 1, Seeker Wreck 2, Drone Wreck 2, Mechtoid Core 1
🏆 Sectoid Captive 1, Muton Captive 1, Alien Pistol 1, Alien Rifle 1, Alien Grenade 1, Elerium 14, Alloys 21, Fragments 14, Meld 19 (2/3)
💲 120

Start ⚙ Cybernetic Augmentation Pathfinder –$40 Meld –60 (10d)
Van Doorn is getting turned into a MEC.

Covert Extraction 🧛 China, Urban Large Structure (Liquor Store) 🧛
⚔️ 4 marauders
📝 I rolled an Extraction at last. Usually I would send a Scout Officer with 3 Marauders, however I still haven't built any better-than-ballistic MEC guns ... so I could be slightly low on firepower
💀 19 kills
🏆 Fragments 14, Meld 16
💲 150

Repaired 🛠 Flamethrower

・・・・・・・ Sep ️13 ・・・・・・・

Traded 💹 10 Seeker Wrecks to Australia for 2 engineers

・・・・・・・ Sep ️14 ・・・・・・・

Researched 💡 Mobile Power Armor
🥼 Start Advanced Power Armor (7d) Elerium –40 Alloys –20

・・・・・・・ Sep ️15 ・・・・・・・

Completed ⚒ Foundry Phoenix Coilguns
✔ In the end it coincided neatly with the last Ravens being switched over to Phoenix Cannons... Even though my initial plan was for it to be done halfway through the re-armament.

Psi training 🌀 success Mindfray Sniper
Psi training 🌀 Regen Biofield Gunner 51% 9d

Psi training 🌀 failure Mindfray Sniper — goes back in 53% 8d

・・・・・・・ Sep ️16 ・・・・・・・

😠 Okay so the missions are going to be bunched up in the 2nd half of the month. Thank you RNG.

・・・・・・・ Sep ️17 ・・・・・・・

Interceptor rearmed 🔁 with Phoenix Cannon in North America

UFO-66 Japan Medium Low — Raider 🛸 Scout #2／3.5 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 14d — UFO shot down
📝 That was a 0 kill pilot on Balanced. As expected the Coilguns tear them apart.

Raider Crash Site 🌲 Japan, Forest (Deep Woods) 🌲 R=200(–46) M=53 T=7
⚔️ scout++ sniperP gunnerP rocketeerP engineer medicP shogun pathfinder
👽 [Seeker 3 Drone 1] [Berserker 3 Muton 1] [Muton 3 Mechtoid 1] [Sectoid Commander 1 Outsider 2]
💀 3 pods, 15 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 1, Muton Corpse 1, Berserker Corpse 3, Drone Wreck 3, Seeker Wreck 3, Mechtoid Core 1
🏆 Sectoid Commander Captive 1, Muton Captive 3, Alien Pistol 1, Alien Rifle 3, Alien Grenade 3, Elerium 49, Alloys 39, Fragments 7, Meld 15 (2/?), Flight Computer 1/4, Power Source 1/2

Start ⚒ Foundry Jellied Elerium (3d) –$75 Elerium –60 Alloys –30 Fragments –50 Meld –40

Illus.: Intense close quarters combat in September 2016 (UFO-66.)
Off the screen to the left are the Sniper and Scout, firing their Gauss Strike Rifles with squadsight. The Psi Medic is here, to observe the action and gain his Psi Experience. Last turn, the Muton-Mechtoid pod patrolled in around the corner ("north-north-east" in this picture), bumping right into the XCOM squad who had just finished dealing with the three Berserkers. The Mutons got a Flamethrower applied to them by the Shogun; 1 panicked, and 2 didn't. Out of those 2, one was mindfrayed by the Medic, and the other suppressed, the Pathfinder serving as high cover for the Gunner while reloading his Minigun, empty after the Berserker fight. The Mechtoid was neutralized with Disabling Shot. The squad now moves in for the kill.

・・・・・・・ Sep ️18 ・・・・・・・

Traded 💹 1 Floater Captive to Brazil for 2 engineers

Psi training 🌀 success Psi Inspiration Medic
Psi training 🌀 Psi Inspiration Rocketeer 57% 8d

📡 Oh I almost forgot about this!
The Covert Operative is ready, let's scan and see how many cells there are
Intel Scan –$30
1 cell: Brazil
Covert Operative deployed 🏹 to Brazil (6d)

Interceptor rearmed 🔁 with Phoenix Cannon in Europe

UFO-67 Brazil Small High — Fighter 🛸 Hunt #2／2 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 5d — UFO shot down

Fighter Crash Site 🌳 Brazil, Riparian (Marshlands) 🌳 R=201(–46) M=47 T=8
⚔️ scout+ gunnerP engineer 2 scouts medicP shogun marauder
👽 [Floater 2 Berserker 1 Behemoth 1] [Outsider 1 Outsider Captain 1] [Sectoid 2 Mechtoid 1 Drone 1]
📝 Ouch, it doesn't feel too good when the gunner misses his Double Tap Holo Shredder opening shots on both Berserkers, and to follow up the marauder misses his CCS shot.
💀 3 pods, 10 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 2, Floater Corpse 2, Berserker Corpse 1, Mechtoid Core 1, Drone Wreck 1
🏆 Sectoid Captive 1, Berserker Captive 1, Alien Pistol 1, Elerium 18, Alloys 25, Fragments 8, Meld 11 (1/?), Flight Computer 0/2, Power Source 0/1

Interceptor rearmed 🔁 with Phoenix Cannon in Asia

UFO-68 Australia Large NOE — Transport 🛸 Harvest #1／2 🛸

✔ Strategy notes:
It is time. Until now, I've been making sure the aliens can harvest all they want, with impunity.
From now on, I am bringing in every Landed Large, with the help of my soon-to-be 100 percent satellite coverage. I'll want my Firestorms soon. I need Weapon Fragments, I need Power Sources, I need lots of Flight Computers. Large Landed UFOs are, by far, the greatest source of your Flight Computer income.
I'll have to accept the reality that Meld is going to be 5 per canister forever now. Exalt missions will be the main source of Meld.

Transport Landing Site 💧 Australia, Riparian (Rocky Gorge) 💧 R=202(–46) M=47 T=8
⚔️ scout++++ sniperP gunner rocketeerP engineer shogun 2 marauders
💥 wounds 1 heavy 36d, gunner got crit'd through cover while suppressing. Well — it was in the job description. — damaged Carapace Armor, Alloy Plating, Gauss Autorifle
👽 [Drone 4 Seeker 1 Cyberdisc Dreadnought 1] [Floater 6] [Sectoid 6] [Muton 2 Floater 4] [Sectoid 2 Muton 2 Floater 2] [Cyberdisc 1 Drone 4 Seeker 1] [Sectoid 4 Sectoid Commander 1] [Sectoid 2 Mechtoid 1 Drone 2]
💀 7 pods, 46 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 14, Floater Corpse 12, Muton Corpse 1, Cyberdisc Wreck 2, Drone Wreck 9, Mechtoid Core 1, Seeker Wreck 3
🏆 Sectoid Commander Captive 1, Muton Captive 3, Alien Pistol 1, Alien Rifle 3, Alien Grenade 3, Elerium 156, Alloys 150, Fragments 49, Meld 15 (0/?), Stasis Tank 7/8, Surgery 2, Flight Computer 4, Power Source 4
📝 I keep collecting more Sectoid Commander captives — which is good for my finances (can't say no to $50) but probably bad for my research (I still don't have the 5 corpses for Autopsy)

・・・・・・・ Sep ️19 ・・・・・・・

Repair 🛠 Carapace Armor (3d) –$9 Alloys –3
Repair 🛠 Alloy Plating (3d) –$4 Alloys –1
Repair 🛠 Gauss Autorifle (4d) –$11 Elerium –1 Alloys –6

Start ⚒ Foundry Improved Arc Thrower (8d) –$75 Elerium –30 Alloys –30 Fragments –30 Drone Wreck –10

Sold 💵 Stasis Tank (damaged) 1, Flight Computer (damaged) 7, Power Source (damaged) 2, Alien Carbine 2 for $230

Build 🔧 Railgun (8d) –$60 Elerium –8 Alloys –51 Meld –20
Build 🔧 Railgun (8d) –$60 Elerium –8 Alloys –51 Meld –20

Build 🔧 Marksman's Scope (5d) –$17
Build 🔧 SCOPE (5d) –$41
Build 🔧 SCOPE (5d) –$41
Build 🔧 SCOPE (5d) –$41

Traded 💹 1 Muton Captive to Japan for 2 scientists, 1 CPL
...gunner statline. Do I need more Gunners?

・・・・・・・ Sep ️20 ・・・・・・・

Completed ⚒ Foundry Jellied Elerium

・・・・・・・ Sep ️21 ・・・・・・・

Researched 💡 Advanced Power Armor
🥼 Start Alien Propulsion (10d) Elerium –100 Alloys –20 Fragments –160 Power Sources –6

Sold 💵 Stasis Tank 7, Surgery 2 for $195

Build 🔧 Titan Armor (10d) –$178 Elerium –40 Alloys –60 Meld –8

・・・・・・・ Sep ️22 ・・・・・・・

Repaired 🛠 Carapace Armor
Repaired 🛠 Alloy Plating

Completed ⚙ Cybernetic Augmentation 🤖 Pathfinder

Traded 💹 1 Berserker Captive to Canada for 1 scientist, 1 CPL
...boringly average stats, almost exactly what new MECs get

・・・・・・・ Sep ️23 ・・・・・・・

UFO-69 Brazil Large NOE — Terror Ship 🛸 Terror #1／1 🛸
✔ Let's see how our new Coilguns perform!
💥 Interceptor damage 24d 23d 8d — UFO shot down, 3 Aim Modules spent

Sold 💵 Alien Carbine 1 for $30

Rebuild ×3 🎯 Aim Module

...waiting a few hours for soldiers and repairs...

UFO-70 Brazil Very Large NOE — Assault Carrier 🛸 Terror #1／1 🛸

Terror #1／1 🎣 Swarming, Brazil, Waterfront (Pier A Terror) 🎣
...waiting a few hours for soldiers and repairs...

Completed 🔧 Marksman's Scope

UFO-71 Australia Small Low — Scout 🛸 Scout #3／3.5 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 0d — UFO shot down

🥼 Switch research to UFO Analysis Scout (1d)

...still waitiing...

Completed 🔧 SCOPE
Completed 🔧 SCOPE
Completed 🔧 SCOPE

Repaired 🛠 Gauss Autorifle

Covert Extraction 🧛 Brazil, Urban Block (Commercial Alley EWI) 🧛
🔥 So it's going to be 4 missions back-to-back. Great!

let's go do the terror first
⚔️ scout++ sniperP gunnerP rocketeerP engineer shogun marauder pathfinder
👽 [Thin Man 2 Seeker 1] [Chryssalid 3] [Chryssalid 4] [Sectoid 3 Mechtoid 1] [Thin Man 3 Sectoid 1]
💀 5 pods, 18 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 3, Thin Man Corpse 4, Chryssalid Carcass 6, Mechtoid Core 1, Seeker Wreck 1
🏆 Sectoid Captive 2, Thin Man Captive 1, Alien Pistol 2, Alien Carbine 1, Elerium 5, Alloys 9, Fragments 8, Meld 7
🏃🏿‍♂️ Civilians saved 20/20
🛡️ This went remarkably well. Some lucky battlescanners tagged every pod on turn 1, preventing all civilian deaths in the fog.

The splashed Terror Ship is next, I'm double-missioning some of the squad. There's no more missions left in the month after today, so I might as well.

Researched 💡 UFO Analysis Scout
🥼 Resume Alien Propulsion (8d)

Terror Ship Crash Site 🌲 Brazil, Forest (Wildfire) 🌲 R=206(–45) M=–7 T=13
📝 ...aaand we have negative Alien Resources already.
⚔️ scout+++ sniperP gunner rocketeerP engineer shogun marauder pathfinder
💥 wounds light+fatigue 15d
📝 It seems like I'm taking wounds on those Large Landed missions...not ideal. Perhaps better equipment could be advisable? Or just playing more cautiously?
👽 [Chryssalid 4] [Sectoid 3 Drone 1] [Seeker 4 Drone 1] [Seeker 5] [Floater 4 Heavy Floater 2] [Sectoid 1 Floater 2 Muton 1] [Thin Man 2 Seeker 3] [Chryssalid 4 Zombie 1] [Sectoid Commander 1 Outsider 3]
💀 8 pods, 42 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 3, Sectoid Commander Corpse 1, Floater Corpse 6, Heavy Floater Corpse 1, Thin Man Corpse 2, Muton Corpse 1, Chryssalid Carcass 8, Drone Wreck 2, Seeker Wreck 12
🏆 Sectoid Captive 1, Heavy Floater Captive 1, Alien Pistol 1, Alien Rifle 1, no Alien Grenade — the grenade got tossed onto my MECs, Elerium 77, Alloys 75, Fragments 25, Meld 18 (2/3), Stasis Tank 1/8, Surgery 1/2, Flight Computer 0/4, Power Source 1/4

・・・・・・・ Sep ️24 ・・・・・・・

Sold 💵 Stasis Tank (damaged) 7, Surgery (damaged) 1, Flight Computer (damaged) 4, Power Source damaged) 3 for $200

Build 🔧 Titan Armor (10d) –$178 Elerium –40 Alloys –60 Meld –8

...waiting 7h for soldiers for the crashed Scout, meanwhile let's do the Covert Extraction...

⚔️ 3 marauders pathfinder
💥 wounds 1 serious 19d
💀 21 kills
🏆 Fragments 21, Meld 19
💲 150

UFO-72 China Small Low — Scout 🛸 Scout #4／3.5 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 0d — UFO shot down
I lied! 😝 It wasn't 4 missions in a single day, it was 5

Psi training 🌀 success Regen Biofield Gunner
Psi training 🌀 Psi Panic Medic 58% 8d

Psi training 🌀 failure Mindfray Sniper
Psi training 🌀 Psi Inspiration Gunner 54% 8d

Start ⚒ Foundry Scope Upgrade (4d) –$75 Framents –35 SCOPE –1

(the first of the scouts... the timer's almost expired)
Scout Crash Site 🌳 Australia, Plains (Badlands) 🌳 R=207(–45) M=–12 T=14
⚔️ scout+ gunnerP engineer scout+ 2 scouts 2 shoguns
👽 [Muton 1 Berserker 2 Behemoth 1] [Outsider 1 Outsider Captain 1] [Muton 1 Floater 2]
📝 Didn't bring a marauder, didn't bring a rocketeer. You know what that means don't you? We're fighting berserkers!
💀 2 pods, 9 kills
🏆 Floater Corpse 2, Muton Corpse 2, Berserker Corpse 1
🏆 Berserker Captive 2, Elerium 11, Alloys 18, Fragments 9, Meld 6 (1/?), Flight Computer 0/2, Power Source 0/1

Scout Crash Site 🌳 China, Forest (Dirt Road) 🌳 R=207(–45) M=–12 T=14
⚔️ scout++++ gunnerP rocketeerP engineer scout medicP shogun marauder
💥 wounds fatigue 7d 7d
👽 [Sectoid 2 Floater 2 Muton 1] [Floater 3 Berserker 1] [Outsider 2]
💀 2 pods, 11 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 1, Floater Corpse 3, Berserker Corpse 1
🏆 Floater Captive 2, Muton Captive 1, Alien Carbine 2, Alien Rifle 1, Alien Grenade 1, Elerium 11, Alloys 18, Fragments 7, Meld 7 (1/?), Flight Computer 0/2, Power Source 0/1

📝 That's 0 usable out of 8 Flight Computers, 1 usable out of 6 Power Sources from that batch of 3 crashed UFOs. It's exactly what I was talking about when I said the Landed Larges are your primary source of Flight Computers.

・・・・・・・ Sep ️25 ・・・・・・・

Start ⚙ Cybernetic Augmentation Pathfinder –$40 Meld –60 (10d)
Meld 🍯 0

UFO activity 🐄 in Nigeria (Harvest #2／2)
🛡️ Alien Resources –12 to 25
📝 What a waste of a Harvest mission. It doesn't bring Meld above 5 per can, and Alien Resources will go back below zero soon enough. Oh well.

Traded 💹 1 Sectoid Captive to India for 2 scientists

・・・・・・・ Sep ️26 ・・・・・・・

Completed ×3 🎯 Aim Module

Psi training 🌀 success Psi Inspiration Rocketeer
Psi training 🌀 Psi Inspiration Rocketeer 49% 9d

・・・・・・・ Sep ️27 ・・・・・・・

UFO-73 Brazil Large NOE — Abductor 🛸 Abduction #2／2.5 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 14d 23d 24d 15d — UFO shot down, 4 Aim Modules spent

📝 Strategy notes:
I sort of got my ass kicked by this Abductor. The Terror Ship seemed easier. It must be the 160% Armor on the Abductor; my weapons can penetrate only 115% — Terror Ships have 125%
The Abductor's Double Plasma takes out about half of the Raven's HP on a critical hit. When the Raven is more than half in the red, it can get one-shot by an unlucky crit. Since I'm in urgent need of more alien materials, I felt like I should be risking it.
Hanging in the balance is a rookie pilot with a Phoenix Coilgun ($150 + $53 + 4 Alloys) vs. all the loot from a downed Large. That's also why I wouldn't just let the Abduction spawn: it offers much less UFO components to be looted.
Spoiler: I was fully intending at that point to research UFO Analysis Abductor for more damage, and intercept every Abduction going forward. I changed my mind after a visit to the Commander's office by a delegation of the pilots of XCOM Ravens. XCOM is already on the path to a comfortable victory; it is wrong to deliberately sacrifice my pilots' lives for a little bit of Alien Materials.

...waiting 9h for MEC Railguns...

Completed 🏗️ Elerium Generator

Sold 💵 Alien Carbine 2, Stasis Tank 1, Surgery 1, Flight Computer (damaged) 4, Power Source (damaged) for $240

Build 🏗️ Satellite Nexus (21d) –$300 Elerium –20 Alloys –50 Flight Computer –2 Power –8
Tear down 🚧 Fission Generator B3F.left.3 –$5
Tear down 🚧 Fission Generator B4F.left.3 –$5
Power 🏗️ 115/120

Traded 💹 18 Drone Wrecks to South Africa for 2 engineers

Completed 🔧 Railgun — rebates Elerium 4 Alloys 21
Completed ⚒ Foundry Improved Arc Thrower
Completed 🔧 Railgun — rebates Elerium 4 Alloys 21

✔ squad loadout change
Marauder and Pathfinder
(MEC-1) (was: Minigun now: Railgun) (Flamethrower) (was: High Cap Mags now: SCOPE) (Alloy Jacketed Rounds)
Shogun
on 2-MEC deployments, same loadout as MaraudePathfinder
on 3-MEC deployments, there is only 2 Railguns. Shogun gets all the old stuff: Minigun with High Cap Mags, AJR, no SCOPE.
Marauder or Pathfinder can shoot twice at two different targets, and you really want both shots to be lethal. Hence the expensive hard-hitting gun, and SCOPE. Shogun's cover destruction doesn't benefit from either item. Shogun's Rapid Fire is typically used on enemy robots, easily killing them with HEAT Ammo even with the old Minigun. Needless to say, it would've been better to have a 3rd Railgun for the Shogun. But if it isn't there, the Minigun is perfectly serviceable.

Abductor Crash Site 🌳 Brazil, Forest (Scorched Earth) 🌳 R=210(–44) M=7 T=15
⚔️ scout++ sniper gunnerP rocketeerP engineer shogun marauder pathfinder
💥 wounds fatigue 7d 8d 5d 5d
👽 [Seeker 5] [Muton 3 Mechtoid 1] [Drone 2 Seeker 2] [Sectoid 3 Sectoid Commander 1] [Sectoid Commander 2 Outsider 2]
💀 4 pods, 21 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 4, Sectoid Commander Corpse 2, Muton Corpse 1, Drone Wreck 2, Mechtoid Core 1, Seeker Wreck 7
🏆 Sectoid Commander Captive 1, Muton Captive 2, Alien Pistol 1, Alien Rifle 2, Alien Grenade 2, Elerium 50, Alloys 54, Fragments 14, Meld 17 (2/?), Stasis Tank 0/6, Surgery 1/3, Flight Computer 2/4, Power Source 1/2

Sold 💵 Alien Carbine 1, Alien Rifle 2, Surgery 1, Surgery (damaged) 2, Stasis Tank (damaged) 6, Flight Computer (damaged) 2, Power Source (damaged) 1 for $275

Build 🏗️ Elerium Generator B3F.left.3 (25d) –$280 Elerium –60 Alloys –60 Power Source –2
Power Sources left in storage 🛸 2

・・・・・・・ Sep ️28 ・・・・・・・

Council Mission 🚛 Nigeria, (Truckstop EWI) 🚛 Asset Recovery
...waiting 4h for soldiers...

Completed ⚒ Foundry Scope Upgrade

⚔️ scout++ sniper gunner rocketeerP engineer scout shogun pathfinder
📝 When equipping for the mission I forgot to take flamethrowers on my MECs, which was....suboptimal
💥 wounds 1 serious 24d
👽 [Muton 4] [Muton 3 Sectoid 1] [Muton Grenadier 1 Floater 3] [Muton Sentry 1 Floater 3]
💀 4 pods, 16 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 1, Floater Corpse 6, Muton Corpse 5
🏆 Muton Captive 4, Alien Rifle 4, Alien Grenade 4, Elerium 6, Alloys 7, Fragments 20, Meld 3
💲 Elerium 30, $50

Rebuild×4 🎯 Aim Module (3d)
📝 I forgot about these too, luckily there's no more UFOs this month

・・・・・・・ Sep ️29 ・・・・・・・

・・・・・・・ Sep ️30 ・・・・・・・

Traded 💹 1 Floater Captive to Russia for 2 engineers

・・・・・・・ End of month ・・・・・・・

R=213(–44) M=7 T=15

Summary

I wrapped up the series of Foundry upgrades with a couple that I could not afford last month, most importantly Phoenix Coilguns. In the Foundry I am done for a while.
All the Ravens have finished the process of rearming with Phoenix Cannons. It is okay to be a bit late with the Coilguns project. To get your money's worth out of it, there must be enough aircraft already equipped with Phoenix Cannons and ready to go. Some Ravens engaged a small number of UFOs with regular Phoenix Cannons before receiving this powerful upgrade.
Fully upgraded interceptors were tested against Large UFOs. The Terror Ship was manageable, about as challenging as a Raider in May. The Abductor was a tough customer, like a Destroyer in May or stronger. Orders were given to keep shooting down Terror Ships, but leave Abductors alone for now.
XCOM's stockpile of alien materials has been depleted, and with it the ability to accelerate development. It will have to be built back up in order to pay for late-game projects and equipment. This means going on missions to bring back some loot. There is no way around it.
At this stage of the campaign, you are doing the missions not because the aliens are winning, and you must stop them or lose. Neither because you are winning but the aliens are interfering and you must fight to protect your gains. No, you are doing basically the same mission over and over again just for some bigger numbers in your inventory.
Almost every country now has a Satellite, and XCOM has a lot of cash coming in as monthly funding. Missions like Abductions that give mostly cash rewards are not as attractive as before. I want missions like shot-down UFOs (shot-down Abductors would be nice) that give Alien Materials and UFO components.
The Alien Research mission for the month was a Raider (regular.) I'll take these.
One Harvest mission was outside of satellite coverage, and the other Harvest was a landed Transport in a monitored country. It was assaulted and captured. All Harvest missions from now on will be interdicted, and the landed UFOs captured for their Elerium, Alloys, Power Sources, etc.
The Council mission was a generic Asset Recovery.
1 Abduction, 1 Terror, 2 Exalt missions (both Covert Extraction.) That's 5 non-UFO missions out of 16.

Statistics

XCOM interceptors shot down 2 Scouts, 3 Fighters, 2 Raiders, 1 Abductor, and 1 Terror Ship. The cost was 168d of repair time and 8 Aim Modules. There was 61d of downtime for rearming.

XCOM soldiers killed or captured 42 Sectoids, 8 Mechtoids, 23 Drones, 8 Thin Men, 30 Seekers, 38 Floaters, 2 Heavy Floaters, 30 Mutons, 12 Muton Berserkers, 6 Cyberdiscs, 20 Outsiders, 8 Sectoid Commanders, 15 Chryssalids, 1 Zombie, and 40 Exalt in 16 combat missions.
The top damage dealer was the MEC Ballistic Minigun and not very far behind was the Gauss Strike Rifle.

The most numerous rank on the roster is TSGT (29) and second most numerous rank is GSGT (10). The highest rank is GSGT. Roster size is 49.
Newly available powerful perks are Vital Point Targeting (Marauder), Vital Point Targeting (Pathfinder), Rapid Fire (Shogun).
XCOM field officers are 2 Lieutenants, 4 Captains, 1 Major, 1 Colonel, all of them Scouts.
1 Scout was converted to a MEC Trooper. There are 5 Shoguns, 6 Marauders, and 3 Pathfinders.
In Psionic Training there were 1 successful and 2 failed attempts to learn Tier 1 powers; 5 successful and 2 failed attempts to learn Tier 2 powers.

XCOM salvage teams retrieved 544 Elerium, 572 Alloys, 243 Fragments, 235 Meld, 14 intact and 20 damaged Flight Computers, 10 intact and 9 damaged Power Sources, 8 intact and 14 damaged Alien Stasis Tanks, 4 intact and 3 damaged Alien Surgeries.
Capture Engineers brought in 5 Sectoids, 2 Thin Men, 4 Floaters, 1 Heavy Floater, 14 Mutons, 3 Muton Berserkers, 4 Sectoid Commanders, and 1 Outsider Shard; with 9 Alien Pistols, 7 Alien Carbines, 15 Alien Rifles, and 14 worthless Alien Grenades.

XCOM earned $1350 from Grey Market sales.
XCOM received 10 scientists, 10 engineers, and 2 CPLs by fulfilling Council requests.
XCOM received $470 and 30 Elerium as mission rewards.
XCOM received $1412, 6 scientists, and 6 engineers as monthly funding.

The science team researched Alien Power Systems, Berserker Autopsy, Cyberdisc Autopsy, Chryssalid Autopsy, UFO Analysis Fighter, Mechtoid Autopsy, Drone Autopsy, Berserker Interrogation, Mobile Power Armor, Advanced Power Armor, and UFO Analysis Scout.
In the foundry, Phoenix Coilguns, Jellied Elerium, Improved Arc Thrower, and SCOPE Upgrade were developed.
The engineering team built 1 Elerium Generator, and dismantled 3 Fission Generators at the base. They built 7 Phoenix Cannons, 8 Aim Modules, 3 SCOPEs, 1 Marksman's Scope, and 2 Railguns for the troops.

Illus.: Facilities at the base on Jun 1 — before everything in this post

June, 2016

Scientists — 61 (+3) Engineers — 38 (+2)
Elerium — 47 Alloys — 167 Fragments — 292 Meld — 121
Credits 💵 $62 (+$60)
Power 🏗 55/57
Alien Research — 91 (Bonus: –59) Alien Resources — 141 XCOM Threat — 2
Mission Table R2×T4

Satellite coverage: Canada USA Mexico France Germany

Hangars:

Europe | 6/6 | ready×6 N.Ame. | 6/6 | ready×5 11h-transfer S.Ame. | 4/6 | 20h+4d 11d 9d 12d Asia | 3/6 | 9d 10d 1h Africa | 0/6 |

✔ Strategy notes:
Normally with my first Satellite Nexus I want to get Asia's continent bonus for the Foundry projects. I can't do it here without a base assault in Australia hence I delayed my Foundry and went for very early captures.
What other options were there to choose from? I could cover South America and the rest of Europe. I have already built all my Power Generators (until Elerium anyway) and I don't want the Russian airspace. I could cover Africa and the UK. I will be building some Workshops soon and Africa's bonus will be useful, but the benefit isn't that great, especially when up against Asia's discount on Foundry projects.
Certainly, taking Asia is the greedy play, with the Base Assault tentatively in July (bringing 2 MECs and probably still ballistics?) As a consequence, with no Foundry I'll have to suffer through June without any Aim Modules. Well let's see how THAT goes!!

・・・・・・・ Jun ️1 ・・・・・・・

Interceptor repaired 🛠 in Asia

Interceptor transfer 🔁 arrives at North America

Traded 💹 12 Alloys to China for 2 engineers

UFO activity 📡 over South Africa (Terror Flyover?)
🛡 South Africa panic 46 to 48

・・・・・・・ Jun ️2 ・・・・・・・

Researched 💡 Alien Weaponry (ETA was 4d; actual 3d)
🥼 Start Experimental Warfare (4d) 🔽 Fragments –20
✔ prerequisite for Gauss Weapons

Excavate 🚧 B2F.right.1 –$20 (5d)
Excavate 🚧 B3F.right1 –$40 (5d)

📝 I have to start clearing space for that Workshop block to be built after the Thermal Generator is done.
But first the Fission Generator will finish, and power the Foundry and Psi Lab.

UFO-25 Germany Large NOE — Abductor 🛸 Abduction #1／3.5 🛸

Abduction #1／3.5 🏢 Heavy, Germany, Urban Large Structure (Industrial Office) 🏢 R=94(–56) M=141 T=2
⚔ assault scout+ sniper gunner rocketeer engineer shogun
📝 engineers now switch to light armor, SMGs, and Arc Throwers
👽 [Drone 1 Seeker 2] [Thin Man 2 Seeker 1] [Floater 2 Muton 1] [Thin Man 2 Seeker 1]
💀 4 pods, 12 kills
🏆 Floater Corpse 2, Thin Man Corpse 3, Muton Corpse 1, Drone Wreck 1, Seeker Wreck 4
🏆 Thin Man Captive 1, Alien Carbine 1, Elerium 7, Alloys 11, Fragments 8, Meld 15 (1/1)
💲 100
🛡️ Germany panic 41 to 43 to 41

✔️ Tactical Notes:
engineer loadout change
as the Alien Containment is now operational
(was: Tactical Armor now: Tactical Vest) (was: Shotgun now: SMG) (was: AP Grenade ×2 now: Arc Thrower) (was: something now: Battlescanner)

Excavate 🚧 B4F.right1 –$80 (5d)
✔️ Psi Lab will be placed here

Sold 💵 Alien Carbine 1, Seeker Wreck 4, Drone Wreck 1, Elerium 5 for $65
✔️ Sales of captured alien weapons (and live aliens) now will be bringing in a lot of cash.
Build 🔧 Motion Tracker –$20 (4d) for the Covert Operative
Build 🔧 Alloy Plating –$35 Alloys -8 (5d) for Gunners
Build 🔧 Marksman's Scope –$30 (6d) for Scouts
✔️ First batch of soldier equipment to be built in a while. (since March)
Credits 💵 $2

・・・・・・・ Jun ️3 ・・・・・・・

UFO-26 United States Medium Low — Raider 🛸 Scout #1／5 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 25d 19d 12d — UFO shot down
🛡 Alien Resources 141 to 131, United States panic 36 to 34

Transfer 🔁 25d interceptor from North America to Asia
Transfer 🔁 19d interceptor from North America to Asia
Transfer 🔁 ready interceptor from Asia to North America (2d)
Transfer 🔁 ready interceptor from Europe to North America (2d)

📝 I will stop documenting the details of interceptor transfers from here on. The basic idea is I am keeping the ready planes evenly split between Europe and North America, while using other continents as repair bases.
I ended up never having to buy any more Ravens in addition to the 19 that I have now. They proved sufficient. It is not guaranteed to always be the case: Mr.Jorbs had 22 in his France MEC Rush campaign.

Raider Crash Site 🌳 United States, Forest (Stonewall) 🌳 R=94(–56) M=131 T=3
️⚔️️ assault scout+ sniper gunner rocketeer engineer shogun
👽 [Outsider 2] [Floater 3 Muton 1] [Sectoid 4] [Floater 4]
📝 A turn 2 pull on the outsider split pod that had spilled outside the UFO in the perfect blind spot for 2 Battlescanners and Motion Tracker, resulting in an interesting engagement to say the least. MVP: Close Encounters Assault. It's a shame I can't build Flamethrowers yet.
💀 3 pods, 14 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 3, Floater Corpse 7
🏆 Sectoid Captive 1, Muton Captive 1, Outsider Shard 1, Alien Pistol 1, Alien Carbine 2, Alien Grenade 1, Elerium 17, Alloys 23, Fragments 11, Meld 17 (1/?), Flight Computer 0/4, Power Source 0/2
✔️ Got 3 successful captures with the 3 Arc Thrower charges for my trouble too
🛡 United States panic 34 to 32

✔️ Strategy notes:
So, here is the Muton Captive for me to interrogate and speed up Gauss Weapons research. Before that, however, there's the Muton Autopsy which requires 10 Muton Corpses. I stopped selling Muton Corpses at some point, saving them for the Autopsy, but I still have only 5 corpses. I need more Mutons! The current research, Experimental Warfare, will be done in 3 days, and then I may find my research stalled for the first time in this campaign. It's only a soft-stall but nevertheless. Note to future self: I must maintain a stockpile of 10 Muton Corpses starting in May, going into June.
Actually, the statistics for May show that I killed exactly 10 Mutons in May. I was supposed to never sell any Muton Corpses!

・・・・・・・ Jun ️4 ・・・・・・・

・・・・・・・ Jun ️5 ・・・・・・・

Sold 💵 Flight Computer (damaged) 4, Power Source (damaged) for $120
Intel scan –$30
2 cells: Japan, South Africa
Covert Operative dispatched 🏹 to South Africa

Traded 💹 12 Elerium to India for 2 engineers

・・・・・・・ Jun ️6 ・・・・・・・

Researched 💡 Experimental Warfare (ETA was 4d; actual 4d)
🥼 Start UFO Analysis Raider (2d)
this should compensate somewhat for the lack of Aim Modules (no Foundry), and I don't want to start Gauss Weapons before Muton Interrogation

Completed ⚙️ Cybernetic Augmentation 🤖 Shogun
Completed ⚙️ Cybernetic Augmentation 🤖 Shogun
Completed ⚙️ Cybernetic Augmentation 🤖 Shogun

✔ All five former Sapper Engineers have been converted to Shoguns. Next, five Assaults will follow.

Start Cybernetic Augmentation ⚙️ Marauder –$40 Meld –60 (10d)
this is the Assault who got crit-wounded last month

Sold 💵 Alien Pistol 1, Alien Carbine 2, Floater Corpse 6 for $98

Build 🔧 MEC-1 Paladin –$150 Elerium –30 Alloys –30 Meld –30 (11d)

📝 I now have 6 MEC pilots (5 Shoguns 1 Marauder) which is enough to keep 1 MEC suit operational at all times. (The first 1 Marauder was specifically for Exalt missions.) A 2nd MEC suit must be built before I augment more soldiers.
I am down to 24 Elerium, a lucrative Alien Research mission would be welcome right about now

Completed 🔧 Motion Tracker

・・・・・・・ Jun ️7 ・・・・・・・

Traded 💹 12 Meld to Brazil for $90

💲 Now I am low on Meld too — 51 left — but I also need the money. Both Squad Size II and Officers Level 2 have been unlocked for some time, waiting to be bought.
And in 2 days from now I'll need to cough up for the Foundry, Psi Lab, (that's $450) and 2 more excavations. Lord almighty!
It's what Long War feels like. For the first few months it seems like you always need more more more money. Then suddenly you have all the money in the world

UFO-27 Mexico Small Low — Scout 🛸 Scout #2／5 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 10d 0d — UFO shot down
🛡 Alien Resources 131 to 126, Mexico panic 26 to 24

Scout Crash Site 🏠 Mexico, Settlement (Farm) 🏠 R=98(–56) M=126 T=4
⚔ assault scout+ sniper gunner rocketeer engineer shogun
💥 wounds 2 moderate 7d 7d, 1 heavy 25d

📝 Some remarkably poounlucky shooting on this mission, the whole squad missing their shots for 2 turns in a row.
Seekers are revealed by Battlescanner some distance away, sniper misses activation shot on landed Seeker. Seekers move in. Shredder rocket hits, setting them up for slaughter but everyone else's shots miss. Seekers advance, they are on top of the squad. You can kill them now with shotguns at point blank range? Everyone misses again and 4 soldiers get strangled. Shogun eventually clears up the mess, after missing 2 out of 3 shots (and having to reload.)
Oh well...one of my Scout officers is out for 25 days

👽 [Muton 1 Floater 3] [Thin Man 1 Seeker 3] [Seeker 4] [Outsider Engineer 1]
💀 3 pods, 12 kills
🏆 Floater Corpse 3, Thin Man Corpse 1, Muton Corpse 1, Seeker Wreck 6
🏆 Outsider Shard 1, Alien Carbine 1, Elerium 15, Alloys 26, Fragments 6, Meld 13 (1/?), Flight Computer 2, Power Source 0/1
🛡 Mexico panic 24 to 22

Excavation complete 🚧 B2F.right.1
Excavation complete 🚧 B3F.right.1
Excavate 🚧 B2F.right.2 –$20 (5d)
Excavate 🚧 B3F.right.2 –$40 (5d)
Credits 💵 $30

・・・・・・・ Jun ️8 ・・・・・・・

Completed 🔧 Alloy Plating

Excavation complete 🚧 B4F.right.1

Completed 🔧 Marksman's Scope

Researched 💡 UFO Analysis Raider
🥼 Start Floater Autopsy (2d) 🔽 Floater Corpse –10

I really want to be researching Muton Autopsy, not Floater Autopsy, but I only have 6 out of 10 Muton Corpses. The research is soft-blocked all right

Traded 💹 6 Sectoid Corpses to Canada for 1 scientist

・・・・・・・ Jun ️9 ・・・・・・・

Completed 🏗 Fission Generator

Sold 💵 Alien Carbine 1, Floater Corpse 31, Power Source (damaged) 1, Seeker Wreck 6 for $171

📝 I'd been saving my Floater Corpses for Aim Modules, but with how many missions I've been given in 9 days (answer: three), there is literally nothing else to sell

Build 🏗 Foundry B1F.right.3 –$200 Power –6 (18d)
Credits 💵 $1
Power 🏗 61/68
No money for Psi Lab. The Foundry is more important

・・・・・・・ Jun ️10 ・・・・・・・

Researched 💡 Floater Autopsy
🥼 Start Improved Body Armor (4d) 🔽 Alloys –8
...XCOM's progress is seriously stalled by the lack of missions...
...still not enough Muton Corpses for the Gauss research credit...

Traded 💹 9 Sectoid Corpses to Egypt for 1 scientist

・・・・・・・ Jun ️11 ・・・・・・・

UFO-28 Germany Small Low — Scout 🛸 Scout #3／5 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 20d 11d — UFO shot down
🛡️ Alien Resources 126 to 121, Germany panic 41 to 39

Scout Crash Site 🌳 Germany, Riparian (Marshlands) 🌳 R=102(–56) M=121 T=5
⚔ assault scout+ sniper gunner rocketeer engineer shogun
📝 scouts now switch to Marksman Rifles and Marksman Scopes for Squadsight flanking shots
👽 [Drone 2] [Thin Man 1 Seeker 2] [Thin Man 3] [Outsider Engineer 1]

📝 a two-drone pod revealed by a Battlescanner? Are you kidding — Surely it must have a Cyberdisc hiding somewhere?
So I approached with extreme caution but no, it's a two drone pod

💀 3 pods, 9 kills
🏆 Thin Man Corpse 2, Drone Wreck 2, Seeker Wreck 2
🏆 Elerium 8, Alloys 17, Fragments 5, Meld 24 (2/?), Flight Computer 0/2, Power Source 0/1
🛡 Germany panic 39 to 37

Covert Extraction 🌆 South Africa, Urban Block (Portent) 🌆
⚔ 2 assaults scout marauder
👽 [Operative 3] [Operative 2 Sniper 1] [Operative 1 Sniper 1 Medic 2] +[Operative 1 Medic 1] +[Operative 1 Medic 1] +[Operative 1 Medic 1] +[Sniper 1 Medic 1]
💀 3 pods, 18 kills — the Marauder nearly soloing the mission
🏆 Meld 5
💲 150
🛡 South Africa panic 48 to 38

UFO activity 📡 over South Africa 📡 (popped up while the Skyranger was on its return flight — idk what this is — it's not a Harvest)
🛡 South Africa panic 38 to 40

Sold 💵 Thin Man Corpse 3, Drone Wreck 2, Elerium 7, Flight Computer (damaged) 2, Power Source (damaged) 1, Seeker Wreck 2 for $100
Build 🏗 Psionic Labs B4F.right.1 –$250 Elerium –20 Power –6 (18d)

Credits 💵 $1
Power 🏗 67/68

oh it's a Terror
Terror #1／2 🚓 Swarming, South Africa, Roadway (Highway 1) 🚓
✔️ the Zombie Mission — the Assaults and Marauder go right back in
⚔ 3 assaults marauder 2 medics scout+
📝 Bringing my 2 medics, partly for their Psi Experience, and partly because there isn't a whole lot of non-fatigued soldiers. Everybody is handed a Tac Vest, Shotgun, and some grenades. High Cap Mags on CCS Assaults
💥 wounds fatigue 7d 8d 5d 8d 6d
👽 [Zombie 3] [Zombie 5] [Chryssalid 3] [Chryssalid 3] [Zombie 5] [Zombie 5]
💀 6 pods, 28 kills
🏃‍♂️ Civilians saved 6/20
📝 not the best map for this mission, it's really tricky to avoid activating everything at once.
📝 excellent fatigue rolls though
🏆 Chryssalid Carcass 6, Meld 6
🛡️ South Africa panic 40 to 72
🛡️ Egypt panic 67 to 81
🛡️ Nigeria panic 49 to 63

UFO-29 Mexico Small High — Fighter 🛸 Hunt #1／2 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 23d 23d 0d — UFO shot down

💲 I need Company Officers right now for more Stay Frosty Lieutenants but... no money...
Having parted with the Floater Corpses, now I have to let go of the Alloys I've been saving up.
Sold 💵 Chryssalid Carcass 6, Alloys 53 for $201
Purchased Company Officers 🎖️ –$200

Fighter Crash Site 🏢 Mexico, Urban Block (Nuked City) 🏢 R=102(–55) M=115 T=6
⚔ scout+ 2 medics sniper gunner engineer shogun
💥 wounds fatigue 11d 11d
👽 [Muton 2] [Thin Man 3] [Outsider 1]
💀 2 pods, 6 kills
🏆 Thin Man Corpse 3, Muton Corpse 2
🏆 Outsider Shard 1, Alien Carbine 1, Elerium 4, Alloys 9, Fragments 7, Meld 11 (1/?), Flight Computer 1/2, Power Source 0/1
🛡️ Mexico panic 20 to 18
✔️ 2 more Muton Corpses collected. 8 total

Also, this is still June 11, 4th mission of the day

・・・・・・・ Jun ️12 ・・・・・・・

Sold 💵 Alien Carbine 1, Flight Computer (damaged) 1, Power Source (damaged) 1 for $75
Start Cybernetic Augmentation ⚙️ Marauder –$40 Meld –60 (10d)

Excavation complete 🚧 B2F.right.2
Excavation complete 🚧 B3F.right.2
Excavate 🚧 B2F.right.3 –$20 (5d)
Credits 💵 $17 — Out of money again

Traded 💹 12 Elerium to Egypt for 2 scientists

・・・・・・・ Jun ️13 ・・・・・・・

UFO bombing run 💥 in South Africa (Bomb #1／1)
🛡️ South Africa panic 72 to 76

・・・・・・・ Jun ️14 ・・・・・・・

Researched 💡 Improved Body Armor
🥼 Start Advanced Body Armor (10d) 🔽 Alloys –12
...still not enough Muton Corpses for Gauss...they've been trickling in painfully slowly, one corpse at a time...

✔️ Hangar Europe — ready ×6
Hangar North America — ready ×5
(and 8 are repairing elsewhere)
after 4 interceptions in the first half of the month

Traded 💹 6 Sectoid Corpses to South Africa for 2 scientists

・・・・・・・ Jun ️15 ・・・・・・・

Abduction #2／3.5 🏢 Heavy, Japan, Urban Large Structure (Office Paper EWI) 🏢 R=106(–54) M=115 T=6
⚔ assault scout++ sniper gunner rocketeer engineer shogun
👽 [Muton 1 Floater 2] [Thin Man 4] [Floater 4] [Thin Man 3]
💥 1 wound moderate 15d
💀 4 pods, 14 kills
🏆 Floater Corpse 5, Thin Man Corpse 7, Muton Corpse 1
🏆 Floater Captive 1, Alien Carbine 1, Elerium 5, Alloys 5, Fragments 14, Meld 15 (1/?)
💲 100
🛡️ Japan panic 52

Start Cybernetic Augmentation ⚙️ Marauder –$40 Meld –60 (10d)
Credits 💵 $77
Meld 🍯 5

📡 Covert Operative is back from fatigue. There were 2 cells on last scan, so 1 cell is guaranteed to still be there
Intel scan –$60
1 cell: India
Covert Operative dispatched 🏹 to India (6d)

・・・・・・・ Jun ️16 ・・・・・・・

Request from Russia 💹 3 Flight Computers for 2 scientists 2 engineers which is a good deal (7d timer)
I have 3 but need 2 of them for my Satellite Nexus...
I could potentially get more, 2 scout 1 hunt and 2 research still remain in the month

✔️ Strategy notes:
As I'm writing these comments after the campaign is over, I'm noticing it's around this point (mid-June) that I started to get picky about the trades, not just automatically accept them

UFO-30 France Small High — Fighter 🛸 Hunt #2／2 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 7d — UFO shot down
...waiting 13h for 2nd MEC suit...

Completed ⚙️ Cybernetic Augmentation 🤖Marauder

・・・・・・・ Jun ️17 ・・・・・・・

UFO bombing run 💥 in India (Bomb #2/2)
🛡 India panic 90 to 98

UFO-31 United States Large NOE — Abductor 🛸 Abduction #3／3.5 🛸

Abduction #3／3.5 🏢 Moderate, United States, Urban Block (Convenience Store) 🏢 R=108(–53) M=109 T=7
...still waiting 4h for MEC-1 Paladin — and the first double-MEC deployment...

Completed 🔧 MEC-1 Paladin

⚔ scout+ sniper gunner rocketeer engineer shogun marauder
👽 [Seeker 4] [Floater 4] [Sectoid 4]
💀 3 pods, 12 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 3, Floater Corpse 3, Seeker Wreck 4
🏆 Sectoid Captive 1, Floater Captive 1, Alien Pistol 1, Alien Carbine 1, Elerium 7, Alloys 11, Fragments 6, Meld 22 (2/?)
💲 90

Sold 💵 Alien Pistol 1, Alien Carbine 2, Thin Man Corpse 5 for $95
Purchased Squad Size II ⭐ –$200

✔️ Tactical notes
Equipment in June
With Squad Size II unlocked, the squad composition settles into its final form (for a significant time, anyway, before Pathfinders get added as a 3rd MEC)
scout officer
(Tac Armor) (Marksman Rifle) (SCOPE) (Marksman's Scope) + Battlescanners from perk
sniper
(Tac Armor) (Marksman Rifle) (SCOPE) (Laser Sight)
gunner
(Tac Armor) (SAW) (Alloy Plating) (Motion Tracker)
rocketeer
(Tac Armor) (Carbine) (Extra Rocket) (Extra Shredder Rocket)
engineer
(Tac Vest) (SMG) (Arc Thrower w/Repair) (Battlescanner) + Smoke Grenades from perk
shogun
(MEC-1) (Minigun) (no secondary weapon) (High Cap Mags) (Alien Trophy)
marauder
(MEC-1) (Minigun) (no secondary weapon) (High Cap Mags) (empty for more mobility, has Steadfast)
8th soldier — flexible. Does not contribute in combat, is there for training
Could take a Medic who's just along for his Psi Exp, a baby Scout (future officer), etc. Carries your 2nd Motion Tracker, gathers Meld.

Fighter Crash Site 🌳 France, Plains (Badlands) 🌳 R=108(–54) M=109 T=7
⚔ scout+ sniper gunner rocketeer 2 engineers 2 shoguns
📝 Okay give me Mutons. Do I hear Mutons? no... I hear f-n Sectoids

2 turns later... Now I hear Mutons!!
👽 [Floater 2 Muton 1] [Sectoid 2] [Outsider 1]
💀 2 pods, 6 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 2, Floater Corpse 2, Muton Corpse 1
🏆 Elerium 8, Alloys 12, Fragments 7, Meld 22 (2/2), Flight Computer 0/2, Power Source 0/1

Switch research 🥼 to Muton Autopsy (3d) 🔽 Muton Corpse –10

UFO activity 📡 over Brazil (Terror flyover?)
🛡️ Brazil panic 69 to 70

UFO-32 United States Large NOE — Harvester 🛸 Harvest #1／1 🛸

✔️ Strategy notes:
All right. We have a report of a Large UFO landing site. What could it be?
Alien Resources are below 125 so it can't be an Abductor on a Research mission.
On the other hand, if I let it go, then it'll bump Alien Resources over 125 and the two Research missions which are still scheduled to happen in the month can be Abductors.
Decision is to let them harvest.
Unlike last time I can't afford to send a team out just for some kill xp, fatigue is an issue

・・・・・・・ Jun ️18 ・・・・・・・

Completed 🏗️ Thermo Generator

Sold 💵 Alloys 76, Flight Computer (damaged) 2, Power Source (damaged) 1, Seeker Wreck 4 for $300
Build 🏗️ Satellite Nexus –$300 Elerium –20 Alloys –50 Flight Computer –2 Power –8 (21d)

Credits 💵 $2
Power 🏗️ 75/96

Excavation complete 🚧 B2F.right.3
However no money to build any Workshops in the excavated spaces... All the money got spent on the Satellite Nexus

UFO-32 🐄 completes Harvest
🛡 Alien Resources 109 to 136

UFO-33 Germany Small NOE — Scout 🛸 Research #1／2 🛸

Scout Landing Site 🐸 Germany, Riparian (River Valley) 🐸 R=109(–51) M=136 T=7
⚔ assault scout+ sniper gunner rocketeer engineer 2 shoguns
💥 wounds fatigue 13d 12d 9d 8d
👽 [Floater 4] [Muton 2 Floater 2] [Thin Man 1 Seeker 3] [Floater 4] [Outsider 1] [Muton 3 Floater 1]
💀 5 pods, 21 kills
✔ as you can probably tell, this was trapped
🏆 Floater Corpse 11, Thin Man Corpse 1, Muton Corpse 4, Seeker Wreck 3
🏆 Muton Captive 1, Alien Rifle 1, Alien Grenade 1, Elerium 39, Alloys 45, Fragments 21, Meld 32 (2/2), Flight Computer 2, Power Source 1
📝 Mutons have switched to Plasma Rifles. Previous Muton captive had a Carbine

Traded 💹 3 Flight Computers to Russia (pending) for 2 scientists 2 engineers

✔ Now I "only" need 💲800 for 4 Workshops and 💲800 for 4 Satellites and after that I'm all set 💁‍♂️
I can scrounge $800 by selling absolutely everything down to zero...let's wait and see how much the upcoming Exalt mission brings in

・・・・・・・ Jun ️19 ・・・・・・・

Traded 💹 12 Meld to United States for 2 engineers

Hangars

Europe | ready ×6 N.Ame. | ready ×6 S.Ame. | 17d 16d Asia | 5d 4d 13d 5d 11d

・・・・・・・ Jun ️20 ・・・・・・・

Researched 💡 Muton Autopsy
🥼 Start Interrogate Muton (5d)

UFO-34 Mexico Large NOE — Abductor 🛸 Research #2／2 🛸 Here it comes!

Abductor Landing Site ❄️ Mexico, Settlement (Furies) ❄️ R=111(–51) M=131 T=8
⚔ assault scout++ sniper gunner rocketeer engineer shogun marauder
💥 wounds 1 light 5d — a flanked and flashbanged Outsider refuses to run and instead shoots my Marauder. I wanted to use that Marauder on the Exalt mission!💢
👽 [Muton 3 Sectoid 1] [Floater 4] [Thin Man 4] [Seeker 4] [Muton 3 Floater 1] [Outsider 4]
💀 5 pods, 24 kills
🏆 Sectoid Corpse 1, Floater Corpse 4, Thin Man Corpse 4, Muton Corpse 3, Seeker Wreck 4
🏆 Muton Captive 2, Alien Rifle 2, Alien Grenade 2, Elerium 58, Alloys 68, Fragments 19, Meld 16 (1/2), Flight Computer 4, Power Source 2, Surgery 2

✔️ Strategy notes:
I'm noticing that my weapons are starting to consistently deal 1-2 hp short of lethal damage. Around now is when you wish you had Alloy Jacketed Rounds.
(it's handy for captures though)

・・・・・・・ Jun ️21 ・・・・・・・

Covert Data Recovery 🏢 India, Urban Large Structure (Office Paper EWI) 🏢
...waiting 20h for a replacement Marauder...

Traded 💹 12 Alloys to Japan for 2 engineers

Council Mission ⛪ Bomb Disposal, Egypt (Cemetery Grand) ⛪
❌ 8h timer on this, Marauder is 12h away — too slow, okay we're fatiguing some troops...
⚔ assault scout+ sniper gunner rocketeer engineer 2 shoguns
💥 wounds fatigue 6d 8d
👽 [Thin Man 3] [Thin Man 2] [Thin Man 3] [Thin Man 3] +[Thin Man 1]×5
💀 4 pods, 16 kills
🏆 Thin Man Corpse 15
🏆 Thin Man Captive 1, Alien Carbine 1, Fragments 15, Meld 2
💲 2 engineers, $236
🛡 Egypt panic 81 to 41

...waiting 11h for the Marauder before Covert Data Recovery...
⚔ assault scout+ sniper gunner rocketeer engineer shogun marauder
💥 wounds 1 moderate+fatigue 26d
👽 [Operative 3 Sniper 1] +[Heavy 1 Sniper 1] [Operative 3 Sniper 1] +[Heavy 1 Sniper 2] [Operative 3 Sniper 1] +[Drop-ins 6]
💀 3 pods, 22 kills
🏆 Meld 6
💲 270
🛡 India panic 98 to 78

・・・・・・・ Jun ️22 ・・・・・・・

Start Cybernetic Augmentation ⚙️ Marauder –$40 Meld –60 (10d)

Credits 💵 $468
Meld 🍯 33

Sold 💵 Alien Carbine 1, Alien Rifle 3, Thin Man Corpse 15, Muton Corpse 7, Surgery 2, Seeker Wreck 7 for $334

Build 🔧 Satellite –$200 (18d)
Build 🔧 Satellite –$200 (18d)
Build 🔧 Satellite –$200 (18d)
Build 🔧 Satellite –$200 (18d)

✔️ ETA on the Nexus is 17d so in the end it was almost perfect timing. ❤️

Sold 💵 Thin Man Corpse 10, Elerium 63, Power Source 3 for $399
Build 🏗 Workshop B2F.right.2 –$200 -Power 4 (21d)
Build 🏗 Workshop B2F.right.3 –$200 -Power 4 (21d)
✔️ This is as far as the recent influx of cash could carry me. Not enough for 4 Workshops but let's get at least 2 of them built.
Those first 2 benefit you the most anyway — after that it's diminishing returns

Credits 💵 $1
Power 🏗 83/96

Completed ⚙️ Cybernetic Augmentation 🤖Marauder

Request 💹 from China 12 Meld for 2 scientists — sorry no. (14d timer)

・・・・・・・ Jun ️23 ・・・・・・・

Traded 💹 15 Elerium to South Africa for $150. yes!

Build 🔧 SCOPE –$70 (5d)
Build 🔧 SCOPE –$70 (5d)

・・・・・・・ Jun ️24 ・・・・・・・

UFO-35 United States Small Low — Scout 🛸 Scout #4／5 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 11d 6d — UFO shot down
...waiting 17h for scout+...

Researched 💡 Interrogate Muton
🥼 Start Gauss Weapons (11d*, down from 14d with the Muton credit*) 🔽 Elerium –10 Alloys –20 Fragments –80

・・・・・・・ Jun ️25 ・・・・・・・

UFO-36 France Large NOE — Abductor 🛸 Abduction #4／3.5 🛸

Abduction #4／3.5 🏢 Swarming, France, Large Structure ( ) 🏢 R=116(–50) M=108 T=10
...still waiting 6h for scout+...

UFO-37 France Small Low — Scout 🛸 Scout #5／5 🛸
💥 Interceptor damage 22d 21d 6d — UFO shot down
two rookie pilots sure took a beating from that Small UFO
But we now have reserves
Transfer 🔁 22d 21d interceptors to Asia
Transfer 🔁 ready interceptor ×2 from Asia to Europe (2d)

Abduction #4／3.5 🚈 Swarming, France, Large Structure (Train Station) 🚈 R=116(–50) M=103 T=11
⚔ scout+ sniper gunner 2 rocketeers engineer shogun marauder
💥 wounds fatigue 5d
👽 [Floater 4] [Floater 1 Muton 3] [Thin Man 4] [Floater 4]
💀 4 pods, 16 kills
🏆 Floater Corpse 9, Thin Man Corpse 4, Muton Corpse 3
🏆 Elerium 9, Alloys 9, Fragments 19, Meld 26 (2/2)
💲 115

...waiting 13h for scout++ for the Scout Crash Site...

Traded 💹 3 Flight Computers to France for 1 CPL, 2 engineers
❌ got an exceptionally poor soldier in every regard. This is Pathfinder #3

Completed ⚙️ Cybernetic Augmentation 🤖Marauder

・・・・・・・ Jun ️26 ・・・・・・・

Scout Crash Site 🏠 United States, Settlement (Roadhouse) 🏠 R=117(-50) M=103 T=11
📝 this is the crashed Scout in the U.S., there's also one waiting in France right now
⚔ scout++ sniper gunner rocketeer engineer medic scout marauder
👽 [Drone 4] [Muton 4] [Outsider 1]
💀 2 pods, 9 kills
🏆 Muton Corpse 2, Drone Wreck 4
🏆 Muton Captive 2, Alien Rifle 2, Alien Grenade 2, Elerium 10, Alloys 16, Fragments 9, Meld 20 (2/?), Flight Computer 1/2, Power Source 0/1

Sold 💵 Alien Rifle 2, Thin Man Corpse 4, Drone Wreck 4, Muton Captive 3, Flight Computer (damaged) 1, Power Source (damaged) 1 for $175
Purchased Field Officers 🎖️ –$300 this is for additional level 1 (scout+) (LT) promotions, nobody has enough Officer experience for a promotion to MAJ yet

Scout Crash Site 🌆 France, Urban Block (Nuked City) 🌆 R=117(–50) M=103 T=11
⚔ scout+ 2 scouts sniper gunner rocketeer engineer marauder
📝 a little bit of a training mission ...they said, and then, here comes the first Cyberdisc of the campaign
👽 [Seeker 3 Drone 1] [Cyberdisc 1 Drone 3] [Outsider 1]
💀 3 pods, 9 kills
🏆 Cyberdisc Wreck 1, Drone Wreck 4, Seeker Wreck 3
🏆 Outsider Shard 1, Alien Carbine 1, Elerium 36, Alloys 25, Fragments 6, Meld 10 (1/1), Flight Computer 0/2, Power Source 1

📝 Van Doorn actually rolled very high on Aim and Will on his Scout level-ups. Could be an officer? but poor Mobility...
(Van Doorn eventually became a Pathfinder)

・・・・・・・ Jun ️27 ・・・・・・・

Traded 💹 12 Fragments to United States for 1 engineer

Terror #2／2 🏢 Swarming, Brazil, Urban Large Structure (Bar Terror) 🏢
...waiting 11h for scout+...

⚔ assault scout+ sniper gunner rocketeer engineer shogun marauder
💥 wounds 1 heavy 31d
📝 things went pear-shaped very fast on this small map. F the meld from corpses, bring out the rockets!
All 3 rockets were let loose in as many turns, the rocketeer firing from no cover, still on the tile where he started in the LZ, and taking a plasma hit from a Muton. Out for a month. Saved from that being a crit (and instant death) by a smoke grenade.
👽 [Muton 3] [Cyberdisc 1 Seeker 1 Drone 1] [Chryssalid 3] [Thin Man 3] [Floater 3]
💀 5 pods, 15 kills
🏆 Floater Corpse 3, Thin Man Corpse 1, Muton Corpse 1, Cyberdisc Wreck 1, Drone Wreck 1, Seeker Wreck 1, Chryssalid Carcass 3
🏆 Thin Man Captive 1, Alien Carbine 1, Elerium 9, Alloys 10, Fragments 13, Meld 1
🏃🏻‍♀️ Civilians saved 13/20
🛡️ Brazil panic 70 to 93
🛡️ Argentina panic 43 to 50

📝 Strategy notes:
During this campaign, my Rocketeers fired probably around 10 rockets.
3 of them in this mission.
It sure feels good to be allowed to unleash chaos and devastation upon the enemy. Most of the time, it is a very disciplined, monotonous routine of Battlescanner reveals pod, Scout shoots with Squadsight and HnR to holo-target and activate, enemies pull into bad cover, MECs shoot to kill. Repeat with next pod. You're only ever doing two things: recon ahead, and shoot your primary guns.
You won't remember that kind of engagements. You remember those where you, by some miracle, managed to extricate yourself from a tight spot. "War is long stretches of boredom, punctuated by moments of sheer terror." True.

・・・・・・・ Jun ️28 ・・・・・・・

Completed 🏗️ Foundry

Sold 💵 Alien Carbine 2, Thin Man Corpse 1, Muton Corpse 5, Chryssalid Carcass 3, Drone Wreck 5, Seeker Wreck 4, Flight Computer (damaged) 2 for $156

Start ⚒️ Foundry Enhanced Ballistics –$80 Alloys –$10 Fragments –20 (5d)
Alloy Jacketed Rounds!
Start ⚒️ Foundry Aircraft Boosters –$50 Fragments –10 Meld –10 (5d)
Aim Modules!
Start ⚒️ Foundry MEC Warfare Systems –$25 (5d)
Flamethrowers!

Traded 💹 12 Alloys to United States for 2 engineers

・・・・・・・ Jun ️29 ・・・・・・・

Completed 🔧 SCOPE
Completed 🔧 SCOPE

・・・・・・・ Jun ️30 ・・・・・・・

Completed 🏗️ Psionic Labs

Psi training 🌀 Mindfray Medic 70% (6d)
Psi training 🌀 Mindfray Medic 59% (8d)
Psi training 🌀 Mindfray Rocketeer 63% (7d)

✔️ Strategy notes:
The important candidates here are the Medics. They have the highest Will on the roster, and one of them eventually will be the Volunteer — whichever one first successfully learns Mind Control. Both will be racing to beat their rival to Mind Control, just like they are now with Mindfray. Poetic, isn't it?
This should minimize the danger of being stuck in the late game with nothing to do but wait for the Volunteer's Psi training due to bad RNG. In hindsight, having 3 Medics would have been even better... but I only received 2 potential Medics with high Will in the initial batch of 40.

・・・・・・・ End of month ・・・・・・・

R=121(–49) M=103 T=11

Summary

The June air game was surprisingly tame, compared to May which came down to the wire. XCOM interceptors shot down 1 Raider, 4 Scouts, and 2 Fighters for a cost of 216d of repair time. (Last month: 300d.) I was fully expecting the aliens to start sending Destroyers but they mysteriously downgraded to Scouts, in contrast to the 6 Raiders in May.
That, of course, meant also there were fewer Alien Materials for XCOM to collect.
My research — ideally supposed to be beelining towards Gauss Weapons — experienced its first delays due to lack of materials. I had to research some filler techs while waiting for Muton Corpses to come in.
Since I am no longer spending all my money on Interceptors (with the aliens' anemic air game) I could afford to construct some facilities at the base — no, a lot of facilities at the base. It is an even better money sink than the interceptors (who at least pay you back by generating missions.) All the cash received by XCOM is still getting spent straight away.
I started the first Satellite Nexus, and paid for 4 Satellites with which to cover Asia. Ideally I would've started 4 Workshops as well, but I could only afford 2.
The Alien Containment was finished at the beginning of the month, completing the trifecta of Arc Thrower — Repair (Engineer) — Alien Containment. Four alien species were taken alive during the month. Future upgrades to assist the captures are planned: Improved Arc Thrower in the Foundry, and MEC Flamethrowers.
The Foundry was built late in the month, and a handful of the most crucial projects have been started.
The Psi Lab was built at the end of the month. All soldiers have enough Psi Exp to start training immediately.
Quite a bit of cash was spent in the Officer Training School, for Squad Size II and Officers lvl.2 then lvl.3.
My Scout officers have switched away from Shotguns, to their Squadsight Marksman Rifles. They are now expected to fight at long range, and stay out of danger.
Nearly all Sapper Engineers and Assaults have completed their conversion to MEC Troopers. The squad now includes 2 MECs on all missions.
The Alien Research missions for the month were a Scout (trapped), and an Abductor (standard.)
The single Harvest mission was performed by a Harvester in the satellite-covered United States. Again, as in April, I let it complete the harvest, so as to keep Alien Resources and Meld high. Meld has been hovering around 10 to 13 per canister, similar to last month.
The Council mission for the month was a generic Bomb Disposal.
Two Exalt missions (1 Extraction, 1 Data Recovery), 2 Terror missions, 4 Abductions. 18 missions total.
Panic is rising a bit, with the 2 Terror missions per month now, but no countries are in real danger of leaving. Brazil is at 93. India was at 98, now down to 78.

Statistics

XCOM soldiers killed or captured 11 Sectoids, 12 Drones, 47 Thin Men, 28 Seekers, 52 Floaters, 28 Mutons, 2 Cyberdiscs, 13 Outsiders, 9 Chryssalids, 18 Zombies, and 40 Exalt in 18 combat missions.
The biggest damage dealer was the MEC Ballistic Minigun.

The most numerous rank on the roster is SGT (27) and second most numerous rank is CPL (10). The highest rank is TSGT.
Newly available powerful perks are Repair (captures!), Battlescanner (Scout), Close Combat Specialist (Marauder), Shredder Rocket.
3 Engineers and 3 Assaults were converted to MEC Troopers. There is now 5 Shoguns and 4 Marauders, with 2 MEC suits.
Officer Training School was upgraded to Officers Level 3 and Squad Size II.

XCOM salvage teams retrieved 233 Elerium, 287 Alloys, 166 Fragments, 263 Meld, 10 intact and 10 damaged Flight Computers, 4 intact and 7 damaged Power Sources, and 2 intact Alien Surgeries. (All of these are lower than in May.)
Capture Engineers brought in 2 Sectoids, 3 Thin Men, 2 Floaters, 6 Mutons, and 4 Outsider Shards (avg. 1.06 successful stuns per mission); with 2 Alien Pistols, 10 Alien Carbines, 5 Alien Rifles, and 6 worthless Alien Grenades.

XCOM earned $2289 from Grey Market sales.
XCOM received $240, 8 scientists, 15 engineers, and 1 CPL by fulfilling Council requests.
XCOM received $1061 and 2 engineers as mission rewards.
XCOM received $835, 3 scientists, and 2 engineers as monthly funding.
(These figures are largely unchanged from May.)

The science team researched Alien Weaponry, Experimental Warfare, UFO Analysis Raider, Floater Autopsy, Improved Body Armor, Muton Autopsy, and Muton Interrogation.

The engineering team built 1 Fission Generator, 1 Thermo generator, 1 Foundry, 1 Psionic Lab, and excavated 6 spaces at the base.
They built 1 MEC-1 Paladin, 1 Motion Tracker, 1 Alloy Plating, 1 Marksman's Scope, and 2 SCOPEs for the soldiers.

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Blackberry New Partnerships

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FAQs:

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Full List of Clients and Partners:

Blackberry Current Revenues:

Blackberry Analysis Regarding Infotainment and Google and Ford Deal:

Pretty Charts

Facebook Settlement with BB

Blackberry New Partnerships

BB's Technical Page on QNX Security

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Facebook Settlement with BB

Blackberry New Partnerships

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Blackberry New Partnerships

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