Harmony Lad Says No to Shopping

After the Ottawa mission the candle light had started to waver. Even though the aliens were pushed back on that time, it was clear that no force of men could keep up with this level of rigor and stress, except perhaps Harmony Lad. After his near-death experience with the floater in Paris, he had somehow been more silent and become also much more attentive to small details in the environment. Melding as one with his sniper rifle and seeing virtually everything. Aliens put up an abduction shop in Tokyo, but the hero of Sapporo dealt enough damage to swiftly stop that kind of activity. Harmony Lad was becoming a legend within the team.

Council called for the monthly report for April and the news were good. Only South America was on the brink of total panic, but all the other countries were in good shape, given the circumstances. Still, while Proxy was browsing through the report, he couldn't stop thinking about capturing the next specimen. It had to be done.

Soon after, Interceptors shot down a large scout UFO in China. The team of five (Sureshot, Snake Catcher, Proxy, Ironside and Harmony Lad) came back somewhat wounded, and empty handed. Capturing those outsiders was not an easy task, because all of the squad's efforts were barely enough to bring the men back alive. XCOM had lost no soldiers after Mad Marl, but there had been numerous close calls.