“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke [hider=Timeline] //March 1st, 2015// /In the wake of the devastating first wave of the Alien invasion the Council of Nations initiated the Xcom project in earnest, funneling funding and troops into the project. The HQ located under the Rocky Mountains in North America hummed to life as personnel, weapons, and supplies were ferried into it./ //April 7th, 2015// /After multiple successful engagements with the enemy, the Xcom project was able to obtain enough of the mysterious known as “Meld” to begin research into the uses of the substance on human subjects./ //May 13th, 2015// /After completion of the Cybernetics Lab, and Genetics Lab, test subjects are selected for “Augmentation and Conditioning”. Most subjects are pulled from Alpha squad, though other battle veterans are selected as well./ //May 16th, 2015// /The first MEC troopers and biotic troopers enter service. A spike in the combat effectiveness of the Xcom project is noted./ //June 15th, 2015// /Alpha Squad successfully diverts and cripples an alien battleship./ //July 20th, 2015// /After extensive research and interrogation into the “Outsider” Artifact, Xcom gets a definitive lead to the Alien’s base/ //August 10th, 2015// /Alpha Squad infiltrates the alien base, destroying the superstructure and capturing an Alien commander and communication device in the process./ //August 27th, 2015// /Xcom unveils the new PSI lab, two strong candidates already selected. Testing begins immediately/ //September 7th, 2015// /The first two PSI troops enter service in the Xcom project./ //October 13th, 2015// /Operation Candle-Flame, a mission to disrupt Exalt operations ends in disaster. Just before Xcom deployed Alpha Squad, an alien force engaged the Exalt operatives in the area, the result was a brutal fire fight that raged along multiple engagement zones. Although the objectives were completed, Alpha Squad lost was engaged by both forces and lost their lives in the resulting fight./ [/hider] Sigma Squad: The secondary squad of Xcom's operations, usually handling support aspects or reinforcement of other combat teams in high combat areas. Like Alpha squad it is made up of combat veterans. After Operation Candle-flame it is now the last fully staffed veteran combat team remaining and as such has become the new spearhead of the project. The squad itself has been as extensively modified as Alpha, in the case that something like this would come to pass. Now they are the last remaining hopes of humanity, our own survival or failure is ow in their hands. _____________________________ Basically this RP would be set in the Xcom universe (Enemy Within) and focus on Sigma Squad. Each person would be a squad member, and have the choice of being a MEC trooper, A Biotic trooper,a PSI trooper, or a normal human Soldier. More information will be posted (such as CS) in the OOC (provided this gets interest), or if it is asked for. Welcome to Xcom.