Sober:
the rest of the mission was tense, but no real surprises. Me and the Outsider traded shots until the two teams could breach. It went out as planned Aztec burst through the door and put the better half of a clip into that things chest-
Baalzebup: And I finished it off with a shot to the head.
DirOps: No further contacts?
Sober: None, sir.
McNum: Youve had some time now to review the operation. What, precisely, went wrong?
Sober: Sir, the radio comm says it best. It was a bad activation.
Baalzebup: I
I didnt realise that the outsider crystal stays dormant until it detects something within a certain radius. I had assumed that because I couldnt hear footsteps from within the UFO, there was nothing there.
Sober: On my part I was perhaps too eager to move up too quickly, drawn by the MELD canister into rushing foolhardedly into a bad situation. And Smurf paid the price.
DirOps: Anything else?
Sober: Nothing else sticks out beyond those two points, sir. Perhaps we rely on flashbangs a little too much; theyre not complete failsafes, I suppose, but-
Baalzebup: The tactic of concentrating as much firepower into a short timeframe as possible to overload the creatures regenerative capabilities is sound, though. I doubt we would have fared better attempting to whittle it away.
Sober: Although I do think shotguns may be a better bet against Crystals.
McNum: Hmmm. Noted.
Diablos: Do you have any further suggestions for tactical procedures on UFO crash-landing operations in future?
Sober: Hmmm. Well
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