X-Com: Enemy Unknown Let's Play

Speaking of chrysalids, has anyone had the pleasure yet of doing the Enemy within council mission where your team has to investigate the seaside town full of them?

I did, and was lucky my game postponed that mission till somewhere between late July and mid August. Had a full squad of high level asskickers kitted out with top level armor and weapons. Gene-modded soldiers, including a sniper with the memetirc skin. (Low Profile so everything counts as high cover, and the skin makes you invisible when you move to high cover.) And two MECs loaded with explosives. There was a point I stopped being afraid and started to wish soldiers could keep score. Still made sure to beat that mission ASAP though, no hanging around.

Like I said, I got lucky. I've heard the horror stories of that mission popping up in month 2 with a barely leveled squad and only ballistic weapons.

Whelp, just suffered my first Code Black. Lost half of my A-team and half of my B-team.

We were assaulting a landed supply ship. Started out right by the control room. got my team up there and surrounded it before planning to enter an neutralize the enemies in there. Then a Muton squad rushed out, took all but the berserker out with a rocket. Then I moved to take down the berserker, ended up revealing another muton squad. After that, every move I made just seemed to uncover another Muton squad or Sectopod. The final nail in the coffin was when a squad of Elite Mutons popped in from behind my team, killed both of my snipers, and panicked my senior Heavy.

RIP Jack O'neill
RIP Daniel Jackson
RIP Samantha Carter
RIP Ronan Dex
RIP John Shepard
RIP Teyla Emmagan

Oh yeah, sounds like your game decide to screw you over. No lube either.

Best way to make up for their death is to get revenge. Good old explody revenge. With a side of heavy plasma burns.