He should be shielded from enemy attacks and stay clear of burning vehicles near the extraction point. Like other Target Escort missions, the VIP begins with the squad and is under the player's control. On the turn they arrive, the Sectoids, Thin Men and the Muton will use Overwatch as their first action. Only a single pod of the aliens are present at the start of the mission (near the cemetery gate), and the rest will drop into the map as the squad and Zhang advance towards the extraction zone. In XCOM: Enemy Unknown the Muton appears exclusively on Impossible difficulty in XCOM: Enemy Within it spawns on Classic and Impossible difficulties. Depending on the game difficulty, either a solitary Chryssalid or a Plasma Rifle-wielding Muton will spawn near the LZ. The alien forces encountered during this mission consist primarily of Sectoids and Thin Men. Cover consists of numerous graves and short walls, several 'Foo Dog' statues, a lone cherry tree and some cars parked on the street. The graveyard is set on a gently sloping hill with the squad starting at the top and having to reach the extraction zone in the street at the bottom. Upon arriving at the mission site, a brief cinematic introduces the Triad operative, Shaojie Zhang, before revealing a unique Chinese graveyard map. – Mission Objectives, XCOM: Enemy Unknown ▪ Escort VIP and the alien artifact to the extraction point Stay sharp, as the aliens may make an effort to recover it.

If the contact's device is genuine, as we suspect it is, it'll be of high value.

– Council Transmission, XCOM: Enemy Unknown We'll need you to investigate we will transmit further details to Central. Although we have little interest in the man himself, he allegedly has in his possession a piece of 'unique' technology.

This mission is initiated by a Council transmission received at the Situation Room:Ī member of the Triad criminal organization has reached out to one of our contacts. The timing is altered in XCOM: Enemy Within, it is available during the second month (51 days into the campaign), provided that Operation Slingshot was enabled via the Advanced Options when beginning the game. Friends In Low Places is available as an alternate to the first Council Mission (or later Council Missions, as it will be offered later) which randomly occurs during the first month.

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