A STRING OF ABDUCTIONS ENDS AFTER GIGN RAIDS COMPOUND ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN, OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE OF ALIEN INVOLVEMENT NOTED DESPITE THEIR IMMIDEATE ABSENSE;

PRESIDENT ADDRESSES NATION AFTER ALIEN ATTACKS, ISSUES ORDERS FOR MOBILIZATION OF ALL NATIONAL GUARD REGIMENTS NATIONWIDE.

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PROJECTID: High Tower

DOCUMENTID: 100720500422

Report compiled by Dr. Yuri Romalov.

Given how this is our first live capture of an enemy commanding officer, it's safe to say we've been very exited to begin the interrogation procedure. As expected, our guest has proven to be resistant to conventional interrogation techniques, and despite the limited success Luietenant Yin had employing her methods, i still recommended to begin the ususal procedure.

Dr. Vahlen, however, overruled my descision on the grounds that a live subject would be more benificial to XCOM politically. The descision came from the Commander himself, so we began brainstorming less... invsive methods of information extraction.

In light of the recent construction of the Psionic Labs link to PROJECTID: Backfire, Dr. Vahlen instructed my team with designing a device that would allow our psionically gifted soldiers to gain access to the memories of the subject. A few sleepless nights and a helping hoof from our ally in Japan allowed us to modify the existing neural gunlink headset to "view" and induce the dreams of an incapacatated subject.

I reported to Dr. Vahlen, who sent the blueprints down to engeneering immediatly. Chief Engineer Shen told us to expect the first prototype by the end of the week. We already have a few promising candidates that, with a little training, would be able to perform the procedure. In theory, all of our soldier are eligeble, but some require more extensive training than the others.

While the data we've already got from the captain is useful, it's also disheartening. Our scans detected no signs of mental tampering, yet the subject has shown no remorse when speaking about the attacks. That could imply the following: the subject either has some underlying mental conditions, a psychopathic disorder perhaps, or it's the effects of good old propaganda.

Witness accounts from trusted sources Link to interrogation transcript from civ. asset "Fluttershy" show no signs of the former, which leaves us with the latter. That provides us with a disturbing insight into the situation back in Equestria, but that's for Dr. McKendrick and her department to worry about, but i digress.

Below is a small excerpt from the list of targeted cities, the full file can be found herelink to DOCUMENTID 070720500133.

03:33, 11/07/2050 Berlin

23:48, 12/07/2050 Washington

05:22, 13/07/2050 London

02:30, 14/07/2050 Moscow

It is unknown if the captain only told us of the operations he would lead personally, but the sheer amount of targets makes this unlikely. That said, the subject was unwilling to share any information regarding the plans of his superiors, so we are still missing a great deal of information regarding Equestrian plans.

Author's Note

A short one chapter this time, but expect something big next time.