X-Com
XCOM (short for Extraterrestrial Combat Division) is a top-secret elite paramilitary organization dedicated to protecting Earth against alien threats, namely, the Outsiders. Was forced by the United Nations Council
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History
XCOM is founded in the U.S. on May 12, 1962, in response to numerous reports of widespread violence, unexplained deaths and geological anomalies in and around Elkhart, Indiana. The strange phenomena conditioned to spread across America and civilians disappear without trace. XCOM is formed when The Council initiates the XCOM Project in response to the alien invasion. It's composed of the best of the best military and scientific personnel the member nations have to offer. hen The Council initiates the XCOM Project the alien invasion. It's composed of the best of the best military and scientific personnel the member nations have to offer. It wasn't until much later that X-Com was transformed from an investigation unit to a combat division in response to the Outsiders (Aliens) starting there invasion of earth.
Purpose
XCOM serves as first and last line of defense of Earth.
Known Members
- Soldiers
Captain Gray Maynard Sargent Jung Seong 'Gunny' Thompson O'Hara
- Scientists
Lita Sokolova
Trivia
- Originally X-Com was an investigation and Intelligence gathering division
- Standard structure of most X-Com bases are in a Ant Hive layout.
- While X-Com has one main base, several smaller bases are located around the world as first response stations.