Hmmm, will they recruit Wrex down the line? Just to further muddle any scrutinizing eyes, and for his massive steel quad?

Balls to the wall awesome

I know next to nothing about xcom, but this seems promising. Ilena is such a bundle of sunshine ;)

oof that's a pretty big intel failure

"We came to this wrecked lab searching for Warlord Okeer... but the real Warlord Okeer was the friends we made along the way." -a human probably

Hope this gets updates soon

Obligatory reminder that Scientology is a cult founded for the sake of making money for its leader that actively goes out of it's way to destroy its victims ability to communicate and bludgeons its critics with frivolous lawsuits.

"Shepard." "Wrex." Lol

The second-worst thing about being on the opposite side from Ilena Thanoptis is that she isn't acting - she really is that much of a goofy ditz.

The worst thing is that that doesn't make her any less dangerous.

As John has discovered, Ilena really grows on you.

Like a fungus.

Also, I just read some of the reviews and... how's there a guest literally in every story that attacks the author ad-hominem without providing a single rational critique? Like, who are these guys? I just want to see what kind of lives they lead and what prompts them to do it, because it's kinda retarded but I'm still curious. They're probably 12 or something, based on their vibe and vocabulary, but I swear they must be abused or something.
Hope you ignore those people. Incredible story.

No idea how I missed this gem before. Incredible writing, especially the fight scenes! I like pretty much everything - the characters seem mature and lively, the plot is interesting, the aliens are not idiots that exist only to make the humans look better, and did I mention the fight scenes? Also, I personally like the comedic asari character, just as a counterpoint to the previous guy who didn't.

great story

I really like the premise of the story of xcom still working in shadows while going through citadel territory and upgrading/researching techs long the way just like in the game but then realising that's a tag humour and finding out the 'humour' is just this 'comedic relief' character Ilena just completely puts me off. I would prefer this story without that 'humour' part and besides Ilena isn't really funny in any sense and just plain annoying like I wouldn't mind a banter between characters at times which can be funny but having a 'comedic relief' character like Ilena really does not work most of the time unless done absolutely right which in this case didn't. I did read the story a few more chapters in but yea, it just doesn't work for me which is too bad cause I really did like the concept of the story.

I wonder what those asari did to the rachni (if they did anything)

That ending was hilarious