Personal Shields become available to X-Com forces, shortly followed by Vortex Bombs, but there are few occasions to test the new equipment, as alien activity remains relatively subdued. The aliens maintain their focus, regularly harrassing Marsec, Metropol, Evonet and slums owned by the Government, SELF and the Mutant Alliance. Alien action on Psyke territory leads to the criminal organisation siding wholeheartedly with the aliens.

New ships are researched as Gates of Destiny's Advanced Quantum Physics Lab becomes operational, paving the way for a substantial escalation of X-Com's response to alien incursion. These new craft will come in handy as interceptor vehicles purchased from outside sources become less effective against larger and better equipped UFOs.

Greatest Victory : Moving onto a more even footing with the aliens, on the ground as well as in the air.

Score At End Of Week : 17418