XCOM (Enemy Unknown)

"I am watchful, I am relied upon."

- XCOM motto XCOM (Extraterrestrial Combat Unit) is the most elite military and scientific organization in human history created by the United Nations in order to protect the Earth from alien attack.

XCOM was formed in 1993 when multiple countries came together to discuss the theoretical scenarios of future alien contact. Contingency plans were to be implemented in the event of hostilities. This led them to form the council, which would fund and support projects attempting to combat the alien invaders, with the name "XCOM". There would be a lead representative from one of the countries, which would head the council. This representative had a list of personnel for the project who could be called up if the time came.

It wouldn't be until 2015 until the Earth came under alien attack and XCOM was called into action. Throughout the invasion, XCOM discovered that the aliens were aiming to enslave humanity because of the psionic potential in humans, which the aliens' leader, the Elders, hoped to weaponize for their own use. Using the tech captured and modified alien technology, a XCOM squad lead by a soldier who interacted with the Ethereal Device destroyed the alien mothership, ending the invasion.

XCOM uses a wide variety of conventional weapons and armour at the start of the invasion, but these were upgraded as XCOM incorporated alien tech into their weaponry. Using an alien substance called Meld the organization was able to not only modify their soldier's DNA and give them superpowers but also incorporate cybernetics into them, allowing them to pilot big MECs (Mechanized Exoskeletal Cybersuit). Lastly, some soldier who had their psionic abilities unlocked were able to use it in the fields as support and offensive abilities. To intercept any alien UFOs, XCOM uses aircraft appropriately named interceptors, while they started out as normal jetfighters they later became something resembling UFOs after adopting alien tech.

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