BIG SKY: an XCOM story
David Brown was 19 when he first enlisted in the royal Canadian air force. In spite of his young age he showed an aptitude for flying anything with wings. He flew 57 missions for RCAF over the two years. The council of nations took notice of and decided to assign him to XCOM. Less than an hour after decision was made two men in dark suits showed up at the air base where David was assigned and informed him he was being transferred. He was instructed that his new assignment was highly classified and multi-national intuitive and more would be explained later he was shoved onto a plane bound for Buckley air force base in Colorado.
Within minutes of the plane touching done he was shoved into a helicopter with a couple of different people. They weren't military that much was obvious and the heated discussions they had about science and engineering suggested they were researchers. Eventually they arrived at their destination an army base in the middle of nowhere with seemingly nothing around. David and the scientists were led by a group of heavily armed guards into a concrete building where they went through a series of verifying exercises to ensure they were who they said they were before finally being allowed onto an elevator that would lead them to the base.
After traveling in the elevator for what felt like an hour but was probably closer to 3 minutes the occupants stepped out into a hallway of metal craved into the earth. In front of the group stood women in a lab coat who made a point of speaking everyone but David calmly said "Everyone please follow me to the ze research lab where you will assigned" she said with a Swiss German accent David stopped her before she could leave excited scientists in tow saying "umm, Doctor Vahlen" he said stealing a quick glance at her ID tag before continuing " I'm supposed to be reassigned to this base but I don't exactly have the right skill set or qualification's to be a scientist so can you tell me why I'm here?". Doctor Vahlen pushed her lips together for a moment as if annoyed that David asked such a stupid question before saying "military personal are neither my department nor expertise, wait here for central officer Bradford he will assist you". And with that see left with the scientists in tow leaving David alone in a hallway in a secret underground base with no idea why he was there.
After loafing around for about 5 minutes a man with a green sweater, khakis and a head set arrived unlike the Doctor he was clearly military and had a commanding presence that forced David to snap to attention. With a chuckle he said "at ease solider and welcome I'm central officer Bradford" relaxing his posture David said "Lieutenant David Brown sir Royal Canadian Air Force" laughing again Bradford said " I know who you are Lieutenant and it's good to have you here" . Both soldiers had begun walking where David didn't know but he decided to cut straight to the point asking "why is the place used for sir?" Bradford said "were the people you call on when the world has a rainy day. Be it a natural disaster, a plague or any other catastrophe that threatens humanities continued existence. We respond a deal with the threat." he said before finally entering a large room with a giant holographic globe in the middle he turned around and said to David "Welcome to XCOM".