A Really Rough Day At The Office! - X-COM: Enemy Within Episode 26

[@firestarter000001]

That went bad, but as as painfull as it feels, you can easily fail a number of missions in Xcom and be fine, specially the exalt and council (maybe beside the terror missions) . I played recently on impossible difficulty, and i failed 3 council missions, and i stabilized fine. Imho the the key aspect is to retain at least some of your experienced troops, even if you fail the mission. You had here your c-team, so bad, but not disaster. Your biggest loss adimtedly was Mad Dog :(, rest in peace hero, imho you were better off aborting then risking her. Btw take a look in officer training school at "new guy" upgrade, and consider buying it, it helps a lot if you need replacement troops.

[@Voidspacealpha]

Oh I totally forgot about the officer training school. That’s so my bad. Duh!

[@tarcandor]

yeah, you weren't kidding about this mission going downhill fast..... outnumbered, outgunned, and outmanouvered. Painful, but you can recover from this. Urgently up the priority of the following research: alien nav computer, elerium, and the (then unlocked) fighter craft, otherwise you'll be outgunned real soon in the skies aswell. I think you'll have a few ufo getting away (with corresponding panic increases) even if you start the research now.

[@Voidspacealpha]

I have been seriosuly worrying about the UFO situation, I know it hasn’t reared its ugly head yet, but it’s just a matter of time