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VIP Escort is one of the Council Mission types in XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

Mission Objective

The objective of this mission is to have the VIP safely reach extraction zone at the Skyranger. Unlike the Target Extraction mission, the VIP starts the mission placed with the squad and under the player's control. Should the VIP be killed the mission objective defaults to extracting the squad, though the mission will still count as a failure (unconfirmed).

Tactics

The VIP has very little health and should be shielded from enemy fire and avoid burning vehicles at all costs.

Unlike many other mission types, enemy force is only partially present on the map at the start of the mission. As the VIP advances across the map additional enemies (specifically, Thin Men) will drop into the map, typically on elevated positions in sight of the VIP. The newly spawned enemies typically use Overwatch as their first action. Their entrance counts as movement, and XCOM soldiers on Overwatch will react with fire often elimimating the enemy before they can become a real problem.

Known Target Escort Missions

  • An engineer may have found crucial information about contamination of the local water storage, bring him back safely to begin further investigation. The second tutorial mission on a building site, but now you start at the top.
  • A "man" is suspected of collaberating with the aliens, bring him back for interrogation. Map centered around long back alley between four buildings one of which is a laundromat.
  • Dr. Marazuki,a scientist, that has been keeping track of UFO activity is in danger, bring him back to the safely to find out what he has discovered. Map starts in an observatory on a cliff with fuel tanks and a storage house on your way to the Skyranger.
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