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* PensieveFlashback: Chapter 35 sees Patricia experiences a memory from Creed's [[AbusiveParents childhood]] by entering his mind in order to save him after he is psionically trapped by a Sectoid Hive Commander.
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* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: Following ''Hades Contingency'''s 2022 revision, there will be a similar revision done for this story once ''Advent Directive'' is concluded. Among the changes to expect (according to [[WordOfGod Xabiar]]) are:
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* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: Following ''Hades Contingency'''s 2022 revision, there will be a similar revision done for this story once ''Advent Directive'' is concluded. Among the changes to expect (according to [[WordOfGod Xabiar]]) ([[WordOfGod as stated in the author's Discord server]]) are:
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* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: Following ''Hades Contingency'''s 2022 revision, there will be a similar revision done for this story once ''Advent Directive'' is concluded. Among the changes to expect (according to [[WordOfGod Xabiar]]) are:
** A continuation of the changes and new plotlines kickstarted in the 2022 edition (such as the Ennor assassination);
** Further expansion on global politics, particularly in Africa and South America, as well as EXALT's overall influence.
** As far as specific characters go, one of the intended goals is to expand Ethan's role in the story.
** A continuation of the changes and new plotlines kickstarted in the 2022 edition (such as the Ennor assassination);
** Further expansion on global politics, particularly in Africa and South America, as well as EXALT's overall influence.
** As far as specific characters go, one of the intended goals is to expand Ethan's role in the story.
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A revision for ''Atlas Protocol'' is in the works, set to follow up on the story changes present in ''Hades Contingency'''s own revision.
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A revision for ''Atlas Protocol'' is in the works, planning stages, set to follow up on the story changes present in ''Hades Contingency'''s own revision.
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* {{Doorstopper}}: At ~570k words, it's bigger than ''Hades Contingency'', even ''after'' the 2022 Edition.
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* ShoutOut: One of XCOM's snipers is named[[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} Mordecai.]]
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* BarrierWarrior: The main bread-and-butter of defensive psions, like Iosif.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: There are two main antagonists working together: Saudia Vyandar, Director of EXALT, and [[spoiler:The Ravaged One, the Ethereal in charge of the aliens' operations on Earth]]. [[spoiler:However, by the time the latter enters the story proper, Saudia breaks off the alien-EXALT pact, and the organization itself ends up collaborating with XCOM after Ashes and Temples.]]
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* BigBadDuumvirate: There are two main antagonists working together: Saudia Vyandar, Director of EXALT, and [[spoiler:The Ravaged One, the Ethereal in charge of the aliens' operations on Earth]]. [[spoiler:However, by the time the latter enters the story proper, Saudia breaks off begins moving against him and the alien-EXALT pact, aliens in secret, and the organization itself ends up collaborating with XCOM after Ashes and Temples.]]
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The story takes place after the (mostly) successful execution of Operation: Gangplank (the downing of the alien dreadnought over China). As XCOM continues to fight the alien incursions, the Council of Nations, wary of the Commander, send in a liaison to keep watch over him, while Patrick Rush assembles a team of intelligence operatives to investigate his actions.
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The story takes place after the (mostly) successful execution of Operation: Gangplank (the downing of the alien dreadnought over China). As XCOM continues to fight the alien incursions, the Council of Nations, wary of the Commander, send in a liaison to keep watch over him, while Patrick Rush assembles simultaneously assembling a team of intelligence operatives to investigate his actions.
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: [[spoiler:Chapter 42 features Operation Ashes and Temples (AKA the dreaded Base Defense), led by none other than the [[BigBad Ravaged One]] himself.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Ravaged One is revealed to be the Ethereal controlling the Collective's operations on Earth, making him this.]]
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* BigBad: BigBadDuumvirate: There are two main antagonists working together: Saudia Vyandar, Director of EXALT, and [[spoiler:The Ravaged One is revealed to be One, the Ethereal controlling in charge of the Collective's aliens' operations on Earth, making him this.Earth]]. [[spoiler:However, by the time the latter enters the story proper, Saudia breaks off the alien-EXALT pact, and the organization itself ends up collaborating with XCOM after Ashes and Temples.]]
