Savage X-COM: XCOM Structure

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X-COM

Vigilo Confido: I am Watchful, I am Relied Upon

The Extraterrestrial Combat Unit, AKA X-COM, is a multinational organization under the aegis of the Council of Funding Nations. It is tasked with managing the alien presence on Earth and repelling the current invasion. It's members are made up of the best and the brightest from every nation. Top soldiers, scientists, engineers and pilots have been gathered together so that the whole might be greater than the sum of the parts.

The organization operates from a secret headquarters under Andermatt Mountain in Switzerland. Outside of that, numerous military bases across the world have been requisitioned by the organization to serve as bases for local teams handling the alien incursion in various regions.

Originally established in the 1950s as an American agency, X-COM was retasked in 1963 as an international group, put under command of the Council of Funding Nations. However, it saw very little action until recently, aside from a brief period in [REDACTED BY ORDERS OF COUNCIL]. The attacks in the last few years have convinced the world governments that national militaries are insufficient, and X-COM should be reactivated.

Since the start of the war, X-COM has activated primary military bases on all continents, with additional support bases under construction. Teams of highly trained commandos have been called into service and given as much information as they can about the new foe. Labs are researching the few fragments of alien knowledge, and are awaiting the spoils of the battlefield. Highly advanced interceptors and satellites are ready to secure the sky. And, should X-COM prove that they can make capable use of all these resources, the backing nations will continue to fund the program. The world governments have turned to X-COM as a last resort, and questions about the effectiveness of the program remain.

X-COM's sister agency is known as X-INT, the Extraterrestrial Intelligence Unit. Their task was to monitor for alien activity and provide recommendations on whether or not the program needed to be activated. Like X-COM, it's members are composed of intelligence agents from every nation, recruited under the same aegis. With the alien onslaught beginning, their task is now to support X-COM with intelligence, while rooting out alien spies, infiltrators and collaborators.

X-COM's operational guidelines are Survive, Adapt, Win; taken from a speech given by X-COM's first director, Myron Faulke. X-COM faces an impossible foe. An alien species that bridges the gulf between stars, and has technology far in advance of our own. Therefore, there strengths must be taken by X-COM and made ours. X-COM must survive the attacks, take the enemies technology and develop it into armor and weapons that can be used to fight back and push the invaders off the planet.

The current director of X-COM is Seth Black, a highly proficient director who worked for numerous nations and corporations across the world, making countless enemies with his blunt force approach to politics, while also getting the job done; before being forced into retirement by the American government. The Council brought him on specifically because of this experience.

Senior Staff

• Office of the Supreme Commander of The Extraterrestrial Combat Unit: Seth Black
• Central Officer of Military Operations: Colonel John Bradford
• Head of Research: Dr Moira Vahlen
• Chief Engineer: Dr Raymond Shen
• Administrator of X-INT: Claire Sorel
• Wing Commander: Malysheva Denisovna

Major X-COM Facilities

• Headquarters: Located under Andermatt Mountain. Fully equipped base for operations in Europe. Four wings of interceptors, two skyrangers
• Area 51: Primary strike and operations base. Equipped for operations in North America. Three wings of interceptors, two skyrangers
• Mother One: Primary research facility located in the Black Forest in Germany.

Council of Funding Nations

The Council of Funding Nations (CFN, or Council for short) are the primary backers and directors of the Extraterrestrial Combat Unit (X-COM), though they do not micromanage day to day operations. An international organization, similar to the UN but far more covert, the Council has existed since the sixties, maintaining an intelligence network across the globe. At various points, they've operated through front organizations, such as the International Astrophysical Commission, but at the moment are completely covert save for their relationship with the funding nations and X-COM.

Officially, they are responsible for monitoring and countering alien activity on earth, negotiating with representative governments and providing reports on X-COM's activity. In practical terms, they serve as the go between for X-COM and the countries backing it. They provide the money and equipment sourced from the funding nations, and serve to distribute recovered technology and artifacts to the backers.

The CFN is divided into three tiers. Tier I nations are the primary backers of X-COM, and the founders of the Council. Tier II nations are minor nations that receive X-COM benefits, but don’t contribute as much and in return, will receive much less recovered technology. The Tier III nations are non-members who must, nonetheless, be observed for potential alien infiltration.

The Council's role is also to suppress knowledge of alien activity on Earth from the public. In light of the very overt activity of the present invaders, this mandate is no longer possible.

The organization of the Council is mostly classified. The primary council consists of a single member from each Tier I Funding Nation, led by the Council Representative. The Command Staff of X-COM interact primarily with the Council representative. The Representative's identity is classified while he or she holds that position. Former known representatives include General James L. Henderson (deceased, 2005).

The Council Representative meets with the X-COM command staff at the end of each month to pass along the reactions of the funding nations and provide the next month's budget. While the Council Representative is the primary point of contact, members of national governments can and will request meetings with the X-COM command staff so they can judge for themselves what utility X-COM is having, and make specific requests (which can be granted or denied at the discretion of the Supreme Commander).

The Council Representative will also pass along intelligence gathered by the Council, and mission requests for specific incidences of alien activity.