"I've Decided To Do Our First Alien Base Assault! Make Or Break Time!!" XCOM Long War Impossible

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"I've Decided To Do Our First Alien Base Assault! Make Or Break Time!!" XCOM Long War Modded Impossible (Chapter 183)
I can come up with no real reason to put this off. We need to do this! Let it be known, there is no retreat from this mission. We either do this or...I don't want to think about it. Join us today and send all the positive energy you have!!

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Here are the links to the different mods I am using (in no particular order):
Long War - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/88
Long War Mod Manager - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/620
Easy TexMod - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/525
Alien Sight Range Indicator - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/556
XCOM Interface and Gameplay Tweaks - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/474
(only using Geoscape Pause on Notifications for EU and EW, Hunker Down Fine Tune for LW, Tone
Down Overwatch Sound for EU and EW)
UPKUtils (for Patcher GUI) - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/448
Enhanced Tactical Info (for Long War) - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/554
Virtual Reality Training (for Long War) - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/569
Line-of-Sight Indicators - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/666
XCom Sleeve Genie (for Long War or vanilla XCom) - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/539
Military Retexture Pack for EW Long War - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/504
Enhanced Soldier Customization (for Long War) - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/607
Show Country Name (for Long War) - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/536
XCOM Mini Mods (EW and LW) - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/735
Gears of War - 10 Voicepacks for XCOM soldiers (for Long War and Vanilla) - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/550
Mass Effect - 2 Shepard Voicepacks for XCOM soldiers (for Long War and Vanilla) -https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/597
Steam Vent Location Tweak (for Long War) - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/699
Deadpool Voicepack for XCOM soldiers (for Long War and Vanilla) - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/564
Call of Duty Zombie Mode - 4 Voicepacks for XCOM soldiers(for Long War & Vanilla) - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/574
Map patches for LW1.0 - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/780
Normal Furies Music - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/840
Squadron Unleashed II(for Long War) - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/809
Meld Alarm For Long War - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/540
Show Officer Missions - https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/832
Fix Exalt Using Grenades and Rockets (Not in Nexusmods) - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/65fe7m1j1no5trezzd0eh/FixExaltUsingGrenadesAndRockets.zip?rlkey=8epxur42y0fyplqmqwocspp5v

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Memory: 32 GB RAM
Storage(2): SSD 1.9 TB & SSD 1.8 TB
Current resolution: 3840 x 2160, 60Hz

OTHER COMPLETED LIVESTREAMS:
The Lamplighters League. The playlist link follows:
   • The Lamplighter's League Stream  
Phantom Doctrine. Here's the playlist link:
   • Phantom Doctrine Stream  
Miasma Chronicles. Here's the playlist:
   • Miasma Chronicles Stream  
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden. Here's the playlist:
   • Mutant Year Zero Stream  

WE ALSO HAVE RECORDED LET'S PLAYS:
XCom 2 featuring the Long War Of The Chosen mod (LWOTC)
   • LWOTC Season 3 (Currently in progress)  

Vanilla Phoenix Point playing with ALL the DLC
   • Phoenix Point (Season 4) Kaos Engines (Cur...  

00:00 - Starting Soon
10:52 - A Situation Recap
19:16 - Let's Get Scanning
23:40 - Air Battle!
28:38 - ABA Mission Loadout
52:46 - ABA Operation Glass Smoke
01:04:35 - We Find The First Pod!
01:09:40 - First Pod Activation
01:25:00 - Second Pod Activation & Third Pod Seen!
01:52:28 - Third Pod Activated
02:19:30 - Wrap Up (To Be Continued)

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