05:06 (UTC +1)
In Mission Control, Hagen and the rest of the present XCOM staff mulled the new development over.
"I don't like this. Not with the Grenade there." Hagen said.
"Neither do I" agreed Attano, before adding "Let me speak over the radio, maybe I can talk him down."
"Putting you through on the POI's frequency now"
And so Lucas Attano spoke, both in French and broken Arabic, into the radio mic, repeating the same message: "We are here to help you, put down your weapons and let us help."; but there was no response, save a groan.
"He appears to be in shock" concluded Dr. Vahlen "He most likely will not respond to the actions of our troops, regardless of what they do."
"Even still, I don't like this. Something's not right." Hagen pondered aloud.
"Ma'am!" came the call from one of the TP&I techs "We have the thermal picture on the warehouse. You'd better take a look at this..."
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"Delta, do not approach, I repeat, do not approach. We've just got the thermal picture on the warehouse, and we're seeing you, the POI, and six, I say again, six unknown contacts. They're all on the small side, but we can clearly make out one that's pretty close to the POI, just a couple meters behind him, it looks like. There are 3 just off to your right, and two to your left. The POI's bait in the trap, one of you keep a gun on him and the rest of you sweep and clear the hostiles. They're most likely waiting for you to move towards the POI, so they won't be expecting you to catch them from the side. Clear them out, then secure the POI, over."