So lot’s of things are happening, but the most important is perhaps the start of the MEC program. The OTS upgrades will eat up any money lying around. With money rolling in from the Exalt missions, it is possible to fund many projects, but it will never be enough. A thermo generator should be up, and that enables you to build laboratories, or an alien containment facility, or both. In July you should have a 2x2 block of satellite uplinks which allows you to grab a couple continent bonuses, and then be able to keep building a satellite uplink/nexus every month until full coverage has been accomplished. Interceptors are equipping laser cannons in June, and should soon benefit from modules and foundry upgrades. With a Laser/Carapace opening, Summer is the period when the XCOM project really starts to roll. This post is going to pick up from where we left off, right at the start of summer and carry through about September. My early game strategy post left off about midway through June, having gone the standard Laser/Carapace technology route.

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