XCOM Trost II: The War For Bellaphron

**XCOM Trost II: The War For Bellaphron** is an upcoming XCOM 2 campaign and a follow-up to XCOM Trost. After Trost had been painstakingly liberated by the crew of *The Avenger*, the ship began a voyage to other worlds conquered by the Elder Remnant, seeking to continue their campaign against the deceivers. Now joined by new faces, XCOM has begun an attempt at uprooting the control of another planet, Bellaphron. Unfortunately for them, The Elder Remnant is not so inclined to surrender.

Like its predecessor, XCOM Trost II will be managed, recorded and documented by Dewm, featuring characters submitted mostly by former HURP/Trost creators, and a wider circle of new friends and associates. The focus on this campaign was adding more content into the sandbox, and include more characters from people who would be more directly involved in the campaign and story. As a result, only a small number of characters in this campaign return from the previous, but there is a roster of new faces to round things out.

## Plot

After Trost had been fully liberated, XCOM, still aboard *The Avenger*, were warned by the Templars about an imminent threat, though vanished before investigations could be completed. After months of attempting to reestablish contact, there were no leads to be found. The Reapers, as one of the most motivated Insurrectionist cells, found themselves split between two very different ideologies: The Seperatists and The Insurgents. During the occupation of the Elders, the Reapers as a whole wanted to reestablish control of their homeworld, but found that there were those who wanted it independent from all parties (The Separatists) and those who wanted a return to UNSC affiliation (The Insurgents). Finally, the Skirmishers had left Trost entirely, seeking to wage their own war against the Elders on their own terms. With all three of the primary Insurrection cells XCOM had aligned themselves with, they proceeded alone, cautiously. Though there were those who kept the battle strategies and tactics of those warriors as they joined XCOM and the crew of *The Avenger*.

The XCOM and *The Avenger*, having taken to personally dealing with the Elders, have not yet officially joined the UNSC, acting AWOL, but ultimately due to the drastic length of time it had been, the UNSC have bothered little into looking for their lost personnel and planets. Now arriving at their destination of Bellaphron, XCOM have established a small degree of understanding as to the lay of the land, but found themselves ill-prepared for a trap.

The Elders had been consolidating power since the middle of the conflict on Trost at this new planet of Bellaphron. Upon their arrival, The Avenger was struck hard and forced to evade their enemy, complete with the arrival of the three Chosen XCOM had thought were defeated, but instead had set up their facilities on Bellaphron with full support from the Elders. As soon as they had begun their new war, XCOM was surprised with a return to the guerrilla warfare they had just come from. But the Elders had not considered one thing: that XCOM had already won a war on these terms, and are more than willing to do it again.

## Characters

XCOM Trost II sees the return of these characters:

* Marc Bedragare, returning with the callsign 'Lord'.
* Sean Moorland, returning with the nickname 'Big Boss'.
* Lynnette-A043, returning with the callsign 'Yellowjacket'.
* August-G043 (Appeared as Augustus-G342 in XCOM Trost)
* Athena McKnight
* Veronica Martins
* Seras-B202
* Roger Caspiner
* Samuel Caster

XCOM Trost II also features an ensemble of new characters:

* Antonio 'Vaquero' Nevarro
* Ensis 'Urden
* Hailey Raines
* Edward Ironside
* Emmet Collins
* Jin Shin
* Butch Wayne
* Thane Ärlige
* Rhos 'Sevai
* Alain-G312
* Eric Parker
* Islay Templestone
* Jackie Quantum
* Avaxus 'Colonel Dumb' Stultus

This is not the full roster of characters.