<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=212567.msg10444230#msg10444230">Quote from: ThisOneGal on 01-09-2014, 22:55:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">That sounds good. There will have to be a time jump between the terror attack and them bonding though: Riley's pre-game arc is discovery &gt; retrieval &gt; training &gt; deployment. Sam is unlikely to be around for retrieval, and given that the GM wants her psionic abilities to be kept under wraps, he'll probably veto her being present for her training.<br/><br/>&gt; On a tangent here, but one explanation/cover for a barely trained rookie being on the squad could be that Riley is with 'Intelligence' or an R&amp;D field agent. This has the advantage of being technically true (although she's the experiment, not the researcher) and explains why she's inept at combat.<br/><br/>Bear in mind that the terror mission Riley is discovered on is a failure; Sam could be the first XCOM soldier she meets when they come to clean up and properly assess the situation.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>So we flashback to when Sam recovers Riley, then fast forward to the present moment?  Sam sees that Riley is assigned to her unit, and stops by to catch up?