Missions represent the Bureau's ground operations in The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. During missions the player controls Agent William Carter as he directs his team, engages the alien ground forces and locates objectives.
Mission Categories[]
Major Operations[]
These missions are vital to national security and the Bureau's objectives; these missions advance the game's narrative and are required to complete the game.
- Invasion!, the beginning and the attack on Groom Range.
- The Doctor, which focuses on the rescue of Dr Alan Weir.
- Signal From Beyond
- Not of this Earth
- Crack in the World
- The Last War
- The Day the Sky Fell
Each mission except for the last is followed by a base visit, which advances the plot and unlocks additional operations.
Minor Operations[]
These missions are optional for Agent Carter and his team but allow for the gathering of extra experience and alien tech.
- Operation: Guardian
- Operation: Grifter
- Operation: Vendetta
- Operation: Longsword
- Operation: Hawkeye
- Operation: Firestorm
- Operation: Angel
- Operation: Codebreakers (DLC)
Dispatch[]
These pseudo missions allow Agent Carter to dispatch individual agents on investigations and other tasks that don't require a full team; these missions effectively allow for the ranking up of secondary team members without risking them in direct combat.
Investigation[]
These pseudo missions allow Agent Carter to perform solo investigations and other tasks around the base that don't require a full team; these missions typically don't involve any direct combat.
- Investigation: Radio Interference
- Investigation: Find Missing Silacoid
- Investigation: Sleepwalkers
- Investigation: Keeping Things Secure
- Investigation: Cure
- Investigation: Test Flight
Behind the scenes[]
- Several missions were cut:
- (minor) Operation: Claymore: Sabotage Weapons Platform - XCOM intel has discovered a weapons platform of incredible power under construction in a secret Outsider facility. Sabotage this weapon before it becomes operational.
- (minor) Operation: Hammer: Recover Intel - A cargo plane carrying key strategic intelligence has been shot down by the Outsiders. Head to the crash site and recover this intel.
- A minor CommTower operation.
- A minor operation set in a Pasture.