I hate the UOD Bridge mission.
Been playing on Commander Iron-mode now after several run. Problem is, I never did manage to succeed past the UOD mission despite already researching everything up to that point and an all plasma weapon with 12 squads.
The first time I tried, I got wrecked hard because of my admittedly poor and reckless plan, and the two reinforcement timer making it difficult keeping track while playing. I relied a bit too much on the plasma MG to carry me through, causing several collateral damage to the wall and activating the group in the main room. I tried panic compensating to no avail.
So, fair's fair, I tried another run. This time, I got through the early game well enough with minimal casualties, the previous ones have a long casualties list, and research everything up to that point. This time, with the strategy of overwhelming firepower on one side while ignoring the other side, fully aware I'll be taking out only 3 reinforcement node thing.
And it went relatively well, until I got fucked over by a Serbillian, probably from the side I was ignoring, opening the door to the main room while I was setting up to storm the main room, activating the group there before everything was ready. Distracting me long enough for the reinforcement I was readying to ambush to jump me.
Two soldiers, of the four I was planning to hold back the reinforcement, died. Frustrating as it is, isn't to the point of starting a new run yet, do you have any advice on taking on this stupid mission for a future playthrough? Also, is it possible to just bailed this mission and try again later?