So i'm doing a retaliation mission and my colonel reaper(elena dragunova) is mind controlled by the warlock. the problem is he is immune to flashbangs. Also waiting 4 turns for the mind control to be over is not an option since the dumb resistance soldiers keep shooting her just like they would shoot a regular enemy. i alt-f4'd the game(ironman/legend) which i am not proud of. i do have the frost bomb but i don't think freezing the warlock or elena is going to help me. the worst thing is she is not going to bleed out since technically she is an enemy(i'm assuming this).
How do i save my reaper? đ
EDIT: I have no psi operatives, all remaining 5 soldiers have plasma,beam weapons and of rank major with bladestorm and untouchable abilities.
No mind shields, no grenades.
3 berserkers, 2 mutons,2 codexes,a chrysallid producing thing, a faceless, warlock with 50hp and 7 armor.
On a More Important Note: The Objective here is to keep her from dying, everything(and i do mean everything) else is secondary.
Best Answer
If keeping the Reaper alive is your only priority, then simply EVAC the remaining soldiers as quickly as you can. This will fail the mission, costing you that Resistance contact⌠but Elena will live. Given the situation you described, the mission is probably a lost cause anyway.
If you have one soldier left that is MC'd by the Warlock, then the mission will immediately fail with them being Captured. I know this from when I was doing the Codex Brain Coordinates mission with a single soldier. I'm not sure if this stays the same for retaliation strikes, but the objectives are fairly similar so you should be good.
After the mission, you can locate them through the Resistance Ring (with L2 bondmates if possible) as soon as your current covert action is finished, and then mount a rescue.
This has the following additional side effects; I really don't believe in a true "nothing else matters" scenario unless you have an Instant-Win Condition or are faced with a game over if you fail: