So I'm playing the game on classic and panic gets crazy… thus far everything was running smoothly until it so happens the UK is now on 5 bars of panic… and it already has a satellite on it… and at the start of this month I completed the alien base assault… I see no possible way to decrease the panic on the UK since any chance I could have had (UFO over the nation, terror mission, or other mission) doesn't seem to be happening… I'm 11 days from the month's end, is it just a fact that I will loose the UK? cos this will make me grumpy, I wanted to keep everyone in.
(only for those who care: with the way abductions were panning out it was either loosing the UK or china and japan… and 2 nations vs 1 better keep 2… by now it seems it's almost impossible to keep every nation in on Classic unless you go through the game perfectly)
Best Answer
If it already has a satellite and you've destroyed the alien base, that's probably it. Those are the only on-demand ways to reduce panic so the UK will almost certainly leave at the end of the month.
There are events that could reduce panic, but only if you're lucky. A terror mission in Europe (or better still, in the UK itself) would reduce the panic levels if you saved enough civilians. Certain council missions also reduce panic on a continent or worldwide scale.
If you're resigned to losing the UK anyway, there is one thing you could do. Accuse them of harbouring the Exalt Base. If you're right, you find the Exalt base. If you're wrong, you lose a country that you'd lose anyway.