Patrol Route

Mission Parameters

 * Closed deploy 5
 * Turn goal: 6
 * Starting squad: Captain, Nyra, Soldier, Soldier, Scout
 * Starting SP: 260
 * Base XP on Easy: 80
 * Base RP on Easy: 80
 * Secondary objectives: 2
 * Max turrets: 4
 * Enemies: Cultists

Objectives

 * The primary objective is kill a certain number of Cultists (about 25?).


 * One secondary objective is in the building north-west of the starting location. Another is in the building to the south-southeast.

Walkthrough
This is the first mission against Cultists. They are very easy to kill, so how much damage Templars make matters little. A lowly Sentry Turret 3 is enough to make one-shot kills most of the time, too. On the hand, most of the Cultist units - especially the Snipers - are capable of inflicting considerable damage, and they are all ranged fighters. Apart from Auto-Block, there is no good defense against ranged attacks, so respec everyone for HP by raising Fortitude and use +HP Gear. The Soldier equips a long-range Leviathan Rifle.

Score & Speed
Swap in a Flash Field Engineer with Sentry Turret 3 for the second Soldier. Pull everyone briefly together to buff up with Rallying Charge, Pressing Need, Warding Fire and Power Field. Have the Engineer set up a turret to cover the passage leading to the west. Stay behind the turret. Next turn drop another one to Overwatch the south. The Captain goes into the north-west building, collects the secondary, and goes to the other exit of the building. Grenades and shoots the Cultists beyond that door. Nyra shall go into the south-southeast building to collect the secondary there, and carefully exit through the other door to kill some cultists quickly. The Soldier's Overwatch catches everyone approaching from the bridge at the north-east, while the Scout initiates Null Field and snipes enemies coming from the north.

Finishing in 4 turns is doable, but Templars must really spread out to do so which increases the risk. With high HP builds and careful positioning the risk is minimal.

Safety
Same as the previous approach, but don't use Rallying Charge and after collecting the secondaries retreat from the buildings and let Cultists come to you.