That theme's apparent too in Dark Events - the planned alien tech upgrades you can attempt to thwart via Guerrilla Ops missions. (pcgamesn.com)
While you can't actually control what these NPC's (you can have up to two teammates) do, as Squad Commander you can order them to do a wide number of things, like move to a certain position and flank, fire upon a specific enemy, use special abilities granted by alien tech and more. (glitchcat.com)
Included on the site is a breaking news item which reveals the fate of Will Smith's character Steven Hiller; entitled «Alien Tech Malfunction Kills Col. Hiller», the report reads: «While -LSB-...] (flickeringmyth.com)