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This is the lightest of the Alien weapons, favoured by Sectoids. It fires a globe of plasma, an energetic state of matter at incredible temperatures that can vapourise steel!
The standard Alien
weapon used by most races.
The most powerful weapon the Aliens normally carry, the heavy plasma rifle can knock out a tank with a single shot!
A guided missile launcher, the
blaster launcher is the most powerful infantry weapon available. It's
Elerium 115 powered projectiles detonate on impact with a force equal to a
2,000lb aircraft bomb!
This nasty little device uses Elerium 115 to create a very powerful explosion, most Aliens carry two of these devices and thus can be quite deadly. They have fuses that can be set from instantaneous to an hour in length. Being so light they can also be thrown very far, distance = to user's Strength x 4metres.
The small launcher is a special weapon developed
by the Aliens to capture live prey, it can also be used against the
Aliens themselves!
Utilizing a combination of chilling and electrical shock, the small
launcher's bomb on impact explodes affecting a wide area, like High
Explosives this diminishes with distance, -1 dice per 2 metres distance
from the initial burst.It can be targetted against an individual
creature (normal attack roll needed, but a hit means that damage can be
no less than half maximum: 27 hp); or against an area (an attack roll
vs. AC5 is normally needed in such cases).
This amazing little device actual reads the mind
of any creature it isused on, their is no saving throw or way to avoid
the scan, short of not being seen. It lists a creatures combat skills
and all kinds of useful information. Basically, all combat information
of any creature is gained, be they XCOM or Alien! Armour Class, Hit
Dice, levels, THAC0, current hit points, psionic save bonuses or
penalties, Intelligence, current weapon readied and Morale are all
displayed.
At the heart of the UFOs
are these incredible devices, they use a 99% efficient antimatter/matter
reaction created using Elerium 115 to generate a gravity wave, the craft
then flies "in" this, effectively inertia has no effect on
these craft, and since thye fly in their own "bubble" of space
they make no sound in Earth's atmosphere either!
The UFOs are guided by a complex system that manipulates the craft's gravity waves to the local terrain based on optical and magnetic information. It can be easily adapted to human use.
An element that is isn't native to Earth, or that can be synthesized, Elerium 115 is used by the Aleins to produce much of their power, be it for UFOs or weapons. When bombarded by certain particles or energies, it causes an antimatter/matter reaction of incredible efficiency. Note that when talking of amounts of Elerium 115, much of the actual weight is the special containers it's stored in, so "1kg of Elerium" captured or used in a project may actual be just 1 gram! Due to its reactivity, only an idiot would remove the Elerium from it's casing.
The Aliens utilize a special form of electromagnetic furnace to create metal alloys of incredible strength, light weight and resistance to corrosion. All of the materials, fortunately, can be found on Earth, so XCOm can produce its own hyper strength alloys! These materials are +4 quality, that is, they get a +4 to all saves or if used as a weapon or armour would give a +4 bonus.
The Aliens utilize strange devices that give off psionic waves to induce sensory input, much like hallucinogenic drug would on a human. This seems to be the only indication that the Aliens have any form of social life.
The Aliens capture organisms and put them in vats filled with highly corrosive, flesh eating enzymes. Later they ingest this directly into their bloodstreams! It seems they aliens have a strong relationships with Terran life.
These bulky devices have many lasers and probes designed for harvesting body parts or genetic experimentation. Much of the "cattle mutilations" that are reported must be due to this.
Rarely, XCOM may capture an Alien Reproduction chamber, in an Alien Base or when a Supply Ship is captured. These devices produce Aliens via advanced cloning methods.
Bizzare as it may seem, dead aliens are actually valuable! Prices do vary, labs use them for many areas of research. |
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NOTES: manufacturing ammunition requires 1/10th the
amount of engineer hours to create the full device, i.e. 120 hours
to make a Blaster Launcher Bomb.
