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Alien Habitat

2024-11-02T14:48:30Z

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[[Image:Alien_Habitat.png|thumb|right|End Of Mission (EOM) report of a Medium Scout with the 5 chairs set as Alien Habitat in the U_WALL02.MCD file.]]This UFO Recovery object is an unused feature that cannot be recovered, sold or researched during a normal game since you will never retrieve it from tactical missions. However, if you set an object normally on the battlescape to be Alien Habitat, you will recover it at the end of the mission (1 point per unit). Back at base, you can sell the Habitats for $100 per unit because it has an entry in [[PURCHASE.DAT]]. Unfortunately, it does not have a [[RESEARCH.DAT]] entry (thus preventing you from researching it) or a [[UP.DAT]] entry (allowing you to see the topic in the UFOPaedia). <br clear="all">

==See Also==
* [[UFO Recovery Values]]

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Alien Reproduction

2024-11-02T14:46:02Z

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==General Information==
[[Image:Alienreproduction.png|right]]
These chambers contain alien foetuses. The design of these containers seems to suggest that the aliens which use this process rely completely on laboratory reproduction. The rich nutrients ensure rapid development of the foetus. This factory line system could generate thousands of alien clones in a short space of time. The process could be easily adapted for human reproduction, or alien-human hybrids.
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==Additional Information==

This is an unused feature that can't be researched during a normal game since you will never retrieve it from tactical missions. This research can only be done by editing one of the saved game files and assigning 1 unit of Alien Reproduction to the stores of one of your bases.

Although no hybrids appear in ''[[X-COM]]'', they are seen in the later ''[[Apocalypse|X-COM: Apocalypse]]''.

==See Also==
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* [[UFO Recovery Values]]
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Harvester

2024-11-02T14:40:46Z

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==General Information==
The Harvester has a trap door in its base and is equipped with lifting gear to haul up cattle or other beasts. Laser cutters are used to extract the desired material and the carcass is dumped on the ground. There are also storage containers for body parts.

The Harvester is usually operated by Floaters, with occasional joyrides by other races.

This ship appears in ''[[X-COM|UFO: Enemy Unknown]]''. For the ''[[TFTD|Terror from the Deep]]'' equivalent, refer to the [[Heavy Cruiser]].

==Statistics==
<table {{StdCenterTable}}>
<tr {{StdDescTable_Heading}}><th align="left">Statistic</th>
<th>Value</th></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Size</td><td>Medium</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Max Speed(km)</td><td>4,000</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Weapon Power</td><td>40</tr>
<tr><td align="left">Weapon Range(km)</td><td>20</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Weapon Range(range units)</td><td>160</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Damage Capacity</td><td>500</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">UFO Downed points</td><td>250</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">UFO Destroyed points</td><td>500</td></tr>
</table><br />

==Additional Information==

Successful Alien Harvest missions will give you -30 points.

==Battle Notes==
The Harvester, or "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House Winchester Mansion] of the Stars," is widely accepted as proof that the concept of "lowest bidder" is known and feared throughout the galaxy. The internal layout is confusing at best, bordering on schizophrenic. The craft has more grav-lift wells than it has floors. The southern entryway is completely isolated from the rest of that floor, requiring one to ascend to the first floor then back down to move between them. On the second floor, there is a door that opens to nothing but the floor below. (Since the floor below encompasses the Alien Surgery, it might be assumed that this is some sort of Floater Viewing Deck for dissections? Sort of like the observations rooms in human hospitals?) On the third floor is a bridge larger than the command chamber of the Battleship. ... In addition, the Harvester has the unique privelege of having the same number of Power Sources as the Avenger... but has 10 times the UFO Navigations. Now we know why Floaters are prone to start games of "hunt the alien"... they get lost easily without navigational aid.
* If you have heavy plasma here, use it to make some new doors-- particularly on the ground floor, where you may want an access point between the southern lift chamber and the rest of that deck.
* Flying units may want to use the deadfall door above the harvesting chamber to access the first floor.
* Keep in mind that floaters (and Ethereals, if you catch them slumming in this ship) can use that deadfall door without trouble.
* With the labyrinthian structure, it might be better just to set up an ambush around both exits, or just block the southern exit's grav lift, taking advantage of the elevator shields, and ambush the Eastern exit.

== Recoverable Components ==
<table {{StdCenterTable}}>
<tr {{StdDescTable_Heading}}><th align="left">Item</th>
<th>Sell Price</th>
<th>Quantity</th>
<th>Value</th></tr>
<tr><td align="left">UFO Power Source</td><td>$250,000</td><td>2</td><td>$500,000</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">UFO Navigation</td><td>$80,000</td><td>10</td><td>$800,000</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Alien Food</td><td>$5,000</td><td>14</td><td>$70,000</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Alien Surgery</td><td>$38,000</td><td>8</td><td>$304,000</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Alien Entertainment</td><td>$20,000</td><td>0</td><td>$0</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Examination Room</td><td>$9,000</td><td>0</td><td>$0</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Alien Alloys</td><td>$6,500</td><td>97</td><td>$630,500</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Elerium-115</td><td>$5,000</td><td>100</td><td>$500,000</td></tr>
<tr><th colspan="3">Totals</th><td>$2,804,500</td></tr>
</table><br />
Also see [[UFO Recovery Values#Harvester|UFO Recovery Values]].

==Alien Deployment==
<table width="100%" cellpadding="5"><tr>
<td><table {{StdCenterTable}}>
<caption><b>Sectoids/Floaters</b></caption>
<tr {{StdDescTable_Heading}}><th align="left">Rank</th>
<th>Beg./Exp.</th>
<th>Vet./Gen.</th>
<th>Super.</th></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Soldiers</td><td>5-9</td><td>7-11</td><td>9-13</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Navigators</td><td>1</td><td>1*</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Medics</td><td>1</td><td>1*</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Engineers</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Leaders</td><td>1-2</td><td>1-2</td><td>1-2</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Commanders</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Terrorists</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><th>Totals</th><td>10-15</td><td>12-17</td><td>16-21</td></tr>
</table></td>
<td><table {{StdCenterTable}}>
<caption><b>Snakemen</b></caption>
<tr {{StdDescTable_Heading}}><th align="left">Rank</th>
<th>Beg./Exp.</th>
<th>Vet./Gen.</th>
<th>Super.</th></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Soldiers</td><td>6-10</td><td>8-12*</td><td>11-15</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Navigators</td><td>1</td><td>1*</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Medics</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Engineers</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Leaders</td><td>1-2</td><td>1-2</td><td>1-2</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Commanders</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Terrorists</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><th>Totals</th><td>10-15</td><td>12-17</td><td>16-21</td></tr>
</table></td>
<td><table {{StdCenterTable}}>
<caption><b>Mutons</b></caption>
<tr {{StdDescTable_Heading}}><th align="left">Rank</th>
<th>Beg./Exp.</th>
<th>Vet./Gen.</th>
<th>Super.</th></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Soldiers</td><td>7-12</td><td>9-14*</td><td>12-17</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Navigators</td><td>1</td><td>1*</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Medics</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Engineers</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Leaders</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Commanders</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Terrorists</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><th>Totals</th><td>10-15</td><td>12-17</td><td>16-21</td></tr>
</table></td>
<td><table {{StdCenterTable}}>
<caption><b>Ethereals</b></caption>
<tr {{StdDescTable_Heading}}><th align="left">Rank</th>
<th>Beg./Exp.</th>
<th>Vet./Gen.</th>
<th>Super.</th></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Soldiers</td><td>5-9</td><td>7-11</td><td>9-13</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Navigators</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Medics</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Engineers</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Leaders</td><td>5-6</td><td>5-6*</td><td>7-8</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Commanders</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Terrorists</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><th>Totals</th><td>10-15</td><td>12-17</td><td>16-21</td></tr>
</table></td></tr></table>
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Needs testing to determine actual number.

==Floor Plans==
<gallery>
Image:Harvester_0.gif|Level 0
Image:Harvester_1.gif|Level 1
Image:Harvester_2.gif|Level 2
</gallery>

==Terrain Maps==
<gallery>
Image:UFO_130MAP-L1.JPG|Level 0
Image:UFO_130MAP-L2.JPG|Level 1
Image:UFO_130MAP-L3.JPG|Level 2
Image:UFO_130MAP.JPG|Level 3
</gallery>

==See Also==
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[[Category: UFOs (EU)]][[Category: Research (EU)]][[Category:Tactics]]
[[Category:Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense]]

Elerium-115

2024-11-02T14:34:25Z

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'''In other languages: [[엘레리움-115|한국어]].'''

'''Elerium''', otherwise known as element 115, is the energy source for all alien technologies. Mined from reserves near [[Cydonia]], it has a variety of uses. However, it cannot be found on Earth.

This item appears in ''[[X-COM|UFO: Enemy Unknown]] (1994)'', ''[[Enemy Unknown (EU2012)|XCOM: Enemy Unknown]]'' (2012), and ''[[The Bureau: XCOM Declassified]]''. For the ''[[TFTD|Terror from the Deep]]'' equivalent, refer to [[Zrbite]].

== Stats ==
<table><tr><td>[[Image:BIGOBS56.GIF|left|64 px]]</td><td>
*Size: 1 high x 1 wide
*Weight: 3
*Sell Price: $5000</td></tr></table>

== Obtaining Elerium ==
Elerium cannot be synthesized on Earth; it can only be obtained from [[UFO Assault]]s or [[Alien Base Assault]]s. Elerium is housed within [[UFO Power Source]]s, and is very fragile. If upon starting a UFO assault you find a UFO Power Source to have been destroyed (as a result of a crash landing), its Elerium will surely have been destroyed as well. Be careful about using explosives near intact UFO Power sources, as the Elerium within is easily toasted!

At the end of a successful mission, any Elerium contained within intact UFO Power Sources will be automatically collected and returned to your base. If for some reason you need to end a mission prematurely, you can still collect Elerium by hand, by shooting open a UFO Power Source (generally with a plasma weapon). For more on securing Elerium in this way, see UFO Power Sources.

Perhaps the most efficient way to gain a stock of Elerium is to find an Alien Base and attack the [[Supply ship|Supply Ships]] as they land nearby. Leave the base intact to attract more supply ships, as the Elerium is worth more than the score penalty (150 units per intact Supply Ship). See details [[Supply ship smash and grab|here]].

UFO Power Sources can also be found in ''some'' Alien Bases, if they have a particular base "module". You can raid such a base without having to win the mission, and have a soldier carry the Elerium back to the entry lift and then abort (see [[Alien Base Assault#Smash And Grab]] for more details). Attacking the base's Supply Ships is likely to be a safer and more reliable source of Elerium, however; see [[UFO Recovery Values#Alien Base Assaults]] for more details.

On the map, Elerium appears as a purple ball (the same graphic as a [[Stun Bomb]] on the ground). This object is worth 50 points of Elerium. During [[Base Defence]], some of your own Elerium from stores may appear on the battlescape. This is a Good Thing™ if you win the mission, as each unit is represented as a pod and can be recovered for ''fifty'' units. This is probably a bug and appears to be absent from the Collector's Edition.

== Uses ==
Don't sell Elerium. Although you do have the option to do so, this is to be discouraged. It is used to fuel the [[Firestorm]], the [[Lightning]], and the [[Avenger]]. It is also used, in varying amounts, to [[manufacture]] most [[Alien Artefacts]], [[Flying Suit]]s, and various other technologies. Given that you can only obtain Elerium in the battlefield, selling it is not a good idea. Furthermore, the market price is a real rip-off, it will only fetch you $5,000 per unit. Consider that the highly abundant Alien Alloys are worth $6500 each. Furthermore, which would you rather have, 1 Blaster Bomb or $15,000? 1 Stun Bomb or $5000?

==Other Games==
===Enemy Unknown (2012)===

See [[Elerium (EU2012)]]

===The Bureau===
[[Image:Elerium-ore-The_Bureau.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Raw Elerium ore, as depicted in [[The_Bureau:_XCOM_Declassified|The Bureau]].]]

While not a resource itself in this squad-based shooter, the energy packs serving as ammunition for laser and plasma weaponry almost certainly are Elerium-based power cells. Furthermore, it's stated that the invading alien forces have been on Earth for some measure of time, and have been seeding Elerium into the Earth, to prepare the planet for terraforming operations. Indeed, the first level is in Groom Range, Nevada (AKA: Area 51), where the United States has been conducting research into Elerium technology. We see the Outsiders dropping generator "Seeds" into the ground, which absorb the surrounding Elerium-enriched land, terraforming the areas and using the crushed materials to grow massive Towers that are central to their invasion.

In the first level, which passes through an Elerium Lab, a sample of unprocessed Elerium can be seen bouncing violently inside a containment unit: a green glowing substance, caked with dark brown clods. It is unclear whether this is pure Elerium in it's true form, or the result of Elerium contaminted with local earth (or vice versa).

== Element 115 in reality ==
In 1979, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry recommended the name ''ununpentium'' (Uup) be used of the then-unconfirmed element 115. It was only created briefly in atomic laboratories in 2004. Research in 2013 again [http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/28/world/europe/new-chemical-element/ confirmed] its existence, but it does not appear to be the subject of much research. The element was given the name [http://iupac.org/elements.html moscovium (Mc)] in late 2016, with the naming ceremony being held in March 2017.

Element 115's inclusion into UFO mythos –and thus into X-COM's lore– began when UFO 'researcher' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lazar Robert Lazar] made several [http://www.beyondweird.com/element115.html claims] about E-115 in the 1980's. For example, he claimed that it would be the only element that had a gravitational field extending past its own atomic 'shell'. This deviance from the normal rule would be so significant that perhaps the technologies seen in the X-COM series could become a reality – anti-gravity devices used for both flight and particle acceleration.

However, the basis for Lazar's presumption is based on his misunderstanding (or [http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Element_115 outright lie]) of the relativistic effects involved in large atoms, specifically that of element 83, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuth bismuth]. The relation to 83 to 115 is based on the fact that some elemental properties of atoms can be predicted based on the number of protons (which define the Atomic Number), reflected in the organizational system of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table Periodic Table]: element 115 would be placed directly below 83 and within the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_metal Poor Metal]" Series and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pnictogen Group 15] elements, and should hence share some properties.

Thus, 83 was chosen because 115 would be just outside the known, well-researched, and easily acquired elements, but potentially in the theoretical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability Island of Stability]. This puts it in a realm of (conditional) plausibility, but well outside the range of casual experimentation – as opposed to, say, the ease of disproving the "magical" effects of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy homeopathy] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_therapy magnetic bracelets].

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