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J2Greene: note on repeats of Special Terror Missions

2025-03-25T22:34:42Z

note on repeats of Special Terror Missions

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	Randomized alien pods in terror missions pull from the "terror pod" pool, not the "soldier pod" pool, which contains [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Types\|different alien types]] that appear at different rates.		Randomized alien pods in terror missions pull from the "terror pod" pool, not the "soldier pod" pool, which contains [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Types\|different alien types]] that appear at different rates.

			'''Special Terror Missions'''

	Note that some terror missions have twists added to them:		Note that some terror missions have twists added to them:
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	The Boss has Absorption Fields, Light Em Up, a significant boost to its base damage, and excellent aim, making it capable of annihilating an unprepared squad. The [[Foundry (Long War)#General Equipment Upgrades\|Drone Capture]] foundry project is an excellent investment here.		The Boss has Absorption Fields, Light Em Up, a significant boost to its base damage, and excellent aim, making it capable of annihilating an unprepared squad. The [[Foundry (Long War)#General Equipment Upgrades\|Drone Capture]] foundry project is an excellent investment here.

			Due to a bug, any Terror Mission generated while a Special Terror Mission is active on the Geoscape, will be a repeat of that Special Terror Mission. For example, if a Zombie Apocalypse is active, and another terror mission is spawned within 24 hours, before XCOM responds to the initial Zombie Apocalypse, the second terror mission will also be a Zombie Apocalypse (in a different country).

	==Base Defense Missions==		==Base Defense Missions==

DjinnFor: /* Alien Abductions */

2024-06-08T17:38:26Z

Alien Abductions

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	Alien Abductions are generated by landing UFOs - the UFO will disappear and be replaced by an abduction site that you can respond to, even if you don't have that country covered and didn't detect the incoming UFO. Shooting down the UFO before it lands will, naturally, prevent the abduction being generated. In Long War, abductions will only affect one country at a time and you no longer have to choose between mutually-exclusive missions; furthermore, the reward for abductions is always credits. Skipping or failing an abduction mission will result in increased panic in the affected country (+25) and continent (+20 in all difficulties but normal). Thwarting an abduction will decrease panic by 2 in the country saved.		Alien Abductions are generated by landing UFOs - the UFO will disappear and be replaced by an abduction site that you can respond to, even if you don't have that country covered and didn't detect the incoming UFO. Shooting down the UFO before it lands will, naturally, prevent the abduction being generated. In Long War, abductions will only affect one country at a time and you no longer have to choose between mutually-exclusive missions; furthermore, the reward for abductions is always credits. Skipping or failing an abduction mission will result in increased panic in the affected country (+25) and continent (+20 in all difficulties but normal). Thwarting an abduction will decrease panic by 2 in the country saved.

	Alien Abductions are categorized by the number of aliens on the map: ''Light'', ''Moderate'', ''Heavy'' and ''Swarming'', with the credit reward of §80, §90, §100, and §110 respectively. This is computed as an internal "difficulty rating" that scales from 0 (Light) to 3 (~~Heavy~~).		Alien Abductions are categorized by the number of aliens on the map: ''Light'', ''Moderate'', ''Heavy'' and ''Swarming'', with the credit reward of §80, §90, §100, and §110 respectively. This is computed as an internal "difficulty rating" that scales from 0 (Light) to 3 (Swarming). The scheduling of abduction missions is also not truly random, see [[Alien_Missions_(Long_War)#Abduction\|Abduction Scheduling]] for more information.

	'''Enemy Forces'''		'''Enemy Forces'''

DjinnFor: /* Terror Site */

2021-11-25T04:27:43Z

Terror Site

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	In the long run terror missions are a constant drain, pushing panic ever upward and causing countries to leave the XCOM project, and aliens can potentially do up to 2 of them per month. However, each country that leaves has an [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Alien Bases\|alien base]] that you can [[Missions (Long War)#Alien Base Assault\|assault]], and doing so will reward you with extremely large amounts of resources while allowing the country to rejoin the project. As a result, terror missions are more of a early-to-midgame issue, forcing you into fatigue spirals and denying you funding. The only way to truly stop a terror mission outright is to either ensure no civilian casualties (not feasible) or to [[UFOs (Long War)#Assault Carrier\|shoot down the UFO]] that drops off the troops (also functionally impossible until the ultra lategame). Lategame Terror Missions can get extremely difficult, with the troop counts of a Landed Large on a smaller map with a time limit, but failing one on occasion will lead to a windfall of resources.		In the long run terror missions are a constant drain, pushing panic ever upward and causing countries to leave the XCOM project, and aliens can potentially do up to 2 of them per month. However, each country that leaves has an [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Alien Bases\|alien base]] that you can [[Missions (Long War)#Alien Base Assault\|assault]], and doing so will reward you with extremely large amounts of resources while allowing the country to rejoin the project. As a result, terror missions are more of a early-to-midgame issue, forcing you into fatigue spirals and denying you funding. The only way to truly stop a terror mission outright is to either ensure no civilian casualties (not feasible) or to [[UFOs (Long War)#Assault Carrier\|shoot down the UFO]] that drops off the troops (also functionally impossible until the ultra lategame). Lategame Terror Missions can get extremely difficult, with the troop counts of a Landed Large on a smaller map with a time limit, but failing one on occasion will lead to a windfall of resources.

	~~====~~Enemy Forces~~====~~		'''Enemy Forces'''

	Standard terror missions contain a number of aliens spread across 5 pods, with the total number of aliens determined by the number of months that have elapsed since the start of the campaign:		Standard terror missions contain a number of aliens spread across 5 pods, with the total number of aliens determined by the number of months that have elapsed since the start of the campaign:

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2021-11-25T04:27:15Z

Alien Abductions

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	Alien Abductions are categorized by the number of aliens on the map: ''Light'', ''Moderate'', ''Heavy'' and ''Swarming'', with the credit reward of §80, §90, §100, and §110 respectively. This is computed as an internal "difficulty rating" that scales from 0 (Light) to 3 (Heavy).		Alien Abductions are categorized by the number of aliens on the map: ''Light'', ''Moderate'', ''Heavy'' and ''Swarming'', with the credit reward of §80, §90, §100, and §110 respectively. This is computed as an internal "difficulty rating" that scales from 0 (Light) to 3 (Heavy).

	~~====~~Enemy Forces~~====~~		'''Enemy Forces'''

	The number of aliens depends primarily on the [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Abduction Difficulty\|difficulty rating]] variable, with small adjustments based on [[Alien Research (Long War)\|Alien Research]] and [[Alien Resources (Long War)\|Alien Resources]]. All pods are "soldier pods" (see [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Types\|Pod Types]] for details).		The number of aliens depends primarily on the [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Abduction Difficulty\|difficulty rating]] variable, with small adjustments based on [[Alien Research (Long War)\|Alien Research]] and [[Alien Resources (Long War)\|Alien Resources]]. All pods are "soldier pods" (see [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Types\|Pod Types]] for details).
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	! Aliens		! Aliens
	! Pods		! Pods
	\|-		\|- align="center"
	\| 0		\| 0
	\| Light		\| align="left" \| Light
	\| 7-9		\| 7-9
	\| 3		\| 3
	\| 7-9		\| 7-9
	\| 2-4		\| 2-4
	\|-		\|- align="center"
	\| 1		\| 1
	\| Medium		\| align="left" \| Medium
	\| 10-12		\| 10-12
	\| 2-4		\| 2-4
	\| 10-12		\| 10-12
	\| 2-4		\| 2-4
	\|-		\|- align="center"
	\| 2		\| 2
	\| Heavy		\| align="left" \| Heavy
	\| 12-14		\| 12-14
	\| 3-4		\| 3-4
	\| 13-15		\| 13-15
	\| 3-4		\| 3-4
	\|-		\|- align="center"
	\| 3		\| 3
	\| Swarming		\| align="left" \| Swarming
	\| 14-16		\| 14-16
	\| 3-4		\| 3-4

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	\|-		\|-
	! 9-10		! 9-10
	\| Tough Elite Leader +2 EXALT<br>Tough Regular Leader +3 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +2 EXALT<br>Random Regular/Elite Leader +3 EXALT		\| [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Elite Leader +2 EXALT<br>[[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Regular Leader +3 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +2 EXALT<br>Random Regular/Elite Leader +3 EXALT
	\|-		\|-
	! 11-12		! 11-12
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	\|-		\|-
	! 15-17		! 15-17
	\| Level 7 Elite Leader +4 EXALT<br>Tough Elite Leader +4 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +4 EXALT<br>Random Regular/Elite Leader +3 EXALT		\| Level 7 Elite Leader +4 EXALT<br>[[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Elite Leader +4 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +4 EXALT<br>Random Regular/Elite Leader +3 EXALT
	\|-		\|-
	! 18+		! 18+
	\| Level 7 Elite Leader +4 EXALT<br>Tough Sectoid Commander +2 aliens<br>Tough Elite Leader +4 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +4 EXALT<br>Random Regular/Elite Leader +4 EXALT		\| Level 7 Elite Leader +4 EXALT<br>[[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Sectoid Commander +2 aliens<br>[[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Elite Leader +4 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +4 EXALT<br>Random Regular/Elite Leader +4 EXALT
	\|}		\|}

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	! 7-8		! 7-8
	\| Tough Elite Leader +5 EXALT<br>Random Regular/Elite Leader +1 EXALT<br>Random Lone Elite<br>3x Random Lone EXALT		\| [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Elite Leader +5 EXALT<br>Random Regular/Elite Leader +1 EXALT<br>Random Lone Elite<br>3x Random Lone EXALT
	\|-		\|-
	! 9-10		! 9-10
	\| Tough Elite Leader +6 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +1 EXALT<br>Lone Tough Elite<br>2x Lone Random Regular/Elite<br>Lone Random Regular EXALT		\| [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Elite Leader +6 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +1 EXALT<br>Lone [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Elite<br>2x Lone Random Regular/Elite<br>Lone Random Regular EXALT
	\|-		\|-
	! 11-12		! 11-12
	\| Tough Elite Leader +7 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +2 EXALT<br>Random Regular/Elite Leader +1 EXALT<br>2x Lone Random Regular/Elite EXALT<br>Lone Random Regular EXALT		\| [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Elite Leader +7 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +2 EXALT<br>Random Regular/Elite Leader +1 EXALT<br>2x Lone Random Regular/Elite EXALT<br>Lone Random Regular EXALT
	\|-		\|-
	! 13-14		! 13-14
	\| Level 6 Elite Leader +5 EXALT<br>Tough Elite Leader +2 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +1 EXALT<br>3x Lone Random Regular/Elite EXALT		\| Level 6 Elite Leader +5 EXALT<br>[[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Elite Leader +2 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +1 EXALT<br>3x Lone Random Regular/Elite EXALT
	\|-		\|-
	! 15-17		! 15-17
	\| Level 7 Elite Leader +6 EXALT<br>Tough Elite Leader +2 EXALT<br>Lone Random Elite EXALT<br>3x Lone Random Standard/Elite EXALT		\| Level 7 Elite Leader +6 EXALT<br>[[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Elite Leader +2 EXALT<br>Lone Random Elite EXALT<br>3x Lone Random Standard/Elite EXALT
	\|-		\|-
	! 18+		! 18+
	\| Level 7 Elite Leader +7 EXALT<br>Tough Sectoid Commander Leader +1 alien<br>Tough Elite Leader +2 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +1 EXALT<br>2x Lone Random Elite EXALT		\| Level 7 Elite Leader +7 EXALT<br>[[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Sectoid Commander Leader +1 alien<br>[[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Elite Leader +2 EXALT<br>Random Elite Leader +1 EXALT<br>2x Lone Random Elite EXALT
	\|}		\|}

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	====Enemy Forces====		====Enemy Forces====

	* 1 Soldier Pod led by a Muton Elite, with 4 supporting aliens~~. The leader has a +3 bonus to their leader level.~~		All pod leaders are flagged as [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]], meaning they get a +3 bonus to their leader level (the maximum is still 7).
	* 1 Soldier Pod led by a Muton Elite, with 3 supporting aliens~~. The leader has a +3 bonus to their leader level.~~
	* 1 Terror Pod led by a Sectopod, with 2 supporting aliens~~. The leader has a +3 bonus to their leader level.~~		* 1 Soldier Pod led by a [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Muton Elite, with 4 supporting aliens
	* 1 Command Pod led by an Ethereal, with 2 supporting aliens~~. The leader has a +3 bonus to their leader level.~~		* 1 Soldier Pod led by a second [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Muton Elite, with 3 supporting aliens
			* 1 Terror Pod led by a [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Sectopod, with 2 supporting aliens
			* 1 Command Pod led by a [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Tough Leaders\|Tough]] Ethereal, with 2 supporting aliens

	===Temple Ship Assault===		===Temple Ship Assault===
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	In order to initiate the mission, activate the [[Gollop Chamber (Long War)\|Gollop Chamber]], but don't do this until you are ready. Upon doing so, all research and Foundry projects will be suspended, soldiers won't heal or recover from fatigue and you essentially can't do anything but the Temple Ship Assault mission, so the Chamber shouldn't be activated unless you're prepared for the last mission.		In order to initiate the mission, activate the [[Gollop Chamber (Long War)\|Gollop Chamber]], but don't do this until you are ready. Upon doing so, all research and Foundry projects will be suspended, soldiers won't heal or recover from fatigue and you essentially can't do anything but the Temple Ship Assault mission, so the Chamber shouldn't be activated unless you're prepared for the last mission.

	The Temple Ship is near-identical to vanilla: same enemy composition, positions, and spawn triggers as Enemy Within/Unknown, albeit each alien has VASTLY increased health, stats, and gene mods (and size, for that extra player intimidation factor). Specifically, each unit is a level 8 boss variation of its unit type; see the [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)\|article on alien stats]] for details.		The Temple Ship is near-identical to vanilla: same enemy composition, positions, and spawn triggers as Enemy Within/Unknown, albeit each alien has VASTLY increased health, stats, and gene mods (and size, for that extra player intimidation factor). Specifically, each unit is a level 8 [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Bosses\|boss]] variation of its unit type; see the [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)\|article on alien stats]] for details.

	You'll be able to bring up to 12 soldiers with the [[Foundry (Long War)#Aerospace_Improvements\|Super Skyranger]] Foundry project. Go in heavy, hit hard, and let nothing stand in your way. If you've survived EXALT and an Alien Base or two, you should be fine. Try to bring soldiers that specialize at bringing down singular powerful units and take them down one by one.		You'll be able to bring up to 12 soldiers with the [[Foundry (Long War)#Aerospace_Improvements\|Super Skyranger]] Foundry project. Go in heavy, hit hard, and let nothing stand in your way. If you've survived EXALT and an Alien Base or two, you should be fine. Try to bring soldiers that specialize at bringing down singular powerful units and take them down one by one.

DjinnFor: /* XCOM Base Defense */

2021-11-25T04:16:22Z

XCOM Base Defense

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	Failing this mission does not mean the end of XCOM, however it is extremely damaging. The aliens will ransack your base, killing engineers and scientists and destroying cash, meld and other supplies before the regular military arrives to bail you out. XCOM will lose the following resources on a failure:		Failing this mission does not mean the end of XCOM, however it is extremely damaging. The aliens will ransack your base, killing engineers and scientists and destroying cash, meld and other supplies before the regular military arrives to bail you out. XCOM will lose the following resources on a failure:

	* ~~450~~-550 ~~cash~~		* §450-550
	* 50-60 alloys		* 50-60 alloys
	* 50-60 elerium		* 50-60 elerium

DjinnFor: /* Enemy Forces */ moved more technical stuff related to the strategic layer that was taking up a lot of visual space to Alien Deployment (Long War)

2021-11-25T04:12:43Z

Enemy Forces: moved more technical stuff related to the strategic layer that was taking up a lot of visual space to Alien Deployment (Long War)

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	====Enemy Forces====		====Enemy Forces====

	The number of aliens depends primarily on the "difficulty rating" variable, with small adjustments based on [[Alien Research (Long War)\|Alien Research]] and [[Alien Resources (Long War)\|Alien Resources]]. All pods are "soldier pods" (see [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Types\|Pod Types]] for details).		The number of aliens depends primarily on the [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Abduction Difficulty\|difficulty rating]] variable, with small adjustments based on [[Alien Research (Long War)\|Alien Research]] and [[Alien Resources (Long War)\|Alien Resources]]. All pods are "soldier pods" (see [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Types\|Pod Types]] for details).

	{\| class="wikitable style="text-align: center;"		{\| class="wikitable style="text-align: center;"
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	! colspan=2 \| [[Alien Research (Long War)\|Research]] > 180		! colspan=2 \| [[Alien Research (Long War)\|Research]] > 180
	\|-		\|-
	! DR		! Rating
	! Activity		! Activity
	! Aliens		! Aliens
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	Finally, if [[Alien Resources (Long War)\|Alien Resources]] > 180, add +0-3 aliens.		Finally, if [[Alien Resources (Long War)\|Alien Resources]] > 180, add +0-3 aliens. This does not affect the displayed activity level.

	===UFO Crash Site===		===UFO Crash Site===

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Alien Abductions

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	Finally, if [[Alien Resources (Long War)\|Alien Resources]] > 180, add +0-3 aliens.		Finally, if [[Alien Resources (Long War)\|Alien Resources]] > 180, add +0-3 aliens.

	~~====Difficulty Rating====~~

	The ''base difficulty rating'' is 0 or 1 (randomly determined, with a 50% possibility for each). If [[Alien Research (Long War)\|Alien Research]] > 210, add an additional random 0 or 1 (again, 50% for each). In total, that's 25% for 0, 50% for 1, and 25% for 2.

	~~This base value is modified by the Act the game is currently in. You can easily tell what act the game is in by noting the background music change in the HQ.~~

	~~{\| class="wikitable style="text-align: center;"~~
	~~! Act~~
	~~! Trigger~~
	~~! Mod~~
	\|-
	~~\| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvMN89NSFb0 Act 1]~~
	~~\| Start of the game~~
	~~\| +0~~
	\|-
	~~\| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6bXcD0VBzI Act 2]~~
	~~\| Interrogate first Alien~~
	~~\| +1~~
	\|-
	~~\| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klE6VqLGNP0 Act 3]~~
	~~\| After [[Missions (Long War)#Alien Base Assault\|Alien Base Assault]]~~
	~~\| +2~~
	\|}

	~~The base value is also modified by the [[Panic (Long War)\|panic]] level of the target country:~~

	~~{\| class="wikitable style="text-align: center;"~~
	~~! Panic~~
	~~! Mod~~
	\|-
	~~\| 0-19~~
	~~\| -1~~
	\|-
	~~\| 20-39~~
	~~\| +0~~
	\|-
	~~\| 40-59~~
	~~\| +1~~
	\|-
	~~\| 60-79~~
	~~\| +2~~
	\|-
	~~\| 80-99~~
	~~\| +3~~
	\|}

	~~Finally, the difficulty rating is clamped to between 0 (light) and 3 (swarming).~~

	===UFO Crash Site===		===UFO Crash Site===

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2021-11-24T21:53:28Z

Enemy Forces

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	Instead of the above table, the third terror mission always contains exactly 2 pods of 3 aliens led by [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Chryssalid\|Chryssalids]], as well as 3 pods of exactly 5 [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Zombie\|Zombies]] each and 1 pod of 3 [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Zombie\|Zombies]], for a total of 24 aliens.		Instead of the above table, the third terror mission always contains exactly 2 pods of 3 aliens led by [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Chryssalid\|Chryssalids]], as well as 3 pods of exactly 5 [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Zombie\|Zombies]] each and 1 pod of 3 [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Zombie\|Zombies]], for a total of 24 aliens.

			Cover is mostly meaningless in this mission. Close Combat Specialist, Flashbangs, and AP Grenades are the key here.

	'''10th Terror Mission: Greater Hive Queen'''		'''10th Terror Mission: Greater Hive Queen'''

	The 10th terror missions spawns a "Greater Hive Queen" (level 9 [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Chryssalid\|Chryssalid]] [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Bosses\|boss]]) with 4 supporting aliens in its pod, as well as 16 additional randomly generated aliens spread across 4 terror pods, for a total of 21 aliens.		The 10th terror missions spawns a "Greater Hive Queen" (level 9 [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Chryssalid\|Chryssalid]] [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Bosses\|boss]]) with 4 supporting aliens in its pod, as well as 16 additional randomly generated aliens spread across 4 terror pods, for a total of 21 aliens.

			The Boss has over 40 HP as well as Resilience, making it outright immune to critical hits. Bring a squad capable of pumping out large amounts of raw base damage; Shredder Ammo (either the perk or the item) is very useful here. As usual, Flashbangs can buy you an extra turn, nerfing the Aliens movement range down to below the max range of the Flashbang. Just hope it doesn't run off into fog of war.

	'''19th Terror Mission: Atlas Drone'''		'''19th Terror Mission: Atlas Drone'''

	The 19th terror mission always spawns an "Atlas Drone" (level 9 [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Drone\|Drone]] [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Bosses\|boss]]) with 7 supporting aliens in its pod, as well as 22 additional randomly generated aliens split across 4 terror pods, for a total of 30 aliens.		The 19th terror mission always spawns an "Atlas Drone" (level 9 [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Drone\|Drone]] [[Alien Life Forms (Long War)#Bosses\|boss]]) with 7 supporting aliens in its pod, as well as 22 additional randomly generated aliens split across 4 terror pods, for a total of 30 aliens.

			The Boss has Absorption Fields, Light Em Up, a significant boost to its base damage, and excellent aim, making it capable of annihilating an unprepared squad. The [[Foundry (Long War)#General Equipment Upgrades\|Drone Capture]] foundry project is an excellent investment here.

	==Base Defense Missions==		==Base Defense Missions==

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UFO Landing Site

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	Some UFO [[Alien Missions (Long War)\|sorties]] will involve a landing. Whether or not this will be the case can often be determined by looking at the UFO's altitude: UFOs that are landing will be listed as flying NOE (except those with a purple strobe effect). If you allow the UFO to land it will either generate a terror mission, an abduction, or simply a landing site. It is generally in your interests to ''let'' NOE-flying UFOs land. For the most part, UFOs that generate terror sites or abductions are likely far too difficult or even outright impossible to shoot down, so you'll have to let them land anyways. Conversely, any UFOs that can feasibly be shot down typically generates a landing site instead, netting you more XP and materials than a crash site. Furthermore, successfully assaulting a landed UFO will prevent whatever [[Alien Missions (Long War)\|mission]] the aliens are conducting from being completed and is otherwise functionally equivalent to shooting it down. As a result, allowing all NOE UFOs to land will (a) save your interceptor craft some damage, and (b) net you a lot more salvage, including intact [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien devices\|Flight Computers]] and [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien devices\|Power Sources]] generators.		Some UFO [[Alien Missions (Long War)\|sorties]] will involve a landing. Whether or not this will be the case can often be determined by looking at the UFO's altitude: UFOs that are landing will be listed as flying NOE (except those with a purple strobe effect). If you allow the UFO to land it will either generate a terror mission, an abduction, or simply a landing site. It is generally in your interests to ''let'' NOE-flying UFOs land. For the most part, UFOs that generate terror sites or abductions are likely far too difficult or even outright impossible to shoot down, so you'll have to let them land anyways. Conversely, any UFOs that can feasibly be shot down typically generates a landing site instead, netting you more XP and materials than a crash site. Furthermore, successfully assaulting a landed UFO will prevent whatever [[Alien Missions (Long War)\|mission]] the aliens are conducting from being completed and is otherwise functionally equivalent to shooting it down. As a result, allowing all NOE UFOs to land will (a) save your interceptor craft some damage, and (b) net you a lot more salvage, including intact [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien devices\|Flight Computers]] and [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien devices\|Power Sources]] generators.

	Beware that NOE UFOs may be conducting Bombing missions instead and should be shot down, but they are easily identified by the purple strobe effect they display on the hologlobe like satellite hunters do. Also note that some landings may be [[Threat (Long War)#Trap UFOs\|Traps]] and contain an extremely large contingent of aliens, so always be prepared either for a hard fight or a quick extract. Note that for both Crashes and Landings, the Command pod of aliens will now rarely, if ever, be on the bridge (and for the Scout, it might be 'slightly outside'). This is so you won't be able to memorize exactly where this pod is, and thus won't be able to use the same strategy to take it out every time.		Beware that NOE UFOs may be conducting [[Alien Missions (Long War)#Bomb\|Bombing]] missions instead and should be shot down, but they are easily identified by the purple strobe effect they display on the hologlobe like [[Alien Missions (Long War)#Hunt\|satellite hunters]] do. Also note that some landings may be [[Threat (Long War)#Trap UFOs\|Traps]] and contain an extremely large contingent of aliens, so always be prepared either for a hard fight or a quick extract. Note that for both Crashes and Landings, the Command pod of aliens will now rarely, if ever, be on the bridge (and for the Scout, it might be 'slightly outside'). This is so you won't be able to memorize exactly where this pod is, and thus won't be able to use the same strategy to take it out every time.

	Ground force ''quantity'' depends on the UFO type you shoot down, see the [[UFOs (Long War)\|UFOs]] page for details. Ground force ''quality'' is also slightly increased compared to most missions, as the [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Composition\|random pool of possible aliens]] that can be rolled is moved ahead 28 days, leading to new alien types appearing. This applies both to regular landings as well as traps. Note also that Landed UFOs are subject to [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Overflow and Pruning\|pod overflow and pruning]] rules, which (for particularly large UFOs or Trap UFOs) may result in aliens being discarded in early months if [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Size\|pod sizes]] are low and they do not fit into the number of pods.		Ground force ''quantity'' depends on the UFO type you shoot down, see the [[UFOs (Long War)\|UFOs]] page for details. Ground force ''quality'' is also slightly increased compared to most missions, as the [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Composition\|random pool of possible aliens]] that can be rolled is moved ahead 28 days, leading to new alien types appearing. This applies both to regular landings as well as traps. Note also that Landed UFOs are subject to [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Overflow and Pruning\|pod overflow and pruning]] rules, which (for particularly large UFOs or Trap UFOs) may result in aliens being discarded in early months if [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Size\|pod sizes]] are low and they do not fit into the number of pods.

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	Finally, if [[Alien Resources (Long War)\|Alien Resources]] > 180, add +0-3 aliens.		Finally, if [[Alien Resources (Long War)\|Alien Resources]] > 180, add +0-3 aliens.

	~~====Difficulty Rating====~~

	The ''base difficulty rating'' is 0 or 1 (randomly determined, with a 50% possibility for each). If [[Alien Research (Long War)\|Alien Research]] > 210, add an additional random 0 or 1 (again, 50% for each). In total, that's 25% for 0, 50% for 1, and 25% for 2.

	~~This base value is modified by the Act the game is currently in. You can easily tell what act the game is in by noting the background music change in the HQ.~~

	~~{\| class="wikitable style="text-align: center;"~~
	~~! Act~~
	~~! Trigger~~
	~~! Mod~~
	\|-
	~~\| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvMN89NSFb0 Act 1]~~
	~~\| Start of the game~~
	~~\| +0~~
	\|-
	~~\| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6bXcD0VBzI Act 2]~~
	~~\| Interrogate first Alien~~
	~~\| +1~~
	\|-
	~~\| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klE6VqLGNP0 Act 3]~~
	~~\| After [[Missions (Long War)#Alien Base Assault\|Alien Base Assault]]~~
	~~\| +2~~
	\|}

	~~The base value is also modified by the [[Panic (Long War)\|panic]] level of the target country:~~

	~~{\| class="wikitable style="text-align: center;"~~
	~~! Panic~~
	~~! Mod~~
	\|-
	~~\| 0-19~~
	~~\| -1~~
	\|-
	~~\| 20-39~~
	~~\| +0~~
	\|-
	~~\| 40-59~~
	~~\| +1~~
	\|-
	~~\| 60-79~~
	~~\| +2~~
	\|-
	~~\| 80-99~~
	~~\| +3~~
	\|}

	~~Finally, the difficulty rating is clamped to between 0 (light) and 3 (swarming).~~

	===UFO Crash Site===		===UFO Crash Site===

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	Some UFO [[Alien Missions (Long War)\|sorties]] will involve a landing. Whether or not this will be the case can often be determined by looking at the UFO's altitude: UFOs that are landing will be listed as flying NOE (except those with a purple strobe effect). If you allow the UFO to land it will either generate a terror mission, an abduction, or simply a landing site. It is generally in your interests to ''let'' NOE-flying UFOs land. For the most part, UFOs that generate terror sites or abductions are likely far too difficult or even outright impossible to shoot down, so you'll have to let them land anyways. Conversely, any UFOs that can feasibly be shot down typically generates a landing site instead, netting you more XP and materials than a crash site. Furthermore, successfully assaulting a landed UFO will prevent whatever [[Alien Missions (Long War)\|mission]] the aliens are conducting from being completed and is otherwise functionally equivalent to shooting it down. As a result, allowing all NOE UFOs to land will (a) save your interceptor craft some damage, and (b) net you a lot more salvage, including intact [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien devices\|Flight Computers]] and [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien devices\|Power Sources]] generators.		Some UFO [[Alien Missions (Long War)\|sorties]] will involve a landing. Whether or not this will be the case can often be determined by looking at the UFO's altitude: UFOs that are landing will be listed as flying NOE (except those with a purple strobe effect). If you allow the UFO to land it will either generate a terror mission, an abduction, or simply a landing site. It is generally in your interests to ''let'' NOE-flying UFOs land. For the most part, UFOs that generate terror sites or abductions are likely far too difficult or even outright impossible to shoot down, so you'll have to let them land anyways. Conversely, any UFOs that can feasibly be shot down typically generates a landing site instead, netting you more XP and materials than a crash site. Furthermore, successfully assaulting a landed UFO will prevent whatever [[Alien Missions (Long War)\|mission]] the aliens are conducting from being completed and is otherwise functionally equivalent to shooting it down. As a result, allowing all NOE UFOs to land will (a) save your interceptor craft some damage, and (b) net you a lot more salvage, including intact [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien devices\|Flight Computers]] and [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien devices\|Power Sources]] generators.

	Beware that NOE UFOs may be conducting Bombing missions instead and should be shot down, but they are easily identified by the purple strobe effect they display on the hologlobe like satellite hunters do. Also note that some landings may be [[Threat (Long War)#Trap UFOs\|Traps]] and contain an extremely large contingent of aliens, so always be prepared either for a hard fight or a quick extract. Note that for both Crashes and Landings, the Command pod of aliens will now rarely, if ever, be on the bridge (and for the Scout, it might be 'slightly outside'). This is so you won't be able to memorize exactly where this pod is, and thus won't be able to use the same strategy to take it out every time.		Beware that NOE UFOs may be conducting [[Alien Missions (Long War)#Bomb\|Bombing]] missions instead and should be shot down, but they are easily identified by the purple strobe effect they display on the hologlobe like [[Alien Missions (Long War)#Hunt\|satellite hunters]] do. Also note that some landings may be [[Threat (Long War)#Trap UFOs\|Traps]] and contain an extremely large contingent of aliens, so always be prepared either for a hard fight or a quick extract. Note that for both Crashes and Landings, the Command pod of aliens will now rarely, if ever, be on the bridge (and for the Scout, it might be 'slightly outside'). This is so you won't be able to memorize exactly where this pod is, and thus won't be able to use the same strategy to take it out every time.

	Ground force ''quantity'' depends on the UFO type you shoot down, see the [[UFOs (Long War)\|UFOs]] page for details. Ground force ''quality'' is also slightly increased compared to most missions, as the [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Composition\|random pool of possible aliens]] that can be rolled is moved ahead 28 days, leading to new alien types appearing. This applies both to regular landings as well as traps. Note also that Landed UFOs are subject to [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Overflow and Pruning\|pod overflow and pruning]] rules, which (for particularly large UFOs or Trap UFOs) may result in aliens being discarded in early months if [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Size\|pod sizes]] are low and they do not fit into the number of pods.		Ground force ''quantity'' depends on the UFO type you shoot down, see the [[UFOs (Long War)\|UFOs]] page for details. Ground force ''quality'' is also slightly increased compared to most missions, as the [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Composition\|random pool of possible aliens]] that can be rolled is moved ahead 28 days, leading to new alien types appearing. This applies both to regular landings as well as traps. Note also that Landed UFOs are subject to [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Overflow and Pruning\|pod overflow and pruning]] rules, which (for particularly large UFOs or Trap UFOs) may result in aliens being discarded in early months if [[Alien Deployment (Long War)#Pod Size\|pod sizes]] are low and they do not fit into the number of pods.