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	==Alien Deployment==		==Alien Deployment==

	~~==Alien Deployment==~~		This table shows the aliens deployed for each stage of a Terror Mission; shipping lane missions therefore have double the number of aliens as port or island attacks. Artefact Sites use a different set of aliens - see their article for details.

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 While the aliens are usually very passive in their dealings with the human populace in general, continual interference by X-COM will lead them to attack a populated area in order to provoke X-COM to action, or preferably inaction in an effort to make them look bad in the eyes of the Council of Funding Nations, thus reduce their standing and hopefully force countries to withdraw their funding.
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 However, there does seem to be a trick to get around this.  Terror sites will not disappear as long as they are targeted by an X-Com craft.  A couple hours before dawn approaches the terror site, send your craft in the opposite direction from the site.  As dawn approaches, reroute the craft towards the terror site.  The extra distance the craft needs to cover will make it so that you arrive during daylight hours, making what is normally a difficult and grueling mission a little bit easier.
 ==See Also==
 {{Mission Types Navbar (TFTD)}}
 [[Category: TFTD]]

Zombie: Added a bunch of internal links.

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	While the aliens are usually very passive in their dealings with the human populace in general, continual interference by X-COM will lead them to attack a populated area in order to provoke X-COM to action, or preferably inaction in an effort to make them look bad in the eyes of the Council of Funding Nations, thus reduce their standing and hopefully force countries to withdraw their funding.		While the aliens are usually very passive in their dealings with the human populace in general, continual interference by X-COM will lead them to attack a populated area in order to provoke X-COM to action, or preferably inaction in an effort to make them look bad in the eyes of the Council of Funding Nations, thus reduce their standing and hopefully force countries to withdraw their funding.

	Traditionally, the aliens in the first alien war attacked small country towns with a low population. In the second alien war, the scope has broadened. As the new alien threat are nautical in nature, so are their targets. Terror sites now occur in small ports, island resorts and ships.		Traditionally, the aliens in the first alien war attacked small country towns with a low population. In the second alien war, the scope has broadened. As the new alien threat are nautical in nature, so are their targets. Terror sites now occur in [[Port_Attack\|small ports]], [[Island_Attack\|island resorts]] and [[Shipping_Lane_Mission\|ships]].

	All of these are conducted on land. Though this eliminates the ability of the aliens to use their devastating torpedoes, they bring deadly terror units into battle to compensate.		All of these are conducted on land. Though this eliminates the ability of the aliens to use their devastating torpedoes, they bring deadly [[Terror_Units_(TFTD)\|terror units]] into battle to compensate.

	There is also the Artefact Sites, where the aliens are activating synonium devices in old temples on the sea bed. Though not strictly terror missions as no civilians are involved, they have the same urgency as terror sites due to the short time frame available to you to attend to them. If they are not dealt with before the devices are restored, the blow to X-COM's standing with the Council of Funding Nations can be just as if not more disastrous than failing to attend to a terror site.		There is also the [[Artefact_Site\|Artefact Sites]], where the aliens are activating synonium devices in old temples on the sea bed. Though not strictly terror missions as no [[Civilian\|civilians]] are involved, they have the same urgency as terror sites due to the short time frame available to you to attend to them. If they are not dealt with before the devices are restored, the blow to X-COM's standing with the Council of Funding Nations can be just as if not more disastrous than failing to attend to a terror site.

	Artefact sites and ship missions are classified as two-parter missions. You must go through two maps in succession in order to clear the site. They are lengthy missions so you will need to plan your ammunition supplies accordingly.		Artefact sites and ship missions are classified as two-parter missions. You must go through two maps in succession in order to clear the site. They are lengthy missions so you will need to plan your ammunition supplies accordingly.

Tonicboy: /* Added Timing section */

2010-12-01T13:03:59Z

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	Port and island missions are the closest to a traditional terror site that you can get and you only need to clear the infestation of aliens on the map.		Port and island missions are the closest to a traditional terror site that you can get and you only need to clear the infestation of aliens on the map.

	For more information on the different terror mission types, refer to their respective articles.		For more information on the different terror mission types, refer to their respective articles.

			==Timing==
			Terror missions almost always occur on the first of the month, so make sure your troops are prepared for action at that time. Also, they appear during the dead of night in whichever location they have chosen and will disappear before dawn, seemingly guaranteeing that you will have to endure the additional hardship of a night mission.

			However, there does seem to be a trick to get around this. Terror sites will not disappear as long as they are targeted by an X-Com craft. A couple hours before dawn approaches the terror site, send your craft in the opposite direction from the site. As dawn approaches, reroute the craft towards the terror site. The extra distance the craft needs to cover will make it so that you arrive during daylight hours, making what is normally a difficult and grueling mission a little bit easier.

	==See Also==		==See Also==
	{{Mission Types Navbar (TFTD)}}		{{Mission Types Navbar (TFTD)}}
	[[Category: TFTD]]		[[Category: TFTD]]

Cesium at 18:36, 18 February 2010

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
	{{Mission Types Navbar (TFTD)}}		{{Mission Types Navbar (TFTD)}}
			[[Category: TFTD]]

NKF: A hastily bashes together replacement. Hopefully it covers the core

2009-01-09T10:32:22Z

A hastily bashes together replacement. Hopefully it covers the core

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	~~Big differences~~ with ~~Enemy Unknown are~~ the ~~introduction~~ of ~~2 part terror missions. These tend~~ to ~~drain your ammo~~. ~~PLUS~~, ~~I think you have to actually pick up stuff from~~ the first ~~part to keep it (X-com agents too lazy to salvage it?)~~		While the aliens are usually very passive in their dealings with the human populace in general, continual interference by X-COM will lead them to attack a populated area in order to provoke X-COM to action, or preferably inaction in an effort to make them look bad in the eyes of the Council of Funding Nations, thus reduce their standing and hopefully force countries to withdraw their funding.

			Traditionally, the aliens in the first alien war attacked small country towns with a low population. In the second alien war, the scope has broadened. As the new alien threat are nautical in nature, so are their targets. Terror sites now occur in small ports, island resorts and ships.

	~~Both parts count towards your scoring~~, ~~methinks~~.		All of these are conducted on land. Though this eliminates the ability of the aliens to use their devastating torpedoes, they bring deadly terror units into battle to compensate.

	~~Terror Missions ARE ON LAND. This~~ is ~~very bad~~, ~~since most of your big guns early~~ in the ~~game only work underwater! Good luck taking out those heavily armored~~ terror ~~units using dart guns and grenades~~.~~.. Mag Ion Armor~~'s ~~flight ability doesn't work here either, although~~ the ~~PWT tanks~~ can ~~still fly. Take advantage of that~~.		There is also the Artefact Sites, where the aliens are activating synonium devices in old temples on the sea bed. Though not strictly terror missions as no civilians are involved, they have the same urgency as terror sites due to the short time frame available to you to attend to them. If they are not dealt with before the devices are restored, the blow to X-COM's standing with the Council of Funding Nations can be just as if not more disastrous than failing to attend to a terror site.

	~~Civilians~~ are ~~everywhere~~ in ~~terror missions, even~~ in the ~~second part~~.		Artefact sites and ship missions are classified as two-parter missions. You must go through two maps in succession in order to clear the site. They are lengthy missions so you will need to plan your ammunition supplies accordingly.

	~~Bring hand-~~to~~-hand weapons on~~ terror ~~missions. Have them in every backpack, and pull them out when facing Aliens in narrow space. Heavily armoured terror units don't stand a chance against these,~~ and you ~~can often clean out a small room~~ of aliens ~~with it~~.		Port and island missions are the closest to a traditional terror site that you can get and you only need to clear the infestation of aliens on the map.

	~~The game won't let you fire the [[Torpedo Launcher]]~~ on ~~land, but your soldier will still be able to use it for reaction fire due to a bug. This isn't always safe, of course.~~		For more information on the different terror mission types, refer to their respective articles.

	~~Do be careful around~~ the ~~oil drums...~~

	~~'''Note:''' There are numerous reports of aliens inexplicably dying during port attack~~ terror ~~missions~~, ~~without anyone having fired upon them. These aliens don't count toward your kill rating, but you can recover~~ their ~~bodies and equipment anyway. Port security? Friendly fire? Or old age? There's no way to know.~~

	~~['''CommanderVix'''] ''Well, since the Aliens are more Underwater based, they probably died from being out of water for too long, just like a fish''~~

	: Self inflicted kills are my bet. Just from my general observation, the aliens in TFTD tend to be a bit grenade-crazy at terror sites. Particularly on the port and island missions. There are the occasional misfired shots, but that's fairly normal. - [[User:NKF\|NKF]]

	~~that doesn't cover all of them. i've seen a deep one corpse in an area i'd never reached before with no trace of an explosion~~.

	==See Also==		==See Also==
	{{Mission Types Navbar (TFTD)}}		{{Mission Types Navbar (TFTD)}}

Zombie: Added Navbar.

2009-01-06T05:14:43Z

Added Navbar.

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	that doesn't cover all of them. i've seen a deep one corpse in an area i'd never reached before with no trace of an explosion.		that doesn't cover all of them. i've seen a deep one corpse in an area i'd never reached before with no trace of an explosion.

			==See Also==
			{{Mission Types Navbar (TFTD)}}

(name here) at 19:16, 30 March 2008

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	: Self inflicted kills are my bet. Just from my general observation, the aliens in TFTD tend to be a bit grenade-crazy at terror sites. Particularly on the port and island missions. There are the occasional misfired shots, but that's fairly normal. - [[User:NKF\|NKF]]		: Self inflicted kills are my bet. Just from my general observation, the aliens in TFTD tend to be a bit grenade-crazy at terror sites. Particularly on the port and island missions. There are the occasional misfired shots, but that's fairly normal. - [[User:NKF\|NKF]]

			that doesn't cover all of them. i've seen a deep one corpse in an area i'd never reached before with no trace of an explosion.

NKF at 05:27, 17 September 2007

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	['''CommanderVix'''] ''Well, since the Aliens are more Underwater based, they probably died from being out of water for too long, just like a fish''		['''CommanderVix'''] ''Well, since the Aliens are more Underwater based, they probably died from being out of water for too long, just like a fish''

			: Self inflicted kills are my bet. Just from my general observation, the aliens in TFTD tend to be a bit grenade-crazy at terror sites. Particularly on the port and island missions. There are the occasional misfired shots, but that's fairly normal. - [[User:NKF\|NKF]]

CommanderVix at 23:28, 16 September 2007

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	'''Note:''' There are numerous reports of aliens inexplicably dying during port attack terror missions, without anyone having fired upon them. These aliens don't count toward your kill rating, but you can recover their bodies and equipment anyway. Port security? Friendly fire? Or old age? There's no way to know.		'''Note:''' There are numerous reports of aliens inexplicably dying during port attack terror missions, without anyone having fired upon them. These aliens don't count toward your kill rating, but you can recover their bodies and equipment anyway. Port security? Friendly fire? Or old age? There's no way to know.

	[CommanderVix] Well, since the Aliens are more Underwater based, they probably died from being out of water for too long, just like a fish		['''CommanderVix'''] ''Well, since the Aliens are more Underwater based, they probably died from being out of water for too long, just like a fish''