Covert Operations (EU2012)

Keys To Covert Operations Missions

EXALT operates with cells. Initiate covert ops missions to neutralize individual cells. Eliminating those cells will recover intel you will need to locate the EXALT base. EXALT cells are not always visible. Purchase an intel scan to reveal them. Hidden cells can hurt XCOM or the countries they are operating in. EXALT operates with cells. Initiate covert ops missions to neutralize individual cells. Eliminating those cells will recover intel you will need to locate the EXALT base.

Source: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012)

• To stop a revealed EXALT cell, XCOM may perform a Covert Mission on the country where the cell is based.
• There are two types of Covert Missions, Covert Extraction and Covert Data Recovery, with about 10 maps for each type (20 total).
• The mission consists of two parts, the insertion of the Covert Operative (through the Situation Room) and later its extraction through a tactical mission.
• If the tactical mission is ignored after the XCOM soldier is inserted, the Covert Operative will be lost.
• There's no Meld in Covert Missions maps.
• If the Covert Mission is a failure the EXALT cell will disappear and go into hiding into another country.