Originally from Tentaculat Commander's edits from the once-unified Overviews of Aliens page.

One recommendation on editing: before the "See Also" box on the beginning of each section, put an all-clearing line break:
<br clear="all" />
...otherwise, the alien image may overlap the grey box on Mozilla browsers.

--Papa Legba 11:45, 12 December 2005 (PST)

Alien Threat levels

We need to classify the aliens in threat levels just like in the Enemy Unknown alien overview.

I suggest the following classifications for the races; I've given a brief justification after each race for why I classify it as I do. Admittedly, I haven't played TFTD nearly as much as Enemy Unknown, so I may has misclassified some races.

Low Threat

Zombie - Slow, melee only, Calcinite - Melee only Gillman- Poor stats!

Medium Threat

Aquatoid - Underwater Sectoids. Poor stats, but watch for MC; they seem to field Squad Leaders a bit more often than Sectoids fielded Leaders or Commanders. Bio-Drone - Explosive, hovers, sneaks around alot. Deep One - Ranged attack, doesn't need direct LOS. Xarquid - Tough, powerful attack. Hallucinoid - Ranged and Melee, powerful

High Threat

Lobsterman - Strong, insanely damage resistant, and can turn a trooper into confetti in melee. Tentaculat - As said: "Underwater Flying Chryssalids." Tasoth - Strong Molecular Control Triscene - Reapers with ranged attack!