Tech Levels (Apocalypse)
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Alien Ground Weapons Deployment
As X-COM's score advances the aliens will bring more advanced weapons/equipment to arm both their soldiers and craft. Below is a table that shows the progression of alien technology, indicating the points required for each item on the different difficulty levels.
| Alien Technology | Novice | Easy | Medium | Hard | Superhuman |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brainsucker Launcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Disruptor Gun | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Small Disruption Shield | 2000 | 1750 | 1500 | 1250 | 1000 |
| Boomeroid | 2200 | 2200 | 2200 | 2200 | 2200 |
| Large Disruption Shield | 4000 | 3500 | 3000 | 2500 | 2000 |
| Devastator Cannon | 4000 | 4000 | 4000 | 4000 | 4000 |
| Vortex Mine Personal Disruptor Shield | 7000 | 6900 | 6800 | 6700 | 6600 |
| Cloaking Field | 8000 | 7000 | 6000 | 5000 | 4000 |
| Entropy Launcher Personal Cloaking Field | 12000 | 11500 | 11000 | 10500 | 10000 |
| Teleporter | 16000 | 14000 | 12000 | 10000 | 8000 |
| Dimension Missile Launcher | 22000 | 21000 | 20000 | 19000 | 18000 |
| Personal Teleporter | 42000 | 39000 | 36000 | 33000 | 28000 |