The contents of the mysterious suitcase are revealed, and the plot thickens.
Friendly aliens? Warning us? If so, we have yet to encounter this friendly fraction. Maybe if we could communicate better with them?...
That option is voted down for now, as the focus is turned towards better equipment for our soldiers in the field.
The bio-armour is every bit as awesome as I remember it.
This will help increase the odds of survival, even for our greenhorns. As to the helmet, I don't think it'll see any use, as you can't use a helmet with the hybrid armours.
The launcher looks interesting, but during a recovery mission for a downed UFO, the team, heavily wounded, returns with something that looks very interesting indeed..
This "Microslug Accelerator" unlocks a new engineering project. One that dextermor follows with keen interest. And soon, this is the product.
Definite
! Just too bad it requires heavy armour to even carry into the field, as heavy armour slows you down to a walk, and the bulk of the weapon compunds this by lowering dextermor's speed to "poor".
Undaunted, he's clamouring for a chance to field-test this baby:
Unwieldy, and requiring a set-up time, but once set up, it tears through any enemy it's sighted on. For some odd reason though, you need to set it up for each new enemy you ask dextermor to shoot at. He refuses to remain seated and just change targets. This, and the limited ammo capacity (which gets refilled upon return to base) means the weapon, although quite awesome, is of sadly somewhat limited use.
Also depicted in the above picture is Bee and spekkio wielding psionic crushers in one hand, and psi projectors in the other. The latter lets you take over the mind of an enemy...
Quite devastating during alien base assault missions and UFO recovery missions, but you better watch out, as the enemy uses these puppies as well.
The engineers and researchers also explore some of the more esoteric technology captured and comes up with, amongst other things, a "warp medikit" which allows you to apply first aid from a distance.
The Warp Demolition Device sounds like heaps of fun! Maybe JoKa should get one of these puppies instead of his shotgun...
Finally, here's a look at an Anti-biomass base in effect. If you capture bases within the biomass infected area, they are automatically set as anti-biomass bases, as any other base would be instantly destroyed as soon as you acquired it.
Small patches of regular looking Earth is poking through the biomass. Not a moment too soon, though I fear it's a bit too late for the asians and aussies.