WHAT'S NEW IN Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire

[korn469]

NEW FACTIONS:

• Nautilus Pirates:
  
  Agenda: Pillage and Burn
  Tech: Doctrine (Mobility), Doctrine (Flexability)
  
  • -1 effencicy
  • -1 growth
  • Free naval yard with the discovery of Doctrine (Inititive)
  • Can build sea enhancements in ocean squares with advanced ecological engineering
  • Sea colony pods and sea former prototypes free
  • Bonus minerals from ocean self squares
  • Marine detachment abilty free with the discovery of adaptive doctrine
• Manifold Caretakers:
  
  Agenda: Prevent Transcendence
  Tech: Progenitor Pysch, Centauri Ecology, Field Modulation, Information Networks, Biogenetics
  
  • 25% bonus on defense
  • +1 planet
  • Free recycling tanks at every base
  • "Energy grid" at every base
  • Extra colony pod, battle orge MK1
  • All prototyped units have 2-square sight
  • Posses a physical scan of planet (same as having unity survey on)
  • Can direct research efforts (no blind research ever!)

THE NEW SECRET PROJECTS:

• Cloudbase Academy: 300 [MMI]
  
  Free aerospace complex at everybase
  
  
• Manifold Harmonics: 500 [Secrets of the Manifolds]
  
  Increase resources in fungus/monolith squares depending on your planet rating
  
  • 0 planet: +1 energy
  • +1 planet: +1 nutrient +1 energy
  • +2 planet: +1 nutrient +1 energy +1 mineral
  • +3 planet: +1 nutrient +2 energy +1 mineral
• Nethack Terminus: 400
  
  Self-aware machines
  
  • +1 morale to probe teams
  • -25% cost to probe actions
  • Probe teams with fusion reactor or better get algorithmic enhancement for free
• Planetary Energy Grid: 300
  
  Adaptive Economics
  
  • Free energy bank in every base
  • Stockpile energy produces 25% higher returns

THE NEW BASE FACILITIES:

• Aquafarms: 80/1 [Progenitor Pysch]
  • All kelp farms worked by base get +1 nutrients
• Brood Pit: 80/2 [Centauri Genetics]
  • +1 lifecycle, negative lifecycle effects cancled in base square
  • -25% cost to alien units
  • Base gets +2 police rating
• Flechette Defense System: 120/2 [N-Space Compression]
  • Provides +50% defense against conventional missles up to two squares away
  • 50% chance of shooting down a planet buster if you don't have an ODP up to two squares away, effects are culmative (2 FDS gives the PB a 25% chance of hitting)
• Geosynchronus survey pod: 160/4 [N-Space Compression]
  • Increases base sighting range to three, acts as a sensor array, ODPs and probe can destrpy it
• Subsea Trunkline: 120/4 [Planetary Economics]
  • All mining platforms worked by a base generate +1 minerals
• Subspace Generator: 600/5 [Singularity Mechanics]
  • Once the progenitor factions build six generators in bases size 10 or higher, the communicator calls in reinforcements, thereby ending human habitation on Planet with a progenitor victory
• Thermocline Transducer: 80/0 [Adaptive Economics]
  • all tidal harnesses worked by base produce +1 energy

THE NEW BASIC UNIT TYPES:

• Battle Orge Mk1: 100
  
  Not available
  • Resonace laser: (A6)
  • Resonace armor: (D3)
  Fisson reactor [Police]
  Any damage taken is permanent
  
  
• Battle Orge Mk2: 150
  
  Not available
  • Resonance bolt: (A12)
  • Resonance armor: (D8)
  Fusion reactor [Police/Dissociate wave]
  
• Battle Ogre Mk3: 200
  
  
• Not available
  • String disrupter: (A30)
  • Statis generator: (D12)
  Quantum reactor [Police/Dissociate wave]
  
• Fungal Tower: 110
  
  Not available
  
  • A fungal leader... "you gotta see this one"
• Sealurk: 60
  
  Centauri PSI
  
  • A new vicious sea worm
• Spore Launcher: 50
  
  Bioadaptive Resonance
  
  • Mind worm artillery
• Unity Mining Laser: 20
  
  Not available
  • Basically a unity version of laser infantry

THE NEW WEAPONS AND ARMOUR:

• Fungal Payload: 24 [N-Space Compression]
  • Basically causes a fungal bloom
• Resonance Bolt: 16/A12
• Sentient Resonance
  • Same as a tachyon bolt except it give +25% in PSI combat
• Resonance Laser: 8/A6 [Bioadaptive Resonance]
  • 6 attack with +25% in psi combat
• String Disruptor: 40/A30 [String Resonance]
  • The best gun money can buy
• Tectonic Payload: 24 [N-Space Compression]
  • Causes earthquakes that raise the land...think quickie energy farm
• Pulse 3 Armor: D3 [Adaptive Doctrine]
  • same as plasma armor except u get 25% against rovers and hover tanks
• Pulse 8 Armor: D8 [Super Tensile Solids]
  • Same as neutronium armor except for the +25% against speeders and hover tanks
• Resonance 3 Armor: D3 [Field Modulation]
  • Same as plasma armor except for the +25% against psi units
• Resonace 8 Armor: D8 [Sentient Resonance]
  • Same as neutronium armor except for the +25% against psi units

THE NEW SPECIAL ABILITIES:

• Algorithmic Enhancement: 1 [Nanominiturization]
  • Halves probe team failure...probes can now penetrate the HSA and factions with +3 probe but with a high chance of failure
• Dissociative Wave: 2 [Centauri PSI]
  • Fizzles special abilities... nullifies specials such as COMM. jammer
• Fuel Nanocells: 1 [Matter Compression]
  • Add +2 to an air units range
• Marine Detachment: 1 [Adaptive Doctrine]
  • Can capture damaged ships
• Soporific Gas Pods: 1 [Bioadaptive Resonance]
  • Reduce enemy morale by 2 when attacking

THE NEW LANDMARKS: ("I have only encountered one so far")

• The Unity Wreckage
  • Gives you a Unity laser infantry "but it looks TERRIBLE! I hope they change the graphics on it --- it is the worst looking landmark ever"!