Outsider (EU2012)

1st Appearance	{{{appears}}}
HP	3/3/5/5
Aim	70
Defense	0
Will	20
Movement	12
Easy/Normal/Classic/Impossible

For the version that appears in The Bureau, see Outsider (Bureau)

Beings of pure energy, Outsiders command UFOs for the Alien Forces. Although they possess no truly special abilities in tactical combat, Outsiders are required in order to progress further in the story. They are only found on UFO assault missions (landed or crash-landed).

Outsiders will desintegrate into fragments after dying in the battlefield. Capturing one alive with the Arc Thrower results in the retrieval of an Outsider Shard which reveals their true role.

Notes

• After you assault the alien base they will pull one final disappearing act and be replaced by Sectoid Commanders.
• Outsiders share the name and a few characteristics of the aliens from 2K Marins upcoming X-COM FPS. Their existence may be a joke pointed at 2K Marin.
• Outsiders are described by Dr Vahlen as "pure energy". The crystal left behind after stunning an Outsider is described by Dr. Shen as an "antenna" receiving a signal from the alien base. This may mean that Outsiders are some sort of energy-based avatar of the real UFO commander who remains in safety in the alien base.