Engineering (EU2012)

Dr. Shen, XCOMs head of engineering.

STUB

Dr. Shen

Dr. Raymond Shen is the Chief Engineer of the XCOM Project. Dr. Shen has proven to be an invaluable asset with his decades of experience. The XCOM project is lucky to have such a brilliant, dedicated, world renowned, award winning engineer at its disposal. Please note: This artificial intelligence was created by Dr. Shen.

In XCOM Engineering you will manufacture items that improve your capacity to repel the alien invasion.

Resources

Info on resources, cost & time

• Credits
• Elerium
• Alloys

Manufactured items such as armour, weapons or vehicles have a base § cost, as well as a minimum number of engineers without which they cannot be built. If you have extra engineers above the minimum, this provides a cost discount. The rate of discount slows down as you have more and more engineers, and never goes above 50%.

The formula for the cost of a manufactured item is:

final cost = round down [ base cost x 0.5 x (1+ (engineers required / total engineers) ) ]

Workshops

Info on workshops and bonus.

The Foundry

The Foundry is one of two places you can research equipment upgrades.

ToDo: is there a simple rule-of-thumb that determines Foundry projects vs. Research projects? eg a sentence like "all equipment requiring elerium is researched at the Foundry Off the Rails 04:06, 15 October 2012 (EDT)

Foundry Projects

Projects

Info about engineering projects.

Items Nano-Fiber Vest S.C.O.P.E. Arc Thrower Chitin Plating Medikit Laser Sniper Rifle Heavy Laser Laser Scatter Laser Pistol Laser Rifle Plasma Pistol Light Plasma Rifle Plasma Rifle Alloy Cannon Heavy Plasma Plasma Sniper Rifle

Armor Carapace Armor Skeleton Suit Titan Armor Archangel Armor Ghost Armor Psi Armor

Vehicles Satellite Alloy SHIV SHIV Laser Cannon Phoenix Cannon Defence Matrix (dodge) Uplink Targeting (Aim)

Build Items

Weapons

Item	Description	Prerequisite	Cost	Duration
Medikit	Our field-deployable Medikit can temporarily treat a soldier's wounds through the use of nano sutures and high-potency stimulants.	None	§25 5 Engineers	Immediate

Vehicles

Item	Description	Prerequisite	Cost	Duration
Satellite	An advanced reconnaissance satellite modified to detect the unique gravitational distortions caused by alien craft in flight	None	§100 5 Engineers	20d
Phoenix Cannon	The Phoenix Cannon is capable of delivering massive burst damage, but its limited range puts the Interceptor at greater risk during combat.	?	§20 (Normal) 5 Engineers	Immediate
Uplink Targeting (Aim)	Activate this module during interception to provide an immediate, temporary booste to our unit's accuracy. The module will burn out after one use. Its technology is based on Sectoid implants, and allows us to send a data pulse through our satellite network.	Sectoid Autopsy	§5 (Normal) 3x Sectoid Corpse 5 Engineers	Immediate
Alloy SHIV	Integration of the alien alloy into the basic SHIV design results in a weapons platform that is both lighter and stronger than the original. The reinforced chassis allows for this SHIV to be used as a mobile cover position in the field.	Alien Alloys, Heavy Weapons Platform (SHIV)	§75 20 Alloys 10 Engineers	Unknown
SHIV	The Super Heavy Infantry Vehicle, or SHIV, is an advanced weapons platform that can be deployed in place of a human soldier. While extremely capable in most combat scenarios, any damage to the SHIV will require lengthy repairs.	Heavy Weapons Platform (SHIV)	§45 5 Engineers	Unknown

Build Facilities

See also Base Facilities

Facilities

Facility	Description	Prerequisite	Cost	Maintenance	Bonus	Duration
Access Lift	Required to access a level.	None	§50 2 Power	§10 month	None	5d
Satellite Uplink	With the signal monitored by a team of engineers, each Satellite Uplink is capable of receiving transmissions from 2 XCOM satellites.	None	§150 5 Power 10 Engineers	§xx	+1 Satellite capacity for every two uplinks constructed adjacent to another.	Unknown
Satellite Nexus	With the signal monitored by a team of engineers, each Satellite Nexus is capable of receiving transmissions from 4 XCOM satellites.	None	§300 8 Power 25 Engineers 25x Alloys 2x UFO Flight Computer	§26 month	+1 Satellite capacity for every adjacent uplink.	21d
Power Generator	Power Generators supply the power needed to run new facilities. Each generator supplies +6 power.	None	§60	§11 month	+2 power for every adjacent power facility.	5d
Thermo Generator	Thermal Power Generators supply +20 power, but must be built over steam vents.	None	§200	§xx	+2 power for every adjacent power facility.	Unknown
Laboratory	Each laboratory increases research speed by 20%.	None	§125 3 Power 6 Scientists	§24 month	+10% increase to research speed for every adjacent laboratory.	10d
Workshop	Each workshop adds 5 engineers to our staff.	None	§130 3 Power 15 Engineers	§26 month	+7% refund on resources used when building vehicles, foundry projects and facilities.	10d
Foundry	Develop new combat items or improve current items in the Foundry.	None	§75 3 Power	§20 month	None.	10d
Alien Containment	This facility will provide a secure environment to house the alien captives, allowing you to interrogate them in the Labs.	None	§85 5 Power	§18 month	None.	7d