Facilities (Long War)

HQ facilities

The XCOM Headquarters is made up of numerous facilities that are responsible for managing and supplementing the base's important strategic and research functions. The headquarters in Long War are mostly the same as in vanilla, with pretty much every facility performing the same or a similar function as in vanilla.

When needed, facilities can be built more quickly than normal, by selecting the option when building the facility. This will cause the facility to cost considerably more cash and some Meld.

The XCOM Headquarters, often referred to as the "Ant Farm", due to it's side view, is separated in two sections. The top half of the base consists of static facilities that are already available at the start of the game and are the same for every individual game. The bottom half of the base starts out mostly empty, with room to build various facilities, once enough space has been excavated.

Static facilities

The top half of the base contains several crucial facilities that are automatically available from the start of the game, and remain static throughout the game.

Mission Control

The focus of XCOM engagement. Features a rotating hologram of Earth (referred to by Bradford as a 'hologlobe'). In this room you can scan for incoming alien contacts through XCOM's satellite network (allowing for the passage of time), and missions can be launched from here.

Research Labs

The research team, headed by Dr. Vahlen, can be found in this location. The laboratory allows players to research upgrades and can be improved to increase research speed. In this room players can also peruse the research archives, detailing previously completed projects.

Engineering

This facility, managed by Dr. Shen, allows players to build a wide variety of items that have been researched by the scientists in the labs or designed by the engineers in the Foundry.

Barracks

In the Barracks, players can manage their soldiers, including equipping and customizing the troops, managing their skills and hiring new soldiers. There is also a Memorial Wall dedicated to those who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Players can also access the Officer Training School and the Psionic Labs through the Barracks.

Hangar

The Hangar allows players to manage their aircraft, including purchasing new Interceptors, transferring craft between continents, and changing their weapon load-outs.

Situation Room

The Situation Room has two primary uses. The first is monitoring the panic levels the individual nations of The Council and launching satellites to help mitigate that panic and provide additional coverage against alien UFOs. The second is managing XCOM's finances and resources; in the Situation Room you can see your monthly expenditures and incomes, sell items via the Gray Market, and review any Pending Requests from The Council.

Static Facilities (Long War)
Image	Facility	Description
	Mission Control	The Mission Control room is the focus of XCOM engagement, featuring a rotating hologram of Earth, referred to by Bradford as a 'Hologlobe'. In the Mission Control room, players can "Scan for Activity", which advances the time and date, respond to available missions and watch aircraft on their way to a mission.
	Research	The Research Lab houses the research team, headed by Dr. Vahlen. In the Research Lab, players can choose the active research project, and review completed research projects. Players can also access the Genetics Lab here, once it has been constructed.
	Engineering	The Engineering Bay houses the engineering team, headed by Dr. Shen. In the Engineering Bay, players can build Weapons, Armor, Equipment and Vehicles, and expand the XCOM base by building new facilities. Players can also access the Foundry and the Cybernetics Lab here, once they have been constructed.
	Barracks	The Barracks houses the soldiers that are available for missions. In the Barracks, players can review their soldiers, change their loadout and appearance, assign promotions, hire new soldiers and view the memorial to fallen soldiers. Players can also access the Officer Training School and the Psionic Labs here, once they have been constructed.
	Hangar	The Hangar houses the Skyranger troop transport, the soldiers that are selected for the current mission and the base's interceptors and firestorms. In the Hangar, players can review their interceptors and firestorms, change their loadout and name, order new interceptors and transfer interceptors and firestorms between different continents. Note that while fatigued Soldiers remain in the Hangar, their remaining fatigue time does not reduce, causing them to remain fatigued until you remove them from the mission.
	Situation Room	The Situation Room provides a global view of the funding countries, complete with panic levels and satellite coverage. In the situation room, players can review the funding countries, view objectives, launch new satellites, view XCOM finances, sell items on the gray market and view and accept pending council requests. Once EXALT has become active, players can view their EXALT intel, scan for EXALT cells, view and launch covert operations and accuse countries of harboring the EXALT headquarters.

Additional facilities

Dozens of additional facilities can be purchased and built into player bases, bestowing certain benefits. These locations are housed in the base underneath the existing static locations. Most cave locations will require excavation before new facilities can be built in them.

Most of these facilities grant an adjacency bonus, giving nearby rooms of the same type particular benefits, such as rebates on building materials or increased power from power generators. Rooms in the same category give these bonuses, so placing a Satellite Nexus next to a Satellite Uplink will grant a bonus. It's also worth noting that these bonuses go both left and right and up and down, so the most efficient placement for four facilities that can grant bonuses with each other would be putting them into a square shape.

Each of these additional facilities require maintenance, which costs a fixed amount each month. The maintenance cost can be reduced by employing additional engineers. With limited resources, players will be unable to build all available facilities simultaneously.

Adjacency type: When 2 facilities with the same adjacency type are build adjacent to each other (either horizontal or vertical), you gain the adjacency bonus in addition to the bonus from both facilities. Each facility can provide the adjacency bonus more than once. A line of 3 facilities provides the adjacency bonus twice. A block of 2x2 facilities provides the adjacency bonus 4 times. A block of 3x2 facilities provides the adjacency bonus 7 times.

Upkeep: The cash part of the upkeep is paid for at the start of each month, during The Council Report. The power part of the upkeep is a continuous requirement. You cannot build any new facilities if that would cause the total amount of power required for all your facilities to exceed the total amount of power generated.

Build Quickly: Facilities can be build quickly, which increases the cost by 50% (cash, Alloys and Elerium) and 10 Meld, but halves the duration.

Base Facilities (Long War)
Image	Facility	Effect	Adjacency type	Prerequisites		Cost				Upkeep
					Other						Power
	Access Lift	Must be built in the center column. Each base level requires an Access Lift before excavations and other constructions may be performed at that base level. Cannot be torn down once built.	None	None	None	100	0	0	7	5	1
	Laboratory	Increases research speed by 20%.	Laboratory (+10% research speed)	None	10 scientists per Laboratory	200	0	0	21	30	4
	Genetics Lab	Allows Soldiers to be Genetically modified.	Laboratory (+10% research speed)	Xenogenetics	None	200	0	0	18	30	4
	Psionic Labs	Allows Soldiers to discover and develop latent Psionic abilities.	Laboratory (+10% research speed)	Xenopsionics	None	250	0	10	18	25	6
	Workshop	Reduces item cost by 10% and gives a 10% refund on materials. Multiple Workshops have diminishing returns and discounts and refunds cannot exceed 50%.	Workshop (+5% discount/refund)	None	10 engineers per Workshop	200	0	0	21	30	4
	Foundry	Unlocks development of new combat items and improvements to current items. Cannot be torn down once built.	Workshop (+5% discount/refund)	None	None	200	0	0	18	25	6
	Cybernetics Lab	Unlocks the production of Mechanized Exoskeletal Cybersuits, and allows Soldiers to be augmented into MEC Troopers to wear them.	Workshop (+5% discount/refund)	Alien Biocybernetics	None	300	0	0	21	35	6
	Officer Training School	Unlocks increases to squad size and Officer training programs. Cannot be torn down once built.	None	None	1 Soldier at Corporal rank	200	0	0	7	10	1
Image	Facility	Effect	Adjacency type	Prerequisites		Cost				Upkeep
					Other						Power
	Fission Generator	Supplies 8 power, which is required to construct additional facilities.	Power Generator (+3 power)	None	None	120	0	0	10	20	0
	Thermo Generator	Supplies 25 power, which is required to construct additional facilities. Must be built over steam vents.	Power Generator (+3 power)	None	None	350	0	0	21	35	0
	Elerium Generator	Supplies 35 power, which is required to construct additional facilities.	Power Generator (+3 power)	Alien Power Systems	None	400	30	30	25	25	0
	Satellite Uplink	Allows a team of engineers to monitor the transmissions from 1 XCOM satellite, increasing the maximum amount of satellites in orbit by 1.	Satellite Uplink (+1 maximum satellites)	None	10 engineers per Satellite Uplink + 20 engineers per Satellite Nexus	200	0	0	21	20	8
	Satellite Nexus	Allows a team of engineers to monitor the transmissions from 2 XCOM satellites, increasing the maximum amount of satellites in orbit by 2. Costs an UFO Flight Computer in addition to the other costs.	Satellite Uplink (+1 maximum satellites)	Alien Computers	10 engineers per Satellite Uplink + 20 engineers per Satellite Nexus	300	25	10	21	30	12
	Alien Containment	Provides a secure environment to house the Alien captives, allowing you to interrogate them in the Labs. Without an Alien Containment, Aliens captured with an Arc Thrower will be killed.	None	Xenobiology	None	200	10	0	14	30	10
	Hyperwave Relay	Allows the detection of Special UFOs, and shows extended information about UFOs when they are detected. Cannot be torn down once built.	None	Alien Communications	None	600	50	30	28	100	15
	Gollop Chamber	Allows a Psionic Soldier to use the Ethereal Device, which unlocks the Temple Ship Assault mission. Cannot be torn down once built.	None	Alien Command and Control	Ethereal Device	1000	50	30	28	200	35