Foundry (Long War)

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Effect	Development of new combat items and improvements to current items
Adjacency Bonus	Workshop (+5% discount/refund)
Prerequisites	None
Other	None
Build costs	| | | |
Normal	§200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18
Quick	§300 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9
Maintenance	§25
Power	6

The Foundry is one the most important buildings in Long War; as with the default game, it is essential for upgrading existing equipment and unlocking new items for further development. The Foundry is unlocked very early during the campaign and it is highly advised to get one up and running as quickly as possible. Besides enhancing and creating new technologies, the foundry also counts as a workshop for adjacency purposes.

Foundry projects are generally passive upgrades and whilst their effects may seem small, they can have a subtle but long-lasting impact on a campaign as they cover everything from boosting the chance of scoring critical hits with pistols, to enhancing the amount of materials recovered after combat. Unfortunately, these projects also require a significant investment of resources, especially meld. They also often require other rarer or more unusual materials such as corpses, wrecks, or UFO components.

Each project has an engineer requirement, while you can still start the project without meeting this requirement, the time to complete it will be significantly longer than usual.

One of the most important upgrade paths that the foundry gives access to is Interceptor upgrades, making them viable against the Alien UFOs. For a full list of some of the new items unlocked by Foundry projects, refer to the Equipment page.

Many foundry projects bear the same name and effects as their original incarnation, though with differing costs, requirements, and time.

Foundry Projects

Projects

Name	Effects	Prerequisites		Cost
										Other
SHIV-Specific Upgrades
SHIV Repair	Allows arc throwers to be used to repair SHIVS (and MECs)	15	Drone Autopsy	§100	5	10	5	0	14	10x Drone Wreck
SHIV Defenses	Unlocks two new utility items for SHIVs to increase their defensive capabilities	30	Mobile Power Armor	§150	30	0	0	0	10	2x Cyberdisk Wreck
SHIV Suppression	Grants SHIVs the Suppression perk, allowing them to use suppressing fire in combat	15	Alien Weaponry	§40	0	5	0	0	7	-
Sentinel Drone	Grants auto-repair ability to a SHIV, and grants them close combat specialist perk	50	Cyberdisc Autopsy	150	20	0	10	0	21	5x Drone Wreck, 5x UFO Flight Computer
General Mechanical Unit Upgrades
Name	Effects									Other
Advanced Servomotors	All SHIVs and MECs are granted the Sprinter perk upon completing the project. Unlocks Walker Servos for infantry and Elerium Turbos for MECs/SHIVs	45	Mechtoid Autopsy	§300	30	0	20	8	14	8x Mechtoid Core
Advanced Repair	Increases Interceptor and SHIV repair speed	45	Heavy Floater Autopsy	§250	40	0	0	0	21	4x Heavy Floater Corpse
Shaped Armor	Increases health of mechanised units (SHIV, MEC)	35	Floater Autopsy	§300	40	0	20	3	21	3x Floater Corpses
MEC Close Combat	Grants all MECs the MEC Close Combat perk, increasing Kinetic Strike damage by 50% In addition, using Kinetic Strike as the first action of a turn no longer ends the MEC's turn	50	Berserker Autopsy	§300	30	0	15	5	7	5x Berserker Corpse
Jellied Elerium	Increases Flamethrower damage by ~50%.	25	Elerium	§200	0	30	0	0	10	-
MEC Warfare Systems	Vital for further MEC equipment development; prerequisite for the production of many MEC items (e.g. Kinetic Strike, Flamethrower, etc.)	20	Alien Biocybernetics	§25	0	0	0	0	7	-
General Weapon Upgrades
Name	Effects									Other
Enhanced Ballistics	Unlocks Alloy-Jacketed Rounds for Infantry and Depleted Elerium Rounds for SHIVs/MECs.	10	Alien Materials	§80	5	0	0	0	7	-
Enhanced Lasers	Unlocks Enhanced Beam Optics for Infantry and Laser Pumper for SHIVs/MECs.	55	Advanced Beam Lasers	§150	20	15	0	0	14	-
Enhanced Plasma	All plasma weapons receive +1 to damage. Unlocks Plasma Stellerator for Infantry and Zevatron Booster for SHIVs/MECs.	75	Precision Plasma Weapons	§500	50	50	50	0	21	1x Plasma Rifle
Ammo Conservation	Increases the ammo capacity of weapons by 1 shot/burst.	75	Muton Autopsy	§600	65	100	0	0	14	20x Muton Corpses
Pistol Upgrades
Name	Effects									Other
Mag Pistols	Grants + 10% Critical hit chance to all pistols	10	Alien Weaponry	§35	0	5	0	0	7	-
Rail Pistols	Grants +10% Aim to all pistols	20	Gauss Weapons	§90	5	25	0	0	10	-
Reflex Pistols	Grants +1 damage to all pistols	35	Compact Plasma Weapons	§145	15	50	15	0	14	-
Material Recovery
Name	Effects									Other
Improved Salvage	Increases weapon fragment recovery from combat by 25%	20	Alien Materials	§200	20	0	10	30	14	-
Alien Metallurgy	Increases alloy salvage from crash sites by between 15 and 20 percent	20	Alien Materials	§300	15	0	5	60	14	-
Alien Nucleonics	Increases Elerium recovery from combat.	45	Alien Power Systems	§500	60	0	20	80	14	-
Aerospace Improvements
Name	Effects									Other
Aircraft Boosters	Allows production of usable 'booster' items for interception	10	Alien Materials	§50	0	10	0	10	7	-
Elerium Afterburners	Increases Interceptor combat time.	45	Alien Propulsion	§200	15	0	15	0	14	2x Alien Power Source
Armored Fighters	Increases Interceptor HP.	30	Advanced Aerospace Concepts	§400	95	0	30	20	14	20x Floater Corpse
Wingtip Sparrowhawks	Grants Interceptors secondary armor-piercing missiles.	55	Advanced Aerospace Concepts	§500	60	50	10	80	21	-
Penetrator Weapons	Increases armor penetration of air-to-air weapons.	35	Advanced Aerospace Concepts	§300	40	45	0	0	14	3x Cyberdisc Wreck, 3x UFO Flight Computers
Super Skyranger	Adds 2 more spaces to the roster on Alien Base and EXALT HQ raids, and 4 more on the Temple Ship Assault	35	Advanced Aerospace Concepts	§200	30	0	0	0	14	-
Improved Avionics	Increases Interceptor hit chance.	40	Advanced Aerospace Concepts	§400	5	50	0	0	14	3x UFO Flight Computers
Stealth Satellites	Decreases chance of satellites being detected by alien patrols (25% on first pass, 50% on second)	115	Stealth Systems	§1200	100	0	100	0	28	10x UFO Flight Computer, 10x Seeker Wreck
Supercapacitors	Upgrades fire rate and armor penetration of aerial Laser Cannons.	70	Advanced Pulse Lasers	§500	80	40	50	0	21	4x UFO Power Source
UFO Countermeasures	Increases Interceptor dodge chance.	50	Seeker Autopsy	§350	5	40	30	0	14	3x Seeker Wrecks, 3x UFO Flight Computer
UFO Tracking	Increases the chance of interceptors detecting UFOs without satellites present (mimicing patrol behaviour) and always when UFOs are on satellite-hunting missions	40	Alien Power Systems	§300	10	0	20	0	28	2x UFO Power Source, 2x UFO Flight Computer
Miscellaneous
Name	Effects									Other
Drone Capture	Agents can now use the Arc Thrower to capture Drones for the duration of combat. See the Drone page for more details.	75	EMP Weapons	§350	0	10	5	0	21	10x Drone Wreck
Improved Arc Thrower	Increases stunning ability of the Arc Thrower	30	Alien Power Systems	§100	20	30	20	0	14	4x Drone Wreck
Tactical Rigging	Grants one extra item slot to soldiers.	60	Muton Elite Autopsy	§500	0	0	50	0	21	20x Muton Elite Corpse
Alien Grenades	Allows the use of Alien Grenades in place of regular HE Grenades, and increases the lethality of Frag Grenades Also increases the firepower of the MEC Grenade Launcher	35	Muton Autopsy	§100	10	20	25	0	7	1x Alien Grenade
Advanced Surgery	Increases soldier healing rate by using alien technology. Wound times reduced by 30%.	45	Alien Biocybernetics	§600	0	0	0	0	21	12x Alien Surgery, 12x Alien Stasis Tank
Improved Medikit	Increases Medikit healing by +3 HP per charge, and Restorative Mist +2 HP per charge	12	Thin Man Autopsy	§180	0	0	0	10	7	10x Thin Man Corpses
Advanced Flight	Increases fuel/flight time for flight-capable units (Archangel/Seraphim Armors, Hover-SHIV)	50	Antigrav Systems	§325	20	0	20	0	14	2x Drone Wreck, 2x Heavy Floater Corpse, 2x Cyberdisc Wreck
New Combat Systems	Unlocks an array of new gear options in combination with other technologies and projects	25	Experimental Warfare	§100	15	0	10	0	14	-
SCOPE Upgrade	SCOPE increases user's chance of scoring a critical hit chance by 10% and increases critical hit chance when using Laser Sight by 5%	25	Experimental Warfare	§100	0	35	0	0	7	-
Psi Warfare Systems	Unlocks special psionic gear	25	Xenopsionics	100	0	0	10	5	14	-
Base Security: Weapons	Blueshirts equip any spare Laser Rifles during an HQ Defense Mission	25	Beam Lasers	40	0	0	0	0	3	-
Base Security: Armor	Blueshirts equip any spare Phalanx Armor suits during an HQ Defense Mission	25	Improved Body Armor	20	0	0	0	0	3	-