Mixed Crew

A mixed crew classification means that there will be a mixture of all aliens. It will be primarily a Tasoth crew, with additional supporting aliens from any of the other crew types and their respective terror units. A mixed crew can also bring terror units that are normally only found on sea-based USO recovery and alien installation assault missions onto land-based missions. For example, Xarquids can sometimes be found on shipping lane missions.

If you missed capturing an alien, such as the Deep One or Calcinite and have gone without the technologies that they provide for many months, these aliens will often make a reappearance in mixed crew land based missions, allowing you another chance to capture them.

Mix of races in Alien Colonies

The way alien bases are crewed in TFTD differs slightly from UFO. Where UFO bases will be manned and supplied by the same species as the construction crew, TFTD colonies are operated with a mixture of alien types.

Alien colonies are not manned by a mix of crews in the same sense that the mixed crew USOs are. Instead, they will have a unique selection of crews for the supply runs, who defends the topside section of the colony, and who will man the interior of the colony.

The crew of the supply ships will be the same as the crew of the aliens that established the colony. So if Gillmen do the scouting and construction of the colony, they will also be responsible for the supply runs.

The topside of the colony is always manned by Tasoth and Aquatoids, accompanied by Tentaculats and Hallucinoids.

The interior section of the colony is always manned by Lobstermen and Tentaculats.