Overspawn (Apocalypse)
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Ok, we are looking at a two story tall creature which has the brain of a pea and melee weapons, on the main Cityscape, fighting against spacecraft in the forms of Retaliators, Annihilators and Hawk Air Warriors... Yeah, this guy is pathetic. He's little threat to X-COM unless he directly attacks your base structures. If anything the damage he causes to corporation property is a good thing because it makes them hate the aliens, which is a PR win for you. The Overspawn will only appear very late in the game once you have a very high score, so it's entirely possible that you won't see one before winning the game.
To Capture: Is this even possible? You can't exactly store an Overspawn in your base, you know. It's a little... BIG, perhaps? I haven't found a way to capture it alive, but it apparently is possible. Maybe shoot down the Mothership before it drops off an Overspawn and kill the troops inside? I can't think of any way to capture an Overspawn.
Official Entry (Captured Alive): "This enormous creature is deposited by an Alien Mothership. Its primary objective appears to be destruction of the city and annihilation of X-COM bases. The terror and panic that it causes amongst the population indicates a change in Alien strategy. It is possible that they have abandoned their attempts at infiltration and are now only concerned with revenge and retribution against X-COM."
Official Entry (Autopsy): "The Overspawn is a hybrid creature, derived from the Megaspawn genetic pool. It is difficult to kill, but will eventually succumb to bombardment by Disruptor Beams and other powerful weapons. Fortunately it has no ranged combat capability."