Research (Long War)

Effect	Development of new technologies and investigating alien species
Adjacency Bonus	None
Prerequisites	None
Other	None
Build costs	| | | |
Normal	§0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Quick	§0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Maintenance	§0
Power	5

The Long War mod adds more techs and increases research times. Some notable changes:

• A vastly expanded research tree.
• Longer research times.
• Autopsies require multiple corpses.
• Interrogation requires that the species in question has already been autopsied.
• Some Autopsies may require other techs: for example, Alien Biocybernetics and Sectoid Autopsy are required to perform the Mechtoid autopsy.
• South America no longer provides Autopsy/Interrogation bonuses, and Autopsy/Interrogations generally take longer (especially for late-game species).

Research Credits

Obtained via interrogation of a captive alien, these time-saving research tasks can be of great help, especially for late game techs. However, due to the arc thrower's reduced success rate and 1 use limit, many players will only pack Arc Throwers for the required Outsider capture and will therefore overlook these. That said, with a vastly expanded research tree and generally longer research times, the 25% time reduction is not to be dismissed.

Research credits
Credit		Research Projects Influenced	Foundry Projects Influenced
Cybernetics	Sectoid Interrogation	Xenogenetics Alien Biocybernetics	Advanced Repair Advanced Servomotors Advanced Surgery Drone Capture Improved Medikit Jellied Elerium MEC Close Combat MEC Warfare Systems
Laser Weaponry	Thin Man Interrogation	Beam Lasers Advanced Beam Lasers Pulse Lasers Advanced Pulse Lasers	Aircraft Boosters Enhanced Lasers Supercapacitors
Aerospace	Floater Interrogation	UFO Analysis Advanced Aerospace Concepts Alien Propulsion Antigrav Systems	Advanced Flight Aircraft Boosters Armored Fighters Elerium Afterburners Improved Avionics Penetrator Weapons Super Skyranger UFO Countermeasures UFO Tracking Wingtip Sparrowhawks
Gauss Weaponry	Muton Interrogation	Gauss Weapons Advanced Gauss Weapons	Mag Pistols Rail Pistols Wingtip Sparrowhawks
Armor	Berserker Interrogation	Improved Body Armor Advanced Body Armor Mobile Power Armor Advanced Power Armor	Armored Fighters Shaped Armor SHIV Defenses Tactical Rigging
Plasma Weaponry	Heavy Floater Interrogation	Plasma Weapons Compact Plasma Weapons Advanced Plasma Weapons Precision Plasma Weapons Heavy Plasma Weapons Vehicular Plasma Weapons	Enhanced Plasma Reflex Pistols
Psionics	Sectoid Commander Interrogation	Xenopsionics Alien Communications Alien Command and Control Mind and Machine	Psi Warfare Systems
All Weapons	Muton Elite Interrogation	Alien Weaponry Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons Fusion Weapons All Laser, Gauss, and Plasma Research Projects	Ammo Conservation Enhanced Ballistics SCOPE Upgrade SHIV Suppression All Laser, Gauss, and Plasma Foundry Projects
All Tech	Ethereal Interrogation	All Research Projects	All Foundry Projects

Note that captive aliens of an already interrogated species can be requested by Council Members. Sectoids, Thin Men, and Floaters often give cash/engineers/scientists. Mutons and upwards (including autopsied heavy mechanized units) often give corporal rank soldiers + cash/engineers/scientists.

Research Projects

Alien Tech
Name	Prerequisites	Materials	Point Cost (Scientists X Days)	Credit	Unlocks
Xenobiology	None	5x Sectoid Corpses	180		Council Requests: Sectoid Corpses (Gives Scientists) Alien Containment (Construction) Targeting Module (Equipment)
Alien Weaponry	None	5x Weapon Fragments	180	Weapons	Council Requests: Weapon Fragments (Gives Engineers) Scope (Equipment) Weapon Gyros (Equipment - Mech) Mag Pistols (Foundry Project) SHIV Suppression (Foundry Project) Beam Lasers (Research Project)
Alien Computers	None	4x UFO Flight Computers	300		Council Requests: UFO Flight Computers (Gives Engineers and possibly also Scientists or CPL+ Soldiers) Satellite Nexus (Construction)
Xenogenetics	Xenobiology	10x Meld	300	Cybernetics	Genetics Lab (Construction) Depth Perception (Gene Mod) Hyper-Reactive Pupils (Gene Mod)
Experimental Warfare	Alien Weaponry	10x Weapon Fragments	240		Smartshell Pods (Equipment) Adaptive Tracking Pods (Equipment) New Combat Systems (Foundry Project) SCOPE Upgrade (Foundry Project)
Alien Biocybernetics	Xenogenetics Alien Materials Alien Computers	10x Elerium 10x Alloys 10x Weapon Fragments 20x Meld	540	Cybernetics	MEC Warfare Systems (Foundry Project) Advanced Surgery (Foundry Project) Minigun (Equipment) Neural Gunlink (Equipment - Requires Psi Warfare Systems) MEC-1 Warden (MEC)
Elerium	Alien Materials	35 Elerium	900		Jellied Elerium (Foundry Project)
Alien Power Systems	Elerium Alien Computers	30 Elerium 6x UFO Power Sources	1200		Council Requests: UFO Power Sources (Gives Cash and either Engineers, Scientists or CPL+ Soldiers) Elerium Generator (Construction) UFO Tracking (Foundry Project) Alien Nucleonics (Foundry Project) Improved Arc Thrower (Foundry Project)
Advanced Aerospace Concepts	Experimental Warfare Alien Materials	10x Alloys 20x Weapon Fragments	660	Aerospace	Armored Fighters (Foundry Project) Wingtip Sparrowhawks (Foundry Project) Penetrator Weapons (Foundry Project) Super Skyranger (Foundry Project) Improved Avionics (Foundry Project)
Stealth Systems	Alien Communications Advanced Power Armor	15x Alloys 50x Elerium	2400		Shadow Armor (Equipment - Armor) Stealth Satellites (Foundry Project)
Alien Propulsion	Advanced Aerospace Concepts Alien Power Systems	50x Elerium 20x Alloys 80x Weapon Fragments	2760	Aerospace	Elerium Afterburners (Foundry Project) Firestorm (Ship)
Antigrav Systems	Advanced Power Armor Alien Propulsion	50x Elerium 15x Alloys	2100	Aerospace	Hover Shiv (SHIV) The Thumper (Equipment - MEC - Requires MEC Warfare Systems) Archangel Armor (Equipment - Armor) Fuel Cell (Equipment) Seraphim Armor (Equipment - Armor) Advanced Flight (Foundry Project)
Victory Conditions
Name	Prerequisites	Materials	Point Cost (Scientists X Days)	Credit	Unlocks
Xenoneurology	Xenobiology	5x Weapon Fragments 10x Sectoid Corpses	240		Arc Thrower (Equipment)
Alien Operations	Xenopsionics Any Interrogation Outsider Live Capture	Outsider Shard	600		Skeleton Key
Alien Communications	Xenoneurology Successful Alien Base Assault	50x Elerium	1800	Psionics	Hyperwave Relay (Construction) Mimic Beacon (Equipment - Requires Psi Warfare Systems)
Xenopsionics	Xenogenetics Xenoneurology Sectoid Autopsy	15x Meld	420	Psionics	Psi Inspiration (Psi Power) Psi Warfare Systems (Foundry Project) Psionic Lab (Construction) Psi Grenade (Equipment - Requires Psi Warfare Systems)
Alien Command And Control	Ethereal Interrogation	50x Elerium 1x Ethereal Device	4500	Psionics	Gollop Chamber (Construction)
Mind and Machine	Alien Command And Control	15x Alloys 50x Elerium 5x ?	4500	Psionics	Vortex Armor
Weapon Tech
Name	Prerequisites	Materials	Point Cost (Scientists X Days)	Credit	Unlocks
Beam Lasers	Alien Weaponry	10x Alloys 25x Weapon Fragments	240	Lasers Weapons	Council Requests: Laser Rifles (Gives CPL+ Soldiers) Laser Carbine (Equipment) Laser Shatterray (Equipment) Autolaser (Equipment) Gatling Laser (Equipment) Laser Rifle (Equipment) Laser Pistol (Equipment) Heater (Equipment Security Training - Weapons (Foundry Project)
Advanced Beam Lasers	Beam Lasers	15x Alloys 25 Weapon Fragments	360	Lasers Weapons	Laser Lance (Equipment - MEC - Requires MEC Warfare Systems) Laser Cannon (Equipment - Aerospace) Superheavy Laser (Equipment - SHIV) Enhanced Lasers (Foundry Project) Laser Sniper Rifle (Equipment - Weapon) Heavy Laser Rifle (Equipment - Weapon) Scatter Laser (Equipment - Weapon) Laser Strike Rifle (Equipment - Weapon)
Pulse Lasers	Advanced Beam Lasers Alien Power Systems	30x Elerium 30x Alloys 65x Weapon Fragments	1260	Lasers Weapons	Blaster (Equipment - Weapon) Gatling Pulser (Equipment - Weapon) Pulse Stengun (Equipment - Weapon) Pulse Carbine (Equipment - Weapon) Pulse Autoblaster (Equipment - Weapon) Pulse Rifle (Equipment - Weapon) Superheavy Pulser (Equipment - SHIV)
Advanced Pulse Lasers	Pulse Lasers	30x Elerium 30x Alloys 65x Weapon Fragments	1650	Lasers Weapons	Scatter Blaster (Equipment - Weapon) Pulse Sniper Rifle (Equipment - Weapon) Blaster Rifle (Equipment - Weapon) Heavy Pulse Rifle (Equipment - Weapon) Pulse Lance (Equipment - MEC - Requires MEC Warfare Systems) Supercapacitors (Foundry Project)
Gauss Weapons	Experimental Warfare Alien Materials	5x Elerium 30x Alloys 50x Weapon Fragments	840	Gauss Weapons	Grenade Launcher (Equipment - MEC - Requires MEC Warfare Systems) Pheonix Coilgun (Equipment - Aerospace) Sentry Gun (Equipment - SHIV) Gauss Rifle (Equipment - Weapon) Gauss Stuttergun (Equipment - Weapon Gauss Autopistol (Equipment - Weapon) Gauss Carbine (Equipment - Weapon) Gauss Machine Gun (Equipment - Weapon) Gauss Autorifle (Equipment - Weapon) Rail Pistols (Foundry Project)
Advanced Gauss Weapons	Gauss Weapons	5x Elerium 30x Alloys 50x Weapon Fragments	900	Gauss Weapons	Railgun (Equipment - MEC - Requires MEC Warfare Systems) Proximity Mine Launcher (Equipment - MEC - requires MEC Warfare Systems) Gauss Long Rifle (Equipment - Weapon) Alloy Cannon (Equipment - Weapon) Recoiless Rifle (Equipment - Weapon) Alloy Strike Rifle (Equipment - Weapon) Heavy Gauss Rifle (Equipment - Weapon - Rocket)
Plasma Weapons	Alien Biocybernetics Alien Power Systems Alien Weaponry	5x Alien Carbine 35x Elerium 35x Alloys 75x Weapon Fragments	2400	Plasma Weapons	Plasma Stormgun (Equipment - Weapon) Plasma Carbine (Equipment - Weapon)
Compact Plasma Weapons	Plasma Weapons	20x Elerium 15 Alloys 50x Weapon Fragment 1x Alien Pistol	2250	Plasma Weapons	Plasma Mauler (Equipment - Pistol) Plasma Pistol (Equipment - Pistol) Reflex Pistols (Foundry Project)
Advanced Plasma Weapons	Plasma Weapons	40x Elerium 25x Alloys 80x Weapon Fragments 3x Alien Rifles	2550	Plasma Weapons	Plasma Novagun (Equipment - Weapon) Plasma Rifle (Equipment - Weapon)
Vehicular Plasma Weapons	Advanced Plasma Weapons	40x Elerium 35x Alloys 80x Weapon Fragments	2700	Plasma Weapons	Plasma Cannon (Equipment - Aerospace) Superheavy Plasma (Equipment - SHIV) Zevatron Booster (Requires Enhanced Plasma)
Precision Plasma Weapons	Advanced Plasma Weapons	45x Elerium 35x Alloys 80x Weapon Fragments	2550	Plasma Weapons	Reflex Rifle (Equipment - Weapon) Plasma Sniper Rifle (Equipment - Weapon) Enhanced Plasma (Foundry Project)
Heavy Plasma Weapons	Plasma Weapons	45x Elerium 35x Alloys 85x Weapon Fragments 2x Alien Heavy Weapons	2550	Plasma Weapons	Plasma Dragon (Equipment - Weapon) Heavy Plasma Rifle (Equipment - Weapon) Particle Cannon (Equipment - MEC - Requires MEC Warfare Systems)
EMP Weapons	Advanced Pulse Lasers Advanced Gauss Weapons	100x Elerium 100x Weapon Fragments 40x Meld	2850	Weapons	EMP Cannon (Equipment - Aerospace) Drone Capture (Foundry Project) Electropulse (Equipment - MEC - Requires MEC Warfare Systems)
Fusion Weapons	EMP Weapons Heavy Plasma Weapons	30x Alloys 100x Elerium 100x Weapon Fragments	3600	Weapons	Blaster Launcher (Equipment - Weapon - Rocket) Fusion Lance (Equipment - Aerospace)
Armor Tech
Name	Prerequisites	Materials	Point Cost (Scientists X Days)	Credit	Unlocks
Alien Materials	None	2x Elerium 2x Alloys 5x Weapon Fragments 1x Meld	180		Council Requests: Alloys (Gives Engineers or Cash) Council Requests: Elerium (Gives Engineers, Scientists or Cash) Council Requests: Meld (Gives Engineers, Scientists or Cash) Heat Ammo Mags (Equipment) Alloy Belt (Equipment) Alloy Plating (Equipment) Reinforced Armor (Equipment) Enhanced Ballistics (Foundry Project) Alien Metallurgy (Foundry Project) Aircraft Boosters (Foundry Project) Improved Salvage (Foundry Project)
Improved Body Armor	Alien Materials	8 Alloys	240	Armor	Phalanx Armor (Equipment) Alloy SHIV (SHIV) Security Training - Armor (Foundry Project) Aurora Armor (Equipment - Armor - Requires Psi Warfare Systems)
Advanced Body Armor	Improved Body Armor	15 Alloys	600	Armor	Kestrel Armor (Equipment - Armor) Carapace Armor (Equipment - Armor)
Mobile Power Armor	Advanced Body Armor Elerium	10 Elerium 20 Alloys	1200	Armor	MEC-II Defender (MEC - Requires MEC Warfare Systems) Aegis Armor (Equipment - Armor) Banshee Armor (Equipment - Armor) Impact Vest (Equipment) SHIV Defenses (Foundry Project)
Advanced Power Armor	Mobile Power Armor Alien Power Systems	20x Elerium 20x Alloys	2040	Armor	MEC-III Paladin (MEC - Requires MEC Warfare Systems) Titan Armor (Equipment - Armor) Corsair Armor (Equipment - Armor) Walker Servos (Equipment - MEC)
Autopsies/Interrogations
Name	Prerequisites	Materials	Point Cost (Scientists X Days)	Credit	Unlocks
Sectoid Autopsy	Xenobiology	10x Sectoid Corpse	120		Smart Macrophages (Gene Mod)
Thin Man Autopsy	Xenobiology	10x Thin Man corpse	180		Council Requests: Thin Man Corpses (Gives Engineers, Scientists or CPL+ Soldiers) Improved Medkit (Foundry Project) Muscle Fiber Density (Gene Mod) Restorative Mist (Equipment - MEC - Requires MEC Warfare Systems) Chem Grenades (Equipment - Requires New Combat Systems)
Floater Autopsy	Alien Biocybernetics	10x Floater corpse	150		Council Requests: Floater Corpses (Gives Engineers or CPL+ Soldiers) Uplink Targeting Module (Equipment - Aerospace - Requires Aircraft Boosters) Shaped Armor (Foundry Project) Kinetic Strike Module (Equipment - MEC - requires MEC Warfare Systems)
Seeker Autopsy	Alien Computers	5x Seeker Wreck	180		Council Requests: Seeker Wrecks (Gives Engineers) Bioelectric Skin (Gene Mod) UFO Countermeasures (Foundry Project) Respirator Implant (Equipment) Ghost Grenade (Equipment - Requires Psi Warfare Systems)
Drone Autopsy	Alien Computers	5x Drone Wreck	90		Council Requests: Drone Wrecks (Gives Engineers) SHIV Repair (Foundry Project) Holo-Targeter (Equipment - Mech units)
Muton Autopsy	Xenobiology	10x Muton corpse	240		Council Requests: Muton Corpses (Gives Engineers, Scientists or CPL+ Soldiers) Adrenal Neurosympathy (Gene Mod) Alien Grenades (Foundry Project - Requires Alien Grenade Capture) Ammo Conservation (Foundry Project)
Chryssalid Autopsy	Xenogenetics	5x Chrysallid Carcass	270		Council Requests: Chryssalid Carcasses (Gives Scientists) Chitin Plating (Equipment) Adaptive Bone Marrow (Gene Mod)
Berserker Autopsy	Xenogenetics Muton Autopsy	5x Berserker Corpse	300		Combat Stims (Equipment) MEC Close Combat (Foundry Project) Neural Damping (Gene Mod)
Muton Elite Autopsy	Muton Autopsy	5x Muton Elite corpse	300		Secondary Heart (Gene Mod) Tactical Rigging (Foundry Project)
Sectopod Autopsy	Alien Computers	3x Sectopod Wreck	750		Battle Computer (Equipment - MEC - Requires MEC Warfare Systems) Reflex Cannon (Equipment) Weapon Supercoolers (Equipment - SHIV)
Cyberdisc Autopsy	Alien Biocybernetics	3x Cyberdisc Wreck	210		Council Requests: Cyberdisc Wrecks (Gives Cash and either Engineers or CPL+ Soldiers) Defense Matrix (Equipment - Aerospace - Requires Aircraft Boosters) Autosentry Turret (Equipment - SHIV) Sentinel Drone (Foundry Project) Iron Skin (Gene Mod)
Heavy Floater Autopsy	Floater Autopsy	5x Heavy Floater Corpse	300		Advanced Repair (Foundry Project) Alloy Carbide Plating (Equipment - Mechanical)
Ethereal Autopsy	Xenopsionics	3x Ethereal Corpse	1500		Telekinetic Field (Psi Power)
Mechtoid Autopsy	Alien Biocybernetics Sectoid Autopsy	3x Mechtoid Core	540		Council Requests: Mechtoid Cores (Gives Engineers and Scientists) Counterfire Pods (Equipment - SHIV) Advanced Servomotors (Foundry Project) Psi Screen (Equipment - requires Psi Warfare Systems) Tactical Sensors (Equipment - Requires MEC Warfare Systems)
Sectoid Commander Autopsy	Xenogenetics Sectoid Autopsy	5x Sectoid Commander Corpse	1050		Council Requests: Alien Entertainment Mind Merge (Psi Power) Mind Shield (Equipment - requires Psi Warfare Systems)
Sectoid Interrogation	Sectoid Autopsy	Live Sectoid Capture	270		Council Requests: Sectoid Captive (Gives Scientists or CPL+ Soldiers) Mind Fray (Psi Power) Research Credit - Cybernetics
Thin Man Interrogation	Thin Man Autopsy	Live Thin Man Capture	300		Council Requests: Thin Man Captive (Gives Scientists) Regen Biofield (Gene Mod) Research Credit - Laser Weaponry
Floater Interrogation	Floater Autopsy	Live Floater Capture	270		Council Requests: Floater Captive (Gives Engineers) Neural Feedback (Psi Power) Research Credit - Aerospace
Muton Interrogation	Muton Autopsy	Live Muton Capture	420		Council Requests: Muton Captive (Gives CPL+ Soldiers and possibly also Scientists) Distortion Field (Psi Power) Research Credit - Gauss Weapons
Berserker Interrogation	Berserker Autopsy	Live Berserker Capture	600		Council Requests: Berserker Captive (Gives CPL+ Soldiers and Scientists) Psi Panic (Psi Power) Research Credit - Armor
Muton Elite Interrogation	Muton Elite Autopsy	Live Muton Elite Capture	750		Research Credit - All Weapons
Heavy Floater Interrogation	Heavy Floater Autopsy	Live Heavy Floater Capture	540		Psychokinetic Strike (Psi Power) Research Credit - Plasma Weaponry
Ethereal Interrogation	Ethereal Autopsy	Live Ethereal Capture	1500		Mind Control (Psi Power) Rift (Psi Power - Mind Control an Ethereal to unlock) Research Credit (All Technology)
Sectoid Commander Interrogation	Sectoid Commander Autopsy	Live Sectoid Commander Capture	1050		Psi Shadow (Psi Power) Research Credit - Psionics
UFO Analysis
Name	Prerequisites	Materials	Point Cost (Scientists X Days)	Credit	Unlocks
UFO Analysis: Scout	Alien Materials	Successful Scout Ground Assault	60	Aerospace	Damage bonus
UFO Analysis: Destroyer	Alien Materials	Successful Destroyer Ground Assault	90	Aerospace	Damage bonus
UFO Analysis: Abductor	Alien Materials	Successful Abductor Ground Assault	120	Aerospace	Damage bonus
UFO Analysis: Transport	Alien Materials	Successful Transport Ground Assault	150	Aerospace	Damage bonus
UFO Analysis: Battleship	Alien Materials	Successful Battleship Ground Assault	180	Aerospace	Damage bonus
UFO Analysis: Overseer	Alien Materials	Successful Overseer Ground Assault	180	Aerospace	Damage bonus
UFO Analysis: Fighter	Alien Materials	Successful Fighter Ground Assault	60	Aerospace	Damage bonus
UFO Analysis: Raider	Alien Materials	Successful Raider Ground Assault	90	Aerospace	Damage bonus
UFO Analysis: Harvester	Alien Materials	Successful Harvester Ground Assault	120	Aerospace	Damage bonus
UFO Analysis: Terror Ship	Alien Materials	Successful Terror Ship Ground Assault	150	Aerospace	Damage bonus
UFO Analysis: Assault Carrier	Alien Materials	Successful Assault Carrier Ground Assault	180	Aerospace	Damage bonus

See also

Long War: XCOM Facilities
	Overview Mission Control Research Engineering Barracks Hangar Situation Room
	Access Lift Alien Containment Elerium Generator Foundry Fission Generator Genetics Lab Gollop Chamber Hyperwave Relay Laboratory Officer Training School Psionic Lab Repair Bay Satellite Nexus Satellite Uplink Thermo Generator Workshop