Sectoid Commander (EU2012)

The first Sectoid Commander you ever encounter will be in the Alien Base. After that, they will be at the helm of UFOs right up until you assault the Overseer UFO, at which point they are permanently replaced by Ethereals.

Stats

1st Appearance	{{{appears}}}
HP	10/10/14/14
Aim	85
Defense	20
Will	90
Movement	12
Easy/Normal/Classic/Impossible

Sectoid Commander Armaments

Weapon	Damage	Critical Chance	Abilities
Sectoid Plasma Pistol	3	0	Unlimited ammo Suppression 20%
Alien Grenade	5	0	NA

Abilities:

• Mind Fray: Causes the target to lose grip on reality, inflicting penalties to Aim, Will, and mobility and doing 5 base damage. Lasts 2 turns, 1 turn cool down.
• Mind Control: Very difficult psi technique that, if successful, grants control of the target for 3 turns.
• Greater Mind Merge: Merge Minds with all lesser allies of the same species nearby, granting them +25% critical chance and +1 health.

Notes

• If killed during a successful mission a Sectoid Commander Corpse will be recovered.
• A Sectoid Commander may be seen on the Tutorial mission where it is mind controlling the German solder.
• In the Game Over cutscene, the Council Representative (mind controlled by a Sectoid Commander) announces the shutdown of XCOM while a Thin Man grasps his shoulder. This may be a reference to earlier games, where it is implied that withdrawn countries are thusly easily infiltrated, then Mind Control techniques are used on their leaders and populace. This may also imply that the Council may work on a 50% majority vote system.