Situation Room (LWR)
In General
This facility is used for special situations, like scanning for exalt, dealing with council requests, and launching satellites.
Launch Satellite
You start every campaign with your home country covered by a satellite and 2 spare satellites in storage.
Each country grants 40% of it's income when it's not covered by a satellite and 100% when covered. If the country leaves the Council of Nations it will grant none of it's income.
Covering your home country with a satellite grants a bonus 200 credits.
Bonuses
Covert Operations
A reminder will be generated to scan for exalt after covert op missions and failed intel scans. Each scan costs 200 credits.
XCOM Finances
Gray Market
Here you can sell resources and most manufactured equipment. However, the prices of items can fluctuate, changing at the start of each month.
Sell Cost = Base Cost * (2 + ItemSeed) / 6 Where ItemSeed is a new # between 0-9 each month, individual for each item
Pending Requests
The council will make a request every 5-10 days. Any item can be requested, including items XCOM does not currently have and items XCOM has not even ever seen. Harder to acquire items will usually be accompanied by more generous rewards.