Thin Man (EU2012)

The Thin Men are agile, quick, and elusive alien creatures. Designed to look human so that they can successfully infiltrate society, Thin Men are responsible for handling the more secretive operations of the alien invasion. (Though some aren't exactly subtle, such as planting huge alien bombs in the middle of urban centres.)

Their human-like appearance doesn't fool XCOM troops, who have no trouble identifying Thin Men as hostiles.

Stats

1st Appearance	{{{appears}}}
HP	3/3/4/6
Aim	65
Defense	0
Will	15
Movement	15
Easy/Normal/Classic/Impossible

Thin Man Armaments

Weapon	Damage	Critical Chance	Abilities
Thin Man Plasma Light Rifle	4	10	Suppression 20%

Abilities:

• Poison Spit: The Thin Man spits a poisonous glob that decreases the aim of your soldiers by 20% and damages their health by one point each turn for up to 3 turns. Soldiers equipped with Titan Armor or a Medikit are immune. Other soldiers can be cured by using a Medikit on them.
• Leap: Allows the Thin Man to jump incredibly high, allowing it to scale entire buildings and take up an elevated position. Very dangerous against Snipers who are unable to fire.
• Last Gasp: The Thin Man explodes, leaving a poisonous cloud that will poison any soldiers that move within it, can void a small area of cover. Only activates when a Thin Man dies.
• Thin Men have an unexplained ability to deploy directly in to a mission area on some missions, seemingly dropping out of the sky.

Notes

• If killed during a successful mission a Thin Man Corpse will be recovered.
• If captured during a mission and interrogated afterwards they will provide a reduction in the time required to research all UFO Technology (Alien Nav Computer, UFO Power Source and Elerium.

Trivia

• The Thin Men are one of the few aliens in Enemy Unknown 2012 that do not have a direct 1994 equivalent. However, their reptilian origin suggests a conceptual link to the Snakemen.
• Thin Men are caricatures of Sid Meier, head of Firaxis. He has a history of showing up in games by Firaxis.