X-COM Assault Missions take place when X-
COM carry out any of the following:
• Investigate crashed Alien Sub sites;
• Assault Alien Subs at their landing sites;
• Intervene at alien terror sites;
• Defend X-COM bases against alien
attack; or
• Attack alien bases.
All missions, except defending X-COM bases,
require you to use a transport Sub to get to
your destination. When you begin the game,
the only troop transport available is the
Triton
Sub
, but as the game progresses you will be
able to manufacture new craft.
THE EQUIP SQUAD SCREEN
Before you begin any Assault Mission, you
will be taken to the Equip Squad screen. Your
aquanauts will automatically pick up some
weapons, but you may wish to reequip them.
In the top left of the Equip Squad Screen is the
Rank icon. This displays the current rank of
your aquanaut. Click on this icon and the
Aquanaut Data screen appears. Use the
information provided here to best equip your
aquanaut. Click to exit the screen.
Next to the Rank icon is the name of the currently
selected aquanaut. At the top right of the screen
are two arrows, allowing you to select the next,
or the previous, aquanaut in your squad.
At the center of the screen is an aquanaut,
who might be dressed in the armor which you
might have selected in the Equip Craft screen.
This aquanaut is surrounded by the locations
in which weapons can be carried. The items
on the ground can be picked up and carried by
the aquanaut.
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TERROR FROM THE DEEP
ASSAULTS ON ALIEN CRAFT
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