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* CaptainErsatz: It's either this to [[spoiler:[[Literature/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], or is Cthulhu himself]].
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* CaptainErsatz: It's either this to [[spoiler:[[Literature/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], or -- given that it has influenced the dreams of humanity for centuries -- is Cthulhu himself]].
* NonActionBigBad: For all the spookiness of its lore, it doesn't actually ''do'' anything in the final battle.
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* NothingIsScarier: Just what the hell IS this thing?! Where did it come from? How did it even evolve? ''How long does Earth have before another of its kind finds us?'' [[spoiler: Not even the aliens themselves know!]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: It just narrowly averts pulling off this trope for ''humanity''. The destruction of T'Leth and the consequences thereof render Earth almost uninhabitable, to the point that by the time of ''X-Com: Apocalypse'', humanity survives in only a few scattered mega-cities.]]
* TimeAbyss: It's been slumbering on Earth since the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. How long it existed before ''that'' will never be known.
* TimeAbyss: It's been slumbering on Earth since the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. How long it existed before ''that'' will never be known.
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted. A lot of information sources, including the official wiki, claim they cannot reaction-fire and are completely harmless during your turn. However, this only applies to the original game. In OpenXcom, which is the version most people play today, they ''can''.
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted. A lot of information sources, including the official wiki, claim they cannot reaction-fire and are completely harmless during your turn. However, this only applies to the original game. In OpenXcom, ''[=OpenXcom=]'', which is the version most people play today, they ''can''.
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* SuperSoldier: They aren't as tough or resistant as the Lobsterman, but they do have very high stats and are capable of Molecular Control. They also lack the Lobstermen's glaring weaknesses to certain forms of attack.
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* SuperSoldier: They aren't as tough or resistant as the Lobsterman, but they do have very high stats and their leaders are capable of Molecular Control. They also lack the Lobstermen's glaring weaknesses to certain forms of attack.
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted - like the Deep One, they're billed by many sources, including the wiki, as having a weakness that doesn't actually exist (that being a inability to damage tanks, which they can do). Whether this is something was patched out in one of the more modern ports of the game, or it's the community being as sadistic as usual.
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted - like the Deep One, AchillesHeel:
** Displacer tanks are almost totally immune to their attacks and cannot be zombified, but Tentaculats will still move up and attack them, leaving themselves exposed during your turn. Coelacanth tanks are not nearly as resistant, but at least they cannot be zombified.
** They are vulnerable to explosives -- a Sonic Pulser is almost guaranteed to OneHitKill them even on Superhuman difficulty.
** If you're brave enough to get close, you'll find that they'rebilled by many sources, including the wiki, as having a weakness surprisingly vulnerable to melee attacks. This is much more dangerous in ''[=OpenXcom=]'' because that doesn't actually exist (that being a inability version allows all units to damage tanks, which they can do). Whether this is something was patched out in one use melee attacks instead of the more modern ports of the game, or it's the community being as sadistic as usual.reaction fire.
** Displacer tanks are almost totally immune to their attacks and cannot be zombified, but Tentaculats will still move up and attack them, leaving themselves exposed during your turn. Coelacanth tanks are not nearly as resistant, but at least they cannot be zombified.
** They are vulnerable to explosives -- a Sonic Pulser is almost guaranteed to OneHitKill them even on Superhuman difficulty.
** If you're brave enough to get close, you'll find that they're
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The assigned terror unit of the Aquatoids, who are completely different than what X-COM is used too. They're giant green [[BlobMonster blobs of protoplasm]] that steal diving suits and fill them up into AnimatedArmor that can use its sharper-than-steel claws to tear through anything.
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The assigned terror unit of the Aquatoids, who are completely different than what X-COM is used too.to. They're giant green [[BlobMonster blobs of protoplasm]] that steal diving suits and fill them up into AnimatedArmor that can use its sharper-than-steel claws to tear through anything.
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* LizardFolkLizardFolk: In appearance only (see above).
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Rare but powerful terror units primarily used by the Tasoths, these dinosaur cyborgs are armed with enormously powerful sonic cannons, and are greatly resistant to attacks. Thankfully (or not so thankfylly), they exclusively appear on land-based terror missions.
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Rare but powerful terror units primarily used by the Tasoths, rare Mixed Crews (mostly Tasoths plus some Aquatoids), these dinosaur cyborgs are armed with enormously powerful sonic cannons, cannons and razor-sharp teeth, and are greatly resistant to attacks. Thankfully (or not so thankfylly), they exclusively appear on land-based terror missions.
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* AchillesHeel: They can tank one or two [[InfinityPlusOneSword Disruptor Pulse Launcher]] blasts, but has virtually non-existent under-armour means a single grenade should be enough to kill it.
* ArmlessBiped: Like the Reapers, they don't have arms. Unlike the Reapers, they make up for it by carrying two Heavy Sonic Cannons strapped to their bodies.
* ArmlessBiped: Like the Reapers, they don't have arms. Unlike the Reapers, they make up for it by carrying two Heavy Sonic Cannons strapped to their bodies.
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* AchillesHeel: They are immune to most small arms and, especially on the higher difficulty levels, even Sonic Cannons will struggle to damage them. However, they can tank one or two [[InfinityPlusOneSword Disruptor Pulse Launcher]] blasts, but has be easily killed even with beginning-tier explosives to their virtually non-existent under-armour means under-armour, and a single grenade should be enough to kill it.
Thermal Shok Launcher guarantees a [[OneHitKill one-hit stun]].
* ArmlessBiped: Like the Reapers, they don't have arms. Unlike the Reapers, they make up for it by carrying two Heavy Sonic Cannons strapped to theirbodies.bodies (though in-game it is treated as a single weapon).
* ArmlessBiped: Like the Reapers, they don't have arms. Unlike the Reapers, they make up for it by carrying two Heavy Sonic Cannons strapped to their
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* CloningBlues: Many of the aliens are cloned, much like the first game. They don't have the personal autonomy to worry about it, though.
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* PaperThinDisguise: As the [[TheWikiRule official wiki]] states "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Unless you have an agent obsessed with yellow diving suits (and refuses to take off his helmet on land), there should be no problem identifying this armored blob.]]"
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* PaperThinDisguise: As the [[TheWikiRule official wiki]] wiki states "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Unless you have an agent obsessed with yellow diving suits (and refuses to take off his helmet on land), there should be no problem identifying this armored blob.]]"
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted. A lot of information sources, including [[TheWikiRule the official wiki]], claim they cannot reaction-fire and are completely harmless during your turn. However, this only applies to the original game. In OpenXcom, which is the version most people play today, they ''can''.
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted. A lot of information sources, including [[TheWikiRule the official wiki]], wiki, claim they cannot reaction-fire and are completely harmless during your turn. However, this only applies to the original game. In OpenXcom, which is the version most people play today, they ''can''.
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* HumanPopsicle: They've used cryogenic stasis chambers to remain dormant for thousands of years. You can also sell these chambers, [[WhatAnIdiot because apparently X-COM scientists and engineers can't seem to find any usage for them]].
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* HumanPopsicle: They've used cryogenic stasis chambers to remain dormant for thousands of years. You can also sell these chambers, [[WhatAnIdiot because apparently X-COM scientists and engineers can't seem to find any usage for them]].them.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: For the aliens, at least.
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* NinjaPirateRobotZombie: [[HeavilyArmoredMook Heavily armoured]] {{Cyborg}} [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]] with [[BackpackCannon shoulder-mounted]] [[MakeMeWannaShout Sonic Cannons]].
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* NinjaPirateRobotZombie: [[HeavilyArmoredMook Heavily armoured]] {{Cyborg}} [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]] dinosaurs with [[BackpackCannon shoulder-mounted]] [[MakeMeWannaShout Sonic Cannons]].
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: It's quite hard to think of a nautilus in any other medium, eh?
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* NotQuiteTheRightThing: [[spoiler:Destroying T'Leth stops the aliens, but it also wrecks the Earth's biosphere, turning it into the ravage wasteland seen in ''VideoGame/XcomApocalypse'']].
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* UndergroundMonkey: They're aquatic Sectoids.
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* HumanPopsicle: They've used cryogenic stasis chambers to remain dormant for thousands of years. You can also sell these chambers as VendorTrash, [[WhatAnIdiot because apparently X-COM scientists and engineers can't seem to find any usage for them]].
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* HumanPopsicle: They've used cryogenic stasis chambers to remain dormant for thousands of years. You can also sell these chambers as VendorTrash, chambers, [[WhatAnIdiot because apparently X-COM scientists and engineers can't seem to find any usage for them]].
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* CaptainEratz: It's either this to [[spoiler:[[Literature/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], or is Cthulhu himself]].
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* CaptainEratz: CaptainErsatz: It's either this to [[spoiler:[[Literature/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], or is Cthulhu himself]].
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confirmed that the Deep Ones' reaction fire is a change introduced in Open Xcom
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted. A lot of information sources, including [[TheWikiRule the official wiki]], claim they cannot reaction-fire and are completely harmless during your turn. In actuality, they ''can.'' (This may be a change implemented in OpenXcom).
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted. A lot of information sources, including [[TheWikiRule the official wiki]], claim they cannot reaction-fire and are completely harmless during your turn. However, this only applies to the original game. In actuality, OpenXcom, which is the version most people play today, they ''can.'' (This may be a change implemented in OpenXcom).''can''.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning
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* RedEyesTakeWarning
PsychicPowers: Similar to the Sectoids, higher-ranking Aquatoids can use "molecular control" to make your soldiers panic, or even take control of their minds.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Unlike their Sectoid cousins, they have smaller, red, glowing eyes reminiscent of Cthulhu and his spawn.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Unlike their Sectoid cousins, they have smaller, red, glowing eyes reminiscent of Cthulhu and his spawn.
* ArtificialStupidity: They have a very poor AI in the older versions of the game, and will usually just float around and wander aimlessly, only rarely attacking your Aquanauts. Newer ports make them significantly more dangerous.
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* PsychicPowers: Their Commanders can use "molecular control" and are surprisingly good at it, but are one of the most rarely-seen aliens in the game.
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A race of Earth-borne nautilus, made gigantic by alien drugs and AppliedPhlebotinum. They only appear underwater, and serve as more of a distraction and annoyance than a threat.
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A race of Earth-borne nautilus, made gigantic by alien drugs and AppliedPhlebotinum. They only appear underwater, and serve as snipers. While dangerous early in the game, once you get Ion Armour they become more of a an annoyance and distraction and annoyance than a threat.
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* SuperSoldierSuperSoldier: Tough, skilled and heavily armed, Lobstermen are ideal shock troops.
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Probably the biggest example of [[AliensAreBastards how evil the aliens are]], the Bio-Drone is a brain, often human, inside a miniature FlyingSaucer that fulfils the role of [[VideoGame/XComUFODefense the Cyberdisc from the previous war]]. Often put alongside the Lobstermen or used as guard dogs for alien bases.
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Probably the biggest example of [[AliensAreBastards how evil the aliens are]], the Bio-Drone is a brain, often human, inside a miniature FlyingSaucer that fulfils the role of [[VideoGame/XComUFODefense the Cyberdisc from the previous war]]. Often put alongside the They accompany Lobstermen or used as guard dogs for alien bases.and Tasoths on surface missions.
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* ImplacableMan: The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] openly states that they "often form the spearhead of an alien attack and never seems to shrink from the fight even in the face of overwhelming odds". This is actually a InformedAttribute, as in-game Tasoths have much lower Bravery stats than other aliens.
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* ImplacableMan: The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] openly states that they "often form the spearhead of an alien attack and never seems to shrink from the fight even in the face of overwhelming odds". This is actually a an InformedAttribute, as in-game Tasoths Tasoth Soldiers have much lower Bravery stats than other aliens.
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* SuperSoldier: They aren't as tough or resistant as the Lobsterman, but they do have very high stats and are capable of Molecular Control.
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* SuperSoldier: They aren't as tough or resistant as the Lobsterman, but they do have very high stats and are capable of Molecular Control. They also lack the Lobstermen's glaring weaknesses to certain forms of attack.
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted. A lot of information sources, including [[TheWikiRule the official wiki]], claim they cannot reaction-fire and are completely harmless during your turn. In actuality, they ''can.''
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted. A lot of information sources, including [[TheWikiRule the official wiki]], claim they cannot reaction-fire and are completely harmless during your turn. In actuality, they ''can.'''' (This may be a change implemented in OpenXcom).
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* UsedFutur: They have this motif as much as the aliens.
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* UsedFutur: UsedFuture: They have this motif as much as the aliens.
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* OceanPunk
* UsedFuture / {{Zeerust}}: They have this motif as much as the aliens.
* UsedFuture / {{Zeerust}}: They have this motif as much as the aliens.
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* ATeamFiring: [[RunningGag Grumble, grumble...]]
* [[spoiler:BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: The end of ''Terror from the Deep'' results in T'leth's destruction spreading chemicals all over the world's oceans and thus snapping a few links off the food chain. Oops.]]
* [[spoiler:BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: The end of ''Terror from the Deep'' results in T'leth's destruction spreading chemicals all over the world's oceans and thus snapping a few links off the food chain. Oops.]]
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%%* {{BFG}}: A lot of their tech, from the starting Gas Cannon, Hydro-Jet Cannon and Torpedo Launcher to the more powerful Heavy Gauss and the even stronger Sonic Cannon.
*
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* [[spoiler:DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu:In addition to many of the stronger aliens, they eventually manage to kill a Cthulhu {{Expy}}.]]
* DoAnythingSoldier
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Their detonation of T'Leth, taking the aliens with them. As the ''X-COM: Interceptor'' manual states "In destroying the power nodes of the lead alien's cryogenic coffin, the aquanauts set off a chain reaction that destroys the alien colony ship just as it is rising above the surface of the water. [[TearJerker All the aquanauts aboard are killed, but in dying they ensure the safety of the people of Earth]]."]]
* DoAnythingSoldier
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Their detonation of T'Leth, taking the aliens with them. As the ''X-COM: Interceptor'' manual states "In destroying the power nodes of the lead alien's cryogenic coffin, the aquanauts set off a chain reaction that destroys the alien colony ship just as it is rising above the surface of the water. [[TearJerker All the aquanauts aboard are killed, but in dying they ensure the safety of the people of Earth]]."]]
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* [[spoiler:DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu:In DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In addition to many of the stronger aliens, they eventually manage to kill a [[spoiler:a Cthulhu {{Expy}}.]]
*{{Expy}}]].
%%* DoAnythingSoldier
%%* EnergyWeapon: The Gauss Pistol and Gauss Rifle.
*[[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: FreezeRay: Thermal Tasers and the Thermal Shok Launcher, which induce HarmlessFreezing and are used to capture aliens alive.
%%* GrenadeSpam: Magna-Blast Grenades, Particle Disturbance Grenades, Magna-Explosion Packs and later Sonic Pulsers.
%%* HarpoonGun: The Dart Gun and Jet Harpoon.
%%* HealingShiv: Medikits.
* HeroicSacrifice: Their detonation ofT'Leth, [[spoiler:T'Leth, taking the aliens with them. As the ''X-COM: Interceptor'' manual states "In destroying the power nodes of the lead alien's cryogenic coffin, the aquanauts set off a chain reaction that destroys the alien colony ship just as it is rising above the surface of the water. [[TearJerker All the aquanauts aboard are killed, but in dying they ensure the safety of the people of Earth]]."]]"]]
%%* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Displacer Pulse Cannon, which is basically a underwater Blaster Launcher.
%%* MakeMeWannaShout: The Sonic Pistol and Sonic-Blasta Rifle.
%%* MindControlDevice: Molecular Control Disruptors.
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%%* DoAnythingSoldier
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%%* HarpoonGun: The Dart Gun and Jet Harpoon.
%%* HealingShiv: Medikits.
* HeroicSacrifice: Their detonation of
%%* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Displacer Pulse Cannon, which is basically a underwater Blaster Launcher.
%%* MakeMeWannaShout: The Sonic Pistol and Sonic-Blasta Rifle.
%%* MindControlDevice: Molecular Control Disruptors.
%%* ThisIsADrill: The [[{{Vibroweapon}} Vibro Blade]], Thermic Lance and Heavy Thermic Launce.
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* WeaponOfChoice:
** HarpoonGun: The near-useless Dart Gun and Jet Harpoon.
** GrenadeSpam: Magna-Blast Grenades, Particle Disturbance Grenades, Magna-Explosion Packs and later Sonic Pulsers.
** EnergyWeapon: The Gauss Pistol and Gauss Rifle.
** HealingShiv: Medikits.
** MakeMeWannaShout: The Sonic Pistol and Sonic-Blasta Rifle.
** {{BFG}}: A lot of their tech, from the starting Gas Cannon, Hydro-Jet Cannon and Torpedo Launcher to the more powerful Heavy Gauss and the even stronger Sonic Cannon.
** FreezeRay: Thermal Tasers and the Thermal Shok Launcher, which induce HarmlessFreezing and are used to capture aliens alive.
** ThisIsADrill: The [[{{Vibroweapon}} Vibro Blade]], Thermic Lance and Heavy Thermic Launce.
** MindControlDevice: Molecular Control Disruptors.
** InfinityPlusOneSword: The Displacer Pulse Cannon, which is basically a underwater Blaster Launcher.
** HarpoonGun: The near-useless Dart Gun and Jet Harpoon.
** GrenadeSpam: Magna-Blast Grenades, Particle Disturbance Grenades, Magna-Explosion Packs and later Sonic Pulsers.
** EnergyWeapon: The Gauss Pistol and Gauss Rifle.
** HealingShiv: Medikits.
** MakeMeWannaShout: The Sonic Pistol and Sonic-Blasta Rifle.
** {{BFG}}: A lot of their tech, from the starting Gas Cannon, Hydro-Jet Cannon and Torpedo Launcher to the more powerful Heavy Gauss and the even stronger Sonic Cannon.
** FreezeRay: Thermal Tasers and the Thermal Shok Launcher, which induce HarmlessFreezing and are used to capture aliens alive.
** ThisIsADrill: The [[{{Vibroweapon}} Vibro Blade]], Thermic Lance and Heavy Thermic Launce.
** MindControlDevice: Molecular Control Disruptors.
** InfinityPlusOneSword: The Displacer Pulse Cannon, which is basically a underwater Blaster Launcher.
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** HarpoonGun: The near-useless Dart Gun and Jet Harpoon.
** GrenadeSpam: Magna-Blast Grenades, Particle Disturbance Grenades, Magna-Explosion Packs and later Sonic Pulsers.
** EnergyWeapon: The Gauss Pistol and Gauss Rifle.
** HealingShiv: Medikits.
** MakeMeWannaShout: The Sonic Pistol and Sonic-Blasta Rifle.
** {{BFG}}: A lot of their tech, from the starting Gas Cannon, Hydro-Jet Cannon and Torpedo Launcher to the more powerful Heavy Gauss and the even stronger Sonic Cannon.
** FreezeRay: Thermal Tasers and the Thermal Shok Launcher, which induce HarmlessFreezing and are used to capture aliens alive.
** ThisIsADrill: The [[{{Vibroweapon}} Vibro Blade]], Thermic Lance and Heavy Thermic Launce.
** MindControlDevice: Molecular Control Disruptors.
** InfinityPlusOneSword: The Displacer Pulse Cannon, which is basically a underwater Blaster Launcher.
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* AchillesHeel: Small spaces - while they can persue even "flying" Aquanauts, their massive sizes mean that they can't pursue you into hidden places or through doors.
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* AchillesHeel: Small spaces - -- while they can persue pursue even "flying" Aquanauts, their massive sizes mean that they can't pursue you into hidden places or through doors.
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* TheGoomba: Is tied with the Aquatoid as this.
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* AmbiguousRobots: Tasoths outwardly appear to be [[TheReptilians reptile-like aliens]], but the AlienAutopsy done on one reveals no internal organs and a power cell with some other odd devices where they should be.
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* AmbiguousRobots: Tasoths outwardly appear to be [[TheReptilians [[LizardFolk reptile-like aliens]], but the AlienAutopsy done on one reveals no internal organs and a power cell with some other odd devices where they should be.
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!![[spoiler:The Ultimate Alien]]
[[spoiler:The BigBad of the game, a mysterious and powerful sleeping alien mind at the centre of [[EldritchLocation T'Leth]]. The only way to stop the aliens once and for all is to find it and destroy it.]]
[[spoiler:The BigBad of the game, a mysterious and powerful sleeping alien mind at the centre of [[EldritchLocation T'Leth]]. The only way to stop the aliens once and for all is to find it and destroy it.]]
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* [[spoiler:CaptainEratz: Is either this to [[Literature/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], or is Cthulhu himself.]]
* [[spoiler:DiabolusExMachina: It's origins and true nature are completely unknown. Nobody on Earth can guess where the creature came from, and as it turns out, ''none of the aliens know either''. It also appears that it can't be killed - all X-COM can do is stop it from ever waking up, but whether or not this actually kills it is unknown, like everything else about it.]]
* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination: By far the biggest in the game. It's a completely incomprehensible terror, stated to be "[[CompleteImmortality so vile and powerful that not even death itself can claim it]]", that we have next to no information or knowledge on other than it exists, that it is the master of T'Leth and the alien invasion, and that it is the Great Dreamer, and It Waits...]]
* [[spoiler:MeetTheNewBoss: Although "not alive but somehow not dead" the Ultimate Alien is subliminally commanding the submarine fleet. It fills the old role left over by the Alien Brain back on Mars.]]
* [[spoiler:CaptainEratz: Is either this to [[Literature/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], or is Cthulhu himself.]]
* [[spoiler:DiabolusExMachina: It's origins and true nature are completely unknown. Nobody on Earth can guess where the creature came from, and as it turns out, ''none of the aliens know either''. It also appears that it can't be killed - all X-COM can do is stop it from ever waking up, but whether or not this actually kills it is unknown, like everything else about it.]]
* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination: By far the biggest in the game. It's a completely incomprehensible terror, stated to be "[[CompleteImmortality so vile and powerful that not even death itself can claim it]]", that we have next to no information or knowledge on other than it exists, that it is the master of T'Leth and the alien invasion, and that it is the Great Dreamer, and It Waits...]]
* [[spoiler:MeetTheNewBoss: Although "not alive but somehow not dead" the Ultimate Alien is subliminally commanding the submarine fleet. It fills the old role left over by the Alien Brain back on Mars.]]
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* DiabolusExMachina: Its origins and true nature are completely unknown. Nobody on Earth can guess where the creature came from, and as it turns out, [[spoiler:''none of the aliens know either''. It also appears that it can't be killed -- all X-COM can do is stop it from ever waking up, but whether or not this actually kills it is unknown, like everything else about it.]]
*[[spoiler:DiabolusExMachina: EldritchAbomination: By far the biggest in the game. It's origins and true nature are a completely unknown. Nobody on Earth incomprehensible terror, stated to be [[spoiler:"[[CompleteImmortality so vile and powerful that not even death itself can guess where the creature came from, and as claim it]]", that we have next to no information or knowledge on other than it turns out, ''none of the aliens know either''. It also appears exists, that it can't be killed - all X-COM can do is stop it from ever waking up, but whether or not this actually kills the master of T'Leth and the alien invasion, and that it is unknown, like everything else about it.the Great Dreamer, and It Waits...]]
*[[spoiler:EldritchAbomination: By far the biggest in the game. It's a completely incomprehensible terror, stated to be "[[CompleteImmortality so vile and powerful that not even death itself can claim it]]", that we have next to no information or knowledge on other than it exists, that it is the master of T'Leth and the alien invasion, and that it is the Great Dreamer, and It Waits...]]
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After having been disbanded following [[VideoGame/XComUFODefense their victory on Cydonia]], X-COM has become something of a mining operation, collecting the remaining Elerium on Earth. However, when the new hordes of aliens rise up, X-COM reclaims government funding and sets out to save the world once again.
!!The Organisation in general
* BackFromTheBrink: They'd been all but dishonourably disbanded following their conquest of Mars leading to a severe economic collapse and political incident and became little more than aquatic alien material miners. However, when the second AlienInvasion occurs, they quickly bounce back.
* BagOfSpilling: X-COM was disbanded after the First Alien War thanks to politics, reduced to an underwater Elerium salvage team financed by a tycoon, before the arrival of aliens prompted the re-constituted Funding Nations to reboot the program. In addition, you will start out with basic weapons and no Armor because all the research from the First Alien War is functionally useless underwater: alien alloys react poorly to seawater, meaning they can't be used for armour or weapons (invalidating plasma weaponry), and lasers are impractical underwater due to blooming and other issues (invalidating laser weaponry). Of course none of this explains why you can't simply use the old alien weapons for missions when you aren't underwater, such as terror alerts or base defences, but the game still doesn't let you.
* BoardingParty: They do this when they have to engage aliens attacking civilian ships.
* OceanPunk
* UsedFuture / {{Zeerust}}: They have this motif as much as the aliens.
!!Aquanauts
* ATeamFiring: [[RunningGag Grumble, grumble...]]
* [[spoiler:BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: The end of ''Terror from the Deep'' results in T'leth's destruction spreading chemicals all over the world's oceans and thus snapping a few links off the food chain. Oops.]]
* TheCaptain: The highest rank a aquanaut can achieve. You can have one Captain for every 30 Aquanauts you employ.
* CommandingCoolness: The ''second'' highest rank they can achieve.
* [[spoiler:DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu:In addition to many of the stronger aliens, they eventually manage to kill a Cthulhu {{Expy}}.]]
* DoAnythingSoldier
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Their detonation of T'Leth, taking the aliens with them. As the ''X-COM: Interceptor'' manual states "In destroying the power nodes of the lead alien's cryogenic coffin, the aquanauts set off a chain reaction that destroys the alien colony ship just as it is rising above the surface of the water. [[TearJerker All the aquanauts aboard are killed, but in dying they ensure the safety of the people of Earth]]."]]
* PrimaryColorChampion: Much of their equipment is blue or yellow.
* WaterIsAir: They're able to do ridiculous things like ''throwing grenades underwater''. They also are unable to [[WalkDontSwim float or swim (instead just tromping around on the ocean bottom)]] until you research the Magnetic Ion Suit (This is kind of justified by the fact that they are in extremely heavy diving suits, so that the ocean current doesn't pull them away from the battlefield).
* WeaponOfChoice:
** HarpoonGun: The near-useless Dart Gun and Jet Harpoon.
** GrenadeSpam: Magna-Blast Grenades, Particle Disturbance Grenades, Magna-Explosion Packs and later Sonic Pulsers.
** EnergyWeapon: The Gauss Pistol and Gauss Rifle.
** HealingShiv: Medikits.
** MakeMeWannaShout: The Sonic Pistol and Sonic-Blasta Rifle.
** {{BFG}}: A lot of their tech, from the starting Gas Cannon, Hydro-Jet Cannon and Torpedo Launcher to the more powerful Heavy Gauss and the even stronger Sonic Cannon.
** FreezeRay: Thermal Tasers and the Thermal Shok Launcher, which induce HarmlessFreezing and are used to capture aliens alive.
** ThisIsADrill: The [[{{Vibroweapon}} Vibro Blade]], Thermic Lance and Heavy Thermic Launce.
** MindControlDevice: Molecular Control Disruptors.
** InfinityPlusOneSword: The Displacer Pulse Cannon, which is basically a underwater Blaster Launcher.
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After having been disbanded following [[VideoGame/XComUFODefense their victory on Cydonia]], X-COM has become something of a mining operation, collecting the remaining Elerium on Earth. However, when the new hordes of aliens rise up, X-COM reclaims government funding and sets out to save the world once again.
!!The Organisation in general
* BackFromTheBrink: They'd been all but dishonourably disbanded following their conquest of Mars leading to a severe economic collapse and political incident and became little more than aquatic alien material miners. However, when the second AlienInvasion occurs, they quickly bounce back.
* BagOfSpilling: X-COM was disbanded after the First Alien War thanks to politics, reduced to an underwater Elerium salvage team financed by a tycoon, before the arrival of aliens prompted the re-constituted Funding Nations to reboot the program. In addition, you will start out with basic weapons and no Armor because all the research from the First Alien War is functionally useless underwater: alien alloys react poorly to seawater, meaning they can't be used for armour or weapons (invalidating plasma weaponry), and lasers are impractical underwater due to blooming and other issues (invalidating laser weaponry). Of course none of this explains why you can't simply use the old alien weapons for missions when you aren't underwater, such as terror alerts or base defences, but the game still doesn't let you.
* BoardingParty: They do this when they have to engage aliens attacking civilian ships.
* OceanPunk
* UsedFuture / {{Zeerust}}: They have this motif as much as the aliens.
!!Aquanauts
* ATeamFiring: [[RunningGag Grumble, grumble...]]
* [[spoiler:BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: The end of ''Terror from the Deep'' results in T'leth's destruction spreading chemicals all over the world's oceans and thus snapping a few links off the food chain. Oops.]]
* TheCaptain: The highest rank a aquanaut can achieve. You can have one Captain for every 30 Aquanauts you employ.
* CommandingCoolness: The ''second'' highest rank they can achieve.
* [[spoiler:DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu:In addition to many of the stronger aliens, they eventually manage to kill a Cthulhu {{Expy}}.]]
* DoAnythingSoldier
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Their detonation of T'Leth, taking the aliens with them. As the ''X-COM: Interceptor'' manual states "In destroying the power nodes of the lead alien's cryogenic coffin, the aquanauts set off a chain reaction that destroys the alien colony ship just as it is rising above the surface of the water. [[TearJerker All the aquanauts aboard are killed, but in dying they ensure the safety of the people of Earth]]."]]
* PrimaryColorChampion: Much of their equipment is blue or yellow.
* WaterIsAir: They're able to do ridiculous things like ''throwing grenades underwater''. They also are unable to [[WalkDontSwim float or swim (instead just tromping around on the ocean bottom)]] until you research the Magnetic Ion Suit (This is kind of justified by the fact that they are in extremely heavy diving suits, so that the ocean current doesn't pull them away from the battlefield).
* WeaponOfChoice:
** HarpoonGun: The near-useless Dart Gun and Jet Harpoon.
** GrenadeSpam: Magna-Blast Grenades, Particle Disturbance Grenades, Magna-Explosion Packs and later Sonic Pulsers.
** EnergyWeapon: The Gauss Pistol and Gauss Rifle.
** HealingShiv: Medikits.
** MakeMeWannaShout: The Sonic Pistol and Sonic-Blasta Rifle.
** {{BFG}}: A lot of their tech, from the starting Gas Cannon, Hydro-Jet Cannon and Torpedo Launcher to the more powerful Heavy Gauss and the even stronger Sonic Cannon.
** FreezeRay: Thermal Tasers and the Thermal Shok Launcher, which induce HarmlessFreezing and are used to capture aliens alive.
** ThisIsADrill: The [[{{Vibroweapon}} Vibro Blade]], Thermic Lance and Heavy Thermic Launce.
** MindControlDevice: Molecular Control Disruptors.
** InfinityPlusOneSword: The Displacer Pulse Cannon, which is basically a underwater Blaster Launcher.
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* [[spoiler:CaptainEratz: Is either this to [[Literature/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], or is Cthulhu himself.]]
* [[spoiler:DiabolusExMachina: It's origins and true nature are completely unknown. Nobody on Earth can guess where the creature came from, and as it turns out, ''none of the aliens know either''. It also appears that it can't be killed - all X-COM can do is stop it from ever waking up, but whether or not this actually kills it is unknown, like everything else about it.]]
* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination: By far the biggest in the game. It's a completely incomprehensible terror, stated to be "[[CompleteImmortality so vile and powerful that not even death itself can claim it]]", that we have next to no information or knowledge on other than it exists, that it is the master of T'Leth and the alien invasion, and that it is the Great Dreamer, and It Waits...]]
* [[spoiler:MeetTheNewBoss: Although "not alive but somehow not dead" the Ultimate Alien is subliminally commanding the submarine fleet. It fills the old role left over by the Alien Brain back on Mars.]]
* NoNameGiven: It's officially unnamed, so we only know about through its nicknames. [[spoiler:The Ultimate Alien, the Great Dreamer, the Mastermind, [[Literature/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]...]]
* NothingIsScarier: Just what the hell IS this thing?!
* [[spoiler:NoOntologicalInertia: Killing it and destroying T'Leth makes all the remaining [[AppliedPhlebotinum Zbrite]] [[PhlebotinumBreakdown inert]], only good enough in large numbers, [[VideoGame/XcomApocalypse which is how they managed to send an Avenger to Mars for Elerium-115 prospecting]].]]
* [[spoiler:SealedEvilInACan: Sealed within a coffin in T'Leth, as seen]] [[https://www.ufopaedia.org/images/c/cd/TFTD_tleth3-L1.jpg here]]. [[spoiler:Your final mission is to go to [[LostColony T'Leth]] and make sure it can't escape.]]
* WalkingSpoiler
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* [[spoiler:CaptainEratz: Is either this to [[Literature/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], or is Cthulhu himself.]]
* [[spoiler:DiabolusExMachina: It's origins and true nature are completely unknown. Nobody on Earth can guess where the creature came from, and as it turns out, ''none of the aliens know either''. It also appears that it can't be killed - all X-COM can do is stop it from ever waking up, but whether or not this actually kills it is unknown, like everything else about it.]]
* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination: By far the biggest in the game. It's a completely incomprehensible terror, stated to be "[[CompleteImmortality so vile and powerful that not even death itself can claim it]]", that we have next to no information or knowledge on other than it exists, that it is the master of T'Leth and the alien invasion, and that it is the Great Dreamer, and It Waits...]]
* [[spoiler:MeetTheNewBoss: Although "not alive but somehow not dead" the Ultimate Alien is subliminally commanding the submarine fleet. It fills the old role left over by the Alien Brain back on Mars.]]
* NoNameGiven: It's officially unnamed, so we only know about through its nicknames. [[spoiler:The Ultimate Alien, the Great Dreamer, the Mastermind, [[Literature/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]...]]
* NothingIsScarier: Just what the hell IS this thing?!
* [[spoiler:NoOntologicalInertia: Killing it and destroying T'Leth makes all the remaining [[AppliedPhlebotinum Zbrite]] [[PhlebotinumBreakdown inert]], only good enough in large numbers, [[VideoGame/XcomApocalypse which is how they managed to send an Avenger to Mars for Elerium-115 prospecting]].]]
* [[spoiler:SealedEvilInACan: Sealed within a coffin in T'Leth, as seen]] [[https://www.ufopaedia.org/images/c/cd/TFTD_tleth3-L1.jpg here]]. [[spoiler:Your final mission is to go to [[LostColony T'Leth]] and make sure it can't escape.]]
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When underwater, the Aquatoids will employ the service of the Hallucinoids - gigantic jellyfish the size of a tank. They have inbuilt [[FreezeRay freezing technology]] and can destroy your soldiers VERY quickly if you can't regain control of the situation.
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* AchillesHeel: Small spaces - while they can persue even "flying" Aquanauts, their massive sizes mean that they can't pursue you into hidden places or through doors.
* AnIcePerson: Their weapons are all ice-based thanks to a chemical freezer in-built into their bodies.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] openly states "Do not be lulled into a false sense of security when facing these harmless-looking sailors of the deeps".
* GiantMook: They're larger than your water-tanks!
* InformedAbility: The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] claims they have a ranged attack, but this never appears in-game.
* KillItWithIce: Despite their attacks sounding like electric shocks, it's stated that their attacks are based on chemical freezers.
!!Gillman
A race of aquatic Reptillians who are actually a Earth-native race that have been enslaved by the aliens and serve as [[WeHaveReserves expendable soldiers]]. They can tank more damage than the Aquatoids, but are poor soldiers and slow to react.
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* FishPeople
* HumanSubspecies: The scientists examining them theorise that they may be some distant offshoot of humanity.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: While the [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] [[InformedAbility talks them up as being "extremely powerful and fast in the water" (they're not)]], in actuality they're slow, bumbling {{Mooks}} who are viewed as [[WeHaveReserves totally disposable to the aliens]]. This, combined with their more human-like appearances, can make them quite sympathetic to players.
* TheReptilians: They look like humanoid aquatic reptiles.
* ShoutOut: To the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon and Lovecraft's Deep Ones (even though there's an entirely different race in the game actually called "Deep Ones"). They also have some similarities to the Sea Devils and Silurians from Series/DoctorWho.
* UltraTerrestrials: [[spoiler:They were a offshoot of human evolution who apparently went into the water rather than staying on land and were enslaved by the aliens when [[ColonyDrop they]] [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs arrived]].]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Unlike the [[AliensAreBastards aliens]], it's actually possible to feel a little sorry for this HumanSubspecies that's enslaved by the aliens and are considered completely [[WeHaveReserves disposable]] to them. They're not even that good at fighting you, and are pathetically easy to defeat.
!!Deep Ones
Described by the [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] as a "biological nightmare" for good reason, the Deep Ones are a race of horrible {{Mutants}} created by the Aquatoids from captured humans. They're armed with powerful weaponry and can spit acid, but stunning and capturing them alive is vital for you to unlock proper armour.
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted. A lot of information sources, including [[TheWikiRule the official wiki]], claim they cannot reaction-fire and are completely harmless during your turn. In actuality, they ''can.''
* AlienBlood: They bleed green.
* BodyHorror: How they're created - capture a human, tear out most of their brain, implant control electronics and a new brain in its place, cut open their stomach and put a alien embryo inside it, and let said foetus devour the host's body as it grows into one of these subhuman abominations.
* GlassCannon: Deep Ones possess an powerful gauss/electricity-based attack that follows a grenade-like trajectory (it can shoot over walls), but are fairly easy to kill, even with basic weaponry. They do, however, get a lot of attacks.
* HumanoidAbomination: Essentially a underwater Frankenstein's Monster.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: They have red visor-like eyes.
* ShockAndAwe: They carry electric rifles. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Although in-game, it functions like a Gauss weapon]].
* WasOnceAMan: And now the only part of the original human body that remains is the eyes. Although you won't see said eyes under their red visors.
!!Xarquids
A race of Earth-borne nautilus, made gigantic by alien drugs and AppliedPhlebotinum. They only appear underwater, and serve as more of a distraction and annoyance than a threat.
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* GiantSquid: Of a sort. They're large, fast, can tank quite a lot of damage, and have a fairly accurate and powerful ionic particle blast. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking They also "fly" backwards]].
* {{Gonk}}: Being a giant nautilus and all. Strangely, the [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] refers to them as creatures of "great beauty and danger", although that can be explained away as your scientists being marine biologists.
* InformedAbility: The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] claims they can also shoot ink in a similar fashion to a smoke grenade. They never do this in-game.
* JackOfAllStats: Has the best damage/health/speed ratio of the early-game enemies.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: It's quite hard to think of a nautilus in any other medium, eh?
!!Lobstermen
Essentially a [[VideoGame/XComUFODefense Muton]] [[OhCrap on steroids]], these six-armed scumbags form the main muscle of the alien forces. Possessing [[LightningBruiser incredible strength, decent speed, and near-invulnerability]], as well as packing sonic cannons and '''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants BIG. MEATY. CLAWS!!!]]''' ''(Ahem)'' You'll need either a crafty tactic or [[TheOnlyWayToBeSure a MASSIVE amount of firepower]] to bring one down.
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* AchillesHeel: While even the aliens' own Sonic Cannons can barely scratch them, they are surprisingly vulnerable to both melee attack and thermal weapons. [[CatharsisFactor There are few things in the world more satisfying than shoving a Thermal Taser or Vibro Blade up their asses or blasting them with a Thermal Shok Bomb.]]
* AlienBlood: They bleed ''teal''.
* CommandingCoolness: Their Commanders are best captured alive, [[spoiler:as they are in the know-how of some information that will be VERY valuable to you]].
* TheDreaded: Both in-universe and to many players. The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] even describes them as "nothing short of a aquatic demon", ''[[DemonicSpiders and for DAMN good reason]]''.
* GiantEnemyCrab: Well, lobster, to be specific. But still.
* HeavilyArmoredMook: Lobstermen are so well armoured they can absorb an obscene amount of damage. If you have the bad luck of running into these guys before you've researched anything beyond the starting weapons, leave immediately. Darts and Harpoons are about as effective against them as tennis balls. This is explained in-universe by their reinforced shells, titanium skeletons, and eyes that are encased in harder-than-steel Aqua Plastics.
* ImplacableMan: [[{{Determinator}} They. Will. Not. DIE.]] Let's put it this way... unless you drop them with the heaviest melee weapons, chances are, they're [[OnlyAFleshWound actually unconscious, not dead]] (unless you were just trying to stun them, because that'll work wonders).
* TheJuggernaut: Outright described as "a behemoth of the deep" by your scientists, and they certainly live up to the title.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: They have four arms, and are very, VERY dangerous.
* PowerPincers: Very useful for holding a cannon, or ripping open a pesky human [[OneHitKill with one or two swings]].
* RunningGag: A small one amongst veteran players is that bases which see regular combat against the Lobstermen often requisition suspiciously large amounts of butter.
* SuperSoldier
* UpliftedAnimal: Unlike the Gillmen, they're actual lobsters who were genetically engineered by the Aquatoids into their powerful humanoid forms.
!!Bio-Drones
Probably the biggest example of [[AliensAreBastards how evil the aliens are]], the Bio-Drone is a brain, often human, inside a miniature FlyingSaucer that fulfils the role of [[VideoGame/XComUFODefense the Cyberdisc from the previous war]]. Often put alongside the Lobstermen or used as guard dogs for alien bases.
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* AndIMustScream: That doesn't even BEGIN to describe it.
* BrainInAJar: This is your brain. This is your brain in a jar. This is your brain in a jar [[AndIMustScream after being endlessly tortured and butchered into submission]]. This is your brain in a jar after being endlessly tortured and butchered in submission then ''weaponized [[NightmareFuel so that your screams of terror are capable of melting your fellow humans.]]''
* FlyingSaucer: A miniature, underwater variant.
* HumanResources: Bio-Drones are piloted by brains that were butchered into submission, and use a sonic beam based on their original vocal cords to scream their enemies to death. The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] notes that "Most of the brains that power them are alien in origin, but [[NightmareFuel nothing can compare to the horror of finding a human based unit.]]"
* MakeMeWannaShout: Its sonic weapon is based on the original vocal cords of the brain that pilots it, meaning that it literally ''screams its enemies to death''.
* TragicMonster: No, you can't save them. The best you can do is give them a MercyKill.
!!Tasoths
The EliteMooks of the aliens, these humanoid fish-like creatures are engineered SuperSoldiers who are birthed in their hundreds in massive breeding vats deep beneath the ocean.
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* AlienBlood: They bleed pink.
* AmbiguousRobots: Tasoths outwardly appear to be [[TheReptilians reptile-like aliens]], but the AlienAutopsy done on one reveals no internal organs and a power cell with some other odd devices where they should be.
* ImplacableMan: The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] openly states that they "often form the spearhead of an alien attack and never seems to shrink from the fight even in the face of overwhelming odds". This is actually a InformedAttribute, as in-game Tasoths have much lower Bravery stats than other aliens.
* LizardFolk
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Powerful and vaguely reptilian humanoids with sonic weapons and Molecular Control powers.
* ShoutOut: They heavily resemble the [[Literature/CthulhuMythos original Lovecraftian idea of the Deep Ones]], especially since their original description (which was replaced in the final version of the game) had them being converted humans (much like the actual Deep Ones of the final game).
* SuperSoldier: They aren't as tough or resistant as the Lobsterman, but they do have very high stats and are capable of Molecular Control.
* WasOnceAMan: Some DummiedOut data shows that they were originally going to be modified humans [[AndIMustScream under Molecular Control]]. This backstory was scrapped and given to the Deep Ones.
!!Triscenes
Rare but powerful terror units primarily used by the Tasoths, these dinosaur cyborgs are armed with enormously powerful sonic cannons, and are greatly resistant to attacks. Thankfully (or not so thankfylly), they exclusively appear on land-based terror missions.
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* AchillesHeel: They can tank one or two [[InfinityPlusOneSword Disruptor Pulse Launcher]] blasts, but has virtually non-existent under-armour means a single grenade should be enough to kill it.
* ArmlessBiped: Like the Reapers, they don't have arms. Unlike the Reapers, they make up for it by carrying two Heavy Sonic Cannons strapped to their bodies.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: For the aliens, at least.
* GiantMook: THE biggest enemy in the game.
* NinjaPirateRobotZombie: [[HeavilyArmoredMook Heavily armoured]] {{Cyborg}} [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]] with [[BackpackCannon shoulder-mounted]] [[MakeMeWannaShout Sonic Cannons]].
!!Tentaculats
Thought the [[VideoGame/XComUFODefense Chrysallid]] was bad? The Tentaculat is '''[[OhCrap WORSE]]'''. Essentially a giant flying brain with octopus-like tentacles, these creepy bastards are only found in the most vital alien sites, can zombify your soldiers, and can move quickly in the water. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Suddenly Chrysallids don't seem so dangerous]].
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted - like the Deep One, they're billed by many sources, including the wiki, as having a weakness that doesn't actually exist (that being a inability to damage tanks, which they can do). Whether this is something was patched out in one of the more modern ports of the game, or it's the community being as sadistic as usual.
* AlienBlood: They bleed yellow when you examine their corpse in the Battlescape, but during the AlienAutopsy screen they appear to have red blood.
* BodyHorror: Just like Chrysallids, they turn anyone they can get their tentacles on into a shambling undead horror who will attempt to bash their former companions' heads in, and upon being killed [[ChestBurster will burst open into a new Tentaculat]].
* BrainMonster: A giant alien brain with tentacles and a ... eyeball? Beak? ... THING on the front.
* EldritchAbomination: To quote the [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]]: "Not even the depths of a Lovecraftian nightmare could spawn such as this indescribable creature. No comparison to any Earth animal exists - the environment that could produce such as this beyond imagination."
* LightningBruiser: Fast, tough and a OneHitKill attack.
* NervesOfSteel: They're immune to panicking.
* SpawnBroodling: Like the Chrysallids, but unlike them [[FridgeLogic how the Tentaculats can do this is never explained]].
* ZombieApocalypse: Averted, unlike the Chrysallids - they don't show up on terror missions, so you don't have to worry about one of these on your hands.
When underwater, the Aquatoids will employ the service of the Hallucinoids - gigantic jellyfish the size of a tank. They have inbuilt [[FreezeRay freezing technology]] and can destroy your soldiers VERY quickly if you can't regain control of the situation.
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* AchillesHeel: Small spaces - while they can persue even "flying" Aquanauts, their massive sizes mean that they can't pursue you into hidden places or through doors.
* AnIcePerson: Their weapons are all ice-based thanks to a chemical freezer in-built into their bodies.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] openly states "Do not be lulled into a false sense of security when facing these harmless-looking sailors of the deeps".
* GiantMook: They're larger than your water-tanks!
* InformedAbility: The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] claims they have a ranged attack, but this never appears in-game.
* KillItWithIce: Despite their attacks sounding like electric shocks, it's stated that their attacks are based on chemical freezers.
!!Gillman
A race of aquatic Reptillians who are actually a Earth-native race that have been enslaved by the aliens and serve as [[WeHaveReserves expendable soldiers]]. They can tank more damage than the Aquatoids, but are poor soldiers and slow to react.
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* TheGoomba: Is tied with the Aquatoid as this.
* FishPeople
* HumanSubspecies: The scientists examining them theorise that they may be some distant offshoot of humanity.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: While the [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] [[InformedAbility talks them up as being "extremely powerful and fast in the water" (they're not)]], in actuality they're slow, bumbling {{Mooks}} who are viewed as [[WeHaveReserves totally disposable to the aliens]]. This, combined with their more human-like appearances, can make them quite sympathetic to players.
* TheReptilians: They look like humanoid aquatic reptiles.
* ShoutOut: To the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon and Lovecraft's Deep Ones (even though there's an entirely different race in the game actually called "Deep Ones"). They also have some similarities to the Sea Devils and Silurians from Series/DoctorWho.
* UltraTerrestrials: [[spoiler:They were a offshoot of human evolution who apparently went into the water rather than staying on land and were enslaved by the aliens when [[ColonyDrop they]] [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs arrived]].]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Unlike the [[AliensAreBastards aliens]], it's actually possible to feel a little sorry for this HumanSubspecies that's enslaved by the aliens and are considered completely [[WeHaveReserves disposable]] to them. They're not even that good at fighting you, and are pathetically easy to defeat.
!!Deep Ones
Described by the [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] as a "biological nightmare" for good reason, the Deep Ones are a race of horrible {{Mutants}} created by the Aquatoids from captured humans. They're armed with powerful weaponry and can spit acid, but stunning and capturing them alive is vital for you to unlock proper armour.
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted. A lot of information sources, including [[TheWikiRule the official wiki]], claim they cannot reaction-fire and are completely harmless during your turn. In actuality, they ''can.''
* AlienBlood: They bleed green.
* BodyHorror: How they're created - capture a human, tear out most of their brain, implant control electronics and a new brain in its place, cut open their stomach and put a alien embryo inside it, and let said foetus devour the host's body as it grows into one of these subhuman abominations.
* GlassCannon: Deep Ones possess an powerful gauss/electricity-based attack that follows a grenade-like trajectory (it can shoot over walls), but are fairly easy to kill, even with basic weaponry. They do, however, get a lot of attacks.
* HumanoidAbomination: Essentially a underwater Frankenstein's Monster.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: They have red visor-like eyes.
* ShockAndAwe: They carry electric rifles. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Although in-game, it functions like a Gauss weapon]].
* WasOnceAMan: And now the only part of the original human body that remains is the eyes. Although you won't see said eyes under their red visors.
!!Xarquids
A race of Earth-borne nautilus, made gigantic by alien drugs and AppliedPhlebotinum. They only appear underwater, and serve as more of a distraction and annoyance than a threat.
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* GiantSquid: Of a sort. They're large, fast, can tank quite a lot of damage, and have a fairly accurate and powerful ionic particle blast. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking They also "fly" backwards]].
* {{Gonk}}: Being a giant nautilus and all. Strangely, the [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] refers to them as creatures of "great beauty and danger", although that can be explained away as your scientists being marine biologists.
* InformedAbility: The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] claims they can also shoot ink in a similar fashion to a smoke grenade. They never do this in-game.
* JackOfAllStats: Has the best damage/health/speed ratio of the early-game enemies.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: It's quite hard to think of a nautilus in any other medium, eh?
!!Lobstermen
Essentially a [[VideoGame/XComUFODefense Muton]] [[OhCrap on steroids]], these six-armed scumbags form the main muscle of the alien forces. Possessing [[LightningBruiser incredible strength, decent speed, and near-invulnerability]], as well as packing sonic cannons and '''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants BIG. MEATY. CLAWS!!!]]''' ''(Ahem)'' You'll need either a crafty tactic or [[TheOnlyWayToBeSure a MASSIVE amount of firepower]] to bring one down.
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* AchillesHeel: While even the aliens' own Sonic Cannons can barely scratch them, they are surprisingly vulnerable to both melee attack and thermal weapons. [[CatharsisFactor There are few things in the world more satisfying than shoving a Thermal Taser or Vibro Blade up their asses or blasting them with a Thermal Shok Bomb.]]
* AlienBlood: They bleed ''teal''.
* CommandingCoolness: Their Commanders are best captured alive, [[spoiler:as they are in the know-how of some information that will be VERY valuable to you]].
* TheDreaded: Both in-universe and to many players. The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] even describes them as "nothing short of a aquatic demon", ''[[DemonicSpiders and for DAMN good reason]]''.
* GiantEnemyCrab: Well, lobster, to be specific. But still.
* HeavilyArmoredMook: Lobstermen are so well armoured they can absorb an obscene amount of damage. If you have the bad luck of running into these guys before you've researched anything beyond the starting weapons, leave immediately. Darts and Harpoons are about as effective against them as tennis balls. This is explained in-universe by their reinforced shells, titanium skeletons, and eyes that are encased in harder-than-steel Aqua Plastics.
* ImplacableMan: [[{{Determinator}} They. Will. Not. DIE.]] Let's put it this way... unless you drop them with the heaviest melee weapons, chances are, they're [[OnlyAFleshWound actually unconscious, not dead]] (unless you were just trying to stun them, because that'll work wonders).
* TheJuggernaut: Outright described as "a behemoth of the deep" by your scientists, and they certainly live up to the title.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: They have four arms, and are very, VERY dangerous.
* PowerPincers: Very useful for holding a cannon, or ripping open a pesky human [[OneHitKill with one or two swings]].
* RunningGag: A small one amongst veteran players is that bases which see regular combat against the Lobstermen often requisition suspiciously large amounts of butter.
* SuperSoldier
* UpliftedAnimal: Unlike the Gillmen, they're actual lobsters who were genetically engineered by the Aquatoids into their powerful humanoid forms.
!!Bio-Drones
Probably the biggest example of [[AliensAreBastards how evil the aliens are]], the Bio-Drone is a brain, often human, inside a miniature FlyingSaucer that fulfils the role of [[VideoGame/XComUFODefense the Cyberdisc from the previous war]]. Often put alongside the Lobstermen or used as guard dogs for alien bases.
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* ActionBomb: Like the Cyberdisc, it [[DefeatEqualsExplosion explodes when it dies]].
* AndIMustScream: That doesn't even BEGIN to describe it.
* BrainInAJar: This is your brain. This is your brain in a jar. This is your brain in a jar [[AndIMustScream after being endlessly tortured and butchered into submission]]. This is your brain in a jar after being endlessly tortured and butchered in submission then ''weaponized [[NightmareFuel so that your screams of terror are capable of melting your fellow humans.]]''
* FlyingSaucer: A miniature, underwater variant.
* HumanResources: Bio-Drones are piloted by brains that were butchered into submission, and use a sonic beam based on their original vocal cords to scream their enemies to death. The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] notes that "Most of the brains that power them are alien in origin, but [[NightmareFuel nothing can compare to the horror of finding a human based unit.]]"
* MakeMeWannaShout: Its sonic weapon is based on the original vocal cords of the brain that pilots it, meaning that it literally ''screams its enemies to death''.
* TragicMonster: No, you can't save them. The best you can do is give them a MercyKill.
!!Tasoths
The EliteMooks of the aliens, these humanoid fish-like creatures are engineered SuperSoldiers who are birthed in their hundreds in massive breeding vats deep beneath the ocean.
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* AlienBlood: They bleed pink.
* AmbiguousRobots: Tasoths outwardly appear to be [[TheReptilians reptile-like aliens]], but the AlienAutopsy done on one reveals no internal organs and a power cell with some other odd devices where they should be.
* ImplacableMan: The [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]] openly states that they "often form the spearhead of an alien attack and never seems to shrink from the fight even in the face of overwhelming odds". This is actually a InformedAttribute, as in-game Tasoths have much lower Bravery stats than other aliens.
* LizardFolk
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Powerful and vaguely reptilian humanoids with sonic weapons and Molecular Control powers.
* ShoutOut: They heavily resemble the [[Literature/CthulhuMythos original Lovecraftian idea of the Deep Ones]], especially since their original description (which was replaced in the final version of the game) had them being converted humans (much like the actual Deep Ones of the final game).
* SuperSoldier: They aren't as tough or resistant as the Lobsterman, but they do have very high stats and are capable of Molecular Control.
* WasOnceAMan: Some DummiedOut data shows that they were originally going to be modified humans [[AndIMustScream under Molecular Control]]. This backstory was scrapped and given to the Deep Ones.
!!Triscenes
Rare but powerful terror units primarily used by the Tasoths, these dinosaur cyborgs are armed with enormously powerful sonic cannons, and are greatly resistant to attacks. Thankfully (or not so thankfylly), they exclusively appear on land-based terror missions.
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* AchillesHeel: They can tank one or two [[InfinityPlusOneSword Disruptor Pulse Launcher]] blasts, but has virtually non-existent under-armour means a single grenade should be enough to kill it.
* ArmlessBiped: Like the Reapers, they don't have arms. Unlike the Reapers, they make up for it by carrying two Heavy Sonic Cannons strapped to their bodies.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: For the aliens, at least.
* GiantMook: THE biggest enemy in the game.
* NinjaPirateRobotZombie: [[HeavilyArmoredMook Heavily armoured]] {{Cyborg}} [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]] with [[BackpackCannon shoulder-mounted]] [[MakeMeWannaShout Sonic Cannons]].
!!Tentaculats
Thought the [[VideoGame/XComUFODefense Chrysallid]] was bad? The Tentaculat is '''[[OhCrap WORSE]]'''. Essentially a giant flying brain with octopus-like tentacles, these creepy bastards are only found in the most vital alien sites, can zombify your soldiers, and can move quickly in the water. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Suddenly Chrysallids don't seem so dangerous]].
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* AchillesHeel: Subverted - like the Deep One, they're billed by many sources, including the wiki, as having a weakness that doesn't actually exist (that being a inability to damage tanks, which they can do). Whether this is something was patched out in one of the more modern ports of the game, or it's the community being as sadistic as usual.
* AlienBlood: They bleed yellow when you examine their corpse in the Battlescape, but during the AlienAutopsy screen they appear to have red blood.
* BodyHorror: Just like Chrysallids, they turn anyone they can get their tentacles on into a shambling undead horror who will attempt to bash their former companions' heads in, and upon being killed [[ChestBurster will burst open into a new Tentaculat]].
* BrainMonster: A giant alien brain with tentacles and a ... eyeball? Beak? ... THING on the front.
* EldritchAbomination: To quote the [[AllThereInTheManual UFOpedia]]: "Not even the depths of a Lovecraftian nightmare could spawn such as this indescribable creature. No comparison to any Earth animal exists - the environment that could produce such as this beyond imagination."
* LightningBruiser: Fast, tough and a OneHitKill attack.
* NervesOfSteel: They're immune to panicking.
* SpawnBroodling: Like the Chrysallids, but unlike them [[FridgeLogic how the Tentaculats can do this is never explained]].
* ZombieApocalypse: Averted, unlike the Chrysallids - they don't show up on terror missions, so you don't have to worry about one of these on your hands.
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* AquaticMook: With the exception of the Calcinite and Triscene (which is are land-only), all Aliens are aquatic. All but a few underwater-only Terror units can also function on the surface well enough, so Amphibious Mooks would be more precise.
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!!Aquatoids
The aquatic ancestors of the [[VideoGame/XComUFODefense Sectoids]], who fulfil a very similar role to them. They're a little stronger, but still easy to defeat with a couple of harpoon bolts.
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* AlienBlood: They bleed yellow. When you're picking up a corpse from the battlefield, though, [[InvertedTrope they appear to have red blood like humans.]]
* AncientEvil: Are said to have be a aeons-old society, having existed millennia before "man's first faltering steps upon the world".
* CloneArmy: Like the Sectoids, all Aquatoids are clones.
* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: Essentially a [[TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu Spawn of Cthulhu]] crossed with TheGreys.
* HalfHumanHybrid: While these don't appear, they are stated to have spawned multiple hybrid races during their cruel experiments upon captured humans. Becomes HilariousInHindsight when you take into account [[VideoGame/XcomApocalypse the Hybrids in the sequel]], [[FridgeBrilliance making you wonder if they had any involvement]].
* TheGoomba: They're a bit more durable and faster to react than the Sectoids, but can still be brought down by the otherwise useless Dart Gun and Jet Harpoon.
* TheGreys: Not as apparent as a Sectoid, but they do have the small figure, bulbous head and giant eyes. Not to mention their love of experimenting on humans.
* MadScientist: They experiment on humans they abduct, primarily in a effort to propagate their sterile race.
* ObviouslyEvil: [[https://www.ufopaedia.org/images/1/1c/Aquatoid.png Just look at them!]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning
!!Calcinite
The assigned terror unit of the Aquatoids, who are completely different than what X-COM is used too. They're giant green BlobMonsters that steal diving suits and fill them up into AnimatedArmor that can use its sharper-than-steel claws to tear through anything.
* AnimatedArmor: They're giant blobs of protoplasm which seek out antique diving suits strewn across the sea floor. Once they've filled the suit up, it springs backs to "life."
* BewareTheSillyOnes: For a [[Film/RobotMonster Ro-Man]] {{Expy}}, they are ''very'' dangerous.
* BlobMonster: Their true form outside of the suit.
* HumanoidAbomination: If they can get their hands on a diving suit.
* ShoutOut: They bear a laughable resemblance to Ro-Man, the main antagonist of the hilariously bad B-movie Film/RobotMonster, with them both being large and melee-specialising monsters who impersonate old-school divers.
* SuperStrength: Their claws, which are a OneHitKill on anyone who's not got Ion Armor. Grab one of their corpses and you can research [[ThisIsADrill Vibro-Blades]].
* ViolationOfCommonSense: The old diving suits they wear actually give them more than twice as much protection as X-COM's useless new diving suits!
!!Aquatoids
The aquatic ancestors of the [[VideoGame/XComUFODefense Sectoids]], who fulfil a very similar role to them. They're a little stronger, but still easy to defeat with a couple of harpoon bolts.
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* AlienBlood: They bleed yellow. When you're picking up a corpse from the battlefield, though, [[InvertedTrope they appear to have red blood like humans.]]
* AncientEvil: Are said to have be a aeons-old society, having existed millennia before "man's first faltering steps upon the world".
* CloneArmy: Like the Sectoids, all Aquatoids are clones.
* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: Essentially a [[TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu Spawn of Cthulhu]] crossed with TheGreys.
* HalfHumanHybrid: While these don't appear, they are stated to have spawned multiple hybrid races during their cruel experiments upon captured humans. Becomes HilariousInHindsight when you take into account [[VideoGame/XcomApocalypse the Hybrids in the sequel]], [[FridgeBrilliance making you wonder if they had any involvement]].
* TheGoomba: They're a bit more durable and faster to react than the Sectoids, but can still be brought down by the otherwise useless Dart Gun and Jet Harpoon.
* TheGreys: Not as apparent as a Sectoid, but they do have the small figure, bulbous head and giant eyes. Not to mention their love of experimenting on humans.
* MadScientist: They experiment on humans they abduct, primarily in a effort to propagate their sterile race.
* ObviouslyEvil: [[https://www.ufopaedia.org/images/1/1c/Aquatoid.png Just look at them!]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning
!!Calcinite
The assigned terror unit of the Aquatoids, who are completely different than what X-COM is used too. They're giant green BlobMonsters that steal diving suits and fill them up into AnimatedArmor that can use its sharper-than-steel claws to tear through anything.
* AnimatedArmor: They're giant blobs of protoplasm which seek out antique diving suits strewn across the sea floor. Once they've filled the suit up, it springs backs to "life."
* BewareTheSillyOnes: For a [[Film/RobotMonster Ro-Man]] {{Expy}}, they are ''very'' dangerous.
* BlobMonster: Their true form outside of the suit.
* HumanoidAbomination: If they can get their hands on a diving suit.
* ShoutOut: They bear a laughable resemblance to Ro-Man, the main antagonist of the hilariously bad B-movie Film/RobotMonster, with them both being large and melee-specialising monsters who impersonate old-school divers.
* SuperStrength: Their claws, which are a OneHitKill on anyone who's not got Ion Armor. Grab one of their corpses and you can research [[ThisIsADrill Vibro-Blades]].
* ViolationOfCommonSense: The old diving suits they wear actually give them more than twice as much protection as X-COM's useless new diving suits!
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The second bunch of aliens out for control of the Earth, although these ones may be a bit more connected to the planet than the star-faring cousins were...
!!Tropes applying to all aliens:
* AliensAreBastards: Just like the ones that came before them, they are a AlwaysChaoticEvil bunch of creatures intent on [[KillAllHumans wiping humanity out]].
* TheAestheticsOfTechnology: Unlike the aliens of the first game, these aliens have a DieselPunk / OceanPunk UsedFuture look to their technology.
* AquaticMook: With the exception of the Triscene (which is land-only), all Aliens are aquatic. All but a few underwater-only Terror units can also function on the surface well enough, so Amphibious Mooks would be more precise.
* CloningBlues: Many of the aliens are cloned, much like the first game. They don't have the personal autonomy to worry about it, though.
* ColonyDrop: [[spoiler:How they came to Earth - in a massive LostColony that crashed into the ocean, [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs wiping out the dinosaurs]] and creating the Gulf of Mexico.]]
* TheDreadedDreadnought: Their most powerful ships are literally called "Dreadnoughts", and even more powerful than a alien Battleship from ''UFO Defence''.
* EldritchAbomination: Many of them are StarfishAliens heavily based upon creatures from the Cthulhu Mythos. [[spoiler:Their leader is even a CaptainEratz of the Big C himself, providing that it's not actually ''him''.]]
* HotSubOnSubAction: Your subs versus their USOs.
* HumanoidAbomination: The majority of them.
* HumanPopsicle: They've used cryogenic stasis chambers to remain dormant for thousands of years. You can also sell these chambers as VendorTrash, [[WhatAnIdiot because apparently X-COM scientists and engineers can't seem to find any usage for them]].
* LovecraftLite
* MakeMeWannaShout: They mainly use sonic-based weapons.
[[/folder]]
The second bunch of aliens out for control of the Earth, although these ones may be a bit more connected to the planet than the star-faring cousins were...
!!Tropes applying to all aliens:
* AliensAreBastards: Just like the ones that came before them, they are a AlwaysChaoticEvil bunch of creatures intent on [[KillAllHumans wiping humanity out]].
* TheAestheticsOfTechnology: Unlike the aliens of the first game, these aliens have a DieselPunk / OceanPunk UsedFuture look to their technology.
* AquaticMook: With the exception of the Triscene (which is land-only), all Aliens are aquatic. All but a few underwater-only Terror units can also function on the surface well enough, so Amphibious Mooks would be more precise.
* CloningBlues: Many of the aliens are cloned, much like the first game. They don't have the personal autonomy to worry about it, though.
* ColonyDrop: [[spoiler:How they came to Earth - in a massive LostColony that crashed into the ocean, [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs wiping out the dinosaurs]] and creating the Gulf of Mexico.]]
* TheDreadedDreadnought: Their most powerful ships are literally called "Dreadnoughts", and even more powerful than a alien Battleship from ''UFO Defence''.
* EldritchAbomination: Many of them are StarfishAliens heavily based upon creatures from the Cthulhu Mythos. [[spoiler:Their leader is even a CaptainEratz of the Big C himself, providing that it's not actually ''him''.]]
* HotSubOnSubAction: Your subs versus their USOs.
* HumanoidAbomination: The majority of them.
* HumanPopsicle: They've used cryogenic stasis chambers to remain dormant for thousands of years. You can also sell these chambers as VendorTrash, [[WhatAnIdiot because apparently X-COM scientists and engineers can't seem to find any usage for them]].
* LovecraftLite
* MakeMeWannaShout: They mainly use sonic-based weapons.
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