Changes: Alien Containment

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Alien Containment is a facility in XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

In-Game Description

“	This facility will provide a secure environment to house the alien captives, allowing you to interrogate them in the Labs.	”
– Engineering description, XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Facility Requirements

Prerequisites: Xeno-Biology (Research)
Time to build: 7 days
Construction Cost: §85, 5 Power
Facility Maintenance: §18 per month

Notes

After building this facility, aliens stunned in the field with an Arc Thrower will be captured and brought back to XCOM HQ, and thus available for interrogation. Interrogating different species grants research credits which reduce the research time required for associated projects.
Certain mandatory milestones require interrogating aliens to enable storyline progression.
If the "The Greater Good" Second Wave option is enabled, interrogating one of the types of psionic aliens is required, as a prerequisite before the player can construct the Psionic Labs.
The Alien Containment facility is only required until all interrogations have been completed, at which point it can be dismantled to save maintenance costs, or to reallocate the space for a different facility.
Although its function is related to research purposes, this facility does not confer an adjacency bonus if built next to a research Laboratory.
There does not seem to be a limit to the number of alien prisoners that can be held at once, despite the appearance that there is only room for one captive.
The latest alien captured will be on display in the "ant farm" view of the base, save for when an interrogation is in progress, whereupon the display will be closed off.

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 [[file:XEU Alien Containment base.png|right|300px]]
+'''Alien Containment''' is a [[XCOM headquarters#Facilities|facility]] in ''[[XCOM: Enemy Unknown]]''.
-The '''Alien Containment''' facility provides a secure environment to house the alien captives; aliens stunned in the field with the [[Arc Thrower (item)|Arc Thrower]] will now be available for [[:Category:Alien interrogations (XCOM: Enemy Unknown)|interrogation]]. Interrogating different aliens unlocks additional [[Research projects (XCOM: Enemy Unknown)|research projects]] as well as [[Research credits (XCOM: Enemy Unknown)|research credits]] which reduce research times on associated projects.<br />
-==Facility Requirements==
+==In-Game Description==
-Time to build: 7 days
+{{Quote|This facility will provide a secure environment to house the alien captives, allowing you to interrogate them in the Labs.| Engineering description, ''XCOM: Enemy Unknown''}}
+==Facility Requirements==
-Construction cost: {{Power|5}}, {{Credit|85}}<br />
+'''Prerequisites''': [[Xeno-Biology]] ([[Research projects (XCOM: Enemy Unknown)|Research]])<br />
-Adjacency bonus: None, Unique Facility<br />
+'''Time to build''': 7 days<br />
-Upkeep: {{Credit|18/month}}<br />
+'''Construction Cost''': {{Credit|85}}, {{Power|5}}<br />
-The Alien Containment facility is only required until all interrogations have been completed, at which point it can be dismantled.{{clr}}
+'''Facility Maintenance''': {{Credit|18}} per month
+==Notes==
+* After building this facility, [[Aliens (XCOM: Enemy Unknown)|aliens]] stunned in the field with an [[Arc Thrower (item)|Arc Thrower]] will be captured and brought back to XCOM HQ, and thus available for [[:Category:Alien interrogations (XCOM: Enemy Unknown)|interrogation]]. Interrogating different species grants [[Research credits (XCOM: Enemy Unknown)|research credits]] which reduce the research time required for associated projects.
+*  Certain mandatory milestones require interrogating aliens to enable storyline progression.
+*  If the "The Greater Good" [[Second Wave]] option is enabled, [[Interrogate Sectoid Commander|interrogating]] one of the types of psionic aliens is required, as a prerequisite before the player can construct the [[Psionic Labs]].
+* The Alien Containment facility is only required until all interrogations have been completed, at which point it can be dismantled to save maintenance costs, or to reallocate the space for a different facility.
+* Although its function is related to research purposes, this facility '''does not''' confer an adjacency bonus if built next to a research [[Laboratory]].
+* There does not seem to be a limit to the number of alien prisoners that can be held at once, despite the appearance that there is only room for one captive.
+* The latest alien captured will be on display in the "ant farm" view of the base, save for when an interrogation is in progress, whereupon the display will be closed off.
 ==Gallery==
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 XEU Alien Containment large.jpg|Zoomed in image
 XEU Alien Containment cinem1.jpg|Ready cinematics
-XEU Alien Containment cinem2.jpg
+XEU Alien Containment cinem2.jpg|Ready cinematics
-XCOM-EU Alien Containment filled with Muton.jpg|Muton inside
 XCOM-EU Alien Containment - Sectoid.jpg|Sectoid inside
+XCOM-EU Alien Containment filled with Muton.jpg|Muton inside
+Elite_Muton_Containment.png|Elite Muton inside
+Sectoid_Commander_Containment.png|Sectoid Commander inside
 </gallery>
 [[Category:XCOM HQ facilities (XCOM: Enemy Unknown)]]