Avenger (XCOM 2)

This article is about the aircraft in XCOM 2. For other uses, see Avenger.

The Avenger landed in a forested area

The Avenger is a converted alien supply craft that serves as XCOM mobile base of operations, featured in XCOM 2. Formerly used by the aliens to transport large amounts of supplies, the vessel that would become the Avenger was recovered by the reborn XCOM crew, who quickly turned it into their new base of operations.

Though the ship remained grounded due to a lack of key components, preventing it from becoming fully operational, it nevertheless remained key to the struggle against the alien forces occupying Earth.

Following the rescue of The Commander, the reinstated leader of XCOM directs the organization's troops to recover an alien power core, capable of getting the ship off the ground. Following the recovery and installation of the component, with the Avenger flight-ready, the crew prepares to return to service once again.

Functionally similar to XCOM's original underground base, the Avenger utilizes an 'ant-farm' interior, where the ship's facilities and rooms are located. First requiring that the debris within be cleared, once empty, the various rooms of the ship's depths can be turned into facilities needed to fight the war against the aliens. Certain facilities provide bonuses to others, necessitating proper placement of these rooms, while some parts of the ship have exposed power wiring, providing either a significant boost to the ship's overall power output or a facility receiving power for free, depending on player choices.

An Avenger Defense mission during the campaign revolves around defending the Avenger against attacking alien forces; the mission does not take place within the ship itself.

Static Facilities

The Avenger features seven static facilities:

1. Bridge
2. Research
3. Engineering
4. Armory
5. Living Quarters
6. Bar/Memorial
7. Commander's Quarters

Additional Facilities

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Additional Facilities (conventional table)

Facility	Construction Cost	Required Power	Time to Build	Monthly Upkeep	Functionality
Resistance Ring (WotC)	§80 (§100)	3	12 (24) days	§10	Covert Actions & Resistance Orders Engineer: Covert Action duration -33%
Training Center (WotC)	§125 (§175)	3	12 (24) days	§30	Retrain/gain new soldier abilities & high rank bonds
Infirmary (WotC)	§115 (§175)	3	21 (42) days	§35	Heals wounds & removes Negative Traits Engineer: Soldier Healing Rate +100%
Advanced Warfare Center (removed in WotC)	§80 (§175)	3	21 (...) days	§35	Heals wounds & retrains soldier abilities Engineer: Soldier Healing Rate +100% Soldier: Retrains Soldier Abilities
Guerrilla Tactics School	§85 (§100)	3	14 (28) days	§25	Purchase squad upgrades Soldier: Trains Rookies as Specific Class
Proving Ground	§100 (§125)	3	14 (28) days	§25	Access to Experimental Projects Engineer: -50% Project Time
Laboratory	§150 (§175)	3	20 (40) days	§35	+33% research breakthrough chance (WotC) 1 Scientist: research time reduction equal to 2 scientists 2 Scientists (Upgrade): research time reduction equal to 4 scientists
Workshop	§250 (§300)	3	20 (40) days	§35	1 Engineer: 2 GREMLINs that can be used as engineers for adjacent facilities (must be straight adjacent, not diagonal) 2 Engineers (Upgrade): 4 GREMLINs that can be used as engineers for adjacent facilities
Power Relay	§80 (§100)	-	12 (24) days	§10	+ 3 (11 with 2 Upgrades), + 7 if built on Shielded Power Coil 1 Engineer: + 5 2 Engineers (Upgrade): + 10
Resistance Comms	§110 (§160)	3	16 (32) days	§25	+ 1 Resistance Contact (2 with Upgrade) 1 Engineer: + 2 Resistance Contacts 2 Engineers (Upgrade): + 6 Resistance Contacts
Defense Matrix	§75 (§150)	2	14 (28) days	§10	2 Turrets to defend against ground assaults (4 Turrets with Upgrade) Engineer: Increase turret stats
Psi Lab	§175 (§250)	5	21 (42) days	§55	1 Soldier (2 with Upgrade): Train Rookies as Psi Operatives Engineer: -50% training time.
Shadow Chamber	§125 (§200)	5	14 (30) days	§30	Access to Shadow Projects; Gain information on enemy type and number prior to deployment to missions

There are 12 rooms in the Avenger, made up of 4 rows and 3 columns, that can be cleared to allow the player to build additional optional facilities.

Construction Cost, Required Power, and Monthly Upkeep apply only to the facility in their initial state, i.e. without the upgrades.

Facilities
Resistance Ring
		(WotC Only) Conduct Covert Actions. Manage relationships with the three new Resistance Factions: Reapers, Skirmishers, and Templars. Staffing: - Decreases Covert Action Duration by 33%.
Cost	§80 (§100)
Upkeep	§10 Monthly
Power	3
Time	12 (24) days
Training Center
		(WotC Only) Promote soldiers to Bonding levels 2 or 3. Retrain soldiers, allowing you to re-select their class abilities. Spend Ability Points to purchase new abilities for non-hero-class soldiers.
Cost	§125 (§175)
Upkeep	§30 Monthly
Power	3
Time	12 (24) days
Infirmary
		(WotC Only) Soldiers rapidly recover from injuries. Remove Negative Traits. Staffing: Engineer - Increase Soldier Healing Rate by 100%. Soldier - Removes Negative Traits.
Cost	§115 (§175)
Upkeep	§35 Monthly
Power	3
Time	21 (42) days
Advanced Warfare Center
		(Removed in WotC) Allows soldiers to: Rapidly recover from injuries Gain bonus abilities or retrain their current ones. Staffing: Engineer - Increases Soldier Healing Rate by 100%. Soldier - Retrain Soldier Abilities.
Cost	§80 (§175)
Upkeep	§35 Monthly
Power	3
Time	21 (...) days
Guerrilla Tactics School
		Allows Rookies to train into soldier classes. Spend Supplies to purchase squad-wide upgrades. Staffing: Soldier - Train Rookie as specific class.
Cost	§85 (§100)
Upkeep	§25 Monthly
Power	3
Time	14 (28) days
Proving Ground
		Allows for the creation of experimental equipment and specialized suits of armor for soldiers. Staffing: Engineer - Decrease Proving Ground Project Time by 50%.
Cost	§100 (§125)
Upkeep	§25 Monthly
Power	3
Time	14 (28) days
Laboratory
		Provides +33% research breakthrough chance. Allows Scientists to increase their research efficiency. Staffing: - Research time reduction equal to 2 Scientists. (Upgrade) - Research time reduction equal to 4 Scientists.
Cost	§150 (§175)
Upkeep	§35 Monthly
Power	3
Time	20 (40) days
Workshop
		Each Engineer staffed in this facility opens up two specialized GREMLINs that act as additional Engineers. These remote Engineers can only position in adjacent facilities (not diagonally). Staffing: : 2 GREMLINs (Upgrade): 4 GREMLINs
Cost	§250 (§300)
Upkeep	§35 Monthly
Power	3
Time	20 (40) days
Power Relay
		+3 for the Avenger. Additional +7 if constructed on top of an empty room with a Shielded Power Coil. Additional +8 with both Upgrades. Each engineer staffed in this facility provides +5 . Staffing: : +5 (Upgrade): +10
Cost	§80 (§100)
Upkeep	§10
Power	-
Time	12 (24) days
Resistance Comms
		Increases Resistance Contacts by 1. The first Engineer staffed in this facility increases Resistance Contacts by 2, but staffing a second with the Additional Comm Station Upgrade adds +4 contacts instead of +2 (for a total of +6 from Engineers). Staffing: - Increase Resistance Contacts by 2. (Upgrade) - Increase Resistance Contacts by 6.
Cost	§110 (§160)
Upkeep	§25 Monthly
Power	3
Time	16 (32) days
Defense Matrix
		Provides two XCOM Turrets (four with the Upgrade) to assist in Avenger Defense missions. Staffing: - Increase Effectiveness of Automated Defenses (turrets upgrade into XCOM Heavy Turrets).
Cost	§75 (§150)
Upkeep	§10 Monthly
Power	2
Time	14 (28) days
Psi Lab
		Allows Rookies to be trained into Psi Operatives Enables Training to unlock additional Psi Abilities. Staffing: - Decrease Training Time by 50%. - Train Rookie as Psi Operative. (Upgrade) - Train Rookies as Psi Operatives
Cost	§175 (§250)
Upkeep	§55 Monthly
Power	5
Time	21 (42) days
Shadow Chamber
		Provides a means for Dr. Richard Tygan and Chief Engineer Shen to attempt decryption of the aliens' most deeply encoded secrets, enabling: Shadow Project Research. The player to see enemy number and types before embarking on a mission (Enemies not previously encountered will be marked as ENEMY UNKNOWN).
Cost	§125 (§200)
Upkeep	§30 Monthly
Power	5
Time	14 (30) days

Notes

• Most facilities can be upgraded to provide extra output or access to new features. Upgrading a facility is instantaneous, there is no construction time.
• Only 1 facility can be built of the same type, except for Resistance Comms and Power Relay.

Gallery

The Avenger landed in a field.

The Avenger in flight.

Concept art of the Avenger's Armory.

The Skyranger landing aboard the Avenger.

Bridge

Avenger schematic displayed on bridge during Avenger Defense.

Technical Notes

The Avenger's Rooms have hidden indexes that start from 3 and are row-major for the purposes of the Console.

3	4	5
6	7	8
9	10	11
12	13	14

Trivia

• The Avenger is named after the final landing craft the XCOM can make in the original UFO Defense. In that game, it is a hybrid of human and alien technology and is capable interplanetary flight, being able to reach the Alien Base on Mars. It is unknown if the current Avenger is space-worthy but, given its origin as an alien cargo ship, it's most likely that it is.