X-COM: INTERCEPTOR Microprose - 1998

It's the year 2067, and Earth's resources are all but depleted. To avert the slow decay of civilization, the major corporations of Earth have turned to the stars -- an area of space known as "The Frontier" -- to find the raw materials they so desperately need. Unfortunately, some old friends were already in the neighborhood when the corporations arrived -- and they have plans of their own for the resources of the Frontier... Plans that could very well mean the end of the human race.

• Become friendly with the throttle control. Dropping your throttle can allow for tighter turns. This can give you quite the advantage. Use lower speeds when in close proximity.
• Make sure to lead your weapons. Shoot at the triangle in order to hit moving ships. (obvious, yes I know)
• Be sure to actually try to control your wingmen from time to time. If they are complaining about being severely damaged, order to them to attack a different ship or order them to disengage and leave. A live wingman is better than a dead one.
• Strength comes in numbers... Send out attack groups of at least three, and five for attacks on medium and large alien fleets.
• Keep a large amount of probes availible for keeping track of Alien craft that are about to leave sensor range.

 

Alien Types

Alien Name	Special Abilities	Piloting Ability	Notes...
Aereons	-	Superb	Dangerous
Etherials	Psionic	Excellent	-
Mutons	None	Average	-
Psilords	Psionic, Leadership	Excellent	Increases abilites of fellow Alien pilots on battlefield
Sectoids	-	Good	-

Alien Craft Types

Craft Name	Usage	Notes...
Wraith	Attacking other ships	Easy to kill
Spectre	Multi-purpose	A bit harder than a wraith, but still generally easy
Phantasm	Base/Outpost Attacks	A more powerful offensive craft
Shade	Multi-purpse / dog-fighting	Has dangerous cloaking technology and new shield technology
Spirit Alien Freighter	Supply Transfer	Launches drones as defense
Alien Drone	Defense against attack	Small and easily destroyed, but dangerous in numbers
Harbinger Tug	Movement of Supplies	Found in vicinity of Hyperwave Anomilyes. No defenses.

Alien Weapontry

Name	Type	Rate of Fire	Damage	Size	Speed of Weapon	Range	Notes...
Plasma Pulse Cannon	Beam Weapon	2	32 (direct)	7 CSUs	-	5 km	Standard Alien Beam Weapon.
Tachyon Pulser	Beam Weapon	3	18 (direct)	7 CSUs	-	6 km	Ability to disable targets.
Phase Cannon	Beam Weapon	3	65 (direct)	12 CSUs	-	5 km	-
PSI Blaster	Psionic Weapon	1	Special	10 CSUs	-	2 km	Psionic Weapontry
Elerium Torpedo	Missile Launcher	1	400 (direct)  250 (prox.)	3 CSUs / 1 CSU	1,100 km/s	11,000 km	Basic Alien Torpedo
Enveloping Fusion Torpedo	Missile Launcher	3	500 (direct)  300 (prox.)	14 CSUs / 8 CSUs	1,050 km/s	14,700 km	Damages both sides of shield and/or armor
Parallax Torpedo	Missile Launcher	3	400 (direct)  250 (prox.)	5 CSUs / 3 CSUs	2,000 km/s	24,000 km	-
Passive Cloaking Torpedo	Missile Launcher	3	350 (direct)  200 (prox.)	5 CSUs / 3 CSUs	1,650 km/s	24,250 km	Cloaking Abilities

Please keep in mind that this is uncomplete and may be incorrect.
Key:
X-Com/Human Technology , X-Com/Human Weaponry , X-Com Craft , Alien Craft , Alien Technology , Alien Weaponry , Ship Device , Base Device

X-Com Interceptor Research Tree

• Advanced Laser Technology
• Heavy Laser Cannon
• Gatling Laser Cannon
• Synthetic Elerium
• Tractor Beam
• Tracer Cannon (Requires ETS)
• Tracking Tracer Cannon (Requires AATS)
• Plasma Pulse Cannon
• Elerium Torpedo Launcher
• Gravity/Induction Drive
• Electroplasmic Shielding
• Emissions Targeting System
• Enveloping Fusion Torpedo
• ECM Pod
• Advanced ECM POD
• Ship Damage Control Computer
• Hyper-Dimensional Data Transfer
• Hyper-Dimensional Downlink
• Graviton Pulse Drive
• Advanced Autonomous Targeting System
• Spectre
• Microbit Compression
• Hyper-Com Downlink
• Shade
• Accumulator Shielding
• Alien Hull Alloys
• M-3 Super Avenger
• Tri-Titanium Construction
• S-2 Firestar