With Mega Primus back to normal (for the moment), I got to work analyzing the Alien ships I'd acquired. While XCOM had provided me everything I'd need to create a ship that could enter the Alien Dimension, they had offered nothing of note on the weaponry the ships used. Presumably they wanted to mantain some advantage over me, which I could respect. Of course, that wasn't going to stop me from examining the wrecks I'd recovered to acquire their weaponry.
The primary weapon the aliens used were derivatives of disruptor technology - essentially, they disintegrated their targets on contact, leaving no trace that it had ever existed. Granted, you needed a large disruptor to completely destroy a human body, but a small one could still kill a person easily. The ones mounted on ships, though, could easily level buildings. I kept that in mind as I pocketed away the data for later.
Next up was the dimension missile launcher. This thing could demolish practically anything, if used well. It involved firing missiles containing tiny amount of antimatter at the target and letting the obliteration of matter and antimatter do the rest. This meant that the rocket actually contained a tiny payload, with most of its internal structure being safeguards to avoid premature detonations. Once again, I filed away the data for later.
Finally, there was the Aliens' defensive tech. The personal shields, the telporters, the cloaking, all techs I had, but not to the level of refinement these ones did. I could already see numerous ways to integrate them into my arsenal, though for now, I was going to see if I could recreate XCOM's disruptor armor. It looked cool, and was still practical, according to the communications I'd heard during the battle, so I was definetly going to make a set for myself.
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While I experimented with my new acquisitions, my fabbers began setting up teleported gates outside the city, allowing me to bring in a huge influx of reinforcements. From there, I began setting up show up Earth, taking care to clear things with XCOM and the seeding sponsors first.
Apparently, while the ARC was the premier mega-corporation on Earth, others (like Transtellar) weren't far behind. A little bit of digging around showed that several of these companies had been involved in corporate warfare, along with several incidents of abusing human rights. Ironically, the A.R.C. was one of the least corrupt ones around, always managing to stay within the bounds of the law even as they tried to maximize their profits. Ironic, but rather heartening.
Also, Transtellar hadn't been infiltrated by aliens. That was unexpected, given that they sided with aliens rather quickly in most games, but it was appreciated. At least that meant XCOM didn't have to worry about transporting its stuff.
Now, back to work. I had my fabbers worm on constructing homes and other basic amenities who lived outside Mega-Primus. These people were living through Gaia's lament, which sucked, so I decided they deserved better. I set up stations to distribute excess food grown on in my hub universe, taking care to make sure they were safe for human consumption. The people who received my gernpsitu made my chest swell with pride, which was reward enough for this course of action.
Back on Chiron, my alien containment area was up and running. Within it dwelt all of the aliens I'd captured so far: 10 antropods, a trio of spitters, a popper, two skeletoids, a few psimorphs, a megaspawn, and a few micronoid puddles. For now, they would have to remain here, but eventually, I was planning to let them have a world of the own in my hub universe. With their own home dying, they're invasion was understandable, even if it did not justify all of the deaths they had caused. Of course, first I would need to remove the Micronoids in their bloodstream. A quick trade with XCOM, my FTL secrets for toxigun samples, was enough to solve this problem, as soon I would have a way to kill the Micronoids in the aliens blood.
With my immediate goals complete, I sent a few fabbers to assist in cleaning up Mwga-Peimus, whilst also hacking the Cult of Sirius' bank accounts and diverted it toward charities, keeping a small fraction of the payment for myself. I'd like to be able to buy some things for myself, so why not take it from he clearly insane cultists? They weren't going to use it. Not altogether, at least.
With all of that now finished, I began modifying my units for battle, creating new variations of all of the units I had so far that would be able to withstand travel to the Alien Dimension.
The Aliens had chosen to invade Earth, but now we were the invaders, and we would make them pay.
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