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[1.65 + XCE 0.35] Xtended Soldier Backgrounds


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As this mod seems to have died and appears to be unavailable, I've decided to re-release it. I've converted the mod so it can be used in the Mod manager.

This does not incorporate any of Ogaburan's changes so this version is as it was for V.22 (pre-1.0).  I haven't added any flags for XCE. I probably won't do any more work on this mod, I'm just making it available again.

Download link is at the bottom of the post. Enjoy :)

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The purpose of this mod is to expand on the backgrounds of Xenonaut grunts, add more names, and to add some more nations.

Parts of this mod have been incorporated into the official game: *denotes nation that comes with the vanilla game.

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The nations included in the mod are:

NATO:

United States*
United Kingdom*
Canada*
West Germany*
Greece*
Spain*
Italy*
Portugal
Norway*
Netherlands*
Denmark*
France*
Belgium
Turkey
Iceland

Western Allies:

Australia*
Malaysia
New Zealand*
Japan*
South Korea

Warsaw Pact:

Soviet Union*
East Germany*
Hungary*
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia*
Romania
Poland

Communist Bloc:

Vietnam
China
Cuba
North Korea

Non-Aligned or Neutral Nations:

Rhodesia
South Africa
Israel
Egypt
Sweden*
Finland*
Ireland
Brazil
Nigeria
Kenya
Morocco
Philippines
Indonesia
Mexico
Thailand
Chile
Argentina
Austria
Switzerland
Yugoslavia

I've also expanded most nation's available regiments and/or made them more "elite". This represents the nations giving the Xenonauts their best of the best.

The combat experiences are all historical wars from the 60's and 70's that a soldier's nation was involved in but you will get the occasional non-historical result due to there being no relationship between a soldier's age and previous combat experience when they are generated. e.g you might get a 21 year old veteran of Vietnam.

Here's the full list of nations with units and possible experiences:

 

NATO:

United States

Units:
Army Special Forces (AKA The Green Berets)
Airborne
Navy SEALs
Marine Force Recon
Army Rangers
Experience:
Vietnam
El Salvador - Special Forces only
Angola - Special Forces only
Laos
Dominican Republic '65.
Korea '66-'68
Cambodia early '70s

United Kingdom

Units:
Special Air Service
Parachute Regiment
Royal Marines
Special Boat Squadron
Experience:
Aden
Northern Ireland
Dhofar- SAS only
Borneo

Canada

Units:
Canadian Airborne Regiment
Royal Canadian Regiment
Royal 22e Regiment (for French-Canadians)
Experience:
Cyprus (UN Mission during Turkish Invasion 1975. Airborne only)

West Germany

Units:
GSG 9 - Anti-terrorist unit of the Federal Police
FSLK200 - Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol(LRRP) unit
26th Fallschirmjager Brigade - Paratroopers
Experience:
Mogadishu - GSG 9 only

Greece

Units:
ETA - Special Paratrooper Unit
MYK - SEALs equivalent
Raider Forces - Rangers
Experience:
Cyprus

Spain

Units:
Unidad de Operaciones Especiales - Special Operations Unit (SEALs equivalent)
Grupo de Operaciones Especiales - Special Operations Groups
EZAPAC - Special Operations Unit of the Air Force
Experience:
Equatorial Guinea
Spanish Sahara

Italy

Units:
9th Parachute Assault Battalion - SAS equivalent
COMSUBIN - SEALs equivalent
RIAM - Air Force Special Forces unit

Portugal

Units:
Comandos - Commandos
Cacadores Especiais - Rangers
Corpo de Tropas Paraquedistas - Paratroopers
Experience:
Angola
Mozambique
Portuguese Guinea

Norway

Units:
HJS - Special Forces
MJK - SEALs equivalent

Netherlands

Units:
KCT - Army Special Forces
BBE-M - SEALs equivalent
Korps Mariniers - Marines
Experience:
Moluccan Terrorist Crises - BBE-M only
New Guinea - Marines only

Denmark

Units:
Jaeger Corps - Army Special Forces
Frogman Corps - SEALs equivalent
Sirius Sledge Patrol - LRRP unit of the Navy that patrols Greenland

France

Units:
1er RPIMa - Marine Special forces
13e RDP - Special Forces
Commandos Marine - SEALs equivalent
GIGN - Anti-terrorist unit of the National Gendarmerie
Experience:
Algeria
Zaire

Belgium

Units:
Paracommando Regiment - Paratroopers
1st Company ESR - LRRP unit
Experience:
Congo - Paracommandos only

Turkey

Units:
OHD - Army Special forces
SAT - SEALs equivalent
Experience:
Cyprus

Iceland

Units:
Icelandic Coast Guard
ISVL - Icelandic Special Forces unit formed after the Iceland Incident (Fictional)

Western Allies:

Japan

Units:
1st Airborne Brigade

Australia

Units:
Special Air Service Regiment
Royal Australian Regiment
Experience:
Vietnam
Malaya
Borneo

Malaysia

Units:
Grup Gerak Khas
Experience:
Malaya
Borneo

New Zealand

Units:
1st Ranger Squadron, NZSAS
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
Experience:
Vietnam
Malaya
Borneo

South Korea

Units:
Special Warfare Flotilla - SEALS
Marine Corps
Special Warfare Command - Army Special Forces
Experience:
South Vietnam
Border Actions

Warsaw Pact:

Soviet Union

Units:
Spetsnaz GRU - Special forces
Group Alfa - Anti-terrorist unit
Airborne VDV - Paratroopers
Experience:
Afghanistan
Ethiopia
Sino-Soviet border
Vietnam - Spetsnaz only

Hungary

Units:
37th Air Assault Battalion

East Germany

Units:
KSK-18 - Combat swimmers(SEALS equivalent)
40th Fallschirmjager Battalion - Paratroopers
Diensteinheit IX - Anti-terrorist unit of the Volkspolizei
Feliks Dzierzynski Guard Regiment - Elite unit of the Stasi
Experience:
Angola
Congo
Ethiopia
Mozambique

Czechoslovakia

Units:
22nd Airborne Regiment

Bulgaria

Units:
68th Special Forces Brigade

Romania

Units:
161st Paratroop Regiment
1st Mountain Hunters Brigade

Poland

Units:
4101st Paratroop Battalion - Special unit of the 6th PAAD
WOP Highland Brigade - Mountain troops of the border guard
7th Naval Assault Division - Naval Infantry
6th Pomeranian Air Assault Div. - Paratroopers
Experience:
Workers' Rebellion - 1970 Pacification of striking workers in coastal cities

Communist Bloc:

Vietnam

Units:
Dac Cong - Special forces
Experience:
Cambodia
Laos
Sino-Vietnamese Border
Vietnam

Cuba

Units:
Tropas Especiales - Special forces
Experience:
Angola
Ethiopia
Syria

North Korea

Units:
Special Operation Forces
Experience:
Border Actions

China

Units:
Marine Corps
15th Airborne Army
Experience:
Paracel Islands
Sino-Soviet border
Sino-Vietnamese border

Non-Aligned or Neutral Nations:

Rhodesia

Units:
Rhodesian Light Infantry
1(Rhodesian)Special Air Service Regiment
Selous Scouts
Experience:
Rhodesian Bush War

South Africa

Units:
1 Reconnaissance Commando
32 Battalion
44 Parachute Brigade
Experience:
Angola
Namibia

Israel

Units:
Sayeret Matkal - Special Forces
Shayetet 13 - SEALs equivalent
Yamam - counter-terrorism unit of the Israel Border Police
Experience:
Yom Kippur
Southern Lebanon
Entebbe - Sayeret Matkal only

Egypt

Units:
Task Force 777 - counter-terrorism unit
Saiqa Commandos - Special Forces
 
Experience:
Cyprus - Task Force 777 only
Sinai
Libya - Saiqa Commandos only

Sweden

Units:
Fallskarmsjagarna - Parachute Rangers
Kustjagarna - SEALs equivalent
Experience:
Congo

Finland

Units:
Erikoisjaakarit - Special Jaegers

Ireland

Units:
Army Ranger
Experience:
Congo
Lebanon

Brazil

Units:
Paratroopers Brigade
GRUMEC - SEALs equivalent
NuCOE - Special Forces unit of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State
Experience:
Dominican Republic
Araguaia

Nigeria

Units:
Special Boat Service
31st Airborne Brigade
Experience:
Biafra

Kenya

Units:
20th Parachute Battalion
General Service Unit - Paramilitary unit of the Kenyan Military and Kenyan Police
Experience:
Shifta War

Morocco

Units:
Commandos
Experience:
Western Sahara
Zaire

Philippines

Units:
Special Forces Regiment
Special Warfare Group - SEALS equivalent
1st Scout Ranger Regiment
Experience:
Anti-guerrilla operations

Indonesia

Units:
Kopassandha - Army special forces
KOPASKA - SEALS equivalent
Experience:
East Timor
Western New Guinea
Kalimantan

Mexico

Units:
BFP - Paratroopers
Infanteria de Marina - Marines

Thailand

Units:
Royal Thai Marine Corps
UDAU - SEALS equivalent
Experience:
Laos
Cambodia
Southern Thailand

Chile

Units:
Comandos
Buzos Tacticos - SEALS equivalent
GOPE - Special force of military uniformed police
Experience:
Tierra del Fuego

Argentina

Units:
APCA - Special operations force of the Argentine Marine Corps
Halcon 8 - Commandos
Experience:
Tierra del Fuego
Tucuman

Austria

Units:
Jagdkommando - Army special forces
GEK - Counter-terrorism special operations tactical unit

Switzerland

Units:
Grenadiers - Army rangers
Fsch Gren Kp 17 - Parachute Reconnaissance Company

Yugoslavia

Units:
63rd Parachute Brigade
12th Naval Infantry Brigade

Special Thanks:

ResFu
for helping out with the Polish names and units.
jamoecw
for U.S. unit experience.
llunak
for correcting Czech names and adding Slovak names.
steelgonads
for correcting Portugese names

 

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  • Pinetree changed the title to [1.65 + XCE 0.35] Xtended Soldier Backgrounds
  • 3 months later...

The ethnic demographics are not right.  There are a disproportionately large number of African-Canadians and African-Americans, yet neither Asian-Canadians or Asian-Americans. There are also no ethnically African South Africans, despite including 32.Battalion being included. 

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I only seem to be getting default nations. I got one Brazilian and one Swiss guy after about 10 tries. I get lots of hungarians fins and czechoslovakians but no other nations. how do i fix that? i use the community addition mod with this

edit - i just noticed that the swiss were added later on in the vanila, so the mod is not registered at all

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Bit of late, but That really helps a lot with my own research on Warsaw Pact elite forces that can be mentioned in Xenonauts Universe. Thanks!

Though I'm little bit curious, as you've listed a lots of less known conflicts that a PACT personel might involved into, but you never mentioned the Operation Danube aka Prague Spring in '68. It was one of the biggest depolyment involving almost all of the Warsaw Pact countries and also includes special opeartions and sabotage (e.g. Spetznaz caputure of Ruzyne Airport), so I'm guessing it could be one of the most common combat experience for a PACT soldier during the period. I'll say REFORGER might also be an available experience for US soldiers as it includes exercises dealing with a possible Soviet invasion against Germany. 

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On 12/13/2021 at 6:39 PM, EurekaSeven said:

Bit of late, but That really helps a lot with my own research on Warsaw Pact elite forces that can be mentioned in Xenonauts Universe. Thanks!

Though I'm little bit curious, as you've listed a lots of less known conflicts that a PACT personel might involved into, but you never mentioned the Operation Danube aka Prague Spring in '68. It was one of the biggest depolyment involving almost all of the Warsaw Pact countries and also includes special opeartions and sabotage (e.g. Spetznaz caputure of Ruzyne Airport), so I'm guessing it could be one of the most common combat experience for a PACT soldier during the period. I'll say REFORGER might also be an available experience for US soldiers as it includes exercises dealing with a possible Soviet invasion against Germany. 

If I recall correctly, at the time I didn't include Danube as there was minimal combat but feel free to add it in your personal copy, it's pretty easy to do. Reforger, as you say, were exercises only so didn't count in my book.

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1 hour ago, Xenokyle said:

Hi There, for whatever reason it seems whenever I try to download this mod, all I receive is an empty zip file. 

Most of the downloads are broken due to the recent forum hack. You might try coming back in a couple of weeks to see if the download works, but there is always a chance that the download is lost forever.

Alternatively, maybe someone has a copy of the file hand on their desktop somewhere? Maybe you can try joining the Xenonauts discord and asking if someone has has a copy. 

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