Fighters die but never surrender?

[a_beorning]

I never had crashlanded Fighter UFO - not in v17.6 nor in 17.9

No matter what I try (missiles, machineguns), they all were destroyed.

Did I miss some branch of technology tree?

Or it's normal and fighters just self-destruct to avoid capture?

[Max_Caine]

Fightercraft and bombers are not intended to be ground missions.

[Chris]

They always explode. We'll probably add some kind of research pop-up explaining this in beta.

[Betuor]

Well, to me the fighters remind me of a really big drone so they could just be robotic. That's my suggestion.

[thothkins]

and a pretty good one too.

[GizmoGomez]

I like that idea, the drone bit that is.

(For a moment, I thought you were saying that Every UFO self destructed, which would suck majorly.)

[thothkins]

And all the aliens turn red and vanish. Did they even exist? Who will believe the Xenonauts? Oh No! We've turned it into an Invaders game (they did have a cool looking UFO)

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[Akrakorn]

The title sounds like one of those warrior honor code things. A true fighter never surrenders.

[crusherven]

Just a note, if you send your chinook after a fighter (maybe you thought it was a scout) and then shoot it down, you get a message saying "UFO escaped to space." I'm guessing that's a minor bug or just something that needs to be written.

[StellarRat]

I always thought fighters were too tiny (1 man/alien craft) to have any survivability when they crash landed or when hit by any type of AA weapon.

[erutan]

I'd go with @stellar. Think a current dogfighter (f15) vs a b52 or whatever getting hit. The former doesn't have enough left to make a proper crash site + have an alien survive impact.

[Max_Caine]

I'm sure this has been argued over previously. I fully agree with StellarRat, but I believe the opposing argument of the time was something along lines that no alien artifact would be left unsecured.

[erutan]

Drones are alien artifacts.

[Swe_Racoon]

Well, I always figured there was be little left but a crater and maybe some charred, twisted bits of alloy.

Between weapons impact and a hearty greeting by the ground (spiced up with some Hollywood 'splosives) there'd be little left that would warrant the sending of an entire strike team.

[StellarRat]

Well, I always figured there was be little left but a crater and maybe some charred, twisted bits of alloy.

Between weapons impact and a hearty greeting by the ground (spiced up with some Hollywood 'splosives) there'd be little left that would warrant the sending of an entire strike team.

The alien remains are probably eaten by raccoons before XCom can get there. I hear they taste like chicken....

[thothkins]

I trust that you mean the alien remains taste like chicken and not...

[Commissar Pancakes]

Run swe_racoon!!! Run!!!!

[thothkins]

Reminds me of a news story I saw today that they were testing for horse meat in a lamb curry, and didn't find any. Unfortunately, they didn't find any lamb, beef or chicken either and are now looking for alternative meat sources in the area for further testing.

[Sathra]

Haha, I really hope that's true.

Mmm, rat curry.

[thothkins]

waiter, there's rather a lot of rat in my ratatouille

or

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[Sathra]

Classic.

Irrelevant to the actual thread (besides maybe the Buzz Aldrin part), but classic nonetheless.

[thothkins]

whew! glad the Buzz Aldrin bit is still in there. Wouldn't want to go off on a tangent...

Back in the UFO TV series, I'm sure they had real trouble getting to grips with alien technology, again because the fighters weren't stable in the atmosphere. I think the aliens deteriorated quickly too. They had a whole episode just to tray and lure a live one for capture.

I've not be paying enough attention to the Xenopaedia, but I'll need to see if the UFO breakdowns are in there. I miss those (and they are in the assets folder Xenopaedia)