
This flag is not removed by base defence blowing up battleships, craft blowing up battleships (I think), or, as I just mentioned, by removing that base entirely. This flag is only removed after a battleship actually manages to land and send troops inside your base. If successful, it sets the "aliens know where base is" flag, and applies it to the next battleship launched on a retaliation mission.
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In fact, this is due to the nature of the code which sends out the scouts. HOWEVER, once it arrives there, it will realise that they only have the lift access codes to your old base, and will then simply hang there hovering over your base for ages and ages. It will then realise it's been duped, BUT, after consulting its alien masters, will simply head to the next closest base. If you decide to dismantle the base while there is a battleship enroute to attack it, the battle ship will head for that base's ex-location anyhow. Shooting them down will also ruin their base finding mission, saving your base until the next scout is sent to replace the first. Shooting these down far away from your base may confuse the aliens as to where your base actually is. Don't worry too much about other alien craft on "Retaliation" missions, they're just scouts.

Only battleships actually assault your base. The aliens are content that they've done sufficient damage.īlowing the battleship out of the sky with Aircraft Interception ALSO seems to uncheck the Battleship assault flag, so keep that in mind. Once you've run the mission, win or lose, the attacks stop coming. It has been proven that about 6 or 7 Fusion Ball Defences with Grav Shield (total defensive strength 6000) can hold off incoming battleships (hull strength 3000) indefinitely, but since you get no bonus for blowing a battleship out of the sky, not even to monthly score, it is better to let them land eventually and just run the mission. (To be precise, the game does not check/remove the "X-COM Base detected, send in the battleship" flag). You can bring down these battleships with sufficient Base Defence Systems, but the game is programmed to just send another on the exact same mission.
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They obviously do not care about the well being of the craft, to run it that hard in a full atmosphere! These ships will come in at a very low altitude and at their top speed. "this is a fight to the death" - implies that when you hit Abandon Mission, X-COM forces decide it is better to die and take the enemy with them, rather than admit defeat, and blow the base up.Īn inbound Battleship on a " Retaliation" mission means there is a high chance that a Base Defense mission is in the offing for you. Defend the base and its vital installations at all costs - this is a fight to the death. Alien units will enter the base via hangar doors or the access lift. As per standard procedure all non-combat personnel and X-COM craft have been evacuated.
