Capture an alien leader

[Edaw Drahnier]

Ok, been trying this for a while. How do I know which are the leaders? I thought the red shorts meant they were but they aren’t. Also, is there a cheat to capture one because I’ve been through like 15 ships and haven’t captured one. I’ve stunned a lot of non leaders though

[biomike]

they have helmets on

[biogoo]

They wont spawn on lesser ships, you need a large one (there are several types but they always have three entrances). Or an alien base (outpost probably doesnt count but I dont know for sure).
Correct me if I am wrong, but there are only 3 types of leaders:
Caesan: with red armour and helmet
Sebilian: with black armour and helmet (elites look similar but they dont have a fully black helmet)
Praetor: white guy, there is always one present in every battleship and alien fortress

PS: The game will tell you if a leader is present when a map loads (and you have the quest active).

[Shahadem]

Which alien leader? The Caesan leader wears red armored shirt and has a black helmet. The Sebillian leader wears black armor and has a black helmet. The Praetors are all in white with crowns and they float.

You can RARELY find a leader in a light scout (or I have modified my game so much that it is horribly broken), often in a Corvette and I think always in every higher ship class so long as the leader doesn't spawn in dead. However Praetors only start appearing with Cruisers where they can rarely be found in Cruisers, sometimes found in Carriers and often in battleships (again so long as the Praetor doesn't spawn in dead).

[biogoo]

İlk olarak Shahadem tarafından gönderildi:

Which alien leader? The Caesan leader wears blue shirt and has a black helmet.

That is an officer.

[Charon]

İlk olarak biogoo tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Shahadem tarafından gönderildi:

Which alien leader? The Caesan leader wears blue shirt and has a black helmet.

That is an officer.

And he got another one wrong. If you want to see how a caesan leader looks like go into
Xenonauts\assets\units\alien\caesan\leader\none
and see that he wears red armour pieces.

The rest is also completely wrong, but you can see that for yourself if you go into
Xenonauts\assets\ufocontents .

[Shahadem]

İlk olarak Charon tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak biogoo tarafından gönderildi:

That is an officer.

And he got another one wrong. If you want to see how a caesan leader looks like go into
Xenonauts\assets\units\alien\caesan\leader\none
and see that he wears red armour pieces.

The rest is also completely wrong, but you can see that for yourself if you go into
Xenonauts\assets\ufocontents .

Nope I am right.

[JustineNitemann]

maybe he hasn't progressed far into the game (he did mention 15 ships)... i'm still downing landing (medium -sized ones) and still no leader

[frobisher]

Sometimes the leader is already dead from the crash or all too often my reaction fire kills him. That's when I'm tempted to load a save.

[Edaw Drahnier]

It's possible - but I feel like i've been taking down ships forever. I'm usually getting medium sized landing ships

[Edaw Drahnier]

Are the red robot aliens leaders or just officers and how do you capture them?

[biogoo]

You cant capture robots.

Do you play on an easy difficulty? The alien invasion progresses slower on lower difficulties, which means it takes more time for a leader to come. The large ships will eventually come and then there is a high chance that there will be a leader present.

[JustineNitemann]

Got the leader on a LARGE-sized ship.. it also posts a notification that an alien leader is present just before you engage in ground combat

[dj2145]

If he's wearing a helmet he's important.

[MindCauldron]

İlk olarak dj2145 tarafından gönderildi:

If he's wearing a helmet he's important.

Ah the charm of the past. In the grim darkness of the distant future, where there is only war, you can distinguish important people from their distinct lack of helmets. Or officers at the very least.

[TheKageryuu]

İlk olarak Shahadem tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Charon tarafından gönderildi:

And he got another one wrong. If you want to see how a caesan leader looks like go into
Xenonauts\assets\units\alien\caesan\leader\none
and see that he wears red armour pieces.

The rest is also completely wrong, but you can see that for yourself if you go into
Xenonauts\assets\ufocontents .

Nope I am right.

You really think you can correct Charon on this subject?

First, find out who this Charon is?

Second, Caesan leaders are full red, helmet included.

Third, try a 5 second google search before embarrasing yourself again.