Alien Ability for new clones?

[KrazieFox]

I discovered (on this forum) how to get my Alien Ability (you need an 'Alien Containment' module) and successfully added an Alien Ability to my Captain.

However I was under the impressions I could also add an Alien Ability to new clones - is this no longer the case or am I missing something, because I have looked everywhere and am unable to find any information on this topic that is up-to-date (all the old stuff says you do it in the Cloning Chamber).

Can anyone shed any light on this please?

[Spazticus]

It used to be that clones could be assigned an alien ability at creation, in case they became captain. This was assigned at the clone lab, and you'd have to go back to the clone lab in order to switch which ability you were using; this also became the default ability for new clones.

Note that clones cannot use alien abilities unless they become captain, nor have they ever been able to use them.

Now that we are able to switch the alien ability via the PDA, clones no longer have an alien ability assignable to them, and that old mechanism is obsolete.

[KrazieFox]

Oddly enough, though, I have read several accounts that suggest putting 'Healing' on a couple of the Drop-Ship crew to keep the clones alive.