Race and Rank, like "Ethereal Soldier".

WARNING! Sometimes aliens have multiple items in the same
location. MAKE SURE IT HAS ENOUGH TU'S BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT TO
REDISTRIBUTE THINGS, since if you don't have enough TUs to move
things, you can't put it back, so you must reboot!

5.6.3 Use mind-controlled aliens as scouts
Mind controlled aliens should be used to go where you do NOT want
to go personally. If you want it to shoot, keep the weapons.
Otherwise, drop them. Use them to open doors is much safer than
using one of your own.

5.6.4 Sack your psi-weaklings and cowards
Sack any rookies with bravery under 40-50. They will panic first
in combat. Once you have psi labs, sack rookies with the lowest
psi strengths and train only those who have the highest psi
strengths. High psi-strength also means more resistance to alien
psi-attacks. Save the psi-weak veterans for attacks that you
know do not involve psi-active races. This is another reason not
to equip crafts until you know for sure about the mission.

5.6.5 Check for signs of mind control
When an alien attempts to mind control your troop you'll see the
signs. If the control did not succeed, have that soldier drop
his/her weapons immediately and kneel. That way if s/he was
taken over, little harm could be done. If you got the alien you



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