Legacy of the Ancients

Available only if you play with DLC 2 Legacy of the Ancients. This research path enables the manufacturing of ancient weapons.

Project Glory (50)

Prerequisities: Rise by sin, by virtue fall is finished

Before research: Investigation hints at a past connection between Randolph Symes and Tobias West, specifically common endeavor codenamed Project Glory.

After research: Project Glory was a secretive attempt to study the nature of enigmatic ruins that predate Homo Sapiens. Funded by the Phoenix Project and Vanadium Inc., it was led by the visionary archaeologist Dr. Helena Lewandowski. As often happens the Phoenix Project and Vanadium Inc. had a fallout. It appears Tobias West used force to apprehend Helena Lewandowski.

Dr. Helena Lewandowski was considered to be the world's foremost scientist of pre-historic archaeology. We recently located her whereabouts at a secretive New Jericho Facility, and we have reasons to believe she is held there against her will. Perhaps she will join us when free.

Cinematics are played Site added to Geoscape: Saving Helena

Saving Helena

Prerequisities: Project Glory research is finished

Mission briefing: Our latest intelligence suggests that New Jericho is keeping Dr. Lewandowki in a high-security lab. Secure the compound, so we can get the doctor and her invaluable work out of the hands of Tobias West.

After mission: With Dr. Lewandowski onboard, we can delve into the secrets of the past. She believes an enigmatic precursor civilization once existed on Earth, its ruins scattered around the globe.

A facility for the study of Atendiluvian Archaeology can be of use to discover the ruins of this precursor civilization. Our hope is the ancient secrets we uncover can aid in stopping the Pandoran threat.

Cinematics are played. Research + 900

New research available: Antediluvian Archaeology

Antediluvian Archaeology (75)

Prerequisities: Saving Helena missions is finished

Before research: The scientific field of Antediluvian Archaeology studies the evidence left behind by pre-human civilization. For centuries detractors doubted the existence of such a civilization, but eventually, the scientific community had to accept the mounting evidence. Extreme global warming caused by the spread of the Pandoravirus throughout the world's oceans revealed many sites of interest. With this, we are prepared to get back on track and discover the secrets of the Ancients once and for all.

After research: To achieve a breakthrough in Antediluvian Archaeology, we have to provide our scientists with a constant stream of precursor artifacts. To accomplish this, the rapid discovery of ancient sites is essential. Our scientists have devised a scanner probe which can be produced in the Archeology Facility. When launched from a Manticore, it can detect Antediluvian sites. Then, the hazardous process of excavating can begin.

Bonus effect: Unlocks new facility: Archaeology lab.

Blueprints

In order to unlock enable ancient weapons research, you need to do a blueprint mission. One blueprint mission gives you one blueprint and unlocks the next blueprint mission.

Armed with knowledge: We are not the first to seek the secrets of Antediluvian Civilization. Throughout history, great collectors have prized surviving texts and schemata of Antediluvian origin. Today, some of these collections lie forgotten in the ruins of our own pre-Pandoravirus cities. Others are in the hands of Disciples of Anu, New Jericho, and Synedrion. We need them if we are to succeed against the Pandoran threat.

Our research indicates one such collection, which describes a weapon of staggering simplicity and effectiveness, is located in a city not far from our base Further investigation is a priority.

Site added to Geoscape: The Mattock

Mattock of the Ancients (100)

Mission briefing: Bandits dwell in the ruins of this city. A great collector lived and died here decades ago. Search the ruins for the Antediluvian schemata.

After research: The Mattock of the Ancients is a melee weapon of pure Orichalcum - a mysterious metal alloy of Antediluvian origin that exhibits properties contradicting our understanding of quantum physics.

After mission: After all this time of research, investigation, and preparation, we have it - our first collection of ancient schemata, texts, and artifacts that can be unified into a coherent blueprint for an advanced weapon. Unfortunately, the blueprint alone is not enough. We need a much more plentiful source of ancient artifacts, which our Archaeological Facilities can process using exotic materials to craft the new weapons. And even then, our scientists indicate we will need yet another thing: control over the special locations the Antediluvians used to assemble their technology. In the meantime, we have identified another collection. According to our sources, it describes a weapon releasing deadly flechettes of an unknown composition. Site added to geoscape: The Shard Gun 50 Skill Points have been obtained.

Shard Gun (150)

The alloys the Ancients used allow the production of flechettes, or shards, that make devastating, close-range projectiles. Using an Antediluvian power source, the Shard Gun Eclipses and shotgun-class weapon in existence.

Rebuke (150)

The Rebuke Grenade Launcher is the logical next step in utilizing the favorite power sources of the Ancients: a non-Newtonian fluid known as Protean Mutane Gas.

Scorpion (200)

The Scorpion sniper is the pinnacle of our Antediluvian research so far. It combines all three of the exotic Antediluvian materials.

Crystal crossbow (200)

Using bolts of Living Crystal, this silent weapon, dubbed the Crystal Crossbow by our tactical operatives, exceeds the capabilities of any competitor.

Scyther (300)

It is difficult to describe how the Scyther weapons work. It is best observed in a practical situation. Caution: Do not point towards friendlies.