Kaos Engines

DLC 5 Kaos Engines does not have any trigger and is accessible since the beginning. Kaos Engines DLC starts once you find Kaos Syndicate which is one of the exploration sites close to your starting base.

This DLC adds: 4 missions, Kaos Marketplace (where you can buy Kaos Weapons, vehicle upgrades and random faction research), One vehicle (Kaos Buggy), 2 weapons, 2 hulls and 2 engines for all 4 existing vehicles (24 vehicle upgrades in total) and 5 Kaos Weapons.

Walkthrough

Find Kaos Syndicate

Kaos Syndicate

One of the Exploration sites close to your starting base is Kaos Syndicate. It looks like normal exploration site but once explored it gets special icon and cinematics 1 are played.

Cinematics:

So, you are the Phoenix Project, eh? I’ve heard a lot about you. Who am I? Well, The Maker, of course. I run things around here. Welcome to The Marketplace! Here and only here, you will find some very special hardware.

I design, build, and test every piece of equipment here with my own two hands, you see. I will be honest, they tend to explode every now and again, these toys of mine.

They do make some pretty fireballs, though. Both when they work and when they suddenly stop working.

Missions

Objective example

How to get missions

Enter the marketplace (it is accessible from Kaos Syndicate POI) and click accept mission in the bottom right. It adds mission to your Geoscape.

Active mission can be located either from the marketplace of from Geoscape objectives tracker.

When one mission is finished another mission becomes available from the marketplace. There are 4 missions in total.

Missions gameplay

There is some vehicle on the map but it cannot be entered or controlled initially. You need to activate some objective first. To do it move your operative to the blue symbol and activate the objective (activating does not have any costs).

Objective is different for every mission and looks different (find the Scarab access codes, release the Armadillo engine locks, remotely boot the Aspida AI and get the keys to the Kaos Buggy) but functionality and markers are the same.

Objective is visible from round 1 and is marked with blue and white symbol (see picture).

Once objective is activated the vehicle can be acquired by moving your operative next to it. Missions have enemy reinforcements. After recovering the vehicle you need to evacuate all operatives.

Finishing the mission does not give you the vehicle. Vehicle is given to the Maker.

Secure the Scarab

Mission briefing: Preliminary scouting of the area confirmed that the Scarab is there. However, it seems to be inactive. We must deploy our troops and find a way to get it running before extraction.

Enemies in this mission are Pandorans. You need to find the Scarab access codes.

After mission: Good job, Phoenix! I will be taking that Scarab if you don’t mind. What will I do with it? Improve it, of course! It is so dull and boring right now! It needs a bit more flair. Next time you’re at the Marketplace, keep your eyes open for the improvements.

Secure the Armadillo

Mission briefing: Kaos intel says that the Armadillo's engine locks are engaged. We must find a way to override them or it is not going anywhere.

Enemies in this mission are Pandorans and New Jericho. They also fight each other. You need to release the Armadillo engine locks.

After mission: Tobias West sure knows how to make death machines. And once I break this apart, we will know too! Oh, am I going to have fun with this! I will probably have some pretty interesting tech ready next time you visit.

Secure the Aspida

Mission briefing: The Aspida on the ground seems to be stuck in some kind of a software loop. Presumably, this is why it was abandoned. If we manage to reboot it successfully, it should be in good enough shape to reach the extraction point.

Enemies in this mission are Pandorans. You need to remotely boot the Aspida AI.

After mission: I have a problem with the Aspida… it is too pacifistic. All this “knock out and heal” business is definitely not in my style. Once I am done with this little thing, it will be much more entertaining to operate. I am definitely thinking lasers would fit it better. Well, off to work, then!

Secure the Kaos Buggy

Mission briefing: The Maker said that this is the location of his lost Kaos Buggy. He also warned us that it is crawling with Pandorans. We should try and extract it as quickly and quietly as possible.

Enemies in this mission are Pandorans. You need to get the keys to the Kaos Buggy.

After mission: Yes! Finally, my baby returns to me. Thanks for bringing her home, Phoenix. I have planned many improvements for her. Oh, yes. She will be a devastating machine yet! Go away now and let me work. There might be some new toys to play with next time you come around.

When you return to marketplace cinematics 2 are played:

Well, well, well… who knew that doing business with you would be that lucrative, eh? You have seriously impressed me, Phoenix Project. Doing so much in such little time.

So, tell you what. I will talk to the guys at the Marketplace. We will arrange some special discounts, just for you, as a little thank you present for your hard work. So, feel free to look around. I’m sure you will find something of interest.

Marketplace

Accessible from Kaos Syndicate POI. Marketplace offers change every day at 00:00. After finishing mission offers are refreshed immediately. After finishing mission offers will not refresh on the next midnight but one midnight later.

Number of offers

The more missions from Kaos Syndicate are finished the more offers will be on the marketplace.

0 missions finished: 4-5 offers

1 mission finished: 6-8 offers

2 missions finished: 9-12 offers

3 missions finished: 12-15 offers

4 missions finished: 16-20 offers

Price multiplication

The more missions are finished the cheaper the prices are. Each item sold on the marketplace has base price range (this base price range is showed in one of the tables below).

If you finished all 4 missions then base price range is an actual price range of offers.

If you finished less than 4 missions then the base price is multiplied 2 to 10 times.

Exact values are:

0 missions finished: prices are multiplied by 10

1 mission finished: prices are multiplied by 7

2 missions finished: prices are multiplied by 5

3 missions finished: prices are multiplied by 2

4 missions finished: prices are not multiplied (they are multiplied by 1)

Prices

Each item has given price range. Every item can be offered more than once at the same time for different price (but only inside its price range).

Prices are multiplied based on how many missions did you finish. All the prices are in materials

Base prices (in materials) on Kaos Marketplace

Name	min price	max price
Available immediately
Kaos Buggy	350	550
Subjector (Sniper Rifle)	125	225
Obliterator (Assault Rifle)	75	150
Tormentor (Handgun)	50	125
Redemptor (Shotgun)	100	220
Devastator (Heavy Autocannon)	110	200
Available after mission 1 (Secure the Scarab)
Taurus II	150	250
Scorpio VII	250	450
Reinforced Cargo Racks	150	250
Carbon Fiber Plating	250	450
Advanced Engine Mapping Module	200	350
Reinforced Caterpillar Tracks	300	500
Faction Research	700	1300
Available after mission 2 (Secure the Armadillo)
Mephistopheles FT	220	400
Purgatory GL	300	500
Reinforced Plating	200	400
Lightweight Alloy Plating	250	450
Armadillo Supercharger Technology	250	400
Bi-Turbo Engine Upgrade	350	550
Available after mission 3 (Secure the Aspida)
Apollo LT	250	500
Themis NT	350	600
Improved Chassis	200	400
Psychic Jammer	350	600
Hybrid Engine Technology	200	400
Experimental Thrusters Technology	350	600
Available after mission 4 (Secure the Kaos Buggy)
The Screamer	400	650
The Fullstop	500	750
Revised Armor Plating	200	450
Spiked Armor Plating	400	650
Experimental Exhaust System	300	700
Jet Boosters	400	750

Vehicle Equipment

Scarab

Weapons

Picture	Name	Description		Damage	Shred	Burst	Effective range	Special	AP	Ammo capacity	Weight
	Gemini V	Phoenix Scarab Missile Turret		Blast 80	20	2	40	Blast Radius 3.5	3	8	7
	Taurus II	Phoenix Scarab Heavy Turret		350	30	single shot	17	Shock 350	3	4	7
	Scorpio VII	Phoenix Scarab Missile Turret		Blast 120	20	2	45	Blast Radius 5.5	3	8	7

Hulls

Picture	Name	Description		Inventory slots	Armor	Special
	Reinforced Cargo Racks	Phoenix Scarab Hull Upgrade		+6
	Carbon Fiber Plating	Phoenix Scarab Hull Upgrade			20	Reduces effect of Acid Damage by half

Engines

Picture	Name	Description		Special	Speed
	Advanced Engine Mapping Module	Phoenix Scarab Engine Upgrade			+6
	Reinforced Caterpillar Tracks	Phoenix Scarab Engine Upgrade		Allows the Scarab to run over Worms, Mindfraggers and Myrmiddons	-6

Armadillo

Weapons

Picture	Name	Description		Damage	Shred	Burst	Effective range	Special	AP	Ammo capacity	Weight
	Hailstorm GT	New Jericho Armadillo Gauss Turret		40	5	8	13		2	64	5
	Mephistopheles FT	New Jericho Armadillo Flame Thrower		80		single shot	12	Blast Radius 3, Fire 40	2	4	5
	Purgatory GL	New Jericho Armadillo Grenade Launcher		Blast 20	5	single shot	40	Blast Radius 3.5, Fire 40	2	4	5

Hulls

Picture	Name	Description		Special	Inventory slots	Armor
	Reinforced Plating	New Jericho Armadillo Hull Upgrade		Reduces effect of Piercing Damage by half
	Lightweight Alloy Plating	New Jericho Armadillo Hull Upgrade			+3	-10

Engines

Picture	Name	Description		Speed
	Armadillo Supercharger Technology	New Jericho Armadillo Engine Upgrade		+7
	Bi-Turbo Engine Upgrade	New Jericho Armadillo Engine Upgrade		+14

Aspida

Weapons

Picture	Name	Description		Damage	Burst	Effective range	Special	AP	Ammo capacity	Weight
	TECH ARM	Synedrion Aspida Tech Arm		10	2	1	Piercing 50, Paralysis 20, Full restore ability	2	12	7
	Apollo LT	Synedrion Aspida Laser Cannon		120	2	82		2	12	7
	Themis NT	Synedrion Aspida Neural Turret		10	4	45	Piercing 60, Paralysis 20	2	16	7

Hulls

Picture	Name	Description		Special
	Improved Chassis	Synedrion Aspida Hull Upgrade		+ 1 Seat
	Psychic Jammer	Synedrion Aspida Hull Upgrade		Grants mind control immunity to nearby allies

Engines

Picture	Name	Description		Special
	Hybrid Engine Technology	Synedrion Aspida Engine Upgrade		Dash - Move up to half your movement range. Limited to 2 uses per turn.
	Experimental Thrusters Technology	Synedrion Aspida Engine Upgrade		Leap - Leap to target location within 10 tiles

Kaos Buggy

Weapons

Kaos Buggy has two weapons in one. One of these weapons is always minigun that is the same for all three weapons. The other weapons varies. During combat player can choose which weapon they want to use.

Picture	Name	Description		Damage	Shred	Burst	Effective range	Special	AP	Ammo capacity	Weight
	The Vishnu Gun (Minigun)	Kaos Buggy Combined Turret		50	10	8	13		2	64	7
	The Vishnu Gun			Blast 80	10	single shot	40	Blast Radius 3.5	3	8	7
	The Screamer (minigun)	Kaos Buggy Sonic Turret		50	10	8	13		2	64	7
	The Screamer			Blast 80		single shot	20	Blast Radius 3.5 Sonic 20	2	4	7
	The Fullstop (minigun)	Kaos Buggy Goo Turret		50	10	8	13		2	64	7
	The Fullstop					single shot	25	Goo 1	2	1	7

Hulls

Picture	Name	Description		Special	Armor
	Revised Armor Plating	Kaos Buggy Hull Upgrade		Blast Resistance - reduces effect of Blast Damage by half	30
	Spiked Armor Plating	Kaos Buggy Hull Upgrade		Spiked Armor - Deals Piercing Damage to the attacker when suffering Melee or Bash attacks	30

Engines

Picture	Name	Description		Special	Armor	Speed
	Experimental Exhaust System	Kaos Buggy Engine Upgrade				+5
	Jet Boosters	Kaos Buggy Engine Upgrade		Ammo capacity 350	30	+11

Kaos Weapons

Kaos Weapons can be bought only from Kaos Marketplace. They cannot be manufactured. Kaos Weapons are stronger than other weapons but can fumble or explode. They do not have ammo.

Malfunction mechanic

Kaos Weapons have a chance to malfunction upon firing them. All Kaos Weapons start with a base chance to malfunction of 0%. This ensures that the first shot with each weapon will always be successful.

Malfunction usually causes weapon to fumble (Action points are subtracted but weapon does not fire) but when two malfunctions in a row occur the second malfunction will destroy the weapon and cause various effects on the soldier that used the weapon (Acid damage, Blast damage, Poison, etc).

Every time the weapon is fired, a random number is generated. This is checked against the malfunction chance and there are two possible outcomes:

The weapon does not malfunction: In this case, the weapon is successfully fired and its chance to malfunction is increased by 2% (up to a maximum of 40%).

The weapon malfunctions: In this case, the weapon is not fired. Instead, the following rules are observed:

If the previous use of the weapon in the same Tactical mission was successful, the attack is fumbled and the weapon does not fire.

If the previous use of the weapon in the same Tactical mission was a malfunction (fumble), the weapon explodes. This destroys the weapon and applies the Effect when destroyed from the table below to the soldier holding it.

The chance to malfunction is retained between missions. However, the flag that tracks whether the weapon has malfunctioned on its last shot is reset between missions.

Once a shot was fumbled, an indication is shown to the player in the lower right weapon UI panel that the weapon may malfunction again and explode.

List of Kaos Weapons

Picture	Name	Description		Damage	Special	Burst	Effective Range	AP	Hands to use	Weight	Effect when destroyed
	Devastator	Kaos Heavy Autocannon		150	Shock 150	2	17	3	2	5	Shock 200		110-220
	Subjector	Kaos Sniper Rifle		130	Poison 30	single shot	51	3	2	4	Blast damage 20, Poison 20		125-225
	Tormentor	Kaos Handgun		50	Piercing 10	2	22	1	1	2	Piercing damage 20		50-125
	Redemptor	Kaos Shotgun		50	Acid 5	8	19	2	2	4	Blast damage 10, Acid damage 10 on each body part		100-220
	Obliterator	Kaos Assault Rifle		40	Shred 1	8	25	2	2	3	Paralysis 5		75-150

Kaos Buggy

Kaos Buggy stats and its comparison to other vehicles. One advantage of Kaos Buggy that is not captured in this table is that it has 2 weapons (other vehicles have one weapon). Kaos Buggy cannot be manufactured, it can be only bought from Kaos Marketplace.

Vehicles

	Name	Description	Research needed	Capacity	Speed	Hit Points	Armor
	Armadillo	New Jericho Armadillo Ground Vehicle	Armadillo development	4	28	1250	31		75	600	5d 8h
	Aspida	Synedrion Ground Support Vehicle	Synedrion Aspida development	1	32	700	20		135	630	6d 9h
	PX Scarab	Phoenix Armored FIghting Vehicle		4	24	900	31		60	480	4d 7h
	Kaos Buggy	Kaos Ground Combat Vehicle	purchasable from Kaos Marketplace	2	21	1540	28		0	350-550 base price	0