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Playthroughs / Alien Species Triggers?

« on: December 09, 2017, 11:47:37 pm »

I am trying to stall lobstermen as long as possible and have done some tests to try to figure out how and when they are triggered. I've had some games where I get lobstermen on the 8th mission or a lobsterman base invasion very early on. I've tried letting ships go, getting poor ratings, and avoiding certain techs thinking they may trigger lobstermen. My current play through I've been able to sit in Hillman limbo, only using gas weapons and other human tech while I work to ion armor. It was looking successful until I researched Ion Beam Accelerators when the next mission was a lobsterman terror mission. I'm not confident this is it though.

So what is the logic for when lobstermen appear? Is it a certain tech? Time? Score? Or random?

I'm on veteran difficulty and my last progress report was "Excellent"