Yes, it exists.
It gives you a corpse after researching a live specimen.
All right, thanks. It's changed a number of times, so I lost track. (The ruleset should be fine... But do keep this stuff in my head.)
Gah!
Well okay, I admit I'm not doing it blindly... I usually change the gun and some other custom items. But at least the soldier comes equipped with generic stuff, like grenades, flares etc., so I don't have to put it all in place by hand.
Yes, it can be done with templates, but I'm not really interested in using templates.