Saturday, January 7, 2012

Why do my aquanauts run out of energy?

Question

I'm playing X-COM: Terror From The Deep and my aquanauts sometimes run out of energy while moving. What determines the rate at which they use and regain energy?

Answer

Your aquanauts expend energy for moving (i.e. expending time units). The amount of energy lost is half of what it costs your unit to move in terms of TU. Your aquanaut also regains energy at the rate of (initial TU)/3 per turn. Initial TU means the raw TU units of your aquanaut at recruit.

The reason why they are running out of energy is most likely due to the fact that you are traversing a long distance over multiple turns, this is equivalent of becoming gassed and out of breath. If you want to avoid this, you will have to carefully manage their movement and try to minimize those long sprints.

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