Calcinite
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Calcinites, in the computer game X-COM, only appear at Terror Sites and Base Defence mission, and only in the company of Aquatoids.
They are fast and tough, but unable to carry any weapons - instead they use razor sharp claws to attack which means they have to be within arms reach to hurt you.
Calcinites have a higher than average resistance to Molecular Control but otherwise possess no talents in this area. They are only seen at the beginning of the game, so capturing one is essential.
Their main distinguishing feature is the technologies they reveal after examining a Calcinite corpse: Hand-to-hand weapons. Interrogating a live Calcinite will unlock the basic Molecular Control secrets if not already discovered.
The idea of an alien inside a Standard diving dress which pummelled its victims to death might have been inspired by the Z-movie Robot Monster.
| The alien races of X-COM | ||
| X-COM: UFO Defense | X-COM: Terror from the Deep | X-COM: Apocalypse |
| Sectoid | Snakeman | Ethereal | Muton | Floater | Celatid | Silacoid | Chryssalid | Reaper | Sectopod | Cyberdisc | Aquatoid | Gill Man | Lobster Man | Tasoth | Calcinite | Deep One | Bio-Drone | Tentaculat | Triscene | Hallucinoid | Xarquid | Alien Egg | Brainsucker | Multiworm | Hyperworms | Chrysalis | Anthropod | Psimorph | Spitter | Megaspawn | Popper | Skeletoid | Micronoid | Queenspawn | Overspawn |
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