Saucer

Beams

• Its beam serves many functions
  • abduction
  • dropping objects, returning people, & placing pod-people decoys
  • investigating via scanner
  • attack damage (during late stage game)

Upgrades

It can be upgraded in many ways to meet specific tasks but may not have all upgrades at once

• the beem can be:
  • widened to capture more at once
  • given a stronger pull to abduct faster
  • given damage capability to attack and destroy
  • using beam from farther away?
  • cause blackouts - to drive peouple out of buildings
  • start fires - to misdirect military or distract/draw people
  • create localized earthquakes - to drive peouple out of buildings
• Upgraded with different crew members
  • each crew member represents a different skill
    • psychic investigation of human beings
    • commanding drones
    • etc.
  • each crew member can give the Saucer bonuses
    • navigators, faster and more nimble flying
    • science officers, better genetics return
    • security officers, stronger attack bonuses
    • etc.
• Upgraded with different stealth capabilities
  • hiding in clouds
  • genterating clouds to hide in
  • generating an invisibility cloak to hide close to the ground
  • using beam from farther away?
  • sending out drones as battle defense
  • flying faster
  • hiding in bodies of water
  • etc.