[WotC] The MOCX Initiative

Because the Chosen appearing on missions that could muck up your battles wasn’t enough. (This means they fight with the aliens)

The MOCX Initiative introduces humanity’s worst enemy to the game: itself. Starting by default with May, you run the risk of facing enemies that effectively resemble XCOM on the battlefield: they have their own classes, they gain ranks, they even have PCSes.

Normal MOCX squads will be introduced to most missions as a SITREP modifier (added through special means in the mod itself: there is a rookies variant that is treated as a normal SITREP.): you should see it when deciding whether to set up a squad for the mission, if it’s been rolled for it.

These MOCX squads, excluding the special missions featuring them, will not appear on the map at first: they will be called in by ADVENT once XCOM reveals their presence on the map.

The good news is that in contrast to the endless alien hordes and ADVENT clones, MOCX soldiers are relatively unique and not easy to train, they can run out of soldiers to throw at XCOM for the month, whether through death or because all of them are injured. They won’t be constantly coming back like the Chosen. In addition, if you work with the factions, you can ultimately topple them and stop them from taking any further action in your campaign. It will take time however, time and Covert Actions that could be used for other purposes.

They are also disallowed from spawning on a mission if an alien ruler will already be active in that mission.

Check the discussion tab for pinned topics for specifics on stuff like MOCX ability availability, when MOCX can appear, how to customize MOCX, the rules for using units from the character pool, etc. It also contains information on just how MOCX upgrades throughout the campaign.

If you happen to not have a mission spawn, type in MOCXSpawnFirstMission, MOCXSpawnSecondMission, or MOCXSpawnFinalMission depending on how far you were in to the mission chain.

There is a false positive with how the mod adds wall climbing in the Alternate Mod Launcher with the mods Genji Redux, A Better Advent, and World War L. Please ignore this specific warning.

You can capture bleeding out MOCX units via carrying them out with a unit and evacing them as though they were a normal XCOM unit. The chance of this succeeding varies depending on the downed HP of the MOCX unit and the experience of the MOCX unit.

Essentially: more perks = lesser chance to grab them if they’re not at 1 HP, although this is only relevant if…

If you use Extract Corpses, you can instead use the fulton balloon to extract bleeding out or otherwise stunned MOCX units. The HP factor when it comes to capturing will be more relevant however: a healthy MOCX unit is more liable to take a permanent way out before XCOM can properly secure them.

The alternate mod launcher will say there will be conflicts if Genji Redux, A Better Advent WotC, or World War L is installed. This is a false positive.

Thanks to CMDBob for Total Advent Weaponry, which this mod uses for custom weapons.

Thanks to Pavonis Interactive, for the Coil tier of weapons this mod uses.

Thanks to robojumper for overhauling the backend and adding in the MOCX Photobooth functionality, and making it possible for reinforcement drops to work.