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Artificial life-forms ("robots") specifically designed to mimic the appearance of human beings. Although this is a male-specific term, with female-looking machines actually being "gynoids", the term "android" is generally used universally in video games.
Elites, also known as Sangheili are a Covenant race in the Halo series. During Halo: Combat Evolved and the bulk of Halo 2 they are the primary antagonists. They became semi allied with the humans in Halo 3, and are in a political crisis during Halo 4, some still at war with Humanity.
A Cyberdisc is an enemy unit from the XCOM franchise. The seemingly harmless looking Cyberdisc is actually capable of inflicting quite a bit of damage, as well as exploding upon death.
An organism consisting of both natural and artificial systems.
The Drone is an enemy unit found in the XCOM series. They are fragile support units whose main function is to repair Cyberdisks and Sectopods, though they do posses mild offensive capability.
One of the alien speicies that comprises the Covenant of the Halo series; known mostly for use their use energy shields and long range weaponry in battle.
The most powerful laser rifle in the Armored Core series.
A large mechanical version of the Hekaton.
A stronger variant of the Muton alien species from the XCOM franchise. They are mainly used as guards for the Ethereal.
The Alliance to Restore the Republic is a rag-tag band of freedom fighters that opposes the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War.
This small, grey alien race is the first main alien species you encounter in both X-COM: UFO Defense and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Their large brains give them some basic psionic abilities.
A stronger, more psionic-focused variant of the Sectoid. It possesses more health then normal Sectoids and has a propensity for casing Mind Control.
The Sectopod is a very strong robotic enemy unit from the XCOM franchise. It is one of the most dangerous units in the series.
A superweapon is a structure or character with amazing powers and amazing costs. This weapon can turn the battle to its owner's side single-handedly, but is usually the most expensive and time consuming to construct.
The Thin Man is an enemy unit featured in XCOM: Enemy Unknown. A fairly common unit, it has average attack power and health.
The Vex are a cyber-organic species in the Destiny universe, consisting of microscopic organisms suspended in liquid radiolaria that dwell inside robotic frames. The Vex are capable of advanced data processing, time travel, portal creation, and remarkable feats of engineering, but possess no sentience whatsoever.
War is a series of organized conflicts carried on by force of arms between two or more nations or groups. Whether it never changes or has already changed is up for debate.
A devastating future war in many game's narratives. Some games take place in a post-World War III setting where humanity struggles to live with the consequences of WWIII, while other games are centred around preventing global warfare from ever happening.
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