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[Delta Foxtrot]

What, specifically, is the appeal of interrogations so soon? The first tech I can think of is ridiculously expensive and time-consuming, which would break the meager bank even if we did get lucky. Am I forgetting something?

Some actual gameplay/tech spoiler girlinhat might or might not want to read

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The super radar you get from interrogating a certain alien class is a big boon as soon as you get one and is worth every penny. Other than that, eh, it's like a mountain. You climb it because you can.

[Darkmere]

Yep, that's the tech I was referring to, that costs 1/4 of the entire project's starting budget so you can

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intercept the living hell out of all those super-valuable... medium scouts?

In other news:

SORRY WHAT?  I COULDN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF THE ROCKET LAUNCHERS!

Heresy! The best scene in the game is the hilariously inaccurate clip in the intro of the woefully undergeared agents tearing Mutons a new one with the autocannon. Not shown: 4 city blocks leveled with all the rounds that missed.

[Delta Foxtrot]

Yep, that's the tech I was referring to, that costs 1/4 of the entire project's starting budget so you can

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

intercept the living hell out of all those super-valuable... medium scouts?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Navigations is 80k a piece, engine is 250k, plasma pistols are about 90k, rifles and heavies are even more.
If nothing else, sell everything you loot from the aliens and you should get enough moolah to upgrade your radar.

With alien radar you can more reliably let the UFOs land and take them intact. A single medium scout goes for over a million bucks. The radar costs about 1,5kk, with luck it pays for itself with a single medium scout. The values only shoot up with bigger ships.

And well, when I play I'm playing the eXtra terrestrial COMbat unit, it's MY job to stop those aliens, budget be damned!

[Girlinhat]

Assaulting a grounded vessel nets you combat exp.  Don't we all want to shoot better?