[Goatfoam]

Yeah, I think the aliens are going to have a pretty distinct flavour and should be a lot of fun to play for those of us with 'evil' leanings.

As for weaponry... They've got Projectile Acid, Acid Spray, Pheromone Discharge, Psychic Disruption and Alien Runners for their main weapons so far. Projectile acid is the most conventional weapon, doing medium damage over a fairly short range. The Acid Spray is a point defence weapon, again with short range, which will dissolve any missiles or fighters that run into it. The other three weapons are all really for aid in boarding attacks. The Pheromone Discharge increases enemy reload times, Psychic Disruption works like a tractor beam, and the Alien Runners are a precursor to any boarding action - they have a range of 1, and do damage to any security/boarding teams on the enemy ship, which will leave them open.

The one thing I'm not sure about is the boarding actions themselves, which I haven't got too far into looking at as yet. Once the aliens have boarded a ship (assuming it doesn't self-destruct), I really don't want them to have access to the technology - is there any way to force the alien player to strip the ship of components and replace it with hive sections at a space yard before they can use it?