In an attempt to create a mod that integrates organically into various game systems, an effort was made to tie this mod into several other game mechanics. These various interactions will be summarized in this appendix.

Each officer requires an additional salary, and the total salaries of all officers will be deducted at the end of the month. This is mentioned in the end of month report screen.

The Chosen don't like XCOM's officer system, and will attempt to sabotage it. This mod introduces a new Chosen sabotage action that will target the officers in your squad. This is done in a mostly harmless way - the Chosen will just misplace some documents.

A level 2 or above bondmate of a Field Officer or above will be named Second In Command. This allows them to help the officer during a mission. For full details, see Appendix A.

Officer training costs ability points. High combat intelligence will make officer training faster.

The mod adds sitreps that can make an officer of a certain rank required on several missions. By default this includes the story missions, alien facilities, and several others. This is completely configurable, see XComAbiziOTS.ini.

Covert Actions that deal with the Chosen, so the 3 Hunt The Chosen covert ops, and Sabotage Chosen activity covert op, will require an officer on them. This is configurable, and can be used on other Covert Actions. See XComAbiziOTS.ini.

This mod has additional interaction with the Covert Inifltration mod. It is possible to configure Infiltrations to require Officers. However, currently there's no way to indicate in the UI which slot is the one requiring an officer. As a result, this feature is currently disabled. For the details, see XComAbiziOTS.ini.

This mod introduces a new ability "Born To Lead". This ability can show up on random soldier's AWC ability list (or XCOM deck). This ability speeds up their officer training, and allows them to use Command and Emergency Command without ending the turn. Classes that use a "curated" XCOM deck (like Proficiency classes) need some config handling to allow them to get the ability. See XComClassData for the instructions on how to achieve that.

The mod introduces a new Negative Trait: Mistrust Of Authority. The trait is gained by getting hit after being targeted by an officer ability earlier in the mission. Soldiers with the trait have a chance to panic when being targeted by an Officer ability. As all traits, it can be cured in the infirmary.

Some behavior can be defined with the configs at the end of XComAbiziOTS. In short, a user may specify an ability name, a character template name, a soldier class name, or a unit value name, and specify some specific rules that would apply to such characters. The currently supported rules are: ban from training, count as officer (for the purpose of the officer requirement for covert ops/ sitreps mechanic), or edit training time. For further details, see the documentation inside the config file.