Plasmoids — battle-oriented alien concept

[Imposeren]

This aliens are battle oriented only. They are small as a fist, have little brain, some toxin glands and superconductor magnetic field organs inside them(to levitate).
They live for battlefield. Usually they are swarmed to be more intelligent (XVI), swarming also makes it easier to levitate for them. It's hard to kill them with bullet/laser/etc weapons, so you'll need flamethrower or grenades to kill them all. If shot by point-target weapons swarm just becomes weaker

[Hertzila]

I'm not so sure the levitation mechanic works that way. I believe you would need the magnets on the ground to levitate something.

[Imposeren]

Strength of Earth's magnetic field ranges from 30 to 60 microteslas. So some combinations of superconductivity and mass might levitate theoreticaly. Also if current runs through superconductors then they become magnets themselves. And some plasmoids may work as magnets lying on the Earth while others levitate

Alternative: magnetism works both ways, so if magnets push away water then they are pushed away from it. So when plasmoid's superconductor starts to work as magnet they theoreticaly will fly above water

[Winter]

So, basically, ripping off the Celatids from X-COM and filing off the serial numbers.

Regards,
Winter

[Imposeren]

So, basically, ripping off the Celatids from X-COM and filing off the serial numbers.

I don't know who are you saing about.
Basicaly, swarm of flies hard to kill with projectile weapons. Everything else is just "scientific data"