Why won’t it let me augment the soldiers into MEC Troopers in XCOM

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So, I just got a few of my soldiers in Enemy Within up to Colonel Rank, and another soldier up to Captain so I decided I was going to make them into MEC Troopers to balance out with my Psionics. However, it won't let me. When I go to select them for the augmenting process their names are grayed out. But I can modify their genes if I want to, though I haven't yet on either of them.

Some help would be greatly appreciated.

Best Answer

You need the following to make a MEC Trooper:

  • a Cybernetics Lab
  • ยง10 and 10 Meld
  • a soldier who is not genetically modified, not psionic, and not a rookie

If the soldiers in question are Colonel/Captain, not psionic, and have no genetic modifications, then it should work (assuming you have the cash and the meld).

Note that initially the soldier also needed to not be wounded, but this requirement was removed in a patch a couple years after launch and does not apply if you're up to date.

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