X-COM: Interceptor takes the franchise into deep space, putting you in command of fighter squadrons defending humanity's mining outposts at the frontier of explored space. The aliens here are not just invading; they are methodically dismantling the infrastructure that keeps Earth's economy running. Between missions you build and equip your fighters, manage your base, and send pilots out into dogfights that blend the series' characteristic resource management with real-time space combat. The stakes are strategic rather than personal: let enough mining operations fall and Earth loses the war of attrition before a single soldier lands.