Or maybe they really did get befriended after Earth surrendered and Exalt is now turning against them by aiding the resistance while still maintaining their cover as loyal servants.Įither way, it does create a rational way to explain how a mere 'black market contact' could be getting their hands on gear & technologies that even XCOM doesn't have access to yet. Turns out their loyalties really were misplaced and the aliens didn't deliver what they promised, so now Exalt is looking to get even. Rather, they're the remnants of whatever was left of Exalt after the war ended.
This is the kind of stuff you'd expect from a highly trained, highly organized spy ring with their agents deeply embedded into Advent - which is unlikely considering that Advent are mostly aliens and alien-hybdrid clone soldiers. This is nothing like anything any real world blackmarket could be expected to come up with. This is all stuff indicating some kind of contact with the aliens, along with highly trained personnelle. These aren't off-brand blue jeans, conventional Earth weapons or cheap illegal copies of DVDs. How the heck do they get access to all this stuff? Consider for a minute what the black market often trades in: PCS which only the aliens know how to make, weapons mods dropped by aliens, experienced scientists, engineers and soldiers, and research information on alien technologies.
