Blue Vault

Blue Vault IS A cancelled PC game by Elixir Studios. It is a real-time strategy game like X-cOM.

Plot
In 2024, aliens invade Earth. Washington D.C. was destroyed in the impact. Blue Vault, a secret government agency a la The Men in Black, step in. Your job is to covertly neutralise the threat without alerting the public.

Gameplay
The game is set in the state of New Washington; Washington D.C. rebuilt after the blast. There are sixteen zones to control. If you scare the public too much you'll experience 'culture shock' and fail the mission.

Much like an X-COM game, your task was to eliminate all the aliens in each encounter. You could control up to 40 units, each with their own stats and tools. Your squad is only four units strong.

There are six different alien races, with fifteen different model types. You can either approach them diplomatically or be aggressive. How you behave to certain alien races determines their stance to you in later missions.

There was to 30 missions. These ranged from escort missions to conquering a city sector to dealing with a deadly disease.

Development
The game was built on the Totality Engine, an in-house engine developed by Elixir Studios.

Blue Vault was just a working title and could have likely been changed later in development. Despite what some sources say, the game is not a sequel to Republic: The Revolution.

Cancellation
Blue Vault was cancelled around late 2004 due to no publishers taking interest. Elixir Studios went defunct in 2005.

Timeline:
 * September 2003: development started
 * December 2004: game cancelled
 * April 2005: Elixir Studios closed