Capturing an alien.

[Ken7]

I have a question. It seems I have to capture a "Vipon" in order to "question" the aliens. What does a Vipon look like? [&o]

[dbt1949_slith]

The snake guys. The green ones are the commanders you want.

[princep01]

In fact, capturing a Vipon that is not a commander is not going to unlock the secret to all those nasty plasma weapons you'll be picking up after successful missions. 
 
As someone else said, the Vipon commanders appear in somewhat unusual places a lot of the time.  I think the smallest ship they fly around in is a Fighter.  Also, as noted above, the commander is a greenish gray, while his less noteworthy comrades, are yellow-orange.  Both look like large snakes with Cadillac fins on their backs.
 
You probably know that you have to stun the commander to capture him.  Cannot just zap him to death and expect any info out of her/him (gender, if any, is very hard to determine.....they being so snakey and all).  That rocket launcher with the stun rocket will do nicely, but  will probably stun half your force if you don't place the shooter properly.
 
Good luck.  Talley-ho, the alien scum.

[Ken7]

Thanks dbt1949 and princep01 for the replies. Im off to capture an alien. Hi 5s.