How can I speed up recovery from "shaken"?

I just took down the Assassin's stronghold. It was a very long mission (25 turns), so despite everyone being fully rested at the beginning of the mission, my entire squad was tired and two-thirds was shaken or wounded, leaving me with only one available soldier above the rank of Lieutenant, and no available specialists.

I'm a bit worried about this. I don't mind doing a few missions with my B-squad, but I have a retaliation strike coming up in 2 weeks that will have chrysalids in it. I'd really prefer to have my medic and Bladestorm ranger for that.

The timer on "shaken" will last just slightly longer than the retaliation timer as-is. Staffing the Infirmary has no effect, and scanning at Templar HQ doesn't seem to do much to it. How can I reduce the time that soldiers need to recover from this?

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Best Answer

To my knowledge you cannot increase recovery speed of "shaken" status.

However, I will try to explain why soldiers are extra likely to be fatigued after a stronghold mission.

This status is based on the 'will' stat, which decreases when soldiers come into contact with enemies, or get wounds. You can track their will loss in battles with this mod.

According to some guy in a forum:

A soldier is considered ready after a mission if his current will is better then 67% of maximum will. Tired is 33-66% and shaken is below 33%.

Importantly, Chosen strongholds count as two missions (remember the load screen for the elevator) in terms of allowable will loss. Will loss is capped at 33% of maximum per mission, so 66% of total can possibly be lost during a stronghold mission.

To conclude, the only cure for 'shaken' status is prevention. Watch out for soldiers just above the 67% will cutoff, and consider not taking them on stronghold missions.