STAR WARS Zero Company Classes

Specialization is the class; talent is not

Each spec brings an Advantage ultimate, a battle ability, and passives you invest Focus into. Talents are a separate layer — Hawks has Fearless Leader, authored Operators keep a unique talent, customs pick from a pool. Do not treat talent as a ninth class. Talent ranks: talents.

Weapons are mix-and-match

A Sharpshooter is not required to run Longarm. Pistol Sharpshooter exists. The two hard exceptions: Astromech (no blasters, extra utility slots) and Jedi Padawan (lightsabers and Force meditations instead of grenades/stims). AP costs for the four weapon classes: weapons.

The eight Standard kits are the entire early roster. Exotic names come after the table.

Assault and Soldier are the safe first picks

Assault’s Strike the Flanks rewards exposed targets (line of sight not blocked by cover, or a Scout shot). Community captures also show Bull Rush (melee charge that can shove) and Sweeping Salvo (cone disorient — exact hit penalties unverified). Soldier is the offensive all-rounder: melee, grenades, and Rocket Strike as the flashy Advantage bomb. Either spec teaches AP and cover without waiting on Exotic.

Gunslinger, Heavy, Medic, Scoundrel

Gunslinger’s Onslaught rewards multi-shot turns; Open Fire is the large Advantage double-tap (community captures cite ~9 Advantage — confirm in client). Heavy is the Standard taunt / control kit; Bulwark covers a wide area. Medic’s Morale Boost is squad sustain and a Bond engine (community: ~7 Advantage). Scoundrel’s Easy Mark flags a target for ally assists and crit setup (community: ~7 Advantage). Exact costs belong on the ability tooltip.

Scout and Sharpshooter close the eight

Scout exists to generate Advantage and pick off individuals with Ambush — if ultimates never come online, you are missing this spec, not “bad luck.” Sharpshooter trades mobility for hit chance and damage; Precision Shot is the high-confidence Advantage shot (community captures call it a no-miss once-per-turn — verify on the node). Overwatch loves a Sharpshooter who actually invested hit chance.

Exotic kits are not “better Standard.” They are different equipment rules.

Jedi Padawan — Tel-Rea Vokoss only

Tel-Rea is a Tognath Padawan with a green lightsaber kit. She cannot change specialization. Harmony stacks (talent Strong with the Force) feed deflection and saber damage. Noble Stance spends leftover AP to raise deflection and can reflect while it is up. Force Push pairs with knockbacks such as Kabb’s Uppercut to feed Overwatch. If she permadeaths, that Exotic is gone for the run.

Mandalorian Warrior — Cly Kullervo only

Cly (Clan Verminoth) is locked to Mandalorian Warrior. Armor starts with bonus defense; the jetpack makes vertical moves free. Community captures show Combat Jump spending Advantage (often cited ~2, 0 AP) to leap, shove, and skip Overwatch/retaliation — confirm costs in client. Electro tools (Web Dart / Surge in captures) also drink the shared Advantage pool — budget for her the same way you budget Tel-Rea.

Astromech — you build it

Astromechs are not authored companions. You create them in The Den once the Astromech / droid path unlocks (community captures name a Repair Bay facility — treat that label as unverified). They cannot equip the four blaster classes; they carry extra utilities and later extra charges. Treat one as a utility mule, not a failed Sharpshooter.

Fourth Exotic — Unconfirmed

Public sources and class breakdowns still flag a fourth Exotic without a verified name or lock. This wiki will not invent a “secret class” label. When an official Operators Hub or patch names it, this row updates.

Secondary spec is how Standard Operators become dual-class — it does not unlock a fifth Exotic.

Build for the dual later, play the primary now

If you know Scout + Sharpshooter is the plan, you can still run Scout for many Cycles and add Sharpshooter when the slot opens. Do not bench a working Medic while waiting for an unverified Cycle number. Starter pairings: builds.

Cross Training is not Secondary

Bonds unlock Cross Training and combat synergies between Operators. That is sharing tools with a partner, not gluing two specs onto one body. Keep the systems straight: bonds.

Hawks still needs a first spec before any of that math matters.

Respec is cheap compared to a brick run

Swap Standard specs between missions. Authored Operators who are not Exotic-locked can change too (Trick does not have to stay Soldier). Unique talents stay. If Assault feels wrong after two maps, change it — that is the point of The Den.

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Specs are kits. Operators are who holds them. Hawks, Trick, Tel-Rea, Cly, Luco, Jae, and Kabb do not all follow the same respec rules.