STAR WARS Zero Company Operators

Talent is the reason you bring them

If you are not planning to use Uppercut, For My Brothers, Combat Jump, or Final Shot, a custom Operator with a talent you actually picked will often play cleaner. Authored bodies are for the talent plus the story — not a mandatory “use default spec forever” rule. Default specs are starting points.

Arrival order is not a tier list

Trick and Kabb show up early. Jae is the political hire who pushes the Republic toward Zero Company. Tel-Rea and Cly arrive as Exotic problems to budget Advantage around. Luco is a later Sharpshooter (community captures place him around Cycle 18 — timing unverified). Build around who is on the pad, not who a ranking says is “S-tier.”

Hawks is the only Operator you customize before the first deploy.

Permadeath immunity is not “Hawks cannot go Downed”

Hawks can still hit 0 HP and need a Rally. Immunity means the Injury stack does not delete the protagonist. Everyone else can be gone for the run. Do not use that as an excuse to stand Hawks in the open — a Downed leader still costs the round. Toggle and stacks: permadeath.

First spec is reversible

Assault or Soldier is the beginner recommendation. Respec at The Den whenever the maps stop matching. Species is cosmetic — there is no hidden “Zabrak deals more damage” stat. Spec list: classes.

The three Operators who most change how you spend Advantage are Trick, Tel-Rea, and Cly.

Trick — For My Brothers

Clone trooper CT-3301, voiced as a clone, starts Soldier. Rank 1 of For My Brothers: once per mission, if Trick is Downed he revives next turn at half health. Later ranks restore more, skip the first Injury, and can pop him back up during your turn with AP. That talent wants a spec that gets shot: Assault, Gunslinger, Scout, even Medic — not a Longarm tourist. Heavy works if you like it; on normal difficulty Heavy can be so armored the talent rarely triggers.

Tel-Rea — Strong with the Force

Tognath Padawan. Everything — abilities, passives, equipment, talent — is the Jedi kit. Force meditations replace grenades/stims (slots expand with progress). Harmony stacks feed deflection and saber damage; Padawan Training already starts deflection high. Lightsaber Strike scales with Harmony. Force Push is the cover-breaker that feeds Kabb or Overwatch. If she dies with permadeath on, Jedi Padawan is gone for that run.

Cly — Combat Jump

Mandalorian Warrior from Clan Verminoth (community: Clan Verminoth / revenge or bounty framing — story details vary). Armor gives flat damage reduction from the start. Jetpack makes height free. Combat Jump (community captures: ~2 Advantage, 0 AP) leaps, shoves, and may skip Overwatch or retaliation — confirm costs. Electro tools in captures also spend Advantage. Crit chance from mods, talents, or a later Secondary spec multiplies her kit.

Luco, Kabb, and Jae are Standard-spec authored — talents first, default class second.

Kabb is a knockback engine

Felshi (original species) prize fighter who lost an arm and replaced it. Official footage pairs Uppercut with Tel-Rea’s Force Push: out of cover, into Overwatch. Rank mostly buys damage so you can spend Focus elsewhere. Do not park him as a Longarm tourist.

Jae is a finisher, not a duelist

Ore-Baroness of Luunata, House Mordant of Shu-Torun. She pushes the Republic to hire Hawks against the Infinite Coil. Final Shot needs other Operators to leave targets in the execute window (community captures: start at ~4 HP, scaling toward ~10 — unverified). If she is Downed, the talent is off. Chip damage + Jae is a plan; four greedy damage dealers is not.

Luco is accuracy on a button

Umbaran sharpshooter, former Separatist soldier. Community captures show Combat Gas spending Advantage (0 AP) so turn one can be gas + move + Longarm. Stack values (+5% hit / +1 damage, six-stack ceiling) are capture data — confirm in client. Gunslinger, Scout, and Soldier all benefit — it is not a Sharpshooter-only button.

Not everyone on The Den is an Operator.

Holotable vs conversation

Missions and Operations are Holotable. Bonds, recruitment flavor, and facility talk happen on the floor of The Den. Mixing them up is how players skip Medbay. Facility loop: the den.

Antagonists are not Operators either

Kundri Fathom (Infinite Coil), Visser, and super tactical droid Typhon belong on the other side of the map. Faction page: enemies.

The last roster tool is the one the authored seven cannot cover: a custom hire.

Use customs to cover holes

If Trick, Kabb, and Jae are all damage, recruit a custom Medic or Scout. If you want an Astromech, build it after the Den droid / Astromech path unlocks (community captures name a Repair Bay — facility label unverified). That is the Exotic droid path, not a random hire with a wrench cosmetic.

Species is cosmetic

Playable species reported for creates include Human, Togruta, Twi’lek, Zabrak, Mirialan, Devaronian, Weequay, Rodian, Ovissian, Neimoidian, plus authored-only identities (Tognath, Umbaran, Felshi, clone). No hidden racial damage stat. Pick the look.

Four on the map, twenty in the barracks

You still deploy four. Extra roster is for Injuries, Bonds experiments, and matching a mission’s faction. Do not recruit to 20 before you can keep four alive. Starter comps: builds.