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Downed, injured, lost: manage permadeath

Rally safely, rotate injured veterans, treat droids correctly, and know why Hawks must never fall.

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01Verified game rule

A Downed operator gains an Injury. With permadeath enabled, the third Injury means KIA; Hawks being Downed fails the mission.

Planning note

Rally safely, rotate injured veterans, treat droids correctly, and know why Hawks must never fall.

Turn-end check

Can every operator survive the enemy response and still reach the next objective?

02Decision signals

Editorial tactical model

adds an InjuryDOWNED
KIA with permadeath3RD
mission-criticalHAWKS
route before damageRALLY

03Tactical procedure

Use this procedure as a decision order, not a rigid script. Re-check it whenever a hit misses, reinforcements arrive, or the objective changes.

  1. 01Check permadeath, current Injuries, and whether Hawks is mission-critical before deployment.
  2. 02Identify the Rally operator and a protected route to every forward position.
  3. 03When someone is Downed, remove the immediate threat before exposing the rescuer.
  4. 04After extraction, rotate injured veterans and solve the recovery bottleneck in The Den.

04Field scenario

If the front operator is Downed beside an active firing lane, do not Rally immediately. Break line of sight or remove the controlling enemy, move the rescuer through full cover, Rally, then preserve enough AP for both units to survive the response.

Example sequence01Check permadeath, current Injuries, and whether Hawks is mission-critical before deployment.02Identify the Rally operator and a protected route to every forward position.03When someone is Downed, remove the immediate threat before exposing the rescuer.

05Common failure modes

× 01

Rallying through an uncleared lane and creating a second casualty.

× 02

Sending Hawks forward for marginal damage during a Story Mission.

× 03

Keeping an injured veteran in every squad until the third Injury becomes unavoidable.

06End-of-turn checklist

  1. 01Is Hawks protected from every active enemy route?
  2. 02Can the Rally operator reach a casualty without ending exposed?
  3. 03Which injured operator rotates out after extraction?
  4. 04Does The Den have the correct recovery capacity for this roster?

07Continue the field manual

SquadBonds and squad synergy without a weak benchUse two reliable anchors and rotating partners to grow bonds while preserving role coverage.Open file →The DenThe Den upgrades: solve the current bottleneckRecovery, Intel, bond growth, recruitment, and shared weapon upgrades compete for limited cycles.Open file →StrategyMission selection: value urgency before rewardPrioritize expiring personal content, unlocks, current bottlenecks, and a healthy roster.Open file →

Primary sources

Confirmed rules are separated from editorial recommendations. No invented mission data or unverified drop tables are published.