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Mission selection: value urgency before reward

Prioritize expiring personal content, unlocks, current bottlenecks, and a healthy roster.

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01Verified game rule

Operations spend Intel without tactical combat. Completing a Tactical Mission advances the campaign cycle.

Planning note

Prioritize expiring personal content, unlocks, current bottlenecks, and a healthy roster.

Turn-end check

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

02Decision signals

Editorial tactical model

Planning noteEXPIRY
PositionINTEL
ResourcesCYCLE
Turn-end checkROSTER

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. 01Prioritize expiring personal content, unlocks, current bottlenecks, and a healthy roster.
  2. 02Operations spend Intel without tactical combat. Completing a Tactical Mission advances the campaign cycle.
  3. 03Can every operator survive the enemy response and still reach the next objective?
  4. 04Is useful AP, Advantage, a Utility, or Call for Backup being left unused?

04Field scenario

Prioritize expiring personal content, unlocks, current bottlenecks, and a healthy roster. Operations spend Intel without tactical combat. Completing a Tactical Mission advances the campaign cycle.

Example sequence01Read the objective, extraction condition, and enemy activation order.02Create the position or resource state required by the confirmed mechanic.03Commit damage only after the follow-up and recovery route are clear.

05End-of-turn checklist

  1. 01Can every operator survive the enemy response and still reach the next objective?
  2. 02Is useful AP, Advantage, a Utility, or Call for Backup being left unused?
  3. 03Operations spend Intel without tactical combat. Completing a Tactical Mission advances the campaign cycle.
  4. 04Prioritize expiring personal content, unlocks, current bottlenecks, and a healthy roster.

06Continue the field manual

Primary sources

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